Bad Manners and Brimstone

I really want to make Hasselback potatoes

https://www.thekitchn.com/how-to-make-hasselback-potatoes-cooking-lessons-from-the-kitchn-199763

I bought a Hasselback potato slicer a while back and use it to make these- https://halsanutrition.com/refueling-smoked-salmon-stuffed-hasselback-potatoes/

They make really nice lunches on a weekend afternoon.

I rinse it out, wipe it out, and rub it with a little oil every few uses.

Quote from: Aleko on August 12, 2022, 01:21:50 pm

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My husband keeps saying that there doesn't seem to be any sense of shame.

There are areas where I'm glad we're losing that (when people's **** get leaked, for example), but other places where I wish we had more of it.

But the perpetrators of revenge p*rn and the like would definitely be the better for feeling more shame. There was a case about a dozen years ago now of a young man who had got off with a young woman who worked in the same merchant bank (I think; something of that kind, anyway) and was surprised and thrilled at her enthusiasm and inventiveness. On waking next morning he promptly messaged his best friend and told him all in lurid detail. BF then forwarded the story to his entire friend group, saying 'I feel honour-bound to share this', and of course by the time the unfortunate young woman arrived at work the entire City knew all about her bedroom exploits. More than a decade later I still can't get my head around what the word honour-bound could possibly have been doing in that sentence.

Just recently, I read something on Reddit. LW had a massive crush on a woman who worked in his local bar. He kept flirting with her, and finally one night, she agreed to go out with him. And to his delight, they even ended up in bed together. He was in heaven! The next night, he goes into the bar. He waves eagerly at her, and she smiles and waves back. So excited, he turns to the man next to him at the bar and spills his guts as to what happened. I mean, he had already told all of his friends what had happened (best sex he ever had!), but he was about to burst. So he described in detail to this man what had happened.

A few minutes later, he notices the man down at the far end of the bar, talking to his crush. The 2 of them are looking at the man's phone, and then she looks up at the LW and glares at him. Turns out, the man is an extremely old friend of the crush, and he recorded on his phone what the LW was saying, every explicit detail and the fact that he had already told everyone he knew and was now branching out to strangers.

Crush will no longer speak to LW. She refuses to wait on him (the other wait staff will still serve him, but he is feeling an icy cold chill in the air). She will cross the street to avoid him. LW was distraught. How could that awful man tell her? LW didn't know the man was a friend of hers! He thought he could safely expose her private life to a stranger. How can he make her forgive him?

As you may guess, the comments ripped him to shreds.

Got a link for this? It sounds like a trainwreck.

It's finally getting cool here again! Dinner was chicken sausage and fried potatoes, a green salad, and a pawpaw with brie for dessert. I'm working this weekend and get home late, so dinner is alway set up in advance so I have minimal work to do. I buy several of the sausages and cook them in a batch, then freeze. Last night I pulled one out to thaw in a dish, and baked a potato. Then when I got home today I heated the sausage in the microwave, sliced and fried the potato, and dinner was served.

Tonight was the same as yesterday: a pot of decaf Darjeeling, mozzarella/tomato/olive oil/fresh basil on part of a toasted baguette, a piece of Friday’s challah with butter and jam, and fancy bakery cookies with a peach for dessert. I worked this weekend and it's brutally hot outside, so I wanted something easy with minimal hot stuff.

Tonight was a meatball sub with mushrooms and fries, and cookies and cream ice cream for dessert. I pulled the meatballs out of the freezer, put some in a tupperware with half a cup of marinara sauce and some frozen mushrooms on top. Then when I got home from work, I threw the fries in the oven, heated up the sauce/meat mix, and toasted the bread. Added a couple chunks of mozzarella on top, and some parmesan. Quick and very easy!

Quote from: BeagleMommy on October 20, 2021, 07:44:25 am

I have no problem with people who say "I don't know what my schedule will be next week, when do you need a commitment?", but repeated no shows means you don't get invited any more.

I agree with this. I sometimes won't know what my schedule is for a certain week up to and including the Sunday of that week and even then I might be unsure. During those times I'd decline the invitation because I'm not sure, and I much rather say no just in case.

And I'd be fine with this because I know you're not flaking. I've worked irregular schedules myself, so some weeks I'd be 9-5 M-F and others I'd be working nights and weekends. It can make having a social life difficult, but I'm happy when I can get time with that friend even if it's a bit of a job to arrange.

Quote from: Winterlight on July 07, 2022, 09:26:41 pm

Current public librarian here.

As long as you tell us when there's damage and pay when something is too damaged to fix, we're good. We don't keep track of whose kid tears what, unless you're bringing back ruined books weekly or something like that.

If you find a book that's damaged before you check out, bring it to the librarian so we can pull it and either fix it or discard it. If you find it when you get home, then tell us when you bring it back. We err on the side of believing the patron as a rule, so there won't be a charge.

Thanks Winterlight, that's reassuring--weekly destruction is maybe the line of "too much"?  We're definitely not there!

About the board books...  the library has a very, very limited selection of those.  And 2yo attacks books his older brother borrows too.  So if people thought we were creating too much damage (which some people on here seem to be hinting at?), if he damaged another book and hasn't outgrown it like I'm hoping, then I'd just stay away from the library for the next 6 months or whatever until 2yo completely stopped tearing up books. We have lots of books at home (including board and a few cloth books). It's just really nice to get the variety that the library offers. And nice for them to go somewhere other than home.

Weekly destruction would be a "Time to have a talk with your child and also put the books where he can't get them," thing for me. The occasional torn book happens, if it was that often it would probably be more of a concern (for the parent having to buy replacements, at least!)

We used to tell our Aussie pup, "Gentle kisses are permitted," because she was something of a staplemouth when she got excited. So maybe some variation of that for books? It worked for Addie, at any rate, at least as far as her not biting us (much.)