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More specifically, in the next couple of days I'm going to make chicken breasts with an apple-cream sauce. What on earth would go with that? ←

well, at least one library in northwestern nj will have it since i just ordered it. course i also ordered jon stewart et. al's book America. heck, if those(hopefully) photoshopped naked photos of the supreme court justices don't get me in trouble...

reese's miniature peanut butter cups - the perfect ratio of chocolate to pb.... oh, for the kids? lollipops, candy corn, hershey's miniatures.

different "curse" though it applies equally to me since i am a long time red sox fan

yeah - that's right. not going to happen but a wonderful idea 19 straight for the pats

except for the 'muscle spasms' from hell, jacuzzi tubs are wonderful but try some extra potassium just before that full moon. today it was: hot chocolate boston creme donut trailer trash hot dogs:it's "that" time of the month and i am single - johnnybird is off to detroit for work so it was the single-wide trailer trash dinner - don't laugh. i have pictures of the single wide we lived in the first year of our marriage in hooks, tx. iceberg lettuce, tomato chunks(ok- the last of the good jersey tomatoes), cukes and champagne vinegar - sorry i couldn't bring myself to eating russian dressing green and yellow beans - ok, fresh again- boiled then sauteed in some garlic infused olive oil garlic grillmaster franks, split and filled with blue cheese, wraped in pillsbury crescent rolls and served with ketchup, dill hamburger chips and sweet roasted red peppers - with a red stripe beer

yaaaaayyyyy... someone who gets us. we are here to serve(reference librarian speaking now). can't wait for the rest of the week. hope you are doing better (physically and psychologically) and cooking IS therapy. hope your family realize how lucky they are. i also work on menus, what's on sale and what's in my freezer ususally from my my day off to my next day off - planning for leftovers for lunches and some dinners for the two of us. course when john is away.... pb& j and some horrible food tonight keep on cookin' Our library is really small. The good thing is that they are connected to Madison libraries through interlibrary loan, so I am able to order cookbooks that I want to borrow, and a Madison library usually has what I want, and they send it to our library.

on the list on the fridge are the following food related items: champagne flutes(since i always seem to break glassware i ask for low end 4/5.99 sets) white wine glasses gift certificate to bed, bath and beyond or some such store - i need a good dutch oven gift certificate to martini beach in cape may - we love to go there and have the sunset table when down that way for our anniversary so ... recipe cards

it's "that" time of the month and i am single - johnnybird is off to detroit for work so it was the single-wide trailer trash dinner - don't laugh. i have pictures of the single wide we lived in the first year of our marriage in hooks, tx. iceberg lettuce, tomato chunks(ok- the last of the good jersey tomatoes), cukes and champagne vinegar - sorry i couldn't bring myself to eating russian dressing green and yellow beans - ok, fresh again- boiled then sauteed in some garlic infused olive oil garlic grillmaster franks, split and filled with blue cheese, wraped in pillsbury crescent rolls and served with ketchup, dill hamburger chips and sweet roasted red peppers - with a red stripe beer

HELLO- you are assuing the curse will end? what kind of sox fan are you ?

last night's dinner was fredh cornbread, catfish and green beans tonight was unique johnnybird and i shared a bottle of 1996 cristal(my 50th birthday present) dinner was duck breast with a port sauce, pastina and a cauliflower and broccoli saute. and we shared a bottle of pinot noir.

i also read Diane Mott Davidson, Tamar Myers, Susan Wittting Albert and Nancy Pickard/Virginia Rich(though if you like dogs DO NOT read the Baked Bean Supper Murders) and Katherine Page Hall. course there is always Bourdain

Norm Coleman of MN OHHHHHH... norm coleman whose first cousin is the infamous sid"i stole the shirts" rosenberg - sportscaster on imus' show. go (red)sox. chowder, potato salad and lobster rolls. p.s. i'm married to a freakin' yankees fan...for 22 1/2 years. but i do love him.

susan in fl - sure you don't want to escape the hurricanes and come up here? you can cook for me anyday - though figs look really, really good. last night(and tonight as leftovers) turkey picatta whole wheat noodles spinach sauteed with garlic whole meal took 25minutes get on the table which, when you start cooking at 5:45 and your husband says he's hungry enough to eat in 5 minutes, is a very good thing

Was the ketchup homemade? If not, is there a source for it? It sounds delicious and intruiging. Tell me more eunny -yes it was homemade. let me know if you want me to pm the recipe to you. it was ridiculously easy - the hardest part being getting the tomatoes pureed enough. tonight i'm at work so the three of us on are sending out for a "low-carb pizza" which is just the thinnest crust pizza without tons of gloppy cheese. i made a salad of spinach, red-leaf lettuce, red onion, cukes and tomatoes so we will get some fiber.

