i’m not even the mum friend, i’m like the grandma friend.
evidence:
– falls asleep a lot
– confused about most things
– loves baking for people
– exasperated at the Youths™
– u never really know what i’m on about but i mean well so u smile and nod anyway
I think the younger you are the more likely you are to be certain My Immortal was written as a joke, partially because it’s the progenitor of pretty much all modern Bad Fanfiction Tropes, so when you read it now you think “oh they were trying to use as many bad fanfic tropes as possible, it’s clearly a joke” even though those tropes exist to make fun of My Immortal. My Immortal could have been written as a parody of bad fanfiction but it made such an impact on that subculture that it’s entirely possible that it only seems like a satire because it’s the original thing being satired.
My Immortal could’ve been an intentionally bad fanfic but that’s not a given. The uncertainty comes from the fact that My Immortal was written in a pre-My Immortal world, and the only reason it seems like a parody now is because we already know about My Immortal.
The other reason is “nobody talks like this, nobody writes like this, it has to be someone making a joke” but the thing is, I was a moderator on a fanfic site when My Immortal dropped, and yes, they really really did talk like that. There is not a single line in My Immortal that would’ve been out of place in 2006.
I’ve been meaning to use the All Edges Lasagna Pan my dad got for me for ages now, and I finally decided that today was the day. I was in the middle of cooking pasta sauce for a different dish and I was like “fuck it, it’s lasagna time” and mixed up some cheese.
It’s baking now, and I’m excited to see how it turns out. Lasagna is one of the best ways I use to get rid of kale during the summer when we’re getting that farm share box, so if this works it’ll be very exciting.
This is a pretty standard lasagna with stewed tomato and meat sauce (with garlic), and ricotta cheese mix (with garlic). If anyone ever tells you to put cottage cheese in any baked pasta dish, immediately shun them and replace that with ricotta. ;p
To make a good cheese mix you just need one smaller tub of ricotta, 1 cup mozzarella, ½ cup of parmesan, 1 egg, basil, oregano, salt, red pepper, and garlic. That can be stuffed into any pasta. I actually made twice as much cheese mix as I needed, and I’m going to use the second half of it for stuffed shells at some point.
I really like this pan, the browning on the cheese is extremely even, much more than I’m used to. Plus edge pieces are the most delicious, and now every piece has at least two edges.
(Also we’ve been saying “snake lasagna, or snasagna” back and forth for like half an hour.)
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