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And don't forget Chinese 7 Treasures for dessert!

I think I am going to sue KULR 8, our NBC affiliate. They showed Crossing Jordan, for crying out loud!!! And when I looked up BRAVO on search, there's no listing for it, either!!! Heads will roll...

I suppose my worst meal was when my daughters brought me nearly raw fried eggs, pancakes in clumps, orange juice with skin and pips and all, and bacon burnt to a crisp. It was Mother's Day. I ate every speck. Not only my worst, but my best meal, ever.

Pickles, that sight was great! Thanx very muchly...

Jinmyo, that's a gorgeous plate of groceries! That's a generous-looking hunk of cat. I love whitemeated fish-freshwater or sea...am seriously getting ready for some catfishing here soon!!

Well, I think it was the mayo, because everyone else had the same cocktail but with red sauce on theirs. I picked the aolli sauce because it was more lemony! So we all figured it was that. Dunno for sure, but I was a sick puppy.

Perhaps the name of the joint should have caused a pause with regards to hospitality: Tommy Gunn's? Hello...perfect name for a re-plant of the witness protection plan, hmmm?

That is truly profound....

In a more serious vein---greens. Wild greens. Dandelions, of course, but lambsquarter, beggars purse, purslane, and epizote. Devil's claw is eaten at a tender stage by Native Americans, as is--look out--tumbleweeds. Don't say yuck, try tender shoots before they get 'spurs' steamed. Later, mustang grapes. And every Texas teenagers favorite find--watermelon or corn snitched straight from the field--sometimes accompanied by salt; courtesy of the field owner!!!

Country (or similar) ham and small bisquits. Small rib pieces done in Chinese style. Butchers will cut a rack into serving size for you.

Welcome to eGullet, chittlins...live long and prosper!!

I like the little "new" potatoes that you split the top about 1/8" or so, then scoop out a shell, which you fill with whatever sends you. Yum... Martha's hors d'oeuvre book is good!

Man, I have got to quit reading this thread!! Tonight we're having good ole chile dogs, uptown style...and I want some of nearly everything I've read...shame on me.

Yep, I'm not obsessive, and the mayo/seafood cocktail was in a wellknown Vegas eatery, tho' I never get ill at home from food. I don't think we need all the bactericidal stuff pushed at us. I feel we just breed bigger,better stuff that way. SK brought up a good point about anal-retentiveness about germs. Hell, I grew up on a farm,and I reckon we'd have starved to death... or my gram or mama would've given us a smack and told us to get over it!

That one gets an award for the goofs you can't get away from!!

And for the lighter eating little pirates: shish-kabobs !

Yeah, if you are going to take advantage of the joys of your pet, it ain't fair to leave the miseries to strangers.

I would have dropped everything and run! Gadzooks! Yeah, why didn't they rivet a plaque on those old fridges saying "Do not defrost with hammers, screwdrivers, or power tools!" ?

We are way behind in this.

Mayhaw Man--that honeydew sorbet sounds like it could be kicked -up with Midori drizzled on.

That menu absolutely makes my heart 'ting' happy. That sounds so good!

Does anyone else snip the fins and gills off? I've always done this for I have always been given to understand there is a bitter flavor to the gills, and snipping off the fins just kept you from getting poked.

Yes, mayo with anything---keep that stuff COLD... the worst real live food poison I have experienced was from a Mayo-seafood salad in Vegas. I spent two days in hospital while everyone else partied...It's getting on picnic time, so keep that tater salad on ice!! Bring a bigger bowl, and keep the salads cold-please! Edit to add, a bigger bowl with ice in it, and the salad embedded in that! DUH...

Definitely try the pickles. Sonic drive-ins (of which there are none up here--grrrr) sell Pickle-o's...and they ARE good. Try em!!

I did that with basil just awhile back. Oven roasting a big packet of potatoes, sweet peppers, mushrooms, and sweet onions in a big foil pouch. Put the butter in, opened a shaker bottle of basil, gave a BIG shake, and realized the shaker top was inside the cap. Lots of basil...it actually came out good. Good thing it hadn't been cayenne!