Below are the 3 most recent journal entries recorded in The Duck's LiveJournal:

Sunday, July 6th, 2003
11:45 pm	The chef is out... So, I don't think I have the patience or the money to make food for people who just cut out on us any more. (Comment on this)
Wednesday, July 2nd, 2003
9:44 pm	Kabloooie! (warning: spoilers!) Yes, folks! Here it is: Dan's comprehensive list of apocalypse movies (abridged), broken into sub-genres and annotated for your convenience! Nuclear: The Day After A Boy And His Dog Dr. Strangelove (I suppose I'll get complaints about including this one) Disease: Andromida Strain The Stand (see also: Wrath of God) Twelve Monkeys Omega Man (See Zombies) Zombie: Night of the Living Dead 2 (pt. 1 doesn't qualify, as the meteor which was causing the dead to rise had since left and the authorities were just mopping things up. Now, arguably pt. 2 shouldn't qualify either because in the end it is suggested that the area is nuked(?)) Night of the Comet 28 Days Later (well, mini-apocalypse) Dead Alive Omega Man (See Disease) Wrath of God: The Stand (see also: Disease) Unexplained Post-Apocalypse: The Postman Waterworld Planet of the Apes (you damn, dirty ape!) Mad Max Roadwarrior Beyond Thunderdome Tank Girl (which category is this really?) Technology Run Amok Terminator Matrix Stuff I haven't seen and can't categorize: Stryker Tank Girl Wheels of Fire (3 Comments |Comment on this)
Saturday, June 28th, 2003
6:36 am	Maybe it's just the sleep dep... Maybe it's just the sleep dep talking, but this parecon stuff is sounding pretty darn good. Your ingredient of the day is fern tips! Here is what some people have to say about it: (from Epicurious) A young, edible, tightly coiled fern frond that resembles the spiral end of a violin (fiddle). It is also referred to as ostrich fern and pohole. The shoots are in their coiled form for only about 2 weeks before they unfurl into graceful greenery. Fiddlehead ferns are a rich, deep green color and are about 2 inches long and 1 1/2 inches in diameter. They have a flavor akin to an asparagus-green bean-okra cross and a texture that's appealingly chewy. [snip] Choose small, firm, brightly colored ferns with no sign of softness or yellowing. . . . Fiddleheads should be washed and the ends trimmed before being briefly cooked by steaming, simmering or sautéing. They may be served cooked as a first course or side dish or used raw in salads. Fiddlehead ferns are a good source of vitamins A and C. (from The Wild Flavor by Marilyn Kluger) Fiddleheads, the coiled tips of young fern fronds, are a springtime delicacy especially prized by New Englanders and wild foods enthusiasts. Their season lasts only two weeks or so in May. Three kinds of the curled crosiers are gathered: those of the ostrich fern, the cinnamon fern, and the common bracken fern. [snip] The cinnamon fern (Osmunda cinnamomea) fiddlehead is gathered when it is about eight inches tall. The crosiers and one-half inch to two inches of the stem are eaten. A grayish-yellow woolly covering on the stems and tips must be removed (sometimes with difficulty) before the fiddleheads are cooked. They are washed and then rubbed to remove the fuzz. Fiddleheads will keep for a couple of days in the refrigerator after picking, but wild flavors and freshness are transitory. Better to pick fiddleheads in the morning and eat them before night - or freeze them. The ostrich fern (Pteris nodulosa)...is the tall, graceful plant that grows on stream and river banks where the water comes up in the early spring. So abundant are the ostrich ferns in the lush natural ferneries of the Winooski valley near Waterbury, Vermont, that quantities of the fiddleheads are harvested, packed in snow, and transported to Maine where they are canned for sale in specialty food stores. (Comment on this)