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"Mommy, can you watch me while I mix myself a Flaming Orange Gully?" I just want to add that I, too, think this is the Coolest. Thing. Evah! Also, if it hasn't been noted, its acronym is FOG, to denote what it might do to one's mind.

Will Durant noted that civilizations grow decadent and effete with age. I would have expected the same for people, not the opposite. However, I myself am well into my dodderage dotage, and my diet consists almost entirely of tepid water. When I feel decadent and effete, I mix some Evian with some Badoit for flavor layering and add an ice cube, but mostly it's just tap. I thought dodderage was a word.

I'd steer clear of the airport cafe.

I might be revealing something about myself that is best left hidden, but if I were to choose a savory food to accompany a remarkable wine, and my choice was between steak with bernaise and a good pizza, I'd choose the pizza.

I can be there in 7 hours. Six if the traffic's not too bad. Should be opened up by then.

I, too, would look astrance at no-shows.

Saffron must be your favorite spice, then.

I've read that it's actually more likely the forbidden fruit was a pomegranate. Though apples are a sentimental favorite. Currently I'm lusting after this Apple: I suppose I may have been influenced by all the Apple posts lately. You know, I just now noticed that your sig looks like two strange beings holding hands. Sort of a squatty pac-man like being on the left, and a sort of pin-headed being on the right. Holding hands, forming a sweet chain.

Apple. Grapefruit. Satsuma Mandarin. Historical sidenotes: The Apple was instrumental in having humans banished from paradise. The Grapefruit co-starred with Jimmy Cagney in a classic scene. Satsumas just taste good.

Supposedly the dawgs are by Hoffy, but Pink's is suspiciously close to the tar pits. I'm just saying this because LA in its entirety is suspiciously close to the tar pits.

I bet they do! I wonder if Mark Twain considered cooking an art? I know he liked cats.

Ah! Good news for all who have been avidly following this thread! I did have gin, and all the other ingredients required.

This may upset or even anger some members, but I will not be swayed. Smoked oysters, the kind that come in a sardine-can-like-can and are lately packed in Korea or China in bizzare industrial lubricants like Cottonseed Oil, barely, I dare say, considered to be worthy of the moniker "FOOD" by some, are the perfect complement to a Negroni (equal parts Gin, Sweet Vermouth and Campari). You may post whatever you want in this thread -- I will not moderate it. Post pictures of your cats. Discuss whether cooking is an art (it is). Mention your favorite underrated band (Thin White Rope). Keep it clean, though, so that it doesn't violate the Users Agreement. The only request I have is that you let me know about your favorite savory thing to eat with your favorite drink. When I was 15, I think, I discovered that green olives go really, really well with beer. I remember going through a big jar of olives and 2-3 bottles of Zhigulyovskoye beer while laying on the couch reading A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, which is not Twain's most respected work, but my favorite, nonetheless, to this day. But Negroni and smoked oysters... mmmmmm! Damn! I hope I've got gin!

Hmmm.......

Last night, I saw Iron Chef Chen Kenichi and his challenger do some pretty neat stuff with mochi. However, I still don't understand it. Does one acquire a taste for it and begin to crave it? Or is it just one of those things that someone persists in manufacturing, so you have to do something with it like it or not, sort of like Spam?

(Edit: cut out potentially offensive drivel, leaving behind drivel less likely to offend) If I were in a position to set down words that generations after me would live by, I'd cement a few things into place, things like "carbs are death" and "lunchables are for tourists". I say it's time to update the religious dietary laws.

I've been accused of being a "collaborator", but never a "collaboration".

What ever happened to rumaki, That ersatz Chinese cocktail treat? Good with claret or with saki, Not your ordinary meat. Some would think it rather shocking, Some would rather naught else eat. I'd like to get some members' take on Liver wrapped in strips of bacon. Pff. Like rolling off a log.

It was exquisite.

Why, thank you! I have often been called "brilliant", but never by anyone called "laura".

It was exquisite.

Which "she?" Jinmyo called me a wanker. Helena furthered the discussion on the origin of your surname. Sandra said that I suck compared to off-topic chat. Of course, you can agree with all three without contradiction. My only consolation, as I recover from the devastating blows to my ego inflicted by Jinmyo and Sandra is that (a) Any male over the age of 13 who denies being a wanker is either lying or worse, and (b) To OTC junkies in the throes of OTC withdrawals everything sucks compared to OTC.

Actually, I thought it was a valid point. Aren't there other Russian surnames that are a plural noun? Can't think of one off-hand, but it seems plausible.

I think LML said it first.

"All food is sexy." --Nigella Lawson