Friday, December 10th, 2004 12:44 pm

cookie thoughts

I'm just going to say it--nothing makes your bad day look infinitely better than watching the first episode of season six BtVS. I mean *nothing*. Anytime your consciousness *doesn't* start with clawing your way out of your own grave already loses for Bad Days.

And--just from curiosity--am I the only one that *loved* season six as possbily my favorite season ever? This has multiple reasonings behind it, not the least of which is the general misery of everyone. It kept *acting* like things were getting better, then they didn't, then got *worse*, then lightened--no, wait. Worse again. It's not just the angstwhore in me. It's that sometimes, you don't have bad days or even bad weeks, but bad *years*.

Though I have yet to see season seven, so maybe I'll like that better. Hmm.

And nothing on earth cheers me up as much as the musical. I originally saw this using an *antenna* wrapped with foil that I was *holding* the entire time. It brings back blissful memories of pre-sattelite days. You know, when Rabbit Ears were The Thing.

Rural life does not have a lot of compensations for that one, I have to tell you.

Anyway, stayed home from work today and yesterday. There was this--thing. Session where we aired our problems and complaints, and I started giggling during the middle of this recitation of problems in our office. So. Monday will be bad, but Monday is very far away. And I am armed with a new suede skirt that day.

So. This is a general question. Comfort Christmas Cookies. The book I have is *really bad*. Me and my mother both tend to make notes in cookbooks of what works for us and what doesn't, and looking, I found maybe three recipes that we both liked. So, right now I have Peanut Blossoms, Divinity, and those things that are stiff egg whites mixed with chocolate chips and baked hard, which are *really good*. Any favorites anyone wants to share? I was thinking Christmas Candy this year but then I remembered The Year of the Fondant and the Fire Alarms and so, no, not so much with that. So. Chocolate, almond, mint, go for it. Tell me what deliciousness I should perpetrate on my family this year.

Anyone?

From: [identity profile] out-there.livejournal.com Date: 2004-12-10 11:08 am (UTC)
*vague hands* Hmmm... I don't think S6 was my favourite, although I didn't hate it as much as a lot of people seem to. (I like Dawn. I actually do.)

My favourite season is probably S3 for Faith. And oh-so-wimpy Wes. And Cordy! And Oz. (Although I'd kinda miss Tara. A lot.) And the general cuteness that was the high-school scoobie gang.

But the musical ep? Best episode that season, and... oh, pretty damn close to one of the best episodes ever. Of any show. Everybody singing and emoting, and managing to be really entertaining while also dealing with the underlying deceit of their lives? What's not to love?

From: [identity profile] seperis.livejournal.com Date: 2004-12-10 11:28 am (UTC)
*vague hands* Hmmm... I don't think S6 was my favourite, although I didn't hate it as much as a lot of people seem to. (I like Dawn. I actually do.)

Dawn only bothered me during the beginning of season five. She still annoys me, but at the same level practially any character does at some point. Plus, I like her melodrama. It's cute. Xander is the one I always had problems with. Which is something I try never, ever to admit in mixed company, because, *man*.

*happy sigh* I always love Buffy, though. Love, love, love.

My favourite season is probably S3 for Faith. And oh-so-wimpy Wes. And Cordy! And Oz. (Although I'd kinda miss Tara. A lot.) And the general cuteness that was the high-school scoobie gangg

*nod* I miss Oz and Tara both, desperately.

I--didn't like Faith until Angel, I don't think. I mean, I didn't hate her, but she didn't click for me as a *person* until she started being a sociopath and then started reforming from that. I'm still utterly enraptured with the ep where Wesley goes to tell her in prison about Angel reverting and she just breaks out. Just wow.

But the musical ep? Best episode that season, and... oh, pretty damn close to one of the best episodes ever. Of any show. Everybody singing and emoting, and managing to be really entertaining while also dealing with the underlying deceit of their lives? What's not to love?

Oh God yes. There is *nothing* I don't love about that episode, start to finish, which is more than I can say for just about anything ever written for television. It just never stops being funny or heartbreaking or intense or cool all the way through. It's the only ep I can watch over and over and not get tired of.

