tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-195716452024-03-13T04:08:02.218-07:00Ms. Gypsy's WorldI cook, I knit, I crochet, I sew, I embroider, I read, I write, I follow the news almost incessantly. I'm to the political left of mostly everyone. I participate in a bunch of fandoms and will on (very) rare occasions write fanfic that usually involves Avengers or Doctor Who characters and food. And I have a cat who is the boss of me. Welcome to my world. Contents may have settled on the way to your monitor.That's MIZZ Gypsy To You!http://www.blogger.com/profile/08016429468468628454noreply@blogger.comBlogger213125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19571645.post-22061642910169016492017-12-04T07:32:00.000-08:002017-12-04T07:32:13.532-08:00Hey! I have a blog!I'd completely forgotten that I have a blog. Hmmmm.....I should start sharing recipes again. Stand by....That's MIZZ Gypsy To You!http://www.blogger.com/profile/08016429468468628454noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19571645.post-87363434645083989422011-03-08T14:21:00.000-08:002011-03-08T14:26:08.727-08:00Praline Fruit Cookies, a recipeThese started out as something entirely different. Ever had one of those days when you are craving something and have pretty much none of the necessary ingredients? I had one of those days last weekend. And came up with this soft cookie recipe as a work around. I'm not the greatest at shaping drop cookies but no matter the shape, they taste wonderful.
Praline Fruit Cookies
Makes 2 dozen
3/4 cupThat's MIZZ Gypsy To You!http://www.blogger.com/profile/08016429468468628454noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19571645.post-34277153033432055032011-01-11T16:09:00.000-08:002011-01-11T16:09:36.838-08:00Beets beets beets beets beetsI love beets. Let's just get this out there from the beginning. They're sweet and earthy and no matter what I have with them they make me ever so happy.
Organics To You is in full winter mode now. My box yesterday had turnips, tangerines, broccoli, collards, beets, carrots, apples, pears, red onions, a squash that looks like a turban squash (but probably isn't one) and potatoes. Yesterday I madeThat's MIZZ Gypsy To You!http://www.blogger.com/profile/08016429468468628454noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19571645.post-2898942457610767122010-12-13T20:30:00.000-08:002010-12-13T20:30:09.007-08:00Fishie, fishie, fishieBack to crochet.
I have a friend (who I don't think reads this blog...if she does, CLAIRE, STOP NOW! DON'T LOOK AT THE PICTURE! (I'M SHOUTING SO SHE'LL HEAR IT BEFORE SHE SEES THE PICTURE.) She is not a cat person but she is spending a long time (I thought it was 5 months but it turns out to be more like 10 months) caring for the cat of a friend while that friend is in another province for That's MIZZ Gypsy To You!http://www.blogger.com/profile/08016429468468628454noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19571645.post-47095172376729483892010-12-07T11:08:00.000-08:002020-02-15T07:04:57.914-08:00Getting paid to work for a charity...is it counter intuitive or not? I say not.Edited because I was rereading my old posts and found typos in here. I no longer work in non-profit but the observations contained here remain valid.
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This is for my approximately 1.1 readers who do not also read Copperbadge's blog. He has a really good post up there today, about the how and why of non profit agencies' paying decent salaries to their That's MIZZ Gypsy To You!http://www.blogger.com/profile/08016429468468628454noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19571645.post-70746765292860047792010-11-24T12:42:00.000-08:002010-12-07T12:56:30.419-08:00New Recipe: Chili Spiced Squash Soup for OneI wrote this post last night, but fell asleep before I could post it. Lack of leftovers is making me frown, although leftover Cristianos y Moros made for a lovely lunch.
I had a half a roasted delicata squash left from the weekend. It’s particularly chilly today and as I keep my heat as low as I can tolerate without pain, the thought of soup was appealing.
