The tragicomedy that is the manosphere, as articulated by Cinzia La Strega
The Blog of Cinzia La Strega : Tears of a Clown: Reading between the lines of Roosh's post today ("Men Are Nothing More Than Clowns to the Modern Woman"), I'm guessing so...
Wednesday, April 9, 2014
"Manosphere" support group
As most of my friends are already too aware, I spend a good deal of time discussing the finer points of the men's rights movement with people who are, well, somewhat less than agreeable. Admittedly, it does make me a little bit nutso sometimes, but I think this issue is of such importance for the future of the world that I think my sanity is worth challenging for the love of reason!
At any rate, I have been searching for an online support community of sympathetic and intelligent folks of all gender-persuasions, and finally found one!
http://rooshnme.blogspot.ca/
Cinzia La Strega is also an exceptionally good writer, somehow simultaneously sympathetic, funny, critical, and intelligent. Even if her articles weren't so dear to my heart, I would still want to read her work.
At any rate, I have been searching for an online support community of sympathetic and intelligent folks of all gender-persuasions, and finally found one!
http://rooshnme.blogspot.ca/
Cinzia La Strega is also an exceptionally good writer, somehow simultaneously sympathetic, funny, critical, and intelligent. Even if her articles weren't so dear to my heart, I would still want to read her work.
The amazingly positive power of family dinner
Yeh, so I'm admittedly kind of a luddite when it comes to this tech blogging linkback mystery of computer-savviness, I'm working on it slowly but its a major obstacle given how far behind the curve I am.
I'm going to try to re-post a link to one of my favorite sites which covers every nuance of wonderful that I occupy my time thinking about. If you have any recommendations or aid to help me be better at making this page more inviting or graphically impressive, I eagerly await your feedback.
The Art of Manliness - The amazingly positive power of family dinner
I'm a single woman, and very happily so, but even so I consider my close friends to be part of my protective community circle, and make a point to have group dinners as often as I can. In fact, I have designed the kitchen layouts in my home renovations to specifically accommodate dinner parties! There is nothing in this world that enhances bonding like food. And since this blog originated with a focus on food, this post seemed relevant! As Brett and Kate, its authors, note, even the extremely busy President of the United States makes time for his family dinner his priority (damn communist!), so you can to.
I'm going to try to re-post a link to one of my favorite sites which covers every nuance of wonderful that I occupy my time thinking about. If you have any recommendations or aid to help me be better at making this page more inviting or graphically impressive, I eagerly await your feedback.
The Art of Manliness - The amazingly positive power of family dinner
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| This kitchen layout is perfect for dinner parties! |
Saturday, March 29, 2014
Where I've been at
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| Site of future garden |
Anyway, this is the 'before' picture package.
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| Compelling me to cook every day |
Artichoke chicken n' shells
My breakfast experiment this morning turned out so good that I thought I'd share!
I pulled out the trusty Magic Bullet (TM) and blended up a marinade of about 1/4 c of mayonnaise,1 clove of garlic, a squeeze of lemon, some rock salt, and about 6 marinated artichoke hearts, with a splash of the liquid from the artichokes for consistency. Pureed this until it was a sauce, and poured it over a large chicken breast that I had cut up. It would totally work fine if you wanted to do it as a whole breast or smaller pieces, but I went for the peasant style, random-shaped chunks about 1.5" square, as it was getting tossed with bite-size pasta.
After the chicken had a chance to sit in the marinade a bit, like 15 minutes or so, I fished it out of the sauce and cooked it. I opted to pan fry it, but again it would probably work fine if you wanted to broil it or barbeque it even. I might try it barbequed next time, I think it would crisp up nicely.
There was quite a bit of marinade left over in the bowl, so it might be better to do two breasts instead of just one with this quantity.
I fried it in a drizzle of grapeseed oil, a few minutes on each side of the chunks, turning them regularly to get nice browning on all sides. While pan frying the chicken, the oil from the marinade separated, and I dumped a bit out, but not all of it. The rest in the pan became the "sauce" for the pasta!