Plus, nothing makes me giggle faster than that guy outside, singing how they got the mustard out of his shirt. *happy place*

From: [identity profile] callmesandy.livejournal.com Date: 2004-12-10 11:30 am (UTC)
Oooooooooooooooooh, I'm tempted to make a running leap through the screen and hug you.

S6 is my second favorite season (s3 is my first) and I always feel so alone in that. I adore the season. Except for Willow's magic addiction, I pretty much adore most of this season from top to bottom.

And! I also love Buffy. Buffy the person, and it so often feels like a minority opinion.

And! Yesterday I was listening to the musical (the cd) at work and getting nothing done because I kept singing along and getting up and dancing a little and yes.

Okay, I also love Xander, but really, having someone else say all the things I say (and normally to deafening silence) just makes my day.

From: [identity profile] seperis.livejournal.com Date: 2004-12-10 12:01 pm (UTC)
S6 is my second favorite season (s3 is my first) and I always feel so alone in that. I adore the season. Except for Willow's magic addiction, I pretty much adore most of this season from top to bottom.

Yeah, that addiction thing was--*weird*. But I go with it.

And! I also love Buffy. Buffy the person, and it so often feels like a minority opinion.

After season five, the one time I dipped my toes tentatively into the fandom side of Buffy, I *never* went near it again. I love Buffy. I love her even when she's an idiot. Just love her.

And! Yesterday I was listening to the musical (the cd) at work and getting nothing done because I kept singing along and getting up and dancing a little and yes.

*grins* I sing along. I sound as bad as James Marsters, too. It's so sad. Yet that entire fire sequence *demands* I emote at the top of my lungs. It so does.

Okay, I also love Xander, but really, having someone else say all the things I say (and normally to deafening silence) just makes my day.

*thinks* I don't hate him. It's just, of all of them, he tends to hit me wrong most. BtVS never had a character I genuinely wanted to disappear from my screen. Except Riley. Who deserves a post all on his own on how much he *annoyed me to death*. Even when I don't think he meant to.

From: [identity profile] callmesandy.livejournal.com Date: 2004-12-10 12:50 pm (UTC)
Hmm, the addiction thing doesn't work for me and I roll my eyes in annoyance since I think they retconned it better in s7 that for Willow, it's always been about power. It's not the magic, it's her power. She wants it, she's uses it and uses it and always has.

I also love Buffy. I love her from beginning to the very end. She's not perfect or the greatest hero with no flaws, she's Buffy. And after leaving through some opinions about her after s7 or even s6, I just have to hold my tongue and keep repeating that, because she is still Buffy and I still love her.

I don't hate anyone in Buffy land and really only hate one character from Angel (waves to Eve the useless), so I've always felt a little in the minority of the fandom. Even Riley, frankly. :)

From: [identity profile] out-there.livejournal.com Date: 2004-12-10 11:46 am (UTC)
Plus, I like her melodrama. It's cute.

Yes, exactly. *g* She's just... such a teenager.

Xander is the one I always had problems with. Which is something I try never, ever to admit in mixed company, because, *man*.

See, I have the same trouble with Xander, Willow and Buffy, actually. I love the characters to death, really I do, but I can also find them extremely annoying/impractical/plain silly at times. I have a feeling that out of the main cast, Giles is the only one who I constantly love, even when he does wrong.

Plus, nothing makes me giggle faster than that guy outside, singing how they got the mustard out of his shirt. *happy place*

*snerk* And the parking ticket song. That always makes me giggle, too.

From: [identity profile] seperis.livejournal.com Date: 2004-12-11 10:48 am (UTC)
it isn't right it isn't fair.
there was no parking anywhere.
i think that hydrant wasn't there


*grins* I'm also amused, endlessly, by Giles saying "I examined the body while the police were taking witness arias."

*giggles and giggles* Everything is in the details. Right up to the fire trucks slamming behind the five of them during the fire song.

*happy*

I need to watch again. I don't *yet* have it memorized.

