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Skirt steak with plantains just won a competition on the Food Network.... T

luncheonette weekend grill cook at 14....chinese takeout place phone girl, pizzaria, BK, deli, deli, deli, really high end caterer, corporate cafeteria, deli, pretty high end caterer (8 years), corporate dining, office building Cafe, deli, deli, back to the same really high end caterer thats 20 years and 2 swollen ankles document processing...sitting in a real chair tracey

Ziplock bag touch of oil...the kids do it for camping and I freeze lasagna and baked ziti for sure tracey

We managed to use up 4 cans of soup this weekend.....Flu I think tracey

Kim your lamb looks perfect, thats how I always make it for Easter now. And the fusilli is so hard to find here, my favorite though. tracey

Well at least now we know you are still alive!!! tracey

Someone recently left most of a 6pack of Heavy Seas Loose Cannon HOP3 Ale at our house. It is put out by Clipper City Brewing.. Now I am not a beer drinker but what I do like is hoppier stuff, this was just a wee bit overboard but after a taste I felt the lemony scent was something to play off, so I told my husband to squeeze some lime in it...nearly negated the bitterness completely very interesting tracey

They used to have a restricted Nj wine license...which they lost by using th ewine to make Sangria...the bottles must be served to the table as they come from the winery tracey they made some damn good sangria back then

Another busy day for Ms Baggins... out to lunch for Hot Dogs...Jersey style Deep fried! Hubby and I had dogs with chile, jalapenos, and cole slaw cream cheese and scallion and a pizza dog with onion rings of course Actually as soon as she saw all that greasy food she hid in her envelope until picture time with me and the owner of Amazing Hotdog, Eric (Ejebud) the 2 dogs in the photos above us are the My Schmeiro (cream cheese and scallion) and the Jersey breakfast (fried egg and cheese) tracey

Jackal...but would he put bread in a plastic bag? T

Eric needs a shirt that says... "If you deep fry it they will come" We made our first trip to the new store in Bound Brook today and got to check out the the newest fryer fodder being offered, including batter dipped Mac N Cheese so wrong yet just right also added now are big beautlful golden onion rings and of course fried cheesecake bites tracey

We have touchdown back in the USA and boy was she tired. Ms Baggins arrived by air from South Korea and after a day to rest we all went to an old friends birthday party. Here she is trying to sneak some icing off Ed's cake We are going to an Egulleters restaurant for lunch tomorrow....Amazing Hotdog Now since madam is awfully tired and doesnt want to make decisions we are opening her next destination to PMs....the 7th PM will get Ms Baggins next (just like a radio contest) Tracey

Yay I was so afraid they got recycled tracey

Ok one more.... Lasagna contains noodles Ricotta cheese eggs Mozarella cheese tomato sauce and can have meat and seasonings in it No BECHAMEL...my grandmother wouldnt even know what bechamel is tracey

Talk someone into selling you some curd...wherever you are getting fresh mozz should have it. Then start at the begining...hot water - stir gently till its ready to stretch. Pull a ribbon, fill and twist it off tracey

Skippy peanut butter (smooth) Strawberry jelly (cheap kind is fine) on WHITE BREAD soft, squishy, fresh, bagged supermarket white bread you can screw with just about anything but that thank you Tracey

I think she may mean what I know as Souvlaki...if so, in NY they come with BBQ sauce. tracey

Gas station Frito pie microwavable chile poured right into the single serving Frito bag vienna sausage sliced into Ramen? tracey

Peach White Sangria, as I make my slowly beyond the Absolute and Cranberry tracey

White beans with really good Italian tuna and fresh parsley is a favorite of mine Thinly sliced beef with carmelized onions also Fresh ricotta cheese with something sharp like the pesto or tapenade I know I have more...TBC tracey

Me, too ! And I've not made hot chili oil for years. Wonder why I stopped? I think i used chili flakes, salt, Szechuan peppers and poured sizzling hot oil over them. ← Maybe because you couldn't get Szechuan peppercorns for a while? Tracey

Oh you dont ever want to ask an Icelander that question...at least not when there is a dish of shark on your table (shudder) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%A1karl tracey

Ummm didn't anyone else notice Mr Crankypants has quit smoking?...I know it was mentioned here somewhere but Greece may have been shot soon after he did that. Tracey

Well....for my friends wedding reception tomorrow night I am doing the app/cocktail snack course, he is having dinner Pasta Chicken etc catered. I am making deviled eggs wings crudite with hummus cheese board ham gougeres (puffs) sliced steak on crostini with garlic mayo and roasted pepper garnish and tostones with fresh salsa and lime cream I better get moving tracey

There is a new Spanish restaurant in Pompton Lakes on Wanaque Ave called Villa Madrid...quite tasty especially their sauces, BYO and inexpensive tracey