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Spiced roasted potato or sweet potato wedges cooked till crisp...mmm dunked in chili. tracey

John et al I was informed by a very nice guy from Baltimore that we are staying in a nice neighborhood....on Rue Simart.... See I really want good suggestions for the oyster night, Dec 3rd because I want to get together with anyone interested Tracey

I have read the entire France forum, Parisblagueur, Chocolate and Zucchini, Figaroscope, Parisist, Whitings writings and every place each of those could take me. Would you believe I still have a couple of questions??? First, Oysters etc on a Sunday evening, I havent found much written about where to get the Plateau/Raw bar type experience... Second, If anyone wants to throw out some translations of game meats it would be loverly 3rd, I love seared Foie Gras, hate liverwurst and not so good with pate, never tried torchon...how will seared foie be written on a menu (in french) what is the most common way it is served? ok 1 more for now...food/gift shopping at the airport, we are going from Paris to Munich and back to Paris for a layover befor NY flight. Are there any goodies I can get at CDG....cheese etc Than you tracey

There is a Tuesday Morning in Midland Park...probabley the only town in the area Not on a Highway..... The store was actually a little scarey ...but my mother works in the same strip mall. tracey

Gee I dont think my doctor loved me...never told me not to eat any of this stuff. They just kept trying to convince me not to get my calcium via grilled cheese and bacon sandwiches tracey

Butter, salt, caramel and corn is Cracker Jacks.... but I was thinking corn meal crusted fried things mmmm like bananas and dessert empanadas tracey

See ,I knew I was going to feel bad that I am coming to Paris a week After Thanksgiving. I could still bring a few boxes of Ocean Spray juice concentrate. And let me tell ya Lingonberry juice does not a vodka cranberry make, but the bartender in Iceland was so happy to have a substitute. See ya Tracey

And ...for the next 2 months you can get Icelandic lamb at Whole Foods...the only reason I go there T

I never feel bad about using a butter knife for a screwdriver. Meat Mallet for a hammer yes, then I feel bad. I have also used a Ginsu Knife to strip bark off of a Cedar tree we were using in construction.... tracey

Peaches and tea A sparkling tea gelatin Tearamisu tracey

Shirataki...yes konnyaku Mitsuwa has them in the refridgerated section, they are very low carb/ low on the glycemic index. My daughter said they were good in soup. tracey

From the hardware store the plastic squares for putting on tile adhesive...they have a different pattern on each side. Cake decorating tracey

French fries with ketchup, mayo, and onions? Tracey

Forget it your beat. It takes over mind, body, and kitchen. Whatever you do ....dont bag some starter up in the trash can where your new dog might tip it over and smear it into the carpets across three rooms. tracey

"Candied" duck legs? How to bone a duck neck for stuffing it lamb shoulder chops Goose Fat and Garlic Pigs in Blankets none of these titles seem odd anymore tracey

Why would anyone even consider resisting a pastry on vacation in France???? 36 days till I leave for Paris Tracey

Sorry about the jeep, the biggest thing that ever came off one of my cars were the louvers on the back window of a 75 skyhawk. Smoked chocolate == smoked cocoa powder Peppers....chipolte == smoked jalepenos carry on tracey

I once made the biscuit recipe off the bag of I believe White Lilly. they had to be baked in a cake pan for support, if you could coax a scone recipe from that biscuit recipe all will be well in the world. Those biscuits just fell open crying for the butter ...it was beautifull tracey

Ahh if only my starter smelled like bad cheese again. It smelled like nail polish remover. It is gone now, and after the roofers finish up I will start a new one. It was very strange to have to run to the store for yeast just to make a pizza last weekend. tracey

Although it is Sunday, the roofers are here. They stopped in Hackensack at B & W Bakery first though and brought us crumb cake A very thin layer of cake which is similar to a good cream cheese pastry and nice chunky crumbs. very nice tracey

My mother taught me....umm well .....Ah, If you have nothing good to say be quiet. and get the fire extinguisher t

So....is ordering Escolar at a restaurant with a Conditional health report card really really rolling the dice? now I cant say for sure if it was all the sugarless gum, the apple cider or the fish....No it was the fish better days to come tracey

I didnt even realize when I first got one of those. If I hadent read about them here I dont think I would have gotten it open. tracey

Sorry, I seem to have crispy duck skin toffee stuck in my head...anyone remember Daniel's bacon toffee? tracey

Don't make stock or soup or stew? Are you kidding me? I've never had food poisoning. I make a lot of stock. This kind of paranoia is beyond me. Paranoia would make sense if you lived 100+ years ago in any American city, when the risk of dying from tainted foods (ie spoiled milk) was quite high. Compared to most any other time in history, our food supply is incredibly safe. I'm much more concerned about the decline in the quality of food production due to overzealous health dept. rules-making sushi chefs wear gloves, new EU regulations killing artisinal products in Europe, etc. ← I'm just saying for the home cook making vast quantities of anything is asking for trouble, unless you keep it warm until service. How are they going to cool this down, more often than not they stick it in their fridge which, more than likely, is poorly equipped to handle large quantitys of steam and heat radiation it causes. A quart or two of leftovers is one thing, a couple of gallons of hot stock you better have an ice paddle, shallow pans, or some serious cooling set up or your asking for trouble especially if you are serving anybody who is at risk. I for one don't know any home cook who has any of these things. And the argument that it was much easier to die 100 years ago, sure, but are we comfortable with what we acheived? I hear you on ridiculous rules however. ← In the time it takes to make a good stock ......make ice bags or bottles. Use clean saved litre bottles to make ice, ziplock bags will work also. Drop these right into the stock pot. just like the ice paddles at work tracey they forgot Dihydrogen Monoxide is also Slippery