Shelby

I just caught up on the last 2 episodes. Yeah, the potluck comment struck me weird, too.

I lost my Grammy on April 1, 2013. It's been really hard. This topic made me smile with remembrance this morning, though. My Grammy's cherry pie is legendary. Especially the crust. Light, flaky, buttery. I have tried and tried and have never been able to make crust like she does. I'd tell her all the time how wonderful it is and she'd brush it off and say "It's easy, no big deal, you can do it!" I sure miss her.

November 15th was my one month anniversary. I weighed and have lost 11 lbs. I remember when I was in high school I could lose 11 lbs. by skipping a meal. (not really, but I sure lost weight a heck of a lot faster back then.)

You could also make burger out of those tough leg parts. We do about 20% beef with 80% venison when we grind. We buy a really cheap beef brisket that has like 30-40% fat on it to grind with.

Can't wait to spend the week with you, MM!

Same here. For formal meals we fold the paper towels in a triangle. Oh, I am way more formal than you then. I fold ours into a square.

We use paper towels.

This is probably way off base, but is it Panaderia Canadiense?

Yep, I'd put it out of my mind. Have the wedding. Have the best day ever and enjoy the hell out of it. Then, I'd go to the laid-back manager next week and figure it out.

'Tis me again My husband shot a limit (2) of pin tail ducks on Sunday. Pin tails are like Teal only better. More tender….even less "gamey". Delicious. Here they are marinating in some poultry type seasoning after being brushed with olive oil. I then roasted them beginning at 450 degrees and then reducing to 425 after putting them in the oven. Took about 17-20 mins. Along with we had stewed, breaded tomatoes Farfalle pasta with shiitake mushrooms and spinach tossed with black truffle oil and parm cheese My husbands plate I had the same only tinier portions. Way tinier damn dieting. But, I was stuffed afterwards. Very rich and filling.

You can buy duck web (uncooked) here in stores in NYC. They are like chicken feet except boneless. I have no idea how they manage to remove the bones. dcarch So it is the webbed duck feet! Thank you I had the right guess. I bet I will never ever get a chance to try those.

Tell me about the duck web. What part of the duck is that? I have a guess, but I don't want to look silly lol. Or, rather, sillier than normal

In the fourth picture up are those sunflower seeds?

Mmmmmm cookies……*dieting sucks* My faves are Pepperidge Farm Pirouettes --any flavor and Fig Newtons.

Beautiful! Is that the traditional apple in it's mouth? I love brined pork. I bet that would up your flavor for next time.

Thanks, I will check this out! Where do you purchase nut flour? The grocery store in the big city has a selection of Bob's Red Mill products and I THINK I saw some there, but can you get it cheaper elsewhere?

As Basquecook says, they do that all over Mexico, too. At the taco trucks and food stands. Really an efficient way to serve everybody food on a clean "plate" when you don't have washing facilities. Hell, I should start doing this at home. Would save loads of time

Interesting!!!! I love seeing how they get the eggs on sticks. And, I'm glad to learn about the plastic covering over the bowls. I would have never known that and probably done a huge blunder by dumping the food off the plastic into the bowl!

Hi ya'll Pho Salad. Going to be eating lots of these. Venison chili Rueben and tots Taco salad. Sorry about my hand. Apparently I was starving and needed to reach for my fork immediately. More of my birthday Foie

Anyone tried the spinach shirataki? http://www.miraclenoodle.com/p-72-spinach-angel-hair.aspx

People at work requested cinnamon rolls. I made a big batch. Gave most to work. Froze one pan for us.

The shirataki noodles are the plain ones, not the tofu kind. Are the tofu kind better? I chose these because I thought the tofu ones had calories. Need to research that more. I actually did get one of those thingys that spiral cut zucchini over the summer. It was great when we had squash coming out of our ears. I used a half and half combo of veggie noodles and real pasta. It was pretty good, actually. I will have to get some from the store next time.

BUMP I'm on a mission to lose weight. I turn 40 October 10, 2014 and I want to be where I used to be weight-wise. I'm starting now because I want to have plenty of time to reach my goal. I figure if I put this in writing, I have to stick to my plan lol. In high school I weighed 95-100 lbs. I don't know if I can get that low again, but I'll be happy at 115-120. When I reach my goal, I'm treating myself. Maybe a trip somewhere. I haven't been anywhere for years. Maybe Vegas.....Anyway..... I'm making a lifestyle change (eating-wise). It seems like I'm always either losing weight or gaining weight because once I lose it, I go back to my old, carb-laden ways. Yes, folks, I am addicted to carbs. Or I was, I should say. When I was younger, I ate pasta morning, noon and night. I always thought that was ok. After all, there are no fat grams listed on the pasta package right? HA. Now, I'm wiser and know those sneaky carbs turn right to fat. I began on October 15, 2013. I weighed myself a few days ago and have lost 10 pounds in 21 days. Thank GOD because I have been trying so hard and would have been really depressed if the scale didn't show results. I have decided not to weigh very often, though, because it might discourage me. Instead I'm going by how my clothes are fitting and how I feel. My plan is as follows: No carbs or very very few carbs during the day. For our evening meal, I am trying to avoid carbs, but if we have sandwiches, I will have 1/2 a sandwich...or have the filling inside a lettuce wrap etc. I am eating a TON of salad. Salad, salad salad. Salad before eating the main meal at dinner. I will not, however, give up my wine. Yes, I know. I don't need to be told how carby it is. I can't give up everything or I will become a bitch lol. Disclaimer: I post pictures in the Dinner Thread. You will see carbs in these pictures. The carbs you see may or may not have been eaten by me. Most likely it will be my husbands plate, but I will be eating SOME carbs at night. Exercise. LOTS of it. A minimum of 45 mins a day on elliptical machine. More often than not I'm doing about an hour and a half. NO SKIPPING exercise. I am keeping track of food intake and exercise on an app on my iPhone called MyFitnessPal. It's free and it's damn handy. I put in everything I am eating throughout the day and all exercise (calories burned). I am trying to stay at 1200 calories and day. Obviously, the longer I exercise, the more I can eat or drink lol. My fridge is stuffed with veggies....cauliflower, broccoli, brussels sprouts etc. I need to look up the trick about using cauliflower as rice. Hmmm....might need to buy a ricer for that huh. A few last thoughts: Sweet stuff. I've never been much of a dessert fiend. Give me a plate of spaghetti and meatballs any day over dessert. Well, except for my Grammy's cherry pie, but you get what I mean. Anyway, now that the GREAT DIET has started. I. WANT. DESSERT. Sigh. The only thing I've found is sugar free jello (yuck yuck yuck, but when one is desperate, one sacrifices) and sugar free hot chocolate. Shirataki Miracle Noodles. Had my first taste just now for lunch. Made a little broth using dashi, sriracha, soy and nori. Put the noodles in. Not bad. Not bad at all. Best thing? I input my meal into my app. Only 5 calories from the nori. Minimal from the rest. I think these are best in Asian type dishes, but maybe I could put spaghetti sauce on them and try. Noodles were a bit....chewy?? Maybe I didn't cook them long enough. So, there ya go. That's my plan. Let's see if I can do it.

Oh basquecook, I shouldn't have read this without having some sort of breakfast. I'm drooling over all of these dishes. I would love to try the shredded tofu some day. Looks right up my alley. Keep the pictures coming, I can't wait to see more!

Oh dear. I'm definitely a diagonal sandwich cutter.