Eating Edamame, sucking down coffee

[blogslut]

and waiting for Senator Clinton to speak.

What's on your plate?

[rucky]

1. I'm having a tea party w/ my daughter.

With real tea - because that's how we roll.

[blogslut]

2. you fancy

I miss tea. Can't drink it anymore. It does funky things to my tummy. Don't know why. Even strictly herbal stuff like Red Zinger. Sigh.

[marions ghost]

16. possible you are allergic to the daisy family?

it's fairly common. Try some herbal teas without chamomile in them. This helped me.

[blogslut]

36. I am allergic to chamomile for damned sure

This I know. I avoid chamomile completely - which really sucks when it comes to them fancy eye creams.

I guess I need to look up all the things that are in the daisy family. Didn't know that - thanks. :hi:

[marions ghost]

61. Not too long ago

Celestial Seasonings started putting that disclaimer about daisy family on their boxes. I had wondered why I always felt queasy with some herbal teas. You have to watch for it in Chinese herbs, like mixes using chrysanthemum.

Family Compositae, one of the largest plant families (also known as Asteraceae, daisy family, and aster family), which contains more than 1,100 genera and almost 20,000 species of herbaceous plants, shrubs, and trees, found throughout the world. Though diverse in habit and habitat, composites tend to grow in sunlit places in temperate and subtropical regions. The family includes many garden ornamentals, including ageratums, asters, chrysanthemums, cosmos, dahlias, marigolds, and zinnias. Some genera include weeds such as dandelion, ragweed, and thistle. Artemisia, artichoke, endive, safflower, salsify, lettuce, and sunflower are important for the products derived from their flowers, seeds, leaves, roots, or tubers. Flower heads in this family are composed of many small flowers (florets) surrounded by bracts. Bell-shaped disk florets form the centre of each head; strap-shaped ray florets extend out like petals from the centre and are sometimes reflexed (bent back). Some species have flowers with only disk or only ray florets.

http://www.answers.com/topic/asteraceae?cat=technology

:hug:

[patrice]

48. LUCKY you two!! My baby is all grown up and far away. Enjoy!! nt

[BelleCarolinaPeridot]

3. I just had some pizza and made some iced tea.

I didn't want to miss the speech.


And now I see I could have washed and dried 4 loads of laundry,tiled the kitchen floor and I still wouldn't have missed the speech.

[janx]

6. When is the speech to occur?

I haven't even turned on the tube because I can't stand all of the speculative BS. So I'm doing laundry, etc.

[BelleCarolinaPeridot]

15. She is 30 minutes behind schedule.

The speech was supposed to start at 12 noon.


She is truly ... something. That is all I will say.


Or maybe they are on Mapquest trying to get directions.

[marions ghost]

22. Having another scotch?

:spank: I would if I were her.

[blogslut]

9. And probably regrout the bathroom to boot

:hi:

[BelleCarolinaPeridot]

19. And install a ceiling fan ...

because it hot down here in NC.Yesterday it was 100 degrees Fahrenheit.I could'nt feel any of the cool air blowing in my car's AC.So I just cut it off.Its going to be a scorcher.

[bicentennial_baby]

4. I just crawled out of bed...I was up waaay too late

Like 3:30. Ooof!

But, I'm here! :)

[blogslut]

12. good morning

:)

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

5. Hot Pocket Pepperoni And Three Cheese Calzone.

Yummy

[libnnc]

72. d00d, you eat Hot Pockets?

Wow. You are hardcore. I can't get those things past my gullet...:scared:

[patrice]

7. my plate? . . . unfortunately!! I have discovered crumpets at the local HyVee.

Just what I need, ANOTHER addiction!

[blogslut]

17. I dig crumpets

A little butter and marmalade....good eating

[RichardRay]

24. Lightly toasted, with CRUNCHY PEANUT BUTTER!! n/t

[patrice]

31. Dagnabbit!! Now you made me have to go buy some more so I can try them with peanut butter!!

That REALLY sounds yummy!

