suzilightning

All is once again right in his world. In fact, people are smiling a lot more the past few days around here. It's as if we opened the shower curtain and and there was Bobby, showering. The past 11 years never happened. At least on the football field....... I half expect to see traffic on the way back to RFK next fall..... For those of you outside of the DC metro area click here. joe has made his mark in nascar - something most people above the mason dixon line have no idea about- sucessfully for the last few years. it is soooo cool he is back (though i am a die hard pats fan) i can apprecate a worthy opponent and the better they are the harder we work

i was going to say try it with grand marnier and vodka for a pom cosmo

hillvalley- have you tried a basil infusion for your stomach? john's grandma always gave him this. she would rip up 4 or 5 basil leaves, put them in a cup, pour very hot not quite boiling water over them and steep for about 5 minutes. strain into another cup and add a bit of honey. it seems to work fairly well for him.

ah slivovitz... it can do a number on your head if you aren't careful. did they have any burek or cevapcici? guess i'm going to have to do some this weekend

my monthly overdue fine at the library usually pays for a book. Sometimes it's just to hard to let go of the book renew - our library does it online, by phone or in person trust me - a library would usually prefer to have the circulation to the fine

interesting you said this. my mom taught regular classroom(how would YOU like to have your mom for your second grade teacher?!!) for 30 + years and she always had cheese, crackers, peanut butter and apples for a snack for the students since she saw a drop in teaching ability about 10 am - day started at 8:15. now of course the peanut butter would not be allowed.

hey, "open that bottle night" is feb 28 this year... this is the thing dorothy gaither and husband john brecher espouse. get together with friends or just the two of you and open that bottle(s) you've been saving for that sepecial occasion - and may never get opened otherwise! Yes! Gonna tell that old curmudgeon...errr I mean husband, of mine that we SHALL drink the Billecart on that night...and I will make it worth his while... Great idea, Suzi! STILL trying to score tickets to see lewis black in morristown that night but if not we will open a bottle of 1988 sir winston churchill while in the jacuzzi and i'll do a duck breast in red wine to go with a 1978 la tour for the main course - if we get there. just quaffed a nv pol roger in the tub this afternoon - really wonderful toasty tastes but, maybe since i hadn't eaten, gave me a headache look for the critique of the blue tasting on new years eve we did... gee, trish if the curmudgeon doesn't want to open the bottle come on down and visit - and bring the billicart - maybe i can pick up a dom

forgot about the gruert since only one of the big chain guys carries it in this area it is really a fresh taste, though. hmmmmm have to see if i can get a deal on a case

hey, "open that bottle night" is feb 28 this year... this is the thing dorothy gaither and husband john brecher espouse. get together with friends or just the two of you and open that bottle(s) you've been saving for that sepecial occasion - and may never get opened otherwise!

yesterday i scratched this itch and had a 4 piece all white meat serving of chicken mcnuggets. i really wasn't craving them but after 3 hours of running errands the mcd's place was right next to the vet's office where i was picking up some medicine for the allie cat. they really weren't bad. definitely all white meat, not greasy with a crispy crust that had quite a bit of spice from black pepper. don't think i'll have anymore anytime soon, though but for 1.06 and some quick protein. not bad.

we exchanged our presents last night and got nv pol roger 1988 cuvee sir winston churchill dishtowels and an oven mitt with wine bottles on them 2 cork place mats with the same pictures a bodum french press coffee maker - which i just made my morning coffee with

I read that last summer. There are some interesting things in there. oh, oh... read that about a year ago...definitely good for thought

i buy only laura's beef which does not use the ground up stuff that can cause a problem. since we eat so many other things this is a small part of our life and i am willing to pay more for the guarantee of no hormones, etc.

i would rather order a few small plates - appetizers- and really enjoy them rather than eat one large plate of something - i'm with sue on that one. different drummer? more like full precussion section - just like john which is why i love him so much....

don't know about lou but since i eat out for lunch and many times by myself, usually the bar is more fun. i think of dining rooms as a formal space - someplace for dinner and usually with johnnybird - though i did drag him and my friend michelle to eat at the bar at american grill - lunch each time. when i eat at the bar i can enter into a conversation if i wish or just sit and read(ask tammy at thirsty moose).

it's your anniversary have a freaking wonderful good time and ENJOY. you will be so into each other who cares what the environment is like. he can take you out to a "fancy" place for valentines day or your birthday. if you are lucky the kids will be asleep when you get home(truism #1 let sleeping children alone) but if not make sure you have a good bottle of wine on ice for later.

johnnybird and i will be exchanging our christmas presents. i have a bottle of DVX to go in the fridge, organic free range duck breasts we picked up in poughkeepsie, something with smoked salmon for john for starters, maybe some bacon wrapped shrimp, too. hate to be out on amateur night - don't miss having to work it at all

