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hmmm....now let's see if have it right.....it's a supermarket tasting, and the fries taste so good there aren't words to describe them? so the scary manic announcer and the scary central casting shoppers are all shouting nonsense words like the waffle may may and franka nooby ones i posted earler.

McCain's Golden Crisp fries. frankanooby, waffle may may, shoot me now if i see this one more time.

Molasses Crisps were my favorites. Brownie Nut's gone too? i'm surprised. the original Breakfast Bars and Breakfast Squares.

yes, but what did it TASTE like??

I'm sorry to hear that Progresso quality has gone down...I haven't had canned soup in years but i would have chosen that over Campbell's, although in the supermarket, i'm usually pretty entranced by the sheer number of Campbell's varieties. Just not much of a soup person. Agree that I always wanna slap the superior snotty people in the Progresso commercials. (don't hit me) but i find that Lipton chicken noodle with a beaten egg stirred in at the end makes a decent egg drop soup. pure comfort food and delicious when i have a cold or allergies. Former Spouse used to insist that i add lipton onion soup to meatloaf, but i found that it made the meatloaf gelatinous and way too salty.

Found this today at Whole Foods. Unbelievable.

"brains" were popular when i was in college. it was a shot of schnapps with a bit of irish cream added, it would curdle up in the glass and looked just like a little brain floating there. and the longer you waited before drinking, the firmer the brain would be.

I had a cocktail at BBKing's recently called the BB...something or other, it was the "house" martini, and it tasted exactly like a combo of a Blow Pop and Fletcher's Castoria.

thanks. lotta new stuff on that site since i checked it out last.

THE best salsa ever. i could drink it. I'm going to Cilantro tonight, on 2nd at 86th, anyone ever been?

hee, I wonder how many of us did...

The peppermint ones make my husband sneeze, too. I'm completely addicted to the ginger ones. peppermint ones make me sneeze too. As do white Tic-Tacs. Yet, other 'stronger' mints don't affect me.

water packed solid white tuna mixed with just enough hellmanns to bind, and only fresh ground pepper and celery salt ( i used to like it with curry powder, but i got over that pretty quickly.) I eat that folded into a piece of toasted pita with the sharpest cheddar melted on it, and hot cherry pepper rings. On a less classic note, I'll make the Tuna Bean salad from Mediterranean Light, and the next day (if there's any left the next day) when it's all a bit soggy, it's delicious pressed into a sourdough loaf like a pain bagnat.

THANK YOU. I've been looking for that. As for the spongemonkeys/angry kittens, whose teeth do you suppose they used? is that a child do you think?

My favorites were probably the first infomercials i'd ever seen way back circa 1990: The Electric Kitchen (immsersion blender) and The Super Snacker. The Electric Kitchen could whip skim milk into a delicious mousse like dessert, just add strawberries! or Slim Fast powder. Makes peanut butter with the nifty little jar attachment and mayonnaise almost instantly. The Super Snacker was a grilled sandwich machine, just add the bread and the fillings and press! Most memorable was the 'apple turnover' made with sliced white bread and canned apple pie filling. Wonder if Sandra Lee's heard of that.

When I first started watching i was mesmerized by James Beard and Dione Lucas (sp?) AND the early black and white Julias. Love to see that stuff again now. As for Bobby Flay, he was on some Pyramid game show this afternoon (which i saw at the gym) so i guess the celeb thing is where his heart now lies...

Does Tomcat Sourdough still exist? even if i DID plan on attempting a low-carb lifestyle (not likely) there is no way in hell i'd be able to succeed if i was able to still buy that wonderful bread in my neighborhood. But i haven't had it in years. nor have i seen the trucks anywhere. and i'm sad.

Diet Pepsi right out of the bottle. If fountain is available at say, a diner, then i'll have that. i keep a can of Coke in the fridge only because it's the best thing for a hangover. but i dislike it intensely and i find diet coke undrinkable.

tried it with diluted 1% milk and an argentinian brand jarred dulce de leche. After it cooled a bit, tasted exactly like Sugar Babies.

another nod to Wendy's Spicy Chicken... Blimpie's Chicken Patty with american cheese and hot peppers. I loved Ranch 1's spicy chicken sandwich (best fries ever, too) but the chain seems to be disappearing from NYC.

ha, I thought that was a particularly cute kitty.

"Please give us another chance....on us."

Mmmm...this all sounds really good. I used to keep leftover Chinese takeout rice to make rice pudding, but since i discovered Kozy Shack, homemade isn't as good. Breakfast cereal, yummy. Maybe i'll make it the way i make oatmeal, with dates, cinnamon and maple syrup.

eh, that rarely does a bit of good, no proof of authorization, the customer disputes the charge, boom, they win. Debate on email vs. written letter is very interesting. In my experience, email is just as effective as a written letter for a customer complaint and BOTH are far more effective than a phone call. In the case of food poisoning, after receving the letter, (no matter HOW it was written) a good manager will take the initiative to call the customer asap. An apology for the customer's physical distress and show of concern are always musts as well. Then comes getting the details, time, place, what eaten, how much, how long til symptoms, etc etc. Usually an offer of a gift certificate follows. amount depends on original guest check amount, customer's attitude, and more importantly, how true his or her story rings. (another point is that even if the restaurant DID get other reports of food sickness, he or she ain't about to admit as much to you.) Personally, if instinct and facts tell me that the restaurant DID in fact screw up and the illness is truly genuine and probably our fault (as opposed to a customer over indulging in some extremely rich food and wanting to find a scapegoat...) i will ask the customer how THEY would prefer the situation be handled....and if they don't ever want to come see us again, i'll refund the check amount if they paid by cc. and the chef's will ALWAYS hear about what happened, no matter how trivial it seems. That's not something anyone in the restaurant biz takes lightly....if there IS something amiss in the kitchen, we need to know about it, and i also THANK the customer for bringing the matter to our attention. another note on gift certificates or other kinds of guest relations practices: keep a log. We started to do so on promo GCs and soon learned that many complaints came from the same apt. building. ha.

lentils hummus (though i love chick peas otherwise) foods with too much cumin bell peppers bluefish tripe is the one food i've never brought myself to taste, and i'm sure it would be on this list high fructose corn syrup-sweetened beverages. have a cane juice-sweetened Odwalla beverage and the difference is heavenly.