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you just never know where you're going to meet a potential friend for life or a short period of time. either way, nice to put yourself out there or be a willing participant in occasional chatter. it's paid off for many of us many times over. |
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I'd buy a basil plant at a big box store and keep it on your window sill or put in garden or replant into a bigger pot and then you'd have a good enough amount to play with at your will. I don't have a tremendous amount of luck growing 'any kind' of of basil from seed although I do it every year. there are so many flavored kinds (and colors of basil) for you to choose from that for a small $ output you could have your purple and green forms. purple basil pesto I'd not probably do simply due to color could be off putting to some although not me. |
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"depending on my rapport with seatmates" 10 years ago on a flight I was seated next to a lovely man. my good fortune. we talked from the beginning, fun conversations. when they brought out our meals we ate and talked. there was some sort of a candy treat in the meal delivered. I guess I ate mine after finishing the meal as we were talking. trash picked up, restroom break and upon returning to a clean tray table, out of nowhere appeared his treat on my table. I looked at him to see if he was the culprit and he winked. nice seat mate. |
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TorontoJo, thank you--cooked flour frosting is great! at first the frosting is thin-I literally had my kitchen aid on almost full bore 13 min-the result |
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auh shoooooot! |
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gooey caramel and whipped cream in a huge cup of tea |
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alka, are you talking about the little mesh bag of the tiny red potatoes that you microwave for a few minutes then eat? |
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"Maraschino cherries eaten from the jar" how 'do' they get them sooooooooooo red? you're funny ....love the cheese idea and the latch key kid thing, I think we were mostly all latch key kids |
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where are you guys TJ? are you in Toronto? cake is in the oven, smells like heaven. TJ's frosting |
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I just watched Melissa D'Arabian on tv as I'm typing out some recipes, basically as background noise. BUT, she caught my attention as she was making the Scott Conant ravioli but using chicken instead of duck and chicken liver instead of foie gras for the filling inside. looked great and I'll be making that maybe in the next few days. like the fact that she cheated by using wonton skins which I have in fridge. |
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I wanna come too, where's this special cake day held? Today, I'm doing an orange spice cake for hubby that we'll take to our sons tomorrow if there's any left over. |
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you're making me hungry jb, sounds delicious today I made a breakfast that was out of the norm for me as it was a bit odd. hubby was hungry, I'd had a protein shake so: dinner was grilled salmon fillets marinated in pesto, twice baked potatoes spinach and green beans, fluffy rolls and salad of celery hearts, green pepper, scallions, tomatoes,olive oil&rice vinegar salt and pepper. no dessert, hub didn't want any. |
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I understand Al bond |
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we've been to a rare couple of Sizzlers that we've actually liked. was this a good one? |
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years ago at a big box store I bought two weird sounding plants: when they grew they were lovely and tasted like their names............. |
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sure others have thought of this but in case . . . . |
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loved the story |
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The Single Most Underrated Dish garlic bread |
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love corned beef sandwiches, stinky, not sure |
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I pack lunches and snacks on plane rides. I don't worry about getting hungry...ever.... I snack on nuts, dried fruits, cookies drinks, sandwiches, chips....it may take up space in luggage but once it's gone the room in your bag is back. I don't want to count on anyone else having to plan on my hunger. |
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agree if you took the time to plan for the possibility of getting hungry later so you packed something and others didn't, um, it's like the I love Lucy show where they all ate the cheese sandwiches except Lucy who wasn't hungry at the time but when need to eat came up, she still had hers and they were dying to get a piece. |
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I like to buy spices like that in specialty shops. |
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I would adore that, it sounds like total comfort food to me. |
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yep, they're more basic there than places around here where they add all but the kitchen sink tableside too no less |
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help identify old cooking show chowguest, what's the newest news on your quest? |
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sorry I can't help you Scott, my mint plant died over the winter. |
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but see tim, I can not stand fennel any which way so you're no doubt a bird of a different feather :) |
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Your favorite recipes that use ground almonds? at work one day it was the |
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Your favorite recipes that use ground almonds? "http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/foo..." oh my goodness, doesn't that look like a yummy mouthful? I also thought of this sauce: and love a good veggie burger.. |







