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Brokeback Mountain: Our Community's Common Bond => Brokeback Mountain Fan Fiction & Poetry => Topic started by: MaineWriter on August 22, 2007, 12:37:57 pm

Title: Bettermost Open House - Friday August 24, 2007
Post by: MaineWriter on August 22, 2007, 12:37:57 pm
Hey everyone,

For our writers and readers, the Fanfiction & Poetry and Creative Writers Corner will both be participating in the Open House. Join us "on the board" --this will be the place--at 1pm EDT (1800 UTC) to discuss all things creative. Both of us will also be in the dedicated fanfiction chat room at that time for folks you want to participate in a live chat.

The open house is a progressive dinner party and we are the first item on the menu: appetizers! Lazy L Jack is making rumaki, from the Joy of Cooking, naturally. What do others want to share? Bring photos and recipes, if you want!


Hope to see lots of familiar faces...and lots of new ones, too!

Leslie and Louise
Moderators, Fanfiction and Creative Writers
Title: Re: Bettermost Open House - Friday August 24, 2007
Post by: MaineWriter on August 24, 2007, 01:05:26 pm
Hi everyone...

Welcome to the open house. Let's see we are supposed to be serving appetizers...

L
Title: Re: Bettermost Open House - Friday August 24, 2007
Post by: MaineWriter on August 24, 2007, 01:08:25 pm
But first, let's put up some decorations! This is from the Boston BBM Gathering, September 2006

(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h243/lnicoll/ennisandjack.jpg)

L
Title: Re: Bettermost Open House - Friday August 24, 2007
Post by: mariez on August 24, 2007, 01:35:41 pm
I brought some food:


(http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z196/mariez65/cowboycaviar.jpg)

Help yourself to some Cowboy Caviar.   :)


Cowboy Caviar

1 can (15 oz) Progresso® black beans, drained, rinsed
1 can (4 ounces) chopped ripe olive, drained
 Small onion, finely chopped (1/4 cup)
1 garlic clove, finely chopped
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
2 tablespoons lime juice
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper
1/4 teaspoon ground cumin
1/8 teaspoon pepper
1 package (8 ounces) cream cheese, softened
2 hard-cooked eggs, chopped
1 green onion, sliced
1 package (15 ounces) tortilla chips


1. Mix all ingredients except cream cheese, eggs, onion and chips. Cover and refrigerate at least 2 hours.
2. Spread cream cheese on serving plate. Spoon bean mixture evenly over cream cheese. 
3. Arrange eggs on bean mixture in ring around edge of plate; sprinkle with onion. Serve with tortilla chips. 

Enjoy!

Title: Re: Bettermost Open House - Friday August 24, 2007
Post by: MaineWriter on August 24, 2007, 01:40:43 pm
Oh, that sounds good, Marie. Sort of like that 7-layer dip that was all the rage a few years ago...

L
Title: Re: Bettermost Open House - Friday August 24, 2007
Post by: mariez on August 24, 2007, 01:55:56 pm
Yep, very similar - just a little more "cowboy"!

Marie
Title: Re: Bettermost Open House - Friday August 24, 2007
Post by: MaineWriter on August 24, 2007, 01:58:44 pm
Well, I believe it is time for the progressive dinner party to move to the open forum...thanks for dropping in, Marie, and I KNOW I will see you again around these parts...

L
Title: Re: Bettermost Open House - Friday August 24, 2007
Post by: Brown Eyes on August 24, 2007, 01:59:06 pm
Hey there Creative People!
 :D :D :D

I'm here to contribute some mini-cherry cheesecakes to the end of appetizer hour!

(http://z.about.com/d/homecooking/1/0/E/9/1/blc102.jpg)


Title: Re: Bettermost Open House - Friday August 24, 2007
Post by: Penthesilea on August 24, 2007, 02:01:01 pm
Hi folks,

just wanted to drop by and at least say howdy  :)

Pretty much traffic today already in the FF forum, over at the HI thread  ;D

I'll try a bit of the cowboy caviar.
Title: Re: Bettermost Open House - Friday August 24, 2007
Post by: Kelda on August 24, 2007, 04:38:27 pm
mmm cowboyu cavier - sorry i was late - I've told evertone at how we live I've just nipped out to the back graden to put the empty glass bottles in the recycle bin - but actually I'm at Lelsie's and Louises - picking at their leftovers - YUM!!
Title: Re: Bettermost Open House - Friday August 24, 2007
Post by: David In Indy on August 24, 2007, 04:42:48 pm
Color me ignorant, but what in the WORLD is "cowboy caviar".

I probably should know this one, but I don't. Many different possibilites are crossing my mind and none of them are good!  :P
Title: Re: Bettermost Open House - Friday August 24, 2007
Post by: David In Indy on August 24, 2007, 04:45:12 pm
Oh nevermind. I just saw the recipe for it. It sounds pretty good.

I guess I should learn to read before I type, huh?  :-\
Title: Re: Bettermost Open House - Friday August 24, 2007
Post by: MaineWriter on August 24, 2007, 07:09:52 pm
Hey thanks for dropping in, latecomers! Let me give you a little tupperware of some leftover cowboy caviar!

Thanks for the cheesecakes, Amanda!

L