Sunday Overnight Open Thread (5/26/24)

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Oh goody!!!! The House Republicans have picked a hill to die on. Not if they don't kill us with laughter first.

Amendment killing nationally legal cannabis makes it into House farm bill

Earlier today Charlie Brown's Dildo had an outstanding Food Thead. But then again he always does. So we at The ONT want you to know, we have high standards also for food and beverages.

I know CBD enjoys brandy old fashions. Furthermore, I am aware he is a cheese cake addict. This is dedicated to CBD and all you Morons who enjoy those 2 basic food groups.

I wonder if CBD feels put out that KT & I are zeroing in on the food thread.

Well, it's Memorial Day Weekend, and your last Saturday ONT featured Beef Fizz, which only Muldoon seemed to find attractive.

Anyway, this started a discussion of corporate recipes, including Green Jello Salad, sometimes including cottage cheese. I actually invented one such recipe to substitute for one containing mayonnaise, evaporated milk and more walnuts than you would expect, when my FIL was in a rehab center and was being really grumpy about eating. It only has 3 or 4 ingredients, plus water, so I could calculate the nutrition profile for the rehab center dieticians, who are already familiar with Jello and cottage cheese.

People seem to like it with sour cream on top. Not keto, but contains more protein than most desserts and it is gluten-free. It might keep your diabetic Aunt Meg from pigging out on the triple fudge cake.

Enjoy. KT

Lotsa Cottage Cheese and Pineapple Green Jello Salad
Below, directions using sugar-free Jello, but you can use either kind.

1 package each (2 cup size) lemon and lime Jello sugar-free gelatin
OR 1 package (4 cup size) lime Jello sugar-free gelatin
1/2 cup cold water
20-oz. can good quality crushed pineapple in juice
Juice drained from pineapple plus water to make 1 cup
1/2 cup cold water (may include 2 or 3 ice cubes and/or 1 or 2 tablespoons lemon juice)
Two 16 oz. cartons cottage cheese, regular or low-fat

Directions:
Drain pineapple well in a sieve or colander, reserving juice. Chill pineapple while preparing the Jello mixture.
Also chill the dish(es) in which you will chill the salad. A standard 2-quart 8 x 8 baking dish will be filled to the top. A 9 x 13-inch dish produces a rather flat salad. This recipe is easy to double, so you could make a 9 x 13 dish to take to a buffet and an 8 x 8 dish for home, or a 10 x 15 dish for the buffet and individual dishes for home.

- Sprinkle sugar-free Jello powder slowly and evenly over 1/2 cup cold water in a 3-quart stainless steel bowl, tilt bowl to wet any dry powder near the edges of the water. Allow it to soften for at least 5 minutes. (I like to soften sugar-free Jello in cold water before dissolving because the sweetener in it, Aspartame, is degraded by heat.)

- While the gelatin softens, add water to pineapple juice to make 1 cup. Bring juice and water to boil, pour over softened gelatin and stir to dissolve completely. Add 1/2 cup cold water (or water and ice to speed cooling).

Note: If you use Jello with sugar, you may need to use all hot liquid to completely dissolve the gelatin.

Place the bottom of the stainless-steel bowl with dissolved gelatin in a pan of cold water to cool.

- Meanwhile, process 1 pound (one pint, 2 cups) of cold cottage cheese in a food processor or blender until smooth on the tongue. Have the cold processed cottage cheese ready to add quickly to the thickened gelatin.

- Cool gelatin to about room temperature over cold water, stirring occasionally. Add some ice to the cold water in the pan under the bowl, stirring the gelatin slowly but constantly with a wire whisk after adding ice to the pan below. It should not take long to thicken. Gelatin should be just a little thicker than egg white.

Do not allow it to gel completely. (If it thickens too much, put it over warm water and whisk with a wire whisk, then place over cold water again and stir for a few minutes to get the right consistency.) Gelatin a little thicker than egg white will produce a uniform, fluffy product.

- Immediately whisk the cold processed cottage cheese into the thickened gelatin until well-blended. Quickly fold in cold, drained pineapple and the remaining pint of cold cottage cheese (not processed). Pour into your serving dish(es).

Cover and chill until firm. Keep refrigerated. Can be made the day before serving. "Frost" the top with sour cream or garnish individual servings as desired as a dessert or salad. Or serve it as an accompaniment to Waldorf salad.

(Update from KT: I took out the duplicate recipe that I sent to Mis. Hum. It's the same recipe, just formatted differently.

The corporate food recipe above is really better with both lemon and lime Jello.)

But why Mis. Hum? ...........Because.

Stupidity should hurt. So should winning a Genius Award Winner.

CAMPBELL, Calif. - A 25-year-old Campbell man was arrested on two counts of elder abuse for incidents that happened this month, police say.

On May 4, Nicholas Hosteter allegedly punched a man in the stomach on San Tomas Aquino Road. He quickly took off, but then paused for a casual photo taken by his victim. In the photo, he's seen wearing headphones and a blue sweater. He continued to run away, leading Campbell police to put out an alert where they sought his identity

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posted by Misanthropic Humanitarian at 10:00 PM

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