Haines His Way
Archives => Archive 1 => Topic started by: bk on January 29, 2004, 12:01:22 AM
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Well, you've read the notes, you know what happened and what didn't happen, you know what must be done so do it and do it with elan (nale, spelled backwards). Let's post until the cows come home, shall we?
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Chinese Food! Yay! I always get beef with mixed vegetables and a side of fried wontons. Yay for steamed rice!
Hope everyone is doing well! Tomorrow, well, today, I'll be going to La Salle to visit a friend for a couple of days. I saw the Broadway Showstoppers with Peter Nero and the Philly Pops tonight. I had an amazing time. :D So far, Philly has been wonderful!
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Probably my favorite Chinese food to prepare myself is peanut chicken. Just saute some onions and peppers, then some chicken (lightly floured or not), add in some lovely peanut sauce from a jar, and serve over chow mein noodles or rice. Yummilicious.
Also loves me some almond-fried chicken, mongolian beef, sweet & sour chicken, and a good chow mein, particularly of the pork variety (don't waste my time with sub-par chow mein).
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Oh, and an appetizer of barbecue pork with lots of sinus-clearing hot mustard is a must. I'm a mustard masochist.
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Don't have much time this morning. I have two meetings which will take me to lunch so I won't be able to post the final London pictures. I will do that tomorrow.
Chinese. I love chicken with cashews and I also love things with Chinese eggplant.
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I love all kinds of Chinese foods... especially the various appetitizers... egg role, steamed dumplings, etc. There are several decent (not exceptional) Chinese restaurants near my office so I eat a lot of Chinese fod for lunch. What surprises me, though, is that usually I am the only one eating Chinese food in these restaurants... everyone else is eating chicken wings and fries!
Congratulations Michael Barnum on the interesting article you wrote about Richard Harrison for the February issue of Classic Images. Although I did not know the name, I recognized him instantly from his scenes in "South Pacific".
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Now that you have succeeded in having "Chinese Food In Bed" stuck in my head for t he rest of the day, guaranteed...
I love everything Chinese, especially when it's hot. Hot General Cso's (or however you spell it), hot lo mein, hot fried rice...deeeeeeelicious.
Two hour delay for school today, so I have another hour before I'm forced to suffer! Today is actually a good day, I have Biology, which is a bird class, Study Hall, Chorus, and History which is becoming a fun class :). I'm not sure what they're doing about Camelot auditions, which were supposed to be Tuesday/Thursday...he can't have them Friday, so I'm guess they're bumped to next week. Great! Less time for rehearsals!
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DR WEL, thanks for the congrats on the Richard Harrison interview! He was a lot of fun to do an article on...had some pretty spicey stories too!
Mmmm...Chinese food...I am partial to sweet and sour chicken or pork...but I like the kind that is actually cooked in the sweet and sour, not the kind that just has it poured over the top just prior to serving.
When I go to Kim's Chinese restaurant in Medford Oregon I always order the Pressed Duck, Kim's Foo Yung, and Pea Pod Chow Yuk....delicious!!
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Good morning. The first event of this so far uneventful day, is that my nose isn't running and I'm not coughing. That may not mean much to you, but it's an EVENT for me. I feel gooood (a James Brown reference). For the second event, I will take the wonderdog for a walk. then I shall go for a brisk walk on my own, while listening to my Walkman. That's TWO walks - two events. So far we've had four events and it's not even 7:30 AM. What a BUSY life!
As for Chinese food - love it, but have never made it myself. I suppose I could if I wanted to. But I don't want to. For me, one of the charms of Chinese food is going to a restaurant to eat it.
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I go to a Chinese buffet almost every Saturday afternoon, so they don't have super creative things on their buffet. Of the things they do have, my favorite is Chinese pepper steak. I also love the salt and pepper pork, spare ribs, chicken, beef, or pork with broccoli, and chicken teriyaki.
If I'm in a Chinese restaurant and ordering off a menu I can eat just about anything as long as it's not TOO hot and spicy (digestive tract can't handle it well). Love Peiking duck, love seseme chicken, almond chicken. Love just about everything - oh, egg rolls with shrimp inside are to die for.
