Jenn Dolari @dolari@driveinsaturday.org

So on the plane, I watched a Mythical Kitchen video about chicken tenders, and through the whole flight I was thinking about chicken tenders and cream gravy.

Thankfully I did find a 24 hour Whataburger. :)

WAT. HOW DO YOU CLOSE A WHATABURGER? IT IS 24 HOURS. IT IS A FORCE OF NATURE. ONE DOES NOT CLOSE A WHATABURGER.

Southwest is getting swanky. In seat charging!

The Grand Canyon from above....

CHECK THE ANGULAR VECTOR OF THE MOON!

(This post brought to you by listening to the Flash Gordon soundtrack in mid air)

Apparently we come in designer labels now....

Just put the video on OnlyFans already and give me a share of the money. We can both profit from this, dude.

Watching TV as Princess Zelda in the Bedroom of my multi-tiered house floating in the sky. As one does.

This Week's Fancy Pants Meal: Swedish Ham Balls in Brown Sauce

This one is pretty good. I'm not the biggest fan of meatballs and meatloaf, because I don't like bready beef, but I'll absolutely eat a hamloaf. Soemthing about ham changes the taste that I prefer it to beef.

These hamballs were pretty good, although it absolutely needs some salt. The original recipe has no salt, so next time I make this I'm gonna try a teaspoon of salt.

The sauce was REALLY good. Very sweet-and-sour, but also very liquidy. If I make this again, I'm gonna see about taking the left over sauce after the baking, and reduce it down to something a tad thicker. Make it more of a sauce than a broth.

This comes from a type of cookbook I really really like - employees of a company coming together to share recipes. You get some really good stuff that's simple to make. Although sometimes, you get really bad stuff that's simple to make. Add some salt to this recipe and you have something real good.

# Swedish Ham Balls in Brown Sauce

Sure Cures for Hunger
6.0 servings

1.0 pound ground ham
1.0 cup bread crumbs
1.0 whole beaten egg
0.3333333333333333 cup milk
1.0 cup brown sugar
1.0 tsp mustard
1.0 cup vinegar
0.5 cup water

1 - Combined meat, crumbs, egg and milk. Mix thoroughly.
2 - Form in small balls.
3 - Place in baking pan.
4 - Combine remaining ingredients.
5 - Stir until sugar dissolves and pour over meat balls.
6 - Bake at 325F for 1 hour

#thisweeksmeals #cooking

Tonight's Dr. Who was Partners in Crime.

Oh, I've been waiting for this. Donna and Wilf. Two best companions New Who ever had.

[Seattle Eastside Area, Washington State]

You don't want to miss this! IT'S HERE!

Duvall's first Pride event and the ribbon cutting ceremony for the new art installation that will be replacing the removed Pride Wall in downtown Duvall.

Vendors and performers in the Snoqualmie Valley and vicinty! Get your applications in for this first historic step for Duvall! See you at 12pm on May 11th for the ribbon cutting ceremony, and come to Depot Park right after~ 🕺🌈

More info and application at:
https://tinyurl.com/Duvall-Pride

Anyone know what a "Two Decker" meal is? Also: Good luck finding Prem in this decade.

Is it a costume when it's what you wear all the time in-world?

One of the surprising apps in VR that I'm enjoying is watching movies. Despite that the entire VR experience is 2K at best, blowing the movie up to movie theater sizes really works in VR.

3D works really well, too. 3D has historically not been how I like movies, but that's because the effect doens't work well for me. In VR, though, it's fantastic.

And now I not only really have a Home Theater, I have a full on Movie Theater in my goggles!

Playing around with Emu VR. Got the Atari 2600 working in-world! Still having some problems with controls in both programs, but I think it's because I don't have any X-Input controllers. I have an X-Input emulator somewhere....

This Week's Fancy Pants Meal: Pepperoni Pizza Fajitas

I'd actually meant to make this last week, but my routine got super messed up and it ended up not being part of my meal prep. This week, though, I cracked the spine on the Mythical Kitchen Cookbook and decided to try these out, cause at the time, I was craving Pizza.

This is actually really wierd, but in a really good way. I wasn't exactly sure what I was making until about halfway through when I realized it was a Pizza Casserole. but served up like fajita tacos. Once I understood it, it immediately became an awesome idea. Pizza tacos!

I also got to try something new and amazing. The original recipe calls for storebought tortillas, but I can't stand storebought. Instead, I adapted my grandmother's tortilla recipe, but cooked the tortillas in a garlic butter! It was FANTASTIC. I never expected to basically make my tortillas into garlic naan, but I may just do this moving forward. I love tortillas with butter, but cooking the butter directrly into the tortilla WITH garlic? WOW.

