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Somewhere on tv last week I saw an assortment of Apps on sticks...we all like to play with food on sticks right definately going to do the ...cherry tomato, basil leaf, mini fresh mozz... one here they also did salami and prov with a pepperoncini on a stick too my personal favorite hell is Crab Rangoon cream cheese- soy -garlic -ginger and imitaion crab meat in a wonton wrapper deep fried...its easy but take forever to fold and fry tracey

Ah Dave you shame me my naked roast has only been there since yesterday/ tuesday ....I was too lazy to go shopping sunday tracey

I just remmbered this thread as I sat down with a bowl of pastina with milk and butter...not the really small stuff this is called Acini Pepe I think it means peppercorns. It seems most people put this shape pasta in soup but I always had it for breakfast with milk and butter. I only got a miniscule portion today it seems my daughter has been making it for herself Tracey

I agree with the first day bread only every time i buy some i come right home and make a PB&J even before putting most of the groceries away. I used to work in a deli and some girls kept ordering Bacon Egg and Cheese on toast dont melt the cheese with Grape Jelly.....yuck yech yuck until one day in the diner i realized i had just put of forkfull of bacon and egg And a bite of toast with jelly in my mouth and yes, it was good...... my current B'fast sandwich made for myself at work is a round roll...cut the very top off and then the bottom sliver.. throw out the middle Grilled sausage patty toast the roll butter and grape jelly Tracey

Hubby's job has a party this Friday at Hanover Manor in East Hanover...never heard of it. We are thinking of doing the 7 fishes Christmas Eve by going out for sushi. Mom is going to do baked ziti and pork loin for Christmas and...some microwaved frozen veggies I guess maybe that nice cheesecake from BJs She doesnt want me to have to bring anything.......please its fine let me do something Tracey

Well I just finished mixing up a few batches of cookie dough....oatmeal-applesauce, snickerdoodle, sugar, choc chip, and ruggalach and while putting awy the remains of the New Crisco noticed it has "directions", The lable says that to substitute crisco for butter use 1 cup plus 6 tbls water for each cup of butter or margarine. Now after I already messed with these tried and true, straight out the betty crocker cookie cookbook recipies I thought some of the doughs looked soft already and I was supposed to add Water? Most already said butter or shortning already...Well I didnt add any water ....mmmyyummymmm anyway anyone else try this stuff yet?? Tracey

Shalmanese how about a sprig of pine for the winter garnish...the pale green spring shoots are actually edible but i dont think anyone would bother Tracey

I havent gotten to try any of those places...only have had them homemade by my ex-MIL whose alternate sunday dinner included a trip to an unknown to me bakery in Newark for "pizza bread" like an italian pita.....pizza dough, hot pepper focaccia, broccoli bread and stromboli all of which were the appetizers BEFORE the Italian hot dogs. and that was a light meal compared to her Gravey Sundays They did talk about Dickie Dee's alot...... T

Finker we have to throw in a Jimmy Buffs or some other Italian dog .....the closest might be North Arlington if its still open T

well I unfortunatley havent been to a bistro in France....not for lack of begging but in the Village how about Chez Jaquelline 72 MacDougal St. Its been 2 years since we wandered in off the street but still a memorable meal 3 of us ( really memorable) Hubby had crab cakes and one of the best steaks he ever had, our 16yr old went for escarots and seared duck breast and I had brandad and the duck also, no wine driving back to NJ right after dinner, no dessert (stopped for ice cream) $95 plus tip. Brandad is just an evil thing how could you sit at a table dreaming about scooping "mashed potatoes" on to bread but with the garlic and cod mingling in there it almost seems like a dip for crostini...mmmmmm hmmm stores are full of salt cod right now arent they Tracey

Ok well I still realy dont know how to post pictures I couldnt figure out how to cut and past the URL so I wrote it down then found the right place and typed the whole thing in (all 87 characters) so if there is a right way to do this, do tell. Just got back from our club Christmas party at The Town Tavern in West Milford...buffet place. Started with a plate of King crab legs, steamers and a dish of butter ...oops missed the salad station hmmmm Went from there to lets see...sauerbratten made from prime rib, stuffed chicken, kansas city ribs, penne with jalepeno jack cheese, stuffed clams and a slab of screaming rare prime rib. Smoke break back for another plate of King crab and some more steamers nice glass of Pino Grigio...actually an enormous glass...lets see the big decision cake table or sundae bar....lets do cake .... American Beauty (choc) Carrot cake and (yes there is an and) Pecan pie with a diet coke of course. 20 ppl total $51.00 per couple, club picked up the booze and tip....I eat way too much sometimes...like thursdays fridays and saturdays tracey in case anyone wanted to check this out ...stinger http://www.dublintosydney.com/NewWebSite/menu.htm

Oh come on guys I havent fully recovered from yesterdays sushi lunch....count me in...there is Clixes too... tracey

hi hi When I did the 65 ppl in the backyard wedding I fortunately worked for a gourmet caterer who did chile rubbed pork loins filet of beef and grilled veggies with a room temp orzo dish for me for 600 bucks... but spiral sliced hams, smoked turkeys, quiches, a hot or cold pasta, tossed and fruit salads with great breads and rolls with funky condiments like chutneys relishes flavored mayos.... Quiche for a group is fun to do if ya just make a pitcher of the custardand line up your pie shells with goodies in them ...crab meat plum tomato fresh herbs brie ham swiss bacon cheddar smoked salmon goat cheese carmelized onion...etc DONT FORGET someone to clear plates or throw away plates even if it will be buffet hire at least 2 people even if they are neighborhood teens to clear the tables...and set up....our biggest expense was actually service ....but I actually got a chance to eat, it was nubbins from the end of a beef but i got something tracey

