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mmm, latte.

argh, my concentration is not good. I keep thinking instead about my homework and the silent war I'm raging against my boss. He should be gone after 11, maybe it will be easier to work then.

guys i need a recipe for like a chipotle garnish for a salmon burger. why can't i find a cooking thread?

You'll get better results if you go straight to epicurious.com or foodnetwork.com. It's flattering that you'd think of ILX first though.

haha no no i DID go to epicurious first but then don't have the exact thing i want. maybe i'll try foodnetwork.com...

i dunno see i'm a REALLY bad googler sometimes, and ILX caters to me "just gimme the answer" impulse =P

get some general ideas and then make it up yourself.

yes i think that's really going to be the strategy - i love experimenting with flavors. have my instincts are good enough for it (the other half need the recipe)

i really am trying to type intelligbly :-)

This one looks good (o jesus, it's from "Dweezil and Lisa") --

Chipotle Dressing:
4 tablespoons white wine vinegar
4 tablespoons water
2 small shallots, or 2 tablespoons white onions, diced
2 tablespoons Dijon mustard
2 tablespoons honey
1 egg yolk*
3 chipotle peppers in adobo
1 cup olive oil (not extra-virgin)

Place the first 7 ingredients in a blender and blend on high for 1 minute. With the blender running, slowly drizzle in oil, and blend until emulsified. Reserve until needed.

thank you!!!! see, it would have taken me like 2 hours to track this down.

really though, isn't there a cooking thread?

There's a whole cooking sub-board!
http://www.ilxor.com/ILX/NewAnswersControllerServlet?boardid=66

hahahaha DOH! :-)

lol dweezil and lisa

I'm pissed off at Epicurious for short-circuiting the Firefox search-bar engine. You used to be able to go straight to the results, but now it always goes to the site's front page.

i just started using firefox... it's a whole new world for me! this recipe looks really good i am very appreciative

xcept all i have is extra virgin and that's gonna have to work

Bye all! Ronan, enjoy Spain. I would be jealous but will be having too much fun. Byeeeeee!!

Also: FISH IS DISGUSTING. There. I said it.

Yeah, I would use x-virgin as well if I were making it. If I want a more neutral oil I'll use canola, fuck a non-virgin olive oil. (xxp)

kv, U MAD

bye Kv! You're mad, fish is fantastic.

haha i know, so picky!

oh geez my love for fish goes deep

I went on a big Pico de Gallo binge a while back, just red bell pepper, jalapeno (careful! Just one, diced tiny, and don't rub your eyes afterwards!), tomato, vidalia onion and cilantro, all choppety choppety with salt and lots of lime. It a fabulous gussy-up for canned black beans. Add grilled chicken chorizo and a glop of sour cream and you've got yourself a five-star meal.

This red bell pepper intrigues me. Did it sweeten the pico up too much?

Now I'm going to have fish for lunch. Maybe. If I can get myself up out of this chair.

eating out in the summer, it's always hard not to order fish. oooh beth that sounds amazing. i am doing beans with my salmon burgers tonight...

i LOVE red bell peppers, so versatile!

I love a little sweet crunch in there. The lime prevents any too-sweetness.

The vidalia onion is just as sweet as the bell pepper, too. Soaked in lime it becomes like apple.

i made up a bean salad: black, chick and corn, with dressing consisting of: lemon juice, olive oil, maille honey mustard (the fucking best), touch of white wine vinegar, honey, salt ppr

mmmmmm!

so this "chipotle peppers in adobo" - is that just like marinated peppers? what?

Where are you, surmounter? New York? I have that vague idea. It's salsa weather here in Nuevo England, that's for sure. I have to go water at my jobs—the crackly dryness! I have sent my houseguests to the beach without me (three days in a row, I am bad.)

It's a specific product, it'll be in cans, not jars. They're smoked jalapenos in a smoky chili-powder sauce. They pack a pretty good kick.

It is always salsa weather in Texas, praise Jesus.

haha, that's what the beach is for! aimless houseguests. yes, i am in new york. and let me tell you, i have been eating loads of salsa - i've recently gotten into the ones with fruit. paul newman's with pineapple is really tasty.

where are you again beth?

oooh that sounds really great rock

guys i look really cute today

I'm on Martha's Vineyard. OH! Off-Topic! Hillary was here, speaking at a big open-air tabernacle, and we just kind of stumbled upon it. We were picking up houseguests at the boat. So we went to hear her and I shook Bill's hand! These loudmouth women standing near me started calling out to him (after her speech was over) AND HE CAME!!!! LIKE A GOOD DOG!!!! He seemed very tired but was radiating amazing warmth. He shook everyone's outstretched hand, saying "thank you for coming out," over and over in his high, scratchy voice. I wished I could have said something, but I was tongue-tied.

But I'm sure you are almost as cute as Bill, Surmounter.

I <3 Bill.

My friend saw Howard Dean speaking at their neighbors when she was there last week.

!!! so amazing

oh i dunno about that Beth -- i don't wanna step to bill.

i certainly woulda flipped

omg srsly, why is bill SO cute. like he's not only adorable he somehow pulls of sexy as well. and WARMTH otm

What does "<3" mean? I am dumb.
Obama and Edwards were here, too, but Hillary was the only one you could see for free. I wanted to see them all, but not at a $1000-a-plate dinner at some high-roller's trophy house.

"heart"

haha beth turn ur head to the right

=P

Oh, I get it!
As soon as I saw the top of Bill's head (which you can spot a mile away 'cause he's eight feet tall) I started hyperventilating.

haha i can only imagine

I'm mad at Hillary because she voted for the war, so I'm voting for Obama in the primaries, but that said, if she wins the nomination and the election I WILL BE SO EXCITED!!!!! AND BILL WILL BE BACK IN THE WHITE HOUSE!!!!

yes it is almost too much to think about, i would be completely overwhelmed

I really want Obama to win the primary but I'm worried about his numbers.

If Hillary wins it will be yet another campaign where I feel like I'm voting for someone just to make sure the other person loses. :(

I never "got" Bill in the primaries before his first term, because I only read the paper. There was the Gennifer Flowers thing, and I thought, uh-oh, this guy's got too much baggage. And then I heard him on the radio and went "OHHHH...I GET IT NOW!!!!" He had a little cold so was a bit congested and snuffly, and the amazing sexiness! Lordy!

I know. Hillary—she's such a politician. But it'll be incredibly exciting if it happens. We'll get swept up in it, I'm sure. The first woman prez HAS to be a bloodless calculating and ambition-driven. She's not gonna be our dream-gal.