So my question is-how do you like it? Beans or no beans. Chunky or smooth like demented hot sauce? This subject can get pretty testy, so let's keep it friendly. If there needs to be any name calling, I'll do it. ok, brooks. love frito pie from living in east texas. my mom made "sweet chili". beans, ground beef, tomatoes and sugar. learned bowl of red in texas. finely minced beef - not ground beef -, onion, chiles minced up, chili powder, and beer. and only turn the beef once. also like cinncinati chili with the cinnamon and 7 way over spaghetti i just made a batch that was minced beef,onion, minced chilies(poblano), cumin, oregano, and beer. when cooked down i added some chili de arbol sauce and some black beans. went with some heated tortillas and some grated cheese.

went by yesterday on my way back from retreiving my car from the dealer(new alternator...450.00 later and no checks, please. credit card only). windows still covered over with paper and sign saying " opening summer 2004".

rosie - wish i knew you were up my way. i still have a bottle of wine for you that we had talked about at the american grill dinner.

today was rainy and windy and cool. no hawkwatching so it was an orgy of cooking to pop food in the fridge for the week to heat for dinner and take for lunch. meatballs in the freezer, stock made into chicken rice sooup with the leftover saffron rice and red pepper pilaf from last night and some leftover chicken and carrots also frozen in individual servings. then a french crumb coffee cake for johnnybirds breakfast - the crumb part enriched with toast dope of course dinner was meatloaf that was 2/3 laura's beef and 1/3 ground buffalo seved with a sundried tomato ketchup, baked sweet potato and a tex-mex summer squash casserole that featured grated cheddar and salsa. unfortunately i loved it and johnnybird didn't so that one will have to be discarded or modified - or i only make it when he his away and gorge myself on it.

today only 2 1/2 hours hawkcounting so i could run errands and do some cooking(i'm on vacation throught the 24th). two new recipes, both of which john added to the keeper pile, citrus herb shrimp( a cold dish) with shrimp in a vinagrette of parsley, lime juice, ginger, oil, sugar, garlic and salt and pepper and saffron rice and red pepper pilaf. the leftover pilaf will be turned into soup since it will be raining tomorrow and i am making stock from the freezer and some into a chicken stir fry.

all the hearty recipes i have been collecting since spring to try like beef with sundried tomatoes.... and some old favorites. tomorrow since it will be rainy and getting cooler i'm making meatloaf with sundried tomato catsup, garlic mashed tomatoes and a texas squash casserole(two new recipes there - plus leftovers ). making meatballs and freezing them so when i need to in the next two months i can just pop a few into some tomato sauce and dinner(with pasta of course). after 1 december... the sky's the limit for me.

[Chocolate - specifically fudge, brownies (though I like fudgelike brownies, not cakelike brownies have i got a recipe for you - fudgy bourbon brownies. it's the official taste treat of the picatinny peak hawkwatch. it's on recipegullet but since that has disappeared pm me and let me know if you want the recipe yesterday - french fries. not those pathetic, wimpy, limp ones that have sat under a heatlamp too long but beautifully cut, ridged, crisp, hot fries not overly salted since i want to have my ketchup with them. i don't need many since i want to eat them while they are smokin' right out of the fryolater. <drool>

do what tejon says and if those ideas fail... bring on toliver, yum oh, that's right. i'm a married lady

right now i'm with the other susan(in fl). i usually don't eat in front of the computer but sit here while the food i'm making is finishing cooking(most of the year) or am recovering from 8-12 hours staring into the skies to count migrating raptors( now through the end of november) and having a glass of something. earlier it was an appertif of prosecco. now it is a half glass of a hungarian chardonnay given to us by our neighbor( no, really i like him and he likes us) that is a 1999 vintage( this is the guy who thinks corona is out there and drinks bud from the can). it is more like sherry than anything else.

little miss foodie - that really brought back a memory. my last birthday my mom was alive(1 month before she died) we went out and i did all the cooking - angel food cake, lobster, champagne, corn and tomatoes(brought from jersey). but what made it extra special was she had two dozen gladiolas waiting for me. they were what i always was given for my birthday by an honorary aunt for years and years and years. mom's birthday was in june. for the family and adopted family she and i always cooked. since there were kids it was burgers and hot dogs on her grill, chuck steaks that she loved, potato salad, mussels in wine, but the important things were strawberry shortcake(made with bisquick biscuits) and angelfood cake for her aunt. she also taught second grade and for the kids we always baked a big fudge swirl birthday cake in an old milk pan and she would "age" up to 30 then count backwards again till she was "5" - "younger" than her students. thanks for rekindling those memories