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[ivyfic]

After eighty billion television commercials, I watched the premiere of "Raising the Bar." It was completely uninspiring. Mark-Paul Gosselaar's character is a walking cliche that only serves to detract from the real tragedy of the system by making himself the victim, rather than the innocent client. I think when I want an intelligent look at the flaws in our legal system, I'll stick to "Boston Legal."

I also made lasagna for the first time today. It came out well, but man lasagna noodles are a pain to work with. Also my recipe required twice as many noodles and half as much cheese as I ended up using. I do not know how this lasagna was supposed to work. It would have been a pile of baked noodles with a thin sheen of sauce in between them.

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[edgehopper.livejournal.com]

I think when I want an intelligent look at the flaws in our legal system, I'll stick to "Boston Legal."

This sentence makes absolutely no sense to me. Law and Order at least somewhat resembles reality...

[ivy03.livejournal.com]

Or that. "Boston Legal" is absurd, of course, but on the mark more often than not. Besides, James Spader can totally take Mark-Paul Gosselaar.

[gryphonrose.livejournal.com]

"It would have been a pile of baked noodles with a thin shin of sauce in between them."
This is a disturbing image. Perhaps your sauce has limbs--in which case, remind me never to eat an Italian dish you have fixed--but mine does not.
:)

[ivy03.livejournal.com]

Sheen. It was supposed to be sheen. For some unknown reasons, my typos are almost always homophones, not letter transpositions.

[gryphonrose.livejournal.com]

I think the reason is the added entertainment of others. :)

[chuckro.livejournal.com]

Use no-boil noodles. They're the secret to my lasagna the gaming group loves so much.

[ivy03.livejournal.com]

Where are these mythical no-boil noodles? The recipe I used was from the 1972 American Encyclopedic Cookbook, which meant that it involved making my own sauce as well. It turned out well, since it's the exact lasagna recipe my mother used, but it took over two hours, one of those just for the sauce.

[chuckro.livejournal.com]

In the pasta aisle in Pathmark, usually hidden down at the bottom. There are a couple of different brands; I prefer the Barille ones. The recipe is on the box, but it typically calls for 2 jars of sauce, 1 lb (4 cups) shredded mozarella, 15oz ricotta, and 1 lb ground meat (which I usually double).

Don't make homemade sauce for lasagna. Make homemade sauce when it matters. Jar marinara sauce does the job just fine for lasagna.