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First of all, congratulations! For something bubbly, you can always go for a Cava or Prosecco. I've had very nice ones for under $20--I've even had some good ones for under $15.

To Kill a Mockingbird? ← Yes! Her class was putting on a "Salute to Agriculture" and her costume represented pork. [HOMER]Mmmm...pork.[/HOMER] ← One of the best adaptations from a book EVER. I don't know why I think #3 is from Eat, Drink, Man, Woman, only because the father was such a terrible cook.

Preferably the wine before the shots. It'll numb the pain. I heard somewhere that silk is good for a sore throat. Probably an old wives tale, but they're purty anyway.

"A loaf of bread, a carton of milk and a stick of butter." Courtesy of you tube. I'm pushing 40, and I'm still quoting Sesame Street.

Great looking dinner, Megan! Congrats to your brother. Is his fiancee a Gilmore Girls fan too?

Beautiful pictures, Percy. So that's what you got at Penang. We got some sesame noodles at Lakeside afterwards. yum! Now back to the dim sum...I'd say the quality at Imperial Inn wasn't as good as Lakeside. The duck and the greens were probably the best of the lot. The duck had a crispy skin, and the greens were nice and garlicky. I also liked the stuffed peppers, the congee, and the tripe. Good, but not great. The rest of the dim sum just wasn't warm or tasty enough. The har gow fell apart when I tried taking it out of the steamer. Basically just two pieces of frozen shrimp wrapped in dough. The turnip cake lacked the essential oyster sauce. When I asked the waitress, she just gave me a blank look. Hmpf. And yes prasantrin, the sticky rice in lotus leaf was a little light on the filling--mostly sausage and not much else. So Imperial Inn is not the best I've had, but I've had worse.

← Susan, you're welcome. I used to have a potholder like that in the pre-silicon days, and it got singed beyond use. (Haven't replaced it since.) The ones that andiesenji cited look just right for your dad's needs. Hope it works.

Gee, you guys are good. Finally one I can answer...Fatal Attraction. (I'm such a wuss I had to avert my eyes at that scene.) Speaking of easy... Fresh Oregon Boysenberry Sherbet. ← Way too easy... Guess Who's Coming to Dinner ← Yeah, I can get one over on you. I'll get you yet, Carolyn...mwahhhhhhhh.

That does it. I want the fridge that torakris has.

How about something like this? I don't know if they'd be too big for a regular knife though.

Gee, you guys are good. Finally one I can answer...Fatal Attraction. (I'm such a wuss I had to avert my eyes at that scene.) Speaking of easy... Fresh Oregon Boysenberry Sherbet.

Kramer vs. Kramer?

I can just smell the steaks as I'm looking at these pictures. Forgive me if this is a silly question, but why was the Harry Ochs steak different in color? At first I thought it was the cut, but comparing it to other porterhouses, it looks less red than the others. Is it because of the way they're aged? edited to add: oops--I meant 7. Wolfe Neck Rib Eye

Right-o. My favorite part is when Harpo orders one duck egg. Here's another one... Ortolan, pork cassoulet, and champagne.

I had a side-by-side fridge in a former apartment. Pretty much hated it. Its only redeeming quality was that it was easier to organize the freezer since there were more shelves. But as mentioned upthread, it was impossible to lay a half-sheet pan flat in the fridge. A big pot of soup could barely fit. I did always want a model with water and ice dispenser in the door, though. Unfortunately, I don't think the only come in side-by-side models. Our current fridge came with the house, and is similar if not identical to jgarner53's. I have a love/hate affair with the thing. Finding anything I've dumped in the freezer is like performing an archeological dig. And the ice machine sometimes gets jammed, so it's really hard to get in there to unjam the blocked ice with the drawer in the way. However, I do love the fact that I don't have to stoop down to get stuff in the bottom part of the fridge. But since I'm only 5' tall, not everything is eye-level. Were it not for the clear shelves, I'd never know what I threw up on those top shelves.

Hmpf. She said that she made the word up--she never professed any knowledge of either Malay or Tagalog. Wherever the source, I like the word anyway.

I think I finally got one... The Ten Commandments. They used Jello to part the red sea. So here's another... "And two fried eggs, two poached eggs, two scrambled eggs, and two medium-boiled eggs." "And two hard-boiled eggs."

ngah-ngah - the sound one makes after they have eaten too much. "Don't eat until you're ngah-ngah." I attribute that expression to my mom, who used to say that to us (in Chinese) all the time. I was in my 30s before I realized that there was no such word in Chinese.

I've seen Orange Juliuses (Juliusi?) in some malls. They don't taste the same though. I seem to have a vague recollection of a burger chain that delivered your meals on a little choo-choo train. Mom would so rarely take us to those places, so I can't even venture a guess at the name.

Small ones? The ones we get at the Dutch shop here are about three inches across, just right for resting on the top of a small coffee cup. Are there larger ones than that? And if so, where do I get my sticky little mitts on them? ← Nope, these little guys are even smaller than that. No way would they fit atop my coffee cup.

Unless I missed them, the Trader Joe's by me only has small ones.

Yeah--kimchi, bacon, sprouts...a match made in heaven. Everything was amazing. (I also made some truffles, but they weren't very purty.) I don't know if I could choose a favorite. Maybe another taste test will have to be conducted.

I hold a special place in my heart (and arteries) for bacon pizza.

Sounds like fun. Count me in.

Doing a little googling, I found www.winedoggybag.com (a site that sells one-time use bags to restaurants), which lists each state's laws on taking out an unfinished bottle of wine. So when in a restaurant, how does the diner know that they may bring their unfinished wine home? Does it say on the menu? Does one ask the waitstaff?