Blue_playwright
Blue_playwright's JournalOne of my plays...
Was published in a Wichita writing magazine. Thought I’d share. Feedback is like chocolate.
Same Trailer, Different Park: A Drama https://wichitastory.com/same-trailer-different-park-a-drama/
Convection oven help?
I have a convention oven that’s relatively new. I’m really struggling with it. I follow recommendations about reducing cook time and learned that I can’t cover stuff if I want it to cook properly. But, now holiday baking is here and I’m so confused. My bread pudding, started it at half the time and kept an eye on it - hard as a rock on the outside and wet in the center with the backside darker than the front. I set a timer now to rotate cornbread, etc., so both sides of the top cook evenly, but still almost always have a soggy center.
Now a favorite-cranberry orange loaf - first attempt in bread pan, terrible. Brown on the outside and literally watery and wobbly inside. I went to take it out and it wiggles like jello.
Chicken breasts, steak fries, frozen pizzas, all cook up just fine. It’s just baked goods. 🤷🏻♀️
Advice, before I go get another damn oven?
Pompeo and Kremlin Barbie are here
And I can’t protest cause my kid works there and I don’t want to do anything to screw up a good gig for her. Like get arrested. 🤷🏻♀️
Warren leads so far in KS.
[link:https://kansasdems.org/2020Primary/
Click to view the graphic, etc.
I made walnut "Parmesan" cheese today
Put it on some veggie pasta. It’s not cheese, but has it’s own flavor and I like it. Especially with the roasted tomatoes in my sauce.
I haven’t tackled vegan cheese yet. The disgusting mess that was my oat milk attempt is holding me back. What recipes do you guys like for different vegan cheese?
Question about an ad
I’m getting an overpowering iPhone/YouTube ad that takes over DU completely on the homepage and after a click or two internally when I type in another DU page link. Anyone else having this problem or know how to navigate around it?
Sourdough
I’ve tried two different recipes to get my sourdough going. Both were spectacular failures. 🙄 anyone have a starter recipe they’ve had luck with that they could share?
Tried making oat milk..
I wonder if it would taste better as chocolate milk? 🤨
It’s cheaper than buying it but wow making it was messy. My daughter’s guinea pig loved the pulp though. I dried it overnight and broke it up with her breakfast.
Any tips for making it more tasty?
How to find in-home help for dad?
He’s still doing what he wants at nearly 90. Mowing, cleaning, cooking... he’s a fantastic driver and until my mom died last year, was mentally at about 95%, just forgot a few things occasionally. In the last year, he’s started forgetting things, losing words and names, the normal senior stuff. He recognizes it and has me go over important papers and bills.
He was on the roof last week cleaning gutters and sealing his screened in porch roof. 🙄 Told me later that night. But I’ve decided that if he keels over mowing his lawn, painting his cabin or falls off a roof then he’s gone on his own terms doing what makes him happy.
We aren’t to the point of needing help yet, but I am researching and unless he has a catastrophic fall, I plan to keep him in his home as long as I can. We may move in, if needed. It’s the least I can do for the grumpy old bastard. 
So, who has used the big national in-home companies? Any recommendations or places to steer away from? My aunt was in a Catholic facility (and it didn’t burn down with the Baptist moving in) and I want him to be there if worst comes to worst. (At nearly 90, I see being in a home worse than death and he does, too.)
Thank you!
Tuna Steaks
At the risk of, as in other forums when I ask for a recommendation and get sarcastically told how “the google” works... lol ... I wanted to ask if anyone has a recipe rec for Tuna Steaks.
- we eat too much beef (Kansas loves cow), and I’m just learning how to fix non-shellfish seafood.
- I’ve literally never had tuna that didn’t come in a can. And I hate the stuff in the can.
So, any good place to start? We have a rice pilaf with garlic and spinach, a salad with homemade honey mustard dressing and steamed asparagus with Parmesan on the menu plan for tonight with it, if that helps.
Thanks in advance. I’m looking at these things in my fridge and some recipes on Pinterest and I’m at a loss.
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