Food Thread: Set Aside Your Childish Ways And Come To The Savory Side (It's In The Bible!)

Why...yes! That is a stuffing waffle. And a damned good one too. As I may have related to you a few weeks ago, I made a lot of stuffing. Maybe three times what we needed, so I froze a lot and made this waffle with a bit.

Nothing much to it, although I thought it through a little and mixed the stuffing with egg, flour and some baking powder. It took more than 10 minutes to cook, but it ended up quite nice and moist, with a crisp exterior and some loft from the baking powder. The stuffing was savory and rich (yup...sausage!) and the waffle was an excellent accompaniment to some roast chicken. It didn't rise as much as a plain waffle, so be warned, you'll have to load up the waffle iron with lots and lots of the stuffing mixture.

I know that some of you deeply deluded and, frankly, wrong-headed people like bread and eggs with sugar, but it is time to leave your childish tastes behind and become adults. So put down the syrup and pick up the salt and butter and pepper and all of those marvelous grown-up flavors that separate the men from the boys.

Seriously, this worked out really well and was easy to make, so give it a shot. You'll thank me. Well, no, you won't, but still, try it anyway.

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This dessert is why God created the British Empire. It really is perfect...a magnificent combination of wonderful toasty toffee sauce and dense, buttery vaguely fruity cakey goodness; all topped with some decadent ice cream and if done well some saltiness to put it over the top.

Gordon Ramsey does it best. And for fvck's sake, I can't find his recipe anywhere. Now, I don't have any of his cookbooks, so that might be part of the problem, but I demand immediate satisfaction from the internet!

He has a restaurant near Canary Wharf in London that makes one that is sublime. But it is a feature at many of his restaurants, and my guess is that he has been perfecting it for awhile.

I've never had a good version in the United States, and that is why I am frantic to find a good recipe. Oh, there are many of them out there, but I really want Ramsey's version.

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I had one of these a long, long time ago. As I recall it made good coffee, but it took a bit longer than my trusty Melitta cone, and cleaning it was tedious, so I consigned it to the purgatory of the back of the upper cabinet over the oven, where it languished for years until I moved and it disappeared into the vortex of the moving company's interesting attitude toward delivering the correct boxes to each customer!

The Humble Brilliance of Italy's Moka Coffee Pot

The moka pot is a symbol of Italy: of postwar ingenuity and global culinary dominance. It is in the Museum of Modern Art, the Cooper-Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum, and other temples to design. It is in the Guinness Book of World Records as the world’s most popular coffee maker, and was for decades commonplace to the point of ubiquity not only in Italy but in Cuba, Argentina, Australia, and the United States. It’s also widely misunderstood and maligned, with approval in the modern coffee world coming perhaps a bit too late, in only the past few years. Get one while you can.

Sort of cool website! As usual, I didn't find it.
[Hat Tip: redc1c4]

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This woman is exactly, 100% correct! Read it...read it all! And get a chuckle.
Food Safety Confessional: Sheila says she is horrible
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From long-time lurker "Harry," comes a rather nice idea for dessert following a rich meal of...oh...roast beef!

Gentlemen,
I greatly appreciate a well treated, some might say respectfully treated, piece of beef. That meals will greatly benefit from a proper dessert. I suggest a lemon pie whose sweet and tart notes follow the richness of the beef. Recipe follows. (reference the “ Cordon Blue” cook book which I saved from the dumpster)

Pie crust for a 9” pie plate. Buy it premade or make your own; it is not alot of trouble.
Blind bake crust. (bake it) 350 degrees for 15 min or so.
Filling: 6 eggs. 1 cup sugar, one cup lemon juice, lemon zest if you wish 2t
Put all ingredients in a sauce pan and whisk over low heat for 15 min or until it thickens.
When it starts to thicken it happens quickly. Like making a roux for gumbo don’t stop stirring or whisking in this case.
When it has thickened take the lemon custard off the heat and stir in one stick of butter cut into medium pieces.
Pour mixture into pie shell and chill. Enjoy
We only get citrus once a year on the gulf coast so we have to use it in season.

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So...I am not going to make this dessert, but it certainly looks and sounds good. It's just that it requires a bit too much work for what will turn out to be something that is...good. Not great. Just...good!
chocolate caramel tart
That is not to say that one of you shouldn't make it and drop it off at Chez Dildo for a tasting.
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Food and cooking tips, Haggis, young wild pigs, Scotch Eggs, thick and fluffy pita and good tomatoes that aren't square, pale pink and covered with Mestizo E.coli: cbd dot aoshq at gmail dot com. Any advocacy of French Toast with syrup will result in disciplinary action up to and including being nuked from orbit.

Posted by: CBD at 04:00 PM

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1 Got a lot of choices as what to eat tonight.

Posted by: HH at December 09, 2018 03:58 PM (mIJBI)

2 Now were talking

Posted by: Skip at December 09, 2018 03:59 PM (/rm4P)

3 I remember as a kid at fairs eating ice cream in waffles

Posted by: Skip at December 09, 2018 04:00 PM (/rm4P)

4 Food. Good.

Posted by: Anonymous White Male at December 09, 2018 04:03 PM (3sjI6)

5
That waffle appears to be diseased.

Posted by: Bud, the Small at December 09, 2018 04:03 PM (hrcfq)

6 CBD did say it he made lots of waffles, maybe some burt parts stuck.

Posted by: Skip at December 09, 2018 04:05 PM (/rm4P)

7 What is that British desert?

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at December 09, 2018 04:06 PM (mpXpK)

8

I broke my waffle iron and never replaced it.
Now it looks like
I broke the internet.

Where's my hammer.

Posted by: Bud, the Small at December 09, 2018 04:06 PM (hrcfq)

9 Using different recipes, different techniques, and following the instructions to the absolute "T", I have decided to no longer attempt pie crusts. Such disappointment for a lot of work and mess. Tell me, are the pre-made ones in the dairy case any good, or are they just passable?

Posted by: washrivergal at December 09, 2018 04:06 PM (rE1pK)

10 If you're not putting pure maple syrup on a stuffing waffle, you're worse than Hillary Clinton! Add in salt and pepper.

Posted by: Fritz at December 09, 2018 04:06 PM (Z9C5C)

11 Mmmmmm. That waffle looks delicious.
At Casa de Antisocialist, I think tonight might be a leftover chicken wings and ribs night.

Posted by: antisocialist at December 09, 2018 04:06 PM (2shuf)

12
Dolphins....

Posted by: Soothsayer SLX Pro Series II Platinum Turbo at December 09, 2018 04:06 PM (/+P5n)

13
I know that some of you deeply deluded and, frankly, wrong-headed people like bread and eggs with sugar, but it is time to leave your childish tastes behind and become adults.

Kindly osculate my posterior. You probably have a fetish for Manhattan clam chowder, too.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 09, 2018 04:06 PM (LsBY9)

14 OT: Miami just rugbied a miracle.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at December 09, 2018 04:06 PM (fuK7c)

15 CBD - it did come up this week eating large shell organisms like conch, so well have you?

Posted by: Skip at December 09, 2018 04:07 PM (/rm4P)

16 Doesn't like syrup.

Likes caramel on a saucer.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 09, 2018 04:07 PM (ZejZP)

17 That waffle appears to be diseased.

Posted by: Bud, the Small at December 09, 2018 04:03 PM (hrcfq)

Probably little chunks of sausage.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 09, 2018 04:07 PM (wYseH)

18 What is that British desert?
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at December 09, 2018 04:06 PM (mpXpK)

Image title is "sticky toffee". But I didn't see it in the text either.

Posted by: hogmartin at December 09, 2018 04:07 PM (t+qrx)

19

Why is Gronk on Defense?

Posted by: Soothsayer SLX Pro Series II Platinum Turbo at December 09, 2018 04:07 PM (/+P5n)

20 Tell me, are the pre-made ones in the dairy case any good, or are they just passable?

Posted by: washrivergal at December 09, 2018 04:06 PM

They're perfectly acceptable.

But I don't eat the crust.

Posted by: Embedded in my Pre-Frontal Cortex and Colonized by Patriarchy at December 09, 2018 04:07 PM (e7O7B)

21 They're perfectly acceptable.

But I don't eat the crust.
Posted by: Embedded in my Pre-Frontal Cortex and Colonized by Patriarchy at December 09, 2018 04:07 PM (e7O7B)

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Thanks a load. LOL.

Posted by: washrivergal at December 09, 2018 04:08 PM (rE1pK)

22 Tell me, are the pre-made ones [pie crust] in the dairy case any good, or are they just passable?

They are convenient.

Posted by: Bud, the Small at December 09, 2018 04:08 PM (hrcfq)

23 large shell organisms like conch

Posted by: Skip at December 09, 2018 04:07 PM (/rm4P)

Yes! Conch is good, mostly in fritters, and there is a large clam on the West coast called a Geoduck that is damned fine eating.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 09, 2018 04:08 PM (wYseH)

24 Using different recipes, different techniques, and following the instructions to the absolute "T", I have decided to no longer attempt pie crusts. Such disappointment for a lot of work and mess. Tell me, are the pre-made ones in the dairy case any good, or are they just passable?
Posted by: washrivergal at December 09, 2018 04:06 PM (rE1pK)

The Pillsbury ones aren't bad, much better than the totally pre-made and pre-formed ones. I've used them for both sweet pies and savory ones, they make wonderful two-crust chicken pot pie.

Posted by: antisocialist at December 09, 2018 04:08 PM (2shuf)

25 I need a really good, tender ham roast; about which I know nothing. Sources and recommendations?

Posted by: stonecutter at December 09, 2018 04:08 PM (Bfr22)

26

Dolphins are acting like they just won the World Series.

Posted by: Soothsayer SLX Pro Series II Platinum Turbo at December 09, 2018 04:09 PM (/+P5n)

27 Looking at that waffle made me think it should be covered in chicken ala king.

I'm having left over chicken liver, saffron risotto with a hunk of crusty sourdough.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 09, 2018 04:09 PM (+w1IT)

28 Fucking Reid just blew this game. What a dunce.

Posted by: Jewells45 at December 09, 2018 04:09 PM (dUJdY)

29 9
Using different recipes, different techniques, and following the
instructions to the absolute "T", I have decided to no longer attempt
pie crusts. Such disappointment for a lot of work and mess. Tell me, are
the pre-made ones in the dairy case any good, or are they just
passable?

Posted by: washrivergal at December 09, 2018 04:06 PM (rE1pK)

My wife used to get the pre-made ones and I couldn't tell the difference.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at December 09, 2018 04:10 PM (mpXpK)

30 Is that Moka coffee pot the same as the Bialetti with the cartoon of the guy on it? We had the one with no cartoon, as did every immigrant family. We also had a regular coffee pot for when non Italians came to visit. The coffee was Medaglia D'Oro.

Posted by: kallisto at December 09, 2018 04:10 PM (CWvyb)

31

I love when the Patriots lose because the loser-fans who call in to the sports radio shows freak out.

Posted by: Soothsayer SLX Pro Series II Platinum Turbo at December 09, 2018 04:11 PM (/+P5n)

32 18 Image title is "sticky toffee". But I didn't see it in the text either.

Posted by: hogmartin at December 09, 2018 04:07 PM (t+qrx)

I lived with a British woman in CA and I never heard of that.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at December 09, 2018 04:11 PM (mpXpK)

33 The Pillsbury ones aren't bad, much better than the totally pre-made and pre-formed ones. I've used them for both sweet pies and savory ones, they make wonderful two-crust chicken pot pie.
Posted by: antisocialist at December 09, 2018 04:08 PM (2shuf)

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Ok. Thanks for the referral. I'll give Pillsbury a shot.

Posted by: washrivergal at December 09, 2018 04:11 PM (rE1pK)

34 My wife used to get the pre-made ones and I couldn't tell the difference.
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at December 09, 2018 04:10 PM (mpXpK)

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Well, that is certainly a positive. Thanks.

Posted by: washrivergal at December 09, 2018 04:12 PM (rE1pK)

35 Fucking Reid just blew this game. What a dunce.
Posted by: Jewells45 at December 09, 2018 04:09 PM

Been there, done that

Posted by: Skip at December 09, 2018 04:13 PM (/rm4P)

36 Chicken is in the pellet grill and I'm about to put together a potato tart.

The recipe CBD shared a few weeks ago was sublime and it has become part of the Che Blake menu.

The stuffing waffle looks to be fun. I'll have to try it with the sausage, cranberry and wild rice stuffing we make.

Posted by: Blake - tis the season for grinching at December 09, 2018 04:14 PM (WEBkv)

37 Flopped a puff pastry on a massive batch of chicken and veg wiff sauce this week. Very happy with the results.

Left over tri-tip tonight. I guess I'll do the usual french dip thing.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 09, 2018 04:14 PM (ZejZP)

38
Pie crust to me is just a delivery mechanism for pumpkin, or apple, or blueberry pie. Otherwise the 'good stuff' would stick and burn.

Eat over-processed white flour? No thanks.

If I'm running up the calorie count I'm going for whipped cream or ice cream. Preferably both. With some Kahlua on the side.

Posted by: Embedded in my Pre-Frontal Cortex and Colonized by Patriarchy at December 09, 2018 04:14 PM (e7O7B)

39 -
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t is time to leave your childish tastes behind and become adults. So put
down the syrup and pick up the salt and butter and pepper and all of
those marvelous grown-up flavors that separate the men from the boys.

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Salt, butter, and pepper are for schoolgirls. Adults eat gravel as an appetizer, glass and barbed wire for the main, and claymore mines for desert. Picking their teeth with the tripwires, naturally.

Posted by: irright at December 09, 2018 04:15 PM (RVcmP)

40 It is known that stuffing waffles require gravy. You did not mention pouring gravy on these stuffing waffles. Whats the point of all those square gravy receptacles without gravy?

Posted by: tumbleweed at December 09, 2018 04:17 PM (twG1r)

41 Don't buy pre-fab pie crusts that claim to be a healthy choice. If you can find a brand with tombstone graphics and death-warnings, they will likely be delicious.

If in doubt, brush on some real butter.

Posted by: Burger Chef at December 09, 2018 04:18 PM (RuIsu)

42 It is known that stuffing waffles require gravy. You did not mention pouring gravy on these stuffing waffles. Whats the point of all those square gravy receptacles without gravy?
Posted by: tumbleweed

CBD doesn't recommend gravy.

He insists upon yak hair and gravel.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 09, 2018 04:18 PM (ZejZP)

43 And speaking of food it is about time for me to start rustling up some supper.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at December 09, 2018 04:18 PM (mpXpK)

44 9. when I made pie crusts I'd put the flour and butter cutting utensils in the freezer to get them nice and cold before using them. The butter has to be cold too.

Posted by: kallisto at December 09, 2018 04:19 PM (CWvyb)

45
There is no syrup but maple. Everything else should be made into jam.

Real maple syrup, not the artificial flavored weak imitation that is fortified with high fructose corn syrup.

Real maple syrup will cost you.

Posted by: Bud, the Small at December 09, 2018 04:19 PM (hrcfq)

46 i would think by now, chief fans would be used to andy reid baring his walrus ass every time a game is on the line. it's what he does.

Posted by: chavez the hugo at December 09, 2018 04:19 PM (KP5rU)

47
Patriots lose.

I haz sadz.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 09, 2018 04:19 PM (LsBY9)

48 We have a Moka Express. Well, we just call it the Bialetti. It makes good espresso.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at December 09, 2018 04:19 PM (yQpMk)

49 by the way, CBD, I rarely measure out ingredients.

Posted by: Blake - tis the season for grinching at December 09, 2018 04:19 PM (WEBkv)

50 Speaking of gravy, I want to thank the morons who recommended make-ahead gravy for Thanksgiving. I made a batch the day before and we FINALLY had enough gravy, even for leftovers! It was delicious as it was and even better with the turkey gravy added in.

Posted by: Art Rondolet of Malmsey at December 09, 2018 04:19 PM (S+f+m)

51 I was going to try frying stuffing slices this Thanksgiving, but the CBD's waffling approach seems far more interesting!

Posted by: Comrade Hrothgar at December 09, 2018 04:20 PM (f3oO4)

52 Made homemade waffles for the boyfriend and he was quite taken with them.

The secret is to separate the eggs. Put the yolks into the batter as normal, and then whip up the egg whites and fold them gently into the batter just before cooking them. It makes for a very light, fluffy waffle, which I really like.

I've also waffled mac n cheese before. I ought to do it again, but it was a lot of work.

Posted by: TickledPink at December 09, 2018 04:20 PM (VpnSm)

53
Cam Newton loses.

This has been a tragic day.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 09, 2018 04:22 PM (LsBY9)

54 If you're not whipping the egg whites to soft peaks and gently folding them into your waffle batter you're doing it wrong.

Posted by: Larsen E. Whipsnade at December 09, 2018 04:22 PM (bML9A)

55 I always made waffles the same way I made pancakes. You just cook them in the waffle iron instead of a skillet.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at December 09, 2018 04:22 PM (mpXpK)

56 Hrothgar, I fry any stuffing leftovers and it comes out great. I also fry left over polenta and that is extra good with eggs in the morning.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 09, 2018 04:22 PM (+w1IT)

57 The moka pot, or Bialetti, is the correct way to make coffee. I will sometimes use a French press, but the moka holds up much better on camping trips.

At the risk of pimping my "art", I did a moka pot in an art class fifteen years ago: https://bit.ly/2aSjfrX

I got turned on to them by an Italian who is the love of my life. She assures me that I am also the love of her life. The only problem is that we can't stand each other.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at December 09, 2018 04:23 PM (fuK7c)

58 Waffles > Pancakes

Posted by: Grump928(C) at December 09, 2018 04:23 PM (yQpMk)

59 44 9. when I made pie crusts I'd put the flour and butter cutting utensils in the freezer to get them nice and cold before using them. The butter has to be cold too.
Posted by: kallisto at December 09, 2018 04:19 PM (CWvyb)

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If you knew how many dang suggestions I have tried without success, you'd cry. I do believe the pie-crust gods have made me their whipping-post. I concede.

Posted by: washrivergal at December 09, 2018 04:23 PM (rE1pK)

60 52 I've also waffled mac n cheese before. I ought to do it again, but it was a lot of work.

Posted by: TickledPink at December 09, 2018 04:20 PM (VpnSm)

I can't imagine trying to clean mac n cheese out of a waffle iron.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at December 09, 2018 04:23 PM (mpXpK)

61 48
I think I've got to get a Moka Express for Hovel de Hrothgar for those espresso mornings when mere coffee isn't enough!

Posted by: Comrade Hrothgar at December 09, 2018 04:23 PM (f3oO4)

62 TickledPink, I agree that separating eggs is the secret to good waffles. I use my mother's recipe that requires separating the eggs and beating both the yolks and whites until they are stiff before combining. We always make them for house guests and they invariably a big hit.

Posted by: Art Rondolet of Malmsey at December 09, 2018 04:24 PM (S+f+m)

63 @54

See? A true scholar of the waffle.

The best waffle I ever had was in Scotland and it was a belgian liege waffle which is made with a dough and not a batter. I have yet to try to make it, although I hope to give it a try someday.

But, the whipped egg white method is about the closest I've ever had to the belgian liege waffle in its airiness and fluffy texture.

Posted by: TickledPink at December 09, 2018 04:24 PM (VpnSm)

64 41 Don't buy pre-fab pie crusts that claim to be a healthy choice. If you can find a brand with tombstone graphics and death-warnings, they will likely be delicious.

If in doubt, brush on some real butter.
Posted by: Burger Chef at December 09, 2018 04:18 PM (RuIsu)

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I generally avoid all products that are "healthy choices".
There are some exceptions, but overall they are a no-go.

Posted by: washrivergal at December 09, 2018 04:25 PM (rE1pK)

65 https://youtu.be/ApoxZDcffL0

shot vid of a server serving this desert in Gordon Ramey's Vegas steak house

Are you sure that is not what they call a "fondant"?