I’ve seen countless recipes for That's MIZZ Gypsy To You!http://www.blogger.com/profile/08016429468468628454noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19571645.post-64624868436059334362010-11-20T14:57:00.000-08:002010-11-20T17:47:05.612-08:00Newly Updated: My Little Slow Cooker (Experiment: Cristianos y Moros)I have two slow cookers. One is a 1 1/2 quart, and the other a 3 quart. As you might imagine, I use the 1 1/2 quart more than I do the 3 quart.In fact, I use the hell out of that 1 1/2 quart slow cooker. When my first one quit working (after eight years faithful service) I bought a new one and now I have two inserts, meaning I can use it twice as often.Sometimes, I don't even know what I'm going That's MIZZ Gypsy To You!http://www.blogger.com/profile/08016429468468628454noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19571645.post-61055387049524868422010-11-09T13:04:00.001-08:002010-11-09T13:52:37.243-08:00Gypsy and the Very Healthy CookiesI wanted cookies today. I looked around for ingredients and made a sad, sad, discovery. I had only one egg left. And it's raining. Not the usual always misty and occasional shower raining. This is downpour from hell raining. There was no way I was going to leave the house. Even Faraday doesn't want to go outside, and he loves to go outside to bark at the neighbors' cats and anyone he might hear That's MIZZ Gypsy To You!http://www.blogger.com/profile/08016429468468628454noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19571645.post-46330832616062022152010-10-16T00:41:00.000-07:002010-10-20T14:07:29.657-07:00Cooking for Two. Or Fewer.I have a friend who is trying to work out cooking for fewer people than she has been accustomed to doing. I've been cooking for just me for nine or so years and have come up with some tricks and shortcuts that don't involve frozen entrees. But I can't think of them all at one sitting so I'm going to periodically post my thoughts and suggestions on this subject.The most useful advice I can give, That's MIZZ Gypsy To You!http://www.blogger.com/profile/08016429468468628454noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19571645.post-53900099307641306712010-10-06T10:03:00.001-07:002010-10-06T10:03:14.222-07:00Skirt of leftoversI have some time to spend crafting thanks to the economy (and the failing health of the owner of the company I was working for.) So I can finally do some of my less pressing but still good projects.
This skirt is made of strips from two COMPLETELY different fabrics from my unused extras pile. The print was for an appliance cover (not used since I decided to store the food processor in the That's MIZZ Gypsy To You!http://www.blogger.com/profile/08016429468468628454noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19571645.post-86283013038175104772010-09-05T19:22:00.000-07:002010-10-02T14:38:40.142-07:00Name the recipe?I found a recipe in an old (1984) British cookbook I've been idly paging through for a few weeks. The recipe was called Lentil Rice and it sounded pretty good. I started picking through my pantry and discovered I was short a few ingredients. My substitutions made it even better than I expected it to be. Now I need to name the recipe and I'm fresh out of creativity. Here's the recipe. I'm taking That's MIZZ Gypsy To You!http://www.blogger.com/profile/08016429468468628454noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19571645.post-53426475018551259652010-09-05T17:52:00.000-07:002010-11-09T14:15:30.767-08:00My $3 Craft Challenge ProjectI never uploaded the tutorial pictures but I have the final product to show you. I'm not sure the tutorial is necessary. It's fairly obvious what I did. But if someone wants details, I'll be happy to explain what I did. (BTW, I do not ever again want to work with tis kind of fabric again unless it's to piece together finished napkins. Fake satin IS the Satan of fabrics!)It is, unfortunately, too That's MIZZ Gypsy To You!http://www.blogger.com/profile/08016429468468628454noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19571645.post-51076751362156485162010-07-26T12:24:00.000-07:002010-07-26T19:16:49.321-07:00??? DOLLAR CRAFT CHALLENGEI have decided to instigate a non-specifically periodic craft challenge. I'm calling it the ??? Dollar Craft Challenge. Every once in a while I will go down to my dollar store and pick up a certain number of things that I will challenge my readers (if there still are any) to do something creative with. There is no prize. There is no time frame. But if you want to participate (and I'll pimp the That's MIZZ Gypsy To You!http://www.blogger.com/profile/08016429468468628454noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19571645.post-74638738890864235192010-07-26T12:20:00.000-07:002010-07-26T12:24:35.730-07:00Grousing Because I CanThe law prohibiting texting while driving is one of those “duh” laws that ought not to require a law. Really, how stupid do you have to be to do something that requires you to use both hands while you are driving a car, which also requires BOTH HANDS? (No, not just if it’s a stick shift. You need a hand free for emergencies like if you start to drift, or if you need to signal a turn or a slowdownThat's MIZZ Gypsy To You!http://www.blogger.com/profile/08016429468468628454noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19571645.post-86481966464336937232010-02-08T18:16:00.000-08:002010-02-08T18:17:23.955-08:00I'm Not Racist. I Just Have Allergies.This evening as I rode the Max home, I was nursing the beginning of a sinus headache. I’m allergic to mold, so I’m not sure what caused the headache but there it was.At Lloyd Center (which, coincidentally or maybe not so coincidentally) a man got on the train with a big bunch of incense sticks in his hand. He was selling them, he explained, on behalf of some anti-gang ministry. He was a very That's MIZZ Gypsy To You!http://www.blogger.com/profile/08016429468468628454noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19571645.post-64176347717465910512010-01-11T03:19:00.000-08:002010-01-11T05:02:25.554-08:00It