From: [identity profile] issaro.livejournal.com Date: 2004-12-10 11:31 am (UTC)
Sorry me and hyper links are never friends when it comes to comments... http://www.livejournal.com/~issaro/128103.html

From: [identity profile] seperis.livejournal.com Date: 2004-12-10 12:02 pm (UTC)
*boucnes* I am *hungry* for these now.

From: [identity profile] aelora.livejournal.com Date: 2004-12-10 11:34 am (UTC)
I really liked Season 6. I didn't like what they tried to do to Spike, but on the whole the angst of the season was heartbreaking and breathtaking.

The musical, though - I will never grow tired of it! We got a new bulb for our projector the other night, and that was the first thing I told the SO to put in for us to watch. I just think that episode was brilliantly put together. They covered so many very important, deep topics that probably would have made for a real downer of an episode. But they were able to keep it funny and happy and gorgeous along with the pain. I really don't think there could have been a more effective way to bring out all of the secrets everyone was harboring at that time.

Besides, I still remember my full-on squee at the end when Buffy and Spike kissed! Hee!!

From: [identity profile] seperis.livejournal.com Date: 2004-12-10 12:06 pm (UTC)
I really liked Season 6. I didn't like what they tried to do to Spike, but on the whole the angst of the season was heartbreaking and breathtaking.

*nods*

The thing with Spike--confused me. A lot. I think I need to see season seven straight through to see if they were doing what I think they were.

The musical, though - I will never grow tired of it! We got a new bulb for our projector the other night, and that was the first thing I told the SO to put in for us to watch. I just think that episode was brilliantly put together. They covered so many very important, deep topics that probably would have made for a real downer of an episode. But they were able to keep it funny and happy and gorgeous along with the pain. I really don't think there could have been a more effective way to bring out all of the secrets everyone was harboring at that time.

God, yes. Exactly. They did it *gorgeously*, and so much fun.

Besides, I still remember my full-on squee at the end when Buffy and Spike kissed! Hee!!

I couldn't believe it. Literally. I sat there, staring, thinking, I will never try to predict Joss again. I will never even *try*, because he never does anything like anyone else.

Of course, then there was Smashed, and I still think of that moment we all heard teh zipper go down, thinking, he is NOT. He is NOT. OMG he is! They are! Right there!

Cause I am just that kind of fangirl. My God.
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From: [identity profile] deadlychameleon.livejournal.com Date: 2004-12-10 11:36 am (UTC)
Anytime your consciousness *doesn't* start with clawing your way out of your own grave already loses for Bad Days.

And really, that's a good point. I should remind myself of that more often.

OMG! BEST SEASON EVER. 7 was good, but so final. That part was sad.

stiff egg whites mixed with chocolate chips and baked hard, which are *really good*
Chocolate merengue?

-Silverkyst

From: [identity profile] seperis.livejournal.com Date: 2004-12-10 12:08 pm (UTC)
And really, that's a good point. I should remind myself of that more often.

I'm telling you, it put my entire life in perspective Wednesday night. That was just a *bad day*.

stiff egg whites mixed with chocolate chips and baked hard, which are *really good*
Chocolate merengue?


Not exactly. Teh chips stay chips on teh inside of the white. I cannot remember *what* it is called, but it is so good.

From: [identity profile] wrenlet.livejournal.com Date: 2004-12-10 05:48 pm (UTC)
Forgotten cookies? You heat the oven, mix 'em up, turn the oven off and leave them overnight? The outside gets hard but the inside is somehow... sort of freeze-dried marshmallow consistency, very crunch but then powdery in your mouth and the chocolate chips are YUM in the middle of all that.

*cough* Maybe.

From: [identity profile] seperis.livejournal.com Date: 2004-12-11 10:48 am (UTC)
YES! FORGOTTEN COOKIES!

*hugs you*
I have cookie recipes. *thoughtful* I also have pizzele recipes. I think you'd enjoy those a *lot*. My kitchen size is not conducive to the making of the pizzeles, but I think I'd be entertained seeing you try.

