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  1. Heh. If I had a bunch of pastry chefs coming to *my* wedding, I think I'd ask them all to make a batch of their favourite thing and bring it, as their present to me. Then everybody could have a really gorgeous little taste of everything, lovingly and expertly made. And no pressure on you.
  2. Now that I think about it, a cream tea is a food-verb affair. "Tea" in the merry old UK is a meal, you have tea in the same way you have breakfast and dinner. And cream, is, of course, clotted cream. Which must be had with scones nd jam. So, I give you cream tea, with some allowances for the differeces between Britspeak and USpeak.
  3. pax

    Menu Atrocities

    There is a mom and pop Mexican joint in a town not too far away from me that sells "cheese queso" sauce in which to dip tortilla chips.
  4. I have an ice machine, the ice drops into a tray. Next to the tray is another tray, in which there is stashed Reese's miniatures. I have just understood that my kid thought there was a little machine in there making peanut butter cups. But it just goes to show you what a staple they are in my freezer.
  5. Pancake Breakfasts were a staple of growing up in my church. To this day if I smell cheap syrup I have to fight the urge to genuflect.
  6. My coffee grinder lives in the laundry room for just this reason. (Waking people up.) It's handy cause I just just keep the beans in the extra fridge in there and they don't keep getting shifted to the back. I have yet to allow myself to be seduced into an expensive grinder, I'm making do witha Braun which I have not managed yet to kill, in ten years, so I like that. What I wish is that someone had someone had sung to me of stove top espresso machines before I blew two grand on the monster machine currently sitting in my barn, useless.
  7. OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO vibes for you. Orgasms are good for stimulating labour. Just sayin' ETA: In the interests of keeping this in context, so does red raspberry tea.
  8. My husband tested positive for salmonella. Given that, and in light of the comments made here about public health safety, I opted to ring the Health Dept and let them decide what to do with it. Thank you all for your thoughts and tips.
  9. I'm sorry, I just have time for a couple of quick notes.. I edited my op to take out the ethnicity of the restaurant, lest it be construed as a slur. It was not intended as such. Thank you all for your hints on helping him feel better. The Pedialyte was an improvement of the sports drink, certainly, so thank you. I'm going to see if I can find activated charcoal, I've never even heard of using it. You are all right, of course, that I am not sure this meal is what caused the problem.However, I have not developed an issue and neither have either of my daughters or my farm manager, with whom I work cheek by jowl. I am not all that well and usually if anyone catches anything, I get it too. So far I'm ok. *knocks on wood* He is still having a problem retaining fluids for any length of time. I am driving him down to Kaiser today to see his doctor. I don't know what they will do or test for. Please understand I was not really looking to start a witch hunt or a health dept. issue. I really just wanted to know if it was worth mentioning it to the restaurant or whether or not I would just be blown off. I didn't want anything from them.
  10. We grabbed a quick lunch at a hole-in-the-wall joint in Leesburg, VA on Saturday afternoon about 2 pm. My husband had a roasted chicken sandwich, which he said was ok. He also shared the chip and salsa that came to the table with my daughter and I. My daughter and I then split a queso papusa. We all ate the same things, which I cooked, for about two days before. My husband woke up on Sunday morning and was sicker than a dog. It was not pretty. Ran a fever. Couldn't keep anything down until last night, and that was just chicken broth. I got more veggie broth and some dry toast into him about an hour ago and he's doing better. This guy usually has the constitution of an ox. And in the 7 years I've known him, he's never taken to his bed, so, I'm kind of wowed. I feel like I should call the restaurant and tell them. I don't want a thing from them, except for them to know what happened. It would be nice if it didn't devolve into anything uncivil. Is this a good thing to do? Bad? If you were a small greasey grill, would you even care?
  11. I've heard of Erectile Dys-Reston but I didn't know about the Ebola thing! ← Yeah, it was imported to the U.S. via some primates intended for a lab, about twenty years ago. Came in via Dulles and went to some facility in Reston. As far as I remember there were two deaths, but don't quote me. I think those people were immunocompromised or something. It's been a long time so I'm sorry if I'm not accurate. It turned out be a strain which had some tiny mutation so that it just happened to be non-lethal to (most) humans. It was also, I think, the first Ebola virus seen to be transmitted via air. So yeah, I go to Dulles, I think about those monkeys. I'm dragging livestock out of the same cargo holds. I like living. Washing my hands is a pretty small price. Not eating other people's warmed over spit seems an ok practice to me.
