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ok - am i the only person whose mind went directly into the gutter - at first?! ny strip the beautiful rack of venison i have right now in the freezer ground lamb burgers filet wrapped in bacon really good pulled pork with a vinegar sauce

if i'm eating with johnnybird he will NOT allow me to say anything if the food is inedible since he is paranoid about the boh doing things like spitting/ etc on the food (i worked boh and have tried to reassure him the staff really aren't like that if there is a genuine problem). if i'm on my own - usually lunch - i will say something if i feel there is a problem with the spicing/heat of the fryolater/supplier of the seafood. i have never had any problems though i have suggested that the oil was a "bit " under 350 when i had calamri come out with the batter oil soaked, at another establishment the fish came out and smelled of ammonia though assured "it was just delivered today", and had calamari that had the consistancy of rubber bands(it was an iqf product that didn't work). the kindest was when i had ordered a kind of steak sandwich with mushrooms and mozzarella(i always ask for no cheese) that was more like frozen steak um's with brown gravy and canned mushrooms. when the bartender asked if it was ok i said it really wasn't to my taste and she tossed it, asked me if i wanted a replacement and i said no - i'd lost my appetite by then. she removed it from the bill but of course i tipped her on the full meal/drink bill. the worst was in vt. eating on my father-in-laws christmas present (gift certificate we had asked for) at a place he had patronized. the food was so oversalted i could not eat it. mashed potatoes, filet with a bernaise sauce so salty...the only thing edible was the cold soba and shrimp with peanut sauce. again john didn't want me to complain but we changed plates and his entree - chicken with mushrooms in a wine sauce was also so salty as to be inedible. when the server came by and asked i said it was inedible and who had been seasoning the food. the floor manager came over and said the chef had just left and a new chef was taking over the kitchen "soon". unfortunately that left the sous and staff on their own - i don't buy that a good sous has to be able to do service when the head is on his/her day off. they offered to comp us a dessert but didn't take the filet off the bill - guess if you taste it you bought it there. i took it back to my mother-in-laws, rinsed the sauce off, thin sliced it and it was still salty - though johnnybird ate it.

two, maybe three years ago, we were at a wine dinner. served as the amuse was a shot glass of caesar salad soup. can't remember totally but it was blanced romaine, parmesan, some vinegar(sherry maybe), anchovy and some garlic croutons (?) whizzed up and served at room temperature. it was wonderful. johnnybird downed it and he is familialy allergic to anything that includes a lettuce or anchovies. eg member lreda created it so maybe he could tell you more

ohhhhh... from you maggie that is high praise indeed. why? soy youghurt is kinder to my uh...alimentary system than a milk based youghurt and i love lemon and lime flavors for that sweetish/sour taste. today it was a boston cream donught..... edited to say i am also craving massive chunks of protein but don't have the time - or energy right now to cook them. think i need to have the johnnybird take me out for steak...nah, ain't gonna happen.

Hi Suzi, do you have any recipes for spice crab apples? You need such a lot for crab apple jelly... What are people's policies on gathering food not on common ground? The crab apples I found the other day technically belonged to the local university but I don't reckon they were really in high demand. I love the word 'scrumping' to refer to stealing people's apples from their orchards, it reminds me of the 1950s storybooks I grew up on, full of mischievous young boys in flannel shorts and girls called Susan. Maybe I should start 'Poaching: the thread' ←

ok. ladies. i am sliding quickly into full blown menopause at age 52. but i am still getting the monthly cravings even though i don't get my aunt flo except every other month(for the meantime). today was hell... first day back at full schedule for work(9-3), by 11:30 i had finished 1/2 container of lemon soy yoghurt, a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, 3 (1" square) pieces of raspberry crumb coffeecake and about 5 pieces of milky way dark chocolate minis(the best ever!!!!!). add in some more assorted mini chocolates during the meantime. at 1330 i ate the snack i prepared for the hawkwatch - some triscuits and 2 laughing cow light cheese snacks. after work on the way to the hawkwatch i stopped at Wendy and got a 1/4 pounder and a vanilla shake.........oh, the humanity....

for the fall we would actually start in mid/late summer. while picking wineberries and blackberries my mom and i would mark places with wild grapes. then in late august we would drive around places we had seen them the prior year(only 1 in every 100 vines or so produce grapes that grow to maturity). we would cruise slowly around the island - me with my head out the window- guess kinda like a dog- and spot bearing vines for a later date. mom once asked me how i was able to do it and i told her that i knew what i was looking for and would tell my brain only to react when the profile hit. kind like how i see and identify hawks at our hawkwatch now. there were some abandoned orchards on the island as well and we would pick apples when we walked to school or home. next door one of the neighbors had a crabapple tree that we used to gather the windfalls from and make either spice crabapples to go with our poultry or jelly. tart and lovely. spring, though was my favorite time - stalking the wild asparagus. less than a pencil in diameter and i couldn't bear to cook it. i only wanted to eat it freshly picked and raw as it was crisp and sweet/salty since the best grew near brackish water in the creeks.

