Well, that worked out well...

I made onerie's version of "sausages in pottage" (Casteau). Since her version feeds 16 (which I figured was a good number for the Bellatrix crowd), I made it in two batches: 1/2 last night and 1/2 today. It came out pretty darn yummy! OK, I did add more white wine, per madbaker's version.

I also invested in a FoodSaver. Per instructions, I'm freezing this stuff before sealing it.
I put last night's batch in a gallon FoodSaver bag, and this afternoon's batch in 3 one-quart bags. I think I'll bring the gallon bag and one quart bag for the potluck, because I don't want to have any leftovers, and there always seems to be too much food at these things.

Now I've got to figure out how to use the FoodSaver. It came with an instrutional DVD, so I'm going to watch that after I finish this post.

Thanks again for the recipes, folks. :-)

In other news...

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OK, I've got to finish some handwork before Crown, and I've got to get back to Salon planning.

Have a good rest of the weekend, everybody!

Movie Plug

I just finished listening to the commentary on the History of Violence DVD (didn't really watch because I was doing handwork and I've seen the movie before). I *really* like this movie, and I want to recommend it to all of you (Netflix is your friend!) Great script, great acting--a very intelligent movie that explores identity in many different ways, family, our (particuarly American) attitudes towards violence, and consequence, choice, survival, and prices paid. Complicated movie under the veneer of "action/revenge" flick.

This is one of those movies that I might buy just to make other people watch it (since it's really not a good-time or sewing movie). It has gotten me thinking about another movie that I own but have only been able to watch once, namely, Micheal Collins. MC stars Liam Neeson, has Alan Richman and Stephen Rea, was directed Neal Jordan, and is an incredibly well done movie that explores terrorism and political goals. Really good. Very tough to watch.