axolotl
Nunquam non paratus
She knew not to put her hands next to her face, and her friends stayed more than six feet away from her.
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Unsomnambulist
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Fun fact: I ate peanut butter with oatmeal daily for many years.
Until I developed some kind of sensitivity to peanut butter (it makes me feel fuzzy headed and sick).
I miss peanut butter.
Until I developed some kind of sensitivity to peanut butter (it makes me feel fuzzy headed and sick).
I miss peanut butter.
Nickyboy
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Is it a reaction to commercial varieties? maybe natural ones won't make you wonky.
Nickyboy
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One good thing about the Corona virus: bean sales are way up. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/22/...tion=click&module=Top Stories&pgtype=Homepage
Nickyboy
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The Best Canned Tomatoes: https://www.nytimes.com/article/bes...?action=click&module=Features&pgtype=Homepage
If I don't have my own, I used a different brand from Italy that I order through Amazon. Mutti brand are also very good, in my opinion, and are increasingly available in grocer stores around the country. I will look for the DiNapoli ones next time I am at the store.
If I don't have my own, I used a different brand from Italy that I order through Amazon. Mutti brand are also very good, in my opinion, and are increasingly available in grocer stores around the country. I will look for the DiNapoli ones next time I am at the store.
Nickyboy
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A nice piece about a local shop continuing to keep quahoggers working during these times. Andrade's is about 5 minutes from me, and I love going there because he always has interesting seafood, not just the regular stuff. Now that I know he's doing more great things to help out the local economy, I am going to be sure to visit his shop more often.
www.nytimes.com
One Shop Became a Lifeline for Rhode Island’s Solitary Clam Fishermen (Published 2020)
Restaurant closings have devastated the market for quahoggers, who are prohibited from selling directly to consumers.
Unsomnambulist
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I just made a new drink (well, new to me, I'm sure someone's done it before). One Swiss Miss packet, one teaspoon of Nescafe and 8oz hot water. Instant caffeinated hot chocolate. And it tastes pretty good, too.
axolotl
Nunquam non paratus
Nickyboy
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You just made a cup of mocha.
Zeeba Neighba
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Trivia thread or Bistro? Ah well - will put these here from the latest World Cuisine series at the online Learned League
Why am I doing this quiz - interesting stuff actually and not doing as badly as I thought. Nicky, I’m sure will rock, but others will enjoy too
1. In Cambodia, backpacking tourists enjoy Happy Pizza. What is that pizza's most unusual topping?
2. In most of Eastern Europe, this breakfast food is called "palacinka" and is normally filled with fruit jam, honey, sugar or Nutella. What is the common term for this item, especially in France?
3. What clarified butter, originating in ancient India, is prepared by simmering butter, skimming the impurities from the surface, and then pouring and keeping the liquid fat while discarding the solids?
4. Sometimes described as "duck fetus," what street food is most commonly associated with the Philippines, but can be found throughout Southeast Asia?
5. Tunisia's most popular condiment is a hot chili paste made of roasted red peppers, Baklouti peppers, garlic paste, coriander seeds and other spices. What's it called?
Your Answer:
Points Assigned: 2
6. What is the name of the triangular pastry served traditionally during the Jewish holiday Purim? These pastries are typically filled with fruit jam or poppy seeds and are meant to resemble a specific piece of clothing.
7. What food spread, created in 1922 by Cyril Percy Callister, is gleefully referenced by a Colin Hay fronted band in a 1981 song?
8. Traditionally cooked in an underground pit called an imu, what is the name of the Hawaiian pork preparation that is frequently served at a luau? Despite its name, no liqueur is found in the recipe.
9. What Christmas dish, traditionally found in Nordic countries, is made from treating dried whitefish with salt and lye?
10.Ustilago maydis, or corn smut, may be a fungus-based plant disease, but it is also a Mexican delicacy served under what name?
11. Derived from the Hindi words for "hot" and "mixture", what blend of spices generally includes fennel, black and white peppercorns, cloves, cinnamon, mace, cardamom, curry leaves, cumin and coriander?
12. What uncooked sauce and marinade, originating in Argentina and Uruguay, is made with parsley, garlic, olive oil, oregano and red wine vinegar?
Why am I doing this quiz - interesting stuff actually and not doing as badly as I thought. Nicky, I’m sure will rock, but others will enjoy too
1. In Cambodia, backpacking tourists enjoy Happy Pizza. What is that pizza's most unusual topping?
Answer: MARIJUANA
2. In most of Eastern Europe, this breakfast food is called "palacinka" and is normally filled with fruit jam, honey, sugar or Nutella. What is the common term for this item, especially in France?
Answer: CREPE
3. What clarified butter, originating in ancient India, is prepared by simmering butter, skimming the impurities from the surface, and then pouring and keeping the liquid fat while discarding the solids?
Answer: GHEE
4. Sometimes described as "duck fetus," what street food is most commonly associated with the Philippines, but can be found throughout Southeast Asia?
Answer: BALUT
5. Tunisia's most popular condiment is a hot chili paste made of roasted red peppers, Baklouti peppers, garlic paste, coriander seeds and other spices. What's it called?
Answer: HARISSA
Your Answer:
Points Assigned: 2
6. What is the name of the triangular pastry served traditionally during the Jewish holiday Purim? These pastries are typically filled with fruit jam or poppy seeds and are meant to resemble a specific piece of clothing.
