And so we moved to the East Coast and here is my update |
I don't remember this happening last summer when we stayed in New Hampshire, but this year the air is soggy with smells. The roses down the street, the day-lilies just stretching open, the tiny white ...
Posted by Fee Fi Fo Fum on Sat, 28 Jun 2008 08:33:00 PST |
Goating 2007 |
It's a funny thing thinking about it now, the way you dreaded waking up before it was light and dreaded pulling on the coveralls, still reeking of the chores from the night before. You cursed their ey...
Posted by Fee Fi Fo Fum on Wed, 09 Jan 2008 12:41:00 PST |
tinker blinker stinker |
I'm crushed. I don't know where I went wrong, but I suspect I was overzealous in sanitizing my yogurt materials. Anyway, my goddamn yogurt never coagulated. Didn't thicken in the slightest. And there ...
Posted by Fee Fi Fo Fum on Sat, 17 Nov 2007 08:38:00 PST |
lord release me from myself |
today i wanted coffee. an iced latte to be exact. but i am afraid of caffeine and the effect, not unlike acid, it has upon my system. so i tried to order a half-caf (that being jive-talk for half dec...
Posted by Fee Fi Fo Fum on Sat, 10 Nov 2007 11:39:00 PST |
The secret lives of bacteria |
For all you dying to know:Yogurt was invented by "wild bacteria" living on a goatskin bag belonging to a Turkish nomad named Bob. These now-domesticated bacteria ferment the milk, creating lactic acid...
Posted by Fee Fi Fo Fum on Sat, 13 Oct 2007 11:04:00 PST |
breaking news |
My yogurt has been exonerated.
Posted by Fee Fi Fo Fum on Sat, 06 Oct 2007 04:10:00 PST |
Get out of my whey, health department! |
The Salton did not fail me. However, I thought I had failed the Salton. The directions were explicit: DO NOT BOIL THE MILK. Like a good sheep, I stood by and stirred and stared to make sure nothing ro...
Posted by Fee Fi Fo Fum on Tue, 02 Oct 2007 08:41:00 PST |
flippy flappy |
Goddamn life! You are getting in the way of my yogurt. The salton still sits in its original packaging, relegated to the corner of the counter, next to the coffee grinder we have stopped using because...
Posted by Fee Fi Fo Fum on Fri, 28 Sep 2007 10:20:00 PST |
The revolution starts with cultures |
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It is in the mail, folks. My very own Salton YM9 1-quart yogurt maker. Yes, I understand if I was truly awesome I would be out there with some curdled milk and a cheesecloth coaxing forth the g...
Posted by Fee Fi Fo Fum on Sat, 01 Sep 2007 11:24:00 PST |
honeyed moons |
boy oh boy we drove to bar harbor maine to see a little sea coast and it only took us 8 traffic-choked hours to get there instead of the mapquest quoted 5 so i was all sunshine and roses wh...
Posted by Fee Fi Fo Fum on Sat, 28 Jul 2007 06:11:00 PST |
