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The first time I had moo shoo pork (age 16) I thought the pancakes were little wipes for your hands. I suppose they were not very good pancakse to begin with as they were kind of spongy. I've had much better moo shoo pancakes since then. Anyway, I then proceeded to wipe my hands with the pancakes. Boy did my family have a laugh!

Hello all. I will be visiting Atlanta for the first time over the Memorial Day weekend and need some recommendations from those in the know on where to get some good BBQ. The relatives I am visiting do not like BBQ (what the hell is wrong with them? It may explain why I have never visited them before) I will be in Atlanta for one day (a Friday) and then will be at Calloway Gardens for 2 days (Sat & Sun). I must eat BBQ at least once a day while I am there. Recommendations for other places to eat (breakfast) are also welcome. If there are any good junk/antique shops/flea markets, I am happy to hear about those as well. Thanks

I've eaten at the Famous Dave's in Moutainside NJ. I am a pulled pork gal and their pork is okay in a pinch. I like sweet cornbread. Their corn on the cob is mushy, but what do you expect if you eat corn on the cob out of season. Better than nothing in the BBQ scarce northeast. Virgils in NYC is much better. When the hell is Hot Rod's Pit BBQ going to open in Wharton, NJ? It was supposed to open last August, then it was October/November, then january? When???

I call my son, Butter Biscuit, Sugar Bun and Honey Bun. My sister refers to her kids as meatballs or manigot (weird italian pronunciation for manicotti). Sometimes, I'll call an especially chubby baby a "porkchop"

There was a very long thread on relish trays awhile back. You should search for it. It was fascinating and amusing. The Chinese place near me has a page like that in their menu book. I recently ordered the fanciest looking one with the most gee-gaws sticking out of it. The waiter told me they no longer use the tiki cups or fake coconuts. I told him to forget the drink. I only wanted it because of the cup and the way it looked. When I was a teenager my best friend and I used to order the "Lover's Bowl." It was a giant bowl with hula girls and volcanos painted on the side and it had a raised ceramic volcano in the middle. Liquor was put in the volcano and set on fire. God I loved that!

No, it was a big thing-- or at least a high-profile media thing, what with the fat and the cholesterol and the hey hey MY ARTERIES! But as a movement, it was sacrificed on the altar of the great god Atkins... ← If I recall correctly, wasn't oat bran the big diet thing back when folks were anti-beef. Supposedly it cleaned out your arteries. Everyone was very concerned about their arteries.

My house is rarely without a tub of port wine cheese spread. I love the stuff & so does my 5 year old son. I remember the ceramic crocks. Now it's plastic or nothing. A few years ago I bought at a yard sale an oil painting of a mouse with human-like characterisitcs standing next to a brown ceramic crock of cheese. Deliciously bad art.

Hooray for chicken cordon bleu! My mom made this a lot when I was a kid and I still like to make great dish. My favorite meal to order at a restaurant as a kid was French Onion soup and chicken cordon bleu. It seems every restaurant had it on the menu.

I absolutely loved the Magic Pan at the Paramus Park Mall in NJ in the mid to late 1970s. I thought it was so chic and sophisticated when I was a kid. My favorite was the ham & cheese crepes. I guess Magic Pan went the way of Farrell's (which was also in the same mall)

Thank goodness I'm not alone in my love of tuna casserole. That and chicken or turkey tetrazzini are good ole' comfort foods in my books. Edited because I had a lapse in singular versus plural adjectival forms. ← Yeah turkey tetrazinni! Yuck tuna casserole. I only like my tuna hot when it's music.

Chicken a la King over toast points. To this day, my MIL makes a pale green jello salad with celery and walnuts that is wonderful. Bananas Flambe

Let me tell you something. YES. I like em fried and in gumbo and in soup. I like em dried on the plant and used as a house decoration. I just opened a jar of Talk O' Texas Okra Pickles and they are yummy. I almost had a thrombo when I saw these at my local NJ A&P.

NulloModo: That's A okay, but don't go overboard. Check out www.stainedapron.com for restaurant workers gripes. Unfortunatley, a lot of the stuff is true. I am too computer retarded to provide an actual link. sorry.

Hey, I just spent the evening making the gumbo and it turned out great. Dh is eating it now & loving it. It will be even better tomorrow. Will serve with corn bread or biscuits. Haven't decided yet. I have made gumbos before but this is the first time I had the guts to go whole hog with the roux. Always chickened out before roux got dark enough. Tonight I stirred & stirred and watched. In case my eyes were getitng bleary I had my son give a second opinion as to the roux color. He is a candy fiend. He said the color was like a Kit-kat. Figured that's the same as a Hershey bar. There you have it. Good eatin' next few days. Thanks

Rosemary is the BOMB!