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YOUR DAILY CHUCKLE
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A sad note for MAD Mag lovers:
Mad magazine artist Woodbridge dead
Longtime contributor known for detail
(http://i.cnn.net/cnn/2004/SHOWBIZ/books/01/22/obit.woodbridge.ap/story.woodbridge.ap.jpg)
(Extracts from CNN (http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/books/01/22/obit.woodbridge.ap/index.html))
NEW YORK (AP) --George Woodbridge, an illustrator for Mad magazine for nearly 50 years whose exquisitely detailed pen-and-ink drawings were featured in nearly every issue, has died. He was 73.
Woodbridge died of emphysema Tuesday, said his wife, Deborah Woodbridge.
"He had a tremendous eye for detail that showed up in his drawings," Mad Editor John Ficarra said Thursday. "We especially played to his history knowledge. When we gave him a piece on World War I, he would draw the exact gun and belt buckle they were using then."
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One of Woodbridge's most memorable illustrations was for the 1965 sports satire "43-Man Squamish," about a nonsensical game in which the equipment included shepherd's crooks and diving flippers.
der Brucer (for a fun look at "43-Man Squamish", go to MAD Coversite (http://www.collectmad.com/madcoversite/quiz_olympics.html))
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On a happier note:
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LONDON, England (AP) -- Peter Pan has outlived generations of children, but the boy who would not grow up remains as youthful as ever.
(Extracts from CNN (http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/books/01/28/peter.pan.ap/index.html) )
This year marks the hundredth anniversary of J.M. Barrie's Never Land fantasy about fairies, pirates and staying forever young, a magical tale that still captivates children -- and adults -- around the world.
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Flying with fairies and battling pirates may be what draws younger audiences to the story, but for adults it's the references to death and lost youth that shine through Barrie's tale.
(Unfortunately the article is marred by bringing up references to Barrie's alleged pedophia)
der Brucer (who will stick with "fairies and "pirates" - fie on death and lost youth)
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Last night I tried to watch KISS ME KATE and HIT THE DECK. I say tried because for some reason or another I just couldn't get through either one. Maybe I wasn't in the right mood or something. Maybe it was the cast, I dunno. I so enjoyed watching ON THE TOWN the other night.
So last night I taped NIGHT NURSE with Barbara Stanwyck, along with some other very early 1930s melodramas that all sound quite fun.
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Another thought about Chinese food... I said in my previous post that eating it in a restaurant is the best. Well, take-out or delivered is also good. Yes, delivered rules. And lots of it.
BTW -- I don't like the trend these days in fortune cookies of spewing New Age homilies ("The man who gives of himself, gives of all mankind.") Hey, I just made up a pretty good New Ageism... Anyway, I want the real thing: "You will soon meet a tall dark stranger who will make you incredibly wealthy." That's a fortune.
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I'm surprised about KISS ME KATE, DR MBarnum. THough the opening scene varies greatly from the stage version, the rest of the piece is fairly close to the original work, and I think the actors are all splendid, even someone like Kathryn Grayson who has never been a favorite of mine. The dancing is great, and Howard Keel and Tommy Rall in their tights, well, it just doesn't get much better than that.
Sorry you didn't enjoy it.
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BTW, I've never eaten Chinese food in bed though it sounds like somethng that might be fun IF there were someone there to share it with.
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DR MATTH, I probably should have given Kiss Me Kate more of a chance...I do like Howard Keel and Kathryn Grayson, and of course the wonderful Ann Miller, and the scene where Ann and Kathryn first meet was pretty funny...again, maybe I was not in the right frame of mind last night to watch it. Hit the Deck, however, I just was not enjoying...despite Jane Powell, who I adore. I found Russ Tamblyn to be somewhat irritating.
Next time Kiss Me Kate is on I will give it another try...sadly, I have taped over it already!
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Good morning!
DR Panni - Don't you just love that first day where you wake up, and you're actually back to "normal"?!?! I have a semi-chronic, very low-level sinus condition throughout the year - a.k.a. dust allergies. Really, it's nothing major, and doesn't impede my daily performance, but when I have those days - and sometimes weeks(!) - where my head is clear and non-stuffy - it's amazing! I also do that "double take" on that first day of normalcy because I think something is "wrong", when, in reality, everything is all "right". I just get so used to having to deal with some nasal congestion, that that begins to feel "normal".
