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    Lodi Trip

    in California: Dining

    Posted

    @Jacksoup thanks— I will consider both locations. I just... don’t want to go right from Palo Alto to my inlaws and sit around for days. I’d rather spend a couple of days exploring any area en route. 

       My inlaws are Stanford fans, my husband played in the marching band at Cal. I’m a totally east coast girl but love experiencing the great agricultural areas of CA. On many levels. 😆

    Food after Dental Work

    in Cooking

    Posted · Edited by MetsFan5 (log)

    @Margaret Pilgrim if your dental team is in the SF bay area I could definitely visit twice annually. I do see my dentist 4 times a year. I am diligent about that and had a very traumatic experience with my pediatric dentist. I just have shit luck and I grind my jaw, you name it I’ve done it. 

     

      I don’t like scotch; I actually avoid liquors. I may have to make an exception and mix some vodka with V8 or La Croix. 

     

      I can get by easily on very little food (although I’m eating nachos right now because... I still can!) so even bouillon cubes in mugs can make a decent dinner for me. 

     

      It’s not just the scaling, it’s the novacain that goes with it plus holding my child sized jaw open for over an hour that makes food difficult. 

      I have a hand blender that works well but probably won’t have the energy to be in the kitchen. Maybe I’ll get a Panera bread bowl delivered depending on what soup they have tomorrow. 

     

     Thanks for all the advice and well wishes! 

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    Food after Dental Work

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    Posted

    44 minutes ago, gfweb said:

    Scaling isn’t as bad as the other stuff they might do.  I’d imagine pastas would be tolerable. And wine. 

     

    If you have gum issues you might consider periostat, an anti inflammatory that improves periodontal dz without surgery. 

     What type of anti inflammatory? I want to go in asking as many questions as possible. 

    Food after Dental Work

    in Cooking

    Posted

    I’m sorry to be reviving this topic again. 

      

    I have the *worst* oral luck. Ok maybe not the worst but it’s pretty bad. I’ve had two sets of braces and a handful of root canals plus a abscessed tooth that required an ora surgeon to remove it, then put a screw in my jaw and then the implant. 

       🙄 all of that to say, I’m getting my gums scaled tomorrow and I’m terrified as usual. I really should have made a lasagna today because I could gum it room temp but I didn’t. 

       And plus, it’s *hot* here. I love and have gazpacho on hand but worry that the acid will make my soon to be even more sore gums worse. 

      So I guess I can fall back on the newly labeled “soy sauce” top ramen or maybe a lightly grilled cheese on soft white bread? 

      Any other suggestions? What’s worked for you in the past? I know better than to use straws or to wear anything very cold or hot. I wish my dentist could give me a wine IV along with Novocain and nitrous!  

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    Lodi Trip

    in California: Dining

    Posted

     My husband and I will be in CA in November. We’re going out the weekend prior to Thanksgiving for the Big Game in Palo Alto (go Bears) and then will make our way to the Sacramento area to have thanksgiving with the inlaws. 

     

      Some preliminary research shows Lodi would be a nice place to spend a couple days. It seems like there’s a lot of wineries, focusing on Zinfandel and good restaurants, etc. 

       Would anyone from CA recommend this as a nice stop off before going to the in laws? Any recommendations for hotels and restaurants and what to do? 

     Thanks in advance! 

    Gary Danko

    in California: Dining

    Posted

    On 3/20/2019 at 1:59 PM, suzilightning said:

    I hear you, girl.   Happy (small bites) birthday.   Safe trip back here to NJ for you and the hubs!

     

    p.s.  where is the pup?

     When we go away the pup goes to the kennel. I kind of hate it despite her having a private room with her own tv and her room is sound proof. She’s a “people” dog not a Dog’s dog. 

      On topic, we will likely go back to SF and Danko for my 40th next March and also rent a home in Sonoma or Napa. 

     

    Hospital Food

    in Food Traditions & Culture

    Posted

    52 minutes ago, Margaret Pilgrim said:

    Also interesting is the extent to which different diagnoses/treatments are proffered different menus.   i.e., in the same hospital I have been offered vastly different menus as a new mother, hip replacement and gastro patient.    Wine included on the first two, not on the latter.    In fact, no food for 6 days, no water, only iV for 6 days.   Not a happy camper.   But doubted i missed much.

     

     

      Agreed. I was (gritting my teeth to admit this) in the voluntary psychiatric ward for a week at my local (major) hospital this past winter. 

      The food was actually good. And I had little to no appetite but it was served warm and we could order “off menu” if we chose to. Meals were served on heavy plastic plates that I believe had a heating element in them. Silverware, given the circumstances was plastic and had to be disposed of in a separate bag to be counted. 

