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Post by William the Bloody on Aug 26, 2003 11:44:43 GMT -5
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Post by Betsy on Aug 26, 2003 15:03:14 GMT -5
Okay . . . I was really excited when I saw Vlad's post on the main board about you continuing the story.
I just finished reading the first chapter and I like how you set it up. I think I know who is at the end ;D
I'm looking forward to the next chapter.
Can I reiterate once more that I'm so glad you are continuing the story.
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Post by Kerrie on Aug 26, 2003 17:12:15 GMT -5
Good work, Rob. This looks like it will be a very interesting story. I am loking forward to reading it.
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Post by Rob on Aug 26, 2003 21:26:52 GMT -5
Okay . . . I was really excited when I saw Vlad's post on the main board about you continuing the story. I just finished reading the first chapter and I like how you set it up. I think I know who is at the end ;D I'm looking forward to the next chapter. Can I reiterate once more that I'm so glad you are continuing the story. Thank you. If the response is half as positive as it was for "Triangles," I'll be happy. As far as the appearance at the end...well, it's rather stupid that I didn't just say who it was. Who the Hell else talks like THAT?
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Post by Rob on Aug 26, 2003 21:27:33 GMT -5
Good work, Rob. This looks like it will be a very interesting story. I am loking forward to reading it. We'll do the best we can. Thanks.
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Post by Patti - S'cubie Cutie on Aug 26, 2003 22:57:26 GMT -5
I'm enjoying it very much and very glad the Chronicles continue!
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Post by SpringSummers on Aug 28, 2003 10:19:00 GMT -5
I'm enjoying it very much and very glad the Chronicles continue! Yes - I knew Rob couldn't put the pen down. Very nice job on your first chapter. You just get more and more polished all the time. I liked the piece at the end, great characterization of "Jelly." Good stuff!
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Post by Laura on Aug 29, 2003 20:12:27 GMT -5
And the streak continues -- keep it up!
And by the way -- while most people DO pre-cook lasagna noodles before assembling the dish, if you use enough sauce on the uncooked pasta when you put the lasagne together, the noodles will cook. The bottled tomato sauce companies are catching on to this and have started a special "pasta bake" line of sauces. I've never tried them myself, but I imagine that they're extra-watery.
So don't assume Buffy can't cook!
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Post by Rob on Aug 29, 2003 23:00:10 GMT -5
And the streak continues -- keep it up!
And by the way -- while most people DO pre-cook lasagna noodles before assembling the dish, if you use enough sauce on the uncooked pasta when you put the lasagne together, the noodles will cook. The bottled tomato sauce companies are catching on to this and have started a special "pasta bake" line of sauces. I've never tried them myself, but I imagine that they're extra-watery.
So don't assume Buffy can't cook!
Yeah, I've already been informed that if enough sauce is used, the noodles come out ok. In Buffy's case, however, they did not. They were dry and crunchy. Trust me on this one...I called her after I read this post and she confirmed it to be so. ;D I'm glad you liked the chapter.
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Post by Rob on Aug 29, 2003 23:05:17 GMT -5
Yes - I knew Rob couldn't put the pen down. Very nice job on your first chapter. You just get more and more polished all the time. I liked the piece at the end, great characterization of "Jelly." Good stuff! I appreciate your comments on the characterization. Building a new character--then killing him--was something I hadn't done before. If it were one of the old 60's Star Trek episodes, he'd have been the guy Kirk sent out with the Tri-Corder to check behind that plaster of paris-looking rock. Did you ever notice when Kirk, Spock, and McCoy beamed down, there was always a fourth guy who bit the dust prior to the opening credits? That's who "Jelly" is. I'm glad you're enjoying the story.
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Post by Patti - S'cubie Cutie on Aug 30, 2003 1:11:43 GMT -5
And the streak continues -- keep it up!
And by the way -- while most people DO pre-cook lasagna noodles before assembling the dish, if you use enough sauce on the uncooked pasta when you put the lasagne together, the noodles will cook. The bottled tomato sauce companies are catching on to this and have started a special "pasta bake" line of sauces. I've never tried them myself, but I imagine that they're extra-watery.
