short takes

[cellio]

I was surprised and a little weirded out, the other night, when I typed "parme" into Google and it offered to auto-complete to "parmesan crusted tilapia recipe". That was in fact what I was searching for, though I was going to just say "fish", but I hadn't realized Google's mind-reading was that good. :-) I didn't remember to follow up at first opportunity from a different IP address, though, so I don't know if profiling was involved.

(My question, still not satisfyingly answered as this recipe didn't do it so well, was: how do you get the cheese to stay on the fish? I was speculating about egg, as you often do for breading, but this recipe called for olive oil. I ended up with fish and cheese in proximity to each other, which was tasty but not what I was going for.)

Larry Osterman passed along this video showing upgrades from Windows 1.0 through to Windows 7 with all intermediate steps (except Windows ME, which doesn't play the upgrade game well, it appears). It was amusing to see what did and didn't survive upgrade (Doom almost hit 100%!), and amazing that it actually worked.

Bohemian Rhapsody on ukelele (video), from siderea. I didn't think I could imagine it, and I was right. Nifty!

Cool bedroom, and not just for kids! Link from talvinamarich.

The internet is for cats. Cats in sinks. Be careful; this is like TV Tropes on four legs. Don't say I didn't warn you.

And finishing up with another one from siderea: this funny ad for milk (involves cats).

Comments

[hildakrista.livejournal.com]

Ben says you'll get a lovely crust with a triple dip. Coat the fish in flour (give it a really good tap, get rid of all the excess). Then an eggwash, then the last layer is the cheese mixed with flour. Also herbs

[cellio]

Thanks! I've done flour + egg + coating where the coating was breadcrumbs or cornmeal, so it makes sense that it would work for cheese too. I hadn't thought to mix the cheese with flour.

Do any of my readers know if matzah meal works well in this context? One reason I was experimenting with a flourless implementation was to test-drive ideas for Pesach. If not no big deal; I eat fish year-round so this is good in its own right. :-)