And on that note, I seem to have woke up today a bit stuffy and drippy. Time for the Emergen-C! I just love those fizzies!
As for Chinese food - The only thing I tend to cook is some sort of stir-fry. Put some oil in a hot(!) pan, throw in some meat (beef, chicken, pork and/or shrimp - scallops if I'm feeling generous), add some veggies (at the very least onions and broccoli), then finish off with some sauce "stuff" - chilies, soy sauce, tamari, "rooster sauce", orange juice... whatever I may have in the cupboard and fridge. Then serve with steamed white - sometimes brown - rice.
Now when I go out, there's not much I don't like - and I even venture over to the "traditional" side of the menus from time to time if I'm feeling adventurous (if the menu has a traditional side). My old stand-by is Hunan Chicken. It's usually a safe bet on any menu. At various restaurants, I have a few favorite house specials - The Crispy Beef at Tony Cheng's (it's twice cooked, and flashed fried the second time to crisp it up, and the sauce is soooo good!); The Shrimp-Stuffed Bean Curd at Eat First (triangle wedges of tofu stuffed with ground shrimp and a small whole shrimp, then deep-fried until crisped, served with a spicy dipping sauce); Eat First also does a variation of this where they add slices of Chinese Eggplant. If a place makes fresh noodles, I will usually give those a try - chow-fun and chow-foon being my favorites. And then there are the dim sum places...Oh, and I also like General Tso's Chicken and/or Beef, Orange Chicken, Cashew Chicken, Salt and Pepper Squid, Imperial Prawns (the type that are flash-fried so that the shell becomes edible), Home Style Bean Curd, Peking Duck... etc., etc., etc...
-Well, I guess I know what I'll be having for lunch today!
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Another thought about Chinese food... I said in my previous post that eating it in a restaurant is the best. Well, take-out or delivered is also good. Yes, delivered rules. And lots of it.
BTW -- I don't like the trend these days in fortune cookies of spewing New Age homilies ("The man who gives of himself, gives of all mankind.") Hey, I just made up a pretty good New Ageism... Anyway, I want the real thing: "You will soon meet a tall dark stranger who will make you incredibly wealthy." That's a fortune.
Hey, I've always wanted that fortune too! -And I'm sure other Hainsies and Kimlets would love to get it too... and have it come true!
Now, if you ever go to West Side Cottage (I or II) in New York - they have great "adult" fortune cookies if you "nod" to your waiter. Lots of fun! I'm sure there must be other places around the country where you can end your meal with a gasp and a laugh.
-My favorite non-raunchy one was: "That was not chicken you just ate."
Now the question is: To eat or not to eat the cookie?
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I’m out the door and headed for the airport in a few minutes, so very quickly..
Panni I’m pleased to hear you are feeling better.
Jose constant allergies are bad enough but sinus problems-you need to live in a warmer climate.
Jay-a very delayed ouch. Hope your mouth heals quickly.
I like Chinese food, especially mixed vegetable dishes with tofu.
I buy fortune cookies at the market which are surprisingly very good. They have the nicest fortunes. If I’m feeling down I just have a cookie & read one of my happy sayings inside the cookie.
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Good luck on your trip Jane! We will miss you whilst you are gone. Be safe!
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Thanks. Bye.
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Yes, a safe journey to Jane.
My favorite Chinese restaurant was a place called Ting Ho on Highland just north of Hollywood Blvd. I was introduced to it when I was shooting a TV program called Doctor's Hospital, and the star of the show, Mr. George Peppard, took us all out to lunch there. I became hooked that day, and used to go quite often. I had many parties there, I took out from there regularly and never had a bad meal. My favorite dishes there were the Kung Pao Beef and the Kung Pao Chicken - they did the beef with peanuts and the chicken with cashews. I have had both dishes many times since in many restaurants and they've never come anywhere near Ting Ho.
Currently, my favorite dishes are Orange Chicken (if its done well), a good Wor Won Ton Soup always makes me happy, and I love a good black bean sauce with either chicken or beef.
