two totally unrelated links

First, from musesfool, it's the Weekly World News interview with Sam and Dean Winchester. There are spoilers for the next episode, but I read it anyway, because it's a brilliant idea.

And then, via metafandom, kindkit responded to that post I made about m/m sexuality in Rome and in Rome. I don't think she's wrong in general, but I still don't see Pullo/Vorenus.

fur and food

So I had this whole post about food and this really lovely jacket I tried on yesterday but didn't buy because it was (a) impractical and (b) that lovely collar that looked so good around my face was fox fur, and somehow wearing my grandmother's old mink coat is one thing, but fox fur is another matter entirely. Even though it looked really good and I am thinking of going back to buy it anyway even though (a) fox! and (b) it hit my hips at an unfortunate point and (c) did I mention that it's not really practical? But it might look better with a skirt! And it was really well-priced! And I have a discount coupon, too!

Anyway. The point is, I bought a couple pounds of veal stew meat at the farmer's market yesterday; it was an indulgence, but I really love veal stew, more than anything else you do with veal, really. I never think to look for it any more, because for some reason you can't get veal at all in the UK (they think it's cruel) and I just got out of the habit. But last week, when I was buying the lamb chops, I realized that the farm stall had it, so this week I planned for stew. The meat was nice and pink, and I have high hopes for the stew itself.

( veal stew )

I made a beef stew a few week back with caramelized red onion and red wine (also carrots and turnips), and a very brown lamb stew with golden beets, which didn't work quite so well as the beef stew. We'll see how this one works, although it looks good. The leeks are only there because I'm using up stuff in the fridge -- I'm hoping that they won't overpower the whole thing. In an ideal world, you'd use cannellini beans, but my grocery store only had navy beans, for some reason.