maggiethecat

Thank you, thank you, for coming up with the name of Holmes's inamorata! Yes, the incomparable Irene...pronouncing of course, the final e. (I've been trying to place it for a couple of hours now; each birthday makes me surer that part of my brain is playing in some farther field!)

Oh, accuse me not of this particular crime! Breaded pork tenderloin in any of its delightful guises is never to be hastily dismissed. Have you tried this particular recipe, Priscilla? If you have, and you give it the thumb's up, I'll make it this week! It's just the thought of a three pound tenderloin floured, roasted over a coarse mirepoix and some wine for an hour and a half , then breaded and returned to the oven...seemed like a long, long time. Didn't Wolfe actually go to Montenegro? "The Black Mountain" maybe? Yes, I loved the thing about Nero being Sherlock's son. Good thing it ain't "Catcher in the Rye!"

Word. Nice to get commendations from the Guys Themselves! (Nero...let Fritz cook...don't burn yourself!) And KNorthrup: Thanks for the edit. Appropriate indeed.

Sigh. You are the Luckiest of Women.

Yes, that makes sense! Wow...I'll say 11 per foot. 3333. 37,485.

Ms. Wolfert: Actually, this sounds rather, well, glamormous. Using my arbitrary measurement of 12" per cookbook...that's 303. 34,455.

34,152. 6.46 miles.

The only items that weren't on the list were the Ramen Noodles at five cents a bag...and I'm beginning to feel guilty that I haven't shipped a case to Sam in jail. elfin: The store in question is about five minutes from my house on Rte. 59. It's located in the town of West Chicago, which has a sizable Hispanic population, and is run by two brothers of Greek descent in their 20's/30's. (Actually, I did an interview with them, pix and everything, which I really should write up.) The meat is impeccable, the store crowded and immaculate. The brothers have an interesting philsosophy:"We're not going to have toilet paper or Fruit Loops as our loss leaders. We discount what our customers actually want to buy!" Skirt steak is 1.99 a pound a couple of times a month.

Thank you, sl. I'll have to wipe off my monitor now. But what about the sugar and the corn and potatoes and stuff?

I started a thread about comparative food prices a couple of months ago, and it sank like a stone, (or a ten pound watermelon.) As a matter of fact, I can't find it anymore. So this is Mark II. I'm looking at a receipt from the West Chicago Farmer's Market that accompanied three bags of food that came in the front door a couple of hours ago. Total: $5.31. I'm interested in what a similar haul would cost you in Portland or Manhattan or Atlanta or Houston. 30 limes 3 pounds (really nice) new white potatoes 20 packages Maruchan Ramen Noodle Soup Mix (He likes them) 6 fresh flour tortillas 5 lbs. sugar 3 ears corn 1 can Jumex Plum Nectar This doesn't have to be an item-by-item comparison. But what would $5.31 buy you on a stop on the way home from work?

Yes. Maybe the Wednesday installment?

Thank you, your Neroness. (One seventh of a ton is bigtime bouncing!

33,431. And welcome to eGullet, Marmish.

Only if you decide not to bother with the water and the flavour packet and eat them dry from the package. Yum. Crispy carbs.

Unseemly, I know, to comment in the official pre-decision phase...but (perhaps close to home?) ROTFLMAO. Edit: Never learned to type.

33,391 Heather...your grandmother had a pretty sizeable collection.

Yes, fifi, they do..and they are eating up the bedroom bookcases! Ok, with you and cheffie...31,331

Yeah, yeah Kris. We know you're in total denial. Thanks, Paul...I'll make it 40. 31,265

I'm pushing this back up to the top because we have several new faces here who haven't yet counted their cookbooks. Anyone else aquired a new one recently? Humming: "Hey Jude..."

Thanks, Jon, I have done so. And may I reiterate: There are always two threads per competition, one to announce it, and another on which to post entries! I give the link to the entries thread on the announcement thread. No one's disqualified for posting in the wrong place...but it sure makes the judging neater if we keep all your Good Stuff together. Merci.

I have a friend who's a macrobiotic. She doesn't eat meat, chicken, fish, white flour, sugar or preservatives. She's pale, sickly, and exhausted just from looking for something to eat. She can eat wicker." Paula Poundstone

LOL! Last time guajolote served his legendary pork butt Aurora, Lady T. and I barely let it get to the table! We huddled around the poor man and had a do-it-yourself shredding party...the shreds ending up in our mouths immediately!

"People have been cooking and eating for thousands of years, so if you are the very first to have thought of adding lime juice to scalloped potatoes, try to understand that there must be a reason for this." Fran Lebowitz

Eric: Click the eGullet link to amazon. They have six copies, from the low, low price of $2.00.

A fellow E.F. Benson Fan! Although I miss Lucia and Georgino mio, I read "Secret Lives" a little while ago and giggled a lot.