Definitely one I'll make again. I think next time I try out the cookbook, I'm gonna try the Chicken and Waffle Pot Pie....

Also, get the book. My adapted instructions aren't nearly as fun as the ones in the book.

# Pepperoni Pizza Fajitas

The Mythical Cookbook
Makes ~11 servings at ~400 calories each
Normally serves "2 heathens or 6 polite adults."
Calories 403
Total Fat 25g
Total Carbohydrate 26g
Protein 15g

28.0 ounces whole peeled tomatoes
2.0 tbsp olive oil
6.0 cloves garlic (minced)
1.0 tsp dried oregano
1.0 pinch crushed red pepper
1.0 tbsp sugar
1.5 tsp salt (fajitas)
ground black pepper (to taste)
1.0 pound low-moisture mozzarella (shredded)
0.5 whole white onion
0.5 whole green bell pepper (cored) (thinly sliced)
3.0 ounces sliced pepperoni
0.25 cup grated parmesan
5.0 tbsp unsalted butter
0.5 tsp dried parsley
2.25 cups flour
0.5625 tbsp salt (tortillas)
0.375 tbsp baking powder
0.375 cup shortening
0.75 cup very hot water

Flour Tortillas:
1 - Hand mix flour, salt for tortillas, baking powder, shortening, and very hot water all at once in a large mixing bowl until dough just comes together.
2 - Remove from the bowl and roll and knead dough on a flat surface until it's got a bumpy slightly tacky texture.
3 - Return the dough to the bowl and let it sit, covered by a damp cloth, for up to 8 hours (at least 30 minutes).

Pepperoni Pizza Fajitas:
4 - Pre-heat the oven to its highest heat setting.
5 - Pour the tomatoes into a medium or large bowl and crush them by hand. Crush them until they have a rough, rustic texture.
6 - Meanwhile, place a cast-iron skillet over medium heat. Add the oil once it is ready.
7 - Add in half garlic and fry i until it is just starting to turn golden around the edges, 2 to 3 min.
8 - Add the oregano and crushed red pepper and let them toast for a 30 seconds then pour in the tomatoes.
9 - Season the sauce with the sugar, salt, and a few twists of black pepper and stir it up. Let simmer until it has thickened slightly, about 5 minutes.
10 - Remove the pan from the heat from the heat and blanket the whole thing with the
mozzarella, making sure you've got some all the way up to the edge.
11 - Scatter the onion and bell pepper over the top and coat with your pepperoni slices.
12 - Sprinkle half of your Parmesan over the top.
13 - Bake for about 10 minutes, until the cheese is browned and bubbling but not too dried out.

Flour Tortillas:
14 - Remove from the bowl and roll and knead dough on a flat surface until it's got a smooth and still slightly tacky texture.
15 - Return the dough to the bowl and let it sit, covered by a damp cloth, for five minutes.

Pepperoni Pizza Fajitas:
16 - Meanwhile, combine the butter, the remaining chopped garlic, and the parsley in a microwave safe bow! and microwave until the butter is just melted. about 30 seconds.

Flour Tortillas
17 - Roll the dough into the amount of tortillas needed.
18 - Roll out each ball with rolling pin into flat round tortillas, as thin as you like.
19 - Place a nonstick skillet over medium-high heat.
20 - Add 1 teaspoon of the garlic butter to a griddle on medium heat and immediately add a tortilla to keep the butter from burning.
21 - Cook on a griddle on high heat. Flip when tiny brown marks appear on the bottom side, about thirty seconds.
22 - Take tortilla off the griddle just as it begins to smoke.
23 - Stack them on a plate as you finish and cover with plastic wrap or a kitchen towel to keep them warm and soft. Repeat steps 20-23 as necessary.

Pepperoni Pizza Fajitas:
24 - Once your skillet in the oven is ready, take it out of the oven and sprinkle on the remaining Parmesan.
25 - Serve as tacos, or just scoop the casserole with tortillas.

#thisweeksmeals #cooking #dreamsbecomefood

You tease.

I would just like to say from my sick-bed in delerium that I miss Big Anime Hair.

Today I found out that Bigscreen for the Quest 2 can access my Plex Server and display it as if I was in a movie theater.

I'M A BUCKET OF POPCORN AND 44 OUNCE CUP OF COKE ZERO AWAY FROM NEVER INTERACTING WITH THE REAL WORLD AGAIN.

Some shots from the EmuVR 80s Bedroom, and the Arcade Time Capsule applications. Loving these environments. :)