Answer: HAMENTASHEN
7. What food spread, created in 1922 by Cyril Percy Callister, is gleefully referenced by a Colin Hay fronted band in a 1981 song?
Answer: VEGEMITE
8. Traditionally cooked in an underground pit called an imu, what is the name of the Hawaiian pork preparation that is frequently served at a luau? Despite its name, no liqueur is found in the recipe.
Answer: KALUA
9. What Christmas dish, traditionally found in Nordic countries, is made from treating dried whitefish with salt and lye?
Answer: LUTEFISK
10.Ustilago maydis, or corn smut, may be a fungus-based plant disease, but it is also a Mexican delicacy served under what name?
Answer: HUITLACOCHE
11. Derived from the Hindi words for "hot" and "mixture", what blend of spices generally includes fennel, black and white peppercorns, cloves, cinnamon, mace, cardamom, curry leaves, cumin and coriander?
Answer: GARAM MASALA
12. What uncooked sauce and marinade, originating in Argentina and Uruguay, is made with parsley, garlic, olive oil, oregano and red wine vinegar?
Answer: CHIMICHURRI
Nickyboy
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Got them all!
In our former incarnation, there was a member who said he wanted to try balut. Hmm. I like to try all sorts of things, but that is a pass for me!
And as far as Vegemite is concerned? The real version is SWISS! It is called Cernovis and was developed as a side product from breweries. We bought a tube of it on our last visit. A dark spread? Must be tasty! Yeah, it tastes like a cross between yeast and beef bullion cubes.
Never had Lutefisk, and never want to. Jelly-like fish? Nah.
HEY! I HAVE had huitlacoche in Mexico City! We went to visit old, family friends who lived there in the 80s and it was a popular street food. The vendors would cook who corn cobs in hot sauce and them serve it with crumbled cheese and lime juice. So, so good! But the "corn smut" (as it is known here) ? Cooked in the same bath. It tastes like corny mushrooms. And when simmered in hot sauce and then sprinkled with cheese and lime juice? HELL YEAH!
I make my own garam masala and send out packets of it for people who have drab palates.
And sorry, while the individual ingredients are all great, for some reason I never got into chimichurri sauce.
Zeeba Neighba
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^
you even got the one about Happy Pizza
Oh, Nicky...for tsk tsk
I knew about Balut but couldn’t place the name - I’ve seen it eaten on some Andrew Zimmer episode. Yuck!
you even got the one about Happy Pizza
Oh, Nicky...for tsk tsk
I knew about Balut but couldn’t place the name - I’ve seen it eaten on some Andrew Zimmer episode. Yuck!
axolotl
Nunquam non paratus
The things that man puts in his mouth... he should be ashamed of himself.^
you even got the one about Happy Pizza
Oh, Nicky...for tsk tsk
I knew about Balut but couldn’t place the name - I’ve seen it eaten on some Andrew Zimmer episode. Yuck!
Unsomnambulist
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Swiss Miss is to sugar what crack cocaine is to cocaine. 
Nickyboy
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The best way to grill? Get a thermometer! https://getpocket.com/explore/item/...according-to-science?utm_source=pocket-newtab
Zeeba Neighba
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Q1: Huy Fong Foods is one of the world leaders in the distribution of what specific food product?
Q2. - In Ecuador and other South American countries (but ironically less so in three African countries and an Oceanic one), what meat are you enjoying if you're eating cuy?
Q3. - As measured by number of locations, the world's largest restaurant chain NOT founded in the US is what Canadian chain, named for a hockey player?
Q4. - The national dishes of both St. Lucia and Jamaica include codfish prepared in what manner?
Q5. - Generally cooked in a pan called a makiyakinabe, what food is on top of rice if you order tamago sushi?
Q6. - Although lacking caraway seeds, what slang term for a great South African sandwich comes from a classic 1925 novel and its 1974 film adaptation starring Robert Redford?
Hey on this round at least I got three (granted two more from geography and movie knowledge). Hey this quiz has gotten me to read about these Various dishes at least. And that’s a good thing!
Am miffed I didn’t get one. Sighed as soon as I saw the answer
SRIRACHA
Q2. - In Ecuador and other South American countries (but ironically less so in three African countries and an Oceanic one), what meat are you enjoying if you're eating cuy?
GUINEA PIG
Q3. - As measured by number of locations, the world's largest restaurant chain NOT founded in the US is what Canadian chain, named for a hockey player?
TIM HORTONS
Q4. - The national dishes of both St. Lucia and Jamaica include codfish prepared in what manner?
SALTED
Q5. - Generally cooked in a pan called a makiyakinabe, what food is on top of rice if you order tamago sushi?
EGG
Q6. - Although lacking caraway seeds, what slang term for a great South African sandwich comes from a classic 1925 novel and its 1974 film adaptation starring Robert Redford?
GATSBY
Hey on this round at least I got three (granted two more from geography and movie knowledge). Hey this quiz has gotten me to read about these Various dishes at least. And that’s a good thing!
Am miffed I didn’t get one. Sighed as soon as I saw the answer
Unsomnambulist
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This made me laugh even though I will never eat in a Pret A Manger.
Unsomnambulist
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Meat plants are closing. But you don't have to panic shop just yet
Across the country, meat processors are temporarily shutting down as workers are getting infected with Covid-19. But that doesn't mean America is about to run out of meat.
www.cnn.com
Great. People will read the title of this article and proceed to panic shop.
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