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Luckylies

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  1. this thread has me so psyched. I'm amped out of my mind I'm going on wed on a family dinner!!!!!!!!!!! TASTING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! there will be no converstion, just the soft sound of me muttering contentedly to myself and perhaps the odd dazed smile. I CAN'T WAIT!!!!!!
  2. In my head I hear my boyfriend saying "most of them were good, except the heart shaped ones, those were kinda weird, mike ate them" *mike's his roomate
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    Poke

    heh, great, I'm glad my sister and I covered eachother with the toxic dye from the berries as children. Mom yelled that we would die, but she always said that.
  4. best topic name ever.
  5. I'm a generally brokeish youngish showoff. Come and eat my food and I will be happy. I expect nothing else at all. Wine, booze, drugs (only offer to other guests after dinner!) etc are always appreciated, but not neccesary. My friends an dI would sit and shoot the shit anyway why not over some lovingly prepared goodies? If the food stinks who cares? I just want to be around the people I love...as for strangers and people I have just met: show up on time thank me leave when I say "whew! look at the time..." I also love wine and gifts but... not required. The standards to which I hold myself are much higher. I always bring something, always offer to help with whatever, and I try to bring flowers. thank you's are a must. I'm not tit for tat, but If I like people it's generally assured that they will be over sooner or later. I don't want friends that are a chore...
  6. cool, this has answered lots of long pondered questions for me.
  7. fold it into mashed potatoes then top them with it. ta-da.
  8. my sister was chosen for the show, yet chose not to partake in the stupidity. She reasoned they "win" was not big enough and the notoriety of being a reality show contestant would suck... I wanted her to do it though...sucka
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    bisque

    Got it. this sounds good highchef. I vaguely remember a cordon bleau bisque class I attended as a child, I'll try to throw int hat sorta know how in to my preperation. thanks!
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    bisque

