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Haven't been able to come up with any ideas for the veggies that I think are worth sharing, which is to say, I haven't come up with any ideas at all. As for soreness despite lack of physical exertion: I've been walking with a pronounced limp since yesterday evening. My feet--or more accurately, my ankle joints--are in open rebellion against my commands for them to propel me forward at my usual pace, thanks largely, I suspect, to having stood (mostly) in dress shoes (for about 11 hours) and walked (in Airwalks for about 3 hours) for the better part of 14 hours on Saturday and another 9 hours on Sunday. I don't think I'm developing gout or anything remotely close to it, and my joints don't appear swollen, but the pain is agonizing, especially descending stairs. I suspect that an icepack will get rid of this, and I won't need to resort to dietary modification, but should I find out otherwise, you will be hearing from me. This has been a great blog, with nice Steely Dan lyric selections to boot. Good luck with your dietary regimen.

Ordinarily, posts like this one are bad form, but as others might get the wrong idea about the origins of this small Sunflower State community by reading this, I need to note that the name of this burg in the state's southeast corner is Coffeyville. Great Freudian slip, though. I could go for a cup myself right now.

Isn't BryanZ the gourmet kid down at Duke? The image on the right looks like it could qualify, but the image on the left looks just a bit down-homey with all that white bread. Still, he's my guess.

If you need a dining companion to take the bullet on a five-pepper dish, I live not that far from STH. Time and funds permitting, I'd be glad to sacrifice my taste buds for the experience. Give me a heads-up.

It was quite a success! The self-hydrating part was easy--there was a water cooler in the artist reception room behind Perelman Theater at the Kimmel Center. I--and several other Chorus members--gave that thing a serious workout. We sold out all 600 seats in Perelman Theater. I don't think there were any professional critics in the audience, but the audience loved the performance. We will return to the Kimmel next June. Before that, it was announced that we will open for Joan Rivers when she performs at the Keswick Theater in Glenside in October. (The Keswick is the northern 'burbs' answer to the Tower in Upper Darby, only it tends to specialize in "smooth jazz" acts and other adult pop.)

And I'm sitting here thinking, "Barbecued goat...barbecued goat...let's see, how would one prepare goat meat for barbecuing?" I'd probably take that cumin and mix it with equal amounts of paprika, black pepper, onion and garlic powder, then add half that amount of sugar. Then I'd rub it all over the goat and let it sit for about 4-6 hours while I rounded up a closed grill. But you said goat tastes musky (it's been a while since I've eaten any, so I've forgotten what's distinctive about it), so I'm not certain this would be the right blend of spices for a dry rub. BTW, Ellen, I did see the San Diego Trolley shot. Thanks a bunch. You're a real sweetheart. Love those "Big Red Cars" (oops, wrong city)! Wish me luck tonight at the Kimmel Center! We will be there all afternoon--dress rehearsal and concert on the same day...

Oooh, oooh, oooh! It's a former Saaaafewaaay... I'd recognize that ceiling profile anywhere, even though they stuck an AC duct in the middle of it.

Bushwhackers in reverse! --Sandy, wondering whether Jeff City will have to dust off "Order No. 9" in response

I'm filing all of this for reference. Since (as I believe I've mentioned) Widener faculty and staff get to use our spiffy new Wellness Center (="fitness center") free of charge, I decided there's no excuse for me not to work off some of the 60-odd pounds I've added to my frame since you knew me as a beanpole in college. (Somewhat relevant aside: My high school classmate Karl Bricker--there's a photo of him and me together over in my post describing lunch at La Bodega while back in Kansas City for my 30th high school reunion--told me after he picked me up at MCI (Kansas City International Airport) that had I not waved to him, he would have driven right past me--he was looking for a tall, skinny fellow with a huge Afro!) The one challenge for me will be to figure out how to adjust my diet so I can continue to have as much cheese as I care to eat in it. I do not know whether this will be possible. I do note that I'm snacking on salty stuff dipped in flavored sour cream a good bit less than I used to, and when I replace cranberry juice with Gatorade, I feel a little more energized. Maybe you and I should compare notes on another thread after this blog closes.

Yes, I was working off the same base recipe. As I had planned on making a larger quantity than 1/2 cup of dressing, I added the second egg yolk to try to keep it from getting too oily and separating. I did succeed at that, but as I remarked above, the color then becomes too yellow. The consistency was just a little thinner than regular Miracle Whip, but thick enough to be acceptable. I used an immersion blender to do the work, except at the very end, when I was adding spices to adjust the flavor. Then I used a whisk. See my .sig quote. (As I will inevitably change it, I will repeat it here for the benefit of anyone who stumbles across this thread after it's been changed: "You're crazy as a loon. But you do great work." --My former boss, Libby Rosof, first editor of the Penn Current) I never had boiled dressing--guess neither side of my family was that Southern. (I know that there are relatives on Dad's side who are from Louisiana, but nothing more than that they exist(ed); Dad's mom came up from Texas, and there's some Caribbean ancestry somewhere on Mom's side, but beyond that, all the family lineage I'm aware of is strictly Midwestern.) It sounds interesting, and I think I'll want to try making some.