So the newbie had to take the challenge....well someone today said fish is brain food. I hope so cause I ate way too much My poor husband had BK for lunch and realizes there may be no dinner. Oh well its not his Birthday now is it. Was great meeting everyone.... tracey

I am allowed to leave the country... and ...go to China I had read a novel about Hong Kong years ago that said at the end of a banquet the rice ise is brought out but no one really eats it to signify that they are satisfied.... Tracey

hi hi no pictures but had so much fun with my "new" electric Fondue pot...(MIL just moved and gave it to me) ...did the oil type fondue with ...everything including, shrimp- fahita marinated skirt steak (thats how i freeze it so..)- chile rubbed pork butt strips- ginger scallion mini meatballs- homemade rice balls- Mrs Ts mini peirogis- scallion,onion,asparagus,and broccoli with tempura batter and....hmmmm anything else....and chocolate cherry cake from The Cake DR for hubby's Bday I better go get the rest of my butt out of the crock pot... Tracey

Ok Glenn but I actually found another packet ...this one is chocolate amaretto... Cocoa Amore by Coffee Matsers, Spring Grove Illinoise 60081 try and find them for some free samples ....damn tasty as far as mixes go happy turkeys and grilled cheeses tracey

I love the misspelled Kakes etc but has anyone dialed 411 lately?? I was trying to get the number for my friends new place Kevin's Thyme cute except for waiting for a live operator to explain how it was spelled...she thought it was cute too now if he just hires me....... tracey someday......... owner of TRAYS take out dinners of course

glenn I hat to even say it but I just days ago yossed a very old mylar packet of the best cocoa mix I ever used they had 10 or 12 flavors but....so.... I dont know the name it was part of the "booty" when a store I worked closed. I can post a link to the Philadelphia Confectioners Association... http://www.rcaphila.org/0/Default.aspx?tabindex=0&tabid=1 drop them an email nice people there my very well educated boss once thought you could make hot chocolate with cocoa powder....just didnt understand when i added salt, sugar, cinn, and vanilla to her very expensive cocoa pwder tracey

well.... our friends dont cook for me except at massacrees uh I mean BBQs because they all know I can cook or maybe they just dont like us enough to invite inside the house...hmmm but the worst meal I ever had was in Iceland, yes I went to Iceland... had some great food too but... At a touristy "theme" restaurant they served traditional Icelandic cuisine as the appetizer course...smoked salmon, pickled herring, dried fish, buttered flat bread....Ok so far right the juice from the herring got onto the bread, dried fish is well fish jerky, i dont happen to like smoked salmon.... But I digress the rest of the platter contained putrid shark(the national dish) and lambs testicals....the waitress said " you call them Balls?" OK they were the only edible thing on the plate.....all of which was followed by the best roast loin of lamb in the entire free world, baked potaoes with a pinkish sauce that i asked for more of adn dessert of wild blueberries with yoghurt sauce. the restaurant felt our dining room was too quiet for the theme restaurant purpose so they moved a bachlorette party in with us and we all got drunk on carroway schnaaps AKA Brennivan AKA black death going back to Iceland next year if Vietnam falls through

hi guys just found this on the city search on AOL they are having a vote on best BBQ in jersey http://aolsvc.digitalcity.com/northjersey/...oting&tab=local T

... Gazelle Cafe on Godwin in Ridgewood also does great things with vegetarian...the menu lists the chefs prefered sides, but you can mix and match from the list or order 3 side for ($10) as an entree instead. They also stay away from "simple" starches for Atkins crowd... whole wheat pasta, sweet potato fries, whipped cauliflower.... Whole kitchen is open to the dining room also ...BYOB of course...liquore store few doors up too. T

hi hi just got back from lunch at Kang Suh gas grills indeed...we did the bukoki a sliced pork belly and chicken BBQ the service was attentive but not intrusive and since we ate all our "yummies" panchan they brought more stuff out midway T

hi hi just another suggestion for the cucumber cups....forget em and use zucchini ....or try making scoops of the granita and toss them in the freezer on a plate or cookie sheet then just slide into cukes. T

ok ok so that dinner was an I'm sorry we didnt go away this weekend and I'm sorry you lost your job, dinner from my husband. Still hoping to go away Next weekend we came in with a bit of a budget...$100 made it out at $106 his...tuna sashimi with wasabi ginger and wakami(?) salad with sesame dressing medallions of beef with merlo sage and portabella mushrooms..glass of pino noir mine ...wild mushroom sausage puff brandie sauce creole shrimp and scallops with and..glass of pouille fume apps were Amazing I dont know what possesed me I dont even like mushrooms but it sounded good and was the steak was like buttah...but I think it was Rosemary not Sage creole sauce was damn tasty but peppers still had that raw green taste going to get my Mom gift certifacate for Christmas when we come back...you have them right? T