elyse

Can I call her kitty kat kutie kate?

No, I just thought a big strapping guy like herb would eat much more. I mean, NeroW, for Chrissake! herb, I'm psychic.

Beef burgers only. Cheese like cheddar, American, Swiss, etc, can be moved over, but things like Boursin will seep into the meat and complicate the palate. Make sense? There are no spit buckets in Burger Club. If there were, how would you know if you got food poisoning?

November 1st? Damn, we could have an emergency Burger Club!

I knew you were going to say 1%. herb, you don't eat enough.

We can order those as a side dish. Along with a plateful of bacon. Perhaps we should have an off-shoot of Burger Club...Bacon Club! And maybe we could have a Fry Auxiliary to the Burger Club. Poppers and bacon? You're my kinda gal! ARTISANAL BACON????? *drooling* *drooling* *drooling* *drooling* *continuing to get drool all over keyboard* K Did you have jmcgrath's stuffed jalapenos with bacon on top at the potluck?

These toppings are not Burger Club. Feel free to have a social club though, and have any toppings of anything off the menu for that matter. If you have a Burger Club, you must have a burger where the first thing you taste is the burger. Bison does not count, nor do turkey or veggie. Lamb is totally out of the picture. If you want bacon or anything elst that detracts from the taste of the burger, taste the burger plain or with a low key cheese, make your notes if you like, and then pile of the stuff.

Snack-time!

Cool, thanks. Do you have it? Want to bring it on Saturday?

I like Paul too! And my first instinct is to say he should definitely come along. But then I took a look down the road, and friends would come and eat salads, and then gulleteers would decide they don't really feel like a burger and they'd just have some poppers, and then I'd have to be a bitch again, and it would be total anarchy! Do we want that at this early date? Suzanne, I love you!

The thing is, if we start letting everyone choose whatever the hell they want from the menu, it will totally be a social club, and then, I'm out. It's not Social Club, it's BURGER Club. Just my opinion.

Maybe a sammige of brule, rocks, brule...?

I would LOVE to, but I'm poor and carless. That's CAR less, not careless.

I thought you were planning really far in advance. Continue.

Seriously, folks, is this good or bad?

You know, I'm wondering if it might be a good idea to find the last compilation of places to visit, quote it, and add your newest to the bottom of the list. I'm sure I'm letting some fall through the cracks.

Reminds me of the Woody Allen movie line about tuna-mint-chip cookies. Which, where, huh?

We'll talk tomorrow.

Alrightie then! I've got two mixer threads going at one time. I was recently at Costco, looking at the KA stand mixer, and I saw a Hamilton Beach, 62005, 10 speed hand mixer with attachments and case. What's Hamilton Beach like these days? I just burned out my mother's Farberware mixer that she's had for over 30 years. My mixer (whatever it is) is on it's last legs, and I should buy one too. Dang. I don't remember the cost of the HB, but I think it was around $25...? Eh? Feh? Yeh?

Agreed.

I wouldn't worry about it. All of the larger, higher end machines have metal attachments and doughs come out fine. They've been making these things for a long time, and if bakers were having that issue they'd be out of business pretty quick. I thought someone had warned me against that somewhere along the lines... But you are probably right. I'll pick it up when I go to Costco again.

Oh my God, Mottmott, you are so out of the loop! I posted about it somewhere forever ago. We were kicked out of the kitchen in the convent, and my partner freaked out, and may be in a mental institution. Last I heard, he may have been fired for his handling of the situation. Last time I saw him, he was dropping me off at the market, and out of nowhere started screaming and flailing his arms around, his voice getting shrill, eyes wild. For like... 10 or 15 minutes. The cop had to come over, the market manager, people telling him to shut up. I just continued to set up, saying only "I'm not going to talk about this here." I suppose I didn't write about it here because of everyone's warnings, and my stupidity. I am waaaay too trusting. So, I have been baking at my mum's as she has a spotless kitchen, two ovens, and lots of counter space. My bread teacher suggested that it was probably a thousand times cleaner than most commercial kitchens, and I believe she's right. PLUS, I can't afford $100 an hour for a kitchen. The market's only going on for another two weeks, and I can not wait until it's over. Then I can concentrate on my next steps. I only have left to say to all who have given me such good advice : I am an idiot, and you are smart and savvy. Actually, I am not sooo stupid, I only gave him money from the first week, and kept everything just in case something like this happened. Now...GET IT IN WRITING!