Today is crab cakes and hoppin john! Yippee! (some of my favorite foods). So, this is a short supper talk... some updates from previous posts or suppertalks... then we eat...
This whole Donnie Davies and the hoax/not hoax hate video is really become quite a mystery (I mentioned it briefly, with links, here). You can read more about the updates to that mystery at towleroad or Joe. My. God. (he thinks he's an improv actor). Heck, someone even IM'd with him. Two theories: 1) It's a satire and hoax 2) It's a hateful, absurd reality... though Dan Savage has a third: 3) It's made to be a satire and hoax by someone who really believes so that the message will get spread. Yikes, my head is spinning.
Now, about Nigeria and Britain...
Terrance, in an great post, mentions that the Nigeria law that was about to pass that would make meetings between gay people a criminal offense... ah..no it doesn't look so likely. Apparently, it's languishing in committee. The legislature is gearing down, the Christian president (influenced by that Anglican Bishop) is on his way out, and activists inside and outside of Nigeria just want everyone to quiet down a bit so the legislature will drop it. They are afraid they'll pick it up if they are pushed. From where I stand, it's hard to tell if the loud voices made it languish in the first place, or if continued will make matters worse. After reading the article above, I'd suggest the protests quiet a bit. Just keep watch.
Good news in Britain too. As reported earlier, the Catholic and Anglican churches in Britain are putting up a stink about having to allow gay couples to adopt. (oh, Rhea informs me I was right to suspect that they are getting government funding.. so they are in the wrong). Apparently, the churches are about to lose their appeal:
But on Thursday Education Minister Alan Johnson, who has responsibility for adoption, said the government, including Blair, saw no case for special treatment.
So these people's faith (in both Nigeria and Great Britain... and here) are leading them to discriminate... and create hate videos, which seemingly upholds Sam Harris' arguments that religious faith harms us...
supper:
Well, I forgot when I put together our menu plan, we had crab cakes two weeks ago. The recipe is in that link to a supper talk from then :).
Hoppin John on the other hand...
There are a lot of variations of Hoppin' John, but basically it's rice, blackeyed peas and ham (hamhock) with herbs and/or spices I basically use this recipe from Epicurious., but add a bit of old bay seasoning, some bell pepper and diced tomato.
Comments (5)
queerty.com covered that ex-gay video and determined that it was legit, the guy even has a website.
Here is queerty's report
At the guys website, he lists pro-gay musicians and encourages people to avoid them apparently. I haven't been to his website, but queerty links to his website and says he's serious.
Comment #4430 on January 25, 2007 9:27 PM |
Actually, though, if you read some of the links I have, and this one from Queerty: http://www.queerty.com/queer/scandal/donnie-davies-revealed-20070125.php
it seems it might actually not be legit (the website is suspect too), that link above it to a theory of who 'donnie davies' really is.
Comment #4439 on January 25, 2007 11:07 PM |
Trey, I hope it's not too inappropriate for me to ask a blogger like yourself for such "common sense" advice; if it is, just tell me so. I'm just wondering if you think it's safe to leave a pot simmering on the stove and not being in the kitchen? I'm cooking brown rice, and it takes 45 minutes to cook... . I thought to ask you because, well, I'm in the process of learning what a healthy relationship with food looks like, and what a normal amount of food for meals looks like. Looking back through your supper posts is one possible thing for me to do to get this idea...; and while I'm here, I thought it might be easy to ask you about this cooking related common-sense question?
Comment #4468 on January 26, 2007 8:31 AM |
hey, always glad to be of help.
I always leave the rice on the stove. I'd never leave the house empty, but going to the room is all right I would think. I do it all the time anyway... and shut the kitchen off from kids though. Also, anything that is cooking on the stovetop is on the back burner unless I'm there actively cooking.
How do you cook rice? I usually bring it to a boil, cover it and then turn down the burner to the lowest setting and let it set. With white rice I even just turn off the burner after covering and let it sit and it cooks fine from the hot water. Might also work with brown rice.
If you eat enough rice, I'd get a rice cooker. Love mine, cooks rice and steams vegetables. They have some that do that at the same time.
Comment #4479 on January 26, 2007 9:56 AM |
Ah! I have to remember that if you have kids in the house, the safety issues double in importance :-) Is the back burner just to make sure nobody accidentally tips the handle of whatever's cooking over -- such as kids if they happen to get into the kitchen somehow?
Ooph, and as for cooking rice -- I'm REALLY new to the world of cooking! I've always had trouble with white rice -- it'd always either be too undercooked, or too soggy.. even if I followed the directions on the back of the box! [Which tells me to measure out a certain amount of water and rice, bring to boil, then reduce heat and cover with a lid]. I'm having more luck with brown rice, though -- it seems more forgiving, although it DOES take 45 minutes to make!
Do you ever find that with your method of cooking white rice, that it actually absorbs all the liquid you put in without getting soggy? Was it just carefully documented [or I would imagine you would, with your nerdy tendancies ;-) ] trial and error that let you know exactly how much water to add..?
Comment #4495 on January 26, 2007 1:45 PM |