Updated: 1/03/07
Hi! I thought maybe you were curious about me, so I invite you into my den here in The Playground. Here's where you can find out a little about me. If it's coffee, cookies and whimsy you want, visit The Grown Ups Page. Come back and visit me again, you never know when I'll have a recipe or two to share!
A Hobbit's Delight Submitted by: Elennar
Description: Mushrooms, nice crispy bacon, tomatoes...
Ingredients
1 pound portabella mushrooms (either large caps torn into chunks; pre-sliced; or baby bellas, halved)
1 pound assorted mushrooms (your choice)
1 medium onion, diced
1 pound sliced bacon
12 cherry tomatoes, halved
1/2 good red wine (if you wouldn't drink it, don't cook with it)
1 pinch ground nutmeg (place a small amount in the palm of your hand and take a good pinch from that)
2 tablespoons cold butter
Instructions
In a large skillet, fry the bacon until crisp. Set aside.
Drain a little more than half of the bacon drippings from the pan. To the remaining drippings, add the diced onion. Saute until onion is translucent. Add the portabella and assorted mushrooms; sprinkle the nutmeg over the top and saute until the mushrooms start to darken. Add the wine, lower the heat, and simmer until the liquid is reduced by half. Add the halved tomatoes; continue to simmer until the tomato skins begin to wrinkle. Crumble the bacon and stir into the mixture.
Turn off the heat and stir in the cold butter until it is completely melted, creating a nice buttery sauce.
Serve with sweet italian sausages as a side dish over rice or noodles or spread over slices of a hearty bread.
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Basic Stuff
Real name: Paulina
Online names: ~Mel, ~Melancholia, Belba Took
Birthday - June 29
Location -I live in a small town in NE Ohio, USA.
Height - 5' 1"
Eye Color - brown
Hair Color - black
Marital Status: single & celibate
High school-Ventura High, Calif
Summer memory - summer of '97
Favorite TV shows - Court TV
Favorite book -The Lord of The Rings EEs
Favorite drink -Diet Pepsi
Favorite food - chinese
Favorite colors - Black, purple, blue
Favorite sound - Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children soundtrack
Least favorite sound - people fighting
Favorite smell - hazelnut caramel
I'm a wannabee linguist. I can speak English, some Spanish, Elvish, and I use American Sign Language.
Favorite thing to do - be on my computer. My own, my precioussssss...
Which do you like better, day or night? - I am nocturnal.
Chocolate or Vanilla Cake - chocolate, need those endorphins
What is your zodiac sign? - Cancer
What do you wear to bed - whatever
Tattoos? - I have 7 small ones
What's on the walls? - LOTR map, LOTR banner, Unicorns, xmas lights
Glass - half-full or half-empty? half empty and soon to be drained
Are you a righty, a lefty or ambidextrous? righty
Do you type with your fingers on the right keys? nope
When you meet a person of the opposite sex, you notice their - eyes, hair, smile
If you could be a garden tool, which would it be? clippers!
What kind of shoe would you be if you had the option? - a sensible one
What's the best number in the world - 2!
Who was your greatest love? Mike Bishop *sigh*
My Personal Heroes - John Douglas, John Walsh, Robert K. Ressler, Dr. Henry Lee, Steve Vai, Tori Amos, Ann Rule
Fav movies:
The Lord of The Rings EEs -
Harry Potter dvds -
Pirates of the Carribean -
Just Married -
Interview With the Vampire -
Steel Magnolias -
Legends of the Fall -
Hot Pursuit -
Liar Liar -
A Bug's Life -
The Wicker Man -
Underworld -
Blade 1-3 -
The Wall -
Scanners III -
The Virgin Suicides -
American Beauty -
Wag the Dog -
Empire Records -
The Faculty -
Nightmare Before Christmas -
Edward Scissorhands -
Labyrinth -
Legend -
Krull -
Back to the Future Trilogy -
Raiders of the Lost Ark -
Jurassic Park 1&3 -
Tomb Raider 1&2 -
Finding Nemo -
Ghost Ship -
The Mummy Returns -
The Scorpion King -
Independence Day -
The Fifth Element -
Sleepy Hollow -
Merlin -
Stargate -
Troy -
Gia -
The Chronicles of Riddick -
Van Helsing -
The Rundown -
The Incredibles -
The Lost Boys -
St. Elmo's Fire -
Sahara -
MIB II -
Constantine -
Ringers: Lord of The Fans -
Corpse Bride -
Rent -
The Exorcism of Emily Rose -
Secret Window -
The Libertine
and the list goes on...
any
Johnny Depp -
Tim Burton -
Holly Hunter -
James Spader -
Angelina Jolie -
Steve Zahn -
Eva Mendes -
Antonio Banderas -
Diego Luna film
Things that make me 
plants
animals
LOTR
Tori Amos
Steve Vai
Joe Satriani
Diego Luna films
Harry Potter
Christmas lights year round in my room.
Reading true crime, biographies.
Satisfying my voracious appetite for info.
poignant sad stuff *sniff*
flowers
Handel's Messiah
Classy goth websites.
Cheeseburger pizza.
chocolate
diet pepsi
chinese take-out
any music but rap >_<
the internet
shiny happy people
dusting guestbooks
learning/searching/asking
Things that make me 
Direct Linkers!
Do not direct link my images!
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Free Image Hosting
Pic Server TK,
Pic Server,
Pixie Host,
Village Photos,
Walagata,
IOwnJoo
rudeness
meanness
hypocrites
arrogance
injustice
organized religion
pedophiles *boo hiss*
drinking & driving (no! NO!)
unreasonable people
loud large angry people
the evil that men do
asparagus
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Wishing you faery dust,
Paulina
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