So don't assume Buffy can't cook!
Rob! LOL! Laura, I confessed to Rob that I had done this myself, and had salvaged the lasagna by pouring more sauce on and cooking it longer. It came out fine, if still a little crunchy around the edges. Since then, I have often purchased the pasta bake sauces and they work really well - they aren't watery, and you don't have to pre-cook the noodles. Anyway, I really identified with Buffy in that section of the story!
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Post by Patti - S'cubie Cutie on Aug 30, 2003 1:13:33 GMT -5
I appreciate your comments on the characterization. Building a new character--then killing him--was something I hadn't done before. If it were one of the old 60's Star Trek episodes, he'd have been the guy Kirk sent out with the Tri-Corder to check behind that plaster of paris-looking rock. Did you ever notice when Kirk, Spock, and McCoy beamed down, there was always a fourth guy who bit the dust prior to the opening credits? That's who "Jelly" is. I'm glad you're enjoying the story. Oh yeah, in Star Trek fandom , that 'guy for killing' was called a 'red shirt'. Some unnamed security guy who was just there to be killed.
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Post by Laura on Aug 30, 2003 12:16:34 GMT -5
Rob! LOL! Laura, I confessed to Rob that I had done this myself, and had salvaged the lasagna by pouring more sauce on and cooking it longer. It came out fine, if still a little crunchy around the edges. Since then, I have often purchased the pasta bake sauces and they work really well - they aren't watery, and you don't have to pre-cook the noodles. Anyway, I really identified with Buffy in that section of the story! See, in my family, the parts at the edges of the pan that would get a little crispy were actually the ones we fought over -- which isn't to say that my mother was ruining the lasagna, far from it -- it's just that the combined cheese/tomato sauce/pasta all crispy like that was a little like a pizza crust and -- oh, well, forget it, if you didn't grow up that way, you probably think I'm nuts (Spring, help me out here!).
Oh but Rob? Maybe you can have Buffy and Dawn food shopping, and have Dawn find a jar of the pasta bake sauce and give it to Buffy? Sort of a running joke?
(Or not. ;D)
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Post by Laura on Aug 30, 2003 12:18:45 GMT -5
I appreciate your comments on the characterization. Building a new character--then killing him--was something I hadn't done before. If it were one of the old 60's Star Trek episodes, he'd have been the guy Kirk sent out with the Tri-Corder to check behind that plaster of paris-looking rock. Did you ever notice when Kirk, Spock, and McCoy beamed down, there was always a fourth guy who bit the dust prior to the opening credits? That's who "Jelly" is. I'm glad you're enjoying the story. LOL! I can remember watching ST with my brother when we were kids, and we would each take bets on which of the "new" people to show up in the first 5 minutes of the episode would be the first one to die!
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Post by Spring Summers on Aug 30, 2003 14:29:23 GMT -5
See, in my family, the parts at the edges of the pan that would get a little crispy were actually the ones we fought over -- which isn't to say that my mother was ruining the lasagna, far from it -- it's just that the combined cheese/tomato sauce/pasta all crispy like that was a little like a pizza crust and -- oh, well, forget it, if you didn't grow up that way, you probably think I'm nuts (Spring, help me out here!).
Oh but Rob? Maybe you can have Buffy and Dawn food shopping, and have Dawn find a jar of the pasta bake sauce and give it to Buffy? Sort of a running joke?
(Or not. ;D)
There is definitely no shame in some crispy edges to your lasagna, but not cooking your lasagna noodles prior to baking the lasagna??? I would never do that. Why? Because it's wrong! (also, doesn't come out right, that starch isn't meant to go into the sauce). I know they make sauces and there are Americanified recipes that allow for this but . . . no, no, no, no, no. Or as my mamma would say "Dio mio! No!" ROB: You done good. Buffy was a bad girl not cooking the noodles first - (whispering: The fact that Patti has done it before kinda proves the point, if you know what I'm saying.)
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