Winter photo

( icicles on the building right outside my living room window )

Ask LJ: butternut squash

I am in the process of making the butternut squash soup I'd intended to make a week ago (for a snowed-out event.) I'd bought pre-cut butternut squash - already peeled and cut in half. I chopped up the first piece, no problem. When I picked up the second piece it was all slimy, eww!! I threw it out, obviously. But here's my question: since both pieces were in the same wrapper, is the non-slimy piece ok? If I boil it for a long time (which I will be doing, obviously) will it be ok? I don't want to poison myself or anyone else.

Really bad movie

denicemarcell and I went to see the movie "Romance and Cigarettes" today. It has a great cast. It's a Coen Brothers film. It's got singing and dancing. What's not to like? A lot, unfortunately. It was an effort to sit through this without putting my coat on and leaving the theater. "Weird" doesn't quite sum it up. Try "disjointed". After the film was over Denice said something to the effect of "it couldn't quite decide what it wanted to be". However, Susan Sarandon is fabulous (as ever!) and the reason I was able to stay in my seat. We give the movie two thumbs down. :p