And I loved Season Six. I have Anya's song downloaded and I have been known to dance around singing "Mrs. Anya lame-ass, made up maiden name-Harris" and twirling about some. And I really liked Season Seven. Especially at the beginning. It's utterly violent and depressing and then Faith comes back and--yeah. I think you'd like it. A lot.

Also, I quit my job yesterday? Twice and Mary said no, I'm not allowed. How does that *work*, man? How does that *work*? *clings*
What is pizzele? And you'd be *entertained*?

*eyes you*

And I loved Season Six. I have Anya's song downloaded and I have been known to dance around singing "Mrs. Anya lame-ass, made up maiden name-Harris" and twirling about some. And I really liked Season Seven. Especially at the beginning. It's utterly violent and depressing and then Faith comes back and--yeah. I think you'd like it. A lot.

Ooh! Faith comes back? I never saw anything after ep one of season seven. relatively speaking, I'm unspoiled. OOh, I haev to get it!

*bounces*

Also, I quit my job yesterday? Twice and Mary said no, I'm not allowed. How does that *work*, man? How does that *work*? *clings*

Their Force is more powerful than yours?

Just be careful. If you tyr to stay home to show your quittingness--they might come and *pick you up*.

*nods* Scary.

What is pizzele?
pizzel (http://library.thinkquest.org/3891/PIZZELS.HTM)

*may have to click enter cafe site

From: [identity profile] mi-nion.livejournal.com Date: 2004-12-10 11:51 am (UTC)
Easiest and best EVAH cookie recipe I made with devil food cake mix. I'm in packing hell right now but IIRC it was cake mix 1/3 cup oil, 1 egg and either white chocolate chips or macadamia nut (or both). Mix, bake.

I'll try and google to see if that's correct. It makes the chocolat-i-ess cookies.

mmmmmm Must get milk.

From: [identity profile] seperis.livejournal.com Date: 2004-12-10 12:10 pm (UTC)
*blinks* That sounds so decadent and *tasty* and *chocolatey*....

*swoons*

From: [identity profile] mi-nion.livejournal.com Date: 2004-12-10 01:21 pm (UTC)
Okay, the old memory ain't so bad after all.

Here's a variation I found online (http://cookie.allrecipes.com/az/CakeMixCkies.asp)

1 (18.25 ounce) package yellow cake mix
1/3 cup vegetable oil
2 eggs
2 cups semisweet chocolate chips

From: [identity profile] seperis.livejournal.com Date: 2004-12-11 10:49 am (UTC)
God, I am hungry now.

*stares*
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From: [identity profile] vickita.livejournal.com Date: 2004-12-10 12:01 pm (UTC)
Oh, oh, I have to send you my fudge recipe -- 18 Hershey chocolate bars, a bag of chocolate chips, a jar of marshmallow cream, four cups of chopped nuts, miscellaneous other ingredients... and it's foolproof. Seriously. The only catch is it helps a whole lot if you've got a second pair of hands to help you at the end when you have to work kind of quickly, but I've done it by myself plenty of times.

::makes mental note to send recipe tonight::

From: [identity profile] seperis.livejournal.com Date: 2004-12-10 12:12 pm (UTC)
*starts blacking out* Dear *God*.

That is *chocolate*.

*hopes desperately for this recipe*
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From: [identity profile] vickita.livejournal.com Date: 2004-12-10 12:23 pm (UTC)
You know, it occurred to me that it was probably on the Wayback Machine, 'cause I used to have the recipe posted on my old website. Sure enough...

Immortal Fantasy Fudge
(as posted to alt.tv.highlander)

You'll need:

4 1/2 cups of sugar
1/2 cup butter or margarine
1 large can of evaporated milk (I forget how many oz. that is; I like to use Milnot) [Note: it's about a cup]
24 oz. of Hershey's milk chocolate (this is about 18 regular size candy bars)
a small bag of semi-sweet chocolate chips
a jar of marshmallow cream (the short one, not the tall one) [Note: this is a pint; I checked]
4 cups of coarsely chopped nuts (I prefer pecans)

First thing is you need to do a little preparation. Break the candy bars up into little pieces and put them in one bowl, and chop the nuts and put them into another bowl (don't mix them up). Have the marshmallow cream (and a spoon to get it out of the jar) and the chocolate chips ready to go. At the end of this recipe you'll need to work fast and you need to have things close at hand.

