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Yes, please do! And they say being a plongeur builds all kinds of character.

Thanks, Sparrow, I'll PM you. But your brother did so well delivering those amazing eggs that maybe he's like some driving company next time he returns to the 'Ville?

A sad coda to my previous post about Skunks as Slug Control. The big puppy next door killed Daddy Skunk last night. Call me a sentimental fool, but I'll miss him. And so will Mama and the sweet little baby skunks. (The air cleared about 4:00 am)

Running downstairs for paper towel. Thanks, Dean.

Word. Matthew, (or guajolote) tell us about what's happening in GR. Is there anything foodie of note coming up that we could tie this to? Not that any of us need a reason to get together and eat, drink and be merry. Some lucky ducks of us might be going to Varmint's, so, although October is my Main Month, we might want to do something in September. And yes, Ontarians, Grand Rapids isn't too long a poke.

Yes, gentle innocent you! Our ears were burning, right Nero? I'm broke too, which is why I didn't make it. Unlike Nero (who come to think of it, would be the best babysitter on the planet!) I would probably corrupt your little ones. Now, catsitting, OTOH. THe Hopleaf serves food?

Ok, Eric and Matthew, you couple of Midwestern Wags: Trip as in the light fantastic (or fandango.) And if muskrats are allowed a love life, why not skunks? Matthew, they're very, very discreet. But yes, baby skunks are awful cute little additions to our tiny ecosystem. Trust me: slugs=0.

There is only one sure-fire way I know to get rid of slugs, and I realize that it is 1)impractical, 2)potentially dangerous, especially to dogowners. Get skunks. How they seem to love all those grubs and slugs! We have a married couple of the varmints who trip across our patio at dusk every night; they've been doing it for three years. No, I'm not sure it's the same couple. They ignore us and the cat (Although they are within a two foot radius of us!) and root around happily on the lawn and in the garden. Since they have joined the family unit slugs=0.

Oh shit. I could be in Big Trouble Here!

OK, ladies and gents: I had to miss out on this, so someone has to Tell All. Because no one has yet makes me think that the beer was extensively quaffed, and you're all pulling together those tasting notes. (And I want to hear about the cheese.)

Congratulations on your Golden Gully, ballast_regime. This was a tough contest to judge, because I cracked up at almost every entry. A real embarras de richesse I'd like to add some Honorable Mentions here to those who are inelegible: my fellow Contributors, the Mods and Affiliates. (And the Rockers too.) Andy Lynes: "Of course presentation is paramount in my style of cuisine. After all, we eat first with our eyes, n'est ce pas?" Varmint: "If the Perlows want larb balls, I'll give 'em the goddam larb balls." Fat Guy: "It's like making tuna salad with a condom on," complains Agnes Buford, president of International Sisterhood of Lunch Ladies Local 242 in Wayne, New Jersery. "And don't get me started on the hairnet." But thank you all. The caption contest will become rotating feature of the Smackdown. Now get your twisted minds and clever pens over here:Seeking Professional Help

Yes it is, BD. Especially if you intend to cook it!

39, 142. Thanks, Kristina.

Welcome, to eGullet, Kristina. Yes, Valli's is awesome, from both the quality and pricing standpoints, and we shop there once or twice a week. Thanks for posting the link. It's another perfect example of why there is almost zero reason (maybe catfood on sale, or paper towels) to shop at a major grocery store chain in the Chicagoland area.

Hobbes, I know you're not doing any such thing. I was having a little vent! Let the discussion continue.

Yes. And yes. I grew up on Molson Ex. This is a completely mainstream beer, like say, Bud. But...whassup? It actually has some taste and body. (call it skunky or funky if you like. I call it tasty.) Jason: For that remark, the RCMP will be storming New Jersey quickerthanthis. If they find a case of Blue in the fridge, you might get a mere slap on the wrist.

Americans are fat because we sit on our fat asses, or lie on our backs, 22 hours a day. Ir doen't matter whether the fat comes from Taco Bell or Daniel, it's physical laziness that is, IMHO, the reason we're fat.

My fellow Hon, Eric: Heaven forfend! Mrs. David rules. My comment, referring to the preface to de Pomianes's cookbook was "The Icy Prose Goddess of English Food Writing, " but I also said this piece alone was worth the price of the book. Icy can work, if you're a Prose Goddess! 38, 970.

Go for it, Allen. 38,521. Yeah, talk about a furtive bunch! These are just cookbooks! Remind your SO that you could be sneaking in things much more disreptutable.

Although sometimes I think that half the businesses in Chicago 'burbs are either Hooters or, er, "Gentlemen's Clubs" I have been to neither, and doubt that I ever will. But: A kid who worked for me dated a Hooters girl. In the wintertime they were allowed to wear a long-sleeved shirt , because, well, it can get cold and draughty here in the Windy City. The girls would try this once, and return to skin-tight tank tops on their next shift, because tips went down an average of 40% if more flesh was covered up! (Tommy: Thanks for a handy masturbation euphemism I'd never heard of. )

Tommy, you suck! Hobbes, see ya tomorrow. (Sorry...being silly. You're right, Thomas.)

Screaming Yellow Zonkers.

Do I recall something called a Dilly Bar? Was it the name of that cookie ice cream sandwich?

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