The Funny Pages - Tickle Me Elbow - The Original

[psawyer]

Click here to see the croutons.

They turned out pretty well, but the garlic isn't as strong as we had hoped for. We think we know how to fix that next time. The true proof will be in the salad at dinner in a little while.

Sadly, I am not getting mooned, but Emily is.

[elye]

What's that??? What's that, you say, Em??? Nah Nah _Nah Nah _{Nah Nah}!!!

Careful there, Emily . . . you're taunting a moderator.

Shoot, you're right. . . . . .. .. ...we're surrounded by them, now. . . . . .

[jerseyangel]

Sadly, I am not getting mooned, but Emily is.

Ah, but the night is still young

Those croutons look fantastic!

[JNBunnie1]

Ah, but the night is still young

Those croutons look fantastic!

Speaking of which, how did you make those?

[psawyer]

Speaking of which, how did you make those?

The crouton story begins a while back. We bought some pre-made croutons by the Gluten Free Pantry in October and liked them, but felt that they were a bit on the expensive side.

We have been buying Glutino products at a large chain grocery store for a couple of years (we used to get them online). We don't like that store for most things, and only buy things there that we can't get at our usual store. The usual, preferred store is part of a small chain operating just in the Toronto area.

Recently, our regular store began to carry some Glutino and Gluten Free Pantry items. So far it is just those that can be shelved without refrigeration. They have the spaghetti for less that the big chain. A couple of weeks ago we bought Gluten Free Pantry French bread & pizza mix. We used our bread machine to bake a 2 lb loaf of French bread.

We saved the top and bottom of the loaf, while eating the rest of it.

Today, we used the ends of the loaf for croutons. We cut the week-old bread into cubes about 3/4 of an inch on each side. We had lots of pieces. We used 3 tbps (45 ml) of extra virgin olive oil, six crushed garlic cloves, and some (unmeasured) dehydrated basil and oregano. It was about twice as much basil as oregano.

We mixed the garlic and oil and tossed them with the bread and herbs in a mixing bowl.

Then we spread it out on a baking sheet, one layer only, and baked for 15 minutes at 375F. Twice, at 5 and 10 minutes, we took them out and used a spatula to toss them around to bake evenly.

Tonight we started our meal with a salad that included these croutons. They are crunchy, and very palatable. They were not as garlicky as we had hoped. We thought we had a garlic press, but could not find it when the chips were down, so the garlic was not as well mashed as it could have been. Tomorrow we are going shopping for a proper garlic press.

They were outstanding, and we have enough left for several enjoyable salads with gluten-, soy-, and dairy-free croutons. They contain rice, corn and potato. Click here to see the croutons.

[jerseyangel]

I use the GFP French Bread Mix routinely--it's the only bread I've tried that I tolerate. I bake a loaf every couple of weeks, slice and freeze it.

I think their crouton mix has tapioca starch, which is why I've never tried it. Now that you have me thinking about croutons, I'm going to have to make some. I have a garlic press, and bread in the freezer so I'm all set

[elye]

Morning, Psillies!

Anyone else seen Benjamin Button? Jack and I have been alone here this weekend (DH and DD are at a tourney in Kingston - -The Wildcats have won all three of their games, including a 3 - 0 extravaganza where Sophie apparently was standing on her head and doing back handsprings to save 31 shots..... . ...they could be in the final round this afternoon, after their game at 11). So, we took in the movie. I thought I would love it. Just liked it....a little forced at times. Brad was his glorious self, even in the clothes and makeup of an eighty-year old.....!

Gonna try those croutons, POeter, perhaps today.

[nikki-uk]

but what about yer super-moderator powers??? . . . x-ray vision?? building leaping?? . . . a cape??? . . . a shoe-phone???

They TOTALLY snowed me!!

I was expecting cupcakes and coffee every morning, foot massages, someone to clean the catbox.

Harumph!!

Yeah, yeah, yeah of course Jess is saying that NOW she has been inaugurated into the inner sanctum

Probably had to sign the 'official secrets act' whilst wearing a hat of meat or summat

POeter's croutons!!!

YUMM-EEEEE!!!

