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gene kranz is my hero and good looking to boot. i'm of a certain age that grew up with the space program and remember the things he is writing about firsthand. since johnnybird is a safety engineer i really identify with the engineers who worked their butts off to solve the problems after apollo 1 and 13...

OH MY GOD everyone here in the library now thinks i'm crazy i was laughing so loud. especially funny to me since i am a hawker and love turkey vultures(buzzards) who use projectile vomiting as a defense mechanism. course remember what they eat and that roadkill has to be ripe enough for them to get into it since they don't have the bill or talon strength of other birds of prey. course we call roadkill in our house t.v. dinners

i really enjoyed Hardtack to Homefries, especially the chapter on the FDR's - or should i say Eleanor's - cook. my god no wonder they served the king and queen of england hotdogs at hyde park. we used to use 1 pound coffee cans growing up to do our brown bread

thanks holly. will check out your site. no custard for either of us i'm afraid - john would be in a fetal position crying after an hour or so and i would be hanging out in one of those places with the crescent moon on the door. i am hoping to get my fill of bbq, though

husband - the engineer - set up the itinerary based on how far he wants to drive per day. thanks all for the suggestions and keep them coming. i'm compiling a list to take with us.

just finished laurie colwin's "home cooking" and have "more home cooking" on order with interlibrary loan. oh my god - what a wonderful book. i was laughing hysterically at some of the things and reading them aloud to my culinarily challenged workmates. i can't wait to get more... finished "booty food" jacqui malouf's book - eh. half realtionships, half recipes and advice about condoms read the wine pairing book that amy zavatto helped write(she's from the same small town i am and i knew her dad and mom growing up). interesting with some great interviews with rick moonen, daniel bouloud, and others. definitly a bias towards european red wines. would have liked to see more stuff with the new world wines. and finally i have been assigned "to kill a mocking bird" to read since i have successfully avoided it for 49 1/2 years. then i am to report on it on another forum.

we are readying for road trip 2004 to florida and back to new jersey. last year we got some wonderful suggestions for where to eat so here we go again... if you have any ideas for places to eat in the following towns please let me know petersburg, va darien, ga copeland, fl homestead, fl st. augustine, fl wilmington, nc nags head, nc thank you, thank you, thank you - i always rely on the kindness of strangers

hmmm... when we were going through a bad patch after18 years of marriage and thinking about breaking up permanently i couldn't eat. no appetite, didn't want to drink(and for anyone who knows me that says a lot - i love my champers). first went to counseling - it helped when i did start to feel a bit better i remember eating soft, creamy things - soy yoghurt, cottage cheese, butterscotch pudding, scrambled eggs. i ate a lot of scrambled eggs and toast. and worked out. i was in the gym daily and on days off i did an extra hour or so. keep positive though that is probably the hardest thing - should i make the chocolate chip cookies to send to you?

johnnybird loves these just got him 20 tins at our local cvs on sale for 1.00 per tin

tuna fish sandwich i DON'T eat tuna fish sandwiches EVER i don't even have tuna fish in the house help - what the flip is going on? edited to say i have been doing the math and this one can also go on the following page http://forums.egullet.org/index.php?showtopic=17326 on the way home from the gym i stopped and got a can of solid white albacore tuna, minced up a shallot and combined them with some miracle whip light, pepper and celery salt. at it with medium hot pepper rings and two toasted slices of bread.

late lunch so i wasn't that hungry got some turkey medallions on "managers special"so i sauteed them in some olive oil. put them on some cooked spaghetti, made a sauce with basil, sage, oregano, capers and white wine. poured over the turkey and pasta. baked for 20 minutes. served with a salad. made for tomorrow's dinner(working till 9) at the same time baked beans with chutney and mustard and venison hot dogs.

yeah what he says but i also use about 2 thick slices of bacon cut into lardons and try them out so the fat from the bacon sears the breast skin and fat and the lardons are later added back to the finished dish - or used in a salad frisee to go with the duck

and is austin leslie coming north? that man can fry some chicken!!

good questions which night do you prefer to eat out? if any(and i prefer to eat out for lunch) it would be sunday if i have been working till 5. i then don't have to come home and figure out what to make. i work till 9 2 days a week and till 7 one. the other three are days i'm off or finish at 3 so i have time to work on something fabulous to feed johnnybird drinking.... no real difference since the most i will have out is one drink unless john is driving. i'm too afraid of a dwi. ususally it is a beer with lunch or a glass of champagne/sprarkling wine for dessert. i do like byos but since i don't drink that much out it doesn't really affect my choices alone or with others actually i enjoy eating just by myself and last night was the first time i remember eating out with another couple. ususally if we are eating with anyone else it is john's family for some birthday celebration. how far will we drive? how far is an american grill from lake hopatcong? seriously about 30-45 minutes

torakris do you use tinned tuna or fresh you cook? inquiring minds want to know

waiting for johnnybird to get home(he said he would be home by 6pm est - it is now 633 - like i should be surprised?) he has declared one day a week should be vegetarian so tonight is it. he leaves for skiing sunday so i made extra so he can take stuff with him to eat: a choice of penne with roasted butternut squash, shallots and sage or rigatoni with red pepper, onion, capers and basil both are finished with freshly greated pecorino romano salad of baby greens dessert is a compote of mango and blood orange enjoy all!!!