I like to cook extra pasta and bag up the leftovers for later, I put it single-use portions into the freezer for times like this, when i just wanted a quick snack and not a whole pasta dish. For this dish, I used medium size shells. I put the shells into a bowl with a splash of water, and defrosted it in the microwave for two minutes while the chicken cooked. When ready, just drain off the water, add to the dish in the pan, and toss!
After everything was evenly hot and coated with sauce, it started to brown up a little, and I thought that was a good time to call it done. I served it all up with some sliced fresh avocado, and some finely grated parmesan, with a light spray of coarse ground pepper and salt.
All told, cooking time was under 10 minutes, and it was deeeelish. An unusual breakfast for sure, but hey, I`m an unusual gal! Who wouldn't like chicken for breakfast anyway?
I should add, the longer you marinate this, the stronger the garlic flavor will be. As it was only 15 minutes, the artichoke was dominant, or I should say subtly managing the situation, rather than being overpowered by the garlic's dramatic flair. If you wanted to snazz it up with stronger flavors, more lemon would be nice.
Also an option, after marinating, roll in panko crumbs, and pan fry for a more crispy fried chicken style.
I pulled out the trusty Magic Bullet (TM) and blended up a marinade of about 1/4 c of mayonnaise,1 clove of garlic, a squeeze of lemon, some rock salt, and about 6 marinated artichoke hearts, with a splash of the liquid from the artichokes for consistency. Pureed this until it was a sauce, and poured it over a large chicken breast that I had cut up. It would totally work fine if you wanted to do it as a whole breast or smaller pieces, but I went for the peasant style, random-shaped chunks about 1.5" square, as it was getting tossed with bite-size pasta.
After the chicken had a chance to sit in the marinade a bit, like 15 minutes or so, I fished it out of the sauce and cooked it. I opted to pan fry it, but again it would probably work fine if you wanted to broil it or barbeque it even. I might try it barbequed next time, I think it would crisp up nicely.
There was quite a bit of marinade left over in the bowl, so it might be better to do two breasts instead of just one with this quantity.
I fried it in a drizzle of grapeseed oil, a few minutes on each side of the chunks, turning them regularly to get nice browning on all sides. While pan frying the chicken, the oil from the marinade separated, and I dumped a bit out, but not all of it. The rest in the pan became the "sauce" for the pasta!
I like to cook extra pasta and bag up the leftovers for later, I put it single-use portions into the freezer for times like this, when i just wanted a quick snack and not a whole pasta dish. For this dish, I used medium size shells. I put the shells into a bowl with a splash of water, and defrosted it in the microwave for two minutes while the chicken cooked. When ready, just drain off the water, add to the dish in the pan, and toss!
After everything was evenly hot and coated with sauce, it started to brown up a little, and I thought that was a good time to call it done. I served it all up with some sliced fresh avocado, and some finely grated parmesan, with a light spray of coarse ground pepper and salt.
All told, cooking time was under 10 minutes, and it was deeeelish. An unusual breakfast for sure, but hey, I`m an unusual gal! Who wouldn't like chicken for breakfast anyway?
I should add, the longer you marinate this, the stronger the garlic flavor will be. As it was only 15 minutes, the artichoke was dominant, or I should say subtly managing the situation, rather than being overpowered by the garlic's dramatic flair. If you wanted to snazz it up with stronger flavors, more lemon would be nice.
Also an option, after marinating, roll in panko crumbs, and pan fry for a more crispy fried chicken style.
Saturday, January 29, 2011
oatmeal banana muffins
I must confess, I hopped this idea from another cooking blog, b
http://half-bakedbaker.blogspot.com/2009/01/guilt-and-gulten-free-oatmeal-banana.html
http://half-bakedbaker.blogspot.com/2009/01/guilt-and-gulten-free-oatmeal-banana.html
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