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Back on topic... What think you all of this advice (click here)?

Ruby, Rail Paul mostly said it for me. It's a good thing you don't live in Bergen County if the New York laws bother you. Blue law story (non-food/alcohol related) observed first hand: When Target first moved into the area they built a big old store down in Edgewater, NJ--BARELY inside Bergen County in fact, since the county border is right there. I was one of a few thousand people who went down there on opening day--in my case because I live about a half mile away. Target had apparently NOT done their research though... because opening day was on a Sunday. Well the County Sheriff shows up and forces them to close the store... and it became the first and ONLY Target store in the entire USA not open 7 days a week (until about six months ago when a second Bergen County Target store opened up in Hackensack). Big expensive ads were placed in the Bergen Record celebrating the Sunday opening, people were hired and shifts planned around seven-day schedules, signs were printed up and posted saying "Open 7 days a Week!", and profit figures were no doubt calculated against that standard seven day retail week. It would almost have been funny if it wasn't so sad. Alcohol... yeah... Alcohol sold in Grocery stores is really funny, because they roll these metal shutters down to block the aisle on those days. In fact, one supermarket employee told me that they aren't supposed to sell batteries either, but most stores ignore that rule.

I'll second the Sorbet idea. I'm not sure I've ever seen a cuisine that didn't go with Sorbet. Maybe from WAY out in left field... Pecan Pie. I'm not sure why, but I can see it working after many Indian dishes.

Geez. I thought I was squidding. But if everyone seas it that way...

Oh my Cod. I know. I'm squidding here squidding into this crappie screen in disbelief. Eel coral everyone back if you think I otter?

tommy, I thought we were going to minnow-mize this type of humor from now on. You were the one carping on it.

Only 13 people? Our buddy Cecil will be very dissapointed if we don't get more!

It occured to me that the "Beer with Food" topic was side-tracked at least in part by people talking about FOOD WITH BEER IN IT. So why don't we use this thread to discuss food with beer in it, and the other to discuss beer with food? Now I'm fairly ignorant in this department. Plotnicki and cabrales spoke somewhat about stews made with beer, and everyone knows about Beer-battered Onion rings and fish, but that certainly can't exaust the list. I'm thinking that French and Italian cuisine are NOT the places to look for inspiration in this department. German maybe?

Grumble. Can we have a no "Friends" rule here.

Are you sure? I was going to ask them to Perch this topic on top of the forum by pinning it to Minnow-mize the amount of time the Group, er... has to Flounder around to find it. Never mind.

Shiva... your entire argument seems to be that because the idea that alcohol isn't the most healthy thing in the world is "new", that therefore it is inaccurate. With due respect, that's not much of an argument. That would be just as much of a blanket statement as someone here saying that just because a belief is "old" that it is inherently wrong. Sometimes old beliefs are true and sometimes not. Same as with new ones, except that new ones often have some more advanced science behind them. Besides, the original point was about nutrition. Beer certainly has some minor amount of vitamins or minerals in it (almost everything edible does), but if it was ever used as a food substitute it was obviously because of economic circumstances and portability. Whether it's un-healthful is something else, although certainly related. I'm not going to get anywhere near the "pregnant woman--beer drinking" thing. Hopefully someone around here who is actually a doctor or nutritionist (or at least a parent) can provide a better informed opinion.

Fin-ished? Eel bet this nonsense continues just from force of haddock. Anemone else up for more?

Jason... did you somehow clone this thread? I see it in both the Wine and Beer forums now... since the Wine one is the new one, maybe this is the "extra" one...

Walleye tried to give you the benefit of the doubt, researchgal... but I guess Eel still talk to you.

that was so intense. i'm left shell-shocked. Oh Koi. Oh Koi. Then I won't salt the wounds.

How about a theme? Try visiting every town with a certain name even close to your route. Every town named "Springfield", for example. Or at least one town per state with the word "New" in it? Nah... Let's see... unless you've had your fill on other visits then North Carolina BBQ has got to be an early stop, right? Louisianna has got to be a strong possibility, again unless you done it very often before. If you choose to skip the far south Louisianna/Texas route, some interesting stuff might be found slightly to the north, in Missouri and Kansas. I found the Mexican food in that area, for example, to be surprisingly excellent. Stuff in strip malls that was sometimes better than even Californian Mexican. Arizona has got to have a lot more going for it than Utah. The trip north after California obviously means you'll have to stop at Mamster's house. Canada is this big place north of Washington State, right?

If you tackle too many puns at once, someone might fish your bass. On the other hand, if you were yellow, fins of punning might snapper up.

Holy mackeral, it hardly matters what waters have been crabbed already. If you choose to die by the sword, fish the waters again. If we are Dungenesses like us will probably run out of ideas. So there!

tommy, I knew I smelt something fishy. Lets not flounder and ruin this opportunity to make eGullet the sole Group, er... board... which appreciate fish in this unique fashion. Mullet over.

If you find this fishy business a bit limpet, then why carp about it?

tommy, go to halibut, come back soon.

Suspicious Tuna... yet another eGullet contribution to the "great food related terms that could also be great Rock group names" thread we've yet to start...

tommy, you missed my sarcasm. I needed a smiley.

Okay... it just occured to me that we've got all of these objections to references to "table mates" "significant others" "dining companions", etc. So what are the reviewers supposed to call these people? Are the reviewers supposed to pretend that they ate all of the food themselves? The best compromise, I suppose, is to describe the food without ANY reference to who or what is eating it.

Clicke moi is overused. :wow: Do not Clicke moi!