FabulousFoodBabe

Oh, yeah. You nailed it -- I LOVE this monster. It costs too much, and I appreciate everyone helping me talk myself out of it. I did the 27" setup you describe in my last kitchen and I loved it. We've only allotted 48" for this unit, though, so I"ll see what will have to give if we did something bigger. The placement is a little, well, different. And I do need a side-by-side for the refrigerator. The French-Door refrigerators would be perfect in theory, but I'm not sure I like the styles I've seen. My comfort in all this is that I lived with the above-mentioned SubZero for maybe 6 months with no problems. We had to sell it to the Buyers From Hell [insert flashback here, and a bit of heartburn] and I can only hope that it blew up on them the moment escrow closed. Oh, I'm feeling SO much better now! Shame on me.

I'm in the planning stages for a new kitchen; namely, approving the final architect's plans this week. I thought I was completely set on the appliances -- hell, the whole project started with me handing them a list of what I had to have in there -- but I saw the new SubZero and I think I'm in love. Does anyone have experience with this model? I'm assuming it sucks power, I'm assuming it's heavy, and I'm assuming it will dominate the kitchen. But I can't stop thinking about it. Thanks, everyone.

Sounds like I'm coming in late on this, but ... you can do it with just egg whites. If you want the method, let me know.

I think it evolved from roasting the spuds on the fire or in rosin pits, to keep the outside from being charred or otherwise tainted. Then, the idea was to wrap them to keep them warm, individually, or to keep the skin soft (bleah!). I like Marlene's version best. Sigh ...

Coffee. Peet's, to be exact. We have it delivered and I take it with me when I travel. Signed, Princess Fabby

I like the way you think. First -- 25 minutes on an elliptical is a pretty good start! I find that I'm more likely to hit the wall on the elliptical than when I'm walking. My husband, who is a fiend about his workouts, eats nothing before them. When he was doing triathlons and marathons, though, he had to time what he ate and when. I'm more normal in my workouts. For the a.m., it's got to be something like oatmeal with fruit and milk an hour or so before, if I"m not doing peanut butter on a waffle (but I know from health issues that my blood sugar is highest in the a.m., so it works). For the p.m., I've got to have something more substantial an hour or so before. Tuna fish with cottage cheese and some herbs is really good, and doens't sit too long, if you know what i mean.

I just can't equate a duck with a person. Maybe if they were domesticated or I knew a duck personally, I could. If it becomes law that we can't eat certain foods, we open the door for saying that we must eat certain foods.

Moulard duck breast and legs are harvested from the duck fattened for foie gras.

you win. or should I say,

This really stood out for me in your terrific post, Shalmanese. Have you ever tried doing this -- drying and storing it, for use later? It's so true; when I see people whining about this as they scrub pans, when they've opened a jar for gravy, it makes me cringe. I'm going to teach my students how to use fond.

Cool idea! Kind of like a Second-City for Restaurants? My first post said "Sundance," which I kind of like, too. [edited because of original boneheaded, ill-considered input ]

Very true! I just told someone who is coming here for a visit, that the best way to have the "tourist!" spotlight turned on her was to arrive at dinner dressed up in a flouncy outfit, lots of makeup and jewelry, and her hair in a 'do. Anyway, Mr. FFB always errs on the side of "better to be more dressed than less." Me, I just wear whatever is clean and fits.

When I was in 8th grade, we had legendary slumber parties. The first to fall asleep had their bras dipped in water and frozen around the appropriate-sized round object. And then we left it in there for the older brother of the hostess to find. Horrors!

Why not just become a BREATHARIAN? ( As in the book Survival Into The 21st Century by Viktor Kulviskas) or HERE>Just Breathe! Personally, I've said it many times, I have seen our insides, and I've seen my own teeth. I believe that regardless of theology questions, we're omnivores. I live accordingly. You may make your own choice. For as long as it's legal to, that is. Soylent green may come to pass. ← GREAT Charlton Heston, Rebecca! And really, is there anyone who didn't fall down laughing at the Fruitarian in "Notting Hill?" And this Breatharian thing is a joke, right? Please?

Wear a tie. If you feel overdressed when you're there, you can always take it off.

I jumped onto my treadmill last night, clicked on the TiVo and ... someone in my house had the 2/14 Gilmore Girls removed to make space for a golf reality show. AUUUGH! My fix, my fix ..... One of my favorite episodes was when Lorelei was trying to open the new inn and ran into some money trouble. Rory opened the refrigerator, saw the "real food," and knew instinctively than Lorelei was broke.

Hmm, right after the break! Well timed, chiantiglace! What are you doing with your time off? I was thinking about the epsiode with your knives. When you go on the Externship, I hope you keep posting. I'd love to hear what the Externs at some of the bigger and more structured sites, are like. We had some doozies at my site (which shall remain nameless on these threads, PM me if you really gotta know). Some of these people had no work habits; a lot of them had zero kitchen experience. I'm still steamed over what happened with some of my stuff.

Exactly. (You said it better than I, and better than the article.) The writer also makes the point that some say the larger agenda is veganism for all. You know, because it's better for us physically and morally. Or so they say. Whoever the hell they are!

I LOVE this. I've been struggling with my own backsplash issue and have to solve it soon. In past houses, I've had stainless which is nice, and ceramic tile which drives me nuts. In this house, I really wanted slate but the architect talked me out of it -- looks beautiful, but is not real practical. This is by far the most annoying part of the entire project -- backsplashes. Persiancook, I've done tiling before and it's not that big a deal. The bad part is having to cut the little sob's to size, and finish them. If I were doing it again, I'd pay the tile store a few bucks extra to cut the tiles on their fancy machines. Neater, more precise, and less time-consuming.

You've just hit on something that always drove me nuts -- when other people would break down my station and take my tools. Intentions were good, of course, but for chrissakes. Terrific news about the Breakers. When does the Externship start?

Congratulations -- on all of it. What a year you'll have! Very exciting stuff. I'm looking forward to reading about it.

Reminds me of the ol' BW3 - Buffalo Wings & Weck. (Are those places still around? There were a few scattered about southern and central Ohio when I lived there.) Nice photos!

My kid insisted that he would be okay. I couldn't get my arms around that whole idea, so I never touched it until he croaked (or whatever scorpions do when they perish). I also promised to hit the thing with a broom if I ever saw it. Makes perfect sense to me. (And sazji, Fluffy is in the freezer because he's dead!) The only thing more interesting than my freezer is what is buried out back. When the archaeologists are sifting through the spontaneously combusted remains of Westchester County, no doubt chez Foodbabe will be ... discussed

:::stroking my grey beard:::: Back in '74, when the big terrrrnadoes hit Ohio, they were preceded by a hailstorm. We put on batting helmets and ran around outside catching hailballs in a laundry basket, not noticing that all the cars looked like they'd been hit with a ballpeen(sp?) hammer. I had one of those hailstones for years and years. And it shrunk, dang it! But it was very cool.

Beat me to it, jgm. Interesting and true point, I think, about PETA and the anti-foies not being able to take on the meat industries -- too much money and power comin' right back at them. I always liken the foie gras battles to the anti-fur and leather crowd, who'd rather chase old ladies down Park Avenue than head up to Montana or Wyoming. Easier marks, yanno.