My Listy

[coreyann.livejournal.com]

My list

1. A really good recipe or pointers to one... or even a great cookbook.  I've become domesticated.
2. Reccomendation for a good book/movie/song/game/tv show/computer program that I really should experience.
3. Anything remotely related to a bath.  I'm afraid I'm a total bath whore.
4. Christmas cards :)
5. Fun icons are always enjoyed.
6. Recycle! 
7. Amazon Wish List
8. An LJ Layout, I've never had anything custom.  For some reason, I just have never tried to figure out the s2 stuffs.
9. Comments, I love comments.  Especially on my Flickr site. 
10. Tips to take excellent photos or if you are even remotely local, offer to go with me somewhere to take pics.

I'm a giver by nature so I'm going to be reading and giving, I promise!  

ALSO If you reply let me know where your list is and I'll do what I can to spread the love :)

Comments

[coreyann.livejournal.com]

Sent!

[coreyann.livejournal.com]

Do you have a list, I'd like to return the favor?? Thanks!

[jethros-mom.livejournal.com]

I have christmas cards to send out.. so all I need is your info

email is: heartlessbladez@gmail.com

[coreyann.livejournal.com]

Done!

[broken-trust909.livejournal.com]

two really good movies you should see are Amelie and Under The Tuscan Sun. a good book would be The Time Traveler's Wife. TV show would be Dirty Jobs and Good Eats.

[coreyann.livejournal.com]

Ooo I've not seen either of these- I will add them to my list! I've read The Time Traveler's Wife - isn't it fantastic?!?!

[becki-lee.livejournal.com]

#2
movie - Life is Beautiful.
song - Konstantine by Something Corporate.
tv show - I really enjoy House.

[coreyann.livejournal.com]

Ooooo sounds good!!!!! Thank you!!!

The Thanksgiving Turkey recepe, for people who never liked turkey...

[rhiannontherose.livejournal.com]

Get a large mixing bowl, and mix up (in quantities relative to the size of your bird) a thick sauce "to taste" using BBQ sauce (I use some hickory smoked, and some more traditional honey BBQ), maple syrup, cinnamon, black pepper, Italian seasonings, brown sugar, and lemon juice. Then, separate this into thirds. Take one third, and dilute it with more lemon juice, until thin and watery.

After cleaning out the bird and salting the inner cavety, etc...

Loosen the skin at one end, and sliding your hand between bird and skin, without tearing the skin, keep separating it. Then, you will scoop from of the portions of thicker sauce with your hand, and rub it into the flesh of the bird, underneith the skin, all over. It's easier than it looks, as long as you go slowly and carefully. Once you have coated the bird with sauce, under the skin, rub or brush the remaining sauce from that portion, over the outside of the skin, all over the bird. When you just put flavoring OVER the skin, it barely sinks into the meat, even if it does well at trapping moisture. This way, the sauce's flavoring is not limited to the skin, and you have a double layer of cooked sauce, keeping the meat moist.

Now it's time for the thinned portion of the sauce. Get yourself a flavor injector...looks like a giant hypodermic needle for the kitchen. Use this to inject the thinned sauce/marinade INTO the flesh of the bird, all over. The more spots and depths that you inject the sauce into, the more of the meat will be infused with flavor, from the inside. Don't worry about the small punctures in the skin that you're making at this point, because the sauce, as it cooks and carmelizes, will seal the holes.

Roast the bird for about 1/2 or 2/3 of the recommended cooking time...2/3 is better so there's less chance of the sauce charring, but usually they want you to turn the bird around 1/2 way through, and doing this kind of thing an extra time, can be a pain in the butt. Anyway, take the bird out, and use the remaining portion of thick sauce to re-coat the outside of the bird, all over.

Finish cooking, let cool, carve, and enjoy! The result is an incredibly, all-over-moist-and-flavorful turkey, with a sweet-savory-zingy blended flavor. Very yummy. It has won over several people who previously didn't like turkey at all (including myself.)

Re: The Thanksgiving Turkey recepe, for people who never liked turkey...

[coreyann.livejournal.com]

Oooo that sounds good!!!!! Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[afteriwake.livejournal.com]

1 - Allrecipes.com has this e-mail that you get every day with a new recipie. Around the holidays they tend to be holiday related stuff. And they're all very simple. It's called The Daily Dish.

2 - Long list!

Book - If I Pay Thee Not In Gold by Mercedes Lackey and Piers Anthony
Movie - Clue (yup, based on the board game...unbelievably funny).
Song - Linkin Park, "My<Dsmbr" This does not sound like how they normally sound, and it's a gorgeous song. And I can e-mail you the MP3 of this if you'd like it. TV Show - I am so insanely biased here, but...CSI: NY. Honestly the best out of the franchise.