rhinebeck - le peit bistro cripple creek foster's coach house for the hot steak sandwiches hyde park brewing company coppola's in poughkeepsie is better than the one in hyde park imho potown - milanese restaurant le pavillion - prix fixe out in the sticks, but worth it haymaker - rt. 44 run by cia graduate, across from adam's fairacre farm c's restaurant - rt. 55 pine plains(pok) go sunday for a wicked sauerbrauten there is a new restaurant - cajun/n'orleans next to adams on 44. sorry don't remember the name right now. i had mentioned it in an earlier post pleasant valley/millbrook - copperfield's - rt. 44 dervin o'brien's - millbrook hey, anyone want 6 acres of land in catskill? our buyers just backed out.....

had lunch here today with my friend and her husband(he has cooked at cafe tamayo, the bear, etc. but is out of the business now). no reservations. got there at about 1215 - good luck finding a place to park. there are tables on two levels - probably will seat about 36 upper level, 24 on the lower. the lower level has the bar,. very bright and cheery with various votives around and jazzy, bluesy music playing. we were presented with a drink menu, specials menu and regular menu. they have mexican beers by the bottle as well as on tap, sangria, special drinks(the margaritas included that range from 9-12) and flights of tequila. the special menu had soup, three or four appetizers, three or four entrees. the main menu has about 10 starters, several salads, platos and platos gigantes. prices range from 4 for chips and salsa to 11 fro chile rellenos and several of the starters are also available during m-f lunch as entrees. platas run from buritos and huervos rancheros to flautas, enchiladas plantain rellenos and carnitas. most prices are in the 14-15 range. sides are available and their hot sauces are also for sale. there were six different bottles open on our table. i ordered a dos xx on tap, she had water and switched to club soda, he had a sprite. the water i fear may be city water because it smelled and tasted faintly of chlorine. she ordered the butternut and roasted red pepper soup that was beautifully presented with a heart pattern of mole and creme fraiche on it. i thought the seasoning was perfect though my hosts thought it was undersalted. they applied the shaker liberally - i was right. she ordered the tacos, he ordered the special rellenos which were stuffed with cubed butternut squash, mushrooms, rice and cranberries in a poblano and i got the triple enchilada mole with a small napalitos salad rather than beans and rice. she felt the beef left a greasy aftertaste but three tacos arrived stuffed with meat, queso fresco and lettuce with sides of guacamole, sour cream and jalapenos - which i promptly stole. his chile rellenos were two good sized poblanos liberally stuffed and served with a side of rice and black beans. my enchiladas were chicken and came with the house(chocolate/fruity), raspberry chipotle and spicy verde moles. they were perfect. the salad was grilled cactus tossed with apples, jicama, carrots, pepitos, and queso anjeo served over mixed greens with a tequila vinaigrette. when i go back i want to try the mexican spring rolls, chorizo and the carnitas. total was 63 with tip enjoy it woodburner

there is a small contingent of army and marines here on picatinny. there is no mess here but there is The Club - now for both co and nco's which serves some of the worst catered food i have ever eaten. their restaurant service, Muldoon's, is marginally better i believe. there is also Choices which is the cafeteria offering sandwiches, grill, a pasta bar, salad bar, etc. johnnybird eats there about once every two weeks and says the soups and wraps are pretty good. then there is L'il Skeeters which opened about 2 years ago. how you can do bbq without a pit befuddles me. they do have really good homemade coleslaw and one of the cooks comes from puebla originally and makes killer tex-mex with a bit more mex snuck in. i'm still trying to get him to put menudo and cabrito on the menu

johnnybird has decided we should do vegetarian one night a week. he will now be giving up friday as a fish night. salad of mixed baby greens spicy vegeterian chili (for me) and plenty of leftovers for when i am out of town this weekend pizza with artichoke hearts, black olives, red peppers and onions dessert: red anjou pear with maytag blue cheese and a small glass of port

me - definitely johnnybird tentativley(he may be out of the country - we're still waiting for the confirmation) cool- can't wait

kim i was just tossing out a date i know i won't be a) working or b) driving to florida. i think that is a really good idea. so when are we invading to help you celebrate your new kitchen?

pickled - YES anyother way - NO

march 16th?

Hot Rod's BBQ at Joann's 100 Randolph Ave Mine Hill if you are headed 46w it is the first light after wharton center and dover general hospital. turn left and it is maybe 1/2 mile on the left http://www.hotrodsbbq.com/Reviews.htm cool - link to egullet forums