Butter the pans you're going to put the fudge into. I use a 9"x13" baking pan and a 7"x11" dish (this recipe makes 5 pounds of fudge, but that's OK because it freezes well).

Now, combine the sugar, butter, and evaporated milk in a large, heavy pan. Heat it up over medium-high heat, stirring constantly to prevent scorching. Let it come to a rolling boil, and then cook it (at a boil) for 5 more minutes. Not 4 minutes. Not 6 minutes. 5 minutes.

[Note: at this point, this stuff is **really** hot; handle with extreme care.]

Take it off the heat and add (in this order):

Marshmallow cream
Chocolate (candy bar pieces and chocolate chips)
Nuts

You need to have the marshmallow cream and the chocolate *completely* melted and mixed in *before* you add the nuts, because the nuts will cool the mixture down really fast and it won't be hot enough to melt the chocolate. You'll also need to work fast, for the same reason. The mixture gets a little hard to stir by the time you get the nuts mixed in.

Pour (shovel) the mixture into the buttered dishes and smooth it out. Let it sit in a cool place until it's firm, and then cut into squares.

Ta-daaa.

From: [identity profile] seperis.livejournal.com Date: 2004-12-11 10:49 am (UTC)
Oh my dear *God*. I *have to make these*.

*stares at it in wonder*

From: [identity profile] meret.livejournal.com Date: 2004-12-10 12:05 pm (UTC)
I loved season 6. I *hated* season 7.

From: [identity profile] seperis.livejournal.com Date: 2004-12-10 12:12 pm (UTC)
*grins* You are all making me so curious about season seven now.

From: [identity profile] xoverau.livejournal.com Date: 2004-12-10 12:07 pm (UTC)
I used to make my poor mother hold a roll of tinfoil around one rabbit ear and a pliers on the other so I could watch Star Trek the Original series. :)

From: [identity profile] seperis.livejournal.com Date: 2004-12-10 12:13 pm (UTC)
*dies laughing* TV is *important*. I so totally understand.

From: [identity profile] margeauxmay.livejournal.com Date: 2004-12-10 12:49 pm (UTC)
My favorite recipe makes what my Momma calls Shot Glass Cookies.

Thought that might grab your attention.

Basically, they're little cookie puffs that you sandwich together when, cooled, with tinted buttercream frosting. You use a shotglass to cut them out. They're decadent and full of sugar, butter, and all those good things that make cookies good. If you'd like the recipe, I'll email it on Monday. Let me know. (I'm sure they'd be great with chocolate buttercream, too...maybe a ganache?)

As to Buffy, et al: I liked S6, but I think I was always a bit disappointed because it changed homes (UPN vs WB) and tone. But I heart The Musical. All the random secondary songs/dancing/acting going on in the background is always so much fun to watch! The drycleaning chorus always cracks me up.

My first apartment had rabbit ears, and I had to move the antennas every time I wanted to change channels. I am a huge fan of cable now that I can afford it!

From: [identity profile] seperis.livejournal.com Date: 2004-12-11 10:51 am (UTC)
*grins* Okay, I love the name immensely.

Basically, they're little cookie puffs that you sandwich together when, cooled, with tinted buttercream frosting. You use a shotglass to cut them out. They're decadent and full of sugar, butter, and all those good things that make cookies good. If you'd like the recipe, I'll email it on Monday. Let me know. (I'm sure they'd be great with chocolate buttercream, too...maybe a ganache?)

Please God yes. Please.

As to Buffy, et al: I liked S6, but I think I was always a bit disappointed because it changed homes (UPN vs WB) and tone. But I heart The Musical. All the random secondary songs/dancing/acting going on in the background is always so much fun to watch! The drycleaning chorus always cracks me up.

they gotttt
the mus-tard
outtttt.....

