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While some people are all freaked out about this tip from Lifehacker (fumes, pollution, etc.), I think it’s awesome look forward to getting all the grease off my tea kettle this weekend.

(Who looks forward to degreasing? I look forward to all kinds of intense cleaning when I have a million other things to do.)

My dream blog also has this to share. And so much more.  Just go over spend some time there if you haven’t already.

(Again, there is a certain pointlessness to this tip, but I’m so already boiling water.) 

First, I am a fan of MIA. Aurular is a great album to listen to while running. But you know what I really mean. It’s been a while since a good food photo or recipe.

Here’s the deal: between now and mid-December, school and my writing commitments are making my schedule a bit hectic. I don’t have time for impressive cooking. In fact, we’ve eaten pasta for dinner three times in the past week, twice involving a jar of ready-made marinara. Not worth writing home about, definitely not worth blogging about.

I’m sure that J-term will result in loads of fresh, homemade breads. That’s the goal, anyway. Also some short stories, but we’ll see.

So, we’re gonna shift gears and I’m just gonna post quick links to house spouse-y things I come across during my morning blog read.

This is not House Spouse in her Halloween costume.

Andrew’s on my case to hurry up this morning. I have a doctor’s appointment he’s gonna drive me to on his way to work. So my apologies or an abbreviated post about this simply delicious dessert.

I don’t follow a recipe when making crisps anymore, because I’ve made them so many times (using the More With Less recipe for Apple Crisp). They’re pretty impossible to screw up, anyway. Just cut together some brown sugar, rolled oats, butter or margarine and pinch of salt and you’ve got the crispy topping. I added some toasted hazelnuts that I processed in my mini food processor (the only one I own). Then, cut some fruit, stir it together with a little water (if your fruit isn’t already pretty juicy), flour, maybe some cinnamon and/or nutmeg, sugar and salt. Throw it into a casserole dish, sprinkle on the topping and bake for 35 minutes. Simple. If it doesn’t come out that crispy (this one didn’t), it will still be delicious. Spoon some vanilla ice cream on top, and you will be everyone’s best friend.

Above: the crisp before going into the oven. Right: my new pastry cutter.