Was there a Stuckey's that didn't have a gas station attached to it? I remember a Stuckey's in (I believe) Kingdom City, Mo. (US 54/Mexico/Jeff City exit off I-70) that had billboards with this promotional offer: "Free Trivet with every fill-up. (What is a trivet?)" Of course, we all know the answer to that question, but I'll wager that enough motorists passing through eastern Missouri in the 1970s didn't that they did get curious travelers coming in to ask. Those trivets must have gotten expensive, for by 1975, the sign had been altered to eliminate almost all evidence that they ever existed: "Free ICE with every fill-up. (What is a trivet?)"

Where to begin? --Fig Newtons. Nothing else like 'em, and the competitors all come up short in one way or another (usually either the cake or the filling are too dry; sometimes both). The "brand extensions" I don't much care for, Apple excepted. --Anything Archway makes, but their apple filled ones best of all. --Girl Scout Thin Mints. "You can never be too rich or have too many Thin Mints." Samoas are all right, but they're a distant second in my list of Girl Scout Cookie faves. When Thin Mints are out of season, Pepperidge Farm Mint Milanos will do. --Would you be shocked if I told you I liked Oreos too?

Brasserie Perrier is participating in the Wednesday-night promotion. Morton's is not. Davio's, the site of a happy hour gathering of eGulleteers last year during this promotion, is once again. Their appetizers are what you might expect (varied pizzas) and what you might not (cheesesteak spring roll), and good. Looking at the list, at a quick glance, Bistro St. Tropez takes the prize for most interesting appetizers. If you want to use the event as a way to test drive a restaurant's menu, the Happy Rooster will oblige, but I imagine the selections from the menu will vary from week to week. A few other places, including El Vez, Tragos and Washington Square, are also offering a changing appetizer menu. You'll still find me at Bump on Fridays. Their food is good, but they don't offer it as appetizer freebies.

According to The Redneck Dictionary, "mayonnaise" is not a condiment. Proper usage is as follows: "Mayonnaise a lot of folks in this bar tonight."

Okay, this morning was Batch 2. Two egg yolks instead of one, 2/3 cup oil, 1 1/2 T sugar, in all 3/4 tsp mustard, 1/2 tsp paprika, 1/4 tsp garlic powder, 3/4 tsp lemon juice, 2 T vinegar, forgot the salt and 1/4 tsp cayenne. Consistency was just about right, maybe a touch runnier than I would have preferred, but two egg yolks were one too many--the color was too yellow. Flavor profile: Still way off. The sweetness is there but the tang just isn't right; it's flatter than the manufactured product, as Diva said. About 1/3 of this batch has made its way into a tuna-and-pasta salad with snap peas that I left to chill in the fridge. A little of it is on the liverwurst and Swiss sandwich that I packed for lunch. The rest is in an old pimiento jar I had lying around.

They are. (Just like Kmart, Big Kmart and Super Kmart.) You shop at the store at 2550 Pleasant Hill Road, Duluth, Ga. Mine is 7050 Terminal Square, Upper Darby, Pa. H Mart is exclusively found on the East Coast, with the exception of a store in Denver. The home page of the Web site is still promoting the Upper Darby grand opening celebration, through this Saturday (6/10/06). (It's that graphic in the lower left with the cars.) Their Web site is very well designed. As for the merchandise mix, as I noted in my blog and mizducky seems to corroborate, H Mart is deliberately aiming to appeal to as wide a range of shoppers as possible while 99 Ranch Market focuses more on its core customer base. Compare the H Mart web site to 99 Ranch Market's as well--the difference soon becomes clear.

Weatherby Lake, IIRC -- that was how the conversation got started... Judy, I hope you're not under some witness protection program... Unless you think 20 miles is "near," I assure you your are not RC... as a Northlander, I assure you, Weatherby is not considered "near" Bonner Springs. u.e. ← I do not plead photographic (or audiophonic) memory in this case. And obviously, my geographic memory fails me as well--I forgot that Weatherby Lake is in Platte County. Having thus reassured myself that cover hasn't been completely blown: No, she is a Kansan.