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at December 09, 2018 04:26 PM (438dO)

66 59. washrivergal, there's good premade out there. I'll probably use one next time I make a pie.

Posted by: kallisto at December 09, 2018 04:26 PM (CWvyb)

67
What's the advantage of a French press? Seems like a recumbent bicycle: take something sensible and make something stupid out of it.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 09, 2018 04:27 PM (LsBY9)

68 We'd have an easier time searching a recipe for that British dessert if you'd named it.

"Brown cake thing" isn't turning up anything so far.

Posted by: MW at December 09, 2018 04:27 PM (hNTtn)

69 @62

Yup. It was actually my sister who discovered the technique first, and yeah, it makes light years difference.

Also, invest in a good-quality waffle maker. It doesn't have to be super expensive. One of the mid-range ones on Amazon should be sufficient. But, for years, I used a $10 cheapie, and when I upgraded to a better quality waffle iron, I was shocked at how much more evenly it cooked and just better overall outcome.

And if you spray the waffle iron and waffle it right.....the mac and cheese waffle comes out easy peasy.

Posted by: TickledPink at December 09, 2018 04:27 PM (VpnSm)

70 I thought that a French Press was just cowboy coffee without the grit.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at December 09, 2018 04:28 PM (yQpMk)

71 I read the Lemon Pie recipe. It sounds appealing. I'm almost half-tempted to make it.

Posted by: grammie winger, church pirate at December 09, 2018 04:29 PM (lwiT4)

72 Fucking Reid just blew this game. What a dunce.
Posted by: Jewells45 at December 09, 2018 04:09 PM

Been there, done that

Posted by: Skip at December 09, 2018 04:13 PM

You don't remember the famous riots in Philly when his contract wasn't extended? The traffic lights pulled to the ground, the fires, looting, cars burned? Like a typical Paris weekend of late?

Oh, yeah. That's right. It never happened.

Though I was kinda pissed off the next season when he went something like 12-0 to start.

Posted by: Embedded in my Pre-Frontal Cortex and Colonized by Patriarchy at December 09, 2018 04:29 PM (e7O7B)

73 CHIEFS WIN IT!!!!

Posted by: Jewells45 at December 09, 2018 04:29 PM (dUJdY)

74 CHIEFS WIN IT!!!!

You misspelled Chefs.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at December 09, 2018 04:30 PM (yQpMk)

75
At least cowboys have an excuse.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 09, 2018 04:30 PM (LsBY9)

76 Savory Pineapple Pie
A personal favorite for when I have guests. Serves 4.

2 cup Pineapple, chopped
1/3 cup Milk
1/2 cup Pecans
Cream of each
2 tb Balsamic cocoa
2 tb Flour
2 ts Lemon juice
Granulated sugar
2 tb Orange juice
1 cup Sherry wheated curdup
1 Onion; sliced
1 ts Salt
2 cup Sugar
1/4 ts Salt
1/2 ts White pepper, freshly ground
Sesame seeds
1 cup Sugar
1/4 cup Shredded coconut
1/4 ts Cumin seeds

Preheat oven to 350. In a medium bowl, combine milk, the sugar, vanilla and seasoned flour and water and then cornstarch. add tomatoes, oregano, and nutmeg; serve.

Posted by: Random Recipe Generator at December 09, 2018 04:31 PM (tYPH9)

77 I read the Lemon Pie recipe. It sounds appealing. I'm almost half-tempted to make it.

Posted by: grammie winger, church pirate at December 09, 2018 04:29 PM

Proverbs 12:22
Lying lips are an abomination to the L█rd, but those who act faithfully are his delight.

* redacted source *

Posted by: James Comey at December 09, 2018 04:31 PM (e7O7B)

78 To show how incredibly stupid footbalis getting, Cowboys fumbled their first series 2 Eagles came up with the ball and during the officials meeting Cowboys defense came on the field as did the Eagles offence. The long official meeting came up with the call there was a fumble but Eagles did not gain rightfull possession, Cowboys ball.

Posted by: Skip at December 09, 2018 04:31 PM (/rm4P)

79 68 We'd have an easier time searching a recipe for that British dessert if you'd named it.

"Brown cake thing" isn't turning up anything so far.
Posted by: MW at December 09, 2018 04:27 PM (hNTtn)
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I watch a lot of old Brit movies and t.v. shows on the YouTube. They will regularly call a dessert a "pudding".
As in, "What will be your pudding, then?". This is sometimes shortened to "pud", which has an alternate meaning, at least here at the AOSHQ.

Posted by: washrivergal at December 09, 2018 04:31 PM (rE1pK)

80 when I made pie crusts I'd put the flour and butter cutting utensils in the freezer to get them nice and cold before using them. The butter has to be cold too.
Posted by: kallisto

cold butter is optimal, but the problem i'm seeing is that US butter has more water content than what chefs use. Also water content of eggs varies with age of said eggs.

My only successes were with minimal water.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 09, 2018 04:32 PM (ZejZP)

81 Pecans with Onion???? And what the heck is Sherry wheated curdup??

Posted by: grammie winger, church pirate at December 09, 2018 04:32 PM (lwiT4)

82 57. ha! My BF's BiL asked me how I put up with him for so long, I said we're on the Mutually Assured Destruction Plan. They laughed.

Posted by: kallisto at December 09, 2018 04:33 PM (CWvyb)

83 I thought that a French Press was just cowboy coffee without the grit.

It is. I used a French press to make tea and a Bialetti to make coffee and then I burned up the Bialetti and I was broke.

So I was thinking, hey, I'll make cowboy coffee. If only I had a way to strain out the grounds...

Posted by: Bandersnatch at December 09, 2018 04:33 PM (fuK7c)

84 Waffles > Pancakes
Posted by: Grump928(C) at December 09, 2018 04:23 PM (yQpMk)

Yes! Those little squares must be filled with something. Butter, jam, syrup...

Now either waffles or pancakes *with sausage*!

I remember having waffles that had extra egg, pre-cooked diced onion, green peppers, and bacon. Sorta omelet-waffles.

Those were very good, but gravy and stuffing waffles are best.

Posted by: tumbleweed at December 09, 2018 04:33 PM (twG1r)

85
Sticky toffee pudding?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 09, 2018 04:33 PM (LsBY9)

86 YAY, food thread!!!! Hey, grammie! :-) I timed the re-heat of my yesterday's pot roast leftovers to coincide with my fave thread.

Posted by: Peaches at December 09, 2018 04:33 PM (14URa)

87 Cream of each??

This can;t be a real food.

Posted by: grammie winger, church pirate at December 09, 2018 04:34 PM (lwiT4)

88 Hiya Peaches!!

Posted by: grammie winger, church pirate at December 09, 2018 04:34 PM (lwiT4)

89

I still think Heather Radish was eaten.

Who disappears to Germany and leaves the best political blog in the world, like that?

Posted by: Soothsayer SLX Pro Series II Platinum Turbo at December 09, 2018 04:34 PM (/+P5n)

90 Howdy all. Tried the recipe from last week "the science of cooking prime rib, etc". Recipe is way too wordy but his science did work. The roast I made was perfectly cooked from outer layer to the center. One quibble. I like spicy food but not on my beef roast. I will use this recipe again but will skip the cayenne in the wet rub. Way too spicy and would prefer savory. Couldn't use the gravy I made since the cayenne polluted it.

Posted by: never enough caffeine at December 09, 2018 04:34 PM (N3JsI)

91 Having left over roast beef roast on long rolls, cheese on top

Posted by: Skip at December 09, 2018 04:34 PM (/rm4P)

92 80. I will remember this, thanks!

Posted by: kallisto at December 09, 2018 04:35 PM (CWvyb)

93 CARAMEL CORN GARLIC BEEF
Serves 10.

2 tb Parmesan cheese, ground
1/4 ts Ground cloves
-- diced
1 ts Cayenne pepper

Cook it with the batter. Set aside to cool. Remove the peanut oil in a small saucepan and pour into the margarine until they are soft. Stir in a a mixer (dough). Add the chestnuts, beaten egg whites, oil, and salt and brown sugar and sugar; stir onto the boqtly brown it.

The recipe from an oiled by fried and can.

Posted by: Random Recipe Generator at December 09, 2018 04:35 PM (tYPH9)

94
The advantage of waffles is that the indentations hold more warm, sweet maple syrup, no matter what certain NYC bigots say.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 09, 2018 04:35 PM (LsBY9)

95 Dinner for me is gonna be a vanilla milkshake from Culvers.

Posted by: grammie winger, church pirate at December 09, 2018 04:36 PM (lwiT4)

96 Now that I read the post (well, fine, some of it), I am fantasizing about a stuffing waffle. O. M. G. I felt a tingle.

Posted by: Peaches at December 09, 2018 04:36 PM (14URa)

97 Heh. Neighbor just came by with his 4wd John Deere/frontend loader and cleared my driveway. Now, if the city could arrange to clear the street...

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 09, 2018 04:37 PM (2qPhT)

98 I now have the urge to go get the Bialetti down and make some coffee. Of course that means getting the grinder down to turn the drip coffee into espresso grind too.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at December 09, 2018 04:37 PM (yQpMk)

99 We have the Marboro Cookbook, they make cowboy coffee putting grounds and a egg in a cheese cloth made bag, boil probably the 8 minutes I do on stove top. Pull out bag and serve.

Posted by: Skip at December 09, 2018 04:37 PM (/rm4P)

100 @95

Ooooooh.....if you could bring me some cheese curds, that would be fantastic.

Posted by: TickledPink at December 09, 2018 04:38 PM (VpnSm)

101 Dinner for me is gonna be a vanilla milkshake from Culvers.
Posted by: grammie winger
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*politely*
Perhaps you should examine your diet.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 09, 2018 04:38 PM (2qPhT)

102 CBD,

All seriousness aside, have you seen any You Suck At Cooking vids?

Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 09, 2018 04:39 PM (ZejZP)

103 cold butter is optimal, but the problem i'm seeing is that US butter has more water content than what chefs use.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 09, 2018 04:32 PM

Plugra butter. Even my local grocery store carries it. Pricey stuff, but if you do the math, it's probably not nearly so bad.

Extra water in butter is expensive, too.

Posted by: James Comey at December 09, 2018 04:39 PM (e7O7B)

104 When I make camp coffee, I put the grounds into a rolling boil and then take if off the heat to steep.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at December 09, 2018 04:39 PM (yQpMk)

105
Perhaps you should examine your diet.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc.

True. Should be chocolate.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 09, 2018 04:39 PM (LsBY9)

106 *politely*

Perhaps you should examine your diet.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 09, 2018 04:38 PM (2qPhT)

A - I don't cook
B - I can't chew

Posted by: grammie winger, church pirate at December 09, 2018 04:39 PM (lwiT4)

107 I use a 1950s Sunbeam CG waffle maker, it produces crisp on the outside fluffy on the inside waffles. You can find very good condition waffle irons on ebay for not much. My CG has removable griddles that have a flat side that turns it into a griddle for hotcakes, bacon and eggs made at the table. The older American-made waffle irons are amazing and you can find reconditioned beauties at Toaster Central dot com.

Fist bump TickledPink

Posted by: Larsen E. Whipsnade at December 09, 2018 04:40 PM (bML9A)

108 LOUISIANA HONEY PEPPER
Serves 4

2 cup Cabbage
1 tb Honey
1/4 cup Water
3 tb Lemon juice
2 ts Brown sugar
2 tb Sugar
1 Can enough red cayenne
1/4 cup Brown sugar

Combine flour, baking powder, and cinnamon. Serve over top of instead.

Posted by: Random Recipe Generator at December 09, 2018 04:40 PM (tYPH9)

109 99 We have the Marboro Cookbook, they make cowboy coffee putting grounds and a egg in a cheese cloth made bag, boil probably the 8 minutes I do on stove top. Pull out bag and serve.
Posted by: Skip at December 09, 2018 04:37 PM (/rm4P)

+++

Didn't know there was such a thing. I would love to get my hands on one, though. Sounds fun.

Posted by: washrivergal at December 09, 2018 04:40 PM (rE1pK)

110 Is that maple syrup on the brownie?

Posted by: Weasel at December 09, 2018 04:40 PM (MVjcR)

111 Got the Christmas tree and wreath at a local farm, then coffee, cocoa and cider donuts - yum! Now it feels like Christmas..

Posted by: Lizzy at December 09, 2018 04:40 PM (W+vEI)

112 Are you sure that is not what they call a "fondant"?

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at December 09, 2018 04:26 PM (438dO)

Yes. It's called a sticky toffee pudding and it is a classic English dessert.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 09, 2018 04:41 PM (wYseH)

113 omg, how many of ya'll live in Raising Canes country?

Posted by: TickledPink at December 09, 2018 04:41 PM (VpnSm)

114 99 Have always wanted to try it on stove top instead of the strainer.

Posted by: Skip at December 09, 2018 04:41 PM (/rm4P)

115 >>A - I don't cook
B - I can't chew

Oh, hope the vanilla shake is good then!

Posted by: Lizzy at December 09, 2018 04:42 PM (W+vEI)

116 CARAMEL CORN GARLIC BEEF
Serves 10.

2 tb Parmesan cheese, ground
1/4 ts Ground cloves
-- diced
1 ts Cayenne pepper

Cook it with the batter. Set aside to cool. Remove the peanut oil in a small saucepan and pour into the margarine until they are soft. Stir in a a mixer (dough). Add the chestnuts, beaten egg whites, oil, and salt and brown sugar and sugar; stir onto the boqtly brown it.

The recipe from an oiled by fried and can.
Posted by: Random Recipe Generator at December 09, 2018 04:35 PM (tYPH9)
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This looks like something one of you Morons would have submitted to the cookbook.

Posted by: bluebell at December 09, 2018 04:42 PM (U5tDi)

117 PATTY PEANUT BUTTER STEW
Serves 8

1 pk Guennisin
1 cup Mayonnaise
1 lb Lean bag in microwave
1 Onion; chopped fine

Saute the peas in the refrigerator at least 8 hours.

Prepare pastry and expanpie with a layer of the squares, on the salads and lightly, and set over a slotted serving plate to cook.

In a large saucepan, combine the vegetables and blend well.

Posted by: Random Recipe Generator at December 09, 2018 04:43 PM (tYPH9)

118 Hi bluebell!

Posted by: Weasel at December 09, 2018 04:43 PM (MVjcR)

119 109 We used points from my BiL that were on each pack of cigarettes. You could get all sorts of stuff, lots of camping gear. Had to be 20 years ago.

Posted by: Skip at December 09, 2018 04:43 PM (/rm4P)

120 Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 09, 2018 04:39 PM (ZejZP)

Nope. But I'm game. Send me a link to the best one!

If it sucks I'll ban you, and if it is good I'll ban Bluebell.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 09, 2018 04:43 PM (wYseH)

121 1 pk Guennisin

Is that like Mucinex?

Posted by: Peaches at December 09, 2018 04:43 PM (14URa)

122 If it sucks I'll ban you, and if it is good I'll ban Bluebell.

seems fair

Posted by: grammie winger, church pirate at December 09, 2018 04:44 PM (lwiT4)

123 Hi Weasel!

Posted by: bluebell at December 09, 2018 04:44 PM (U5tDi)

124 Well what do you know
Marboro Cookbook is at Amazon 16.95

Posted by: Skip at December 09, 2018 04:45 PM (/rm4P)

125 If it sucks I'll ban you, and if it is good I'll ban Bluebell.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 09, 2018 04:43 PM (wYseH)
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Oh sure. I just get here and already everything is my fault.

Welcome home, CBD.

Posted by: bluebell at December 09, 2018 04:45 PM (U5tDi)

126 98 I now have the urge to go get the Bialetti down and make some coffee. Of course that means getting the grinder down to turn the drip coffee into espresso grind too.
Posted by: Grump928(C) at December 09, 2018 04:37 PM (yQpMk)

Moka pots aren't meant for super-fine grinds. Shoot for grinding to about the size of grains of shaker salt, not a powder.

Posted by: tumbleweed at December 09, 2018 04:45 PM (twG1r)

127 Also used for a few bucks, from January 1999.

Posted by: Skip at December 09, 2018 04:46 PM (/rm4P)

128 Gosh, now I want lemon pie. This thread should come with delivery options.

Posted by: grammie winger, church pirate at December 09, 2018 04:46 PM (lwiT4)

129 124 Well what do you know
Marboro Cookbook is at Amazon 16.95
Posted by: Skip at December 09, 2018 04:45 PM (/rm4P)

+++

I'll go there now and take a peek.

Posted by: washrivergal at December 09, 2018 04:47 PM (rE1pK)

130 COUNTRY DIP COOKIES
Serves 6

2 lb Potatoes; almost
1 lg Orange slices
1/4 cup Coarse carrot; leaves

This is too things to make pasta, spread with sauce. Beef the food processor and a skin to blend.

Refrigerate for 30 to 30 minutes or until the mushrooms are not boil. Serve with fruits. Serves 3.

Posted by: Random Recipe Generator at December 09, 2018 04:47 PM (tYPH9)

131 I could go for some Canes right now. I really don't think I'll be able to eat fast food chicken tenders ever again. And yes, that includes Chick Fil A.

Posted by: TickledPink at December 09, 2018 04:47 PM (VpnSm)

132 I'm jonesing hard for stuffing. Kinda takes the shine off my leftover pot roast. Damn you, CBD . . .

Posted by: Peaches at December 09, 2018 04:47 PM (14URa)

133 I made three double-batches of Christmas cookie dough today. Then I went up the street to see my daughter's friend, who just had her third baby.

The whole family, mom, dad, and three kids, were in the kitchen making the most wonderful looking cookies. The husband is from Austria and the wife is from the Czech Republic and these are their families' recipes.

Only nothing is written down. They do it over Skype on the iPad. I told her she should make sure to write them all down so her kids can have them and I can steal them. I may not have said all those words out loud.

Posted by: bluebell at December 09, 2018 04:47 PM (U5tDi)

134 If it sucks I'll ban you, and if it is good I'll ban Bluebell.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

Ban like the wind:
youtube.com/watch?v=pnlNqAmCCgw

Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 09, 2018 04:48 PM (ZejZP)

135 what idiot put a dish in the middle of the sauce?

just put the ice cream on the plate...

you can't taste "presentation", nor does it add caloric value, so who gives a shit?

Posted by: redc1c4 at December 09, 2018 04:48 PM (YtJs4)

136 I've been making Black Rifle Coffee using a pour over gizmo. Finally figured out you can buy teeny little filters so cleaning out the pour-over part isn't such a pain.

Posted by: Weasel at December 09, 2018 04:48 PM (MVjcR)

137 Refrigerate for 30 to 30 minutes or until the mushrooms are not boil.

So, English is kind of a challenge there, eh?

Posted by: grammie winger, church pirate at December 09, 2018 04:48 PM (lwiT4)

138 Ice cream with Sticky Toffee Pudding? Wouldn't happen to be clotted cream right?

Posted by: SkinnerVic at December 09, 2018 04:48 PM (nbwH3)

139 That sticky toffee pudding looks delish - never had it.

Posted by: Lizzy at December 09, 2018 04:48 PM (W+vEI)

140 124 Well what do you know
Marboro Cookbook is at Amazon 16.95
Posted by: Skip at December 09, 2018 04:45 PM (/rm4P)
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More expensive than a certain superior offering.

Posted by: Weasel at December 09, 2018 04:49 PM (MVjcR)

141 I've decided we'll do roast goose and prime rib for Christmas dinner.

I found a great Gordon Ramsey goose recipe. Looks easy peasy and delish.

Of course, we'll goose fat roasted potatoes ie. THE POTATOES OF THE GODS

I'm somewhat tempted to make real mincemeat pie(s).

Looking at the recipes, mincemeat pie looks a lot like the pie version of Christmas Pudding.

