=Mark

It's my understanding to never put live clams in fresh water, it kills them. Never heard of salty fresh clams.

There is an article in the NY Times on this situation.

Eat me!

Tuna fish?

What will be Martha's trademark dismissal, though? Will it rank up there with "voted off the island" and "You're fired!"? Any speculation? ← "You're busted!"

One thing struck me when they were discussing suicide; After getting well into Jacks character in this film, do you really think he would have read or know anything about the circumstances of the publishing of "A Confederacy of Dunces?" It was a funny reference but it just seemed out of character. Also I'm surprised they didn't work in the husband of the woman that Jack seduced. I noticed he had a tow truck in his driveway, and someone in that business would have been able to look up a licence number. Of course that would have gone in a totally different direction. Oh another thing, they didn't seem to have any trouble getting Miles' car out of the ravine...

I support them with donations year round and sometimes volunteer to help pack and distribute. Sometimes I get the impression that folks think hunger in the US only occurs in the last 6 weeks of the year...

A well kept secret on Redstone Arsenal is the Fox's Den, A BBQ joint hidden in the basement of the Fox Army Health Center. There are no signs and no advertisement. More than half of the people who work at Redstone don't even know about it. They do a full BBQ buffet for $5.75, a single serving for $5 (3 huge spareribs, greenbeans and turnip greens with hamhocks). The guy who cooks also runs 2 BBQ places in town. Unfortunately you can only go if you can get on base, not an easy thing since 9/11... For dinners I did Mexican at El Camino Real (Could have been spicier), Then went to Thai Garden for Thai food (Was nicely spicy! Will add their Larb to the egullet thread on that topic). The last night I went to a new Indian restaurant called Sitar that did very good somozas and lamb vindaloo. Nice place to visit but I don't think I'd want to live there...

I'm here for a few days, any suggestions?

No sillier than Reidel stemware, which is essentially made of sand. Biggest scam since bottled water for a buck and a half a pint...

What? No larb?

They don't serve lunch. ← I'm not sure about Monday, would Sunday work? That's the standard NJ eGullet night...

So when do we do an eGullet event at Nicholas?

I've noticed a steady increase in tip requests at establishments that did not useed to expect them. Dunkin' Donuts is a prime example. A few years back the paper cup with the tag "Tips" taped to them appeard on the counter. A few months back the practice seemed to gain institutional approval as in all my local Dunkin' Donuts shops started sporting identical glazed ceramic mugs emblazoned with "Tips for Exceptional Service!" slogans at the counter and the drive-up. Wonder if the parent company is encouraging this to supplant actual wage increases... And no, you don't get free refills. Edited for speeling.

? ← Even ratio of fish sauce to fish sauce?

When you gonna start working on the recount menu?

When I try to access that URL I am redirected to: http://64.225.154.135/index.asp

Whoa! It's like you're reading my mind or something. Spooky. You forgot: garnish with a well-washed, sterilized and polished NYC subway token. ← That may be difficult as tokens are no longer sold, and an MTA card would not have the same cachet...

Now that's interesting, I've never heard of such a distilling method. I checked several net resources, and there seems to be different opinions about the production method. The Laird hompage is under construction, but in an archived page they talk about distillation as well as many other sites. I'm really curious about this product, which seems to have a century old history (1700). We have a lot of apple cultivation here, an some eau-de-vie producers make different apple spirit from different varieties. ← I find this interesting as I live a mile or two from the original Laird's distillery, the oldest continually operating distillery in the country. Robert Laird was a Revolutionary War Soldier under the command of George Washington. When the troops were in the Monmouth County area, the Laird family supplied them with AppleJack. There is a detailed account of the Laird history HERE. In 1717 the Colts Neck Inn, Colts Neck, New Jersey, was built by a Laird ancestor as a stopping place for stage coaches and dispatch riders traveling from Freehold to Amboy, New Jersey. The first physical records referring to the commercial distillation and sale of AppleJack were entered in Robert Laird's account book of operations in 1780. Although, the distribution and sale of AppleJack undoubtedly occurred approximately 100 years prior to this date.

As I recall 1960s McDonalds did not have tables.

I'll be swinging down to Arlinton to pick up my Bro Rich. Should be leaving for Raleigh sometime Friday morning. Could fit a couple folks. Don't expect the vehicle to be quite as packed as on my vacation...

I also have a set of pictures of the first event Here.

We have thick crust square cut pizza here in Jersey (Sicilian). As for Chicago style, thats not pizza, it's a casserole...

So, this would likely be the right folks to answer this question; what do they call Chinese food in China?

Yep! If the house is going to catch fire you want to be sure to be in it...