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The dancing is great, and Howard Keel and Tommy Rall in their tights, well, it just doesn't get much better than that.
Oh? How about:
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der Brucer (who had to go all the to Australia (http://www.uq.net.au/~zzdmcana/SevenBrides/index.html?) for these pix)
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For the second event, I will take the wonderdog for a walk. then I shall go for a brisk walk on my own, while listening to my Walkman. That's TWO walks - two events. So far we've had four events and it's not even 7:30 AM. What a BUSY life!
Ah, Panni, you are so Bohemian!
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This one's for Jay:
(Extract from LATimes (http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-shapiro29jan29,1,186705,print.story)):
Bummed Brooklynites Took Dodgers for Granted
By Michael Shapiro
January 29, 2004
When we hear the Dodgers are being sold, Brooklyn people like me dream of having them back. It never happens. The Dodgers left Brooklyn 47 years ago, and you would think that after all this time we have come to accept that they are gone. We have not.
Instead, we pine. We long for Brooklyn's good times, when the Dodgers played at tiny Ebbets Field and every single day for, oh, 50 years was sunny.
We can be a tedious lot; people wonder why we can't let go.
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But lately I have been wondering whether I had missed something, that our endless rage at O'Malley and our more recent bitterness toward Moses blinded us to something even more painful: that it is our sin that cost us the Dodgers, that this unresolved hurt is, in fact, an act of divine or supernatural retribution for our collective responsibility for our arrogance, our blindness, our conceit. Did we lose our Dodgers because we did not sufficiently love them, and what they meant?
The conventional wisdom has it that by the mid-1950s Ebbets Field was empty and that Brooklyn was a changed place, and not for the better. This is not true. White people were moving to the suburbs; blacks and Latinos were moving in. But Brooklyn circa 1955 was still much as it was a decade before. This meant that perhaps 15,000 people came to Ebbets Field to see a game. Not a sellout in a ballpark that seated only 32,000, yet well above attendance averages at the time.
But O'Malley noted these numbers and then looked at the far larger crowds the Braves were drawing in Milwaukee and decided he could not compete without a new ballpark. "New" is the operative word here. In the post-Depression and postwar view of the good life, new was infinitely more alluring than old. Old was your parents' house. Old was your neighborhood. People wanted new.
So they left the row houses of Crown Heights and Park Slope and drove out along the Sunrise Highway (yes, there is a metaphor here) to split-level homes in towns with inviting names like Valley Stream and Oceanside.
They left behind friends and neighbors and relatives and the Dodgers, most of whom, it should be noted, still lived in the middle-class Brooklyn neighborhood of Bay Ridge, where boys rang their doorbells for autographs and the players' wives shopped locally.
People returned to visit their parents and maybe see the Dodgers, doing so in the belief that the team and their folks would somehow always be there. And if the new lives they had fashioned looked out on the backyard and not the street, that was OK. The street was always too loud and the neighbors too nosy. Then one day their parents got old, and the Dodgers were gone, and with the team went the last vestige of the old world that they had, in fact, abandoned. All O'Malley had done was to turn out the lights.
der Brucer (Still a Philadelphia Blue Jays fan)
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Mmmm...yes, Orange Chicken is another favorite!
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MBarnum -- Is there anyway to read your interview from Classic Image if we don't currently subscribe to the magazine? I would love to read it, and / or see a picture of Mr. Harrison.
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der Brucer: Can you please edit your big picture post down to one photo - these take up too much space and really slow people down. Thanks.
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Hmmmmmmmm.....like DRJED....I enjoy the Mongolian Beef....and whatever looks good on the buffet. I don't order from the menu, I want to see what it looks like first!
My event of the day....I am sick. Bleh! I know I will be better tomorrow and return to work...but today....bleh!
Yes, it was great to see Ann Miller's "Private Screenings" episode and hear her talk about the movies - and she knew her stuff! She didn't get anything wrong and didn't dodge any questions.
And Ann and Kathryn have a couple of great confrontations in KMK.
Fred: Miss Lane, would you show Miss Vanessi how to take the bow?
Lois: Sure, Fred, honey. It's really very simple.
Lilli: It MUST be!