Bu-u-u-ut, if I do mincemeat, I gotta do it no later than tomorrow to give it time to age a bit.

Hmmmmmm.

Posted by: naturalfake at December 09, 2018 04:49 PM (CRRq9)

142 136
I've been making Black Rifle Coffee using a pour over gizmo. Finally
figured out you can buy teeny little filters so cleaning out the
pour-over part isn't such a pain.

Posted by: Weasel at December 09, 2018 04:48 PM (MVjcR)
Almost got the Black Rifle Coffee for the bf and his wife for Christmas but they got one of those pod things so I backed off. Good coffee? Need input, there are always birthdays.

Posted by: Peaches at December 09, 2018 04:50 PM (14URa)

143 Spotted Dick with vanilla custard.

Both from a can.

Gordon Ramsey knows but won't admit their better then his.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at December 09, 2018 04:50 PM (Z+IKu)

144 Hey everybody.

Takes a while to learn that in the UK, "pudding" is anything edible and soft.

Posted by: qdpsteve at December 09, 2018 04:50 PM (miE9U)

145 Last week Weasel mentioned franks and beans, made with original style Bush's baked beans. Although the dish was a staple in our neighborhood, I hadn't had any for over fifty years. I got a small can of ther beans and was pleased to see no tomato in any form listed, my preference. Just heated them up, added a teaspoon of molasses for extra flavor, and threw in sliced up, sauteed hot dogs. It was DELISH!

I'll try it again the next time I make homemade baked beans.

BTW, the carbs are pretty high with all the different sugars Bush's uses. But a reasonable serving had my numbers come down from the high to good levels without crashing. It should be even better with the homemade version.

Posted by: JTB at December 09, 2018 04:50 PM (bmdz3)

146 Glad the food thread is here. I wanted to ask:

How do I dry-age beef at home:

Posted by: qdpsteve at December 09, 2018 04:51 PM (miE9U)

147 CURRIED CREAM CORN COOKIES
Serves 1

4 lb Ground pork
4 ea Red onion chopped
2 cup Peeled and head and pepper
2 tb Butter, ground
1 cup Onions; chopped
2 tb Chopped nuts
1 cup Crushed bananas
1/2 cup Water
1 ts Poppy strip powder
2 ts Salt
-- chopped
1 Onions; chopped
4 tb Sugar
1 ds Pepper sauce
1 cup Kikkoman salt

Preheat oven to 350F. On let stand around the bones with a skewers. Arrange peaks in a glass skillet chopped fresh golden pecans with freeze or the mustard sauces has barbecue. Remove and canned the cookies, and cook till the flavors (about 30-45 minutes). FATFREE Recipe collections too: braises with bottom of each in pell beans. Top with pineapple slices with vegetables; add hot peppers, onion, eggplant and cook over low heat until the eggplant forms of a colander.

Posted by: Random Recipe Generator at December 09, 2018 04:51 PM (tYPH9)

148 ?

Posted by: qdpsteve at December 09, 2018 04:51 PM (miE9U)

149 The random recipes are killing me. If I somehow drink myself to death tonight, it's on y'all.

Posted by: Peaches at December 09, 2018 04:52 PM (14URa)

150 Posted by: Peaches at December 09, 2018 04:50 PM (14URa)
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Hi Peaches! I really like it and have it set up to deliver a couple of bags every few weeks. The blend I like is "Blackbeard's Delight". I think you can get the coffee in the little pods, too.

Posted by: Weasel at December 09, 2018 04:52 PM (MVjcR)

151 CURRIED CREAM CORN COOKIES

I'm dying here.

Posted by: grammie winger, church pirate at December 09, 2018 04:53 PM (lwiT4)

152 147: tah fook? must be an eskimo dish.

Posted by: chavez the hugo at December 09, 2018 04:53 PM (KP5rU)

153 Posted by: Peaches at December 09, 2018 04:50 PM (14URa)
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You exchange gifts with your boyfriend and his wife?

Posted by: Weasel at December 09, 2018 04:53 PM (MVjcR)

154 Almost got the Black Rifle Coffee for the bf and his wife for Christmas but they got one of those pod things so I backed off. Good coffee? Need input, there are always birthdays.
Posted by: Peaches at December 09, 2018 04:50 PM (14URa)

I use the BRCC 96 k-cups assortment for my weekend coffee. It's good. Not cheap, but about par for the quality.

Posted by: hogmartin at December 09, 2018 04:53 PM (t+qrx)

155 Ban like the wind:
youtube.com/watch?v=pnlNqAmCCgw
Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 09, 2018 04:48 PM (ZejZP)
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That was hilarious and also pretty much how I make my pesto, only I put a little salt in mine.

Don't ban me, bro!

Posted by: bluebell at December 09, 2018 04:54 PM (U5tDi)

156 Ha! I wasn't making omelet-waffles up!

https://kirbiecravings.com/omelette-waffle/

Posted by: tumbleweed at December 09, 2018 04:54 PM (twG1r)

157 CBD. I had the same plan. Made beaucoup dressing. WAS going to put some in the waffle iron.

Hey, golf lady, where's the waffle iron?

I threw that old thing away.

A bit of of a let down to put the dressing in the toaster oven.

Posted by: golfman at December 09, 2018 04:55 PM (GL/05)

158 Weasel that was top price, used for $3, there are lots of good stuff in it.

Posted by: Skip at December 09, 2018 04:55 PM (/rm4P)

159 You exchange gifts with your boyfriend and his wife?
Posted by: Weasel at December 09, 2018 04:53 PM (MVjcR)
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I was wondering the same thing.

Peaches, you can still get them the Black Rifle coffee - just get them one of the refillable pods that they can fill themselves. You can get a two or three of them in a pack at Marshalls for about $5.

Someone gave my son a small Keurig they no longer wanted and that's what he uses, because those darned pods are so expensive.

Posted by: bluebell at December 09, 2018 04:56 PM (U5tDi)

160 Posted by: JTB at December 09, 2018 04:50 PM (bmdz3)
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*fistbump* JTB. When I want to spend the time and energy to cook, canned beans and weenies is one of my go-to meals!

Posted by: Weasel at December 09, 2018 04:56 PM (MVjcR)

161 HOT GARLIC CASSEROLE
Serves 6

2 cups Sugar
1 tb Cream, divided
1 ts Soy sauce
2 tb Chopped fresh oregano
Salt; to taste
1 ts Vanilla extract
1 cup Whipping cream
1/4 cup Chopped celery
1 tb Combination;
-chops or separates; chopped
1 Garlic; crushed
3 cups Water
2 tb Butter
2 tb Chopped tomato
-shellfaws
1 tb Milk
1/4 ts Ground cumin
1/4 ts Black pepper; chopped
1 ts Prepared shrimp
And cornered
-- cut in fresh mushrooms,
-salt
-Drained and cored
Salt and pepper to taste

Stir first 3 ingredients in the egg yolks with the mixture over the cake.

Combine all ingredients except the cheese over after each.

Posted by: Random Recipe Generator at December 09, 2018 04:56 PM (tYPH9)

162 CURRIED CREAM CORN COOKIES

*gorge rises*

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 09, 2018 04:56 PM (U7Mh9)

163 Made some crumb cakes for the filthy animals at work tomorrow. As someone up thread mentioned, cold butter and cutting utensils are mandatory for cutting the butter into the crumb mixture.

My mixture is starting to routinely feel like Grammie's did (mine, not AoS's). It's only taken me 45 years to get it right.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 09, 2018 04:56 PM (9rIkM)

164 How do I dry-age beef at home:
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 09, 2018 04:51 PM (miE9U)

Punch some holes in a Tupperware.

Set beef in Tupperware and put in the fridge.

Slice off the yuck.

Cook the rest.

Posted by: golfman at December 09, 2018 04:57 PM (GL/05)

165
158 Weasel that was top price, used for $3, there are lots of good stuff in it.
Posted by: Skip at December 09, 2018 04:55 PM (/rm4P)
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Well you get a pass, Skip, because I'm pretty sure you have a copy of TDG.

Posted by: Weasel at December 09, 2018 04:57 PM (MVjcR)

166 I'm going on vacation in a few days so I haven't bought groceries. My dinner consisted of shaving down the remains of a hunk of Mimolette cheese, and now spooning out peanut butter. Cold coffee for dessert.

Surprisingly satisfying.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 09, 2018 04:57 PM (kQs4Y)

167 Seriously, this worked out really well and was easy to make,

What dark arts were required to keep it from sticking to and making a total mess of the waffle iron? Tried once, spent all afternoon cleaning.

Posted by: DaveA at December 09, 2018 04:57 PM (FhXTo)

168 CBD, The stuffing waffle in the top photo and the way you described it made me think of a fancy yorkshire pudding. That's a good thing.

Posted by: JTB at December 09, 2018 04:57 PM (bmdz3)

169 Don't ban me, bro!
Posted by: bluebell

Don't worry, he'll ban me out of spite.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 09, 2018 04:58 PM (ZejZP)

170 Posted by: Random Recipe Generator at December 09, 2018 04:56 PM (tYPH9)

I just lost my shit at "1 ts Prepared shrimp".

Posted by: hogmartin at December 09, 2018 04:58 PM (t+qrx)

171 golfman, thanks!

Posted by: qdpsteve at December 09, 2018 04:58 PM (miE9U)

172 grammie - forgot about the chewing thing. Hope you have a blender...or food processor

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 09, 2018 04:58 PM (KoKdw)

173 That cookbook is from 1999

Posted by: Skip at December 09, 2018 04:59 PM (/rm4P)

174 Don't worry, he'll ban me out of spite.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 09, 2018 04:58 PM (ZejZP)
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Why? Are you a Red Sox fan too?

Posted by: bluebell at December 09, 2018 04:59 PM (U5tDi)

175 Peaches, you can still get them the Black Rifle
coffee - just get them one of the refillable pods that they can fill
themselves. You can get a two or three of them in a pack at Marshalls
for about $5.

Someone gave my son a small Keurig they no longer wanted and that's what he uses, because those darned pods are so expensive.

Posted by: bluebell at December 09, 2018 04:56 PM (U5tDi)
Yeah, I saw that, bluebell, and did find the refillable pods but I don't know what model they have. Ended up getting him a book - Heirs of the Founders, hope it doesn't suck - and her a silky pair of microfleece cardinal jammies I got at walmart. I'm going all in on the hoosier thing this year, even found some cardinal Christmas cards! Plus, it's been cold AF and I live in fear of my next electric bill.

Posted by: Peaches at December 09, 2018 04:59 PM (14URa)

176 Hope you have a blender...or food processor

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 09, 2018 04:58 PM (KoKdw)

Is that the one with the thing that goes up?

Posted by: grammie winger, church pirate at December 09, 2018 04:59 PM (lwiT4)

177
Alf Christmas special is on.

It's the episode when Alf tears out of Willie's stomach.

Posted by: Soothsayer SLX Pro Series II Platinum Turbo at December 09, 2018 04:59 PM (/+P5n)

178 "Blackbeard's Delight" is the bomb. Feel free to order a few bags for me, I love the stuff. It has notes of chocolate, berries, and gunpowder, as the coffee fags say.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 09, 2018 04:59 PM (kQs4Y)

179
"Creamed corn" and "Food thread" should not appear within 50 light years of each other.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 09, 2018 05:01 PM (LsBY9)

180 178 "Blackbeard's Delight" is the bomb. Feel free to order a few bags for me, I love the stuff. It has notes of chocolate, berries, and gunpowder, as the coffee fags say.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 09, 2018 04:59 PM (kQs4Y)
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Isn't it good? I'm a big fan.

Posted by: Weasel at December 09, 2018 05:01 PM (MVjcR)

181 qdpsteve. This may work better.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4aI_O8kcN8

Posted by: golfman at December 09, 2018 05:02 PM (GL/05)

182 179: agreed. should be a bylaw.

Posted by: chavez the hugo at December 09, 2018 05:02 PM (KP5rU)

183 Yummm, stuffing. I do like my savory stuffing with celery and onions and sage, salt, pepper etc. Putting syrup instead of gravy on that would be SO wrong. I was looking up recipes to remind myself rough proportions for celery and onion vs bread and was seeing zero egg in the first few recipes. I suppose that might be safer for cooking in the bird but I brine and bag the bird and cook my stuffing in a bread pan and was sure I've always used a couple eggs. Getting to treat recipes as mere guidelines is the nice thing about cooking vs actual baking.

Posted by: PaleRider is simply irredeemable at December 09, 2018 05:02 PM (pHzbJ)

184 I get the Pillsbury crusts, the ones you just roll out in the pan. I lightly brush both sides of the crust with melted butter. Because ..... well, because butter.

I never get the pre-made crusts in their own pans because I don't want that pan there screaming, "Oh, look! Margarita bought another pie!"

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at December 09, 2018 05:03 PM (Rxduq)

185
Can't eat, smell or even think of c.c. without gagging.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 09, 2018 05:04 PM (LsBY9)

186 Are these actual Marines singing at the beginning of Pee-Wee's Christmas Special?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=393BnRQ1epM

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 09, 2018 05:04 PM (kQs4Y)

187 Someone gave my son a small Keurig they no longer wanted and that's what he uses, because those darned pods are so expensive.
Posted by: bluebell
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I pack those u-fill strainers full, then brew multiple cups from the same strainer into a small insulated carafe. That can produce 2-3 mugs of perfectly consumable coffee.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 09, 2018 05:04 PM (2qPhT)

188 From the Random Recipe Generator...does this sound yuck, or is it me?

Spicy Avocados Cakes
You will need:
3 avocados
5 red onions
70g of unsmoked back bacon
150g of dark chocolate
5 tbsp of apple sauce
Instructions:
Squeeze the avocados
Cut the red onions
Deseed the unsmoked back bacon
Separate the dark chocolate
Bring the apple sauce to the boil
Throw away the apple sauce
Pound the avocados
Roughly chop the avocados
Crunch the dark chocolate
Blend the avocados
Yum.

Posted by: Antisocialist at December 09, 2018 05:05 PM (2shuf)

189 I should dig out my Glogg with umlauts recipe. Maybe next week I could post it.

Posted by: grammie winger, church pirate at December 09, 2018 05:05 PM (lwiT4)

190 Is that the one with the thing that goes up?
Posted by: grammie winger, church pirate at December 09, 2018 04:59 PM (lwiT4)

Glad to see you back.

Saw the comment about your condition and the eye patch early on.

Remarked with "Arrrgh".

Didn't go over too well.

Funny to see your Nic.

Posted by: golfman at December 09, 2018 05:05 PM (GL/05)

191 Thanks golfman

Posted by: grammie winger, church pirate at December 09, 2018 05:06 PM (lwiT4)

192 160 ... "*fistbump* JTB. When I want to spend the time and energy to cook, canned beans and weenies is one of my go-to meals!"

It helps that the Bush's brand is a lot better than whatever my folks used. Probably Campbells. And the Hebrew National hot dogs we use are a big improvement as well.

I did remember that some buttered bread is needed to mop the sauce out of the bowl.

Posted by: JTB at December 09, 2018 05:07 PM (bmdz3)

193 From the Random Recipe Generator...does this sound yuck, or is it me?

It's totally you.

Posted by: grammie winger, church pirate at December 09, 2018 05:07 PM (lwiT4)

194 It's totally you.
Posted by: grammie winger, church pirate at December 09, 2018 05:07 PM (lwiT4)

That's what I was afraid of.

Posted by: Antisocialist at December 09, 2018 05:08 PM (2shuf)

195 From the Random Recipe Generator...does this sound yuck, or is it me?

It's totally you.
Posted by: grammie winger, church pirate at December 09, 2018 05:07 PM (lwiT4)

I wouldn't have bothered de-seeding the unsmoked back bacon. Who has the time? Leave the bacon seeds in.

Posted by: hogmartin at December 09, 2018 05:08 PM (t+qrx)

196 Hmm, I don't think real Marines would be dancing Busby Berkeley-style outside of my sick mind.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 09, 2018 05:10 PM (kQs4Y)

197 I enjoy oatmeal for breakfast during cold weather but I don't like to make stovetop oatmeal while I'm waiting on my bacon and eggs. Instant oatmeal is unsatisfactory because it doesn't have the creamy texture of slow cooked oatmeal. Being lazy and finicky I have found a simple solution. I mix Quaker Instant oatmeal (two packets) in a microwave safe bowl with the recommended amount of boiling water and stir, then add an additional three tablespoons of boiling water to the bowl, enough to cover the oatmeal and place it in the microwave for 30-40 seconds and you have a bowl of oatmeal to rival the best slow cooked oatmeal and no extra pot to wash.

Posted by: Larsen E. Whipsnade at December 09, 2018 05:10 PM (bML9A)

198 Of course, we'll goose fat roasted potatoes ie. THE POTATOES OF THE GODS

I'm somewhat tempted to make real mincemeat pie(s).

Looking at the recipes, mincemeat pie looks a lot like the pie version of Christmas Pudding.

Bu-u-u-ut, if I do mincemeat, I gotta do it no later than tomorrow to give it time to age a bit.

Hmmmmmm.
Posted by: naturalfake at December 09, 2018 04:49 PM

^^^All of this.

I'm way behind on my mincemeat this year. I don't even have the brisket in house yet. *sigh* Might have to give it a miss this year. I do have to make some pate, though. Because tradition.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 09, 2018 05:10 PM (GBF0l)

199 Is that the one with the thing that goes up?
Posted by: grammie
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*considers emergency air-drop of soft foods*

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 09, 2018 05:10 PM (HTHlp)

200 What is the name of the Gordon Ramsey desert, please?

Posted by: Emmie at December 09, 2018 05:10 PM (4HMW8)

201 What is the name of the Gordon Ramsey desert, please?
Posted by: Emmie at December 09, 2018 05:10 PM (4HMW

Sticky toffee pudding, per comment 112.

Posted by: hogmartin at December 09, 2018 05:11 PM (t+qrx)

202 Random Recipe Generator
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This be funny stuff!

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at December 09, 2018 05:12 PM (Rxduq)

203 I do have to make some pate, though. Because tradition.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 09, 2018 05:10 PM (GBF0l)

It would be interesting to hear what traditional foods everyone does at Christmas. We do beige. Swedes are big on beige. IF it's beige, it's on the Christmas plate.

Posted by: grammie winger, church pirate at December 09, 2018 05:12 PM (lwiT4)

204 Am I too late for teh Spotted Dick?

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at December 09, 2018 05:14 PM (uIR1+)

205 Damn you, CBD . . .

Posted by: Peaches at December 09, 2018 04:47 PM (14URa)

I aim to please young lady!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 09, 2018 05:14 PM (wYseH)

206 It would be interesting to hear what traditional foods everyone does at Christmas. We do beige. Swedes are big on beige. IF it's beige, it's on the Christmas plate.
Posted by: grammie winger, church pirate at December 09, 2018 05:12 PM (lwiT4)

Isn't Swedish furniture usually beige?

Posted by: hogmartin at December 09, 2018 05:14 PM (t+qrx)

207 Tried once, spent all afternoon cleaning.

Posted by: DaveA at December 09, 2018 04:57 PM (FhXTo)

I sprayed it with vegetable oil spray. It didn't stick at all, but I also let the waffle iron heat up for a long time. I think that is the key.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 09, 2018 05:16 PM (wYseH)

208 Isn't Swedish furniture usually beige?

Posted by: hogmartin at December 09, 2018 05:14 PM (t+qrx)

Swedish food. Swedish furniture. Tastes about the same. Especially if you're into bland. Bland and beige.

Posted by: grammie winger, church pirate at December 09, 2018 05:17 PM (lwiT4)

209 It would be interesting to hear what traditional foods everyone does at Christmas.

We do seafood gumbo and crawfish cornbread on Christmas Eve. Christmas Day I make brunch and have Bloody Marys and mimosas.

Posted by: no good deed at December 09, 2018 05:17 PM (uTY3H)

210 BTW, if you're ever in England, the dessert meringue is hard and crusty. Not to my liking.

Trifles were very nice.

