You brought me back a lemon and you squeezed me tight

[sovay]

"Would a Calvinist have just scoffed an entire bag of fish jerky?" I reasonably texted selkie, who had just significantly improved the evening of a week that has taken a deeply unwanted turn for the medical by causing a bagful of groceries and seltzer to appear on the front steps. Hestia professed interest in the little squares of maple-and-coconut salmon, but had to content herself with treats designed for delectation of cat and curling up on the couch next to me. I am fascinated by the pumpkin spice cookies that come ready to bake from refrigerated. The bananas are already having a short shelf life.

ETA: Later texted to spatch: "Who the hell is going to steal and sell Pedialyte? If you could get high off it, I'd have spent 2023 as a kite."

Comments

[selkie]

The cookies are the same ilk as the 150 I baked today, but I thought you’d enjoy your tapioca-and-wishes cookie with spice. If you like them soft, bake them as they are; if you prefer crisp-kinda, bonk them with the heel of your hand before baking .

*hugs*

[sovay]

The cookies are the same ilk as the 150 I baked today, but I thought you’d enjoy your tapioca-and-wishes cookie with spice. If you like them soft, bake them as they are; if you prefer crisp-kinda, bonk them with the heel of your hand before baking.

*hugs*

I am a soft-cookie person except where biscotti are concerned and appreciate this tip.

[selkie]

I don’t think they’d ever get a shatter to them, being predominantly tapioca, but it did remind me to ask about your unbirthday-cake feelings for October!

[sovay]

I don’t think they’d ever get a shatter to them, being predominantly tapioca, but it did remind me to ask about your unbirthday-cake feelings for October!

Molasses? All the stuff that goes in pumpkin spice but doesn't have to be pumpkin spice by proportion? Normally autumnal ingredients?

[choco_frosh]

< I don't suppose the weird tapioca cookies are gluten free? >

[selkie]

Oh, they’re almost everything-free and actually pretty affordable for now; the company is Sweet Loren’s and the cookie dough is in the dairy case at Whole Foods, Target, and whatever Giant Foods is called in your area; I lost track in New England but I think Giant is Stop and Shop and Shaws is Safeway?
Gluten, dairy, egg, soy, peanut, tree nut, sesame and seven other allergens are not present in their products. And they taste good!

[foxmoth]

Well, at the point where we live in the bonkers universe where BOTTLES OF TIDE DETERGENT were being used as a black market currency...

[sovay]

Well, at the point where we live in the bonkers universe where BOTTLES OF TIDE DETERGENT were being used as a black market currency...

What a terrible and yet cogent point.

[choco_frosh]

< facepalm >

[gwynnega]

I am excited that we are entering the pumpkin spice time of year (though I haven't started consuming these items yet).

[sovay]

I am excited that we are entering the pumpkin spice time of year (though I haven't started consuming these items yet).

The cookies were my first sighting!

[asakiyume]

What a great care package!

[sovay]

What a great care package!

There was also pistachio butter.

[asakiyume]

My wee brain has exploded at the realization that yes, of course one can make pistachio butter. If you can make peanut and almond and cashew butter---!

[sovay]

My wee brain has exploded at the realization that yes, of course one can make pistachio butter. If you can make peanut and almond and cashew butter---!

It's the color of pond scum and it's the best!

[asakiyume]

The most delicious pond scum!

(Admittedly, I say that without sampling actual pond scum, but I feel pretty safe in the statement)

[thomasyan]

Instagram introduced me to two nut soups. I used one as inspiration this past weekend: I shelled unsalted, roasted pistachios and threw them into a blender with garlic, thyme, homemade chicken bone broth, a dash of milk (not sure that added anything), some salt, some ground black pepper, and gave it a whirl. Original recipe involved heat, but I was lazy for this first go round. Pretty tasty! I imagine pistachio butter would work, too.

At Lucy Ethiopian, we've gotten peanut butter tea, and again, I think using pistachio butter with hot water and honey (and milk? I forget) would be pretty damn tasty.

