elyse
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My dad and my brother got very sick after eating at a local resturant. They are fairly sure it was due to shellfish, because they were the only members of their party to have that dish. When my mother let the restaurant know, they were rude and defensive, rather than apologetic.
It was very disappointing, because it is one of the nicest restaurants in our area. Now we cannot eat there, out of principle. The food poisoning, we could have accepted. Occasionally you can get a bad oyster. But the condesension and disdain. Well, that was unforgivable.
Did you speak with the owner? Write a letter of both your experiences, and cc it to ... who's effective in these sorts of things? This should not go unnoticed.
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Just trying to be democratic, dear.
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Something I said?
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Rachel, EXCELLENT avatar!
bloviatrix, why is it inappropriate to call them latkes after Chanukah?
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Orange juice is not an 'Incredibly strange craving."
I had an awful pang yesterday for cotton candy. Of course I didn't satisfy it. Can't remember the last time I had it, and I never liked it that much.
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"That's the way the hog ate the collards."
Meaning? Some of you have to translate your regional expressions for us Northeasterners.
And Sconz, I've never heard "Lettuce alone without dressing," but I figure I know what it means - maybe sort of like the "One Meatball" in the song of the same name (with no potatoes, no tomatoes, and no bread).
Yeah. I started not getting them a while ago.
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I was wondering where you guys were!
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Some sort of beef was on sale at my Gristedes the other day for 99 cents. Now THAT scared me.
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jsolomon, what's MRSA?
Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus. It is a bacteria that is immune to most, if not all, of the US's last-ditch-effort antibiotics. Not good stuff at all.
I think I just read that it cannot be killed by heat either.
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Is this a dual blog?
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Who?
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back then you could get a slice of walk-up pizza in any number of places and it was far superior to what is now typically available at most places.
I'd kill for old NY pizza!
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Didn't we just have this entire conversation?
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My Mother-in-law was giving me "advice" during the preperation and cooking of Christmas dinner. I put the tenderloin roasts in the oven, set the timer (attached the timer to my blouse - so I would not forget) and walked to the bar for a much needed drink. With a minute to spare on the timer I walk into the kitchen to find my Brother-in-law on his hands a knees cleaning the kitchen floor and the roasts on the counter. Apparently my Mother-in-law thought they were done and wanted to take them out of the oven and dropped them (all three) on the floor. We rinsed them off and servered them with a nice horseradish sauce.
This is why we never EVER let people in our kitchens.
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I hate the telephone, and only have it for emergencies and the computer. I only pick it up when I'm in a really good mood or am expecting a call. I got on a no call list nearly ten years ago. Maybe not that long ago, but a goodly while.
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I often wonder what food can possibly be prepared in those kitchen adverts.
What can you make from the ingredients typically displayed: a fresh salmon, some apples, half a dozen eggs, some red peppers, and a bottle of wine?
I you haven't had salmon/pepper omelet au vin apple pie, you haven't lived.
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Okaaaay.
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In case anyone does want to call and see where their beef comes from, you may want to read this.
Wendy's, Taco Bell, and other food suppliers prohibit the use of "downer cattle" in their burgers. Downer refers to older, falling over, or possibly diseased cattle. They also prohibit meat produced with AMRS, known as Advanced Meat Recovery Systems . AMRS scrapes cattle bones to produce more recoverable tissue (meat) and has a much high probability of including nerve tissue endings in the finished meat / burger product.McDonald's, and several of the major institutional producers (ConAgra, Montfort, for example) appear to allow AMRS sourced meat in their burger stream. They haven't said they don't permit it, as Wendy's has done.
Hope this helps.
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Suzanne, have you called with the reservation?
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That was totally adorable.
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There's a Cinnamon Club?
Should I just shut up most of the time?
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I find this really interesting that we're on such different time schedules. I mean, I knew it, but this is time difference in action!
Fun blog, Kristin!
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To date, we've always had too few people showing up, but I'll leave it to you.
Someone remind me to make gingersnaps.
Phone answering at meal time
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You can always install one, silly.