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All I can think about is Jeff Foxworthy's bit about his wife "housetraining" him--he imagines her on the phone, "Mama, it worked like a charm,''

Shoot, if you go out and spend half a day chunking melons to someone up in a truck, you will give one to anybody who comes by!!

You could shine a laser pen through it...Oh man, I do not have enough to do today!

That's funny---my vet told me about a high incidence of 'Passover Pooches' with tummy aches.

Does anyone remember Adelle Davis' books about slowwww cooking of foods. I think she cooked turkey at like 175* for many many hours...I need to look her up.

Hathor, have you thought about brining your turkey? That ought to add sufficient moisture to help it if it's baked.

Wow! Talk about a response! Take a bow, Holly! And that's pretty cool that Mr. Miller took the time to look it up and all...I am impressed...

I forgot all about wild bird chiles, too. Then for real adventurous folks in pond and marshy areas, there are arrowhead tubers, called duck potatoes by old folks. Can't forget tender cattail rushes either. By the way, lemon juice, vinegar, or ammonia are all real good for bull nettle 'burn'.

Oh, rai, I don't know if you'll be able to get any, but I'll bet pirates like to snack on "Chips Ahoy" chocolate chip cookies!!!

This so brings to mind Tony Montana and Manolo in that little scene in Scarface "What's that , you a f***ing lizard or sumpting?"

Um, an aureole is the big gold shiny halo thing around saints' heads in medieval pictures. You're thinking of an areola. exactly. "aureole" and "areola" are way too close for comfort. At least for saints

Here's a relatively recent dumbed down trick. I whacked my fingernail backwards Sunday afternoon. Yesterday I was fishing some venison pieces out of their marinade. You guessed it. Healed up that tender place under my nail with red wine vinegar THAT QUICK. Ouch, makes me shiver thinking about it!!!!! [Moderator note: The original I will never again . . . topic became too large for our servers to handle efficiently, so we've divided it up; the preceding part of this discussion is here: I will never again . . . (Part 2)]

No offense to tongue-piercers, but I easily refrained from that when my compadres and madres indulged was the thought of very hot tea, etc. on a metal ball in my mouth, and the knowledge that sooner or later I would accidentally bite my tongue...

Prairie folk called marrow Injun Butter, as did my gramps and daddy. I love it exactly as pictured, except for a good char on the bones. Also, try cilantro for parsley sometime. It makes a good counterbalance to the unctious nature of the marrow.

AHHHHH...This is so hard for me, for last week we had 80 to 90* range temps, now it snowed and is 30*. Fie!

I love kids...we were all kids (duh) and someone had to give you parameters...but Hell every once in awhile, the crap rolls downhill. If a kid's being a hazard, tell someone...I am used to normal kids, who, once in awhile, went outside to get THE LECTURE...and upon returning, did indeed behave. But I might be alone...

I do indulge in singing and some shuffling...you cannot be at the church of FUNK and not participate...I rocked out with this year's Grammies...and was happy for days. Now to me that's mood music!!!Happy, happy, happy---gig 'em frogs!!! Purple to the bone... Edit to add: One of my favorites at a grilling party is Todd Rundgren's Bang On De Drum (ALL DAY)

I am going to try a good Spanish authentic gaspacho with the bread in it--either white or red...I made one after seeing Padma Lakshme in Spain on Food Planet, and it rocked!! Stoopid me, forgot to write it down...Library time... Will crossposted wonders never cease...Alex P's recipe is exactly what I need!

Welcome! I hope we can learn things about each other's cultures. Enjoy!

We had that thread of Anna's asking what to do for dessert with nothing at hand, and got into sorbets with a can of fruits in heavy sugar (canned) frozen, then whirred, and that got me spinning off some others: Rotel sauce for a grill accompaniment, sweetened, condensed milk with fruit for a sherbet,mandarin orange segments to go along with chicken, etc., etc. etc...

If what came out of a steak were truly blood as opposed to juice, it would have a distinct iron taste. It would also solidify, not run.

Wow...I am stunned by the venom of this subject. Kids are kids, for cryin' out loud. Change your table if you are that disgusted. Up your prescription... take a deep breath...and get over it because no one's prepared to stop producing progeny so you can eat in a tomb!!

With regards to corn or melon snitching, we usually knew every carload of kids that had a 'breakdown' by our fields. My daddy always said to nevermind, they got less than the crows. I didn't realize you thought I meant I snitched said produce

Just so you know that Montana cannot be left out of this: The Grizzly Bar, Bullwackers, Moose Breath Saloon, The Board Wok, The RoadKill Cafe in Big Timber, Montana Hanna's Trout Hole Restaurant, and one that always sounds weird to me --Mayflower of China. Oh Yeah- and Samarai Sushi!!

Or maybe worse--use the old cooking oil in your car