Does anyone else get the strong impression that McCain and Obama really genuinely like each other, I mean personally?
Oh, no. No no no. I see McCain holding Obama in deep contempt, tinged with rage.
mayakda @ 76: I took that comment as a bit of self-mockery. Of course, it won't make me vote for him either, but that's just because I'm Canadian, damn it. (And the only time I ever got to vote for Trudeau was in the one election he lost, so I'm obviously bad luck for highly successful and charismatic wonks.)
Oh, my. When I first read that, I thought Jim was listing his personal faves in order. I obviously need to start going to bed early again.
Emma @37: I'm using a white sauce instead of Alfredo, and only enough to act as a neutral binder and delivery-of-cheese vehicle with good mouth-feel (probably a scant cup). I've never had beans and white sauce before, and I know it's risky, but given the presence of tomatoes, cheese and hot paprika, I think it might work. Maybe. For some people. :-) Your alternative sounds great, though, and I'll try that, too.
Lexica@46: I've noticed only the most subtle difference between bean flavours. I'd consider black beans a little more starchy and white beans a little more creamy. So the white beans may work better with white sauce, but not as well with the cheese and hot spice.
Maybe I'll have to go all empirical and split the recipe at the bean phase and see how each one works -- or doesn't work. :-)
What I like about recipes like these is that I can take them as is, adapt them to my needs (for some reason, frozen spinach never hit it big in Canada, so I would substitute fresh spinach), or use them as a starting point for something different.
I have some whole wheat rotini on hand. Tomorrow, while the pasta is cooking, I'll make a white sauce and add plenty of grated cheddar, plus healthy amounts of dill weed and hot paprika. Mix it all together with modest amounts of diced canned tomato (drained), put some breadcrumbs and grated Parmesan on top, and let 'er bake.
Hmmm ... thinking a bit more, what if I mixed in some canned black beans to the pasta mixture before baking ...?
TV Links is dead? Crap! So much for all their disclaimers that they didn't host any of the material.
Martin, I think the Zod reference might have been episode 4 from the current series (5) in early October, but I can't verify it yet.
Mez @33: I suppose I shouldn't tell you that just about every QI episode from series 1 to 4 is available at TV Links, right? I use YouTube for series 5 and the few episodes TV Links misses.
Highly recommended at YouTube: QI series 5 episode 2. (Part 2/3. Part 3/3.) Theme: electricity. Fry gets smutty. Rowr!
*refreshes Fry's blog*
*refreshes Fry's blog*
And no new QI on YouTube until some time on Saturday. Damn.
*refreshes Fry's blog*
*refreshes Fry's blog*
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