  12. I am 40. I remember my aunts being told to drink a glass of Guinness a day, courtesy of the National Health Service. One of my best baby shower presents was a huge mj bud from my women friends. In retrospect, given the temperment of this kid, I wish I had smoked it.
  13. I never, never, keep track of my cycle. Sad, but true. Doctors are always asking me and I'm always totally blank. And then I realized, I could check here. I am not sure this is a good thing. This month's yin and yang sweet and salty winner...Trader Joe's Dark Chocolate Truffles, Assorted. The BIG box. And hot, deep fried tortilla chips with James' salsa. I love that I buy this stuff apparently at some whim at some point in the month, and then bam, just when I need it, it's in the cabinet and it's exactly right. I wish I could be so good at getting organizing the rest of the stuff in my life.
  14. I did the totally crunchy granola eating thing with my first pregnancy. Whole foods, organic, perfectly balanced, no caffiene or alcohol. She was breastfed and lovingly introduced to homemade baby foods, etc, etc. This child eats crap at every given opportunity. She has some food allergy issues. Milk gives her shiners and chocolate gives her hives. In my second pregnancy, I did what I wanted, when I wanted. Onion rings dipped in chocolate shake, yup. Pizza with pineapple and onions, oh baby. Candied bacon on mashed potatos with cheddar and roasted garlic? Bring me more. Espresso? Maybe just one. This child eats nothing but veggies and protein, and she's so much cannier than the rest of us that it's a little scary. When she is hungry and I can't keep the veggies flowing, I am sometimes worried she will start eating the shrubbery, like a goat. She has an iron stomach and the spicier, the better. Your mileage may vary.
  15. ^ hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha Thank you for a bright start to my morning.
  16. 1. I think so. I've had double yolked eggs with the tell tale "mark" in them. If it's true that that red smear really is indicative of fertilization, than yes. 2. I've never seen twin chickens, and I've never had more chicks than I had eggs in the light box. I don't think so.
  17. I made a leap of faith on Harris Teeter's Traders French Roast Whole Beans and it was terrible. Never again. Ditto World Market's brand bagged French Roast Whole Beans which had WORMS in it. The truth is, I guess, that I'm so grossed out by what our food chain has become in general, I hate going into the grocery store, period. That said, the Safeway bakeries in our area makes an apple fritter which is heaven. I could eat a dozen of them.
  18. Well, see, I was just trying to 'splain to you I'm not really a germaphobe.
  19. My banties double yolk fairly often. My Rhode Island Reds do not. Same conditions, feed, etc. Go figure.
  20. Let me apologize for picking apart your post like this, I just wanted to make sure the point to which I was responding stood out. If you think I've missed something because I've cut it, feel free to whack me with it. I completely understand where you're coming from. Everybody has a different fine line between what's ok and what's not. The truth is, I DO worry about the kind of germs I can catch on the Metro. And I DO hate going through a shop hearing someone cough or sneeze what sounds like their last gasp when they are standing next to the apples. I hate it so much I am one of those whackos who carries anti-bacterial wipes out in public and I USE them. I live in Virginia. Every day people from all over the world are pouring through our airports. Did you know there is actually a strain of Ebola named for Reston, Virginia? Ebola Reston. The things that can incubate through the general public give me the shivers. On the other hand, last Sunday I had to deliver some sheep and I was supposed to be taking all wethers..(neutered boys). The only way to tell on wooly sheep (these were transients and so they weren't tagged properly) is to stick your hand under there and make sure it has male plumbing. So I spent an hour feeling up sheep and then wiped my hands on my jeans and opened up the Thermos. Yeah, I guess that's a little skitzoid.
  21. Just so's you know, a buttered and fried bacon sandwich is a staple of U.K. comfort food. Think the British version of mac-n-cheese or meat loaf and mashed potatoes. Think of the warm fuzzies you'd get watching Johnny Depp make you some chicken soup 'cause you have the tiniest case of the sniffles. That's what you were supposed to get out of the bacon butties, I bet. The adverts for this new show have made me wish I could get brown and nekkid in the sunshine. Winter stinks.
  22. Hey hey! That worked! Look at the pretty bagel! Yes, I am a geek.
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