Mountie: 1, Rat: 0
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icepixieRatatouille is out on DVD, and we rented it because Dad hadn't seen it yet and I wanted to see it again.
Of course the movie was good--I believe I went on at length after I saw it in the theater about how it's one of the most adorable films I've ever seen, and I want to hug it and squeeze it and call it George. But as a bonus for the DVD, they also had a short film called, "Your Friend the Rat," a vaguely musical history of rats, hosted by Remy and Emile. It was cute and amusing all the way through, but the best part? When dramatizing why Alberta was particularly rat-free, they depicted the battle between Mountie and Rat as a video game wherein the Mountie (somehow dressed simultaneously in both the dress reds and the outfit of a particularly patriotic hockey goalie) used his arm padding/shield, which had a Canadian flag on it, to...shoot a laser in the shape of a maple leaf at the rat. I was on the floor.
(Oh, look, someone put it on YouTube. Why am I not surprised? Watch, it's hilarious.)
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Now I really want to cook my sausage-and-garbanzo-bean soup tomorrow. (Much like Linguine, I am winging it with the soup. This...is the first time I've ever made a soup that doesn't come condensed in a can. I hope it turns out edible.)
Of course the movie was good--I believe I went on at length after I saw it in the theater about how it's one of the most adorable films I've ever seen, and I want to hug it and squeeze it and call it George. But as a bonus for the DVD, they also had a short film called, "Your Friend the Rat," a vaguely musical history of rats, hosted by Remy and Emile. It was cute and amusing all the way through, but the best part? When dramatizing why Alberta was particularly rat-free, they depicted the battle between Mountie and Rat as a video game wherein the Mountie (somehow dressed simultaneously in both the dress reds and the outfit of a particularly patriotic hockey goalie) used his arm padding/shield, which had a Canadian flag on it, to...shoot a laser in the shape of a maple leaf at the rat. I was on the floor.
(Oh, look, someone put it on YouTube. Why am I not surprised? Watch, it's hilarious.)
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Now I really want to cook my sausage-and-garbanzo-bean soup tomorrow. (Much like Linguine, I am winging it with the soup. This...is the first time I've ever made a soup that doesn't come condensed in a can. I hope it turns out edible.)
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Date: 2007-11-10 04:30 am (UTC)Good luck with the soup.
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Date: 2007-11-10 05:41 am (UTC)"Get ready, eh?" *snort*
Good luck with the soup.
Thanks!
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Date: 2007-11-10 12:53 pm (UTC)"O Canada" as 8-bit game music?! Fantastic!
I have got to see this movie. I missed it in theaters, and I've been waiting for the DVD release so I can catch up. Now the DVD is out, so... time's a wastin'!
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Date: 2007-11-10 09:07 pm (UTC)I know! *cracks up again*
The movie is so good. Like, should-be-in-the-running-for-the-Oscars,-and-not-just-the-technical-categories good.
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Date: 2007-11-12 07:22 am (UTC)Soups-not-from-cans are surprisingly easy. You'd think more magic would be required, but no.
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Date: 2007-11-13 04:14 am (UTC)You really should. It's fantastic.
Soups-not-from-cans are surprisingly easy. You'd think more magic would be required, but no.
Sadly, mine was not so good. I think the chickpeas were the culprit; it basically tasted like sausage with an overlay of yuck. (And I like chickpeas! Maybe these were bad...) We're going to try some kind of Tuscan bean soup next, which I think will go a bit better.
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Date: 2007-11-13 05:19 am (UTC)Hmm... and we did just sign up for Netflix this morning....
I think the chickpeas were the culprit; it basically tasted like sausage with an overlay of yuck.
Wow. Well, I'd blame the sausage. Whenever I try to do soups with meat (chicken), I always end up deciding they would've been better if i'd just left the chicken out. It's just like blobs of tasteless cardboard. Then again, I'm not too good at cooking chicken in the first place. Alas.
One thing I did discover, though: combine a can of condensed cream of potato, water, egg noodles, tuna, and seasoning, and the result is... kinda awesome? You wouldn't think tuna-potato noodle soup would be good, but it is.
I don't suppose you've got a recipe for a good spicy chicken soup on hand? I've been pondering an attempt at that for a while....
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Date: 2007-11-13 10:55 pm (UTC)No, seriously, the sausage was the best part. I love me some sausage.
One thing I did discover, though: combine a can of condensed cream of potato, water, egg noodles, tuna, and seasoning, and the result is... kinda awesome? You wouldn't think tuna-potato noodle soup would be good, but it is.
EW. Ew, ew, ew. Hot tuna is an abomination unto the lord.
I don't suppose you've got a recipe for a good spicy chicken soup on hand? I've been pondering an attempt at that for a while....
Can't say as I do. I don't have any recipes for soup period, really...
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Date: 2007-11-14 10:14 pm (UTC)Mmmm, abominations......