DAMN! ...we don't have a french bread mix here....you guys do seem to have better mixes available to you

I have a plan ..... I'd like to do a 'swap' one day..... I send one of you my 'choice' selection of gluten-free goodies (Dry mixes & the like) and you send me yours

....but SSSSCHHHH!!!!!!!! <looking nervously around >

My little Indian man in the post office tells me t'is illegal to send food goods to the US/Canada ......BUT ..he said..if you don't declare it who will know?

Maybe names in a hat (meat?) to help me choose which one of you lucky, lucky peeps will receive the lucky bag

Meanwhile...I think the honeymoon with the wee (brown) tabby kitt-eh is OVER

If I tell you that Tel is at the launderette washing the NEW goose down kingsize quilt does that give you a clue?????

Double Sven this morning........been cutting back of phood this week,...also have been to 5 exersize classes this week (REALLY good )

Decided to weigh meself at the gym this morning........put ON 3 pounds from last week!!!!!!!

BWAHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!

<not eating again 'til at least Feb>

Just kidding but WHat in Hell

Ho hum, am quite wackl today

[Jestgar]

Benjamin Button - great movie! Well made, keeps you interested the whole time. I had no expectations and didn't really know what it was about when I went to see it, maybe that made a difference.

The make-up was amazing.

No moon here last night. Just fog

[Jestgar]

I have a plan ..... I'd like to do a 'swap' one day..... I send one of you my 'choice' selection of gluten-free goodies (Dry mixes & the like) and you send me yours

....but SSSSCHHHH!!!!!!!! <looking nervously around >

My little Indian man in the post office tells me t'is illegal to send food goods to the US/Canada ......BUT ..he said..if you don't declare it who will know?

Double Sven this morning........been cutting back of phood this week,...also have been to 5 exersize classes this week (REALLY good )

Decided to weigh meself at the gym this morning........put ON 3 pounds from last week!!!!!!!

BWAHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!

Swap sounds like fun. Add my name. Does it need to be printed on Salami or summat?

As for the weigh-in, go with the 'salty soup' theory. You must have eaten some really salty soup, how else could you be retaining all that water?

Gearing up for my walk (in the cold drizzle, remind me a gain why I enjoy this?), but I feel so much better today than yesterday, and I did my walk yesterday, soooo, into the mist I go.

[psawyer]

DAMN! ...we don't have a french bread mix here....you guys do seem to have better mixes available to you

We used that particular bread because we had it. You could probably use another bread. The GFP french bread is quite light, so a more typical gluten-free bread would probably need less than 15 minutes in the oven.

No moon here last night. Just fog

Twas a heavy overcast last night, but, of course, this morning the sun is shining and no a cloud in the sky.

Go, Wildcats!

[elye]

Probably had to sign the 'official secrets act' whilst wearing a hat of meat or summat

I can indeed see Jess with a rump roast perched precariously on her head, citing the Secret Phorum Mantra, the Promise of the Chosen, then performing the top-secret eye move.. . . . ...I am certain that Secret Phorum Members line up for retinal scans before entry. . . . .but Jess can tell us none of this. . . . . .....

My little Indian man in the post office tells me t'is illegal to send food goods to the US/Canada ......BUT ..he said..if you don't declare it who will know?

Nik!! Are you absolutely certain that this li'l man is Indian, and not Burundian?? I cannot help but feel that we have not seen the end of Sam Hill Manhead and his bizarrre following. . ..... .. perhaps this man wants to encourage you to send foodstuffs through the mail because then he'll have something on you . ... . something to blackmail you with . . .. ...and perhaps your Twa are involved . .. . . ..

Hmmm.....those little Twa may want you to start cooking and taking care of them, and the threat of disclosing your illegal overseas posting of foodstuffs may be just enough to have you complying.

You need to march into that post office and casually ask this man of mysterious nationality if he knows what "Twa" means. Watch his reaction verrrrrrry carefully. . . ....

Nikerler!! Did the wee kitteh poop on yer duvet?

Gearing up for my walk (in the cold drizzle, remind me a gain why I enjoy this?), but I feel so much better today than yesterday, and I did my walk yesterday, soooo, into the mist I go.