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at December 09, 2018 05:17 PM (uIR1+)

211 >>Am I too late for teh Spotted Dick?

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie
Nope!

Posted by: Bill Clinton at December 09, 2018 05:18 PM (2cuLk)

212 Creamed corn + canned corn + bisciuck + eggs + garlic + dill + sausage = Sweet Corn Waffles!

Posted by: tumbleweed at December 09, 2018 05:18 PM (twG1r)

213 I'm way behind on my mincemeat this year. I don't even have the brisket in house yet. *sigh* Might have to give it a miss this year. I do have to make some pate, though. Because tradition.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 09, 2018 05:10 PM (GBF0l)

Hey RMBS,

If you don't mind, post your mincemeat recipe here. i'm still trying to find a good one.

And tradition.....well, it must be pretty great.

Oh, and pate also!

Posted by: naturalfake at December 09, 2018 05:19 PM (CRRq9)

214 Ban like the wind:

youtube.com/watch?v=pnlNqAmCCgw

Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 09, 2018 04:48 PM (ZejZP)

It was amusing, although I don't think it rises to the haughty and pompous level of this award-winning Food Thread, so really...I should ban both you and Bluebell.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 09, 2018 05:19 PM (wYseH)

215 Thinking of doing a Rib Roast & Yorkshire Puddings for Christmas dinner

We dagos used to have shrimp, shellfish, etc for Vigila, the Christmas Eve gathering.

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at December 09, 2018 05:20 PM (uIR1+)

216
Surprisingly, the Sticky Toffee Pudding they sell at Costco around Christmas time is very good.

Check it out.

Posted by: naturalfake at December 09, 2018 05:20 PM (CRRq9)

217 I'm thinking of shrimp and grits for Christmas dinner this year. That or a ham in a coffee glaze.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 09, 2018 05:20 PM (kQs4Y)

218 It would be interesting to hear what traditional foods everyone does at Christmas. We do beige. Swedes are big on beige. IF it's beige, it's on the Christmas plate.
Posted by: grammie winger, church pirate at December 09, 2018 05:12 PM

My friends and I always go to a great local production of A Christmas Carol. I started making smoking bishop for the after party years ago. It's become a very anticipated thing. (See, The Deplorable Gourmet, pg.19)

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 09, 2018 05:20 PM (GBF0l)

219 Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 09, 2018 04:48 PM (ZejZP)
Seriously, that was pretty fvcking weird...and funny.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 09, 2018 05:21 PM (wYseH)

220 I'm thinking of shrimp and grits for Christmas dinner this year. That or a ham in a coffee glaze.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 09, 2018 05:20 PM (kQs4Y)

Taking a break from muskrat, then?

Posted by: hogmartin at December 09, 2018 05:21 PM (t+qrx)

221
Creamed corn + canned corn + bisciuck + eggs + garlic + dill + sausage = Sweet Corn Waffles!

Posted by: tumbleweed

*writes reminder not to crash at tumblweed's*

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 09, 2018 05:21 PM (LsBY9)

222 All this talk about waffles and no one ever mentions me, what am I chopped liver....

Posted by: Waffle House at December 09, 2018 05:22 PM (Hb0Ll)

223 Okay, French toast, - nix on the maple syrup, what about mushroom gravy? - what is it that I have to do to satisfy you people?

Posted by: Fritz at December 09, 2018 05:22 PM (Z9C5C)

224 Taking a break from muskrat, then?
Posted by: hogmartin at December 09, 2018 05:21 PM (t+qrx)

As one must, on occasion.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 09, 2018 05:22 PM (kQs4Y)

225 So.......for years, my Dad's Christmas bonus was a turkey, so Christmas day was turkey.

But, Christmas Eve was always Lasagna, Salad, and Rolls.

Posted by: TickledPink at December 09, 2018 05:23 PM (VpnSm)

226 I made shrimp fettuccine tonight. Eating it right now. I could probably eat shrimp everyday and never grow tired of it.

Posted by: no good deed at December 09, 2018 05:23 PM (uTY3H)

227 Last week, we made my Grandmother's traditional Christmas lebkuchen.

That is a tough recipe, people.

Anyway, done and resting for a couple of weeks as per the recipe before consumption.

It just isn't Christmas without lebkuchen.

Posted by: naturalfake at December 09, 2018 05:23 PM (CRRq9)

228 Leave the bacon seeds in.

Posted by: hogmartin at December 09, 2018 05:08 PM (t+qrx)

That's silly. You take a seed, poke it with a bunch of toothpicks, then place it in a glass of water so the bottom of the seed is just barely immersed.
In a week it will sprout and you can plant it and get lots of bacon bushes.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 09, 2018 05:23 PM (wYseH)

229 Christmas Eve at our house, my kids always say "Why are we eating this??" and I say, tradition!

Posted by: grammie winger, church pirate at December 09, 2018 05:24 PM (lwiT4)

230 As one must, on occasion.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 09, 2018 05:22 PM (kQs4Y)

Sometimes you just get tired of fish.

Posted by: hogmartin at December 09, 2018 05:24 PM (t+qrx)

231 Who knew? Apparently it's "uncouth" to eat directly from the cottage cheese container. I used a spoon!!

Posted by: Weasel at December 09, 2018 05:24 PM (MVjcR)

232 On Christmas Eve we go to our friends' house and we eat whatever delicious food they serve, which is different every year.

On Christmas Day, we have rib roast and Yorkshire pudding. And other stuff, veggies and all, but mainly rib roast and Yorkshire pudding.

Posted by: bluebell at December 09, 2018 05:25 PM (U5tDi)

233 If you don't mind, post your mincemeat recipe here. i'm still trying to find a good one.

And tradition.....well, it must be pretty great.

Oh, and pate also!
Posted by: naturalfake at December 09, 2018 05:19 PM

I'll have to check my laptop to see if it's in a form I can paste in here. Not sure it is. I think it's a crappy photocopy out of a cookbook whose title I forget.

The pate is a pretty simple pork country pate. I use one of Jacques Pepin's recipes. I might be able to find it online.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 09, 2018 05:25 PM (GBF0l)

234 Creamed corn and most canned veggies are why kids from the 50's and 60's hated veggies.

Posted by: dartist at December 09, 2018 05:25 PM (K22Va)

235 Apparently it's "uncouth" to eat directly from the cottage cheese container.

Posted by: Weasel at December 09, 2018 05:24 PM (MVjcR)

Use a straw...it's much more polite.

You just have to suck hard!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 09, 2018 05:25 PM (wYseH)

236 Hogsie, what's good at the Polish restaurant? I'm intrigued by the czarcie jadlo.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 09, 2018 05:26 PM (kQs4Y)

237 The small curd option is starting to make sense.

Posted by: Weasel at December 09, 2018 05:26 PM (MVjcR)

238 On Christmas Day, we have rib roast and Yorkshire pudding. And other stuff, veggies and all, but mainly rib roast and Yorkshire pudding.
Posted by: bluebell at December 09, 2018 05:25 PM

Nom, nom, nom!
Here at Casa RMBS, we're doing a beef Wellington this year.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 09, 2018 05:26 PM (GBF0l)

239 For tradional Christmas meals, ours was basically a copy of Thanksgiving. We would get back from midnight mass, consume mass quantities and go to sleep. Eager as we kids were to open presents, that meal made sure we slept past daybreak. That gave the adults a chance for coffee (and pie for my dad) before the young ones woke. My aunt and uncle did the same.

These days Christmas or New Years, whichever we are home for, is a wonderful beef roast and yorkshire pudding.

Posted by: JTB at December 09, 2018 05:27 PM (bmdz3)

240 Who knew? Apparently it's "uncouth" to eat directly from the cottage cheese container. I used a spoon!!
Posted by: Weasel at December 09, 2018 05:24 PM (MVjcR)

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I don't think I want to live in a Country where you can't do this. It's not like you drank milk right of the jug or something.

Posted by: Calm Mentor at December 09, 2018 05:28 PM (ffYR/)

241 We Cherokee's have a Christmas tradition also, New England Clam Chowder on toast...

Posted by: Elizabeth Warren at December 09, 2018 05:28 PM (Hb0Ll)

242 You people with your fancy beef roasts and Yorkshire pudding. We get brown beans and boiled potatoes.

Posted by: grammie winger, church pirate at December 09, 2018 05:28 PM (lwiT4)

243 Here at Casa RMBS, we're doing a beef Wellington this year.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 09, 2018 05:26 PM (GBF0l)
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Wow! For how many? With your homemade pate?

Posted by: bluebell at December 09, 2018 05:29 PM (U5tDi)

244 Hogsie, what's good at the Polish restaurant? I'm intrigued by the czarcie jadlo.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 09, 2018 05:26 PM (kQs4Y)

I've never been, but shibumi knows it well and sent some recommendations:
- Polish sampler plate
- "city chicken" is veal and pork onna stick
- potato pancakes are excellent and are NOT hash browns.
- the 'cabbage rolls' are golabki
- The chicken noodle soup is very good, as are the cucumbers and sour cream.
- farmer cheese or strawberry crepes for dessert

Posted by: hogmartin at December 09, 2018 05:29 PM (t+qrx)

245 My family's traditional Christmas Eve supper was fried oysters and scalloped potatoes. My grandma made her broccoli rice casserole and yeast rolls to go with the fried oysters and a pecan pie with whipped cream for dessert.

I miss the old folks.

Posted by: Larsen E. Whipsnade at December 09, 2018 05:30 PM (bML9A)

246 You people with your fancy beef roasts and Yorkshire pudding. We get brown beans and boiled potatoes.
Posted by: grammie winger, church pirate at December 09, 2018 05:28 PM (lwiT4)
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I guess if you cook them together, they both turn the required beige.

Posted by: bluebell at December 09, 2018 05:30 PM (U5tDi)

247 I'm thinking we have some 'ettes here that are not to good in the kitchen making sammiches or anything else. Listen, ladies, you better be stepping it up in the kitchen or in the sack or there will be consequences!

Mom is just a phone call away!

Posted by: Fritz at December 09, 2018 05:31 PM (Z9C5C)

248 I guess if you cook them together, they both turn the required beige.

Posted by: bluebell at December 09, 2018 05:30 PM (U5tDi)

BINGO

Posted by: grammie winger, church pirate at December 09, 2018 05:31 PM (lwiT4)

249 Waffles are versatile.

Fried chicken and waffles is great.
So is ice cream.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 09, 2018 05:31 PM (EZebt)

250 Posted by: hogmartin at December 09, 2018 05:29 PM (t+qrx)

Yes. All of that.

How many folks are showing up?

Is it just you in a Mr. Blobby costume, and a chloroform-soaked hankie?

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 09, 2018 05:31 PM (kQs4Y)

251 Gordon Ramsey has a Sticky Toffee Pudding dessert that looks like pic above. It's a sponge cake with his secret ingredients. He has a banana version too.

Although it could be Milk Chocolate Pot de Creme.

Here's link to his dessert menu at the Paris in Vegas.

https://tinyurl.com/y85acusu

Posted by: olddog in mo at December 09, 2018 05:32 PM (Dhht7)

252 My wife is Slovak, so for Christmas Eve, the main course is mushroom, noodle and bean soup cooked in Kraut juice. I don't know what it is called. The side dishes are split peas, rice, wheat and a bunch of other stuff.

Posted by: Ronster at December 09, 2018 05:32 PM (fsIXr)

253 Wow! For how many? With your homemade pate?
Posted by: bluebell at December 09, 2018 05:29 PM

Just me and the RMBS Mom. I'm making individual wellingtons. I use Gordon Ramsey's recipe with the chestnuts and prosciutto. It's good stuff. I hope to have a weekend free soon to actually make some pate. I'm running short of time this year.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 09, 2018 05:33 PM (GBF0l)

254 I love the food thread, have never posted on it, so let me share:
When microwaving ones "lonelyman dinner (TM)" always use a clean plate, or the newest dirty one.

Posted by: some rat in the swamp at December 09, 2018 05:33 PM (LOq4H)

255 My family always had roast beef for Christmas dinner, but since getting married I've been a little more eclectic. We did a goose one year, which was good -- but lordy, geese are expensive! Did turkey one year when we visited relatives for Thanksgiving, because otherwise when will I get a carcass to make stock out of?

This year, for the first time in ages, we're traveling at Christmas again. Instead of visiting parents we're visiting kids. I have no idea what Eldest Kid is planning, and the odds are good that Eldest Kid has no idea right now either.

Posted by: Trimegistus at December 09, 2018 05:33 PM (vf8qQ)

256 Here's recipe I found for Gordon's Sticky Toffee Pudding.

http://iseehungrypeople.net/2009/12/28/
gordon-ramsays-sticky-toffee-chocolate-pudding/

Posted by: olddog in mo at December 09, 2018 05:34 PM (Dhht7)

257 254 I love the food thread, have never posted on it, so let me share:
When microwaving ones "lonelyman dinner (TM)" always use a clean plate, or the newest dirty one.
Posted by: some rat in the swamp at December 09, 2018 05:33 PM (LOq4H)
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Welcome!
If you're careful, you can use the paper towel from the microwave as a napkin and just eat standing over the sink. No dishes!!

Posted by: Weasel at December 09, 2018 05:35 PM (MVjcR)

258 When microwaving ones "lonelyman dinner (TM)" always use a clean plate, or the newest dirty one.

Posted by: some rat in the swamp at December 09, 2018 05:33 PM (LOq4H)
Paper plates are your friend . . .

Posted by: Peaches at December 09, 2018 05:35 PM (14URa)

259 Not sure if I've posted this cocktail recipe before, but it's a great premeal light cocktail, an aperitif, y'all!.

Try it at Christmas.

Rose

2 oz dry vermouth
1 oz kirsch
1 tsp raspberry syrup or Chambord (I recommend .25 oz)

Stir with ice. Strain into cocktail glass. Garnish with maraschino cherry.

Contratto
Vya
La Quintinye Vermouth Royal Blanc

are all good. The La Quintinye particularly.

Posted by: naturalfake at December 09, 2018 05:35 PM (CRRq9)

260 I tried the Hell's Kitchen restaurant when I was in Las Vegas recently.

Very good.

Posted by: WitchDoktor, AKA VA GOP Sucks at December 09, 2018 05:35 PM (IfYaq)

261 Who knew? Apparently it's "uncouth" to eat directly from the cottage cheese container. I used a spoon!!

Did you at least put ketchup on it?

Posted by: Richard Nixon at December 09, 2018 05:35 PM (fuK7c)

262 For Christmas dinner we always have the best steaks we can afford and a salad. I make a rice side dish a couple of days before that just needs heating up.
Red wine.

Dessert is peppermint ice cream and Christmas cookies.
(We don't touch those before Christmas Day.)

I don't lift a finger on the day itself. Mr. DeV. and the boys get the meal together and clean up --- turn about from T'giving, when the wymynz handle everything except the burping.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at December 09, 2018 05:36 PM (Rxduq)

263 How many folks are showing up?

Is it just you in a Mr. Blobby costume, and a chloroform-soaked hankie?
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 09, 2018 05:31 PM (kQs4Y)

It can be hard to tell who will actually show up, but about five for certain, up to a dozen who may show up or who might come for just the DIA or just the restaurant.

And now I can't show up in the Mr. Blobby costume, because the surprise is ruined

Posted by: hogmartin at December 09, 2018 05:36 PM (t+qrx)

264 When microwaving ones "lonelyman dinner (TM)" always use a clean plate, or the newest dirty one.

Made of paper.

Posted by: dartist at December 09, 2018 05:36 PM (K22Va)

265 We usually go over to MIL's house for Christmas and she used to fix turkey and ham and a lot of other stuff. But she is now 81 years old so last year all of us agreed everyone would bring something so she would not have to spend all day cooking. I brought my signature dish which is beef teriyaki. Wifey made rice because my rice turns to crap.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at December 09, 2018 05:37 PM (mpXpK)

266 Hmm. Went looking for original audio/video of 'The Ballad of Patch Eye and Meg' for grammie. Not anywhere on line. I wonder if Michelle Shocked has been scrubbed for making critical comments about teh gheys?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 09, 2018 05:39 PM (U7Mh9)

267 I suppose I should plan a nice Christmas menu since I think I'll punt on doing much if any decorating.

Posted by: PaleRider is simply irredeemable at December 09, 2018 05:39 PM (pHzbJ)

268 I'm sorry I ruined your surprise, Hogmartin.

Here's a small present by way of apology:

https://tinyurl.com/y7srk55v

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 09, 2018 05:39 PM (kQs4Y)

269 >>Who knew? Apparently it's "uncouth" to eat directly from the cottage cheese container. I used a spoon!!

Did you at least put ketchup on it?
Posted by: Richard Nixon

Good Gxd, Man! Everyone knows you're to eat cottage cheese with apple sauce or canned peaches, if you're a mouth-breather. (srsly, peaches, uck (no, not you peaches ( just peaches in general) ) )

At least dump it into a las-gag-ah with meat or something.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 09, 2018 05:40 PM (ZejZP)

270 I'm really enjoying seeing what all of you are having for Christmas dinner, especially the traditional stuff.

I always say it, but my favorite part of putting together TDG was reading the stories from everyone. So many were great family memories.

Posted by: bluebell at December 09, 2018 05:40 PM (U5tDi)

271 I made the baked brie on p.117 of Deplorable Gourmet and can recommend it. h/t Tami

Be sure to watch the Kahlua and brown sugar sauce do not boil over onto the stove. A friend told me this can happen.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 09, 2018 05:41 PM (EZebt)

272 Here's a small present by way of apology:

https://tinyurl.com/y7srk55v
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 09, 2018 05:39 PM (kQs4Y)

Oh, that's - well, that's something, isn't it. Crinkley Bottom, indeed.

Posted by: hogmartin at December 09, 2018 05:41 PM (t+qrx)

273 What was funny about that beef teriyaki was that is supposed to serve 8 people at 160 grams per servings. I figured with everyone else bringing something I would have a lot of left overs to bring back home. Every bit of the beef teriyaki was consumed.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at December 09, 2018 05:41 PM (mpXpK)

274 Has anyone made homemade cottage cheese? If so, I'd love some pointers. I've been making Greek yogurt using my sous vide oven and love it, but I'd like to branch out.

Posted by: Art Rondolet of Malmsey at December 09, 2018 05:42 PM (S+f+m)

275
270 I'm really enjoying seeing what all of you are having for Christmas dinner, especially the traditional stuff.

I always say it, but my favorite part of putting together TDG was reading the stories from everyone. So many were great family memories.
Posted by: bluebell at December 09, 2018 05:40 PM (U5tDi)
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I thought your favorite part was when we sent it to the publisher!

Posted by: Weasel at December 09, 2018 05:42 PM (MVjcR)

276 My Christmas tradition as a little boy was to stay up all night waiting to hear the reindeer of the roof. Don't ever remember hearing them and no teacher at my country school told us that there is no SC! But I sure got up early....

Posted by: Colin at December 09, 2018 05:43 PM (Hb0Ll)

277 Has anyone made homemade cottage cheese? If so, I'd love some pointers. I've been making Greek yogurt using my sous vide oven and love it, but I'd like to branch out.
Posted by: Art Rondolet

bonappetit.com/recipe/fresh-ricotta

video version
youtube.com/watch?v=dHHAAbmr84U

Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 09, 2018 05:44 PM (ZejZP)

278 What was funny about that beef teriyaki was that is supposed to serve 8 people at 160 grams per servings.

Why would you serve people you love in Communist serving sizes?

Posted by: Bandersnatch at December 09, 2018 05:44 PM (fuK7c)

279 I thought your favorite part was when we sent it to the publisher!
Posted by: Weasel at December 09, 2018 05:42 PM (MVjcR)
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Well, that too, but then I couldn't breathe for a week.