Weatherby Lake, IIRC -- that was how the conversation got started... My good lady, I am going to have to ask you to use proper terminology should you ever leave the region, as I have spent a good deal of time and effort educating clueless Easterners on the finer points of local geographical terminology, to wit: My standard rejoinder (as I may or may not have mentioned to you) to someone who, when I tell them where I was born and raised, says, "Oh, you're from Kansas?" is, "If I were from Kansas City, Kansas, I would have said so." I have a copy of The Kansas City Star from my most recent visit to illustrate the point. In the Metropolitan section, on the local news briefs page, there is a header for each region: "Johnson County," "Clay County," "Platte County," "Kansas City, Kan.," "Kansas City." Some of the more intelligent denizens get the point without my having to explain further. For the rest, I have to explain the history of the region's settlement and which jurisdictions got what name first: the Town of Kansas, Missouri--today's Kansas City--predates the creation of the Kansas Territory by four years, and the city of Wyandotte, Kansas, incorporated in 1858, did not adopt its present name until the 1880s, hoping to capitalize on the building boom on the other side of the state line. Thus endeth the lesson for today. I'll let that little zinger thrown at the Show-Me State slide. If I didn't, I'd probably get a rejoinder with the less-flattering explanation of how Missouri got its nickname.

This topic seems to be turning into thread purée. We've got a bit of that old food humor thread--but we get a bit of that whenever Fresser posts--mixed in with the concurrent Miracle Whip thread in this same forum with a soupçon of Martha thrown in for good measure. If somebody had said upthread, "I only use Boar's Head turkey breast," that would be another thread mix-in. (But of course, that wouldn't happen in this crowd, would it? I mean, we all eschew anything but real roasted turkey breast, don't we?) Wonder what "The Classic Bologna Sandwich" would consist of?

That's the one time and place I had it too. I was about to ask whether anyone knew if it was still on the menu. I thought it was quite delicious. --Sandy Smith '80, Adams House*, Government (*spent freshman year in Currier)

Well Daniel while I tremble in anticipation at the thought of another convert to the dark side, er, Miracle Whip I'd like to give you a few tips to maximize your virgin MW experience. First of all I would NOT suggest adding it to any type of sandwich since most people, IMHO, who like it on sandwiches grew up eating them that way. Although there's no question that I love MW, I only use it on certain types of sandwiches and would NEVER dream of using it on others such as pastrami, roast beef, corned beef, burgers, etc. (oddly enough when it comes to liverwurst, I'll use mayo or mustard or MW, depending on my mood). So instead of "straight up" how about getting a good potato salad recipe that includes it (mine uses half mayo, half MW) and start off that way. Actually, speaking of being part PDutch, don't they have a lot of foods/recipes that have the elements of sweet/tangy or sweet/sour like beets and pickles? Please report back your results. But if you do decide that MW is worse than polyps, please, please be kind. ← Just FTR, I generally do not put Miracle Whip on my sandwiches. It's just that I had nothing else handy to use it on/with. For sandwiches--other than burgers, hot dogs and cheesesteaks, all of which get ketchup and mustard, except when I have good barbecue sauce on hand; when I do, the burgers get slathered with that--I'm a mayo-and-mustard guy. But as I liverwurst, and you tell me that you sometimes use Whip on that, Diva, maybe I should try that as the vehicle for evaluating my next batch. Daniel: Lancaster County tomatoes (greenhouse grown, but grown in local soil) are showing up at the Reading Terminal Market. I don't know if they make it up your way; if they do, go buy one and put the MW on a slice. If they don't, make the potato salad instead.

You mean to tell me that "If Microsoft made cars..." isn't a joke? Free-associating: What would "If Microsoft were a grocer..." or "If Microsoft ran a restaurant..." read like?

Would I be accurate in calling 99 Ranch Market California's answer to H-Mart? Except that 99 has a huge live fish tank--I don't recall that many live fish at the H-Mart's seafood counter. (Hung Vuong, an independent Vietnamese-owned Asian supermarket at 11th and Washington, has a big live fish tank; it's the source of the pronounced fishy smell that pervades the back of the store.) I notice a container of Hello Kitty cookies in that photo with the Pocky. Down there, in the lower left corner.

Aqualung / Ian Anderson. What did Fagan do? Here I thought I was a good SD fan! ← "Cousin Dupree" -- first track off SD's 2000 album "Two Against Nature": Did I say pedophile? Oops, that was "Hey Nineteen." This one's incest.

While I appreciate your vote of confidence, I fear it is misplaced. I am a rather recent transplant and don't actually live there, although it is my mailing address. I'll do my best not to let you down, though ← You mean that was all for show with Karl that Saturday?