       But the food was good. I’m so glad you have people bringing you in actual, real, edible food @Anna N 

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    Dinner 2019

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    Cheese fondue in the electric fondue pot. The only cooking I did was to heat up Wegmans ham slices to get a bit of caramelization. Zucchini, cauliflower, mushrooms and bread. 

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    Grocery Shopping

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    @JoNorvelleWalker Acme is still present in Northern NJ— specifically Morris Plains. “Acme” was my first actual word as a child outside of yes, no and forms of mom and dad. 

      I haven’t been in their store on probablt 15 years but it changed a bit since my childhood. I have had them delivered via Instacart. 

     

      A&P I remember fondly as the one that was in Morristown (and is now a Whole Foods) sold alcohol so I could shop there for food while in college and buy beer and have my friends give me money back for it when my parents thought I was just getting food. 🙈

     

     Jeff who? Corzine? 

     

    I also foundly rememner Grand Union in Basking Ridge. 

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    Grocery Shopping

    in Food Traditions & Culture

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    I live in Northern NJ and I detest Shoprite. There’s one new “major” one by me that sells wine and beer and liquor without a separate check out but it’s constantly crowded and feels like an uncomfortable Costco. 

      I generally shop at Stop and Shop, Kings, and Wegmans. With some Amazon pantry and TJs thrown in. 

      My major orders are via PeaPod which delivers Stop and Shop as they have good prices. My “pick up a few things” store is Kings as it’s about 2 miles from my home and I pass by it often. There’s a Whole Foods in town but it’s small and Kings IMO offers the same things, better quality. 

      TJs I go to once a month. Wegmans I use via Instacart as it is in an extremely inconvenient location. They’ve changed their system and have an in store shopped buy the items and supposedly refrigerate them but I had a package of chicken go bad on me twice so now I don’t trust that. So I get speciality cheeses and chauceutiere, nuts, bread, olives etc from them. 

     

      While down the shore we picked up a bunch of cheeses, olives, eggplant pie , rice balls, cheese spreads and salads at Joe Leone’s in Point Pleasant Beach. 

    Wedding Registry

    in Kitchen Consumer

    Posted

    Henkel steak knives. 

    China? It can be easily stored. 

    New silverware? I registered for Henkels and love them. 

    Wine glasses? 

     

    I registered and received everyday Villeroy and Bosh service for 12, the aforementioned silverware, personalized China, Riedel wine glasses... but we lived in a large-ish townhome. 

     

      We use our electric fondue pot but I’ve never used my panini press, my 7qt Cuisanart, my pizza stones or my Kitchen Aid mixer but I’m a shitty cook. 

     

     

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    NE Road Trip

    in New England: Dining

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    We decided against it. We’re going to West Palm Beach for a concert this month then my husband is going to Bermuda for work for a few days (not interested, I went last year and didn’t really enjoy it) so that trip is on hold. If anything we’d fly to Portland and back for a weekend. 

    One or More Reasons Why I Loathe Delivery Apps

    in Food Traditions & Culture

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    7 hours ago, pastrygirl said:

     

    I also want the restaurant owners to make a living and not a bad one at that. 

     

    Are they still adequately compensated after the 30% fees?  Can restaurants charge extra for food ordered through the app?  Most restaurants don't have the margin to take 30% off their regular menu price. 

     

      I can only speak for the restaurants I worked for— not chains and high end— and it seems to be working well for them. Specially because people find their food and packaging to be good and so they then go to dine in. 

      A lot of popular restaurants, family owned places like the apps because they’re still selling when they have a full house with a waitlist. 

     

      That is just my experience. 

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    One or More Reasons Why I Loathe Delivery Apps

    in Food Traditions & Culture

    Posted

    11 hours ago, rotuts said:

    @weinoo

     

    its always a wise idea to ' cut out the middle person ' if you can

     

    App people are paying , one way or another for convenience , and over the long run

     

    its overpriced.  think how much people are paying for the current fad :

     

    " subscriptions "   :  Netflix , streaming audio , etc

     

    convenient it seems , vastly over priced in the long run.

     

    it eats up your eventual retirement , and then its too late.

     

    not really wishing to rain on anyones Parade, but  please

     

     

      We wouldn’t order through various apps if we couldn’t responsibly afford it. I can imagine people younger than me living in cities, overworked and tired spending without thinking just to eat without having to really do anything. 

     

      I have a lot of worries in life (I’m a worrier) but finances are low on the list. I’m very fortunate. 

     

      Also on the flip side, people are making a living and not a bad one at that, working for UberEats, Doordash and Postmates. I tip 20% because if I’m too lazy to cook or pick up food then I think the drivers deserve compensation for my laziness. 

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