Haymaker is on Rt. 44E in Pouughkeepsie/Arlington in a strip mall with Arlington Wine and Liquors(good selections) and across from Adams Fairacre Farms, Marlene Weber Dayspa and a bakery(sorry can't remember the name since we aren't really sweets people). johnnybird and i have eaten there several times and have enticed his mom and sister out there for a meal or two. as ada said the food is good and fresh. we've had sandwiches, salmon and soups along the way. here's the website: http://www.thehaymaker.com/

this summer i have been buying cheese from these vendors at our local farmer's market Farmstead Fresh http://www.farmsteadfresh.com/ the sharp cheddar is my favorite - nice and tangy. the baby swiss is nutty and mellow and paired with apple slices last night in a toasted sandwich. the only one i didn't really care for was the portelet wine - but that is just me. hmmm.... think it's time to pull the swiss and cheddar out for noshing in about half an hour when johnnybird may(or may not) be home...

fig jam fig tatin and my favorite - figs stuffed with a blue cheese, wrapped with prosciutto di san danielle and in a 400 oven for 5-8 minutes for dessert

and the book is up for a Quills Award. you can vote here:http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13737551 the book shows up in the cooking and overall award sections

here is a link courtesy of Publisher's Weekly of some forthcoming cookbooks (though a bit tough to read): http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6363310.html

antisocial?? I don't remember you being so antisocial a couple weeks ago.... ← kris - there is a serious divide between friends antisocial and family/in-law antisocial... or even online friendly vs in person antisocial ...as most of the people i work with will attest to edited to add - fg and ellen you do make beautiful babies together... or adopting them(momo). and it is wonderful to see a child revel in his/her world and discovering it for the first time. i would have been one of the people flirting with pj. as i tell my husband as a librarian all the men i flirt with are under 5 years of age or over 70

condolences jgm. we moved north from texas to new jersey in a little less than a week with two cats(do not try to go through nashville with unrestrained cats). we travelled mostly during the nighttime hours since it was cooler for them in their crate and we split the driving - 6pm to about 2 am for me and 2 am - about 8 am for johnnybird. we took sandwiches and ate in truck stops and the kitties made it up here fine - though jon's grandma wanted to keep them when they got north.... you can do it and pet therapy is the best healer in the world. again - many blessings on you and yours for the future

kikyut is beautiful - as is washington irving's home, also in sleepy hollow. dinner at blue hill at stone barns? a visit to yogi berra's museum and lunch in montclair? a visit to stickley's home http://www.stickleymuseum.org/ and lunch at an american grill?

The Christmas with Southern Living books are now gone...

so glad that you are enjoying the thread. here is the result of a purge of books that were donated at work. please remember that these were never in my count on the "How Many Cookbooks do you OWN" so please let maggie know if you have added them to your collection... Best Honey Cookbook. Honey Acres Beekeepers The Best of Martha Stewart Living... What to have for Dinner. Christmas with Southern Living 2000 Christmas with Southern Living 2001 The Dione Lucas Book of French Cooking. Dione Lucas and Marion Gorman Le Dome at Home. Eddie Kerkhofs Southern Living Annual Recipes 1994 Southern Living Annual Recipes 1995 Let the emails begin..... edited to say the michigan and potluck cookbooks are now claimed

mark- that's fine your contribution was a fine addition to this page. thank you. now you will forget everything you have seen....

Georgia Pig - last exit in Brunswick off I-95 S (or first N). get off the exit, turn left at the light, across from the Mobil station is this place. great Brunswick stew, phenomenal slaw and good pork sandwiches. bring a few bottles of sauce back

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i can find it at Bottle King in Ledgewood

Wow what a beautiful dish of borsch - i can almost taste it over here. your kitchen cabinets match those i had in my first house...who would have thought? i'm especially interested in any american foods you have become accustomed to that you seek out or make in your new hometown.

1030 pm and i want nuts.... Emerald Dry Roasted Peanuts by the half handful chased down with a half capfull of Johnnybird's toast dope. sweet and salty

SPIEDIES!!!!!! johnnybird isn't due back till friday or saurday so i have time to marinate my lamb in my spiedie sauce and make some pita and grill them puppies......... serve with a tomato salad... maybe some tzsiki sauce?

wonderful essay - perused as i drain my cobolt blue Rockingham...