Comments for Michelle Schwartz Chronicles http://www.michelle.koenig-schwartz.com/chronicles Thoughts, Opinions, and Irrational Ranting Tue, 11 May 2010 13:29:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 Comment on I hate you, Canada Post by Karen http://www.michelle.koenig-schwartz.com/chronicles/2010/05/10/i-hate-you-canada-post/comment-page-1/#comment-2803 Karen Tue, 11 May 2010 13:29:11 +0000 http://www.michelle.koenig-schwartz.com/chronicles/?p=116#comment-2803 I'm sorry that one of those last phrases doesn't quite qualify as a sentence. I’m sorry that one of those last phrases doesn’t quite qualify as a sentence.

]]> Comment on I hate you, Canada Post by Karen http://www.michelle.koenig-schwartz.com/chronicles/2010/05/10/i-hate-you-canada-post/comment-page-1/#comment-2802 Karen Tue, 11 May 2010 13:26:43 +0000 http://www.michelle.koenig-schwartz.com/chronicles/?p=116#comment-2802 I know! Canada Post is crazy. My mother is at perpetual war with them sending copious gifts to my sister and her kids in Montreal. The smashed kitty is especially moving. I know! Canada Post is crazy. My mother is at perpetual war with them sending copious gifts to my sister and her kids in Montreal. The smashed kitty is especially moving.

]]> Comment on I hate you, Canada Post by anon, but you know who it is http://www.michelle.koenig-schwartz.com/chronicles/2010/05/10/i-hate-you-canada-post/comment-page-1/#comment-2800 anon, but you know who it is Tue, 11 May 2010 04:14:58 +0000 http://www.michelle.koenig-schwartz.com/chronicles/?p=116#comment-2800 Oh, so depressing, but don't blame Canada! This is pure Brooklyn Post Office EVIL. Christmas cards are often received opened and resealed (xmas cash?), magazines sometimes show up months after they were printed ("but it's not January anymore...") and I once watched them give a random man a package, sans slip or checking ID, because he said the addressee was his roommate. When the post office goes down, I hope the Williamsburg depot goes first. Oh, so depressing, but don’t blame Canada! This is pure Brooklyn Post Office EVIL. Christmas cards are often received opened and resealed (xmas cash?), magazines sometimes show up months after they were printed (“but it’s not January anymore…”) and I once watched them give a random man a package, sans slip or checking ID, because he said the addressee was his roommate. When the post office goes down, I hope the Williamsburg depot goes first.

]]> Comment on I hate you, Canada Post by elena http://www.michelle.koenig-schwartz.com/chronicles/2010/05/10/i-hate-you-canada-post/comment-page-1/#comment-2799 elena Tue, 11 May 2010 03:10:46 +0000 http://www.michelle.koenig-schwartz.com/chronicles/?p=116#comment-2799 oh, that looks so sad. i'm sorry, michelle. boo, canada post!! oh, that looks so sad. i’m sorry, michelle. boo, canada post!!

]]> Comment on General Life Updates: My 2008 Running Log & Map by Michelle Schwartz Chronicles » General Life Updates: My 2009 Running Log http://www.michelle.koenig-schwartz.com/chronicles/2009/01/10/general-life-updates-my-2008-running-log-map/comment-page-1/#comment-2778 Michelle Schwartz Chronicles » General Life Updates: My 2009 Running Log Thu, 31 Dec 2009 18:55:28 +0000 http://www.michelle.koenig-schwartz.com/chronicles/?p=50#comment-2778 [...] 2008 Running Map posted by michelle at 11:42 am   [...] [...] 2008 Running Map posted by michelle at 11:42 am   [...]