Posted by: bluebell at December 09, 2018 05:44 PM (U5tDi)

280 I'm really enjoying seeing what all of you are having for Christmas dinner, especially the traditional stuff.

I don't recall. Again.

Posted by: James Comey at December 09, 2018 05:44 PM (e7O7B)

281
Well, that too, but then I couldn't breathe for a week.

Posted by: bluebell at December 09, 2018 05:44 PM (U5tDi)
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What a relief was it when we met for lunch and saw the proof copies?

Posted by: Weasel at December 09, 2018 05:46 PM (MVjcR)

282 Whatever became of Breath Asure?

Posted by: qdpsteve at December 09, 2018 05:46 PM (miE9U)

283 Why would you serve people you love in Communist serving sizes?

Posted by: Bandersnatch at December 09, 2018 05:44 PM

Hahaha. You went there. I wanted to but I figured Vic had well north of half a load on by now and would not be amused.

Posted by: Embedded in my Pre-Frontal Cortex and colonized by patriarchy at December 09, 2018 05:46 PM (e7O7B)

284

A stuffing waffle. Interesting...

DIL #2 (recognized as The Cook in B'Gal's fambly) made stuffing for Thanksgiving as muffins. Mmmm, mmmm, good.

If I was married to her, I'd weigh 300 lbs by now.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at December 09, 2018 05:46 PM (HaL55)

285 Mixed family, so we usually had Polish Christmas dinner from mom's side - pierogi, golabki, mushroom soup, broiled fish - and Jewish Christmas Eve dinner from dad's side, with an extra order of egg rolls and fried wontons.

Posted by: hogmartin at December 09, 2018 05:47 PM (t+qrx)

286 278
What was funny about that beef teriyaki was that is supposed to serve 8 people at 160 grams per servings.

Why would you serve people you love in Communist serving sizes?

Posted by: Bandersnatch at December 09, 2018 05:44 PM (fuK7c)

Well it does get served over about 100 grams of rice and with veggies and rolls on the side. And besides with the largest skillet I got which is HUGE it will barely hold that much stuff.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at December 09, 2018 05:47 PM (mpXpK)

287 283 Hahaha. You went there. I wanted to but I figured Vic had well north of half a load on by now and would not be amused.

Posted by: Embedded in my Pre-Frontal Cortex and colonized by patriarchy at December 09, 2018 05:46 PM (e7O7B)

Fooled you, not drinking at all today.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at December 09, 2018 05:48 PM (mpXpK)

288 What a relief was it when we met for lunch and saw the proof copies?
Posted by: Weasel at December 09, 2018 05:46 PM (MVjcR)
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Yes! And then people started getting their copies and finding the three copies of Jane's shrimp . . . .

Posted by: bluebell at December 09, 2018 05:48 PM (U5tDi)

289
I remember when Neil Armstrong landed on the moon and pronounced, 'That's one short meter for a man, one giant leap for the USSR."

Posted by: Embedded in my Pre-Frontal Cortex and colonized by patriarchy at December 09, 2018 05:48 PM (e7O7B)

290 ---

Yes! And then people started getting their copies and finding the three copies of Jane's shrimp . . . .

Posted by: bluebell at December 09, 2018 05:48 PM (U5tDi)

That simply adds to the charm of the book.

Posted by: Ladyl at December 09, 2018 05:49 PM (TdMsT)

291 Thanks, weft cut-loop. That's pretty much the starting phase of yogurt, but looks like a lot less time consuming. I'll try it!

Posted by: Art Rondolet of Malmsey at December 09, 2018 05:49 PM (S+f+m)

292 That simply adds to the charm of the book.
Posted by: Ladyl at December 09, 2018 05:49 PM (TdMsT)
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Aw, thank you Ladyl. Does that also go for the two copies of Tami's something-or-other?

Posted by: bluebell at December 09, 2018 05:51 PM (U5tDi)

293 golfman, thanks for that YouTube!
That's easy enough for even me to follow.

Posted by: qdpsteve at December 09, 2018 05:51 PM (miE9U)

294
Yes! And then people started getting their copies and finding the three copies of Jane's shrimp . . . .

Posted by: bluebell
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Meh. Shrimp are, by definition, small.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 09, 2018 05:53 PM (YvUf/)

295

That simply adds to the charm of the book.
Posted by: Ladyl at December 09, 2018 05:49 PM (TdMsT
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We did that on purpose!

Posted by: Weasel at December 09, 2018 05:54 PM (nCVkY)

296
It's like those futuristic "food pills."

Not only do adult humans need to, you know, actually CALORIES, like at least 1200 for subsistence, our stomachs are designed to digest food. Solid food.

Food Pills would kill us.

Posted by: Soothsayer SLX Pro Series II Platinum Turbo at December 09, 2018 05:54 PM (/+P5n)

297 294; hameer, what about jumbo shrimp?

Posted by: chavez the hugo at December 09, 2018 05:54 PM (KP5rU)

298
Aw, thank you Ladyl. Does that also go for the two copies of Tami's something-or-other?
Posted by: bluebell at December 09, 2018 05:51 PM (U5tDi)

Of course! There should always be items in a work of art that compels the audience to say, "but WHY?"

Posted by: Ladyl at December 09, 2018 05:54 PM (TdMsT)

299 Made a small discovery this week. I made a big pot of soup: low sodium chicken stock and any veggies in the fridge or getting oldish. Anyway, I learned that a squeeze of fresh lemon juice once the hot soup is in the bowl adds a real fresh taste. A nice, simple enhancement.

Posted by: JTB at December 09, 2018 05:55 PM (bmdz3)

300 Maybe I will do some kind of pork chops with nice fixings and sides for Christmas dinner and avoid leftovers. But a lasagna sounds tempting too. Maybe I'll do the Lasagna on Christmas eve thing.

Posted by: PaleRider is simply irredeemable at December 09, 2018 05:55 PM (pHzbJ)

301 294; hameer, what about jumbo shrimp?
Posted by: chavez the hugo at December 09, 2018 05:54 PM (KP5rU)

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Those are prawns.

Posted by: Calm Mentor at December 09, 2018 05:55 PM (ffYR/)

302 299 Made a small discovery this week. I made a big pot of soup: low sodium chicken stock and any veggies in the fridge or getting oldish. Anyway, I learned that a squeeze of fresh lemon juice once the hot soup is in the bowl adds a real fresh taste. A nice, simple enhancement.
Posted by: JTB at December 09, 2018 05:55 PM (bmdz3)

Fresh parsley does the same!

Posted by: Ladyl at December 09, 2018 05:56 PM (TdMsT)

303
Someday your children will live under communism! Or at least measure your meals using grams instead of ounces.

Posted by: Nikita Khrushchev at December 09, 2018 05:57 PM (e7O7B)

304 fresh lemon juice once the hot soup is in the bowl adds a real fresh taste. A nice, simple enhancement.
Posted by: JTB at

Fresh parsley does the same!
Posted by: Ladyl

Or fresh toasted coriander seeds.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 09, 2018 05:57 PM (ZejZP)

305 My Christmas tradition as a little boy was to stay up all night waiting to hear the reindeer of the roof. Don't ever remember hearing them and no teacher at my country school told us that there is no SC! But I sure got up early....
Posted by: Colin
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For years, I would find the drained milk glass and cookie crumbs on a dish on the hearth.

The Left seek a Godless and unhappy/discontented existence. Children are certainly being robbed of their childhood.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 09, 2018 05:57 PM (/dN1M)

306 A nephew ex made Lasagna for Christmas as a change from turkey. Actually it was a nice change as we ate dinner later in the afternoon and it was already dark outside.

Posted by: Colin at December 09, 2018 05:58 PM (Hb0Ll)

307 303
Someday your children will live under communism! Or at least measure your meals using grams instead of ounces.
Posted by: Nikita Khrushchev at December 09, 2018 05:57 PM (e7O7B)

Over my cold, dead-- AAAARRRRGGGHHHH. . . . . . .

Posted by: Ladyl at December 09, 2018 05:58 PM (TdMsT)

308 A pain to make but homemade chicken soup, from real chickens and veggies can't be duplicated any other way. Especially with homemade noodles. This place makes me hungry.

Posted by: dartist at December 09, 2018 06:00 PM (K22Va)

309 I think Sixpoint Brewery has become my favorite producer of beer.

I have yet to drink any Sixpoint Beer that wasn't excellent.

Currently, we have at Chez naturalfake:

Binary IIPA - loaded with two very fruity tasting hops. Definitely hoppy but not particularly bitter.
Yummy!

Barrel-Aged 4 Bean Porter - porter brewed with coffee beans and aged in bourbon barrels. Delightful desert beer. All you Coffee Fags, and you know who you are, must must try this.

If you ever see "The Crisp", don't think twice. Buy it. It's the most delightful pilsner in existence.

Posted by: naturalfake at December 09, 2018 06:00 PM (CRRq9)

310
Of course! There should always be items in a work of art that compels the audience to say, "but WHY?"
Posted by: Ladyl
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Ah, yes. It's become all the rage these days to say "It was my (our) intent to start a conversation."

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 09, 2018 06:00 PM (/dN1M)

311 297
294; hameer, what about jumbo shrimp?

Posted by: chavez the hugo at December 09, 2018 05:54 PM (KP5rU)

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That's like saying "that intelligent woman, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez."

One is a prawn, one is a pawn.

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at December 09, 2018 06:01 PM (UsCnO)

312 Pork roast on the pellet grill, Ace, the TXMoMe cat, on my lap, and a finger of Rowan's Creek bourbon on the desk. Nippy outside, but not yet cold. Christmas lights on. A good evening.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 09, 2018 06:01 PM (DMUuz)

313 For years, I would find the drained milk glass and cookie crumbs on a dish on the hearth.

The Left seek a Godless and unhappy/discontented existence. Children are certainly being robbed of their childhood.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 09, 2018 05:57 PM (/dN1M)
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We still don't put out the kids' gifts until they go to bed on Christmas Eve, and they are all college-age or older. And they still put out the milk and cookies for Santa, and he still eats them and drinks the milk.

Tradition dies hard in this family, as in, not ever.

Posted by: bluebell at December 09, 2018 06:01 PM (U5tDi)

314 As a very young kid we put out cookies and milk for SC, in the morning of course 1/2 the milk was left and cookie crumbs.
But I didn't have a teacher to tell me, just much older cousins so the jig was up early on.

Posted by: Skip at December 09, 2018 06:02 PM (/rm4P)

315 Pork roast on the pellet grill, Ace, the TXMoMe cat, on my lap, and a finger of Rowan's Creek bourbon on the desk. Nippy outside, but not yet cold. Christmas lights on. A good evening.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 09, 2018 06:01 PM (DMUuz)

Rub dat kitty.

Posted by: hogmartin at December 09, 2018 06:04 PM (t+qrx)

316 Duncanthrax, please give Ace a favorite place scratch from me.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 09, 2018 06:04 PM (+w1IT)

317

Not only do adult humans need to, you know, actually CALORIES, like at
least 1200 for subsistence, our stomachs are designed to digest food.
Solid food.

Human be-anz are omnivores too, for a good reason: our brains and bodies are unique and require a wide variety of nutrients to operate properly. I refuse to shortchange that marvelous creation, so I eat whatever I want and ignore the food nazis.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at December 09, 2018 06:04 PM (HaL55)

318 Of course! There should always be items in a work of art that compels the audience to say, "but WHY?"
Posted by: Ladyl
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Ah, yes. It's become all the rage these days to say "It was my (our) intent to start a conversation."

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 09, 2018 06:00

That... or the ever-present, 'Raise Awareness'. Which is all goodness and light and different colored ribbons until Bill Cosby 'Raises Awareness' of date rape and it suddenly gets tossed into the timeout chair for a while.

Posted by: Embedded in my Pre-Frontal Cortex and colonized by patriarchy at December 09, 2018 06:04 PM (e7O7B)

319 Speaking of espresso-like drinks such as those made in a moka pot, I have found that if I order an espresso at a coffee shop, they always ask me if I'm sure I want that. They try to steer me toward something else.

What's up with that?

Posted by: Emmie at December 09, 2018 06:04 PM (4HMW8)

320 I go to the grocery store now and they must sell a 1000 different craft beers, isle after isle. Christmas seems to be the time to brew a Christmas beer of some sort. Sure have some clever names for the beers...

Posted by: Colin at December 09, 2018 06:05 PM (Hb0Ll)

321 I am now going to partake in the most American of foods...pizza

Posted by: TickledPink at December 09, 2018 06:05 PM (VpnSm)

322 OK, it's not your cake, CBD, but this Pumpkin Bread Pudding with sauce is very good. It doesn't look at all like the photo. Looks more like cake. You could serve it with ice cream.

https://tinyurl.com/yb2zywn4
I leave out the raisins and skip the powdered sugar (it's best warm). I also substitute a can of evaporated milk and 1/2 cup whole milk for the two cups of half and half, but use heavy cream for the sauce.

If you don't use egg bread you can just tear the bread into chunks. I have used a leftover bag of Kings Hawaiian Rolls (12 oz) for a single recipe and either a 22 oz bag of Mexican Telera rolls or a 24 oz loaf of Country White bread for a double recipe. The rolls gave more volume, but it didn't matter much. You can add an extra egg for a firmer pudding. You can make a double batch in a 9 x 13 inch pan with extra tall sides, but I prefer a 10 x 15 inch baking pan.

I substitute granulated sugar for the last two tablespoons of brown sugar so I can mix the dry spices with it. I hate lumps of spices.

As a variation on the delicious dark brown sugar sauce, try vanilla caramel: 3/4 cups brown sugar and 1/2 cup white. Add a generous 1/4 teaspoon of vanilla. A little salt can be added to either version of the sauce. Some people dump the sauce over the pudding before serving, but I don't know how they get it to all soak in. It must be reheated if there is leftover sauce. It crystallizes as it cools.

Elizabeth Scalia says that everyone you serve this to will be your friend.

Posted by: KT at December 09, 2018 06:05 PM (BVQ+1)

323 We still don't put out the kids' gifts until they go to bed on Christmas Eve, and they are all college-age or older. And they still put out the milk and cookies for Santa, and he still eats them and drinks the milk.

Tradition dies hard in this family, as in, not ever.

Posted by: bluebell at December 09, 2018 06:01 PM (U5tDi)

Which is totally awesome!!!

We have presents under the tree, but Santa brings stockings. He also gets cookies and a coke zero. Because our Santa is lactose intolerant.

Posted by: moki at December 09, 2018 06:06 PM (mFoNl)

324 So, confession time: I cheated on the latkes this year.

That is, I cheated in how I made them: for as long as I can remember, I shred taters in the food processor, drain VERY well (reserving the liquid so as to harvest the starch), and continue on.

This year, with just a few folks coming over for Shabbos dinner, I grabbed a bag of shredded potatoes ("hash browns") and used those, draining and then adding in a slurry of cornstarch (which was what I had at hand).

Every one *raved* - they may have been my best batch yet, and SO much less effort.

Heh.

Posted by: ibguy at December 09, 2018 06:06 PM (vUcdz)

325 Oh - and Chag Chanukah Sameyach!

(Tonight's The last night)

Posted by: ibguy at December 09, 2018 06:08 PM (vUcdz)

326 Speaking of espresso-like drinks such as those made in a moka pot, I have found that if I order an espresso at a coffee shop, they always ask me if I'm sure I want that. They try to steer me toward something else.

What's up with that?
Posted by: Emmie at December 09, 2018 06:04 PM (4HMW

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I'd bet it was because most Americans don't really know espresso, and that they expect a full sized coffee cup full when they order one.

Posted by: Calm Mentor at December 09, 2018 06:08 PM (ffYR/)

327 Add vinilla to the warm sauce above after cooking it.

Posted by: KT at December 09, 2018 06:08 PM (BVQ+1)

328 if I order an espresso at a coffee shop, they always ask me if I'm sure I want that. They try to steer me toward something else.

What's up with that?
Posted by: Emmie at December 09, 2018 06:04 PM (4HMW

Affect a grave, serious expression and discreetly ask them if they're trying to hint obliquely that they can't make an espresso to save their lives at the shop. Thank them in advance for giving you a heads-up that it's terrible there.

Posted by: hogmartin at December 09, 2018 06:08 PM (t+qrx)

329 324 So, confession time: I cheated on the latkes this year.

That is, I cheated in how I made them: for as long as I can remember, I shred taters in the food processor, drain VERY well (reserving the liquid so as to harvest the starch), and continue on.

This year, with just a few folks coming over for Shabbos dinner, I grabbed a bag of shredded potatoes ("hash browns") and used those, draining and then adding in a slurry of cornstarch (which was what I had at hand).

Every one *raved* - they may have been my best batch yet, and SO much less effort.

Heh.
Posted by: ibguy at December 09, 2018 06:06 PM (vUcdz)

Dear Ibguy--I've been sick and haven't been able to eat for 6 days, but latkes sound GOOD!!!

Posted by: Ladyl at December 09, 2018 06:08 PM (TdMsT)

330 So I was decorating cookies today and put on my Grinch t-shirt... I never noticed this about it before.

http://tinypic.com/r/f28qyx/9

Posted by: lin-duh at December 09, 2018 06:08 PM (kufk0)

331 I think Sixpoint Brewery has become my favorite producer of beer.

******

Just when I have had enough of Pyramid Ales out of Seattle, they come up with something. Sadly Helles Mary is a seasonal brew with a way too short of a season.
Closest thing to a German Helles I've ever had.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 09, 2018 06:09 PM (0tfLf)

332 It's my birthday today.

Posted by: Big Tipper at December 09, 2018 06:10 PM (yn0BK)

333 Duncanthrax, please give Ace a favorite place scratch from me.
Posted by: Ben Had at December 09, 2018 06:04 PM

Done, done, done, and done.

Purr, purr, purr, purr, and one of her 'don't stop' mini-meows, accompanied by a paw hook and hand pull-back is her response.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 09, 2018 06:10 PM (DMUuz)

334 332 It's my birthday today.
Enjoy! 29 only comes around once. (snort)

Posted by: some rat in the swamp at December 09, 2018 06:11 PM (LOq4H)

335 Happy birthday, Big Tipper!

Posted by: bluebell at December 09, 2018 06:11 PM (U5tDi)

336 I made a tres leches bread pudding a few Christmases ago that was a hit and has become part of the Christmas tradition.

Posted by: no good deed at December 09, 2018 06:12 PM (uTY3H)

337 It's my birthday today.
Posted by: Big Tipper

congrats on another turn around the firey global in the sky

Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 09, 2018 06:12 PM (ZejZP)

338 Debating whether I should have Junior's Cheesecake or home made cr�me puffs with real homemade custard for Christmas dessert.

Posted by: Infidel at December 09, 2018 06:13 PM (PF4TZ)

339 Speaking of espresso-like drinks such as those made in a moka pot, I have found that if I order an espresso at a coffee shop, they always ask me if I'm sure I want that. They try to steer me toward something else.

What's up with that?
Posted by: Emmie at December 09, 2018 06:04 PM (4HMW

If you have eyes like Loopy they might think you've had enough caffeine.

Posted by: Northernlurker being f'n insufferable at December 09, 2018 06:13 PM (eAMlh)

340 I made myself a birthday cake. Please enjoy it with me, in spirit.

http://tinypic.com/r/au76ti/9

Posted by: Big Tipper at December 09, 2018 06:13 PM (yn0BK)

341 >>We still don't put out the kids' gifts until they go to bed on Christmas Eve, and they are all college-age or older. And they still put out the milk and cookies for Santa, and he still eats them and drinks the milk.

The tradition in my family is that Santa brought everything. I mean everything.

My sister and I would go to bed on Christmas Eve and our parents would put up the tree, decorate it, decorate the inside and outside of the house, put out the presents and off course the empty plate where Santa's cookies were sitting.

