I was perusing a copy of "The Joy of Cooking" that is a facsimile of the first edition. It includes a recipe for "Emergency Quick Aspic."
Have YOU ever had an aspic emergency?
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100 facts about me
- I love Jane Austen.
- I am a self-taught seamstress and it totally shows.
- I love dark, dark, dark chocolate.
- I'm not a good napper--I wake up feeling groggy and then I can't sleep at night.
- I'm worried about job interviews because I don't have professional hair.
- I'm very bad at writing cover letters that don't sound totally generic.
- I'm good at taking tests.
- I sometimes bake our bread.
- My favorite kind of animal is the sheep.
- My student evaluations usually say that my class was fun but too much work.
- My favorite sheets are flannel.
- I always use a tablecloth.
- My house has almost no decorations because all available wall space is used for books. But I like the way they look, so I don't mind.
- I like baskets.
- When I was an undergrad, I worked nighttime security in a dorm and I had to break up a fight once.
- I got my bachelor's degree in three years with exactly the number of required credits--not a single extra one.
- I have lots of cousins.
- take baths, not showers.
- I don't like going to bars.
- I never carry cash.
- I like knee-high socks.
- I hate movies in which someone throws up. (If this doesn't bother you, you might not have noticed that it happens in 90% of modern movies.)
- The best thing about my new house is that it has radiator heat so I can put my feet on the radiator by my bed.
- Or maybe the best thing about my house is that it has a front porch and a back porch.
- I don't like library books because I think they're sort of gross and dirty.
- I don't like snow except for on Christmas (optional) and for Christmas shopping (mandatory).
- When I got married, I saved the top to the wedding cake and then we forgot to eat it on our anniversary.
- When I get a real teaching job, I hope for a shared office. I like to have someone to talk to.
- I love wrapping gifts.
- I love carrying my baby in a baby carrier. So snuggly. Right now I'm loving my Moby Wrap.
- My drink of choice is gin and tonic.
- I like Ikea.
- My favorite color is usually green.
- My husband and I both cut our own hair.
- I'm Catholic.
- I take a lot of photos.
- I'm rH negative.
- I eavesdrop shamelessly in public.
- I subscribed to the New Yorker for two years but I've never read one of the short stories all the way through.
- I love long books (you know, like Trollope's Palliser series. yum.).
- I don't like being pregnant, although I do like babies (after 6 weeks at least).
- I hate being on hold but I never remember to use my cordless phone so that I can walk around while I wait.
- I like wearing stockings but I never have a reason to.
- I like going to plays.
- I love shopping for books, fabric, wine, food, shoes, and gifts. I hate shopping for anything else, like clothes, household products, and appliances.
- I have a maternity skirt I wear all the time even when I'm not pregnant (I use a safety pin to hold it up). Nina bought it for me.
- I cook a lot of soup.
- I hate processed cheese but I love cheap cheddar cheese (like the Target brand).
- I can't ice skate or ski. (At all.)
- I don't like chickens or pigs.
- My favorite kind of food is sushi. I especially like the kind that's a little block of rice with a piece of fish on top.
- I've never used the kind of lawnmower that you walk behind.
- I'm not good at shopping for books because I'm bad at scanning the titles. My husband finds things that I think are interesting in stores that I think are boring.
- I use a lot of swear words--but not scatological ones.
- I used to read a lot of science fiction but now I mostly don't like it.
- I have a lot of maps but they are seldom in the car.
- I almost never hang up clean laundry before it gets worn again.
- I like gardening.
- My house has 28 bookcases.
- I read, on average, a book a day (slightly less when there's a newborn in the house).
- My mother used to be a hairdresser.
- I have known some of my friends since I was five.
- I have a horse named Jake who lives with my parents.
- I have one sister.
- I use a Mac.
- I loved living in the dorms at college.
- I hate mushrooms. I try them every couple of years to see if I like them yet.
- I take my kids to the movies.
- I love movies.
- I like watching a few TV shows on DVD--Dr. Who, Arrested Development, and the Muppet Show.
- I have TV and watch only the Oscars and election coverage.
- I've forgotten what little math I ever learned.
- I am a college teacher.
- I love taking classes.
- I send a lot of postcards.
- I love my house.
- Our house has very few working doorknobs.
- I'm a terrible caulker.
- My husband is really smart.
- I'm an expert in animal husbandry but I have no pets.
- I used to work at a wine shop and I know a lot about wine that costs less than $8 per bottle.
- I'm writing a dissertation. Still.
- I suck at the Quote Acrostic.
- I am a crossword puzzle pro.
- I waste too much time when I get a newspaper.
- I hate not getting a newspaper.
- I have a weakness for paisley.
- I'm a knitter.
- I'm a quilter.
- I love shoes.
- My third-favorite movie is "The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou."
- My second-favorite movie is "Charade." ("Mrs. Lampert!")
- My favorite movie is "The Third Man."
- I love the Beatles.
- I drive a stickshift.
- I'm married.
- I have a toddler daughter and a newborn son.
- I love olives.
- I'm from Michigan.
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