]]> Comment on Project: Cooking – Ribollita, Chinese lettuce thing, rice balls… by Sandy O'Sullivan http://www.michelle.koenig-schwartz.com/chronicles/2009/12/02/project-cooking-ribollita-chinese-lettuce-thing-rice-balls/comment-page-1/#comment-2766 Sandy O'Sullivan Fri, 04 Dec 2009 03:30:26 +0000 http://www.michelle.koenig-schwartz.com/chronicles/?p=86#comment-2766 Lovely!!!! I think if you're wanting to bring out the flavours in the Ribollita, the real trick is not to sort of add stuff with salt (cos its cheating and everything tastes like salt, but to brown off some of the ingredients. It might be that a really browned off (not angry) onion or garlic might do the trick. I also wonder if you could add some paprika or if you think that would alter the flavour too much? A stock might do it, but let's face it, stock is really just another way of adding salt to something like this to give it flavour. The other thing I'd be inclined to do, but you might already do this, is to get rid of the seeds of any tomatoes you include. And to keep it Italian (as though that's one flavour, I know I am about to cross regions), some strong flavour adds might include a browned off fennel bulb or some oregano... and a definitely Italian boost to the flavours would be an add of some Aceto balsamico - how more Italian can you get that that eh? And also, as you prolly know both rosmarino (rosemary) and salvia (sage) were very strong traditional flavours, that they've been somehow recast as English is just the bloody English nicking stuff and pretending it was always theirs. The buggers. The other thing that might be worth thinking about is a finishing off of fresh basil and fried garlic. That might not work, but it feels like it would. Might be too strong a flavour eh? I know that you might not like mushrooms, but if its because of the texture rather than flavour, mushrooms are another really good stock base, if stewed in salt and strained. Bloody hell... I've just gotten myself hungry!!! Lovely!!!! I think if you’re wanting to bring out the flavours in the Ribollita, the real trick is not to sort of add stuff with salt (cos its cheating and everything tastes like salt, but to brown off some of the ingredients. It might be that a really browned off (not angry) onion or garlic might do the trick. I also wonder if you could add some paprika or if you think that would alter the flavour too much? A stock might do it, but let’s face it, stock is really just another way of adding salt to something like this to give it flavour. The other thing I’d be inclined to do, but you might already do this, is to get rid of the seeds of any tomatoes you include. And to keep it Italian (as though that’s one flavour, I know I am about to cross regions), some strong flavour adds might include a browned off fennel bulb or some oregano… and a definitely Italian boost to the flavours would be an add of some Aceto balsamico – how more Italian can you get that that eh?

And also, as you prolly know both rosmarino (rosemary) and salvia (sage) were very strong traditional flavours, that they’ve been somehow recast as English is just the bloody English nicking stuff and pretending it was always theirs. The buggers. The other thing that might be worth thinking about is a finishing off of fresh basil and fried garlic. That might not work, but it feels like it would. Might be too strong a flavour eh? I know that you might not like mushrooms, but if its because of the texture rather than flavour, mushrooms are another really good stock base, if stewed in salt and strained.

Bloody hell… I’ve just gotten myself hungry!!!

]]> Comment on Project: Cooking – Ribollita, Chinese lettuce thing, rice balls… by stark http://www.michelle.koenig-schwartz.com/chronicles/2009/12/02/project-cooking-ribollita-chinese-lettuce-thing-rice-balls/comment-page-1/#comment-2765 stark Thu, 03 Dec 2009 02:38:07 +0000 http://www.michelle.koenig-schwartz.com/chronicles/?p=86#comment-2765 Yum with a side of YUM! Thems was some good eats, baby! Yum with a side of YUM! Thems was some good eats, baby!

]]> Comment on Projects: Cooking – How to Make a Stuffed Artichoke by Michelle Schwartz Chronicles » Project: Cooking - Ribollita, Chinese lettuce thing, rice balls… http://www.michelle.koenig-schwartz.com/chronicles/2009/03/16/general-life-updates-how-to-make-a-stuffed-artichoke/comment-page-1/#comment-2764 Michelle Schwartz Chronicles » Project: Cooking - Ribollita, Chinese lettuce thing, rice balls… Wed, 02 Dec 2009 19:52:38 +0000 http://www.michelle.koenig-schwartz.com/chronicles/?p=61#comment-2764 [...] I made stuffed artichokes and rice balls for Thanksgiving. There are no photos of the rice balls because the were so good [...] [...] I made stuffed artichokes and rice balls for Thanksgiving. There are no photos of the rice balls because the were so good [...]

]]> Comment on Project: Canadian Club – Your Mom Had Groupies by MOCK ADS MOCK CANADIAN CLUB » Sociological Images http://www.michelle.koenig-schwartz.com/chronicles/2008/05/11/project-canadian-club-your-mom-had-groupies/comment-page-1/#comment-2762 MOCK ADS MOCK CANADIAN CLUB » Sociological Images Sat, 28 Nov 2009 01:58:47 +0000 http://www.michelle.koenig-schwartz.com/chronicles/?p=15#comment-2762 [...] to a set of mock ads based on these Canadian Club ads made by various contributors and found at Michelle Schwartz’s blog (along with others). They starkly reveal the double standard manifest in the original ads. The [...] [...] to a set of mock ads based on these Canadian Club ads made by various contributors and found at Michelle Schwartz’s blog (along with others). They starkly reveal the double standard manifest in the original ads. The [...]

]]> Comment on Project: Worm Bum by Michelle Schwartz Chronicles » Project: Worm Bum - Upholstering Insect Ends http://www.michelle.koenig-schwartz.com/chronicles/2009/09/23/project-worm-bum/comment-page-1/#comment-2751 Michelle Schwartz Chronicles » Project: Worm Bum - Upholstering Insect Ends Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:38:56 +0000 http://www.michelle.koenig-schwartz.com/chronicles/?p=79#comment-2751 [...] finishing the bottom armature, we started on the top piece. This came together quickly and efficiently, if I do say so [...] [...] finishing the bottom armature, we started on the top piece. This came together quickly and efficiently, if I do say so [...]

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