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Well, it does look to me like some sweeping generalizations have been made. Here: And here: And here: And here: I'm sorry, but it seems to me you're talking about what's good for an awful lot of people who have not had the advantages that were so unusual in your family. Be a snob. Be the best snob you can be! The rest of the nation will NEVER know of the culinary advantages the people here have had. And it's unfair to expect them to live at our standards. And again, totally unrealistic.

Ben, that is the most adorable thing I've ever heard, EVER!

NYC tap water baby!

I tried to google cava and hangovers, but ity's taking too long. I'll ask my friend.

The only time I get food on the keyboard is when someone makes me laugh and I spit.

No, my eyes must be deceiving me. (Psst Suzanne!That's what I thought, but figured if I ignore it, it'll pass. Shhhh.)

My best meal was a ham and cheese sandwich. The other things were fruit and cookies or a snickers bar. Something. I have no idea. But the sandwich was very good.

FINK'S! If someone'll pick me up over your side of the bridge.

Because there are millions of people in the US who don't know how to cook a fucking THING. That's why we have a swillion Denny's, Mc Donnald's, Dunkin Donuts, etc. etc. etc., and the shows on FN are TRYING to get these fat asses out of the drive through and cook a fucking burger! You are the minority in the area of culinary expertise. Let a person watch a lame show teaching them what you learned at age three. Not everyone is so lucky. For you to expect everyone to be at your level... is rediculous. Am I not being clear? Or are we going to go around the pole again?

No, beer is definitely NOT silly. But firkin, kilderkin and pipe/butts are.

Okay. I just bought the new Kit Kats and a dark Reeces. White chocolate KK was bland. Actually it tasted like white chocolate, and if I had wanted something that tasted like white chocolate, I would have bought white chocolate. A Brasilian product named BIS does a much better job. The dark KK, I just ate, and it tasted like... dark chocolate. Both too over powering.

Cava? the producer is PAUL CHENEAU. i believe it's Cava, as i recall the bottle talking about champagne. no claire, it wasn't very sweet. dryer than most prossecos i've had. Thanks! I've never tried Cava. It's on my list. Cava is a fucking amazing deal. Go get some. It's lacking something that causes hangovers too. Or so I heard on New Year's Eve. Maybe it was psychological, but it worked for me. I am eating a dark Kit Kat, about which I say: feh. Drinking a disappointing cup of tea with sugar, no milk. I thought there was one open.

Glad to be of some amusement to you. Sorry, I can't leave it like that!

G'head.

If and when I open my place, I'll have pricing by the quarter.

This reminds me of the neon sign for Harold's Chicken in Chicago. Fat chef holding an axe making (3) chopping motions at a chicken.

I can't even sit near the mint jelly at my uncle's house. It gives me a migraine.

This is becoming a very silly topic.

Beans, you may have had a culinarily idyllic childhood, and that's great. But you can't expect that of the entire country. It would be rediculous.

Tomorrow's today. What happened?

Cava?

I think it looks delish, Chris. Is there anything lardons don't improve?

Salt and vinegar Lay's. Wish I had a Bass.

The NJ forum is waaay too far away from the NY forum. I couldn't get there from here.

Spencer, you silly! You know I hate TVFN! My hatred causes me to miss Tony's show too. But I don't begrudge them the basic cooking shows, I just want more of the advanced stuff. Or some of it.