I'm eating raw carrots

[RainDog]

because they crunch. cause I'm full of anticipation.

it is after 6pm in Bloomington, Indiana. I would like this state to happily surprise me once before I move out of Indiana and be the state to cinch the nomination for Obama.

either way, I feel like I've been on Mr. Toad's Wild Ride in gd-p this week. I don't know how all you stalwarts who spend lots of time here do it.

[BlooInBloo]

1. Oooh! Good idea! (goes and gets some celery + cream cheese)

[bunnies]

25. mmmm.

You just made me hungry. And me without cream cheese. Damnit! :banghead:

[BlooInBloo]

28. I'm on the last of mine now! (munchmunchmunch!)

[bunnies]

34. I do have peanut butter though...

second best when cream cheese is not available. :) Now Im going to have to go fix me some. I still wish I had some philly cream cheese though. x(

[BlooInBloo]

36. There ya go! Never got into the celery+pb thing myself, but to each their own!

[RainDog]

45. peanut butter jelly time!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvWdC-lT6xM

can't find one with Brian's voice, darn it.

[cbayer]

2. Are they those little baby ones that are already peeled

or the big fat ones you have to peel yourself and cut the ends off?

[RainDog]

6. they're sliced by an elitist mouli grater

then mixed with raisins, ginger, garlic, green onions and oil and vinegar.


local NBC affiliate said result for Marion Co. (Indy) will not be available till 8pm because turn out is like a general election and they have lots of absentee ballots.

[cbayer]

14. I'm a foodie and I had to look that gizmo up on the internets.

Sounds really good.

Looks like it will be a long night.

[RainDog]

17. oh, moulis are so useful - with the blades that switch out

my ex is from Europe and it's like having a... can opener in your kitchen - one of those essentials.

if you're a foodie, I should find some recipes. My ex's grandmom used to cook for priests and my ex s-i-l went to cooking school. But it's Belgian cuisine - a lot like French.

[RainDog]

21. this is the one

folds up so it doesn't take lots of space.

[cbayer]

22. I was just looking at them on the internet.

Very cool and I love the cheese grating option.

I live in a very small space, so utensils that serve multiple purposes are always a great treasure for me.

I will look for one next time I get to town. Any recipes or recipe sources greatly appreciated!

yumyum

[marions ghost]

44. "an elitist mouli grater"

:rofl:
arugula, latte & now mouli graters...

[RichardRay]

16. The disturbing truth about those 'baby carrots'.

They're actually cosmetically flawed adult carrots that go through a 'carrot lathe' and are turned into those little carrot M&M's.

Sorry. I know how shocked I was when I found that out...

RR

[RainDog]

23. do they have carrot mills where they keep them in pens first?

:scared:

[cbayer]

31. No!!!

I had no idea.

I guess it's better than disposing of the cosmetically flawed adult carrots. They seem tastier - sweeter and softer. Is that just in my head? Have I been duped?

[RichardRay]

51. All that's left is the sweet core, so what's left DOES taste

better. But that's the truth on where they come from.

Like I said, sorry. It was crushing when I found out, too.

;(

[peacebird]

3. celery and fresh salsa! crunch, taste and antioxidants - low cal to boot! mmmmm!

unfortunately the microbrew i'm drinking to calm my nerves does in the low cal part.....

:toast:

[brer cat]

12. So not true, peacebird.

Celery is a negative calorie food...you burn more energy eating it than it contains, so the more you chew, the more you eliminate the calories in that brew.

http://ezinearticles.com/?A-Negative-Calorie-Food-List&id=71441

Here, have another on me: :beer:

[peacebird]

18. ahhh - Thank You brer cat! Wonderful news!

(popping open another brewski)
Here - please, enjoy one from me!

:beer:

[awoke_in_2003]

41. don't worry about the beer

they are just empty calories :)

[peacebird]

43. i prefer to call them "happy calories"... !

[CoffeeCat]

4. Are you dipping them in ranch sauce...

...or are you going au natural?

Fat free sour cream plus fat free Hidden Valley Ranch dressing makes a great lo-cal dip!

...in case you were looking for recipes with your election results.

[RainDog]

11. LOL! recipes with my election results - GREAT IDEA!

tell me what you do with arugula. :)

[whistle]

5. Go head and juice those carrots, it will help your health

[RainDog]

48. If it's a close race, I may juice them by hand! :)

[CreekDog]

7. Crunch time!

:hi:

[spoony]

15. lol, good one

:)

[RainDog]

33. hey you male dog you

and you better not reply with "hey you ___"

:hi:

[CreekDog]

37. i was going to point out here that you were female

but the "were" thing is confusing me now.

[RainDog]

40. I'm still female. hey, don't give me a bad reputation on this forum. ;)

[panader0]

8. You health nuts!

Keystone Light and Fritos here. (embarassment)

[RainDog]

35. I just like carrots - because, as Creek Dog noted -it's CRUNCH TIME

[meow mix]

9. crunchy stuff makes my mouth tired, how about a nice can of liver n tuna

mmmm

[RainDog]

19. meeeeooowwww. :)

my male cat thinks that he should taste everything the humans eat. even curries and stuff. very odd.

[meow mix]

46. thats how our wienerdog got nicknamed rachel ray..

always in the kitchen demanding to "help" lol

[DS1]

10. That's weird, I thought you lived in WA

:shrug:

[RainDog]

13. Bloomington is more like Eugene than any place in IN

Even tho Eugene is Oregon. I am applying for jobs in WA.

You'd actually like Bloomington very much. Ppl in Indiana call it "The people's republic of Bloomington," so that gives you a good idea of the political climate here.

it's one of those "creative class" towns. moved here when my ex took a job at IU. leaving here this year (hopefully, b/c that means I have a decent job.)

