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coffee cups from all the places i've ever worked.

ha ha - to be honest with you, i'm not particularly concerned with the humanity of it all. Animals die so that we can have good sources of protein. i'm all about that. My main issue tho, is the techniques in place these days to mass produce meat, and the fact that we're the top of the food chain, and the nutritional value, and taste, imo is going down. I'd rather not have a burger with a side of listeria and antibiotics. so you did answer my question - i buy free-range, organic meat as well, and kosher and halal if the option is available. i think after reading some of your other threads, i do have to disagree on grain vs grass fed tho, but mainly for nutrtional purposes.

they've been around too long methinks.

germans are so strange.

Hyponatremia basically if you drink too much water in too short a period of time, while exerting yourself, you throw your electrolytes totally out of wack and die.

went to osteria del figo today - fresh four cheese ravioli in a funghi sauce. yum.

soemthing you said in the vegetarian thread sparked this question... what's your take on factory farming and chicken, beef, veal, and pork? do you mind it? accept it as it is? choose not to buy factory farmed meat?

ooo-ooo-ooh.....

well in clubs it's always good that they wipe down seats and make sure the toilet is clean and neat to use. plus someone's there to attend to the amateurs who lose their bearing and make things unpleasant for the rest of us. club washroom attendants always get a dollar or 2 from me. depending on what they are dealing with that night.

don't know if the neighborhoods changed, but 10 years ago I loved Liberty Avenue in Queens for the Trini-Guyanese food available there.

I only see them at clubs down here - and i dig bathroom attendants.

mmmm...doubles and phulourie! haven't had that since I lives in NYC - also miss the big dhall rotis with curry inside. susruta - i will be glad to starts a new topic on Atlanta Indian - i'll go work on that now.

isn't "woodlawn-greenwood-greenleaves" something like that a chain? it's a South Indian Dosai place. edit - it's called Woodlands.

buffalo wings!

absolutely made from scratch. oh oh and good barbecue!

who doesn't like mac and cheese?

Are you Howard Hughes' daughter? What is this business of being afraid of "double-dipping" and "germ infested saliva"? Do your dining companions all have exotic diseases that can be transmitted by "double-dipping"? Have you never shared a common glass or bottle with friends? Or even strangers? I think that double-dipping while ill is quite rude. Why care to share a disease? Hence the rule amongst our group. We are usually ten plus at our suppers so many cross-contaminants exist. As well, double-dipping assumes familiarityand strange dining companions have not earned that yet. Guess it is a comfort level in particular for me. I cannot recall sharing a common glass, etc with strangers. No cold sores yet so I consider that success. you know...i had never heard of doubledipping or "backwash" until i was in college. it just dawned on me, that it's because eating off of a communal plate or bowl or whatever is sort of taboo in Indian culture, and therefore i was never exposed to these etiquette rules.

are you from upstate new york originally by any chance? and what about warm german potato salad, with yummy bits of pork in it, among other things? Still in NY, but that German Potato salad while sounding worthy, I have never tasted. Anything with pork is good. woodburner hee hee - i had it once, whilst on my way to go skiiing. I wound up speeding on an icy country road, straight into a ditch in front of someone's house. they offered me some soda and this potato salad while i was waiting for the tow truck. salt potatoes remind me of the NY State Fair. here's a fair approximation of what i had that winter's day: http://www.cooks.com/rec/doc/0,1843,144187...-244198,00.html

hmm..how do the french celebrate All Saint's Day?

i typically get plastic and one paper bag, well it depends on my shopping really. i liek the plastic bags for all kinds of stuff, garbage bags for little trashbins, kitty litter holder, prep refuse all of that stuff. i use them allt he time for soemthign or the other. the brown paper bag when i get one is for ripening fruit in, or as someone else said, to have a standing trash bag during prep.

yeah it does - looking through the rest it seems fairly straightforward and then this random fusion dish from hell.

well...he does have "gravlax and tandoori smoked salmon" on the menu.

i just saw a hot pink kitchenaid that i must have.

ahhh...so it is a silk road thing, i guess originated in persia, and then moved in both directions. this is so interesting to me.

i dunno - i mean flour tortillas and chapatis are somewhat nobrainers - but to have several cultures all come up with similarly spiced ground meat or vegetable filled triangular treats all with similar names? that's a little farfetched to me.