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just nitices that Kenneth Davids has a new revised edition of Home Coffee Roasting: Romance & Revival coming out this month...... hmmmm maybe i should suggest it for purchase at work

i'm giving the sil Cooking for Dummies and a gift certificate for 3 cooking lessons from me of her choice. while i wouldn't recommed this for most - i vote for bitman or julia - even those are beyond her. she has decided to learn basic cookery at age 36 so i figured to really start her off slow. since, like her brother, she has a problem with fat and digesting lactose we are going to work with the slightly modified recipes i've developed over the last few years

rm's - if i can force myself to go into the city artisinal - ditto striped bass - philly geno's - philly key west - we are going in march/april and am juist beginning to think about where to go - any and all imput would be appreciated

ok- guys two weeks before and i am insatiable for a day or two then nothing till the day before (buffalo chicken wings) but then i am of the older order( 49-53) during - i could not care less is i ate or drank anything

oh, yeah, cheese and mac my favorite comfort food. along with meatloaf though NOT during the month of october(i managed to break a tooth from my denture while eating some crusty mac and cheese last month - 85.00 later i can smile again). favorite proportions are 1/2 box dry elbows, cooked to 3/4 pound cheese - 1/2 lb. in small cubes the rest grated to go on top mixed with some mustard, bread crumbs and parsley i also keep a box or two of annie's organic at work just in case i forget to bring lunch/dinner; don't want to eat what i brought for lunch /dinner or someone else at work did either of the above.

varmit - yum....and i'm craving red meat right now halibut with a light tomato sauce baked in the oven still deciding between whole wheat couscous and lemon rice - will see what johnnybird wants mixed field greens

ok- they hit this morning while fixing johnnybird's breakfast - eggypotatoes- and i picked about half the turkey bacon out because that's what i wanted BACON. worked out and was craving meat - buffalo, elk, cow - grilled rare maybe with a salad and lardons of BACON. went to lunch with a really good friend at lreda's An American Grill. had the sirloin tips with parpadelle and mushrooms in a wine sauce. very good but it needed something - BACON? johnnybird wants the ususal tuesday night fare -fish of some sort so halibut with a light tomato sauce and prociutto(close to BACON). plus i made a meatloaf for sandwiches and to go with leftover scalloped potatoes with BACON on top. sigh thanks snowangel

my grandparents used to buy it by the piece off a wheel in dawson's market. it was aa bit sharper than even the 4 year aged cheddar from cabot i've had and it had a unique mouth feel - sort of like aged parm-reg and crystaline - don't have the words right now to explain it. plus we used it with peanut butter to bait the traps for the mice.

i was thinking about buying that corndog/fried twinkie machine if we decide to do something for my 50th next year. i think i've had 2 toasted cheese sandwiches in the last 10 years so this is a certifiable craving. we used to have them all the time when i was a little girl - ususally for sunday dinner with some soup. we had used the machine that made them earlier in the day because it was one of those presses with a plate for pressed sandwiches on one side and a waffle form on the other. then reading jason & rachel's thread i started remembering - the gooey chesse(usually rat cheese) and the crispy, toasted bread how it smelled, the texture of the unctious cheese and the crunch of the toast - AND HAD TO HAVE ONE. then one wasn't enough. today, after my workout on my way to work i had to stop at home and make one for my lunch - and i had a piece of lasagna, au gratin potatoes, flounder and coleslaw with me for my lunch and dinner. but on my way out of the arsenal all i could taste in my head was grilled cheese and had to have one.

inspired by the toaster bag thread http://forums.egullet.org/index.php?act=ST...T&f=13&t=30747& i have been craving toasted cheese sandwiches for the last two days. had one for dinner last night and one for breakfast before i went to the hawkwatch. yesterday was my last piece of swiss cheese with some black forest ham on 7 grain bread. today land o'lakes white american on shoprite white and honey mustard. gotta go - johnnybird just got back from the big birthday dinner in poughkeepsie and we are having homemade vegetable noodle soup - and toasted cheddar sandwiches

can't find the link but there was an article about the chef and tandoori oven in the new wegman's in today's star ledger(maybe nj section?)

yeah, what fifi said the roasts can be used for sauerbrauten; the sausage used with chicken for jambalaya i am soooooo envious ps - the antlers can be mounted on a headband for halloween next year

dinner is in the oven as i type(and try to warmup from 7 hours on a hawkwatch with 20 mph sustained nnw winds and temps of about 3C )- ahhhh the bell just dinged roasted game hens scalloped potatoes with seriously sharp cheddar from cabot roasted green beans then a 101F jacuzzi to watch the lunar eclipse

this appears to be a trend even up here in the hinterlands. places i have been frequenting for years are now charging for unsweetened iced tea?!?! gotta get mike off to the side the next time i see him and ask - why

after i got to work - 2 cups of tea with sugar and a coffee with milk and sugar to thaw out then some split pea soup and 2 openfaced tomato and swiss sandwiches on whole wheat toast.... course breakfast was macaroni and cheese with healthy choice hot dog pieces but that's another thread

or from here(note the mix on the right which pertains to this topic) this may look familiar and set off another round of cravings..... http://www.lighterside.com/website/store/s...eyword=corn+dog

yeah,the microwave does do that. chicken soup with garlic and hot tea with honey and lemon. so sorry you all are sick. it's hard being the mom!! wish i could be there to help.

heather - hope you did better than i did on friday night. lost a tooth off my denture on a crusty mac and cheese

which is why all red sox and cubs fans make the best hawkwatchers we are used to disapointment and still have the patience to keep on doing what we do we live in hope and die in dispair next year........

so why the flip didn't you and rachel invite us over..... i'm a goy so i can turn the tv on i ignored the game......ate out and you can read about it on the nj board

french onion soup with roasted garlic croutons baby green salad more dry sack sherry to match the sherry that went into the soup trying out french vanilla pudding recipes for a friends 50th birthday party - with mandarin orange slices - just like she had to endure at camp

Don't know the reasoning behind it. I had always simmered then grilled. The nice lady behind the counter at Usingers asked me how I was going to cook them and suggested the opposite. All I know is I now prefer them that way, as do my friends. Why don't you and Sam do a controlled double blind experiment and report back on the scientific aspect of cooking brats. and invite me PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE johnnybird - for all his being 1/4 german has me skin his brats before he will eat them. i love him but...BARBARIAN

i want the eagle...\ rachel there are a bunch waving bears in my neighborhood - course they are reallly furry and walk around

funny rosie - all the people in sparta think this place and zoe's are WAYYYYYY overpriced. maybe why it was not filled. also the parking is horrendous. next time you and lowell are up this way let me know....

lou- this place is less than a mile from the main gate at picatinny. don't worry - i'll be visiting for lunch soon(is december soon?) and bringing a girlfirend of mine.