I have done this at other games and it is ALWAYS amazing

[sun_sun]

HEY GUYS, here's a thing I propose that we do: Find a time over the next week or so that a bunch of people are available, and do an IC IRC Chat. No particular plot relevance, just an excuse to get a bunch of characters together in a chatroom and spawn a huge wave of high-speed antics and easy CR development.

Reply with any or all of the following:
Interest and support for the idea!
What characters you might toss into it!
Times when you would be available!
Recipes!

Comments

[peacefulwinter]

I'm totally up for this; I have a handy IRC app for my phone, and some combination of mIRC and Trillian can handle the rest while I'm at home. My work hours and availability are a little spotty sometimes, though.

ICly speaking, Winter would probably idle on it most of the time via her Kindle, and switch to active when she wants someone to talk to, or when it looks like something big is going down. (Especially when it looks like something crazy's starting.)

[part_time_overlord]

I express Interest and Support!
I might toss in Marisa or Sam!
I could do it the 4th, 6th, 8th, 9th, 11th, 14th, or 15th!

Mix:
1 egg
1 cup peanut butter
3/4ths cup sugar

Roll into 1.5 inch balls on ungreased pan.
Cook at 375 for 15 minutes or until golden brown.
Let cool before eating.

Makes 12 cookies.

[sun_sun]

Just commenting to mention that yes, it seems like it shouldn't work but holy shit this recipe works like you wouldn't believe.

[soulsborderline]

But where is the flour?

[two_stones]

Flour is for the weak and infirm.

[ladyofluminosity]

I can also attest for this. Even better if you put Hershey's Kisses on the top as they're coming out of the oven. Just plop one of those bad boys on there. Delish.

[grannyfucker]

FUCK YES

I'D TOTALLY TOSS DANNY AND JOVAN INTO THIS

I HAVE NIGHT CLASSES ALL THE TIME THOUGH, SO NO SOONER THAN 10PM MONDAY-WEDNESDAY, 7PM THURSDAY, AND FRIDAY NIGHT IS PROBABLY A NO-GO (I'm free all weekend next week for stuff, though!)

[two_stones]

TIME ZONES DUDE

[grannyfucker]

WAIT HAHAHA SHIT you're right, my bad

all my times are EST!

[searchforpeace]

Oh ho, I'm down. I'm EST and I'm around in the evenings from 4pm onward.

[soulsborderline]

This is a brilliant idea and I'm generally going to not be available, although after 8 central on weekdays I might be able to reliably drop in with Asuka for a few minutes.

After I get a new IRC client, I mean.

[blastiaobsessieanonymous]

I like this idea and am available on most evenings to do this!

[ladyofluminosity]

Weeknights after 4:00PM PDT, and probably just Luci right now.


Best Goddamn pizza you will ever have.

2 1/4 teaspoons active dry yeast
1/2 teaspoon brown sugar
1 1/2 cups warm water (110 degrees F/45 degrees C); if it feels hot running under your fingers, should be about right
1 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons olive oil (canola or veggie can also work)
3 1/3 cups all-purpose flour
1 Tablespoon Italian Seasoning
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1/2 teaspoon onion powder
1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese

In a large bowl, dissolve the yeast and brown sugar in the water, and let sit for 10 minutes.

Stir the salt, Italian seasoning, garlic powder, onion powder, Parmesan cheese and oil into the yeast solution. Mix in 2 1/2 cups of the flour.

Turn dough out onto a clean, well floured surface, and knead in more flour until the dough is no longer sticky (sometimes I need more, sometimes I need less- it kind of depends on the weather and the humidity in the air). Or, if you have a kitchen aid or bread maker that can knead dough, use that. You'll still need to turn it out a bit, but I had it going in my stand mixer for about 5 minutes, constantly adding a bit of flour (probably about 1 1/2 c. total), and that made kneading it so much easier.

Place the dough into a well oiled bowl, and cover with a cloth. Let the dough rise until double; this should take about 1 hour. Punch down the dough, and form a tight ball. Allow the dough to relax for a minute before rolling out. Top with sauce (I get store bought cause I'm lazy, but I have a pretty bitchin' pizza sauce recipe too if anyone wants), cheese, and other fixings. I usually also top with parsley, but this is totally up to you.

Preheat oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C). If you are baking the dough on a pizza stone, you may place your toppings on the dough, and bake immediately. If you are baking your pizza in a pan, lightly oil the pan, and let the dough rise for 15 or 20 minutes before topping and baking it.

Bake pizza in preheated oven, until the cheese and crust are golden brown, about 15 to 20 minutes.

Enjoy, because this bad-boy is DELICIOUS. Topping with Parmesan cheese is a must, because you are a heathen otherwise. TRUST ME.

[envisaging]

I'm around nearly any time but mondays and wednesdays ALTHOUGH I have not done anything on IRC in...yeaaaaaaars? So I would probably have to be talked through it. :|a

[sun_sun]

IRC is very easy these days! You can do it all through your browser if you want. I'll include instructions when I set it up.

[envisaging]

THAT WOULD BE ACES.

[dominateartimus]

I'm interested, but my character tends to be quiet (he's not the social butterfly his preincarnation is, yet). I'm on central time zone and I'm usually available in the afternoons to late night, but things do spring up from time to time.

[originaloddcouple]

I'm always up for shenanigans! I just... have to figure out how IRC works. Otherwise, I'm pretty much free on week and weekend nights, typically after 8 MST.

QUICK STICKY ROLLS (I haven't actually eaten this since I was diagnosed with diabetes BUT HOT DAMN DO i REMEMBER HOW AMAZING THIS WAS)

2 biscuits
1 T brown sugar
1 T sour cream
1 T margerin
Optional:
cinnamon
1 T butterscotch (cook, not instant)

First, preheat your oven 375 degrees. Then, lightly grease a mini pie pan.

Then you should cream together the brown sugar, sour cream, margerine... and the recipe says pudding mix, even though that wasn't in the ingredients. uh. Spread this cream on the bottom of the mini pie pan!

Cut the 2 biscuits into fourths and place them on top of the cream mixture. Then, if you want to, sprinkle cinnamon on top of it.

Finally, bake it for 14 minutes. Remove it from the over, turn it over on a plate, and let it cool.

[ladyofluminosity]

If you have Pidgin (it's a catch-all chat program), you can get a plug-in. Otherwise, I think there's a way to run it through your browser, I just don't remember how.

Oh maaaaan these sound amazing and so much easier than normal sticky buns. I shall have to eat double to make up for the fact that you can't have them. (Also it probably means butterscotch pudding mix is my guess)

That said, it shouldn't be too hard to make substitutions. The brown sugar might be a bit interesting, but I could experiment and try to come up with something? I love to bake and Void loves to eat the things I bake, so it wouldn't be too much of a hardship.


EDIT: Did a little looking, and there appears to be a brown sugar sub on the market. You can probably find it at a whole foods market, they're usually really good about that.

[originaloddcouple]

OH GOD YES I NEED THE STICKY ROLLS BACK IN MY LIFE

[ladyofluminosity]

Happy to be of assistance!