I always was a little haunted that they ate the pudding afterwards and just added fruit to disguise the fact that it was filled with spiderwebs and rat-smeared butter and cat fur and goodness knows what all else. Was Tabitha Twitchett living a life of quiet, genteel desperation? Was it some kind of punishment for Tom?
I am now somewhat obsessed with the idea of tipping steaming hot biscuits off of the baking sheet, apply a generous portion of butter and a drizzle of honey, and enjoying the sticky deliciousness.
My cat growing up was such a dedicated maker of biscuits and if you were like, okay, enough! He would stop, give you the most indignant look, and then double down on doing it. Luckily you could often at least redirect him so he wasn't doing just your collarbone. If you had help you could even put him to work on your back.
I think he did--he was an enormous, all-muscle stray who moved in with us when he was about a year old. For a couple of years he was not to be tamed, and would bring (alarmingly large) creatures to us--like, jackrabbits and large snakes. Then he just became an adorably loving, dog like, devoted "trad-cat" who only wanted to gaze at you, talk a little, and be touching you at all times.
-- Flour: All-purpose flour holds the ingredients together. Also, the protein in flour (when combined with moisture and heat) creates gluten, which provides structure.
-- Baking Powder: Baking powder, not yeast, is used as a leavener in this easy biscuit recipe. It causes the dough to expand, giving the biscuits volume and texture.
-- Salt: Salt acts as a flavor enhancer and it strengthens the protein in the dough.
-- Shortening: Shortening is made of purely fat, unlike butter which contains water and milk solids. This means it's better at reducing (or "shortening!") gluten strands, resulting in a soft and crumbly biscuit.
-- Milk: Cold milk adds moisture, flavor, and structure to the biscuit dough.
My cats are very partial to the "gravy" that comes out of those food packets that they like, so if you are nice, they could possibly share that with you.
"Consumer Voice is extremely grateful to Representative Schakowsky for reintroducing this bill. The estate recovery program is an outdated system that punishes low income Medicaid recipients and their families who take advantage of long term care supports and services. It also serves as a barrier to access to services, since many eligible individuals forgo necessary care out of fear of losing their home. This bill would make access to LTSS easier, remove the financial and housing burden on low income families, and ensure that individuals are able to receive care without fear of repercussion,” said Sam Brooks, Director of Public Policy at Consumer Voice for Quality Long-Term Care."
Who would be against this? For many people the only asset they have to pass on to their descendants is their home, if paid off. Assets can be protected, even minor ones, with the help of a good attorney, cooperation among the people involved, and a little luck, but there's no guarantee, and not everyone knows how to do so. The government doesn't need to nag poor people for what little they have at the end of their lives. This bill could help end that.
Ooops. You should have asked Kennedy to see his WORLD SERIES ring. He doesn't have a Super Bowl ring, unless he got it in a trade with one of his FUTBALL playing friends.
the story about the PAB rally in The Independent was sort of amusing in that you could sense the writer felt like it was beneath him to be covering it at and to be in Dayton. He also talked about people leaving early while Trump was still doing his brain vomit.
So, did anyone fall into despair over the Great Disappointment last night? Charles didn't die, Kate didn't die, William didn't divorce Kate to shack up with his girlfriend, Kate didn't divorce William because he's shacking up with his girlfriend. And there wasn't any weird Irish revenge on St. Patrick's day angle.
My favorite part of the Kathleen Parker piece because it is so lacking in self awareness as to be laughable.
“The seriousness of this situation can’t be overstated. Biden’s diminishing faculties, notwithstanding his relatively successful State of the Union address, and his increasing physical frailty are concerning.”
Yes, the fact that when you actually see Biden live and he’s completely with it shouldn’t distract you from all the clickbait headlines saying that he’s not.
Kitten biscuits! Your source info: https://open.substack.com/pub/martiniambassador/p/a-kitten-makes-biscuits
Alternately, make kitten biscuits the Samuel Whiskers way!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tale_of_Samuel_Whiskers_or_The_Roly-Poly_Pudding#/media/File:The_Roly-Poly_Pudding_Tom_Kitten.jpg
I always was a little haunted that they ate the pudding afterwards and just added fruit to disguise the fact that it was filled with spiderwebs and rat-smeared butter and cat fur and goodness knows what all else. Was Tabitha Twitchett living a life of quiet, genteel desperation? Was it some kind of punishment for Tom?
LOL!
In Geogia we prefer possum pizza.
https://substack.com/profile/155631115-menotsure/note/c-51900981
Knowing what I don't want to know about pepperoni, there's probably a bit of cannibalism going on in that photo.
"Hey, where's the beer?"
He looks hangry!
They always do.
Beware the babby flerken.
Apropos Union Poster.
https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fmedia_upload%2Fcomment%2F88e5e267-1ec3-438e-950c-430b9d11bdf9%2F6bd94971-bf55-4aa8-9b80-611867458c15.jpeg
That is one of my faves!
Li'l Feller is a local steward.
Purrfect!
I have a sad - Shadow can't make biscuits right now, and he may never be able to again.
Sending healing kitty vibes…
Oh no. Give him lots of pets from me.
I miss my little goofy biscuit maker too.
Oh no, I'm sorry he's feeling so poorly.
Thank you. He had a stroke a week ago and is still recovering. His vet says that because he is 21, it will take awhile.
21! That's an eternity in kitty years. May he recover.
((hugs))
I'm so glad he's recovering and still with you; sadly, my two eldest only made it to 19.
Hahahahaha! 😹
I am now somewhat obsessed with the idea of tipping steaming hot biscuits off of the baking sheet, apply a generous portion of butter and a drizzle of honey, and enjoying the sticky deliciousness.
