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Open faced toasted cheese, done in the toaster oven....take about 5 slices of cheap american cheese and lay on a slice of bread, place in toaster oven and watch till the cheese puffs up and turns almost black. Then you peel the blackened cheese off put it on your plate and repeat 1 or 2 more times then you can fold your sandwich together with whatever cheese is left. Little bite of sandwich ...little bite of burned cheese alternating yummies tracey

....mmmm peach icecream no biscuts? dont think we can bring anything, our "trunk space" is limited to a change of clothes tracey

ok ok NJ is official and even paid up. Transportation hasnt been decided yet but may just be motorcyle see ya tracey

If you use a baking dish around the same size as the big Zipper bags you can freeze in the dish....pop out the frozen food and put it in the bag, then reverse the process...back into the pan for reheating just a thought tracey

Van Ripers is gone its a mall now

reading about the pantry/fridge/freezer thoughts made me remember what grandma always said... If you have milk bread and eggs you can always find something to make... T

I thought it was the Dark and Stormy? T

We have our own well at home and its really tasty and cold...but out I guess I choose Poland Spring. I had a coworker that got tummy trouble from FIJI and I get it from the Icelandic bottled water ...and theyre tap water also......look at the magnesium content on those 2 T

Barnstormer Bbq ....exit 17 off rt87 NY Thruway east on rt 17k half a mile maybe on the left in a partially demolished strip mall...Sign may still be there for AMES PLAZA Barnstormers sign is off the facade of the building ...look for the neon pig in the window http://forums.egullet.org/index.php?showto...&hl=barnstormer with pictures

"finger sandwiches" ....fruit breads filled with jams and nutella with nut or coconut decorated edges... I think Paula Dean did something like that recently T

MMMMMmmmm Barnstormer tracey

The roast chicken is a perfect start but make sure is its a real big one and on sale, everything you dont eat the first night can be sliced and diced ( another dinner portion in one zip bag, chicken salad for lunch in another zip bag etc. While the oven is on stick another hunk of meat in there too a pot roast or pork butt, also portion out out for meals and sandwiches. Freeze most of it. Now you have at least 2 choices to start a meal out of the freezer with. definately make stock after you strip that bird and freeze in different size containers all the way down to ice cube trays. Further fixins for soups can be sauteed lightly and also portioned and frozen. (I once took most of a leftover crudite and sauteed the veg then made bags of frozen goodies to jump start meals) Now next week you can spend big on fresh veggies T

Truth be told I have had many more meals in Reykjavic than Newark.... strange but true ...and I live 30 min from Newark....Reykjavic also has really good bread just like Newark tracey

Sadley the only real picnic I remember having was at a James Taylor concert with my mother ...happily I got all the food from work We had cous cous salad with diced veggies and herbs, sliced grilled chicken, cherry tomatoes with mozz dressed with pesto, grilled slices of french bread, chilled Rose and iced lemon pound cake and raspberry bars. Carried in one of those really cool picnic backpacks that come with plates glasses linen napkins etc The nice family next to us had ham sandwiches on hamburger buns, cheerios and gummi bears washed down with juice boxes...they kept peeking at what I would pull out next... tracey

Stool thats the magic word a cheap one might hurt after a few min but try ....FREECYCLE.ORG may be able to get a padded one or if this will be reasonabley long term buying a nice one isnt a bad idea A stool will get him up to counter and conversation height....good feeling not to be looked down on too much...literally tracey

I have just put a defrosted butt smoked on July 2 into a nice warm oven, got some rolls and just have to pick the bell peppers out of the coleslaw I bought ...ooops have to go make up the vinager dressing for the meat 2 whole weeks we lasted without pulled pork....well I mean we did go out for ribs last weekend T

Hasn't anyone else been through seeing the video Faces of Death....they do the whole monkey table thing right there on the movie....its an old movie HERE THE WARNING LINK IS MAY BE GRAPHIC ***************************************** http://www.facesofdeath.com/facesofdeathi.html ***************************************** tracey

Thats what I was going to suggest ...I make extra just to have the "souvlaki" a day or 2 later tracey

Isnt there a candy and nut shop in the middle of Westwood?.... right hand side of the first block with the train station behind you... tracey

just looking at the menu..... Bone-in Filet Mignon topped with melted blue cheese and Barolo wine 34.00 how do ya get a bone into a filet mignon? tracey My husband just asked and why would you put one in?

Shoprite has hickory chips by the charcoal....west milford at least I refuse to discuss what I did to my gas grill smoking with it although it is repairable tracey

Last Sauturday we went to see a matinee of Spamalot. Since buying the tix I had planned and overplanned going to Bar Americain, even debating meeting up with more people to try more items...I wanted just apps 7 of them maybe dessert. We arrived out front at 4:15 of course they dont start serving till 5. We wondered off towards Ninth Ave and went to the Mercury Bar. Had oysters, crab cakes, wings, and coconut shrimp should have had a cheese or garlic bread to round it out but hit a bakery for a yummy instead....all total tax tip beers and bakery 85 dollars nothing to write home about but solid food. So we "done good " huh?? T

Last time we had the pepper forest going I made stuffed jalepenos, froze a bunch of different ones plain, and dried the long skinny red ones strung with needle and thread ...as long as you are cooking with them the defrosted texture doesnt matter that much and they slice fairly nice if you catch them frozen just right amount T

Marlene dont forget you can bake in the BBQ on a 100 degree day when I was first married I made pillsbury biscuts and shake n bake pork chops right on the grill came out as good as usual just had to turn them over a few times on an insulated baking sheet the baked brie....if you freeze the brie you can bake it alot longer so the pastry browns better ...insulated baking(airbake) sheets help for browning the tops next adventure...you have propane, get a turkey fryer tough to clean but if you are parked, just cover it good after cooling the oil or keep the plastic jugs the oil came in...get a funnel tracey

....and again Sunday we dragged a motley crew of bikers on a "3 hour tour" with 14 of us washing up at Geoffs door. As we pull in its a total Oh No....half the building is gone, Barnstormers sign is gone, now What?......look a little closer the little glowing pig in the window is like a beacon of BBQ in the chaos. They are building a new Target on site so business should soon be booming. After seriously talking up this food since March we have our fingers crossed...the place is packed 40 people for a graduation party have 2/3 of the room when we get settled in 4 booths that leaves just one table open. Fortunatley most of the party has been served so we dont wait around too long for food. Geoff runs out to greet us and back to the fire. OUr table of 4 started with a pound of killer garlicky saucy peel and eat shrimp and the nice hot smokey wings, both killer and moved on to 4 plates of ribs from the delicate 1/4 rack to the 3/4 and a 1/2 rack 1/2 a chicken plate. The sauce on the side folks were very surprised that the sauce wasnt all thick and gloppy (they dont like gloppy) Our buddy Jose who has lost almost 30 pounds since his last visit saved up all his calories for a week and got the pig out... I think all that was left was the corn bread, those pesky carbs ya know. Our good taste is now assured to our friends they all loved it. I think Barnstomer has 10 new customers. the only pictures I have are of the After and thats pretty scarey tracey