*laughs and laughs* So much *fun*.

My first apartment had rabbit ears, and I had to move the antennas every time I wanted to change channels. I am a huge fan of cable now that I can afford it!

No *joke*. Best invention of society *ever*. Well, that, TIVO, and DVDs.


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From: [personal profile] fyrdrakken Date: 2004-12-10 02:43 pm (UTC)
Somewhere (probably in Betty Crocker) Mom found a recipe for bon-bon cookies that are basically a shell of dough formed around the center of your choice -- the recipe suggested nuts or cherries or some such, we tended to use Hershey's Kisses (and Hugs, when those came out) and then dip the tops of the baked cookies into glazes. When I made them I color-coded the dough and glaze so people could tell what flavor of center they had.

From: [identity profile] seperis.livejournal.com Date: 2004-12-11 10:53 am (UTC)
Hmm. Those sound good. Betty Crocker?
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From: [personal profile] fyrdrakken Date: 2004-12-11 12:20 pm (UTC)
Recipe tracked down (in the Gold Medal cookbook, as becomes obvious) and as follows:

Bonbon Cookies

3/4 cup powdered sugar
1/2 cup margarine or butter, softened
1 tablespoon vanilla
Few drops food color, if desired
1.5 cups Gold Medal all-purpose flour (not self-rising flour)
1/8 teaspoon salt
Filling material -- dates, nuts, semisweet chocolate chips, cherries, Hershey's Kisses or Hugs, whatever
Glaze (below)

Heat oven to 350. Mix powdered sugar, margarine, vanilla and food color. Work in flour and salt until dough holds together. (If dough is dry, mix in 1 to 2 tablespoons milk,.) For each cookie, shape dough by tablespoonful around filling material to form ball. Place about 1 inch apart on ungreased cookie sheet. Bake until set but not brown, 12 to 15 minutes. Cool and dip tops of cookies into glaze. Decorate with coconut, nuts, colored sugar, or sprinkles if desired. Makes about 2 dozen cookies.

Glaze

Beat 1 cup powdered sugar, 1 tablespoon plus 1.5 teaspoons milk and 1 teaspoon vanilla until smooth and of desired consistency. Tint with few drops food color if desired.


On a personal note, these things get eaten like candy and I wound up making huge batches. And also, color-coding dough and glaze to identify different filling materials -- Kisses in one color scheme, Hugs in another, butterscotch chips in a third, etc.

From: [identity profile] thistle90.livejournal.com Date: 2004-12-10 04:37 pm (UTC)
am I the only one that *loved* season six as possbily my favorite season ever?

I thought I was the only one!!! Angst squared! Or maybe cubed. I really loved Buffy when she was suicidally depressed, and Willow when she was homicidally depressed, and Dawn when she was criminally depressed, and Anya when she was demonically depressed and....OK I'll stop. Plus Spike and Buffy have stunningly violent, abusive sex (yum!). There's my all time favorite 2 ep sequence in Buffy: Once More With Feeling and Tabula Rasa. Best moment: when Giles cracks up after hearing that Buffy is sleeping with Spike. Hated the nerd trio, but otherwise a perfect season.

And yay for suede skirt. Hopefully with kickass boots!

From: [identity profile] seperis.livejournal.com Date: 2004-12-11 10:55 am (UTC)
I thought I was the only one!!! Angst squared! Or maybe cubed. I really loved Buffy when she was suicidally depressed, and Willow when she was homicidally depressed, and Dawn when she was criminally depressed, and Anya when she was demonically depressed and....OK I'll stop. Plus Spike and Buffy have stunningly violent, abusive sex (yum!). There's my all time favorite 2 ep sequence in Buffy: Once More With Feeling and Tabula Rasa. Best moment: when Giles cracks up after hearing that Buffy is sleeping with Spike. Hated the nerd trio, but otherwise a perfect season.

Agreed on all. That was just--everyne's *worst year ever*. I loved it.

And hated the nerds. So. Much.