[patrice]

25. If there were such a thing as a Whole Wheat crumpet, it probably wouldn't be as good. They're all

about texture (and BUTTER) and whole wheat changes the texture of whatever its used for.

I simply can't buy these anymore; package of 8 lasted 3 days!!

[crankychatter]

8. espresso latte' for my woozy head, feet up, jammies on -AC up - nt

.

[blogslut]

20. jammies and caffiene

The breakfast of champions!

[awoke_in_2003]

33. Latte? You probably drive a Volvo, too.

Damn elitist liberal :)

[crankychatter]

47. i buy fair trade green beans and roast them at home - pay less than a dollar a cup

I'm a "boycott starbucks" kinda guy

The effort to trademark the name of the nation of Ethiopia was one toke over the line for me

I guess I think I'm better than elitist liberals

omg

ok, no self revelatory confronts this morning

I'm too busy trying not to buy the media expectations hype of HRC's big deal fucking speech

[awoke_in_2003]

54. I see the Golden Gate in your avatar

Do you live in San Fran? I would love to be able to afford to do that.

[crankychatter]

62. I grew up there and lived there as an adult ... I'm a Seattle-ite in Kansas

precisely because it's too expensive back home...

oh, and it's ALL LOS ANGELES now... has been for decades

I don't love LA.... except maybe Venice Beach in 1969

[kenny blankenship]

10. Gonna fix me another latte and have some crunchy granola

well not latte, espresso. Lattes are for people who don't like coffee.


Yep, I think I got this elitism thing pretty well wired now.

[rucky]

27. Nice crema!

what, no arugula today?

[kenny blankenship]

39. Arugula is so yesterday. True elitists moved on to baby sorrel

back when the dollar was still money.

[DAGDA56]

11. While we have a minute (or 20) please fill me in on edamame...

...I saw it on sale at Cosco...looks like deformed green beans. How do you cook it? What's it like? (sorry if this verges on sounding like a post in the lounge) I've got the coffee...

[blogslut]

23. Baby soybeans

I steam them in one of those steamy bags in the microwave > sprinkle with a bit of sea salt > squeeze the beans through my teefs out of the pods. Light, good for you and yummy. :)

[rucky]

29. BREAKING: Blogslut Eats "Baby...With a Bit of Sea Salt"

[blogslut]

34. feeer meee

I am teh evil

[marions ghost]

35. it's what

people talk about when they're waiting....and time expands...and you're waiting and the discussion goes to edamame.

I went to my nephew's wedding last weekend. We encountered edamame served in their skins at the rehearsal picnic dinner, served as a side dish with shish kabobs (meat or veggie). Many people unfamiliar with edamame thought they were supposed to eat the pods which are very chewy and could possibly choke you. We thought they should have been shelled. My sister must have taken advantage of that Costco bargain. That's the kind of thing you talk about at the rehearsal dinner to strangers when the bride's family comes from afar and you know you'll likely never encounter them again.

Edamame....when will Hillary appear?

[TexasObserver]

13. albacore tuna ... because the mercury makes it tangy!!

[blogslut]

50. You didn't say tunafish

You're no Texan :rofl:

[TexasObserver]

56. I'm a Texan with an educated palate!

Yeah, lots of folks here like to say "tunafish"

Truthfully, I do, too, when I'm talking.

You can tune a piano, but you can't tunafish!!

[femmedem]

14. Ramen noodles and tap water.

I'm all out of arugula and lattes. :cry:

[blogslut]

26. It's all in how you sell it

Try this: Long pasta with a domestic base. ;)

[patrice]

44. Well then, instead of being an elite, you're an ascetic?

Though I bet ramen is no more nutritious than crumpets are.

:hi:

[femmedem]

60. Nah. Just low on groceries.

Believe you me, if there was any chocolate in the house I'd be eating it.
Come to think of it, that's why there's no more chocolate in the house. :hi:

[patrice]

63. I can't buy chocolate anymore either; reduced to cruising the candy-dishes on people's desks at work

[femmedem]

65. Oh that is...I don't know whether to laugh or cry.

I'd be cruising the candy-dishes too except I work at home. But Clinton's speech was so good it took away the chocolate craving. :)

Okay, back to work. I make soap and sell it at farmers markets and it's crunch time now.

