maggiethecat

Freddychef: What a truly interesting idea. Truly, keep us informed. I'd love to see your installation And glad to see you resurface!

We did this recipe too, a couple of nights ago. His Handsomeness was at the controls, and cooking geek that he is, he knows how I feel about pink pork. (But he didn't pull out the Instantread and test the recipe as you did.) Yuck. Disgusting. Botulism coming my way, and trichinosis. And leprosy . And certain death. But there is a wide area in there that isn't dead grey and isn't too pink. I find that if pork is even slightly marbled you can cook it well. It will be flavorful and juicy. Did you do the maple glaze? It was good. Best, lily

Have to agree with Awbrig. But: use it wherever a recipe calls for white vermouth and you will have interesting and better results.

Good thinking . And Sally's your Aunt. Great dilemma.

Sorry, Liz. Try as I do to keep up new members, I fumbled the ball here! So welcome again. And again.

Scottie: The mantle has fallen onto your shoulders. And I know you will be great. Post away, lad!

Liz: Hey, girlfriend, welcome aboard!

As succinct a portrait of England as I've ever read in a single sentence.

Absolutely. Swiss Chard "Bright Lights" was my favorite surprise last summer. "What the heck is that? A new kind of coleus?" The longer I garden, the less "serious" I am about planning. Hey, the gardener proposes, God disposes.

The mind absolutely reels. So does the intestinal tract!

I did manage to remember to sprinkle some poppy seeds around yesterday. Pushed some snow aside and sowed some red "Legion of Honor" in the tiny front garden. Still undecided about where to sitituate the pink Shirley poppy seeds, but should decide soon, so they can get their nice cold sleep in before spring. I am recommending an elegant little book called "A Garden from a Hundred Packets of Seeds." The author is James Fenton. It's a mini-rant against giving over to a totally planned, garden- architech, graph paper garden. It's newish, not sure if it's in paperback yet. And it contains descriptions of the said 100 packs of seeds. In "real" life, Fenton's a poet and critic.

It would be a swell idea! And we could put on a show! I think the Micky Rooney part is a natural for one of our Chicago members!

Thanks for the research and the tip. Newf is indeed a term of rough affection for the charming *really* people from The Rock. Newfoundlanders is probably the most politically correct. Newfies is the most commonly used slang term. Never used derogatorially in my family, at least. But often preceded by the word "crazy." Everywhere.

Love it love it love it

I think I've mentioned somewhere that in my late teens my parents gave me "drinking lessons", so that their daughter wouldn't grow up ordering rum and cokes. So then, as now, I pretty much drink like a businessman. For awhile, I did love that dry, fizzy Quebec hard cider you could buy at the depaneur. (St. Antoine Abbe?) It was cheap. And some people here would argue that a Seagrams martini is something I should have given up long since! (Note:Edited for obnoxious overuse of smilies)

Sorry if I implied that it was. My mother, who is a *no joke* good cook, made something from it last week. Heck, I consider a glossy, decenty written food mad a good way to spend alcohol tax maoney!

This is where I lost it. Not fair to make a Muffie do something as undignified as running to the john. You're good. I may have a few foodstuffs still to post....could you sharpen your chops on Hunter Thompson? No....easier , Hemingway. Not! Drieser. Many thanks, you cheeky thing,you.

Got it , Joe! Actually much as I've pronounced it. but much better explained. But accent on the last syllable, LAN, right?.

What Tommy said. And there is a terrific stock pot thread out there, pretty recent, last two weeks. Check out Jaymes's hints and recipes. And everyone elses good stuff.

Nerissa: You make many good points about the irritating layout of the Zuni Cafe Cookbook. They should have known better. Get it anyway. Cooking substance over good design here. We've been cooking from it since Christmas, and it's been a refreshing..and delicious experience.

Well, at least it was your brother's couch! Very bad to pass out and wake up not recognizing the furniture! Pronunciation in my parts growing up(Trois-Rivieres) was,( if I remember from my parent's Newfie chums), (something like): New fun LAN'.

Well, there's always the LCBO publication!

But, should Jaybee pop in, I'm sure he can find one! Again, thanks, Coastcat.

Archie: Saltine crumbs? Sorry! But the credit is all to Jaybee, for his perfervid imagination, and, it appears, choices in reading materials.

Absolutely, Mamster. A handsome, user-friendly cookbook.