And yay for suede skirt. Hopefully with kickass boots!

*determined look* Oh yes. Those or my suede heels. One or the other. Teh Skirt of Courage, you might say.

From: [identity profile] ranalore.livejournal.com Date: 2004-12-10 07:51 pm (UTC)
Let's see if this can hold a recipe.

Zen Cookies (adapted from Will Shetterly's Finest-Kind Cookies)

¾ cup butter, softened
1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
½ cup honey
1 egg
2 tablespoons plus 1 teaspoon guava nectar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 teaspoon coconut extract
3 cups uncooked rolled oats
2 cups flour
1 teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon cinnamon
¼ teaspoon nutmeg
¼ teaspoon ground cloves
¼ teaspoon dried orange peel
¼ teaspoon dried lemon peel
½ cup coconut
6 ounces each semi-sweet chocolate, milk chocolate and butterscotch chips
1 cup chopped pecans

Preheat oven to 350 F. Beat the butter, brown sugar, honey, egg, juice, and extracts together until creamy. Add the oats, flour, and seasonings until well blended. Add the remaining ingredients and mix well. Shape dough into 1- inch balls and place on ungreased cookie sheet. (You may need to wash your hands frequently during this step as the dough is rather sticky.) Bake for 10 to 12 minutes and remove immediately to a wire rack to cool. Makes about 8 dozen.

From: [identity profile] seperis.livejournal.com Date: 2004-12-11 10:55 am (UTC)
The name is *very attractive*.

Mmmm. thse sound wonderful. Especially teh chocolate part. *hugs you*

From: [identity profile] ranalore.livejournal.com Date: 2004-12-11 08:27 pm (UTC)
Also, I cannot have this any more with the apple and the cinnamon and the pineapple, but one should really have something to wash down one's cookies with.

Wassail

6 cups apple cider
1 cinnamon stick
1/4 tsp. nutmeg
1/4 cup honey
3 Tbs. lemon juice
1 tsp. grated lemon peel
1 can (18 oz.) unsweetened pineapple juice (2 1/4 cups)
Orange Stars
Cinnamon sticks

In large saucepan, heat cider and one cinnamon stick to boiling; reduce heat. Cover; simmer 5 minutes. Uncover; stire in remaining ingredients except Orange Stars and cinnamon sticks and simmer 5 minutes longer. Serve in punch bowl; float Orange Stars in bowl. Use cinnamon sticks as individual stirrers. Makes about 8 cups.

Orange Stars: Cut an orange into 1/4 inch slices. Insert 5 whole cloves at equal intervals in edge of each slice. Cut out a wedge of peel and pulp between each 2 cloves.

Oh, yeah, and

From: [identity profile] ranalore.livejournal.com Date: 2004-12-11 08:33 pm (UTC)
In case you want something uber-easy and chocolate-y.

Magic Cookies

Chow Mein Fudge

2-12 oz. bags semi-sweet chocolate chips
12 oz. bag butterscotch chips
chow mein noodles
mini marshmallows
peanuts (or, if you loathe peanuts like I do, pecans or almonds or chopped walnuts or...you get the idea)

Melt chips together (I usually stick them in a big glass bowl, cook them for three minutes, pull them out and stir them, then cook and stir in two minute increments. You want to make sure they don't scorch.)

Add remaining ingredients. Mix well.

Drop from spoon onto waxed paper. Cool. Eat.

Also known as Spider Fudge around Halloween.

Re: Oh, yeah, and

From: [identity profile] ranalore.livejournal.com Date: 2004-12-11 08:35 pm (UTC)
The Magic Cookies thing should not be there, though I have a recipe for Magic Cookies, if you want it. It involves graham crackers and coconut. Also? Chocolate.

From: [identity profile] anneliese.livejournal.com Date: 2004-12-11 10:02 am (UTC)
season 6 definitely has a special place in my heart, although that very well could be owed to the hawt hawt sex the pathos of Spike, which never gets old for me. um.

From: [identity profile] seperis.livejournal.com Date: 2004-12-11 10:56 am (UTC)
*grins*

Agreed completely. On both.

