BBQ Beef Pot Stickers

 1 cipolline onion, minced or 1 shallot, minced

1tsp  garlic paste

1tsp  chili paste

1tsp  ginger paste

1 Tbs brown sugar

1 Tbs soy sauce

2 Tbs Hoisin sauce

1/2 cup cooked brown rice

1/2 lb 96 % lean ground beef

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Margot * Qi Bai'Shi * Leonardo * Cleopatra Read full post »

• Rose-red 

• Busted

 

• Hot and Humid

 

• Autumn Harvest

 

• Which one do you like ?
• Why?
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As I was driving with my traditional, conservative Mother-in-Law, we passed the local Shriners lodge.  I said under my breath, "Damn Shriners," an almost sub-conscious reflex for me.

She was surprised.  But in a feeling of openness that is not always my way with her, I decid… Read full post »

As a woman who has decided to forego the pressure to be thin and just live my life as if it doesn't matter, I can say that fat is ok.

Full discolosure:  I am 5'8", a size 16-18, XL, blonde, and pretty.  Think of a white Queen Latifah, breasts,… Read full post »

We don't even ask for sweet tea.  If the tea is not sweet, at least a little, it is hot tea, or chinese tea.

And southerners rarely drink hot chinese tea.

It never really gets cold here, you see.  In the winter, 50 degrees is freezing cold.  Still no warrent… Read full post »

We just watched a woman navigate a hurricane and arrive in port with her whole crew intact.  It was a perfect storm indeed.  More on that after some thoughts. 

There is always some perfectly rational justification for not promoting women. Otherwise people that mind the bus… Read full post »

1.  I can throw 30 pots in one hour and can easily throw one 50 lb pot in one hour.  I fire wood, electric, raku, and chimney kilns that I have designed, built, and repaired myself.

2.  I went to a special high school for science and math… Read full post »

The difference that makes no difference is no difference.

This longstanding sci-fi meme is coming to play for me more days than not.  Between the election,  other biological arguments, the idea of fatness as a stigma, and the cultural ramifications of widowhood, I am aghast at the sh… Read full post »

One thing that I noted when the election had me interested, was that there is a distinction between a caucus and a primary.  It is a distinction that does not bode well to the angels of our better natures.

I brought it up at length with my husband in February… Read full post »

1-2-3 Pasta

Requires about 5 minutes to prepare 1 day ahead

For 1 cup of flour:

1 egg

2 tablespoons olive oil

3 tablespoons water

Combine to a sticky dough, place in ziploc,  and chill overnight.

Roll out using as much flour as needed to keep pin free… Read full post »

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I am taken aback at the strange posit in a long thread about politics that women and men are identical.  Or that they should be treated as such in the world of politics.

I am accused of saying that a woman is not actualized except by giv… Read full post »

 I was accused of not being funny and easy to talk to as I had indicated in my Bio.  I changed it to reflect that I am easy to talk to "in person" and that I am "frequently" funny, for the sake of truthiness.   But it got me to… Read full post »

When Bill, her husband, was running in NC, Jesse Helms told him in a public comment that he would need a bodyguard if he came to North Carolina.  This was particularly stupid because BC was already FROM the south in the first place and he was weclomed by quite… Read full post »