    I have a few pounds of crawfish squirming in my fridge and I want to make bisque. Where do I begin?
  11. People who are not self aware enough to NOT bring children with bad manners out to dinners are the true horror behind this thread. These people are the thong-crack-low strung jeans people, the nose pickers, and the street spitters of the world. Children are as diverse and differently mannered as we are, and should be approached as such. When you start limiting the patrons who may eneter a restaurant because they "may behave badly" we tread on dangerous ground. In a perfect world; drunks, gobsmackers and people with ugly hair do's would not be allowed in my restaurant. Why? It might ruin my enjoyment of my meal or cause a potential problem. See? poor logic. I feel strongly about this because I was brought to fancy restaurants from the time that I was a child, and it has shaped me immensly. Had my sister or I misbehaved the unspeakable wrath of my mother would have been upon us. All I know was we were always old enough to understand when it was important to behave. There were plenty of times in my youth when we were naughty, but we were brought to understand that the dinner was for us too, and that it was a special treat. I don't remember if we were brought to nicer restaurants as babies but my mother likes to actually eat at dinner so it's rather unlikely. Should babies be allowed? yes. Should they be asked to leave if they annoy people. Absolutely and so should that guy and that other guy and the other one I hate, it would just be so much quieter and more peaceful that way.
  12. yesterday they sent me mint instead of sage and my chicken's breast didn't have full skin coverage... small gripes, but I wish they would just get it right...
  13. I love that she secretly had the food delivered to her for critique.... who wouldn't?
  14. macrobiotic meal. ate it all, puked walking home. the nice news is, I thought it was okayish going down.
  15. Most cakes only need a few minutes before being unmolded. How long do you usually wait? You can cool down the cake pan in an ice bath or under running water for quicker turnover. I do this al the time as I am also of the who- needs- two school.. good luck
  16. went to petit grocery, eh...nothing mindblowing but a nice wine list, pleasant atmosphere as for the fair grounds.... some favorites of this year cochon du lait po boy crawfish pie boiled crawfish ribs and meaty beans with coleslaw cocunut macaroons soft shelled crab po boy crawfish monica cracklins fried eggpland with crawfish sauce fried green tomatoes crawfish bread vanilla taffy (roman candy)
  17. I love fresh direct. I'm in school right now and extrordinarily exhausted at the end of the day. It's just not reasonble for me to pich up produce every day or so. I'm just too tired, yet If I don't have fresh groceries to whip up into real food my drained brain orders a cheese steak...this does not work well at all. though some things are less perfect than if I picked them myself (I'm starting to get the gist of what can be expected in terms of produce) not having to schlep makes all the difference. I still love shopping for groceries in my spare time, and sometimes order skeleton orders (leaving out the seafood or protein or things I like to poke, like avocados) so I can shop a little for fun in the "real world" It's also nice to be able to order the heavy stuff like wine and soda that would either be delivered or carried in instllments. I also enjoy the value. I dont overbuy because the resource exists consistantly and I dont have to eyeball portions. Fresh direct is to me, a godsend and I will keep using it.
  18. where's the sentementality here? The cake "birthday cake" choice at a restaurant is never what I want..why? because I want the same thing I've had since I was seven. Why because it's my f-ing birthday, accomidate me. I'll pay for the accomidation, I like the restaurant, why not? charge throught he nose for all I care...just give me what I want. As I said before if the cake is ugly nobody will think you made it...unless your restaurnant is ugly...it's that simple. This is an occasion, a celebration, a happy time, make your money, I'll have my party. If you ruin my birthday with your wrong cake or your ill accomidations you will surely pay in the long run. ps Nobu will special order birthday cake if you give them a heads up..why? because the do not have a similar option on their dessert menu...can you bring your own? sure! just pay the fee...
  19. I is quite common in New York, to just pay a cake cutting fee and get on with life. It show up on the bill and is tipped on. No harm no foul, the customer leaves happy (and returns for their next birthday) If your restaurant has such a hard earned reputation I doubt anyone would mistake the supermarket cake (likely surrounded by witless rubes) as one of your own. The customer is king, if a restaurant does not attract the type of business that does not see fit to order cakes off the menu, perhaps the restaurant must select it's customers more carefully. Oh, darn, wait one moment- restaurants can't select customers, they can in essence only turn them away... good for the bottom line and reputation. Solid thinking. "If they cannot accomidate" you mean "don't want to?" EAT SOMEWHERE ELSE. Oh, well, If you twisted my arm...
  20. I've been going to Jazzfest for my entire life (to me it's a foodfest with great music) and I know it's a roaming ground for hardcore food lovers as well as jazzheads. So, who's gonna be there?
  21. hey pockyway!!!!!!! see you guys sooooooooon. I'm flying down first weekend with my boyfriend coming back to nyc, and then flying back second wkend by myself. See you at the fest!!!!!! who's going to be there?
  22. I wanted to celebrate last night (did well on a midterm!) and wanted to go to kenka as I love the smarmy japanese pub food. My boyfriend who is not one for protest, refers to it as the place where "the smell makes me gag" and my sister who is usually down for the same stuff I like was really not interested. I must also mention that my boyfriend who would order an 8 dollar pitcher of beer at a funeral if he could, could not be pursueded- not the day he had only eight bucks to his name. Kenka is not for everyone, I think the brown sweet sauce thats on everything and the bonito flakes put people off. I couldn't be happier, as I love anywhere that have croquette variety. my only beef is the blaring sound system it's just too much. oh well, I suppose, someday I'll find a crew to eat with at Kenka
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    Cooking for One

    I cook all the gross stoner food I can think of when my dude is bro-ing down. I eat all the messy sloppy, fatty things I can think of. Marrow bones, Philly cheese steaks, white Castle Burgers all the goods... when dude comes back from his adventure he finds me munching on a single celery stalk
  24. uh...what's a shad? and it's roe - what's the story with that. I'm so clueless on this. it sounds good though.
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    School project

    I put together an album of my project yet I have no clue how to put it here. it's not in order either. and the hybiscus granita didn't work out...so...almond crunch ice cream in a pat brisee cup. so tired. took me 8 hrs from start to end hope you like it.
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