While DKM is on vacation - I’m spending the days Chillaxin’ with Emi Bun and Ben…

And hunting the great beast in the secret garden.

Sheezzzzz… I need to nap all week after that! I’m a good thing Emi Bun has some nice sunspots!

Happy Mother’s Day all.

DK & the fluffies are going on vacation to Emi Bun’s house. See you in a week.

MINE!

Don’t miss me, Orlando Bun, staring in the latest CCSI drama. Click here for more information. I’ve also heard that there was a tabloid reporter on set, I know I didn’t let him in! All I can say is that if you click here purchasing some of the images by that individual…the photographer will donate the funds to CFHF. Also, check out this lovely gift basket from the CCSI executives - boy they know how to treat a bun well! ~Orlando Bun

These are R-S (I know it’s more than 13, but I wanted to get through S. Plus there are some really easy ones this time) - try not to Google

1. This girl is clever. She wants to go home. Clue: Flick from Down Under that co-starts Hamlet.

2. You Americans, you’re all the same. Always overdressing for the wrong occasions. Raiders of the lost ark ~Boots, DeeDee * Dexter

3. She has the face of Buddha and the heart of a scorpian. Raise the Red Lantern ~Ikaika

4. You want to find an outlaw, hire an outlaw. You want to find a Dunkin’ Donuts, call a cop. Raising Arizona ~Zippy

5. Now is the winter of our discontent made glorious summer by this sun of York. Richard the III ~Chey

6. No questions. No answers. That’s the business we’re in. You just accept it and move on. Maybe that’s lesson number three. Ronin ~Zippy’s Dad

7. We’re actors! We’re the opposite of people! Rosencranz and Guildenstern Are Dead ~Ikaika

8. It’s your behavior. What about my behavior? It’s very bad. Hee - I love this movie! it’s an indy flick with Mr. Grey.

9. This is madness, I’ve had enough of this “Crime and Punishment” bollocks. I’m happy here. Clue: London gangster flick that starts Beowulf.

10. I have no idea to this day what those two Italian ladies were singing about. Truth is, I don’t want to know. Some things are best left unsaid. I’d like to think they were singing about something so beautiful, it can’t be expressed in words, and makes your heart ache because of it. Shawshank Redemption ~Millie

11. Do you know… the muffin man? Shrek ~Dragonheart & Merlin

12. And, oh, there’s just like the faintest soupçon of like asparagus and just a flutter of a, like a, nutty Edam cheese… Sideways ~Monte

13. They don’t have a name for what he is. Silence of the Lambs ~Zippy and Meezers

14. What’s wrong with the way I talk? What’s the big idea? Am I dumb or something? Singing In The Rain ~Parker

15. Andrew… remember… be sure and tell them… it was only a bloody game. Sleuth ~Ikaika

16. Why, you stuck up, half-witted, scruffy-looking nerf-herder. Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back ~Dragonheart & Merlin

17. It’s funny how people see me and treat me, since I’m really just a simple, boring person. Clue: off beat indy flick with someone who was in Elf.

18. There’s a hole in the world like a great black pit, and it’s filled with people who are filled of shit, and the vermin of the world inhabit it… Sweeney Todd ~KC

19. So five years of bombing, a diet of bark, bugs, lizards and leaves up in the Cambodian jungles, an education in Paris environs in a strict Maoist doctrine with a touch of Rousseau, and other things that we will probably never know about in our lifetime. Including perhaps an invisible cloud of evil that circles the Earth and lands at random in places like Iran, Beirut, Germany, Cambodia, America, set the Khmer Rouge out to commit the worst auto-homeo genocide in modern history. Swimming to Cambodia ~Ikaika

20. Americans love to drill holes in other people’s countries. Syriana ~Chey

21. Who designed these costumes? It looks like Edith Head puked, and that puke designed these costumes. Clue: Film about a film.

Orlando Bun here… I’m getting my pre-show rub down. I case you don’t know I’m in the latest CCSI show airing this weekend - click here for more information. I’ve also heard that there was a tabloid reporter on set, I know I didn’t let him in! All I can say is that if you click here purchasing some of the images by that individual… it was the stunt bunny and not me!

It’s essential for meezer buns to snoopervise dinner preparations!

Nom nom nom

Yes, I hear you…

…I just don’t care

Banana Please!

DKM Cooks

Roasted Veggie Stock

If you are looking for a lighter veggie stock - Click here

What you need

Leek
Anise (Fennel bulb)
Onion
Carrot
Garlic
Mushroom
Zucchini
Red Bell Pepper
Parsley
Herbs and Spices
Sherry or other alcohol
Wee bit of olive oil

Chop all the veggies up, lightly coat with olive oil and roast at 450 degrees for 45-50 min. I roasted mine with fresh thyme tossed in as my herb, you can use anything you have in the fridge.

The hardest part of making this stock is not eating up all the veggies before you finish. Toss all of the veggies into your stock pot and with your sherry, de-glaze the bottom of the roasting dish - this is essential, you want all that good stuff stuck to the bottom of the pan.

Add 16 cups of water, your parsley and any other spices. At this point you could also add fresh or roasted tomatoes. I roast my tomatoes separate from my other veggie because they only take 15-20 minutes to roast. This go-round I had in the pot: bay leaf, crushed coriander seed, cumin seed, pink peppercorns and a few juniper berries. Again, use what ever you have in the kitchen that compliments the roasted veggies. I like coriander and cumin together as I like the citrus note with the anise flavor. Bring everything to a boil and then let simmer for 1-2 hours.

Note to Millie’s mum - here’s how big my stock pot is! Right now it has all the veggies, all the water and there is room for at least 20 more cups of water.

Once done, you want to strain over a cheese cloth into a new pot - I like to mush down the veggie with my ladle so I get out all the flavor! If you want to be sure your stock is crystal clear, you can use a chinois, I don’t bother - I’m not that picky.

The salting question - I do not salt my stock - I may add a pinch of salt and sugar if I’m sweating onions, but when cooking and reducing, I do not salt.  My reason: I like to salt my soup, risotto or whatever as I’m cooking it.  If cooking stock salted to taste, the salt can concentrate and make the stock too salty - that’s my two cents anyway.

When done, you will have 8-10 cups of liquid amber gold. Oh, homemade stock is soooooo much better than the store canned stuff.

Craftie

I’m working on something…

Come back later… zzzzZZZZZZzzzzzz

…Is it Friday yet? I want to be sure to be awake to pester DKM all day Saturday when she wants to rest.