elyse

Did I end it? Damn...!

do they? as paul suggests, there have been 17 people sent to death row in the last 27 years or so. the odds are pretty slim that even one was due to a "mistake." i'm guessing that more people have been executed on death row in the movies and on TV in the last 27 years than have actually been executed. but if you have some numbers on how many people have even been suspected of having been executed for a crime they didn't commit, or by some mix-up or mistake, feel free to share with the class. no one here knows, i'm sure, but perhaps there's a "rule" or "law" or whatever it is saying that each inmate is guaranteed *one* meal of his/her choice while on death row. perhaps that nice man got an extra one, in which case, it wouldn't be petty at all. suddenly "da man" was being generous. all i know is, i'm not in prison, as i haven't committed any crimes against mankind (or at least i haven't been caught), and i can have a cheeseburger whenever i want...although i have to pay for it. I believe that was 17 people in NJ, Tommy. I don't have any numbers, but if I have time in the near future, I'll try to find some. I do know that I keep hearing about them over the years. Or about people who have been incarcerated for 40 years when "new evidence" is "uncovered." It's outrageous. Saying that each inmate gets the last meal of their choice is misleading. It is their choice of what they have on hand in the prison cafeteria. As the article said, OCCASIONALLY will they go out of their way to get something from outside. So, they're really not bending over backwards for this last hoorah. And of course fictional death occurs more frequently. Sympathy sells. BIG time. Eat a cheeseburger, Tommy, and be happy.

But they do get there by holes in the legal system and mistakes. How many people have been executed falsely? Once is too many. Twice is time to stop. I'm sure no one on death row wants your sympathy.

It's just a fucking burger for Christ's sake. Or whatever the meal is, it'll be, in all probability, the last, or one of the last, he'll ever eat. Imagine that? It's not like they're letting him lose in a brothel or letting him go to a "hedonism" vacation spot. They're killing the guy before he'll have time to digest the food he's just eaten. And imagine having two false alarms the mornings of the execution? I might want to be killed to stop the suspense.

I just watched a segment from Jacques Torres' Valentine's special, where he visits a chocolatier in Paris... Jean Paul Hevin, I believe his name was, and he used several cheeses in his chocolates.

That is truly horrible. Pack of assholes.

Das my usual butter Steve. I'd even buy it when I could only find it inblocks. Thankfully they quarter it now. Mine was $4.29 the other day.

Where is the Normandie butter at Costco?

Hazardous Material suit. What they wear in nuclear waste disposal facilities. Sorry to be a pain in the ass, but a haz mat is just the hazerdous material part, and it can be anything from decaying food/waste to pesticides to building materials etc.. You can don the suit if you see fit.

European butter is for the most part cultured, and American butter for the most part is sweet. This, I think, explains much about the taste difference. I've heard their vegetation has a lot to do with it too.

Yes please!

Simmer dried figs in simple syrup with ginger and lemon zest. Mmmmm. A little sour cream or creme fraisch to garnish... damn that's good dried fruit.

Why don't you screw the magnet to the butchers bock?

I voted immediately too before seeing the date. Shall we try?

Eggcellent.

Wanna buy a car? Only if you give me some really nice popcorn.

I'm not a great fan of chocolate and fruits either. I'll eat it, but I think they get in the way of eachother. Not speaking for everyone here. Chocolate and Nuts, nut butters Mint Coffee Caramel Crisp stuff Nightscotsman seems to have covered the bases. MALT

Sounds like the seventies to me.

I've got what Fat Guy has, but it's two thin strips of wood so the blades dip down. They're maybe 1 &1/2" wide, 14" long. Maybe about eight knives in there and a hole for my steel. It's mounted on the wall above my spices. We've had it forever. Maybe it's a NYC thing. I really like the idea of putting your blades upside down in blocks though.

I have to get out more.

Is it from one of those "old time" poppers? Why don't they just buy bagged?

Tastes like plastic to me.

Bri, what about a eastern european sour rye. Like the no yeast kind. Make it up, put it a bowl of loaf pan and set it in the fridge. Will do well in a convection too. I'll find a good recipe if you'd like. Do you know what I mean? The really thick dense bread that begins as batter? You can stick your nuts and seeds in it too for varitey. Just realized how that sounds....

If I remember correctly, Brian's boss isn't the give away anything for free kind of guy. But it does make sense to me.

Have you seen a picture of it? Sounds cumbersome.