My cat growing up was such a dedicated maker of biscuits and if you were like, okay, enough! He would stop, give you the most indignant look, and then double down on doing it. Luckily you could often at least redirect him so he wasn't doing just your collarbone. If you had help you could even put him to work on your back.
Gotta go put mine in the shop this AM for her annual checkup. She's seen the carrier, and is not happy.
He looooooooves you.
I think he did--he was an enormous, all-muscle stray who moved in with us when he was about a year old. For a couple of years he was not to be tamed, and would bring (alarmingly large) creatures to us--like, jackrabbits and large snakes. Then he just became an adorably loving, dog like, devoted "trad-cat" who only wanted to gaze at you, talk a little, and be touching you at all times.
He was amazing.
😻
Ingredients:
-- Flour: All-purpose flour holds the ingredients together. Also, the protein in flour (when combined with moisture and heat) creates gluten, which provides structure.
-- Baking Powder: Baking powder, not yeast, is used as a leavener in this easy biscuit recipe. It causes the dough to expand, giving the biscuits volume and texture.
-- Salt: Salt acts as a flavor enhancer and it strengthens the protein in the dough.
-- Shortening: Shortening is made of purely fat, unlike butter which contains water and milk solids. This means it's better at reducing (or "shortening!") gluten strands, resulting in a soft and crumbly biscuit.
-- Milk: Cold milk adds moisture, flavor, and structure to the biscuit dough.
--Kittens: At least 4, medium size
KAF says use butter. Their justifications are in the link in my article.
KAF always knows.
Unhydrogenated lard or if you're really posh, duck fat. This is the way.
Also recall reading that in the south flour mills are dialed in for biscuits, vs. bread in the north.
Butter instead of the kittens?
No, butter instead of shortening. You can flavor your biscuits however you want.
Seems like I saw the grated frozen butter technique on The Great British Baking Show or ATK.
Any gravy?
My cats are very partial to the "gravy" that comes out of those food packets that they like, so if you are nice, they could possibly share that with you.
"Consumer Voice is extremely grateful to Representative Schakowsky for reintroducing this bill. The estate recovery program is an outdated system that punishes low income Medicaid recipients and their families who take advantage of long term care supports and services. It also serves as a barrier to access to services, since many eligible individuals forgo necessary care out of fear of losing their home. This bill would make access to LTSS easier, remove the financial and housing burden on low income families, and ensure that individuals are able to receive care without fear of repercussion,” said Sam Brooks, Director of Public Policy at Consumer Voice for Quality Long-Term Care."
Who would be against this? For many people the only asset they have to pass on to their descendants is their home, if paid off. Assets can be protected, even minor ones, with the help of a good attorney, cooperation among the people involved, and a little luck, but there's no guarantee, and not everyone knows how to do so. The government doesn't need to nag poor people for what little they have at the end of their lives. This bill could help end that.
i was pleased as punch to vote for Rep Jan an hour ago.
(she's fab on health and benefits - we worked closed with her during all my ACA years. )
Ooops. You should have asked Kennedy to see his WORLD SERIES ring. He doesn't have a Super Bowl ring, unless he got it in a trade with one of his FUTBALL playing friends.
I have no such illusion about Italy. I simply observed that her description of how fucked up it is here was not altogether wrong.
the story about the PAB rally in The Independent was sort of amusing in that you could sense the writer felt like it was beneath him to be covering it at and to be in Dayton. He also talked about people leaving early while Trump was still doing his brain vomit.
Cool Adam Kennedy story. Is the Canyon Inn still there, or did the health department finally shut it down?
Adam Kennedy's loss, obv.
What?
So, did anyone fall into despair over the Great Disappointment last night? Charles didn't die, Kate didn't die, William didn't divorce Kate to shack up with his girlfriend, Kate didn't divorce William because he's shacking up with his girlfriend. And there wasn't any weird Irish revenge on St. Patrick's day angle.
My favorite part of the Kathleen Parker piece because it is so lacking in self awareness as to be laughable.
“The seriousness of this situation can’t be overstated. Biden’s diminishing faculties, notwithstanding his relatively successful State of the Union address, and his increasing physical frailty are concerning.”
Yes, the fact that when you actually see Biden live and he’s completely with it shouldn’t distract you from all the clickbait headlines saying that he’s not.
I think mine was how Harris should step aside because.....she laughs.
Truly a more damning indictment of her unfitness as VP has never been posted. /s
We're going to need a bigger spreadsheet to track all of these people blithely paving the way for fascism.
Re: that Marcotte piece - when did "triggering" become a life *goal* of some people?
It's like the adult equivalent of a kid jumping out and yelling "BOO!" when everyone knows that's exactly what he's going to do.
C'mon c'mon
All I want is 300,000 and six weeks vacation
C'mon you bastards
A Gen X'er applied for a job and set out his expectations - "$120K a year, three weeks paid vacation, and a company credit card".
The HR head replied, "Well, how about $250K, six weeks' paid vacation, a country club membership and a company car - say, a Corvette?"
The Gen X'er replied, "You've got to be joking!" To which the HR head said, "Yeah, but you started it!"
Good luck!
at 7:30 am? I was still on my first cup of coffee
I got the six weeks. I am a little short of the $300k though.
“You’ll get nothing and like it!”
Kidding, kidding … I’ve got my fingers crossed that you get the offer you want and deserve.
But anticipation is sooooooo delicious :-)
Nobody went there, and it took me this long, but even so...
Build it, and they will come.
----------------->>>> ............ the SEA, the sea is over there!! Get in!!!
WHATEVER, flaps
Oh, bloody hell.
The dumbass headline on that Kathleen Parker is so fukkin derp.
Re: Making kitty biscuits https://substack.com/@yajagoff/note/c-51583199?utm_source=notes-share-action&r=2kpl4m