Posted on 01/07/2014 5:03:06 AM PST by SoothingDave
Word For The Day, Tuesday January 7, 2013
In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of "Word for the Day".
vortex [vawr-teks]
-n, pl vortices, vortexes
1.a whirling mass of water, especially one in which a force of suction operates, as a whirlpool.
2.a whirling mass of air, especially one in the form of a visible column or spiral, as a tornado.
3.a whirling mass of fire, flame, etc.
4.a state of affairs likened to a whirlpool for violent activity, irresistible force, etc.
5.something regarded as drawing into its powerful current everything that surrounds it:
[1645–55; < Latin, variant of vertex vertex]
I’m not fond of cooked tomatoes-weird, I know-I will eat raw ones all day-especially my homegrown ones, but not cooked-so I never use tomato paste, and seldom sauce. I use canned diced tomatoes when I must use cooked ones at all...
I remembered I’d left three bottles of drinking water in the 4 Runner after going to the store, so I went out to get them a few minutes ago. They are frozen almost solid-I set them out on the counter to thaw-I can’t find my Brita pitcher, the owners didn’t put in a purifier, and I don’t like the chorine in the rural water system-until I find my Brita pitcher, I’m buying water to drink...
I haven’t heard Gorgonzola mentioned since the last time I watched Wallace and Gromit. Is it a strong flavor?
I am the other way. Don’t like raw tomato or lumps.
No, dit’s llike Blue Cheese, just a bit more so, so when its overwhlmed by tomato sauce, the flavore lasts,
A little bit of blue cheese on steak is a great flavor combo.
Thats why peeled tomato irritates me, lumps.
I love, elbow twists with velveeta, And peeled tomato, but when I got older, I learned to use the food processor, to mitigate the lumps.
Recipe doesn’t work with sauce.
Another fast,dirty,and easy recipe...for our gender challenged classmates,
Oh yeah...i put the cheese under, and a strip of butter on top (usually homemade, whipped from cream) on top, as it comes off the grill
Lumps, I get.
But you don’t eat Mater Sammiches?
Thats downright UnAmerican, lol
Hey - haven’t seen you on here lately! Well, that is because I haven’t been here much - hope you are staying warm during our cold spell!
I made XSmommy’s buffalo chicken tonight....she is right, it is good!
Wish you could post pix!
Is the house 4 stories or are these split levels?
My mom used to love stewed tomatoes - that still sounds disgusting to me. I was allergic to tomatoes when I was little, broke out in a rash around my mouth. My dad planted yellow tomatoes with low acid for me. When the rest of fam had spaghetti I had mine with just noodles butter and cottage cheese. The hunky alternative! LOL! Don’t think I had spaghetti with sauce until I left home. My faves are chicken and eggplant parms.
Yikes! Snuggle with your animals for sure!
It’s a type of blue cheese. I love all blue cheeses.
Seriously it’s hilarious that you think you’re enlightening us in some way!
She can cook her ass off,
I had a certain predilection for an obscure flavor...after we had lunch, she sent me home with brownies, in that flavor to die for, I was amazed...
White Chocolate Raspberry.
(Ice cream by Godiva’ but it leads one to self abuse, it’s that good)
No sir. I can tolerate little chunks occasionally, like on bruschetta. But it mostly just wigs me out.
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