September, 2024 archive
Craig Claiborne’s Cheese Straws 0
My Aunt Margaret made the best cheese straws. They were always the highlight of Christmas Eve at Aunt Margaret’s.
Unfortunately, I do not have her recipe, but I do have Craig Claiborne’s. (I’m in the process of wearing out my third copy of Craig Claiborne’s New York Times Cookbook, which, along with Craig Claiborne’s New York Times International Cookbook, is one of my two favorite cookbooks.)
This version of the recipe is slightly edited based on my own preferences.
Ingredients:
1/2 cup butter, room temperature
2 cups shredded sharp cheddar
1/2 cup milk
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp Tabasco (or to taste)
dash paprika (preferably Hungarian)
dash cayenne pepper (or to taste)
1 1/2 cups sifted flour
3 cups find break crumbs
grated parmesan
Procedure:
1. Cream the butter in a small bowl with an electric mixer. Beat in cheese, milk, salt, Tabasco, paprika, and cayenne. Slowly mix in flour and bread crumbs.
2. Turn out and knead until mixture is smooth. Chill in refrigerator for several hours or overnight.
3. Preheat oven to 350 F.
4. Roll out the dough to 1/4 inch thickness or press out of cookie gun and cut to desired length (3-4 inches). Sprinkle with Parmesan.
5. Bake on greased cookie sheet until lightly browned (10-15 minutes).
If One Standard Is Good, Two Must Be Better 0
That’s the guiding principle of today’s Republican Party.
Twilight Time? 0
Robert Reich wonders why the media isn’t giving Donald Trump’s apparent mental lapses the same attention they gave to Joe Biden’s.
Or you can read the transcript.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Yet another oxymoronic “responsible gun owner” exposes a child to politiness, and politeness become child’s play.
Geeking Out 0
Mageia v. 9 with the Fluxbox window manager. The wallpaper is from my collection.
“Childless Cat Ladies” 0
At the San Francisco Chronicle, a self-proclaimed childless dog lady responds. Here’s a tiny bit from her article:
There is truth in the idea that the United States isn’t supportive of families, but the solution isn’t to ban contraceptives and abortion or defund support systems for single mothers, as Roberts and his colleagues would do. Absurdly, the right-wing approach presupposes that a policy of forced birthing is preferable to bettering the lives of the people alive now through expanded educational and work opportunities, strict gun control to end school shootings, ample and paid parental leave and subsidized childcare.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Guns and stupid, guns and stupid.
They go together like love and Cupid.
Let me tell you brother,
You can’t have one without the other.
Fatal Attraction 0
Michael in Norfolk wonders just what keeps Donald Trump’s dupes, symps, and fellow travelers from seeing the reality of Trump and Trumpism.
Originalist Sin 0
It’s encoded in Cannon law.
