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give me the shrimp, anna.... tonight was that oxymoron - jumbo shrimp - with a crab stuffing; summer squash and carrots with lemon couscous. made a key lime chiffon pie for dessert which john is about to try

they are doing a pig roast at our lake but are having a hard time finding residents to come for it... john won't go since he will no longer eat pork i have no problem with pig but he feels it is not in his best intrest to eat something he is so close to (like most of his relatives - bad susan, bad) i still do not get his reasoning - unless it is free-range( usually the chicken and beef i buy) or aaarrrgggghhhh.... unfortunately my mom isn't alive to talk any sense into him anymore i have to work saturday and monday so sunday i'm planning on some freezer defrost - filet, kosher hot dogs, chicken, squash, already did a macaroni salad, will do greenbean and potato salad, a key lime chiffon pie. we did just have the first corn of the season - good but not great... more to come

ok- love that vibrate function:biggrin: course i had someone in the library the other day who left the phone on vibrate on the table where they had been working - made a really odd sound as it worked it's way across the table onto the floor

ohhhhh, katie love the sign language... remember on 1 july here in nj drivers have to be hands free you do not know how many times i have had to walk up to patrons in the library i work in and say " while most people would be entertained by your love life .... could you please take your conversation into the lobby?" and get dirty looks? my broker got upset with me the other week because i gave him my cell number( i was on the internet) then, when i went out in public, turned the cell off - though i had freed the regular number. he told me i was a bad girl - i told him i was at least considerate( and considering a new broker if that was his attitude). there is no excuse except for giving birth or dying for anyone to be carrying on a conversation on a cell phone. last time i went into trader joes in florham park i think there were at least 5 people walking around with hands free phones holding conversations at regular decibel levels while shopping. I DO NOT WANT TO HEAR YOUR BUSINESS AND/OR PERSONAL CONVERSATIONS. AND DO NOT BE UPSET WITH ME IF I ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS(obviously not to me)IN CONVERSATIONAL TONES!!!!!!!

single so i can eat for me ... and johnnybird tells me he will be eating some reindeer for me on travel tonight. bottle of segura viudas brut reserva while grilling a package of grillmaster garlic franks - i am pleasntly suprised by the tast and snap in these franks. since the coupon was 1.00 off two and they were on sale i also picked up some cajun franks... maybe some moutard and the recent gift by a neighbor of sweet pepper relish.......... grilled onions arnold select "new england" buns - no where near real new england buns BUT a wonderful invention for sausages, franks and the like( lobster salad goes in a real top cut bun) some classic yellow mustard mixed baby greens leftover squash fitatta

love jicima and use it in any of my slaws i can - especially if i am doing an asian or fuuit slaw. the crunch is wonderful. we also do a cucumber salad from john's grandma which is nothing more than cuke( i really like something other than the flavorless cukes in the market), flat leaf parsley, vegetable oil, apple cider vinegar and sugar. some tuna that is poached with a vegetable broth then marinated in olive oil, shallot and salt and pepper. potato salad with al dente potato pieces, miracle whipk celery salt, minced shallot, green peas and italian parsley. fudgy bourbon brownies plenty of champagne

we could take over plaza bistro in lake mohawk

moosewood is spoken for ... and now country inn... and new cantonese...

more weeding so there are 4 more free to a good home. they are: Country Inn Cookbook Eileen Yin-Fei Lo's New Cantonese Cookbook Moosewood Restaurant Cooks at Home New American Vegetarian Menu Cookbook by Paulette Mitchell just pm me if you are interested

thank you all who queried about the books - they have found good homes now. more as i weed the collection.

i am in the process of minimizing and have some cookbooks that i can no longer use. if anyone would like them, please pm me with your snail mail address and i will drop them in the box. right now i have 4 available: Lancaster County Cookbook My Own Cook Book - Gladys Taber Peter Hunt's Cape Cod Cookbook The Luchow's Cookbook I would rather send them to a good home with one of you than drop them in the local library book sale.

it is hot and sticky in northern nj... when john got home(early since he was at work till almost 1 am last night) we shared a chilled bottle of a 2002 e. guigal cotes du rhone rose i picked up for about 7.00 a bottle in a mixed case. it was very light and tasted of grapes and raspberries. chilled was the way to enjoy this appertif wine. and we sat and talked... since it was so hot and my appetite(s) are not back quite yet i had two pieces of toasted semolina bread with fontinella cheese. john had grilled shrimp marinated in lemon and fresh tarragon over spinach with green beans in a sherry vinagrette along with a piece of toasted semolina bread. for lunch tomorrow he will have a cabernet bison burger with a side of macaroni cheese and for dinner the remaining beans, spinach and grilled shrimp.