Jess, do you still wander by that unsettling cemetery? So exciting. .. . ..

[jerseyangel]

I can indeed see Jess with a rump roast perched precariously on her head, citing the Secret Phorum Mantra, the Promise of the Chosen, then performing the top-secret eye move.. . . .

Actually Jess lucked out. I had to wear a 22 pound turkey on me head that kept slipping-- the sheer size of the turkey butt swallowed my head whole, making it close to impossible to perform the secret dance.

[tom]

Woohoo for Sophie!!! 31 saves!!!!!!!? Woohoo some more! And GOOOOOOOOOOO WILDCATS!!

(I'm wearing a giant wildcat face on me back now, out for a walk in my U of Arizona sweatshirt)

Yeah, yeah, yeah of course Jess is saying that NOW she has been inaugurated into the inner sanctum

Through the secret sphincter???

Meanwhile...I think the honeymoon with the wee (brown) tabby kitt-eh is OVER

If I tell you that Tel is at the launderette washing the NEW goose down kingsize quilt does that give you a clue?????

uh-oh!! (brown??) guest-kitteh thinks didi = litterbox??

California highways have signs sayin "$500 fine for littering" .. . ..and a bear on the state flag, called a Golden Bear, maybe like a Golden Goose considering we get $500 every time a bear sh!ts in the woods. x50??

[tom]

. ...-- the sheer size of the turkey butt swallowed my head whole, making it close to impossible to perform the secret dance.

:lol:

What . .. ..no youtube link???????

[nikki-uk]

Nik!! Are you absolutely certain that this li'l man is Indian, and not Burundian?? I cannot help but feel that we have not seen the end of Sam Hill Manhead and his bizarrre following. . ..... .. perhaps this man wants to encourage you to send foodstuffs through the mail because then he'll have something on you . ... . something to blackmail you with . . .. ...and perhaps your Twa are involved . .. . . ..

Hmmm.....those little Twa may want you to start cooking and taking care of them, and the threat of disclosing your illegal overseas posting of foodstuffs may be just enough to have you complying.

You need to march into that post office and casually ask this man of mysterious nationality if he knows what "Twa" means. Watch his reaction verrrrrrry carefully. . . ....

MY GOD Em-uh-lEE!!!!!!!!!!

I have NOT been careful enough!! Why yes! ..the chap in the post office does have Twaian look about him (even if he is normal height) I believe him to be related nonetheless!!! I MUST be more careful!!!

Nikerler!! Did the wee kitteh poop on yer duvet?

The interloper wee'd twice!!

I was already downstairs when I heard Tel shout

''ARRGHH...bloody little cat has peed on the bed!''....... so hastily took the duvet cover off......left the quilt folded on the bed.

When I got in from the gym Tel informed me that ''bloody thing done it again ON the quilt''

Wee kitt-eh (Appropiate name methinks) is an entire male still and his wee SMELLS

<If he's staying, those furry li'l peanuts will HAVE to go!!>

[nikki-uk]

Actually Jess lucked out. I had to wear a 22 pound turkey on me head that kept slipping-- the sheer size of the turkey butt swallowed my head whole, making it close to impossible to perform the secret dance.

Paddeigh!!!.....but wait - y'all thought this was Joey?? Open Original Shared Link

Through the secret sphincter???

EW!!

uh-oh!! (brown??) guest-kitteh thinks didi = litterbox??

California highways have signs sayin "$500 fine for littering" .. . ..and a bear on the state flag, called a Golden Bear, maybe like a Golden Goose considering we get $500 every time a bear sh!ts in the woods. x50??

Ptorghmn bringing the psillie AND upping the wackl x10

I think my reference to the the kitt-eh being a brown tabby was a red herring

[jerseyangel]

Paddeigh!!!.....but wait - y'all thought this was Joey?? Open Original Shared Link

OMGawd--yes! Mefinks I was set up.....Scott must be a "Friends" afficianado

Is there a film anywhere of Monica wif a pot roast on her head??

[Jestgar]

Nik!! Are you absolutely certain that this li'l man is Indian, and not Burundian??