[Indenturedebtor]

26. My inlaws still live there... it's where I met my wife

Got my psych degree there. I tell you for a town that's about 1/5 the size of Tucson, Bloomington had WAY more going on at night. It's a pretty cool town. Definately two sides to the tracks tehre though I think the college will carry Monroe for Obama.

You know what's really good with carrots? Tahini! Delicious!

You know what else is good with tahini? Turkey sandwhich with cheddar cheese and tahini. It's unbelievable!

[RainDog]

38. I don't know when you were here, but it's grown a lot in the last few years

Forbes said it was one of the top cities to start a biz, always rates in those best places to live for its size.

yeah, Bloomington's big problem is a captive job mkt with 40k students who potentially will work for min. wage.

[Indenturedebtor]

49. Lemme see I think we left B-town in 02

But yeah that job market is a bitch! had to work swing shift in gas stations, sell vacuums, etc. I liked partying there but didn't much like the economic prospects. Since Otis skipped town etc it's been a rough ride as I understand it.

[phrigndumass]

20. Are the polls closed yet in Indiana?

IIRC, Indiana has an early poll-closing time.

[RainDog]

27. yes. just getting first 1% of returns

will update as I see them.

[RainDog]

29. district 2 heavy for Clinton 64% to 36%

[RainDog]

39. very small numbers still - Obama gaining on Hillary now 61-39

really won't be anything significant, it seems, for another couple of hours.

[phrigndumass]

32. Great!

Gotta bring the damn laptop in the living room to keep an eye on the returns on MSNBC ...

:7

(on edit ... Great to your first reply to me, not the one with Clinton leading)

[iamthebandfanman]

24. so is my bunny >:)

[SoFlaJet]

30. I made a vat of chicken fried rice

with onions carrots and peas

[RainDog]

42. yum. send some my way, okay?

i actually also have some brown rice with spinach and eggplant curry (that i did not make myself, but it's fresh.) but right now I don't think I can go there.

[RainDog]

47. cross-posting this link Obama -4648 Clinton- 4544

as I did - Obama is ahead, it says - but NOT the same as the tv? how often do they update, I wonder? I know there are at least that many votes that have already been cast for Obama where I am.

http://www.in.gov/apps/sos/primary/sos_primary08?page=office&countyID=-1&partyID=-1&officeID=36&districtID=-1&districtshortviewID=-1&candidate=

[RainDog]

52. Obama closing lead 42% Obama 58% Clinton

:thumbsup:

still looking up for now

[billyoc]

50. I LOVE those things! Can't stand them when they're cooked for some reason.

:shrug:

[RainDog]

53. Well, It WAS quite a night/day

not going to waste a new post on this... those who wanna read it will find it, says this ninja (long story.) Just my thoughts after yesterday.

However, it was thrilling to see Indiana as part of the nominating process for the democratic candidate. Even tho I would like for the nail-biting stomach churning still possible upset who knows to be over, I can understand full well the benefit of all states participating in this process. For those of you in MI and FL who will jump on this remark - all I can tell you is that I am sorry your state made the choices it did. My state made choices too, such as new voter i.d. laws that we all had to abide by.. and we did or our votes didn't count.

I stayed up until the race was called for Clinton. I stayed up while the Gary guy was grandstanding. I cringed as he gave any fuel to any fear that this race would have a hint of dirty tricks from the Obama side. As I've posted elsewhere on this thread-

Hillary's precincts came in early and from the moment the first 1% of the votes were counted, Hillary continued to lose her lead. The Obama areas of the state had HUGE turnouts. Hillary won. But she lost. And she lost before Gary was ever reported because her expected/anticipated win was already lower than the expectation BEFORE Gary reported Lake Co. votes.

This was in the state in which Hillary's vp-wanna be was pulling every string he could to make IN a winner for her. He couldn't do it. He couldn't convince enough people in the state that he represents to vote for Hillary Clinton.

The numbers for the Clinton campaign in IN were also interesting. Obama carried 87% of ALL VOTERS under the age of 65. That's white, black, female, male... that's not one group of Af-Am voters in Lake Co.

In addition, Dan Burton noted on the local NBC affiliate that his primary win wasn't as big as he expected because the turnout of republicans in their primary was low. HE noted this low republican-primary turn out in IN was most likely a result of republicans who crossed over to vote in the democratic primary. Limbaugh supporters ADMITTED they voted for Hillary in order to run against her. Burton may have tried to spin low Republican turn out to distract from something else, of course: that Indiana republicans have had it with the Bush republican party - at least at the national level. there are quite a few libertarian republicans in Indiana (Cato Institute is here) and they consistently opposed the Iraq invasion.

And, although he is not universally loved here, last night was an example of Dean's 50 state strategy in action. Every state has a stake. Every state has a reason for people to be involved in the process of democracy.

Via North Carolina, last night was a demonstration of the necessity for verifiable voting, no matter what candidate you support. That's why so many Obama supporters voted early in Indiana. btw. At least 20k of them. Because we have had voting machines with no paper trial for decades. I would like to see the outcome of races in which votes can actually be checked. We might be more of a democracy than we realize.

[meow mix]

54. the 65+ voter thing must be mostly healthcare issues

i cant believe they are that "racially trended" or "feeble-minded brandname" voters

[RainDog]

55. Yes. I think it was name recognition/comfort as well as healthcare

and living on fixed/retirement income fears as Bush continues to bankrupt the economy. They voted for what they knew.

Those same voters are not going to turn around and vote for McCain.