explains a few thingsFox Snooze - er - News has an undeniable right-wing bias. There is, in particular, a vitriol in the network's treatment of Democrats, both candidates and elected officials. It makes them money, for sure, and even if overall owner Rupert Murdoch may not always agree with this bias, he won't mess with such a lucrative strategy.I wondered where the idea had come from. For a long time, I blamed That's MIZZ Gypsy To You!http://www.blogger.com/profile/08016429468468628454noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19571645.post-88421750568358673022009-12-31T14:49:00.000-08:002010-01-11T05:05:06.118-08:00WTF?I had thought that my unpleasant memories of the Campus Crusade for the nice Jewish Boy Frequently Mistaken for Deity were more or less just manifestations of my generally unhappy year trying to fit in at a new university. Turns out my memory is pretty much fine.I've had two groups come to my house so far this afternoon. They're all from the Campus Crusade and I can see that there are at least That's MIZZ Gypsy To You!http://www.blogger.com/profile/08016429468468628454noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19571645.post-224057506795676022009-12-03T13:01:00.001-08:002009-12-03T13:07:29.883-08:00Did I not promise some knitting?It was cold yesterday. Not Boston cold. Not even Colorado cold. Just cold. And I forgot my coat. Yeah, you read that right. I forgot my coat. It was that kind of a morning. Fortunately, I was knitting something for myself and I happened to finish it just in time. Gypsy Cowl1 skein super bulky yarn (I used Rowan’s Big Wool for the gauge, and then switched to an unknown yarn of the same dimensions That's MIZZ Gypsy To You!http://www.blogger.com/profile/08016429468468628454noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19571645.post-69729146581398493062009-12-03T12:48:00.000-08:002009-12-03T12:54:48.085-08:00So I guess I have more food on my mindI invented this the other night. To be honest, my friend Kim mentioned a recipe for maple glazed chicken and I just let my tastebuds run with the concept. Living alone, I often cook for one. This means my recipes are easily adaptable. All you have to do is take my recipe and multiply by the number of people you are feeding.If you make this let me know how you liked it. And if you find typos feel That's MIZZ Gypsy To You!http://www.blogger.com/profile/08016429468468628454noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19571645.post-7206068274184317222009-12-02T12:53:00.000-08:002009-12-02T13:02:21.216-08:00It's been ages since I've updatedAnd to be honest, talking about the health care debate just pisses me off more and discussing Afghanistan frustrates me.So instead, here's the recipe for the gingerbread brownies that I made for Thanksgiving last week. They were SCRUMPTIOUS and must be tasted to be believed. I made two changes to the recipe. They are in italics. Otherwise, this is the recipe exactly as it appears at the That's MIZZ Gypsy To You!http://www.blogger.com/profile/08016429468468628454noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19571645.post-784238998227576062009-06-24T09:54:00.000-07:002009-06-24T09:55:46.889-07:00Read at your own risk.I'm not being funny. The link below will take you to the transcript of a very unnerving interview with an eyewitness to some of the violence in Iran. I don't claim to know what should be done about it. I just know what's going on there is horrific.http://liberal4lifeblog.blogspot.com/2009/06/eyewitness-account-of-massacre-at.htmlThat's MIZZ Gypsy To You!http://www.blogger.com/profile/08016429468468628454noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19571645.post-75061285948218055802009-05-20T12:26:00.000-07:002009-05-20T12:44:47.549-07:00Proof that you can use statistics to prove anythingThis blog entry from the US News and World Report blog pretty much exemplifies the reaction of most of the media to the recent Gallup poll on the subject of abortion, in which people who describe themselves as pro-choice made up 42% of the respondents while those calling themselves pro-life were 51%. This led to a hoot and a holler about how the "tide has turned" and now is the right time for RoeThat's MIZZ Gypsy To You!http://www.blogger.com/profile/08016429468468628454noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19571645.post-28240739006149819372009-05-20T04:52:00.000-07:002009-05-20T05:10:46.969-07:00If you have a lot of time to spend watching a videoDid anyone doubt there are people in the military who think their mission as an American is to wipe out Islam and convert all of the Middle East to Christianity? (Sorry it's not embedded; I can't figure out how.)I used to think it was just a few bad apples. (Sorry. That's only supposed to refer to the poor saps who followed orders at Abu Ghraib, isn't it...) Now it sounds like it's a pretty That's MIZZ Gypsy To You!http://www.blogger.com/profile/08016429468468628454noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19571645.post-51768200812576949862009-05-18T08:33:00.001-07:002009-05-18T08:38:26.304-07:00When PC goes too farCourtesy of Failblog.org.That's MIZZ Gypsy To You!http://www.blogger.com/profile/08016429468468628454noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19571645.post-46864629703726663462009-05-17T07:50:00.000-07:002009-05-17T08:22:56.585-07:00Republicans object for the sake of objecting?While the entire article is of interest I'm including a few excerpts that I found particularly interesting. The words I find most interesting are in red.Conservatives Map Strategies on CourtBy CHARLIE SAVAGEPublished: May 16, 2009*******************1. While conservatives say they know they have little chance of defeating Mr. Obama’s choice because Democrats control the Senate, they say they hopeThat's MIZZ Gypsy To You!http://www.blogger.com/profile/08016429468468628454noreply@blogger.com0