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Monday, August 9, 2010

The Adventures of Pam & Frank

5:24 AM    

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Tortellini Ham Salad

Posted: 08 Aug 2010 02:03 PM PDT

 

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I love pasta salads. Give me a bowl of tuna pea pasta and I'm a happy camper.

As far as hot pasta dishes go, one of my favorites is tortellini. There's something very satisfying about those little round packages of parmesan. It's one of my favorite comfort foods. Luckily, my favorite grocery store offers dried tortellini in their bulk section, so I pick up a pound to have on hand for when the mood hits. 

It hit this afternoon and I decided to try a cold tortellini pasta salad. Not bad. Here's the recipe I made up:

Heat a large pot of salted water. When it starts to boil, add a pound of dried tortellini. Cook until the tortellini floats, about 8-10 minutes. Drain. DSCN8357  (I use a perforated pasta insert to keep the tortellini from breaking up as it drains.)

While the pasta cooks, dice about a pound of ham. Add the ham to the drained pasta along with about 1/4 c grated parmesan cheese. If you like your food spicy, add dried chili flakes to taste.

Add equal amounts of mayo and sour cream until the salad has the creaminess level you like. I used about 1/4 cup of each because pasta salads always taste better the next day, and the moisture from the dressing absorbs into the pasta. I discovered that if I initially make it a little too creamy, then it's perfect on the second day.

One note – this was my first time using canned ham. Blech. Too salty and too similar to Spam. Not that Spam is bad (I admit it, I'll eat the stuff) but this salad would be much better with natural ham.

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Saturday, August 7, 2010

Here's the latest from PamHawk.com

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Here's the latest from PamHawk.com

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25 Places to get Promotional Products

Posted: 06 Aug 2010 09:22 PM PDT

Today I was reading this article about how to market a business effectively by using promotional products. Have you used promotional products to market your business? If you're wondering where to...

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Focusing my Focus

Posted: 06 Aug 2010 11:04 PM PDT

Hello Dear Readers, It has been a very long time since my last post. (Yes, I'm making up for it by this long post, but I want to explain my plan to you.) The last 7 months or so have been...

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Wednesday, July 21, 2010

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List: Music Discovery Websites

Posted: 20 Jul 2010 10:14 AM PDT

I'm kind of a weirdo.


One of my happiest moments is when I'm driving down the road, either an unfamiliar highway or one packed with traffic zooming along just above the posted speed limit.


Blasting from the radio (or the 14-year-old's iPod) is a collection of really great music that I have never heard before. No matter what my mood before, this always makes me happy.


Lately I have been streaming music from various websites and blasting music into my kitchen while I cook or bake. Our current kitchen has a swinging door that I can close to confine most of the sound to that part of the house.


Sometimes it's hard finding new music, but over time I have collected a nice list of websites that help introduce new stuff, indie bands, unheard-of labels, and emerging artists hoping to make it big. No matter what genre you like, you'll probably find some great new stuff here, too. All legal, of course.


Here's my list:


last.fm - my current favorite. Type in a song or artist you like and get a radio station with a playlist based on that artist or song. You can also "scrobble" which means last.fm will look at what you have stored in your computer and make a playlist based on what you already have. Lately I've been playing "Groove Armada radio," "Bela Fleck and the Flecktones radio" and sometimes I'll crank up the bass and listen to "the Gorillaz radio." (I need bigger woofers, though.)



pandora - same concept as last.fm but I just prefer the radio station that last.fm creates better.


ilike - listen to 30 second samples of stuff and get free downloads of stuff you've probably never heard of (because they're new emerging artists). Shows you what's popular on their site or you can explore based on what you like.


emusic - monthly subscription for bargain downloads. We discovered a lot of good stuff here, including Pam getting hooked on Of Montreal.


Amazon - Start by looking up an artist or album you love. Then scroll down to see other music purchased by customers who bought your favorite album... browse from there. This is where I nearly wet my pants upon the discovery of Mrs. Miller, Florence Foster Jenkins, and Jonathan and Darlene Edwards.
Holy crap.
(I think this subject is a blog post all by itself.)


iTunes - I'm sure you've heard of iTunes. Honestly, this is probably the last place I go for music.


MySpace - I'm personally not a fan of MS, but this is where Rachel discovered so much fantastic music like Hot Hot Heat, The Fratellis, Hard Fi, Say Hi To Your Mom, Does It Offend You Yeah?, and a buttload of other fantastic artists. We have discovered many more artists here than at Facebook.


1227.com - You're going to hate me for this, but I love this site.
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Sunday, July 18, 2010

The Adventures of Pam & Frank

5:20 AM    

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stopmotioness uncut & remasterd

Posted: 17 Jul 2010 08:21 PM PDT

Yesterday Rachel performed in an orchestra concert at her (old) middle school. It was excellent; probably the best one I've been to yet.

After the concert, one of the kids ran through the hall yelling, "It's on YouTube!" During the concert, the guy next to me on the top bleacher had a tripod set up and he filmed the entire concert, so I wasn't surprised it was posted.

Today while searching for the performance (I couldn't find it!?) I stumbled across this vid that some of her classmates made. The school offers a film class and Rachel thinks they made it for class. Pretty neat.




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Friday, July 9, 2010

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Mother Nature reads my blog

Posted: 08 Jul 2010 05:45 PM PDT

Three days ago, in a previous blog post, I complained about the cold weather.
I guess Mother Nature reads this blog and decided to show me who's boss:

It's ok. I love the heat.
You Oregonians might not appreciate my next comment, but I have to say it:
It's a dry heat...
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Wednesday, July 7, 2010

The Adventures of Pam & Frank

5:12 AM    

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Pass It On Plates has a new website!

Posted: 06 Jul 2010 11:27 AM PDT

If you are looking for our plate diaries at www.passitonplates.com, don't worry if you don't find them. Your plate diaries still exist and everything written in them is still there.

You can now find your plate diaries at our new website address: www.pass-it-on-plates.com

For more details on this change, please check out our Pass It On Plates blog post about the upgrade.
(If you want your plate to have the new website address written on the back, there is information about that as well in our Pass It On Plates blog.)

Thank you!

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