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KNorthrup

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  1. Oh man, I had forgotten about fudge covered Oreos.  I don't buy them, because I would tear them open in the car and they would be gone before I got home.

    Oh yes. They were good frozen. And never lasted more than a couple days.

    My mother has always been firmly in the Hydrox-were-better camp but I never got a chance to compare.

    Aren't Jaffa cakes the ones "with smashing orangy bits!" That killed us the first time we saw a package but I don't believe we were sober.

  2. And you don't eat a whole pint at a sitting.

    I do :unsure: Cherry Garcia is my favorite, but I've tried many of the other flavors and liked them as well.

    Oh yes. I meant that people will pay extra to go to the shop and get just a scoop because that prevents them from inevitably eating a full pint. It can't be helped.

    And I am amazed at how much the new one really does taste like brownie batter. The gritty aspects and everything.

  3. Shamefully, the marinade is not from scratch and I'm not even home so I have no idea about the acid content. But it should be primarily soy sauce, sesame oil, and sugar. Some versions have rice wine or sherry but there won't be anything really serious like citrus or vinegar. I hope.

  4. Yesterday afternoon, I put some beef short ribs (sliced lengthwise so they're about 1/2" thick) and green onions in a Korean kal-bi type marinade. It now looks like I may not be able to cook them until tomorrow evening. Will it be a mushy disaster by then or just very flavourful?

  5. I used to like it when the syrup got on the ham/bacon/sausage, but was careful to keep it away from the eggs.

    So it occurs to me that I actually eat scrambled eggs with mayo on a regular basis without fully realizing it and that's a bit disturbing. Specifically, a nearby Italian type sub place has the classic option of eggs, provolone and banana peppers and that has mayo. Does it always, or should it actually be oil & vinegar? This is the West coast so things aren't always traditional.

  6. Dan Akryod did a famous parody of her (that she is said to have really enjoyed) on Saturday Night Live in the 1970s.

    Saw that (back when I had a TV.) It was great! He sounded and almost acted just like her. Ended up cutting himself (not really), blood all over the place and it was still Julia carrying on. Great piece.

    I've heard about it for years and would absolutely LOVE to see it! don't they re-run SNL on Comedy Central?

    Many video stores carry the various SNL "Best of" tapes, even for rental, and that is on the Dan Ackroyd version. It's also apparently episode 74 if you're doing TiVo or something. There are websites where you can watch video clips of SNL sketches. That's how I got to see Kevin Spacey doing Christopher Walken auditioning for Han Solo. But I can't remember the site name and it's impossible to search on dial-up. Sorry.

  7. My wife makes it all the time - kids absolutely love it.  She gets frozen shelled edamame and "enhances" Campbell's chicken noodle soup with the beans, fresh carrots and broccoli.  Kids dig on it and it's a nice easy healthy boost to that plain old boring chicken soup!

    It also nutritionally boosts that Chicken Voila stuff.

    Um, so I hear.

  8. My mother is an excellent cook. It's also one of her main hobbies. HER mother was hopeless (and will happily admit it) so it was a self defense thing. Usually I can only go home at Christmas but a couple years ago there was a big sale so I went for three days in October. My carry-on -- at her request -- was a cooler of all the ingredients for cassoulet and that's what we did for two days. She's in the same very small, very isolated town as Foam Pants, who can thus understand why it was necessary to import pretty much everything. The one caveat when we're cooking together however is that we each do our own thing and no questions/comments. Especially when knives are involved.

  9. Another favorite which I rarely see any more is the one with the white and dark cocoloate cows. I can't seem to rember the name of it though.

    Bovinity Divinity. That was good.

    I tried the peanut butter core one and was very disappointed. Gave the rest away, in fact. It just tasted like a slightly off caramel.

  10. The Scoop Shops here sometimes have flavours that the stores don't, so that's one incentive. You don't have to compromise on a flavour. And you don't eat a whole pint at a sitting. But no, it's not cost-effective.

    The "too heavy" pints would be glorious. I'm in the no such thing as too much stuff camp. Lived off the peanut butter cookie dough (in chocolate ice cream) one summer in college. For dinner, not in addition to. Never saw the pb&j. Sadly.

    The oatmeal cookie is definitely the current favourite, for all the reasons given.

  11. I love the scene in The Jerk when Steve Martin develops a "drinking problem." The misdirection is meant to get you thinking that he has become an alcoholic, but then the visual is that whenever he goes to take a sip of something he misses his mouth.

    That was a running gag in Airplane too.

    I did something similar in college. Was raising the glass to my mouth when a friend walked in who - the last time I had seen him - had declared his beyond-platonic interest and been turned down and my mind sort of cramped and the glass tilted before it had actually reached my mouth and poured all over everywhere. He found it hilarious. Broke the ice, I guess.

    Draining pasta once I somehow completely missed the sink and my shorts-clad (unclad) thighs got a direct hit. Blistered like nobody's business.

  12. They're real good w/a spicy remoulade.

    A local southern type restaurant does that as an appetizer. And very well.

    There was a recipe recently in I think Food & Wine that used fried green tomatoes as the T part of a BLT, along with a spicy mayo.

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