Which of these books do you like the best? They look fascinating. (I hate these threads. I get a twitch on the mouse button to go to Amazon.) fifi - twitch and check your local library's card catalog. if they don't have it ask for an interlibrary loan and if you really like it then buy it. i do it all the time at present no food reading except for old copies of food mags from work which, after i finish reading, go back to the library for sale. in the last month did read cosmopolitan by toby cecchini and thought it was a brilliant book. also read rob walsh's book and think him in some ways superior to steingarten. his essay on soul food in prison (angola) really tied into the food in prison and as punishment thread. tangentially just started "under the peacock fan" about 4 women who followed their husbands/siblings to india under the raj. they had to adapt full georgian/victorian sensibilities to a new land and deal with holding banquets/durbars/at homes, etc. and all associated food/drink working with an interesting palate of foods

hmmm change restaurant to library and you have what i deal with everyday. when does out of control, loud, intrusive behavior that impacts the majority of patrons become a "suggestion" that a parent(that is assuming the parent is in the building) a) quiet the child down or b) take them outside till they calm down or c) get what they want and leave? funny, with all the talk of christmas i remember the year i turned 6, 1960. my nana had died that summer and pop couldn't handle christmas dinner at home. after prezzies pop, my mom, the sister(age 5), and i got dressed up and went to riverhead to have christmas dinner at the Hotel Perkins. we were expected to behave in a particular manner and we did. that was the christmas ritual for another4 years or so till pop could face christmas dinner at home again. from the time all of us were in 7th grade we were expected to eat in restaurants(ok maybe not boloud) but nice restaurants with tablecloths and china and deport ourselves in a respectable manner. johnnybird, who grew up in a higher socioeconomic bracket than i did(make that several brackets), had to be taught how to behave in a fine dining situation since he had been left with babysitters until he was old enough to go out with his dad - then he was too busy hanging out with his friends to bother to go to restaurants.

gave: fudgy bourbon brownies banana nut bread pineapple cheese spread black forest mousse pie got: trader joe's gift card bottle of nicholas feuillete rose recipe cards cheese tray with cheeses and crackers should get when johnnybird and i celebrate - 1990 sir winston churchill will give when johnnybird and i clebrate - 25 year old mcclellan scotch

probably repeating myself but... white cheddar popcorn and hot cocoa just got back from the mil's and two days of cooking - could not care less if i ate anything - drinking on the other hand...

just got back from the holidays with johnnybird's family in poughkeepsie. his dad and stepmother #2/mother-in-law #3 live out in millbrook and mother/mil#1 in po-town. after 20+ years of going by quattro's and saying "we should stop thereeeeeeeeeee" as we breezed by, john did stop. seems he went to high school with the owners daughter(met her), her son went to school with a brother in law and mrs. quattro's sister-in-law(the late josephine finelli) was one of johnnybird's mom's best friends. it is a freakin small world but wonderful. since everything is freerange and mostly organic we bought the following .97 lb domestic ground turkey - 2.42 2 duck breasts(frozen) - about 15.00- 7.99/lb 1 fresh, free range capon, about 12 lbs - about $32.00 to know that if you don't actually hunt and prepare the meat you eat from scratch you can get quality product - as the commercial says - priceless i will be sending john up with lists to fill the void in what i can find here in northern nj to bring home in the winter esp. - there were various preparations of venison, duck(breast and leg - please take note o! exhaulted owner) but it ain't cheap), ostrich and turkey frozen, fresh free range chickens and capons - they also offered wild turkey and phesant as well as various smoked versions of the above. we are going to have the duck breast for our christmas dinner(new years eve) and much smoked salmon so if johnnybird doesn't like it i can feed him my salmon and i get the duck breast

haven't got all the menu down yet but pretty sure of the following smoked salmon baby greens chocolate mousse mumm dvx and maybe a bottle of 90 sir winston that should find it's way into my stocking i know johnnybird will want fish but i really want beef(uh, oh - maybe it's craving time?). steak diane, perhaps. would REALLY like lamb but am not allowed to cook it in the house. sigh....

po-town has such a large, not so underground (il)legal immigrant population as does newburgh across the river. down near main there are several good groceries and, if iremember rightly, there is at least one tortilla factory tucked away - maybe over near dutchess county jail? there is also a Yono right off the throughway exit at as you head for 84 - it's been there at least 15 years. on salt point turnpike in poughkeepsie is one of the better french restaurants - le pavillion

ok- am going up to do the xmas thing in poughkeepsie and want to visit a friend in catskill. will try to get here tuesday. i hear they really hav cleaned warren street up since the time i was up there(1980-1982) since i really like good mexican can't wait