when it gets this hot and muggy here i like to start my day with a blended coffee milk - 4-6 ice cubes, 8 oz of low fat milk and 3-4 tbsp of coffee syrup. whizz in the blender and drink for breakfast. johnnybird prefers his drinks at night. either sorbet with a bit of lactaid free milk or soy ice cream with the milk and into the blender it goes. so far he has found the best sorbet to be edy's and any soy ice cream will make him happy

vienna sausages?? hmmmmm mushrooms...raw(ish) tuna...oaky chardonnay

come on curlz we're up in the country here - it's ar least a good 25-30 miles before you hit pa. you'll see when you come up for the pig roast in the fall

forget bergen, jason- you guys have access to all kinds of decent food stores we need one in sparta!!!!! unfortunately the demographics say the area isn't wealthy enough to support it; ditto trader joe's

don't worry - they will let you know about it can you continue the introductory story, please, please? you are inspiring me to try to create my own chai. thanks for that link.

ok- i'll show my bias. if you plan it out right you can fly in newark or jfk on the day after labor day which is late this year. pop out to the east end of long island but go to the north fork or shelter island to stay(the latter only accessible by ferry boat). explore greenport- old port town or sag harbor - whaling museum here or east hampton - clinton academy, home sweet home, etc. and tour the wineries on the north shore. pugilese (for sparkling pinot noir), osprey's dominion, and paumanok are the equal of lenz, etc though less well known. if you time it right you can hit nj up on 12 sept for the second annual pig roast (see here http://forums.egullet.org/index.php?showtopic=42256). then up through warwick and florida and cruise up to catskill on 9. mexican radio across the way in hudson (http://forums.egullet.org/index.php?showtopic=33433&hl=), visit thomas cole's house and studio or olana which was church's home. coach farms is a bit north in chatham, red hook and rhinebeck are loaded with good food - terrapin now in rhinebeck, foster's coach house on sundays for their hot steak sandwiches, of course cia in hyde park or the hyde park brewing company. val-kill, eleanor roosevelt's retreat, roosevelt's home, vanderbilt mansion, locust hill which was samuel f b morse's home in poughkeepsie, millbrook winery and allyn's or dervin o'brien's in millbrook proper. then back down to sleepy hollow(formerly tarrytown) kiykut - the rockerfeller estate, washington irving's sunnyside the barn? - sorry can't find the link in the new york thread- then back to the city for a day or to and back home.

mad batter is ok for breakfast. think about doing your own breakfast, remember this is the cheapest meal for a restaurant to produce therefore the best return for the money. walk up to the mall for muffins, breads, croissants, etc from the bakery. if you are staying at a b&b you don't have to deal with breakfast. if you want views of the ocean, call early and ask for the "sunset table" at martini beach - get there about a half hour before sunset and it is so wonderful to share a table for two with really two views - the sunset over cape may and the ocean to your left. the menu has changed so you have the ability to mix and match small plates(my preference is two small plates and share a salad with john while he has a full plate) or order full plates of something you like. just ate at the black duck. it was ok - i reviewed it elsewhere. maybe i would give it another chance. i've never eaten at water's edge and we use lobster house for take away only - have eaten there twice but with no reservations - i'm not crazy about it. we buy stuff we can cook at the condo. you might like to pop over to wildwood crest to marie nicole's or two mile landing. less crowded and good food but they do need reservations during season. hope you had a good time

samantha - you are very, very evilllllllll now i want that bacon - hold everything else(this from someone back from a funeral where the funeral luncheon was catered by subway - BIG SIGH- need i say more?) edit to say that my favorite salad of all is fresh, warm, perfectly ripe jersey tomatoes, crumbled blue cheese, and catalina dressing - guess i'll add some bacon this year - thank you

sorry - i plead guilty to deconstructing if there is celery included in the dish. unfortuntley i'm in that miniscule group of people who are salt sensitive and for whom celery causes an irregular heartbeat. my favorite adventure dining partner has a problem with mushrooms. not that they taste bad - she loves them- but about 2 hours after eating any kind of mushroom she is in such gastric distress it is just not worth it for her. in restaurants she has become more comfortable in requesting that any mushrooms be left out of a dish. here again we are talking food sensitivites not "ewwww fungus". i will try anything once but if i am cooking for someone at home i find out any limitations they have and try to work around them. as far as the scallops - that is a food preference. i grew up eating scallops 3-5 days a week in season. now you can't pay me to eat them.

fifi beat me to it. johnnybird's famous outrageous toast dope will take care of your orange zest blues. p.s. to fifi. loved the story about your sister. tell your nephew not to sweat it - john's dad is a lawyer, too, and he appreciates the name in all it's many nuances. after all g. gordon liddy once asked him to defend timothy leary pro bono after they busted him up in millbrook.

when the cherries, especially ranier cherries, start to come in and the peaches are at their most succulent it has to be white sangria. johnnybird discovered mojitos in key west and those are his new favorite drink - until the doctor tells him his liver enzymes are too high and he has to totally quit since he is on chemo right now the non-alcoholic fizzy lizzy's made 40% unsweetended grapefruit juice and 60% seltzer are really wonderful me? give me a dubonnet or lilet rouge on ice

shoot i really want that duck breast and the lamb.... but have to work. have a good time all

on vacation i was craving cereal with milk - heart 2 heart with craisins specifically. before fifi thinks this isn't strange the last time i ate cereal at all was back when i was about 12 (almost 38 years - go ahead and do the math) and then i ate special k with orange juice