Jess, do you still wander by that unsettling cemetery? So exciting. .. . ..

Methinks Emily likes saying the word Burundian

So that cemetery...

I wandered through the whole thing (pretty small) and saw one spot where the grave had just been dug, and not yet filled. A few days later it had been filled, but no headstone. Then a few days later I walked by after a windstorm and the new resident's flowers had all been knocked over, so I fixed them all.

Ever since then, I haven't felt the cold when I walk by...

I'll be interested to see if this is the same when the weather warms up. Maybe it's just cold everywhere.

[Jestgar]

I can indeed see Jess with a rump roast perched precariously on her head, citing the Secret Phorum Mantra, the Promise of the Chosen, then performing the top-secret eye move.. . . . ...

:lol:

_{um, Patti, can I take this off yet? It's been almost a week..}

[Judyin Philly]

Paddeigh!!!.....but wait - y'all thought this was Joey??

Open Original Shared Link!!

LOVED THIS

DID A LONG POST BUT DIDN'T TAKE

JUST WANTED TO SAY 'HI'

JUDY

[DingoGirl]

Actually Jess lucked out. I had to wear a 22 pound turkey on me head that kept slipping-- the sheer size of the turkey butt swallowed my head whole, making it close to impossible to perform the secret dance.

:lol: x 50

this gave me QUITE a snorkle, Padt

and Nik's WEE tabbeigh, oh no! Yes, take those furry peanuts off at once......

Jess's Meat Hat dance

and YAY SOPHIE!

Twaian postal worker

Neck's better today sillies........thank gawd.....but I'm still cranky Eating lots of chocolate and sugar lately, MUST get things under control.

Actually did go to Gail's briefly last night, and guess what........a couple of miles away, in a sketchy 'hood, they are working through the night and day for a week on an "Extreme Home Makeover" family - - so, I'll have to let you guys know when it's on, it's actually here in FrezNo!!!!! Drove as close as I could to the site - tons of bulldozers, huge trucks, out-houses, blinding lights keeping the place lit up - - bet the neighbors are mighty annoyed

[elye]

Woohoo for Sophie!!! 31 saves!!!!!!!? Woohoo some more! And GOOOOOOOOOOO WILDCATS!!

(I'm wearing a giant wildcat face on me back now, out for a walk in my U of Arizona sweatshirt)

YAY! Just got a call from her.... .they won the semi-final game in a shootout.... . . ..thank gawd I was not there. . . ..as the goalie's mother it is absolute AGONY to watch a shootout unfold before yer eyes, worse than a turkey jammed on your head, worse than a pap smear.. . . . . .honestly, just heinous.

So, the gold medal game is at 3:00. Ptaoughmghmn, phantastic you're wearing their logo!! Does yours look anything like this?

http://ngha.ca/images/WildcatLogo.gif

Through the secret sphincter???

Gaaaaaahhhhhh.....

Um, I think I'm starting to receive far too much information on the initiation/ceremonial practices of the Secret Phorum.. . . . ....

Mygawd... . . . . ...a sphincter that's kept secret, and it's large enough to act as a passageway for the moderators?? Yep...I've heard enough. . . . . ... ..

Ptaoughmghmn's Golden Bear

Methinks Emily likes saying the word Burundian

Oh my gawd, but do I. . . . . ...everyone head to your bathroom mirror, and say the word slowly, enunciating the long vowels.. . . . . ....looks SO marvelous. . . . . .

A few days later it had been filled, but no headstone. Then a few days later I walked by after a windstorm and the new resident's flowers had all been knocked over, so I fixed them all.

Ever since then, I haven't felt the cold when I walk by...

Hmmm. . . ....someone is now pleased...... . .

[elye]

Double YAY! Soooozie's neck is just jake. . . . . ...

[nikki-uk]

HOORAY SOPHIE!!!!!!!!!!!!! <That sounded really 'British' didn't it?>

Double YAY! Soooozie's neck is just jake. . . . . ...

Yes indeed!!!

BTW - WHO is Jake???

What does it mean??

Me fave programME on now (please don't ring ) ...turn of the century period drama

....where's me TP?