We discussed a number of options and I think we've decided on asking people to bring their favorite casserole this month. Casseroles are filling, comfort food that should go over well on a cold January night.
I had initially thought we'd make hot dish, and we still might, but for fun, I Googled casserole recipes. I found a couple of articles with dozens of ideas, including All Recipes' "Casseroles for a Crowd" and Delish.com's "45+ Easy Dinner Casserole Recipes."
Turns out. there are a WHOLE lot of casseroles we've never heard of ... like corn dog casserole. Apparently that's a thing. So, we just had to try it out last night, because it sounded to me like something the Teen Feed diners would love the sound of. It's not gourmet, but it's pretty darn good, I have to admit. There were no complaints from anyone at MPA last night.
Tonight's experiment is Chicken Bacon Ranch Bubble-Up Bake (photo above). Broccoli, cheese, butter, bacon, chicken and biscuits, what's not to love (well, other than the fact that it's not exactly health food)?
Reviews were great for tonight's concoction. CJ proclaimed, "We should have casserole more often." Like, more often than two nights in a row, apparently. :)
GAMEY: This afternoon, the kids participated in their semi regular online game day. A number of different Internet-based games are played, but it seems like way more than any other, the group plays Among Us. CJ can tell you a bit more about it.
"In 2018, PNW-based indie game development studio InnerSloth quietly released Among Us, an online party social deduction game. In Among Us, players are sorted into two groups: Crewmates and impostors. Crewmates' goal is to complete tasks in the game area and, when necessary, determine which players are the impostors. Meanwhile, impostors' goal is to kill the crewmates, either by (literally) backstabbing them, or sabotaging essential space travel supplies such as oxygen.
Upon Among Us' initial 2018 release, it didn't get very much attention. However, in 2020, during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic which has forced millions of people to limit the amount of time they spend with other people, Among Us experienced a surge in popularity due to providing players with social interaction over long distances. Among Us' popularity can also be attributed to being accessible to those unfamiliar or inexperienced with video games, yet still offering a level of technicality and strategizing to more seasoned gamers. For example, crewmates serve themselves well by learning to identify common impostor tactics (such as crawling through vents or pretending to do tasks), while impostors serve themselves well by learning how to deceive and fool crewmates (for example, by memorizing common task locations, or sometimes even throwing another impostor under the bus to gain the crewmates' trust)."
Here's a link to a YouTube short pormo about the game: https://youtu.be/NSJ4cESNQfE, and below I'll try to embed the video, though that feature doesn't seem to work on Blogger any more.
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TESTY: We're still plugging away at figuring out college for the kids next year. To be in Running Start, Annabelle will have to pass a placement test. To that end, today she took a practice test for the math portion. Bellevue College uses the ALEKS test for math placement, so we used their website for an assessment. It gave us quite a list of things to review over the next couple of months, so that was helpful. Bellevue College also suggests taking final tests from some of their previous math classes as a tune up. So we'll be working on those, for sure.
RECYCLED: Boy, have we gotten good mileage out of the DIY advent calendar I purchased back in October. First, we used it for a countdown to the November election. In December, it was used as a traditional countdown to Christmas calendar, and today, I repurposed it for a countdown to the inauguration.
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