[coreyann.livejournal.com]

email is doyle.corey(at)gmail.com sounds interesting!

Wow... thanks for all the reccomendations!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! XD

[faeriefloss.livejournal.com]

I can make you an LJ layout, just give me a link to the picture/pictures you would like me to use, the color scheme you would prefer and any text you want on the layout

[coreyann.livejournal.com]

Oooo goodness... decisions! Ack!

Anything either Sex and the City or Titanic. Which would you have more fun working with?

[amazingly-me.livejournal.com]

I've just recently become very into Heroes on NBC. I don't know if you watch that, or if it's the kind of show you're into, but I think it's dramatic, funny, and just a really fun ride. There is some gory stuff sometimes that I tend to avert my eyes from, but I never find it to be in bad taste.

Song...Hmm. I really like the song "Collide" by Howie Day.

Whoo. Jeez. Haha.

Happy holidays!

[coreyann.livejournal.com]

I'll have to check it out, thank you and Happy Holidays to you as well!

[julie709.livejournal.com]

I can send a card! Email me at earlysunsets709@aol.com

[coreyann.livejournal.com]

Did! :) Thanks!

Movie Recommendation

[fiona64.livejournal.com]

Reccomendation for a good book/movie/song/game/tv show/computer program that I really should experience.

I highly recommend Beowulf and Grendel, starring Gerard Butler. Director Sturla Gunarrson's take on the classic tale is not typical at all; the film is quite thought-provoking, and says a lot about racism and human interractions. It's readily available via Amazon.com or Netflix.

Re: Movie Recommendation

[coreyann.livejournal.com]

Oooo I'll have to look for it!!! Thanks!!!!!!!!

Do you have a list? Thanks!

[quickblueg.livejournal.com]

I can send you Christmas card!! Just email me at sognatorebella@gmail.com

[coreyann.livejournal.com]

Done! Thanks!

Do you have a list?

[girl-who-is1337.livejournal.com]

If you would be so kind as to e-mail me, I have a great bread recipe for you.

[coreyann.livejournal.com]

What's your email?

And do you have a wishlist?

[moonlightheaven.livejournal.com]

I know these are pretty popular so you might have already heard/seen/read these but I reccommend How to Save a Life by The Fray, and both the book and (new) movie for Pride and Prejudice. And Three Flights Up by Yellowcard is a really pretty piano and violin piece (no words). :)

[coreyann.livejournal.com]

Oooo I LOVE P&P!! I prefer the book and the BBC version but the new one is do-able.

I'll have to look for that Yellowcard song, I love their stuff. Thank you! Do you have a wishlist so I may return the favor?

CUTE icon BTW!

[twilight2000.livejournal.com]

good book/movie/song/game/tv show/computer program

Good Book: Foreigner by C.J.Cherryh
[truth in advertising: it's 1st of a GREAT series -- but you *will* be hooked :>]
Good Movie: Provided you like Tracy/Hepburn movies, Laws of Attraction (Pierce Brosnan/Julianne Moore) is a Beautiful way to spend an afternoon. Fun writing, very well done in the style.
Good Band: I've gotten into Rodrigo e Gabriella lately -- mostly instrumental.
T.V. Show: Hmm, just one? This is harder than you think this season. I have to second Heroes (go to the web site and catch up for the biggest bang for your buck), but there's also Dr. Who (New Doctor) on both Sci Fi and CBC (Canadian Broadcast Company) -- I prefer the CBC showings as they leave in about 2 extra minutes per ep and the ads are at least interesting, but either way it's worth a look see. David Tennant makes a GREAT Doctor Who :>.

[coreyann.livejournal.com]

I will have to check all of these out... I'm not working at the moment and I'm bored to tears so I'm looking for things to waste time enjoyably with! LOL

I will try and find all of these, thanks!

Do you have a list so I may return the favor?

[believe-in-me.livejournal.com]

What is your flickr link?

[coreyann.livejournal.com]

http://www.flickr.com/c0reyann

[tiramisu-milano.livejournal.com]

I am going to send you a recipe! (and add you to my friends list because i love your Anne userpic...and your Foamy userpic!) AND the fact that you live one city next to me...weird how LJ makes your world so much smaller and larger at the same time.

[coreyann.livejournal.com]

Added you first!

I'm looking at your profile and wondering how the heck we don't know each other. NO ONE still lists 90210! Wow! AND FOAMY!??! LOL

YAY!

