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Addiction.

(I assume others are also getting the chance to solve one problem, so someone else is on the whole world peace thing, right?)

1 - 2 tablespoons olive oil
2 packages chicken sausage (8 sausages or 8 servings of sausage total) (we used 1 package chicken & truffle, 1 of chicken & apple)
1 lb carrots, chopped
1/2 onion, finely chopped (or onion powder in a pinch, which is what we did)
3 14-oz cans of white beans, drained (we used Great Northerns) or equal amount home-cooked (soak and cook a pound, you'll be fine)
1/2 cup chicken stock (or white wine, frankly; we were drinking red, so we went with stock)
sage, and quite a bit of it
salt, to taste
herbs de Provence, if you feel like it
2 big bags pre-washed spinach
4 oz fresh bread, pulverized or grated into crumbs
1 - 2 additional tablespoons olive oil

Preheat oven to 350°F.

In your absolutely largest stove-top-safe skillet or wide Dutch oven, heat up 1 - 2 tablespoons olive oil over medium-high heat. Brown sausages on all sides; remove and hold. Add carrots and onion (with salt) to skillet, and cook until they start to soften (carrots should still have a little bite to 'em). Add chicken stock -- watch out for the steam! Add beans, stir to combine. Add 2 tablespoons or more of sage, and a couple good pinches of other herbs. Stir. Slice sausages and add to beans. Stir. Taste, and correct seasonings. Stir some more. Stir occasionally. You're going to want to let some of the stock cook off, until it all starts to feel a little thick, a little more stew-like than soup-like. The beans should be threatening to pop.

While you're doing this, nuke the spinach per bag directions. Throw cooked spinach into your 9 x 13 dish. (Optional: if you hate greens, don't do this. Otherwise, do)

Spoon out into your favorite 9 x 13 dish, stir to incorporate the spinach (if you're using it), smooth out on top, and pop into the oven. Set your timer for 60 minutes.

Go have a glass of wine, eat a slice of crusty bread with a little cheese.

Go back to the kitchen! Take 4 oz of that crusty bread, and either pulverize it in a food processor, or grate it on a box grater. I have a food processor, I used a grater. Add another tablespoon or more of sage, and a good hearty pinch of other herbs; toss to combine. Drizzle with 1 - 2 tablespoons olive oil, until everything has been touched by oil, but nothing is drenched.

When the timer goes off, slide the casserole out of the oven. Sprinkle the crumbs over the top, and smooth it out. Pop it back in the oven for 10-15 minutes until fragrant and golden.

Let stand for 5 minutes.

Scoop up.

Serve on its own, or with some crusty bread.

Go back for seconds.

Have more wine, or some beer.

It's nearly time for the Georgetown Gilbert & Sullivan Society's production of RUDDIGORE!

If you have a business and want to put an ad in our program, go here to place a business ad or email me. Least expensive ad is $10, which is affordable for just about everyone ... got a fundraiser you want to highlight? An Etsy store? $10 can get you eyeballs.

If you want to place a friends/family/alumni ad, you can do that, too! Want to give a shout out to a graduating 3L or two? Want to cheer on a certain person's mad hornpipe skilz (this year: he doesn't kill anyone in the play!)? Give people a sign of your support and good will. Again, least expensive is $10.

The forms don't show the smallest/cheapest ad... if you want what we're calling the "business card" ad, best to email me w/ your order.

Ads are due this coming Monday.

When I was home in January, my mom gave me the quilt her grandma made her when mom was a young girl. It's pieced of rectangles, each probably about 10 inches by 4 inches. Fabric: old and shiny...nothing organic going on...I'm going to say "acetate, mostly". It was tied together over a wool blanket, with a shiny acetate (again, guessing) backing.

It's falling apart. Mom gave it to me to see if I wanted to try and fix it, or find some use for it. I don't think it's fixable in its current state, and, much as I love the story behind it (this is what kept my mother warm through her late childhood and her teenaged years until she moved out and married Dad), it's not going to have much Oomph for a restorer ... or much life on the bed of a family member, truth be told.

It pains me to say this, as I'm really against cutting up old textiles...

...but I think I'm going to cut it up.

I think I'm going to cut apart the rectangles that aren't frayed and torn, and use them to make yo yos. I would then use the yo yos to create/cover a pillow, and give the pillow to my mother (possibly for her mid-March birthday, but more likely for Mother's Day in May).

Thoughts?

Any quilters or textile lovers out there want to gasp in horror and talk me out of this?

If you're in the DC area, come see Urinetown!

Georgetown Gilbert & Sullivan Society presents its Fall Show:
URINETOWN
The Musical

November 5-8, 2008
8:00 p.m., Hart Auditorium, Georgetown University Law School (near Union Station)

Six degrees and whatnot...

heidi8's pink Kodak camera and blue Sidekick LX were taken at Disney's Splash Mountain at around 4:30 PM on Sautrday, June 7, and she's trying to get the SD cards that were in the camera and Sidekick back; they're the only copies she has of those photos. She's asking people to pass on this message via their LJ, blog, facebook, etc., in hopes of catching the eye of the person who took it - or someone who knows who did. If that person sees this post, they can go to her livejournal post at http://heidi8.livejournal.com/913939.html and post anonymously (it'll be screened) so she can coordinate with them about getting the cards - and, ideally, the rest of the contents of the bag - returned.

My dad's blogging! Everyone, feel free to check him out on your LJ syndication at legacy32, or on his Blogspot page. Popeye is a Legacy 32' Mark III, and is a comical, lovely boat.

If you know anyone who has a double-ended trawler, or wants to talk about them, send 'em Dad's way.

The Georgetown Gilbert and Sullivan Society is proud to present

Anything Goes

November 7, 8, 9, and 10, 2007
8:00 PM
Hart Auditorium, Georgetown Law Center
600 New Jersey Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20001

To reserve tickets, call 202-662-9270 or email ggss@law.georgetown.edu.
Please leave your name, phone number, date of performance(s), and number of tickets requested.

Plenty of LJers in the crew, pit, and behind the scenes! Fabulous music! Great show!