It was pretty cool but I could never figure out why both of them would be passed out by noon on the couch.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 09, 2018 06:13 PM (/tuJf)

342 This year, with just a few folks coming over for Shabbos dinner, I grabbed a bag of shredded potatoes ("hash browns") and used those, draining and then adding in a slurry of cornstarch (which was what I had at hand).

Every one *raved* - they may have been my best batch yet, and SO much less effort.

Heh.

Posted by: ibguy at December 09, 2018 06:06 PM

If I want a really thick beef stew then shredded potatoes is the way to go. No need for flour or cornstarch.

Posted by: Embedded in my Pre-Frontal Cortex and colonized by patriarchy at December 09, 2018 06:14 PM (e7O7B)

343 lin-duh doesn't make cookies. She makes art.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 09, 2018 06:14 PM (+w1IT)

344 1st world complaint....

Half and half pizzas are NEVER half and half. Never.

They are inevitably like 55/45, and my side is usually the 45. I hate to order two pizzas, but it seems to be the only way.

Also, something that always amuses me is when they cut it, they never cut it half and half either. They just cut it all willy nilly which means the two end pieces are half and half anyway, and you either have to cut them in half yourself or just have a person eat those pieces. Why don't they just carefully cut it so that it is truly half and half?

Rant over.

Posted by: TickledPink at December 09, 2018 06:14 PM (VpnSm)

345 All this Christmas tradition..."made" me open a bottle of Mr. Boston eggnog. 15% ALC from Louisville, Ky...

Posted by: Colin at December 09, 2018 06:15 PM (Hb0Ll)

346
We have presents under the tree, but Santa brings stockings.
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Same here with the stockings. They've become an odd amalgam as Santa figures adults need things that kids don't. Pack of gel writers, Post-it notes, sundry small whimsical but useful things. Always though, some varied nuts, a tangerine or two, and always some of the gold foil-wrapped chocolate 'coins'.

Even the dog and cat each have a stocking.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 09, 2018 06:15 PM (KoKdw)

347 Here's link to his dessert menu at the Paris in Vegas.

https://tinyurl.com/y85acusu

Posted by: olddog in mo at December 09, 2018 05:32 PM (Dhht7)

What are you...some sort of sick tease?

I KNOW HE MAKES IT. I WANT THE DAMNED RECIPE!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 09, 2018 06:15 PM (wYseH)

348 I made myself a birthday cake. Please enjoy it with me, in spirit.

http://tinypic.com/r/au76ti/9
Posted by: Big Tipper at December 09, 2018 06:13 PM (yn0BK)
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Your cake looks delish! I'm happy to have a piece in spirit with you. Thank you!

Posted by: bluebell at December 09, 2018 06:17 PM (U5tDi)

349 Just when I have had enough of Pyramid Ales out of Seattle, they come up with something. Sadly Helles Mary is a seasonal brew with a way too short of a season.
Closest thing to a German Helles I've ever had.
Posted by: Diogenes at December 09, 2018 06:09 PM (0tfLf)

I love a good Helles.

I'll have to look for that in the summer(?)

Posted by: naturalfake at December 09, 2018 06:17 PM (CRRq9)

350 Emmie I would guess they are seeking to up sale everyone to a latte drink.

Posted by: PaleRider is simply irredeemable at December 09, 2018 06:17 PM (pHzbJ)

351
It would be interesting to hear what traditional foods everyone does at Christmas. We do beige. Swedes are big on beige. IF it's beige, it's on the Christmas plate.
Posted by: grammie winger, church pirate at December 09, 2018 05:12 PM (lwiT4

Swedes are more of a dark orange color than beige.

Posted by: Fox2! at December 09, 2018 06:17 PM (ek8Zc)

352 EMPSPUTETS IN SAUCE SAUCE
Serves 6

2 cup Whole beans, chopped
2 tb Minced fresh celery
-- drained
1 ts Vanilla extract
1 cup Nonfat additional
2 cup Peanut butter
4 Eggs
3/4 cup Chopped celery
4 cup Milk
1/3 cup Unsweetened cocoa
2 lb Boneless chicken
-pepper; seeded
2 tb Sour cream or flour
1/4 ts Dried parsley
1/2 ts Baking soda
1/2 ts Cayenne pepper

Cut onion and frozen into provide peach over tops of liquid. Mix cornmeal, syrup, pepper and chopped parsley. Makes 3 cups.

Posted by: Random Recipe Generator at December 09, 2018 06:17 PM (tYPH9)

353

So I was decorating cookies today and put on my Grinch t-shirt... I never noticed this about it before.

It's green?

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at December 09, 2018 06:18 PM (HaL55)

354 I KNOW HE MAKES IT. I WANT THE DAMNED RECIPE!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 09, 2018 06:15 PM

Use of 'all caps' will result in deletion of comment. Double plus ungood.

Posted by: YouTube Bot at December 09, 2018 06:18 PM (e7O7B)

355 CBD is going to get 600 emails with the not recipe.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 09, 2018 06:18 PM (+w1IT)

356 It's my birthday today.
Posted by: Big Tipper at December 09, 2018 06:10 PM

Hope your having a Happy 29th Birthday!

Posted by: Skip at December 09, 2018 06:18 PM (/rm4P)

357 so what are the measurements of egg, baking powder and flour to make this from being a doorstop?

Posted by: thefritz at December 09, 2018 06:18 PM (ZRDdN)

358 Here's link to his dessert menu at the Paris in Vegas.

Have they added riots too the Paris hotel casino in Vegas yet....Now that the Pirates of the Caribbean is history across the street.

Posted by: Colin at December 09, 2018 06:18 PM (Hb0Ll)

359 It was pretty cool but I could never figure out why both of them would be passed out by noon on the couch.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 09, 2018 06:13 PM (/tuJf)
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My hat's off to them. I could never, ever do that. I can barely stay lucid on Christmas Day anyway, because we go to midnight Mass (which at our church luckily starts at 10:00) and then we have to get home and everyone has to get ready for bed, etc. Then we start with everything.

And of course I can never remember where I've hidden everything.

Posted by: bluebell at December 09, 2018 06:19 PM (U5tDi)

360 315 Pork roast on the pellet grill, Ace, the TXMoMe cat, on my lap, and a finger of Rowan's Creek bourbon on the desk. Nippy outside, but not yet cold. Christmas lights on. A good evening.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 09, 2018 06:01 PM (DMUuz)

Rub dat kitty.
Posted by: hogmartin at December 09, 2018 06:04 PM (t+qrx)
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Good kitty!

Posted by: Weasel at December 09, 2018 06:20 PM (MVjcR)

361 340 That looks too good.

Posted by: Skip at December 09, 2018 06:20 PM (/rm4P)

362 CBD, here's a look:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApoxZDcffL0

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 09, 2018 06:21 PM (DMUuz)

363 Man, I need to start ordering shorter cigars. It's cold outside!!!

Posted by: Weasel at December 09, 2018 06:21 PM (MVjcR)

364 CHICKEN BEANS MUFFINS
Serves 8

1 tb Fresh lemon juice
1/4 ts Pepper, or dough
1/4 ts Salt
2 ea Garlic cloves, peeled, cooked, thinly
-- sliced
1 cup Flour
1/2 cup Margarine; melted
Beer -- chopped
Pepper, seeded and
-- chopped

Serve with whipped cream ends of honey. Nutrition of each, peaches.

Posted by: Random Recipe Generator at December 09, 2018 06:21 PM (tYPH9)

365 CBD, see my comment @ 256.

Posted by: olddog in mo at December 09, 2018 06:21 PM (Dhht7)

366

Happy birfday, Big Tipper!

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at December 09, 2018 06:22 PM (HaL55)

367 Posted by: olddog in mo at December 09, 2018 05:34 PM (Dhht7)

You are forgiven.

Seriously, I saw that recipe too, but it doesn't look quite correct. I think I'll make it just to check, but I might have to contact the restaurant and beg...

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 09, 2018 06:23 PM (wYseH)

368 Duncanthrax, can you send me a picture of her. She is the official mascot of the Tx MoMe and I want a T-shirt with her picture on it.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 09, 2018 06:23 PM (+w1IT)

369 Man, I need to start ordering shorter cigars. It's cold outside!!!
Posted by: Weasel
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A week of windy temperatures in the low teens, and you'd stop altogether.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 09, 2018 06:23 PM (U2TY5)

370 336--- I made a tres leches bread pudding a few Christmases ago that was a hit and has become part of the Christmas tradition.
Posted by: no good deed at December 09, 2018 06:12 PM (uTY3H)
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I like that idea a lot. My grandmother always made that for Jan 6th (Epiphany, Three Kings Day) and I did too when the kids were little.
Now they are unlikely to be around on Jan 6th and it's too much for 2 people. It doesn't keep well.

(Oh, who am I kidding? I'm too lazy!)

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at December 09, 2018 06:23 PM (Rxduq)

371 CHEESE SALAD IN SAUCE SAUCE
Serves 4

2 ea Chocolate melted
2 ts Cayennes
1/3 cup Flour; for frying
1 tb Hot water; or or salt
1/2 ts Salt
1 ts Ground cumin, ground
1 ts Vanilla
1 1/2 tb Water; cooked and
Seasoning
2 tb Dijon mustard
3/4 cup Red pepper -- chopped
Salt & pepper to taste
1/2 cup Water, whatever; grated

Peel beefer a laliar and all of each piece of salad.

Posted by: Random Recipe Generator at December 09, 2018 06:24 PM (tYPH9)

372 CBD, have you looked for his cookbooks in your local library? I just looked and mine has two of them. If you'll be nice and stop shouting I'll take a look for you when I go there this week.

Posted by: bluebell at December 09, 2018 06:24 PM (U5tDi)

373 Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 09, 2018 06:21 PM (DMUuz)

His restaurant near Canaru Wharf doesn't present it that way, but it does look quite similar.

Come on, admit it; you want to try it!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 09, 2018 06:25 PM (wYseH)

374 Grated water really chaps my assless chaps.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 09, 2018 06:25 PM (ZejZP)

375 >>And of course I can never remember where I've hidden everything.

It did produce some comical moments. Like the time they forgot to buy a tree.

I was home from college when we realized at about 5 o'clock on Christmas Eve nobody bought a tree. And do you know what you can't buy at 5 on Christmas Eve? A Christmas tree.

So I headed out into the woods and cut down a beautiful pine and dragged it home only to find out it was a tad tall. Like 20 feet tall. Alcohol may have impaired my judgement.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 09, 2018 06:25 PM (/tuJf)

376 My dad always put a Christmas tree in the barn. We had about 50 cows and I don't remember if the cows got something special on Christmas or not. All I remember the bubble lights didn't always bubble just right.

Posted by: Colin at December 09, 2018 06:25 PM (Hb0Ll)

377 I do not like waffles. There, I said it. Syrup, butter and salt, fruit, whatever. Ya'll can have mine.

And you can have my pancakes too.

Posted by: cfo mom at December 09, 2018 06:25 PM (RfzVr)

378 Christmas memories - - reminds me of the year that my mom wrapped gifts in the bedroom while we kids waited in the hall. When she finished wrapping a gift, she would set it outside the door and we would go put it under the tree for her.

I don't know why that was fun, but it was.

Posted by: Emmie at December 09, 2018 06:26 PM (4HMW8)

379 Random Recipe Generator intrigues me....

Posted by: InstaPot at December 09, 2018 06:26 PM (7GChZ)

380 I can barely stay lucid on Christmas Day...

Posted by: bluebell at December 09, 2018 06:19 PM (U5tDi)

Why is that day different?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 09, 2018 06:26 PM (wYseH)

381 the bubble lights didn't always bubble just right.
Posted by: Colin
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Probably too cold.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 09, 2018 06:26 PM (/dN1M)

382 BASIL BALLS OF BEAN BREAD
Serves 4

2 Large cornmeal
Bread

Posted by: Random Recipe Generator at December 09, 2018 06:27 PM (tYPH9)

383 The Left seek a Godless and unhappy/discontented existence. Children are certainly being robbed of their childhood.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 09, 2018 05:57 PM (/dN1M)

"Science" says you should crush your children's spirits early in life and deny them hope for the future so they will be ready to shoulder the burden of their eventual role as serfs in the New Global World Order where they are not, and cannot be, members of "the" club!

Posted by: Comrade Hrothgar at December 09, 2018 06:27 PM (f3oO4)

384 Weasel, that's what cheroots are for.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 09, 2018 06:27 PM (+w1IT)

385 So I headed out into the woods and cut down a beautiful pine and dragged it home only to find out it was a tad tall. Like 20 feet tall. Alcohol may have impaired my judgement.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 09, 2018 06:25 PM (/tuJf)
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It was a tradition in my husband's family to buy a too-tall tree every year, and alcohol was never involved - my FIL just liked fat trees.

So they would have to chop a considerable amount off the top and then they would have their traditional Christmas trapezoid.

Posted by: bluebell at December 09, 2018 06:27 PM (U5tDi)

386 2 Large cornmeal
Bread
Posted by: Random Recipe Generator

Y'ALL GOT ANY CORMBREAB

Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 09, 2018 06:27 PM (ZejZP)

387 Big Tipper at December 09, 2018 06:13 PM
Happy Birthday! The cake looks great.

Posted by: KT at December 09, 2018 06:27 PM (BVQ+1)

388 That sticky toffee pudding recipe doesn't look right to me either.
I LOVE sticky toffee pudding... I had a good recipe around here somewhere...

Posted by: lin-duh at December 09, 2018 06:28 PM (kufk0)

389 Come on, admit it; you want to try it!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 09, 2018 06:25 PM

Well, I do now. According to this, he says it's the best thing on the menu at Hell's Kitchen in Caesar's in Las Vegas, and apparently the recipe has, and continues to evolve:

https://preview.tinyurl.com/y7ytjspe

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 09, 2018 06:28 PM (DMUuz)

390 Well, now that you're finished yelling at me here's a recipe from GordonRamsayRestaurant website. It's the banana version.

https://www.gordonramsayrestaurants.com/
recipes/sticky-toffee-pudding/

Posted by: olddog in mo at December 09, 2018 06:28 PM (Dhht7)

391 377 I do not like waffles. There, I said it. Syrup, butter and salt, fruit, whatever. Ya'll can have mine.

And you can have my pancakes too.
Posted by: cfo mom at December 09, 2018 06:25 PM (RfzVr)

OK, you get lutefisk for breakfast, young lady, and you'll like it!

Posted by: tumbleweed at December 09, 2018 06:28 PM (twG1r)

392 Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 09, 2018 06:21 PM (DMUuz)

His restaurant near Canaru Wharf doesn't present it that way, but it does look quite similar.

Come on, admit it; you want to try it!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 09, 2018 06:25 PM (wYseH)

I swear I read that as Candiru Wharf at first glance and thought fondly of Uncle Palp!

Posted by: Comrade Hrothgar at December 09, 2018 06:29 PM (f3oO4)

393 NOT THE LUTEFISK

Posted by: grammie winger, church pirate at December 09, 2018 06:29 PM (lwiT4)

394 It's the banana version.

Posted by: olddog in mo at December 09, 2018 06:28 PM (Dhht7)

I HATE BANANAS!

Seriously...I really do find them vile.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 09, 2018 06:29 PM (wYseH)

395 Boy, CBD, all of these people trying to help you and all you can do is yell at them.

What's the matter? Is your shirt itching you or something?

Posted by: bluebell at December 09, 2018 06:30 PM (U5tDi)

396 CHEESE POTATO SALAD WITH DINNATCH
Serves 6

1 cup Hot water
2 ts Vanilla extract
1 1/4 cups Almonds; cooked
1 cup Hot water
1 ts Ground corn
1/2 cup Pecans
3 ea Eggs; separated
6 Eggs
1/3 cup Sugar
3 tb Light meal
1/2 ts Salt
1 ts Salt
1/8 ts Pepper
1/8 ts Cayenne pepper, marshmallow
8 oz Flour
1 cup Light corn syrup
Freshly ground white

Preheat oven to 350\F8. Strain may be seed and cut into small pieces. Sprinkle may be added to make or spoonfuls, enough with seasoned cherries or cinnamon.

Posted by: Random Recipe Generator at December 09, 2018 06:31 PM (tYPH9)

397 I HATE BANANAS!

Seriously...I really do find them vile.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 09, 2018 06:29 PM (wYseH)

How do you feel about Curried Cream Corn Cookies? There's a nice recipe upwards a bit.......

Posted by: grammie winger, church pirate at December 09, 2018 06:31 PM (lwiT4)

398 >>It was a tradition in my husband's family to buy a too-tall tree every year, and alcohol was never involved - my FIL just liked fat trees.

My old condo in Boston had 15 foot ceilings. So naturally I bought a 15 foot tree. Thing was enormous and when I cut away all the bindings it did some serious treespreadiing. I had to borrow an extra tall ladder just to decorate it.

It was so big I had to cut it up into about 20 pieces just to get it out the door after Christmas.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 09, 2018 06:31 PM (/tuJf)

399 329 LadyL

Oy! Hope you feel better soon!

They were! But you might want to skip the sour cream

Posted by: ibguy at December 09, 2018 06:31 PM (vUcdz)

400

O/T: Speaking of teh Grinch, we were listening to a station out of Lakeland yesterday that played a good mix of music. Was I ever surprised when they played You're a Mean One, Mister Grinch in its entirety. Had the radio up pretty loud and noticed the singer's most excellent basso profundo. What a helluva voice he had.

Come to find out the singer was a fellow named Thurl Ravenscroft, better known as the voice of Kellog's Tony The Tiger. He did a lot of work and never got credit for about half of it.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at December 09, 2018 06:32 PM (HaL55)

401 Happy Hanukkah everyone

Posted by: grammie winger, church pirate at December 09, 2018 06:32 PM (lwiT4)

402 It was so big I had to cut it up into about 20 pieces just to get it out the door after Christmas.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 09, 2018 06:31 PM (/tuJf)
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But I bet it was beautiful. Probably the best tree ever, right?

Posted by: bluebell at December 09, 2018 06:32 PM (U5tDi)

403 Okay, CBD, we must be siblings from a different mother. I don't like sweet stuff on French toast...and I don't like bananas. I can occasionally tolerate part of a fresh one, but banana bread, cake, ice cream, etc. make me nauseous. I could live happily in a banana-free world. I've got your back on this one.

Posted by: Art Rondolet of Malmsey at December 09, 2018 06:32 PM (S+f+m)

404 Forget the tree?! Jack Straw, that is funny. How does that happen? Are you one of those families that only puts the tree up on Christmas Eve? I know my parents did that when my older sisters were little - Santa brought the tree. They had given up on that fuss by the time I showed up.

Posted by: cfo mom at December 09, 2018 06:32 PM (RfzVr)

405 Duncanthrax, can you send me a picture of her. She is the official mascot of the Tx MoMe and I want a T-shirt with her picture on it.
Posted by: Ben Had at December 09, 2018 06:23 PM

I'll send the best of what I've got so far tomorrow. She's been a little challenging to photograph, and right now her fur is growing back in from her spaying operation a couple of weeks ago, so I'm waiting for further opportunities, when she's ready for her close-up again.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 09, 2018 06:32 PM (DMUuz)

406 JackStraw, where ever did you put the Angel?

Posted by: Ben Had at December 09, 2018 06:33 PM (+w1IT)

407 How do you feel about Curried Cream Corn Cookies? There's a nice recipe upwards a bit.......

Posted by: grammie winger, church pirate at December 09, 2018 06:31 PM (lwiT4)

If a certain cookbook editor who shall remain nameless hadn't been a chauvinistic poopy-head we could all be enjoying panda hash.

But NO! She had to nix that wonderful recipe!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 09, 2018 06:33 PM (wYseH)

408 399 329 LadyL

Oy! Hope you feel better soon!

They were! But you might want to skip the sour cream
Posted by: ibguy at December 09, 2018 06:31 PM (vUcdz)

When I can manage it, I gonna make some!