[patrice]

66. Those Harry & David chocolate covered cherries should be schedule 1 substances. Yes! It was the

right speech! :bounce: Let's DO this thing!!! :bounce:

[blogslut]

68. Where do you get your lye?

I stopped making soap because the grocery store stopped selling Red Devil. I only make it for fun and really don't want to get into buying mass quantities of industrial stuff. I guess I could do it old school and make my lye from ash but I was just wondering about where you get your lye.

[femmedem]

69. Boyer chemical corporation.

http://www.boyercorporation.com/about_us.htm

I buy it by the case of 2-lb. containers. You can get smaller containers from Brambleberry, I think, but it would be fairly expensive per batch that way.

[blogslut]

71. Thanks!

Christmas presents, here I come!

[Anywho6]

18. Just now sitting down in front of the TV

Took coffee to our neighbors who are having a yard sale, did some dishes and am now eager to hear Senator Clinton speak. Enjoying a cup of hazelnut coffee and a soy bar.

Cheers and good morning!

C

[blogslut]

30. Good morning back

My coffee is Hazelnut too! I dig it.

[lojasmo]

21. Bell's two hearted ale.

Tee hee.

[blogslut]

28. Yer bad

I like that. :)

[azmouse]

32. Advil

I'm still hungover from last night. :(

[blogslut]

41. chocolate milk is my cure

for that. poor thang.

The real trick (aside from not drinking so much) is to take two aspirins BEFORE you go to sleep.

[azmouse]

46. mmmm.... chocolate!

Just a little too much celebrating last night. Suffering a little bit this morning but it was worth it.
I'll be good tonight though.... I'm not going through this two mornings in a row. :hangover:

[Hepburn]

37. Coffee and a Nutrisystems breakfast bar...

...anyone got some real food?

:hi:

[blogslut]

45. I got a big orange

that I'm going to eat after the beans. I'll front you some slices. :)

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

38. Black coffee and Marlboros...breakfast of champions.

Though I'm not waiting for Hillary.

[blogslut]

42. shhh

Don't tell, but I smoke too. I eat Edamame because I just like it. ;)

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

52. I had to look edamame up.

Doesn't appeal to me, but I eat Kimchee, and spinach and like them.

Sssshhh...I also like to watch foreign movies with subtitles.

[blogslut]

59. This is how old school I am

I love love love Turnip Greens

Okay, party's over here she comes!

[awoke_in_2003]

40. Nothing

I was running late for work, and didn't pick anything up :( Have been craving a big mac for the last week for some reason. Just two hours to go:)

[blogslut]

43. Hearty Hail to the Weekend Workers!

I did many years of that. You rule.

[awoke_in_2003]

58. Not too bad, really

I have Sunday, Wednesday, and Thursday off. It is nice to have weekdays off- especially when you got to do things like go to the bank, license renewal, etc. Get to avoid a lot of long lines, and it works out for my school schedule, too.

[TwilightGardener]

49. Just coffee. Stomach not ready to handle food this morning.

[Barack_America]

64. Rough night last night?

;)

Or just not an early eater?

[TwilightGardener]

67. LOL! Rough night of teevee watchin' with hubby and kids. Naw, just

unsettled this morning. I am beginning to crave caramel-pecan rolls, though...

[OzarkDem]

51. Turkey sammich and fresh iced tea

Laundry, yard work awaits.

[blogslut]

57. Sounds good

Have a productive time in the yard. :)

[Lars39]

53. Chocolate gravy and biscuits, green tea.

:9

[SpookyCat]

55. Coffee...coffee and more coffee!!!!

I'm in SF, so it's way to early for civilized people to be out of bed! LOL!

And the old man isn't home, so no one here to make me a mocha! <hand to forehead> my life is pain! :-)

[AtomicKitten]

70. Lattes, of course.