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since we will be heading up to poughkeepsie tomorrow, john to see his grandmother who is suffering from congestive heart failure and me to do the cooking for the crew, this sounds like a great idea

cheeseburger made with laura's beef and mcadam's cheddar on white toast with ketchup and miracle whip it seemed a good idea at the time

last night - shrimp, endive and artichoke salad with a tarragon vinaigrette over mixed greens tonight - pork medallions with a dried cherry port sauce, spaetzle, green beans

rachel - all depends on how the birds are flying(this is right during peak broadwing hawk migration). don't count me as an eater since the earliest i could get there, unless it is raining, would probably be 4:30 or so. how does winner's circle pie with bourbon whipped cream sound?

golf shmolf. we're hittin the Hitching Post after lunch. The Hitching Post? Is that one of those quickie wedding places? I usually try to steer clear of such places... no, rp - it's one of those places that guys take stacks of dollar bills to..... guess i'll skip that part of the entertainment

fri 18th at 1:30 works for me since friday is a day off... and i do play golf as well - shall i bring my bag?

some of the people i talk to at state level(up till this year i was a volunteer with nj fish and wildlife and did most of my time with nongame and endangered species - as well as being a natural resource volunteer with picatinny arsenal) and on post feel it is a combo of a few things - two years ago we had a bumper crop of mast - acorns and other bear goodies - more food more chances of survival for babies. then last year with the drought the bears that had survived the winter became a bit more aggressive with their interactions with humans since they were hungry. you still also have some dopes who live in the middle of bear alley who think nothing of leaving their garbage out all the time. one of our neighborhood bears habitually goes to two houses on the street for this reason - and we have a picture of him sitting back on his rump with a slice of pizza in his paws!! what is upsetting about the sows are many of them are delivering cubs but the mother's weight which should be in the 250+ area is now ranging in the 125-200 area which means her cubs are at a bigger risk of not making it - though that may be a good thing = maybe just the beginning of the down swing of the cycle up here in the north there has also developed a "green belt" of interconnected trails what can take you from the new york border through passaic, morris, sussex and warren counties without having to cross large highways - seems the bears like these better than the deer paths since they are a bit wider to accomodate us humans. yeah, the yahoo hunters that come up from the city do scare me a bit - had to deal with them in upstate new york. as far a drugging and relocating them - i think that might have worked a few years ago but WHERE can we send them? my friends in the catskills don't want them. central part of pa? maybe. perhaps the pine barrens but then you are dealing with the introduction of a nonestablished species into an ecosystem which really upsets the balance - think about swans(imported from England and probably more edible than bear) which have pretty much driven out the native whistling and tundra swans

me, too! me, too!

the latest numbers we were given up here(morris county/sussex county border) were about 1200 for a four county area - morris, sussex, warren and passaic. the bears here don't roam up into new york state that much and they den up here in the mountains. what is more worrisome is that the females that might have one or two cubs each year have had an average of 4-5 per litter the last two years. there have been more and more bears losing their fear of human habitation and breaking into houses. in my town over the last two years there have been bear attacks on all kinds of farm animals: sheep, chickens, horses, as well as domestic pets like rabbits and dogs. we regularly have 3 bears in our neighborhood including a male which runs about 650 lbs. don't know if i would eat one - do know that something needs to be done.

4 limes - .50 2 lemons - .50 3/4 lbs mixed baby greens - 1.75 2/3 plum tomatoes - .75 apple tree in wharton today ps - tommy sorry about the beer

just sitting down with a glass of iced lillet rouge with a twist of lime john left for a concert/camping and i'm single for the next two nights so i'm making stuff he wouldn't touch: resting in the fridge till i get the grill cleaned later are: lamb burgers to be served with onion pita, a cumin tsatsiki sauce and tomato concasse mixed greens with olives, peppers and feta dressed with a lemon vinaigrette dessert is watermelon chunks macerating in a prosecco - hmmmm may just chuck those guys in the freezer then the blender i already have my eye on a nice piece of tuna with which to make a grilled tuna nicoise salad for dinner tomorrow

used two new and one old recipe baked halibut with sage butter pasta salad with sundried tomatoes, minced shallots, organic tomatoes, salad peppers, and capers green beans with sesame sauce

german potato salad stuffed eggs(ok deviled is you like mustard) big spinach salad muffalettas grilled chicken and sun dried tomato sausages tomato and mozzarella salad carrot raisin salad mexican coleslaw - with jicima, jalapenos and mangoes with a lime vinaigrette i work till 9 thurday night then have to be back to work 9 saturday morning. john is camping out with his siblings and firends after seeing neil young at spac in new york. katie- enjoy cape may and may you have a warm, balmy, sunny weekend i think i'll just take some time to sit near our little lake and, if it's nice, maybe take the canoe out on it....

since I am out in the public at a reference desk i only have my Sparta Public Library cool cup with cold water in it. downstairs in the bottom drawer of my file cabinet - healthy choice soups(about 5 differenct cans) diet snapple orange carrot and pink lemonade annie's organic mac and cheese a fine assortment of individual chocolate pieces all who work with me know where the food is and they are welcome to anything - as long as they replace it actually has saved me from time to time such as when my boss threw away the chinese food i had gotten the day before and left me with no dinner....except for my stash another coworker delved in when she had to go to the dentist for an emergency visit and couldn't eat the salad she had brought for lunch but a can of vegetable beef soup helped her get through the day

sounds wonderful - as long as i can get there a little late (like after the hawks stop flying for the day). i have a pull-out couch if someone wants to crash instead of driving too far back oh... and for Rock, tommy and lou - you can alsways check out high heels on 15 south - they're almost done with the renovations and the kitchen is now open - or at least that's what their new sign says

yup - plagarized geogre carlin...at least he has good taste.

food - no champagne and sex - oh, yeah

chunked ham or finely chopped chinese sausages, green onion, bamboo shoots,water chestnuts, fresh mango, sesame oil or andouille sausage, chicken, red and green peppers, onions or onions, asparagus tips, shallots, garlic, water chestnuts, a little hoisin mixed with chicken stock actually fried rice has become my husband's favoirte breakfast and he's soooooo happy as long as there is sesame oil

since we bought the downstaris bar a refrigerator we are NEVER out of beer. that said there are a half dozen coronas, two tetley's and two boddington's in the can with the widget, one pacifico, and a bottle each of a riesling and tott's.

do the same for an hour or so. add shredded carrot, jicima(if yo can find it kris), raisins, chopped nuts and a cooked dressing

nope - repeat of NOLA which had me laughing as much as the first time. actually went on a bayou tour for our third anniversary and maybe the reason the alligators are said to taste like chicken is because the tour operators call the gators to the boats then feed them chicken....

single for the weekend - john went up to spac to see the dead play it is freaking raining STILL - cool and damp so i did what i had to do and made macaroni and cheese. today is a party for a friends son's graduation - perhaps we will be able to grill but my assignment is for german potato salad, stuffed eggs and winner's circle pie(nonalcoholic since they are lds) tomorrow more rain - i feel a roasted chicken with freshly picked sage coming on....

or the east end of long island - same time frame

rachel- before my mama started "oven frying" her chicken all she used when doing fried chicken was lard. course she also made her pie crusts with that geen and white box, too. and she made the best lemon meringe pie ever.....

well, for what it's worth in northwestern n.j. i use pre-unic in dover for latin foods captain fresh in roxbury for asian (my pocky dealer) c & s in netcong for italian bombay market in kenvil for indian