[beautydreaming.livejournal.com]

I can send you a card and recipes!

fandomcoddler[at]gmail.com and my listy is here (http://community.livejournal.com/holiday_wishes/625476.html)

recipes

[allura.livejournal.com]

Recipes:

Some have meat, some do not.

Hope that this will be good for most everyone asking for recipes for the wish list

Happy holidays!

Jami Grey



This first is an old family recipe from my hubby’s family.

Cornbread:

2C cornmeal
4C cold water

Stir water in meal over heat until thick

2 Tbsp lard/margarine
1 Tsp salt
1 C sugar
1 or 2 eggs
2 C milk

Bake at 350 for 1 hour.


Green Bean Casserole:

¾ C milk
1/8 tsp pepper
10 ¾ oz can campbells cream of mushroom soup
2 (14.5 oz) cans of cut green beans, drained
1 1/3 C french’s original French fried onions

In 1 ½ quart casserole, mix all ingredients except 2/3 C French fried onions
Bake 30 min at 350 or until hot, stir, top with remaining onions. Bake 5 min or until onions are golden.
Serves 6




Tuna Noodle Casserole

4 cans of star-kist tuna, in water, drained
1 bag egg wide noodles
2 cans peas
3 Tblsp miracle whip
2 Tbsp sweet pickle relish


Cook egg noodles according to directions.

While it is cooking, mix the tuna with miracle whip and relish. When the noodles are almost cooked, add in peas (just so they warm up)

Drain into a large bowl, adding the tuna mixture slowly, stirring thoroughly.

Can be served warm or cold. We like it both ways.


Peanut butter fudge
1 cup butter, plus more for greasing pan
1 cup peanut butter
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 pound powdered sugar
Microwave butter and peanut butter for 2 minutes on high. Stir and microwave on high for 2 more minutes. Add vanilla and powdered sugar to peanut butter mixture and stir to combine with a wooden spoon. Pour into a buttered 8 by 8-inch pan lined with waxed paper. Place a second piece of waxed paper on the surface of the fudge and refrigerate until cool. Cut into 1-inch pieces and store in an airtight container for up to a week.


French Toast Casserole with maple syrup

1 loaf French bread (13 to 16 ounces)
8 large eggs
2 cups half-and-half
1 cup milk
2 tablespoons granulated sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
Dash salt
Praline Topping, recipe follows
Maple syrup
Slice French bread into 20 slices, 1-inch each. (Use any extra bread for garlic toast or bread crumbs). Arrange slices in a generously buttered 9 by 13-inch flat baking dish in 2 rows, overlapping the slices. In a large bowl, combine the eggs, half-and-half, milk, sugar, vanilla, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt and beat with a rotary beater or whisk until blended but not too bubbly. Pour mixture over the bread slices, making sure all are covered evenly with the milk-egg mixture. Spoon some of the mixture in between the slices. Cover with foil and refrigerate overnight.
The next day, preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Spread Praline Topping evenly over the bread and bake for 40 minutes, until puffed and lightly golden. Serve with maple syrup.
Praline Topping:
1/2 pound (2 sticks) butter
1 cup packed light brown sugar
1 cup chopped pecans
2 tablespoons light corn syrup
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
Combine all ingredients in a medium bowl and blend well. Makes enough for Baked French Toast Casserole.

[allura.livejournal.com]

This first is an old family recipe from my hubby’s family.

Cornbread:

2C cornmeal
4C cold water

Stir water in meal over heat until thick

2 Tbsp lard/margarine
1 Tsp salt
1 C sugar
1 or 2 eggs
2 C milk

Bake at 350 for 1 hour.

Tuna Noodle Casserole

4 cans of star-kist tuna, in water, drained
1 bag egg wide noodles
2 cans peas
3 Tblsp miracle whip
2 Tbsp sweet pickle relish


Cook egg noodles according to directions.

While it is cooking, mix the tuna with miracle whip and relish. When the noodles are almost cooked, add in peas (just so they warm up)

Drain into a large bowl, adding the tuna mixture slowly, stirring thoroughly.

Can be served warm or cold. We like it both ways.


Peanut butter fudge
1 cup butter, plus more for greasing pan
1 cup peanut butter
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 pound powdered sugar
Microwave butter and peanut butter for 2 minutes on high. Stir and microwave on high for 2 more minutes. Add vanilla and powdered sugar to peanut butter mixture and stir to combine with a wooden spoon. Pour into a buttered 8 by 8-inch pan lined with waxed paper. Place a second piece of waxed paper on the surface of the fudge and refrigerate until cool. Cut into 1-inch pieces and store in an airtight container for up to a week.