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  • If you don't send me feedback, I will sob uncontrollably for hours on end, until finally, in a fit of depression, I slash my wrists and bleed out on the bathroom floor. My death will be on your heads. Murderers
    . -- Unknown, on feedback
    BTS List
  • That's why he goes bad, you know -- all the good people hit him on the head or try to shoot him and constantly mistrust him, while there's this vast cohort of minions saying, We wouldn't hurt you, Lex, and we'll give you power and greatness and oh so much sex...
    Wow. That was scary. Lex is like Jesus in the desert.
    -- pricklyelf, on why Lex goes bad
    LJ
  • Obi-Wan has a sort of desperate, pathetic patience in this movie. You can just see it in his eyes: "My padawan is a psychopath, and no one will believe me; I'm barely keeping him under control and expect to wake up any night now to find him standing over my bed with a knife!"
    -- Teague, reviewing "Star Wars: Attack of the Clones"
    LJ
  • Beth: god, why do i have so many beads?
    Jenn: Because you are an addict.
    Jenn: There are twelve step programs for this.
    Beth: i dunno they'd work, might have to go straight for the electroshock.
    Jenn: I'm not sure that helps with bead addiction.
    Beth: i was thinking more to demagnitize my credit card.
    -- hwmitzy and seperis, on bead addiction
    AIM, 12/24/2003
  • I could rape a goat and it will DIE PRETTIER than they write.
    -- anonymous, on terrible writing
    AIM, 2/17/2004
  • In medical billing there is a diagnosis code for someone who commits suicide by sea anenemoe.
    -- silverkyst, on wtf
    AIM, 3/25/2004
  • Anonymous: sorry. i just wanted to tell you how much i liked you. i'd like to take this to a higher level if you're willing
    Eleveninches: By higher level I hope you mean email.
    -- eleveninches and anonymous, on things that are disturbing
    LJ, 4/2/2004
  • silverkyst: I need to not be taking molecular genetics.
    silverkyst: though, as a sidenote, I did learn how to eviscerate a fruit fly larvae by pulling it's mouth out by it's mouthparts today.
    silverkyst: I'm just nowhere near competent in the subject material to be taking it.
    Jenn: I'd like to thank you for that image.
    -- silverkyst and seperis, on more wtf
    AIM, 1/25/2005
  • You know, if obi-wan had just disciplined the boy *properly* we wouldn't be having these problems. Can't you just see yoda? "Take him in hand, you must. The true Force, you must show him."
    -- Issaro, on spanking Anakin in his formative years
    LJ, 3/15/2005
  • Aside from the fact that one person should never go near another with a penis, a bottle of body wash, and a hopeful expression...
    -- Summerfling, on shower sex
    LJ, 7/22/2005
  • It's weird, after you get used to the affection you get from a rabbit, it's like any other BDSM relationship. Only without the sex and hot chicks in leather corsets wielding floggers. You'll grow to like it.
    -- revelininsanity, on my relationship with my rabbit
    LJ, 2/7/2006
  • Smudged upon the near horizon, lapine shadows in the mist. Like a doomsday vision from Watership Down, the bunny intervention approaches.
    -- cpt_untouchable, on my addition of The Fourth Bunny
    LJ, 4/13/2006
  • Rule 3. Chemistry is kind of like bondage. Some people like it, some people like reading about or watching other people doing it, and a large number of people's reaction to actually doing the serious stuff is to recoil in horror.
    -- deadlychameleon, on class
    LJ, 9/1/2007
  • If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, then Fan Fiction is John Cusack standing outside your house with a boombox.
    -- JRDSkinner, on fanfiction
    Twitter
  • I will unashamedly and unapologetically celebrate the joy and the warmth and the creativity of a community of people sharing something positive and beautiful and connective and if you don’t like it you are most welcome to very fuck off.
    -- Michael Sheen, on Good Omens fanfic
    Twitter
    , 6/19/2019
  • Adding for Mastodon.
    -- Jenn, traceback
    Fosstodon
    , 11/6/2022

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