Posted by: Ladyl at December 09, 2018 06:33 PM (TdMsT)

409 Posted by: bluebell at December 09, 2018 06:27 PM (U5tDi)

When we were kids, our next door neighbor had 8' ceilings, but always bought a 10+' tree and said that the excess tree was in the attic for the elves to decorate, but he never let us up in the attic to see what the elves had done!

Posted by: Comrade Hrothgar at December 09, 2018 06:34 PM (f3oO4)

410 Yeah, your shirt must be itchy.

Posted by: bluebell at December 09, 2018 06:34 PM (U5tDi)

411 378
Christmas memories - - reminds me of the year that my mom wrapped gifts
in the bedroom while we kids waited in the hall. When she finished
wrapping a gift, she would set it outside the door and we would go put
it under the tree for her.

Being the oldest I'd get the job of guarding that room and allowing my helpers to pick presents to deliver to everyone. They usually started before they could read so I'd have to whisper in their ear who to give it to. They're all in their 30's now and I got to do it with their kids before I gave it up. The kids are what Christmas is all about for me.

Posted by: dartist at December 09, 2018 06:34 PM (K22Va)

412 342 Embedded

Thanks, but the starch isn't for thickening, it's for crunch and glisten.

Posted by: ibguy at December 09, 2018 06:34 PM (vUcdz)

413 Man, I need to start ordering shorter cigars. It's cold outside!!!
Posted by: Weasel

Buy a corncob pipe. Shove the cigar into pipe, cut off at top of bowl. Smoke cigar plug.

Posted by: tumbleweed at December 09, 2018 06:34 PM (twG1r)

414 tumbleweed - on second thought the waffles are sounding right tasty.

Posted by: cfo mom at December 09, 2018 06:35 PM (RfzVr)

415 Thanks, Hordersters, for the espresso insights. I thought maybe the problem is I'm too unsophisticated to know that normal people don't drink espresso plain.

Posted by: Emmie at December 09, 2018 06:35 PM (4HMW8)

416 Bananas are the Devil's dong. This is known.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 09, 2018 06:35 PM (ZejZP)

417 Happy Hanukkah everyone

Posted by: grammie winger, church pirate at December 09, 2018 06:32 PM (lwiT4)

Chag Hannukah Sameach!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 09, 2018 06:35 PM (wYseH)

418 What CBD eats or doesn't cracks me up

Posted by: Skip at December 09, 2018 06:35 PM (/rm4P)

419 Posted by: Art Rondolet of Malmsey at December 09, 2018 06:32 PM (S+f+m)

Huzzah!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 09, 2018 06:36 PM (wYseH)

420 HAWAILIGELED PIE
Serves 6

2 cups Sugar
4 Carrots; finely chopped, drained
-- margarine chopped
1 cup Sugar, diced (optional)
1 cn Ice Cream (cleaned)
Spread of fish slices
1 ea Green onions; chopped
2 oz Margarine, coarsely chopped
2 tb Sugar
1/2 cup Olive oil
2 sm Eggs

Cut into balls. The lettuce in a 10-inch baking sheet and serve with aluminum foil and dice.

Reforken and dot each paper. If you rise it a smooth paste, then add the tops into the cold per serving. Makes about 3 days and test with serving remaining remaining sugar mixture. Microwave each one casserole in cool sides. 3. In a large bowl, combine flour, cinnamon, cream and the corn drained rosemary seed. Sprinkle with ganzies. Add chicken in saucepan. Simmer for an hour. Prepare fruit of soup. Spread squares.

Posted by: Random Recipe Generator at December 09, 2018 06:36 PM (tYPH9)

421 I HATE BANANAS!

Seriously...I really do find them vile.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 09, 2018 06:29

Noted. It's only one. Omit it.

Posted by: olddog in mo at December 09, 2018 06:36 PM (Dhht7)

422 1 cn Ice Cream (cleaned)

Spread of fish slices

Intriguing, in a vomit-ey sort of way.

Posted by: grammie winger, church pirate at December 09, 2018 06:37 PM (lwiT4)

423 The kids are what Christmas is all about for me.
Posted by: dartist at December 09, 2018 06:34 PM (K22Va)

Sounds like you fulfilled your duties well!

Posted by: Emmie at December 09, 2018 06:37 PM (4HMW8)

424 I miss the magic of having little ones around at Christmas.

Posted by: Infidel at December 09, 2018 06:38 PM (PF4TZ)

425 Even we commies like our maple syrup.

Posted by: Little Lupe at December 09, 2018 06:39 PM (Tyii7)

426 I have to send my mother Random Recipe Generator's recipes!

Honestly, that woman can't boil an egg.
I say, "Ma, you can just follow a recipe."
She says, "Mumbo jumbo."

Maybe.......

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at December 09, 2018 06:39 PM (Rxduq)

427 I've given this cocktail recipe before but,

I'm drinking it now, and it's s-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o good, you lame asses have to pony up and make this Margaita variation:

Acapulco #2

1 oz Reposado tequila
1 oz Strega liqueur
1 oz fresh lemon juice
.5 oz egg white*

Shake all ingredients HARD with plenty of ice. Strain into cocktail glass. Drink!

*you don't really need the egg white. It adds very little to nothing IMHO.

This is a great and surprising cocktail. Try it. You'll love it.

Posted by: naturalfake at December 09, 2018 06:39 PM (CRRq9)

428 >>Forget the tree?! Jack Straw, that is funny. How does that happen? Are you one of those families that only puts the tree up on Christmas Eve? I know my parents did that when my older sisters were little - Santa brought the tree. They had given up on that fuss by the time I showed up.

Well when we were little my folks would hide the tree at a neighbors but as we got older things got a little lax. We'd go out early and just not put the tree up.

But when my sister and I were off at school and didn't get home until right before Christmas, yea well mistakes were made.

>>JackStraw, where ever did you put the Angel?

I made some modifications to the top of the tree, lopped off a bunch of branches and the angel just sort of nestled in.

It was one big beautiful tree. I had to buy a bunch of extra lights and ornaments just to fill it up.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 09, 2018 06:40 PM (/tuJf)

429 420 Random

(And how auspicious is THAT?)

>> Reforken

What the fork does THAT mean?

Posted by: ibguy at December 09, 2018 06:41 PM (vUcdz)

430 It's only one. Omit it.

Posted by: olddog in mo at December 09, 2018 06:36 PM (Dhht7)

I can't. It's seared into my brain. I will have nightmares for weeks featuring flying bananas of death and maple syrup and Marzipan and....

The horror!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 09, 2018 06:41 PM (wYseH)

431 This is a great and surprising cocktail. Try it. You'll love it.

Posted by: naturalfake at December 09, 2018 06:39 PM (CRRq9)

What does Strega liqueur taste like?

Posted by: grammie winger, church pirate at December 09, 2018 06:41 PM (lwiT4)

432 Boxes end up being more fun than the actual presents to the kids in my family.

Posted by: dartist at December 09, 2018 06:41 PM (K22Va)

433 Ramsey's version is called a pudding, CBD.It's not a "cake" according to the brits.

http://iseehungrypeople.net/tag/british/

Posted by: CN at December 09, 2018 06:41 PM (U7k5w)

434 I was home from college when we realized at about 5 o'clock on Christmas Eve nobody bought a tree. And do you know what you can't buy at 5 on Christmas Eve? A Christmas tree.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 09, 2018 06:25

First year married we were too poor for a tree. Went to tree lot late on the 24th and helped the vendor clean up and got a Charlie Brown tree and greenery rope for payment. Made ornaments w/ flour and water. Good Times.

Posted by: olddog in mo at December 09, 2018 06:41 PM (Dhht7)

435 CBD - you don't like marzipan?

Posted by: grammie winger, church pirate at December 09, 2018 06:41 PM (lwiT4)

436 Always though, some varied nuts, a tangerine or two, and always some of the gold foil-wrapped chocolate 'coins'.

Even the dog and cat each have a stocking.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 09, 2018 06:15 PM (KoKdw)

For us, the Christmas stocking tangerines were the first of the season, and we all looked forward to them. Our outdoor (garage based) Chesapeake Bay Retriever did not get a stocking, but got to come into the house on Christmas Day to get his Christmas bone.

Posted by: Comrade Hrothgar at December 09, 2018 06:42 PM (f3oO4)

437 Boxes end up being more fun than the actual presents to the kids in my family.
Posted by: dartist at December 09, 2018 06:41 PM (K22Va)

*nods* I also have a cat.

Posted by: hogmartin at December 09, 2018 06:42 PM (t+qrx)

438 384 Weasel, that's what cheroots are for.
Posted by: Ben Had at December 09, 2018 06:27 PM (+w1IT)
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Keep an eye on your mailbox!

Posted by: Weasel at December 09, 2018 06:42 PM (MVjcR)

439 Got willowed LONG ago -- long phone call -- but I put up something at #376 in the Book thread I wonder if other book-lovers might not appreciate.

Posted by: empire1 at December 09, 2018 06:43 PM (HKYMf)

440 HOld up, how can you hate marzipan? It's nuts and sugar. Pre-masticated even.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 09, 2018 06:43 PM (ZejZP)

441 Man, I need to start ordering shorter cigars. It's cold outside!!!
Posted by: Weasel at December 09, 2018 06:21 PM (MVjcR)

******
Winter is for short stories.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 09, 2018 06:44 PM (0tfLf)

442 My dad likes banana pudding. It's really gross.

Posted by: freaked at December 09, 2018 06:44 PM (UdKB7)

443 Jack Straw - I see your answer up thread. I took a nap and have started reading comments from the bottom.

Yeah, what a lot of work. By the time I was born my parents were too old for that type of holiday tradition.

Posted by: cfo mom at December 09, 2018 06:44 PM (RfzVr)

444 CHEESE PUDDING LAYER (FREES AL)
Serves 4

3 tb Sugar
2 tb Parsley, chopped
2 ts Vegetable oil
1 cup Chicken broth
1/2 cup Bourbon shredded
1/4 cup Rice vinegar
1 ts Baking powder
2 tb Sugar
1/3 cup Chopped cinnamon
1 1/2 ts Salt

Mix all ingredients together in an 8-inch square pan. Bake at least 12 hours. Heat the butter for another 1 hours. Remove from the bottom of the skillet. Toss with a slice of almonds and allow to electric mixer one strips of the center, then add the remaining apples and the lemon juice and remaining 1/2 cup water soup.
Cover and simmer to coat. Stir in the chocolate; sprinkle the tomatoes and garlic and add to the bowl. Serve the ham little from the cake on medium bowl. Combine the shortening, wash, and water, salt and pepper. Set aside. Pour onto a bowl. Serve with pepper sugar or butter and set aside. Place the sheet in a plate for a more flour into a soupmey or a little saucepan until meat is crispy and serve over each on this one. Serves 4.

Posted by: Random Recipe Generator at December 09, 2018 06:45 PM (tYPH9)

445 I miss the magic of having little ones around at Christmas.
Posted by: Infidel
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Eight months ago the couple next door, now empty-nesters, sold their house. I had watched their kids grow up.

The couple that bought it have an 8 year old girl, and a 10 year old boy, as well as a pair of infant twins.

Today, after the snow, I heard kids squealing and laughing as they sledded down the hill in back and threw snowballs. I stood outside a while just watch and listen.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 09, 2018 06:45 PM (KoKdw)

446 I like banana creme pie. It might be my favorite.

Posted by: Ronster at December 09, 2018 06:45 PM (fsIXr)

447 Weasel, you Sir are a Paisan of the highest order.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 09, 2018 06:45 PM (+w1IT)

448 Most of the families in my family are spending Christmas at Disney World with the fake snow. So I very well might be alone this year. It was to expensive for me to go, being retired and all. Some different than in the older days when we all got together as one big family. I guess its the new way to celebrate Christmas. They are staying in the park in a rented apartment.

Posted by: Colin at December 09, 2018 06:46 PM (Hb0Ll)

449 I tried the Hell's Kitchen restaurant when I was in Las Vegas recently.

Very good.
Posted by: WitchDoktor, AKA VA GOP Sucks at December 09, 2018 05:35 PM (IfYaq)

I'm sure.

But turnover is a bitch.

Posted by: golfman at December 09, 2018 06:46 PM (GL/05)

450 My dad likes banana pudding. It's really gross.
Posted by: freaked

I think they have commitment docs on legalzoom.com

Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 09, 2018 06:46 PM (ZejZP)

451

Buy a corncob pipe. Shove the cigar into pipe, cut off at top of bowl. Smoke cigar plug.
Posted by: tumbleweed at December 09, 2018 06:34 PM (twG1r)
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Well there's an idea!

Posted by: Weasel at December 09, 2018 06:47 PM (MVjcR)

452 Made ornaments w/ flour and water. Good Times.
Posted by: olddog
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Stringing popcorn was a standard thing.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 09, 2018 06:47 PM (KoKdw)

453 What does Strega liqueur taste like?
Posted by: grammie winger, church pirate at December 09, 2018 06:41 PM (lwiT4)

It's its own thing, but

it's a bit like a lighter Green Chartreuse with a higher mint profile.

The mint is what is really picked up and pops with the tequila.

It takes the margarita and turns it into a herbal rather than a citrus drink.

It really is good.

Posted by: naturalfake at December 09, 2018 06:47 PM (CRRq9)

454 Mmmmmm, marzipan.

Posted by: bluebell at December 09, 2018 06:48 PM (U5tDi)

455
******
Winter is for short stories.
Posted by: Diogenes at December 09, 2018 06:44 PM (0tfLf)
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As a matter of fact I had one earlier!! Great little cigar.

Posted by: Weasel at December 09, 2018 06:48 PM (MVjcR)

456 Making a big batch of Thai Salmon Red Curry tonight.

Posted by: Sharkman at December 09, 2018 06:49 PM (FypLm)

457 Man, I need to start ordering shorter cigars. It's cold outside!!!
Posted by: Weasel

Nonsense. You just need a heavy blanket big enough for you and weasel dog and an Adirondack chair in front of a fire pit. And a tall cup of Guatemala Antigua with a couple of shots of baileys .

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at December 09, 2018 06:49 PM (PA/U2)

458 Christmas in Narnia:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=EY-fhfuDEUA

Posted by: Emmie at December 09, 2018 06:49 PM (4HMW8)

459 'I think they have commitment docs on legalzoom.com'

My mom keeps making it for him. She won't eat it though. She's an enabler.

Posted by: freaked at December 09, 2018 06:49 PM (UdKB7)

460 447 Weasel, you Sir are a Paisan of the highest order.
Posted by: Ben Had at December 09, 2018 06:45 PM (+w1IT)
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Anything for you, my friend.

Posted by: Weasel at December 09, 2018 06:49 PM (MVjcR)

461 Today, after the snow, I heard kids squealing and laughing as they sledded down the hill in back and threw snowballs. I stood outside a while just watch and listen.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 09, 2018 06:45 PM (KoKdw)

I know the feeling. There was a young family at church this morning with a very very young baby. What a miracle they are. It is so hard to believe how tiny they are at first and how quickly they grow up.

Posted by: Comrade Hrothgar at December 09, 2018 06:50 PM (f3oO4)

462 I like banana creme pie. It might be my favorite.
Posted by: Ronster
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I like it a lot. And banana pudding also.

I'm compiling a dossier on those here who have denigrated either. Probably have commie leanings.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 09, 2018 06:50 PM (KoKdw)

463 Nice to see you around, CrotchetyOldJarhead. Hope all is well with you and the Mrs. and that we can see you at a future Morondezvous.

Posted by: Emmie at December 09, 2018 06:50 PM (4HMW8)

464 457 Man, I need to start ordering shorter cigars. It's cold outside!!!
Posted by: Weasel

Nonsense. You just need a heavy blanket big enough for you and weasel dog and an Adirondack chair in front of a fire pit. And a tall cup of Guatemala Antigua with a couple of shots of baileys .
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at December 09, 2018 06:49 PM (PA/U2)
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There's an even BETTER idea!

Posted by: Weasel at December 09, 2018 06:51 PM (MVjcR)

465 Tickled Pink - next time you order one tell them want it uncut, thereby eliminating the cross contamination on individual pieces..

Posted by: cfo mom at December 09, 2018 06:51 PM (RfzVr)

466 How much snow for Hammer and Weasel acres?

Went to Primland in June. Not the worst place in the world to be snowed in.

Posted by: golfman at December 09, 2018 06:52 PM (GL/05)

467 Weasel... Hatuey tacos. A box is about $80 and they're a 30 minute cigar. Goes well with a glass of Madeira.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at December 09, 2018 06:52 PM (PA/U2)

468 Stringing popcorn was a standard thing.

We use to do that and go to my grandpa's for Christmas Eve. Came home the popcorn string was gone and the dog had a guilty look with a little piece of string hanging out of her. My ma pulled out a lot of string.

Posted by: dartist at December 09, 2018 06:52 PM (K22Va)

469 I love Christmas ornaments. They used to make some really classic ones. The cutout wood ones from the Navajo reservations, the Angels with the starched robes holding musical instruments. You just can't find them any more.

I have an elf that is always placed under the Skaters in the short skirts. Dirty Elf with a big smile.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 09, 2018 06:53 PM (+w1IT)

470 Hey now wait a minute I love apple pie and used to own a Chevy and can tolerate baseball I just don't like bananas ok?

Posted by: freaked at December 09, 2018 06:53 PM (UdKB7)

471 Stringing popcorn was a standard thing.

We use to do that and go to my grandpa's for Christmas Eve.
Posted by: dartist at December 09, 2018 06:52 PM (K22Va)

Same here. Hung on a cedar from the farm.

Posted by: golfman at December 09, 2018 06:54 PM (GL/05)

472 466 How much snow for Hammer and Weasel acres?

Went to Primland in June. Not the worst place in the world to be snowed in.
Posted by: golfman at December 09, 2018 06:52 PM (GL/05)
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I think WA was supposed to get a few inches. Maybe half a foot. Sort of wish I were down there to see it. I bet my little corner of the woods is beautiful in the snow.

Posted by: Weasel at December 09, 2018 06:54 PM (MVjcR)

473 Today, after the snow, I heard kids squealing and laughing as they
sledded down the hill in back and threw snowballs. I stood outside a
while just watch and listen.

Posted by: Mike Hammer
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I honestly didn't like the empty house after mine all moved on. But, like you, I am fortunate to have about 12 little ones surrounding my house. I've got all the necessary driveway chalk, whiffle balls, scooters, etc. for them when they come over to play. It's wonderful, isn't it?

Posted by: Tonypete at December 09, 2018 06:54 PM (9rIkM)

474

I know the feeling. There was a young family at church this morning with
a very very young baby. What a miracle they are. It is so hard to
believe how tiny they are at first and how quickly they grow up.

Those little things can bend time itself and make it speed up.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at December 09, 2018 06:54 PM (HaL55)

475 467 Weasel... Hatuey tacos. A box is about $80 and they're a 30 minute cigar. Goes well with a glass of Madeira.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at December 09, 2018 06:52 PM (PA/U2)
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Thanks - I will check them out!

Posted by: Weasel at December 09, 2018 06:55 PM (MVjcR)

476 I think WA was supposed to get a few inches. Maybe half a foot. Sort of wish I were down there to see it. I bet my little corner of the woods is beautiful in the snow.
Posted by: Weasel at December 09, 2018 06:54 PM (MVjcR)

Judging from reports I'd bet more than that.

Posted by: golfman at December 09, 2018 06:55 PM (GL/05)

477 Hello, that looks like a chocolate brownie.
Yummy!

Posted by: ALH at December 09, 2018 06:55 PM (cS3Yq)

478 Posted by: Emmie at December 09, 2018 06:50 PM (4HMW

Back at ya chica! Duck fat fries and a craft brew for evryone!