The NYT said pistachios and cherries go well together, and provided a recipe involving charred scallions. That also sounds worth experimenting with, but in terms of something close to their recipe and also a soup variation.

Who the hell is going to steal and sell Pedialyte?

I think I missed seeing this in the news, and am probably happier for it.

[sovay]

The NYT said pistachios and cherries go well together, and provided a recipe involving charred scallions. That also sounds worth experimenting with, but in terms of something close to their recipe and also a soup variation.

Pistachios and cherries go splendidly together and I would be intrigued to see a savorier setting for them.

I think I missed seeing this in the news, and am probably happier for it.

spatch saw it at the supermarket locked up with the infant formula.

[thomasyan]

https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1021253-black-cherry-pistachio-salad-with-charred-scallion-vinaigrette?unlocked_article_code=1.jk8.iugV.-qbbzZwsN5KB&smid=share-url

Given the preponderance of cherries, maybe not as savory as I had remembered, but I'm definitely still curious, and wonder about flipping the cherry/pistachio ratio for something more savory.

As for "locked up", it makes me wonder if anyone has successfully used misdirection: lock something up to make it look attractive and take attention away from something more valuable/precious.

[moon_custafer]

Oh. I thought maybe someone very hungover had hijacked a truckload of the stuff.

[sovay]

Oh. I thought maybe someone very hungover had hijacked a truckload of the stuff.

I would have linked that!

[moon_custafer]

Point taken

[sabotabby]

I'm sorry about the medical. Hope you're okay.

I'm also happy for you that you get pumpkin spice cookies. I am craving a pumpkin spice latte something fierce.

[sovay]

I'm sorry about the medical. Hope you're okay.

Thanks. I'm really not at the moment and have spent much of the last couple of days trying to find out why.

I'm also happy for you that you get pumpkin spice cookies. I am craving a pumpkin spice latte something fierce.

I hope your life provides you with one! If I can see displays of Halloween candy in August, you should be able to get pumpkin spice lattes in September.

[choco_frosh]

ETA: Later texted to spatch: "Who the hell is going to steal and sell Pedialyte? If you could get high off it, I'd have spent 2023 as a kite."

LOL (and LOLCRY)

[sovay]

LOL (and LOLCRY)

What else is there to do?

[umadoshi]

Hestia professed interest in the little squares of maple-and-coconut salmon, but had to content herself with treats designed for delectation of cat and curling up on the couch next to me.

Kitten's life, so hard. *g*

Hooray for a lovely care package! <3

[sovay]

Kitten's life, so hard.

She endures it so bravely.

Hooray for a lovely care package!

It was excellent!

*hugs*

[pameladean]

Very sorry about the medical nonsense, but very glad you have abundant treats and a fine cat.

My first unfiltered response was basically FISH JERKY WE WANTS IT PRECIOUS, but it did contain the other sentiments.

P.

[sovay]

Very sorry about the medical nonsense, but very glad you have abundant treats and a fine cat.

Thank you. Hestia was definitely in doctor mode and I appreciate it, since the nonsense continues.

My first unfiltered response was basically FISH JERKY WE WANTS IT PRECIOUS, but it did contain the other sentiments.

I bet it can be found in formats you can eat! It is a brilliant concept.

[mrissa]

My father-in-law is a Calvinist, so: yes.

[sovay]

My father-in-law is a Calvinist, so: yes.

I'm glad to hear it. No one should be deprived of fish jerky who wants it.

[regshoe]

James Hogg told me Calvinists can scoff as many bags of fish jerky as they like, as long as they're numbered among the elect!

(Seriously: that does sound like a fascinating range of foods and a good thing. Maple and coconut salmon squares!)

[sovay]

James Hogg told me Calvinists can scoff as many bags of fish jerky as they like, as long as they're numbered among the elect!

I would put a heart on this sentence if DW had them.

(Seriously: that does sound like a fascinating range of foods and a good thing. Maple and coconut salmon squares!)

O brave new world that has such snack foods in it!