Jenn Dolari @dolari@driveinsaturday.org

Decided the 70s Tomorrow People wasn't fitting in with the theme of more adult Sci-Fi, so I removed it from the Saturday Sci-Fi Theater line up. Decided to replace it witht he Battlestar Galactica revival. I forgot how much I hated that shakey-cam combat footage. The music more than makes up for it, though.

10PM: Babylon 5
11PM: Star Trek: The Next Generation
12PM: Battlestar Galactica (Reboot)

Woke up with another song in my head that's playing on repeat in my brain. But at least they're good songs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=viaTT859Yk0

A nice big VR theater screen is quickly becoming my favorite way to watch TV and movies.

This Week's Fancy Pants Meal: West Virginia Pizza Rolls

How can something this easy be so tasty? I love it when something that isn't all that fancy pants cooks up into fancy pants.
I was expecting something like a savory jelly roll, but instead it's more of a really soft Hot Pocket. I'm sure this could be rearranged to make something like ham and cheese rolls or maybe full on pizza rolls.

The instructions call for frozen bread roll dough, but I wasn't able to find it at the two grocery stores in town. Instead I went with croissant sheets and re-kneaded them into rolls. Worked just as well.

Funny story: I made six scones and rolls, and really only needed five. Oh, darn. Guess I know what's for dinner.

# West Virginia Pepperoni Rolls
Southern Living
18.0 rolls

48.0 ounces frozen dinner rolls
4.0 ounces pepperoni slices
8.0 oz thinly sliced mozzerella
4.0 tbsp salted butter (melted)
0.5 tsp garlic powder
0.5 tsp dried oregano
0.125 tsp salt

1 - Preheat oven to 400°F.
2 - Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
3 - Working in batches as needed, pat or roll each dough ball on a large piece of wax or parchment paper into a 4 1/4- to 4 1/2-inch round. (Try not to flour dough surface; it could keep dough from sealing.)
4 - Place 2 pepperoni slices in middle of each dough round.
5 - Tear cheese into pieces, and arrange evenly over pepperoni.
6 - Roll up dough jellyroll style; pinch ends and seams well to seal.
7 - Arrange dough, seam side down, 1 to 1 1/2 inches apart on prepared baking sheet.
8 - Brush half of the butter evenly over rolls.
9 - Bake in preheated oven until golden brown, 10 to 12 minutes.
10 - Stir together garlic powder, oregano, salt, and remaining 2 tablespoons butter in a small bowl until combined. Immediately brush butter mixture evenly over warm rolls.

Makes 18 rolls at 37.5g carbs per roll:
Calories 292
Total Fat 11g
Total Carbohydrate 37g
Protein 3g
Normally yields 12 rolls

#thisweeksmeals #baking #cooking

This Week's Bread: Authentic British Scones.

This time I used a cookie cutter and re-folded the dough to try and get six total. Next time I make these I'll use a smaller size for better consistency.

Happy 4/20 to all who celebrate.

Woke up this morning with this in my head, and it's been playing over and over again all day deep in my brain.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1NBpVKWh_c

Music Before Bed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3wtCXzcBBI

I just spent a bit of my evening explaining the plight of being transgender in America these days, and I depressed the complete and utter fuck out of myself.

In little doses, it's sad. Explaining the whole thing, your exit strategies, why those strategies may or may not work, and the whole nightmare that is making this possible is that kind of dark that leads to a lot of drinking.

Thankfully I don't drink. But if I did....

Transformers One is an Optimus Prime/Megatron Buddy Movie? Really?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5a09yJU-mCI

I'm watching the current season of Star Trek: Discovery, and I'm actually kind of sad that this is their last season.

The show has suffered from not knowing what its identity is, especially in the first two seasons. That said, since the show jumped into the 32nd Century it's really started coming into its own, and this season especially doesn't feel like "Michael Saves The Universe" (but the night is young), which was my last real complaint with the series.

If this was what we'd gotten in Season 1, I think NuTrek would look very different today.