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This really cuts the cheese, Andy! Joseph Pujol, the great French Petomane of the nineteenth century, always ended his act by extinguishing a candle. But, sadly, never knew "Da Doo Run Run."

Er...remember "The Glory Hole", Wells and North Avenue? As a very naive newlywed, I suggested grabbibg a drink there...just for a change from the Old Town Ale House. A gay friend of my husband's pulled him aside and said "Do. Not. Take Her. In there." Ah, the Alehouse....

Cold pizza is great, straight from the refrigerator, at like 8AM. To be young again. And she is. Lucky Nero.

I tend to go for whatever leftover I have been vitrtuously saving for another meal. The handheld stuffed pork chop at 1:00 am? Life doesn't get much better.

Er, not! "You're an asshole, motherfucker!" Easy as pie. Same sentence, even!

That's wonderful, Marlene. Really.

Deep jealous sigh. 24, 267.

It's Friday, so that means the Deadline Cometh. Midnight, Adverbial Punsters! Midnight in a time zone of your choice.

Congratulations to The Camille, and to Spencer and Batgrrrl as well. And my thanks to everyone who has entered. One eGullet T shirt is heading your way, Camille! PM me your particulars and I'll make sure Jason takes it to the Post Office himself.

26, 734. Cystal, you bring up a whole new train of thought here. If I were placing recipes end to end, not cookbooks, I could probaby be having dinner at St. John tonight.

Thanks, tighe. 26, 550. That is a whole lotta cookbooks!

Two for me, two for Marlene. 26, 466.

Amazon got my order yesrterday.

Remove shirt, the cat o' nine tails is on its way. Lack of contrast, already? Very Symposium, Dean! Did you ask for the sweet and hots? You shouldn't compare, G. Pastrami ain't a Chicago beef. It's good, mind you, but you aren't comparing apples and oranges. Gad, no picture of Emory? Could stunt the kid's growth!

Interesting idea. Rhubarb!

Cool. Welcome to eGullet twodogs. (Which breed?)

In a heartbeat.

Nightscotsman: I will buy that book! Thanks for the recommendation. Really.

Yes, what's up with that? One is not aspiring to the heights of pastrychefdom with any of these cakes. They are not that hard to bake. And I don't think I've had anything but a grocery store sheet cake at a birthday party for the last couple of years. I just pass on it. Ah...Lady Baltimore Cake!

And Boston Cream Pie...see related thread. And Burnt Sugar Cake? And Orange Chiffon Cake? Tomato Soup Cake? Damn, it was good. Remember the recipe booklet that came with your mother's Sunbeam Mixmaster? I used it for The Jiffy Two Egg Cake; probably the first thing I ever baked. It wasn't very good, but it gave me the confidence to move on to the Good Stuff, like Devil's Food with Seven-Minute Frosting. Oh...and Queen ELizabeth Cake. Any others you would like to see on a dessert platter, as an alternative to something dusted in Green Tea?

Meatloaf, Baby!

No Claire, I haven't. Not recently. But then, there is so much pastry creativity now that I suppose old favourites get jettisoned. Another thread, maybe. Classic cakes that need resurrecting. Spice Cake. Anyone remember Spice Cake? Hmmm...chocolate layers. Could be good, but it's not really BCP, is it? Perhaps ACP?

I love rhubarb in all its delightful guises. Plain's best, but a few strawbs....no prob. Jim...the roasting in olive oil is intirguing and new to me. I'll definitely try it. Thanks.

Louisa: Hollywood says it all here. Welcome!

Panko rules. Period. And so does rice wine vinegar.