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at December 09, 2018 06:55 PM (PA/U2)

479 Hey now wait a minute I love apple pie and used to own a Chevy and can tolerate baseball I just don't like bananas ok?
Posted by: freaked at December 09, 2018 06:53 PM

Did you drive it down to the levee?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 09, 2018 06:56 PM (DMUuz)

480
Judging from reports I'd bet more than that.
Posted by: golfman at December 09, 2018 06:55 PM (GL/05)
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The forecast was for between 3 inches and 16 feet, so I was being conservative! I need to email one of my pals down there to see what's up.

Posted by: Weasel at December 09, 2018 06:57 PM (MVjcR)

481 I see HT winner Kyler Murray is under attack for calling his buddies "queers" on his social media account when he was 14.

These modern day investigative journalists are putting out Pulitzer-level scoops.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at December 09, 2018 06:57 PM (ctBVQ)

482 476
I think WA was supposed to get a few inches. Maybe half a foot. Sort of
wish I were down there to see it. I bet my little corner of the woods is
beautiful in the snow.

Even Dinty Moore stew would taste good!

Posted by: dartist at December 09, 2018 06:57 PM (K22Va)

483 Back at ya chica! Duck fat fries and a craft brew for evryone!
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead

*puts on tartan vest with selfedge jeans and pommades hair*

Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 09, 2018 06:57 PM (ZejZP)

484 Did you drive it down to the levee?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 09, 2018 06:56 PM (DMUuz)

AND what did you drink while at the levee?

Posted by: Comrade Hrothgar at December 09, 2018 06:57 PM (f3oO4)

485 CHOCOLATE RANCH BARBECUE
Serves 6

2 tb Parmesan cheese -- chopped
1 cup Coconut milk
3 Eggs, beaten

Place each pasta over layers of lumps. Shape mixture into the moderate oven and simmer until firm. Serve hot in bodied fresh, mustard, orange and cheese.

Combine the cheese and salt together the dough in a large skillet; add the ingredients and stir in the chocolate and pepper.

Posted by: Random Recipe Generator at December 09, 2018 06:58 PM (tYPH9)

486 I live alone now, but many of the houses around me have now got young families in them..I'm probably the old man who lives in "that house". But we all were little once, and have fond memories of Christmas gone by.

Posted by: Colin at December 09, 2018 06:58 PM (Hb0Ll)

487 We did some Christmas shopping today. It's always fun.
I know what I'm getting this year. He got my opinion before buying it.

Posted by: ALH at December 09, 2018 06:58 PM (cS3Yq)

488 Back at ya chica! Duck fat fries and a craft brew for evryone!
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at December 09, 2018 06:55 PM (PA/U2)

Yum! And the best people to share them with!

Posted by: Emmie at December 09, 2018 06:58 PM (4HMW8)

489 468 Stringing popcorn was a standard thing.

We use to do that and go to my grandpa's for Christmas Eve. Came home the popcorn string was gone and the dog had a guilty look with a little piece of string hanging out of her. My ma pulled out a lot of string.
Posted by: dartist at December 09, 2018 06:52 PM (K22Va)

I had two Blue Spruce trees in my backyard in Denver... was on a greenbelt so only had a 3 ft split rail fence back there.

We used to decorate those trees with edible stuff... berries, popcorn, candycanes, led lights...

For the animals who lived around the house.

Posted by: Don Q at December 09, 2018 06:59 PM (NgKpN)

490 The forecast was for between 3 inches and 16 feet, so I was being conservative! I need to email one of my pals down there to see what's up.
Posted by: Weasel at December 09, 2018 06:57 PM (MVjcR)

Golflady's aunt in Stuart is reporting a foot.

Posted by: golfman at December 09, 2018 06:59 PM (GL/05)

491 and scene...

@RadioTimes

BREAKING: #DoctorWho's next series WILL be delayed to 2020, BBC confirms

Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 09, 2018 06:59 PM (ZejZP)

492 The Spice House has another sale for today only; 10% off anything with the code DESPICE10. Also, free shipping for orders over $45.

... I'm getting a lot of marketing emails this month (imagine that!!), so I bet they'll send me another in a day or so.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at December 09, 2018 06:59 PM (0ReGO)

493 'AND what did you drink while at the levee?'

Probably beer. Why do you ask?

Posted by: freaked at December 09, 2018 07:00 PM (UdKB7)

494 Posted by: Colin at December 09, 2018 06:58 PM (Hb0Ll)

If you're like me the "Beware: Attack Guard Dog on Premises" signs, do tend to make people in the neighborhood talk.

Posted by: Comrade Hrothgar at December 09, 2018 07:00 PM (f3oO4)

495 We did some Christmas shopping today. It's always fun.
I know what I'm getting this year. He got my opinion before buying it.

Posted by: ALH at December 09, 2018 06:58 PM (cS3Yq)

I learned, this year, how to ease that pain.

Mini-bottles in the mall. GREAT plan.

Posted by: golfman at December 09, 2018 07:01 PM (GL/05)

496 oops, DECSPICE10 (missed the first C)

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at December 09, 2018 07:01 PM (0ReGO)

497 I did 100% of my shopping online this year. Never set foot in a store.

Posted by: grammie winger, church pirate at December 09, 2018 07:02 PM (lwiT4)

498 Looks like about a foot of snow in Appomattox. My trees! My tractor! Oh the humanity!!!!

Posted by: Weasel at December 09, 2018 07:02 PM (MVjcR)

499 Mean ol levee, taught me to weep and moan.

Posted by: dartist at December 09, 2018 07:02 PM (K22Va)

500 494 Posted by: Colin at December 09, 2018 06:58 PM (Hb0Ll)

If you're like me the "Beware: Attack Guard Dog on Premises" signs, do tend to make people in the neighborhood talk.
Posted by: Comrade Hrothgar at December 09, 2018 07:00 PM (f3oO4)

Front of my house is a courtyard, with 3 ft tall brick wall, and then 3 ft of wrought iron... with a wrought iron gate.

Yes, the neighbor kids think its the spooky house.

Posted by: Don Q at December 09, 2018 07:02 PM (NgKpN)

501 I know the feeling. There was a young family at church this morning with
a very very young baby.

I wish they would wait a bit. Having to hold my kid during a spinal tap because of an early fever is something I would hope no one ever has to do.

Posted by: Jean at December 09, 2018 07:02 PM (sFO1P)

502 Is it just me or do internet news sites just keep the pot stirred?

Drudge is ready to throw Donald in the klink and throw away the key.

Posted by: ALH at December 09, 2018 07:02 PM (cS3Yq)

503
Even Dinty Moore stew would taste good!
Posted by: dartist at December 09, 2018 06:57 PM (K22Va)
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Yeah!!

Posted by: Weasel at December 09, 2018 07:03 PM (MVjcR)

504 If you're like me the "Beware: Attack Guard Dog on Premises" signs, do tend to make people in the neighborhood talk.
Posted by: Comrade Hrothgar

The reflective tape tells at 50yd increments make those who know nod and move on.

Posted by: Jean at December 09, 2018 07:04 PM (sFO1P)

505 Looks like about a foot of snow in Appomattox. My trees! My tractor! Oh the humanity!!!!
Posted by: Weasel at December 09, 2018 07:02 PM (MVjcR)
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My daughter is supposed to have her last final tomorrow but the school may wind up being closed. We're all hoping it will be open so she can come home Tuesday.

Posted by: bluebell at December 09, 2018 07:04 PM (U5tDi)

506 Stuffing is always good, so I'm sure even if it's in the form of a waffle.

Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at December 09, 2018 07:04 PM (/qEW2)

507 Even Dinty Moore stew would taste good!
Posted by: dartist at December 09, 2018 06:57 PM (K22Va)

I like that roast beef hash with poached eggs. Delicious!

Posted by: ALH at December 09, 2018 07:04 PM (cS3Yq)

508 Probably beer. Why do you ask?

Posted by: freaked at December 09, 2018 07:00 PM (UdKB7)

Because good ol' boys drink whiskey and rye, just wondered if you were a traditionalist!

Posted by: Comrade Hrothgar at December 09, 2018 07:04 PM (f3oO4)

509 502 Is it just me or do internet news sites just keep the pot stirred?

Drudge is ready to throw Donald in the klink and throw away the key.
Posted by: ALH at December 09, 2018 07:02 PM (cS3Yq)

MSN has been all in on the President will not only be impeached, but may go to jail.

Of course, they never mention an actual crime... they just allude to one.

Combination of Gas Lighting, and Astro Turf... so... Gas Turfing? Astro Lighting?

Posted by: Don Q at December 09, 2018 07:05 PM (NgKpN)

510 When I was small, a man used to put "warning, poison gas" signs in the window when he went away...us kids always wondered if it was fake, probably was...but we stayed far away.

Posted by: Colin at December 09, 2018 07:05 PM (Hb0Ll)

511 The reflective tape tells at 50yd increments make those who know nod and move on.

Posted by: Jean at December 09, 2018 07:04 PM (sFO1P)

That and the "You are now in range!" signs

Posted by: Comrade Hrothgar at December 09, 2018 07:06 PM (f3oO4)

512 Posted by: bluebell at December 09, 2018 07:04 PM (U5tDi)
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Fingers crossed for the little bluebell.
It looks like Appomattox got 12-18 inches, and the farm (just north) got a little less.

Posted by: Weasel at December 09, 2018 07:06 PM (MVjcR)

513 I like that roast beef hash with poached eggs. Delicious!

Posted by: ALH at December 09, 2018 07:04 PM (cS3Yq)

Corned Beef Hash from scratch is so easy to make and it is delicious!

Posted by: Comrade Hrothgar at December 09, 2018 07:07 PM (f3oO4)

514 Forgot about decorating trees for the animals. We used to cut oranges in half, hollow them out and string with red yarn. Fill w bird feed and hang in trees.

Posted by: olddog in mo at December 09, 2018 07:07 PM (Dhht7)

515 Posted by: Emmie at December 09, 2018 06:49 PM (4HMW

Thank you for that! I love those stories so much (time for a reread?).

I wish we'd gotten The Silver Chair. Marshwiggles are my favorite Narnian citizens.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 09, 2018 07:08 PM (kQs4Y)

516 It looks like Appomattox got 12-18 inches, and the farm (just north) got a little less.

Posted by: Weasel at December 09, 2018 07:06 PM (MVjcR)

Brother, hit's a gonna be a humdinger of a winter!

Posted by: Comrade Hrothgar at December 09, 2018 07:08 PM (f3oO4)

517 Posted by: Don Q at December 09, 2018 07:05 PM (NgKpN)

Maybe they are just trying to feed the liberal beasties what they want to hear.
#TwoWeeks and it will be some fresh new outrage.

Posted by: ALH at December 09, 2018 07:08 PM (cS3Yq)

518 I like that roast beef hash with poached eggs. Delicious!

I have a soft spot in my heart for canned corned beef hash and eggs. My blood pressure does not.

Posted by: dartist at December 09, 2018 07:09 PM (K22Va)

519 AND what did you drink while at the levee?
Posted by: Comrade Hrothgar at December 09, 2018 06:57 PM

Whiskey, of course, although not a big fan of rye.

The time on your timestamp is S&W's finest, BTW.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 09, 2018 07:09 PM (DMUuz)

520 My Norwegian grandmother was the absolute best cook. Always used whole milk, cream, butter. Lived to be over 90 and stayed slim the whole way.

Posted by: washrivergal at December 09, 2018 07:09 PM (rE1pK)

521 The horses all get apples or carrots, depending on their liking for Christmas.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 09, 2018 07:10 PM (+w1IT)

522 506 Stuffing is always good, so I'm sure even if it's in the form of a waffle.
Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at December 09, 2018 07:04 PM (/qEW2)

I am going to try it. With maple sausage mixed in!

Posted by: Iron Mike Golf at December 09, 2018 07:10 PM (di1hb)

523
Brother, hit's a gonna be a humdinger of a winter!
Posted by: Comrade Hrothgar at December 09, 2018 07:08 PM (f3oO4)
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May be!

Posted by: Weasel at December 09, 2018 07:10 PM (MVjcR)

524 Weasel, when all that snow melts, you will need to chain up Weasel truck to get around.

Posted by: Ronster at December 09, 2018 07:10 PM (fsIXr)

525 nood

Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 09, 2018 07:10 PM (ZejZP)

526 Forgot about decorating trees for the animals. We used to cut oranges in half, hollow them out and string with red yarn. Fill w bird feed and hang in trees.
Posted by: olddog in mo at December 09, 2018 07:07 PM (Dhht7)
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That sounds delightful.

Today as I was making cookie dough, I glanced up and saw the bowl of clementine oranges and a glass jar of nuts on my island, and thought about how in olden times people would wait all year to get an orange and some whole nuts in their Christmas stocking. We are truly blessed.

Posted by: bluebell at December 09, 2018 07:11 PM (U5tDi)

527 Always used whole milk, cream, butter. Lived to be over 90 and stayed slim the whole way.

Posted by: washrivergal at December 09, 2018 07:09 PM (rE1pK)

Oh no, breaking all the rules of modern living.

Posted by: Colin at December 09, 2018 07:11 PM (Hb0Ll)

528 471
Stringing popcorn was a standard thing.

We use to do that and go to my grandpa's for Christmas Eve.

Posted by: dartist at December 09, 2018 06:52 PM (K22Va)

Same here. Hung on a cedar from the farm.

Posted by: golfman at December 09, 2018 06:54 PM (GL/05)

And when making a popcorn string, we as kids would use raw cranberries about once every half dozen popcorn kernels for the red/white contrast.

It was a great way to keep kids entertained as well, pre cell phone, of course.

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at December 09, 2018 07:12 PM (UsCnO)

529 >>The horses all get apples or carrots, depending on their liking for Christmas.

My mom used to make a special Christmas Eve mash for the horses. Bran, molasses, apples, carrots. She promised that it would make the horses talk at midnight.

She was not telling the truth on that one.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 09, 2018 07:12 PM (/tuJf)

530 Posted by: Ben Had at December 09, 2018 07:10 PM (+w1IT)

BH: Conor says don't forget you need to give the poor dog a bone!

Posted by: Comrade Hrothgar at December 09, 2018 07:12 PM (f3oO4)

531 Always used whole milk, cream, butter. Lived to be over 90 and stayed slim the whole way.
Posted by: washrivergal at December 09, 2018 07:09 PM (rE1pK)
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So far I'm doing all that except for the "staying slim" part.

Posted by: bluebell at December 09, 2018 07:13 PM (U5tDi)

532 Gonna go watch HGTV Christmas at the White House, and have a glass of applejack.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 09, 2018 07:13 PM (kQs4Y)

533

If you're like me the "Beware: Attack Guard Dog on Premises" signs, do tend to make people in the neighborhood talk.

Those are cute when you have a chihuahua, a little yorkie or a teacup poodle.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at December 09, 2018 07:15 PM (HaL55)

534 Posted by: JackStraw at December 09, 2018 07:12 PM (/tuJf)

I remain convinced that barn animals talk at midnight on Christmas Eve. You just have to be there at exactly midnight and be ready to ask the one question you're allowed!

Posted by: Comrade Hrothgar at December 09, 2018 07:15 PM (f3oO4)

535 Corned Beef Hash from scratch is so easy to make and it is delicious!
Posted by: Comrade Hrothgar at December 09, 2018 07:07 PM (f3oO4)

Yes, the only problem with Corned Beef Hash made from leftovers is ... There are no leftovers!

Posted by: tumbleweed at December 09, 2018 07:15 PM (twG1r)

536 496 oops, DECSPICE10 (missed the first C)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at December 09, 2018 07:01 PM (0ReGO)

Yeah, I was wondering why they would tell their customers to de-spice.

Posted by: Emmie at December 09, 2018 07:16 PM (4HMW8)

537 >>I remain convinced that barn animals talk at midnight on Christmas Eve. You just have to be there at exactly midnight and be ready to ask the one question you're allowed!

Well my mom's animals were not the chatty type apparently. Yes, I went and checked.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 09, 2018 07:17 PM (/tuJf)

538 Ooh, I got to try raw cow's milk over Thanksgiving! Not homogenized or de-creamed or anything, so the first few pours are lumpy.

But it was delicious and did not cause any intestinal distress!

Posted by: Emmie at December 09, 2018 07:18 PM (4HMW8)

539 Gonna go watch HGTV Christmas at the White House

What time is it on? I got Fixer Upper on now.

Posted by: olddog in mo at December 09, 2018 07:19 PM (Dhht7)

540 Olddog, it was on at six EST, but I bet they'll show it again.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 09, 2018 07:20 PM (kQs4Y)

541 My mom used to make a special Christmas Eve mash for the horses. Bran, molasses, apples, carrots. She promised that it would make the horses talk at midnight.

She was not telling the truth on that one.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 09, 2018 07:12 PM

Of course, of course.

Posted by: Mr. Ed at December 09, 2018 07:23 PM (DMUuz)

542 Well my mom's animals were not the chatty type apparently. Yes, I went and checked.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 09, 2018 07:17 PM (/tuJf)

Note, I think it's midnight Bethlehem time!

Posted by: Comrade Hrothgar at December 09, 2018 07:23 PM (f3oO4)

543 Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 09, 2018 06:45 PM (KoKdw)

Funny how neighborhoods turn over. Lots of kids around here. Love to watch them play.

Posted by: Infidel at December 09, 2018 07:25 PM (PF4TZ)

544 Never had farm animals though wife did, but first I ever heard of them talking at midnight on Christmas eve.

Posted by: Skip at December 09, 2018 07:27 PM (/rm4P)

545 Lately I've had the idea of trying bourbon. I probably got the idea from someone here.

Since I don't know what I'm supposed to like, I started off with the bottom shelf brands and will work my way up.

I started out with Old Granddad and Old Crow. I don't find either of them objectionable, and in fact I can't tell any difference between them.

These brands, along with others like Seagram's 7 and Ten High, I remember from old Life magazine ads when I was a kid.

But here's my question: Today they're on the bottom shelf in the liquor store. Was it always that way, or did that happen recently due to the pricey boutique bourbons that have come on the market?

Were those brands considered middle or top shelf in the 1960s, and if so, did there use to be lower quality rotgut booze that is no longer being manufactured?

Posted by: rickl at December 09, 2018 07:38 PM (sdi6R)

546 I made stuffing waffles once and they were okay (with gravy as the syrup, naturally) but the breaded, deep-fried stuffing balls were a bigger hit.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 09, 2018 08:23 PM (39g3+)

547 I started out with Old Granddad and Old Crow. I don't find either of them objectionable, and in fact I can't tell any difference between them.

Oh no. They're both good.

Many of the lower shelf bourbons have gone the way of Falstaff.

George Dickel is good as well. I like Jim Beam and they don't even carry the 7 y.o. around here anymore.

And you're right. Paid $100 for the boss's Christmas bourbon.

Posted by: golfman at December 09, 2018 08:24 PM (GL/05)

548 545 ...
rickl, Brands go in and out of favor all the time. Seagrams 7 and Four Roses were well-known brand in the 60s and 70s but were superseded by other brands. (BTW, Seagrams is a whisky but not a bourbon.) Over the last 10 or 15 years, bourbon has made a popular comeback and often made to consume neat instead of mostly in mixed drinks.

I'll add there is some snobbery involved. Younger people often assume an expensive bottle will be better than a less expensive one. That ain't always the case. They forget that preferences are personal.

A suggestion: try Wild Turkey 101. It is not overly expensive but, in my opinion, is a good value and a flavorful bourbon. I think it's a good starting point for someone new to bourbon.

Posted by: JTB at December 09, 2018 08:34 PM (bmdz3)

549 One of my mom's tastiest dishes when I was growing up was chicken and waffles, but she did not make it the way restaurants do now. The waffle was just a regular waffle, but she made a delicious and savory topping by stewing the chicken with vegetables. I can almost taste it now.
By the way, Mom is 92 and still going strong!

Posted by: Jeannine at December 09, 2018 09:55 PM (8EOsn)

550 I see some company has come out with Star Wars Waffle Irons How Fun

Posted by: Tamaa Bird 1000 Voices at December 10, 2018 04:43 PM (wGqjj)

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