Attempt at domesticity

[sabotabby]

I haven't been able to do very much lately, to the point where even blogging is kind of exhausting. And pretty much all food looks unappetizing. This said, I managed to make this for lunch today:



It's onion ring eggs. Yes, I get my recipes from BoingBoing, why do you ask?

In other news, I'm kind of addicted to housewife blogs at the moment. This one's my favourite, mostly for the ridiculous link posts (though her DIY posts are also quite impressive). It's making me want to buy chalk paint, even though in real life I despise the fact the chalkboards exist.

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[mistersmearcase.livejournal.com]

I ate at this terrific Mexican place this morning and had chilaquiles with fried eggs and was reminded (because these were very excellent over easy eggs) that good fried eggs are not a simple thing.

[sabotabby]

They aren't! And poached eggs—my favourite—are even harder.

[joxn.livejournal.com]

Time to mention eggs poached in marinara. Ingredients: 1/2 jar spaghetti sauce (I like arrabiatta). 3 eggs. Bagel chips. Parmesan.

Put sauce in a small sauce pan and bring to bubbling. Turn the heat down to med-low and crack three eggs into the sauce (don't break the yolks). Kitchen timer to 6 minutes (longer if you like hard eggs, which why would you?), cover the saucepan, and leave alone. Pour over bagel chips, sprinkle with Parmesan cheese.

[misslynx.livejournal.com]

Same basic idea works with Indian curry sauces as well, though in that case you'd probably want to serve it over rice or naan.

[sabotabby]

That sounds amazing.

[lienne.livejournal.com]

Hey sweet, you did food! <3

...why do you despise chalkboards?

[sabotabby]

I know! I was like, "I did a food! And ate it!" I have been living off apples and occasional yogurt.

...why do you despise chalkboards?

1. They are never clean, and thus quickly become illegible.
2. Chalk dust gets everywhere and makes me sneeze.
3. I feel compelled to write on them because the school won't take them out and replace them with whiteboards.

I feel like it would be different in my own house, somehow, but the truth of the matter is that Marinetti would find a way to get into it and not only smudge the chalk, but get it all over his fur, and the floor, and everywhere.

[lienne.livejournal.com]

...yes, I cannot imagine chalkboards and kitties getting along well. XD

[lienne.livejournal.com]

(although if you google them together, you get ENDLESS ADORABLE)

[sabotabby]

ZOMG.

[nichtsda.livejournal.com]

Every time I see people painting cabinets or walls with chalkboard paint, I think back on school chalkboards and wonder how those cabinets will look after a couple years of regular use.

And then I wonder if whiteboard paint is a thing, because I would be all over that.

(...and then I search and discover that it is, indeed, a thing. )

[lienne.livejournal.com]

...I want this

[sabotabby]

This needs to be in my life.

(Though it looks less "elegant Parisian café" and more "high-powered design agency with a foosball," the latter being not exactly a look I'm going for.)

My school chalkboards look like shit. I actually wash them myself, which sometimes incurs the wrath of the caretakers, but they're still never clean.

[nichtsda.livejournal.com]

There are also whiteboard wall decals -- http://www.wall-pops.com/dry-erase.aspx (note: arrogantly assuming such items can be bought from and sent to Canadaland) -- Maybe there's a style that could fit your Parisian cafe theme.

Or you can find simple rectangular/square decals at an office supply store and then mount an empty frame in front of it.

(Hmm, I should try this myself)

[sabotabby]

I did find one that was a speech bubble, which I quite liked. Wouldn't match my kitchen, though.

[baroncognito.livejournal.com]

What about putting up a piece of glass with black backing and using grease pens?

[sabotabby]

That's crazy! It just might work.

[baroncognito.livejournal.com]

4) Chalk dust is much more annoying than dry erase dust.
5) Chalk boards use chalk, which results in more screeching and broken pieces than dry erase boards.
6) The colours are less vibrant on chalkboards.

[sabotabby]

I tried to draw on the chalkboard the other day. It was a lesson about studio lighting, and I think it actually confused the kids. I was trying to show that light hits objects, in this case, a face, and brightened the surface it hit while casting a shadow on the opposite side.

They were saying some pretty bizarre things until I realized that I was interpreting, "chalkboard=skin colour in shadow, yellow chalk=light" and they were interpreting it as the opposite for some reason.

[joxn.livejournal.com]

OTOH, dry erase markers cost a lot of money; chalk is cheap.

[silmaril.livejournal.com]

That looks nummy. What's the spice?

[sabotabby]

Just black pepper and kosher salt. Nothin' fancy. Fancy things are unfortunately off the menu lately.

[cucumberseed.livejournal.com]

I did once attempt to do something similar with an avocado (that sounds dirty), unfortunately, it was an avocado I accidentally threw in the fridge... It wasn't bad, but it wasn't as good as I expected. I have another avocado, so I'll give it another try soon.

[sabotabby]

I hear it works well with avocado or sliced peppers. An avocado seems like it would be too small to me, but apparently it does work.

[cucumberseed.livejournal.com]

You end up eating wasting an unconscionable amount of the avocado in the process. If you were making a few, it might be enough for guacamole.

[sabotabby]

There was some onion wastage, but it's nothing I can't save to toss in another dish.

[lemur-catta.livejournal.com]

Omnivorous_lemur thought those were eggs inside slices of peameal bacon at first but onion rings sound even better.

[sabotabby]

I'm sure you could do it with peameal bacon too!

[lemur-catta.livejournal.com]

Or maybe an onion ring on top of a slice of bacon!

[slantedtruth.livejournal.com]

ooh, sounds like you're ready for pinterest.com!

[sabotabby]

I so am. I clicked on it and the first thing I saw was a Hello Kitty house. I admit to having a very strange über-cute Manic Pixie Dream Girl side to me.

[misslynx.livejournal.com]

Have you discovered Unfuck Your Habitat yet? It's not precisely a housewife blog, but covers much of the same territory from a different perspective - i.e. it's about how to get your living space under some semblance of control if you're not a June Cleaver wanna-be.

[sabotabby]

That is pretty great. And probably closer to my actual togetherness-level than housewife blogs.

[pofflewomp.livejournal.com]

Not the best image for someone with morning sickness to be confronted with first thing (only joking - I'm managing to eat some toast now!) , but I congratulate you on the success of a mad recipe ! It must have required large onions, or small eggs.

[sabotabby]

I used a huge onion. I'm not even sure you can get small eggs anymore.

Sympathies on your morning sickness and I hope you can keep something down!

[symbioid.livejournal.com]

Don't like onions, so I don't think I could pull this off, but I loves me some "Toad-in-the-holes" (Otherwise known as Egg-in-the-basket.

[sabotabby]

Bread is always a Questionable Thing for me—if I'm remotely sick, I can't eat it—but that looks like an awesome toast and eggs combination.

[sugarmommaless.livejournal.com]

If you're getting into housewife blogs you should check out the Mormon Housewife blogs. They're a big thing. I kind of love them. Not only is it a voyeuristic pleasure* for me to look upon such a mainstream type of other but they totally have good DIY projects and excellent home economics tips and tricks, including good recipies that are big enough to freeze as leftovers for work / recuperation. I wish I could recommend a specific one to you but I just come upon them randomly when I'm in the mood.

* I am not too big to admit that the 21 year old wives in cute J Crew type clothes are strangely enticing to me. Especially the ones that are clearly competent moms of cute kids.