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this is by far the funniest thing i've read in a while.

hmm. That might be a challenge. I've got a sucky digital that only works well in natural light - but i'll see if i can pick up a disposable too.

i believe it may be a bobwhite. I haven't looked closely enough at the can tho.

i've been wanting to try my hand at a risotto for a while, this gives me the perfect reason. question tho jackal - why stir clockwise only?

hmm..tough one. Hell's not part of my worldview, so i've never given thought to fit punishment for my various misdeeds and indiscretions. i'll have to think about it. i see bourdain's AA coach, and raise him one delta coach during the holidays.

geez swisskaese. excellent work.

jamaican oranges? orange roughy?

is Pavone's still around doing Pizza?

put it in your oven on very low heat.

damn. 20 bucks for 3 boxes of mallomars?

I will never try and peel chestnuts on Thanksgiving. oooh, i did that one like 5 years ago. i agree.

i guess that explains why i can't get mallomars down here. not that i ever ate them up north. so they've got a graham cracker cookie? pinwheels have chocolate cookies. and a hole in the middle.

i was gonna say piunwheels, but it's the same deal. apparently there are marshmallow twirls that have a heat resistant chocolate coating you can by in their place.

i can't answer any of those questions, but i do want to say the closest i've gotten to a NY bagel, or NY pizza crust outside of NYC is New Orleans. why that would be or what the two cities have in common I don't know. Whatever it is, it doesn't translate to anyplace else i've been.

why not try splenda in place of the sugar. i thought it was 1:1 exchange, no? not sure how it would work with the chemistry. Actually - here's a couple interesting ones... http://www.cajuncookingrecipes.com/atkins/cakes9.htm http://www.baking911recipes.com/cakes_diabetic_angel.htm

doh. mabelline's got it, i think.

but she already calls for soda in the recipe - only a teaspoon, tho. i'm wondering if BB stands for some other sweetener or flavoring. i mean the basics are accounted for - eggs, butter, flour, sugar. maybe baking powder? are there any that go by the initials BB?

well i can't speak to the recipe, but it looks like she used 4-8oz drinking glasses. the shape is reminiscent of a dixie paper cup actually.

slightly chewy, granular and sour. with peanut or coconut chutney, and sambar too.

can someone please explain the appeal of earl grey to me? and while we're on the subject can we stop calling things that don't have tea in them tea? i'm sick and tired of asking for tea in american restaurants and being presented with fancy chests full of everything but actual tea: call it herb water or something but don't call it tea. i like earl grey actually. the citrusy perfumeyness of the bergamot just tastes really good when the tea is brewed strong and cream and sugar are added. it's an afternoon tea now.

i didn't know we made boys like aryan. hmm. suniel would make an excellent big brother for our goan christian heroine with 4 names.

I hope The Chef doesn't have a recipe for chocolate salty balls.

right so i thought of the tandoori conundrum last night. what we could have is a riverbank near Sundranamba-Florence-Daisy-Julie's ancestral home on which grows the oldest largest palm tree bearing the tastiest coconuts and sweetest most alcoholic toddy. Why is this? Well because the mud in the riverbank is blessedly magical and is a boon to anything that incorporates it. (i'm fine with losing florence - it's my mom's never-to-be-spoken birthname) Also it's a shame that Ram isn't tamil. Then he could have some exhaustively long name that he insists on introduicng himself by everytime he meets someone. It could be a running gag culminating in a sign over his new restaurant with him as proprietor. oh and we could have a great slapstick scene where the meat-eating goons try to steal the tandoor once it's been installed. Involving scooters for towing purposes of course.

Hmnm....if we had a magical tandoori, then yes, we could have tandoori bandits, aka the meat-eating goons, come to steal the treasure for evil fat landlord. but the problem is that a goan christian girl wouldn't have a tandoor. and they are in mumbai. so he would have to be traveling from a northern village to get there.