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suzilightning

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  1. 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
  2. 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?)
  3. suzilightning

    Venison

    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
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    Dinner! 2003

    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
  5. 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
  6. 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
  7. 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
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    Dinner! 2003

    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.
  9. suzilightning

    Dinner! 2003

    heather - hope you did better than i did on friday night. lost a tooth off my denture on a crusty mac and cheese
  10. 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........
  11. 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
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    Dinner! 2003

    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
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    Bratwurst

    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
  14. i want the eagle...\ rachel there are a bunch waving bears in my neighborhood - course they are reallly furry and walk around
  15. 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....
  16. 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.
  17. ok - so i lied...er changed my mind. after a bad 24 hours(my personal october curse kicked in and i lost a tooth off my dentures - eating my homemade macaroni and cheese), a full day at work and an hour on the hawkwatch i decided i wanted soft comfort food - lasagna so i decided to try Il Dolce Vita. walked in and there was a deuce and a four top. the space has been slightly reconfigured and painted to look like the outside of a stuccoed house with columns and vines. guess i caught all the staff off kilter(single female?) because i had to tell at least three people "one for dinner". was seated at the furthest table in the place under a ficus tree so i swapped to the seat opposite. i barely sat down and hadn't looked at the menu when an older waiter asked if i wanted something to drink. no thank you, i haven't even seen what is available. no lasagna - it's only on the lunch menu time to regroup.... a small plate of marinated vegetables and bread was brought to the table. i thanked the young lady but said she could keep the bread and butter(i am not a bread eater) so i don't know if it was hot or not i love calamari so ordered that as a starter. also ordered shrimp on grilled zucchini with mushrooms in a wine sauce. DO NOT ORDER THE CALAMARI. about 3/4 of it was inedible pieces about 1/2" thick and chewy as rubber bands. the pieces were lightly battered and fried, served with a marinara sauce and a wedge of lemon. when the plate was removed i was asked if i wanted the remainder to go but i said no. i felt uncomfortable saying that they tasted like small pieces of rubber. they were very solicitous - did i want some soup, perhaps a salad or a different starter. at least 3 different people stopped by to ask. guess i'm odd but when i get a taste in my brain i find it difficult to make substitutions. the entree was lovely. 4 u-12 shrimp grilled, 3 slices of zucchini also grilled with the mushrooms and wine sauce. the sauce was so good i was sorry i hadn't kept the bread basket so i could soak it up with some. the only odd thing was they were served with two small slices of carrot and one small brocolli spear and mashed potatoes. i would have liked to see rice instead of the potatoes but i guess that is the american part of the italian american equation. 2 of the gentlemen who had stopped by previously came back to see if this was to my liking. the bill came to 18 plus tax(the calamari was removed from the bill) - i tipped on the total before the appetizer was removed. it is byo and i would try it again(they have some fish dishes that look interesting). maybe with john
  18. i found this in my paper catalog - thn in the online one. maybe it will help all the corn dog cravers http://www.lighterside.com/website/store/s...eyword=corn+dog
  19. actually they use a miracle whip - i asked because i don't like mayo. the chicken they offered(not the wings though) was broasted as i remember. really moist. but wings.......
  20. I just caught this. I've been in Dale's Market a hundred times and I like it fine, but I must be missing something. What is their secret specialty that puts them in the top 20? probably the coleslaw, potato salad and wings. when we used to go up to sunrise(before johnnybird started our hawkwatch) we would stop there for a takeout picnic lunch before hitting the mountain.
  21. no- they took the spot next to shoprite that sonny's was in. stopped by and looked at the menu. looks like all the other italian-american joints in the county. veal, pasta - choose your type and choose your sauce, lasagna, etc. prices run in the 6-9 range for appetizers and salads, 10-15 for plates sorry rosie - i'd rather pop over on mount pleasant ave and go to east cafe for pho, sushi, or dumplings - then hit up grapevine fine wines.
  22. cool - hope all arrive healthy and happy. keep the pics coming so we can live vicariously through them. a wedding tomorrow(brother-in-law - i give it 3-6 months tops before she dumps him) for which i am doing the major foods other than anything on a grill( no not bbq or smoked - these people think you put meat over fire and that's it). this is the only thing that would have gotten me off a hawkwatch - oh, so very reluctantly - other than rain. wish i were there with a sea breeze or a glass of bel castel in my hand. let us know when the video hits the airwaves and make copies for us "yankees" take care all
  23. Boston fans rioting??? Sheesh, must be some bad New York influence blowing in the air... not ny - sounds more like dee-troit on halloween. growing up on eastern long island with soooo many cousins in leominster, melrose, malden i am a sox fan through and through(we live in hope and die in despair). living in northern nj is a pain - especially when dissed by yankee fans(well, i guess if you can BUY the best...) don't know what is available near fenway but will be going down to the local bar that has a sign outside that says "beat the beans out of boston" with my red sox hat tomorrow to harass any and all i can.... cubs vs sox in the series - as martha would say(before being indited) - it's a beautiful thing
  24. not quite that time for me yet i am craving buffalo winds and a salad. maybe tomorrow, after the hawkwatch, i'll have to hit up the moose for an order and a brew
  25. Updating the statistics... We now have, what?, 1120 views on this thread. I am adding ambra to the list. That makes 4. fifi- i only wnat one from outside the wal-mart in new boston tx. shoot - i KNEW we should have stopped when we were through there last april.
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