Marlene

pixel, our tastes run about the same (except for the mustard. I like all kinds of mustard ). I don't get caviar and I don't much like oysters either. Can't stand raw fish. And I can't eat truffles even if I wanted to

No, no! I am not exactly ready for the pro tour either! I only took up golf a couple of years ago, and I've only had a few lessons. I'm not very good, but I love to play. Fortunately, my husband is a patient man, so it's always a pleasure to golf with him. However, for those who are fanatical about the game, I'm not the right person to golf with Some come along Weka, we'll golf together. Who cares as long as we have fun!

Sounds like a great plan. Perhaps I could join you for a round of golf, if I get all the other items taken care of! How about an eGullet golf outing? I'm trying to think of a place where you could get good chow. Of course, we could forget about the food and go down to Pinehurst, which is but an hour away. I could get us a good deal at Pine Needles, home of the Women's US Open next year. That sounds great! We'd love to play golf with other egulleters

We are now officially, offically in. I asked hubby on the weekend if he wanted to go, and he said, sure why not? . The plan right now is to fly in Thursday, perhaps golf on Friday and pig pick on Saturday. Yahoo!

Here's the first of this thread's recipe's. Hummus. I'm just on my way out to catch my flight to Montreal, but I'll get the rest of them when I get back on Sunday! (If anyone else does so, please let me know, so I don't duplicate ) Thanks!

That's not the point. I've just started looking at hotels. I'll likely book the flight over the weekend.

No fair, I'm coming from another country

well then? If I can come from Canada , surely you can come from NY? Please?

I'll wear my cowboy boots and overalls. Oh wait, that's for Houston. Never mind, I'll bring my hoop skirt and parasol - I'll be leaving my Czar's tiara at home

Same time zone. And they even have electricity down there to power the clocks. All right all right. I told you I dont' know this stuff. I'm bringing butter tart squares if they let me bring them over the border Or I could just make them in your kitchen Varmint Mi kitchen, su kitchen, Senora Marlene! Although mi kitchen does sucketh a bit. By the way, do they have moose or polar bear pickin's up there in the great white north??? muchos gracias Senor . They don't take very long to make. I'll pm you for a list of things I'll need Or point me to the nearest grocery store Well I think polar bears on the protected list, so not them, and moose isn't really a pickin kind of animal, although when the huntin boys get together during the season, anything can happen. We do however have some mighty fine pig pickin's up here - when it thaws enough for everyone to come out of their igloos of course

Same time zone. And they even have electricity down there to power the clocks. All right all right. I told you I dont' know this stuff. I'm bringing butter tart squares if they let me bring them over the border Or I could just make them in your kitchen Varmint

Cookies. Warm from the oven. cinnamon rolls (ok techically bread, but still)

Hey I was just checking flights, and it's only an hour and a half flight from Toronto. Are we in the same time zone? I know nothing about this stuff!

Blondie! And Claire! And Maggie! And Marlene! And Katie! OMG - a Chickfest! How incredibly FUN!! Okay - let's coordinate outfits - what should we all wear??? Look out egullet, the Girls are comin to town. Please, please no hot pants! But by all means, let's coordinate - (hot pink is not really my colour )

Are there any hotels nearby?

whew!

Here is smallworld's recipe for Japanese Curry (i'm slowly making my way through the forums . Sooner or later, I'll get em all )

You go Varmint. What's a pastie I thought those were the little things strippers wore. If you're eating those, you won't gain much weight, but you might get a headache from Mrs. Varmint

These recipes have been added to the archive Caramel Sauce by Really Nice! Cashew Caramel by Michael

my husband too! I'm working on it though

Caramel Sauce This recipe is from Really Nice! 1 c sugar 1/2 c butter (1 stick) 1/4 c water 1/4 tsp salt 1 tsp vanilla extract In a large saucepan add sugar, butter, water and salt. Cook about 10 minutes; stirring constantly to prevent burning. You want the mixture to start turning a light brown. When this happens remove mixture from heat, add vanilla and stir. Careful, it will bubble up. Allow to cool to near room temperature for it to thicken up. Keywords: Dessert, Sauce ( RG514 )

I'm such a sucker for this type of stuff I wonder if they ship to Canada. They do ship to Canada, but you have to call them to order: click on "Customer Service" and then "International Orders". these arrived today. I also got the port decanter port while I was at it

Has anyone bought one of these? I'm in the market for something like this. My kitchen Aid ovens do have temperature probes, but the problem is, the temperature doesn't show on the oven display until it hits 130. If I'm taking beef out of the oven at 135 for example, that gives me about 10 minutes to get everything else together. And it doesn't beep when it gets to 130 either so all of a sudden, the meat hits 135, the oven shuts off and now I'm really scrambling!

BA has the best meals I've ever tasted on a plane. I've generally given up on airplane meals, and bring something for myself. Not because the meals are so bad (even though most of them are) but because of my mushroom allergy. Airlines have a dismaying tendency to put mushrooms in every main dish they make. No matter how often I tell them about the allergy, it never fails. Something arrives on my tray with a mushroom in it. Special meals are no good to order in this instance either, since most of them have mushrooms in them too. BA was the single exception to this rule. I told them, they paid special attention to what I got. Since an airplane would be a bad place to die of an anaphalactic attack, I generally avoid their food.

Sometimes a martini before dinner. Usually filtered water, or a glass of red wine for me, white for hubby. Never soda of any kind.