French Toast Casserole with maple syrup

1 loaf French bread (13 to 16 ounces)
8 large eggs
2 cups half-and-half
1 cup milk
2 tablespoons granulated sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
Dash salt
Praline Topping, recipe follows
Maple syrup
Slice French bread into 20 slices, 1-inch each. (Use any extra bread for garlic toast or bread crumbs). Arrange slices in a generously buttered 9 by 13-inch flat baking dish in 2 rows, overlapping the slices. In a large bowl, combine the eggs, half-and-half, milk, sugar, vanilla, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt and beat with a rotary beater or whisk until blended but not too bubbly. Pour mixture over the bread slices, making sure all are covered evenly with the milk-egg mixture. Spoon some of the mixture in between the slices. Cover with foil and refrigerate overnight.
The next day, preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Spread Praline Topping evenly over the bread and bake for 40 minutes, until puffed and lightly golden. Serve with maple syrup.
Praline Topping:
1/2 pound (2 sticks) butter
1 cup packed light brown sugar
1 cup chopped pecans
2 tablespoons light corn syrup
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
Combine all ingredients in a medium bowl and blend well. Makes enough for Baked French Toast Casserole.

[coreyann.livejournal.com]

YUM they all sound delicious! Thank you!

[googlebrat.livejournal.com]

Book recommendations! *stares at shelves*. Okay. Let me do you a list.

For fluffy stuff, I have a great liking for Marion Keyes. I especially like her Rachel's Holiday (http://www.amazon.com/Rachels-Holiday-Marian-Keyes/dp/0060090383/sr=8-1/qid=1164548085/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/102-5343971-6020102?ie=UTF8&s=books) because it's a story that's written very well when it could have been written very badly.

If you like slashy stuff, I recommend Carol Berg, starting with Transformation (http://www.amazon.com/Transformation-Carol-Berg/dp/0451457951/sr=1-3/qid=1164548161/ref=pd_bbs_sr_3/102-5343971-6020102?ie=UTF8&s=books), the start of a trilogy with SO MUCH implied slashiness.

Lots of people will tell you to read Discworld - and I will join them! Hogfather (http://www.amazon.com/Hogfather-Terry-Pratchett/dp/0061059056/sr=1-1/qid=1164548297/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/102-5343971-6020102?ie=UTF8&s=books) is nice for Christmas, or try somethig nonDiscworld and go for Only You Can Save Mankind (http://www.amazon.com/Only-Mankind-Johnny-Maxwell-Trilogy/dp/0060541857/sr=1-1/qid=1164548354/ref=pd_bbs_1/102-5343971-6020102?ie=UTF8&s=books).

I don't imagine may non-bug-lovers have picked up Life in the Undergrowth (http://www.amazon.com/Life-Undergrowth-David-Attenborough/dp/0691127034/sr=1-1/qid=1164548425/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/102-5343971-6020102?ie=UTF8&s=books) but if you like nature at all you really should. It's fascinating, and the photos are glorious.

I offer you a classic you can even read for free. Everyone's heard of Peter Pan, but lots of people have never read the actual book (http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/16) and they really should.

And finally an old favourite of mine, The Way of the Wolf (http://www.amazon.com/Way-Wolf-Martin-Bell/dp/0345305221/sr=1-2/qid=1164548509/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2/102-5343971-6020102?ie=UTF8&s=books) Don't be scared off by it being Christian - it has a lot of stories that are just lovely for anyone. (As examples I offer Joggi the Porcupine (http://googlebrat.livejournal.com/325344.html) and Barrington Bunny (http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/7784/barrington.html).)

My favourite film is Pay It Forward (http://www.amazon.com/Pay-Forward-Kevin-Spacey/dp/B00005B4BI/sr=8-1/qid=1164549361/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/102-5343971-6020102?ie=UTF8&s=dvd) which reminds me a lot of this community. I bawl every time I watch it.

[djinnj.livejournal.com]

raspberry brownie cake (http://djinnj.livejournal.com/245303.html) (underbake by 5min., really easy to whip up)
rum raisin oatmeal cookies (http://djinnj.livejournal.com/223096.html) (chewy and robust)
blueberry rustic tarts (http://djinnj.livejournal.com/135796.html) (a variant on my usual apple, which is delicious as well)
cinnamon rolls and sticky buns (http://djinnj.livejournal.com/307821.html) (yeast dough) and sweet pear roll variation (http://djinnj.livejournal.com/309277.html)
cherry almond cake (http://everything2.com/?node_id=1772435) which is also mine.

these are just desserts, I've got other stuff as well. In my LJ memories, or archived at the other site.