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Perhaps? In similar vein, I didn't reference my original post to the Ten Comandments in an attempt not to be secular, although I would love to have used the Tenth, "You shall not covet your neighbors wife....", the atonement for which would have been to eat her cooking! SB (to say nothing of the chance to quote every schoolboy's favorite Commandment concerning "Thy neighbors ass"! )

If the only reason a person ate, or drove, a specific product was for "boastfulness or vainglory" I would wholeheartedly agree! But if we fail to stipulate that a person might genuinely enjoy dining on exotic fare, or owning and driving a somewhat impractical vehicle, we'll ultimately be reduced by reductio ad absurdum to advocating eating nothing but crude gruel and crawling about on all fours? SB (enjoys neither foie gras nor SUV's)

I still consider waste of any kind to be tantamount to "sin". But if you really enjoy eating foie gras, or driving a huge SUV for that matter, it's fine by me. I doubt if he can grasp an abstract concept yet, but the tone of voice in which the statement is made usually gets his attention. (a pretty good trick in itself!) He's more easily influenced by the possibility of immediate consequences, like, "If you don't want to eat your peas tonite, I will." I only regret I have twice as many cheeks as tongues! SB (or, depending on how you look at it, four times as many? )

Okay, the Most Beautiful Food Words, said or heard, are: "Give my compliments to the chef" or, it you prefer: "Donnez mes compliments au chef" SB

Overconsumption, or even the simple act of enjoying eating, have probably been frowned upon in the context that throughout history, and even today in so much of the world, too many people haven't had enough to eat. At what point this becomes "sin" is debatable. A little guilt is okay if it's used in a postive manner. If it causes us to contribute to efforts to end hunger, it's good. But, if it ruins our enjoyment of eating fine food it becomes self defeating. (Here I consciously resist the urge to make comparisons to some other cause celebres ) A simple example of the positive use of guilt would be our mothers' admonitions when we were young to finish our food "because of all the children starving in Africa (or wherever)". I've updated the expression for my three year-old grandson to, "There are crack babies in Minneapolis who would be happy to eat that!"

She must have been a real sinner! Let's see now. If one month of fasting covers 93 years of sinning .... SB

In the opposite manner, I could lose weight on an all foie gras diet! SB (can't stand the stuff )

It just so happens that a recent BBC story gave us the excuse to devote A Thread to this very concept! SB (credit to Anna N )

I had trouble with that one too. The original Sins contained "Sadness" rather than "Sloth". I suspect something didn't translate well, although I can see some kind of connection between the words in "unable to function due to poor attitude"? Since an atonement is usually meant to be more of a punishment than a remedy, I thought sentencing a person to nothing but Fast Food would serve them right in the long run, even if it's the course they would have chosen for themselves anyway. SB (as you sow .....

* whew * I was afraid you were going to offer up a guinea pig recipe! SB (fond of the little critters)(but would have had to use the cavy gravy line)

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I've seen Apple as a middle name: J. Apple Seed, (Planter), Bacon as a last name: Kevin (actor) and Roger(Oxford don), and Heck was my Dentist (Dr Frank P.)'s last name. SB (it was shortened from Hecomovich)

Perhaps a nice stufato del mouse? SB (it was stuck in my Edit-Paste from a previous post)

Yeah, okay. Maybe Dave the One-Eyed Butcher can whip up something. I'll tell him to start looking through his recipes. ← I don't know if Dave could do a ratatouille, (his last name is Beratto), but maybe a nice stufato del mouse? SB

Mise en place? SB (on topic)

If "petite tete de chou" is something to eat, it sounds good? SB (mise en place and sans fromage about depletes my supply of French ) PS: Oh, and boeuf, which really doesn't sound all that great?

Several years ago, on another discussion board, the topic was nicknames. I made a list of people I've known which I'd fortunately saved as a Word file. I searched through the list and came up with these food related names: Bones Popcorn Bosco Porkpie "Frites" (spelled "Freetz") Java Coconut Juicy & Juicer Taters Bun Beanie & Beaner Boozy Beefy SB (never one to pass up a tangent)

Meringue is nice. SB (But it's about as easy for me to make as to spell. )

Fries. That's about it. SB

Most of the consumer-type non-stick sprays contain something in the propellant that accounts for the sticky buildup over time.

If you're in a hurry, put another properly sized, lightly greased pie pan inside the crust and bake them upside down. You can take the second pan out and turn the crust over for the last 10 minutes or so if you want it to brown more. SB (Gravity is your friend)

Is he edible? Probably tough as leather. He'd have to be stewed, which would suit him just fine. And I'd definitely pass on the liver. Actually our best bet for first snow on the ground is within a week of October 11th, so this year it was right on the button. It will probably (ne: hopefully) melt this wekend, and then we'll have more on and off until permanent cover in about a month. It's not so bad. SB (always glad to be expansive)

My shop would need to have Dave, the now retired, former rodeo bullriding, one-eyed butcher with his left-handed knives that looked like medieval Moorish weapons. I'd have a couple high school or college kids to help him with the heavy lifting and and wrapping. And there would be a bar stool behind the meat case for Dave, who was rather short and known to be quite at home in bars, to perch on while he tells me the latest non-PC off-color joke. SB (still rainin' {actually, it's snowin'} still dreamin' - J Hendrix)

"Well, you can knock me down, Slap my face, Slander my name All over the place" (Carl Perkins via Elvis) I've been checking this thread off and on, but hadn't made the connection between Baking: From My Home to Yours > Dorie Greenspan > Baking With Julia! Needless to say, my Amazon.com Wist List has been updated. SB

I like the texture of the King Arthur Flour semolina. It imparts a nice "bite" to breads, and is great for pizza crust. Semolina is not really a specific flour, but a variety of Duram. King Arthur's version is a coarse grind, or "meal". Wheatina, which we think of as a hot cereal, is actually another semolina grind, and it can be also used in bread recipes. SB (would love to OD on Julia's croissants!)