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TCB, I am glad you would like to read the Richard Harrison interview! You can sometimes find Classic Images magazine at Barnes and Nobles, but if not then you can buy a copy from Classic Images website at WWW.ClassicImages.com. If you go to www.briansdriveintheater.com you will see lots of pics of Mr. Harrison, and if I can remember to do so I will post a couple of photos of him on HHW tonight when I get home from work...I think you would be most pleased! :o
Prior to his acting career he did a lot of modeling for those 1950s beefcake magazines like TOMORROW'S MAN and PHYSIQUE PICTORIAL and then, of course, he made quite a name for himself over in Italy in the Gladiator films. He is still a very handsome man! He even ran for mayor of Palm Springs a few years back.
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My favorite (as in most memorable) visit to a Chinese restaurant... Years ago I was in Ottawa for some reason and a documentary film-maker friend who had traveled every corner of the globe, offered to take us (husband and me) to a "real" Chinese restaurant. So we went to this little place which didn't even look like a restaurant from outside. When we entered, the place was filled with Chinese patrons sitting at large communal tables. Newspapers covered the floor. There was no menu. You just asked for what you wanted (in Chinese). When the food arrived people ate and threw the bones on the floor. My husband and the documentary film-maker ate up a storm. I don't think a morsel of food passed my lips.
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I got my digital cable installed! Oh happy day! And the cable guy was kinda cute...not a bad way to be woken up at 8 am ;)
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JRand53 - Hope you feel better soon!
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Although the cast is great, I can't really watch the movie version of ON THE TOWN because of the way L B Mayer made them delete most of the original score. What was he thinking? It is one of the best scores of the 40s. I was not too impressed with the recent revival, but I enjoyed the one in the 70s with Bernadette Peters as Hildy, Donna Machnecie as Ivy, Phyllis Newman as Clare and Marilyn Cooper as Lucy. The men were lesser names (Remark Ramsey, Ron Husman and Jess somebody) but just as good. However I would really like to see a revival with the original Robbins choreography which was the main attraction of the original show.
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A Chinese restaurant that has no outside sign to identify it: Joe Arrens.
(Sorry!)
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Healing vibes to JRand, and more to Panni too
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Feel better vibes to JRand, Jay, and Panni!
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Safe trip vibes to Jane!
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Thanks everyone. I just tried on my new store bought hair.....I am sure that my acting will improve now!
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I haven't had an event yet today. Soon I will go out and search for one.
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RE: Peter Pan. The lovely wife, Julieanne, and I have a ritual whenever we're in London. A visit to Kensington Gardens and the Peter Pan statue. We touch his toe (the one sticking out from the pedestal, can't remember whether it's the left or right) and incant: "I reclaim my youth."
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Thank you all for your good wishes. I have a great endodontist and dentist and I am doing just fine.
Jane, best wishes for safe travel and that the tests go smoothly.
Good wishes for clear nasal and sinus passages to JRand, Panni, Jose and anyone else suffering upper respiratory tsuris.
Der Brucer: Thanks for posting the Brooklyn Dodgers article. I saw it in today's paper. Brooklyn rules!
Chinese food? I don't cook it, but my favorite Chinese dish is Peking Duck, for sure.
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Why is this day suddenly like a weekend day? Where in tarnation IS everyone and where in tarnation are some POSTS?
Other favorite Chinese dishes (I'm getting mightily hungry):
Really good fried rice is always nice. I like Chinese appetizers, too - fried shrimp, barbecued pork and ribs and good egg rolls.
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Of course another great Chinese dish is Nancy Kwan.
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Re: yesterday's American Idol posts
I am very much looking forward to Monday's show. Like Jose, I am also really looking forward to seeing all the contestants who made it to Hollywood. To me this will be the most interesting show yet.
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This talk of Chinese food is making me so hungry. My absolute favorite is good General Tso's. Very yummy!
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Paper induced hell is back... and it packs a punch. Ow. :'(
Favorite Chinese (or at least Asian... I'm not sure about the exact heritage of some of these) Dishes:
- Wonton and Cellophane Noodle Soup with Scallions and/or Chinese Cabbage (wontons should be made with shrimp and not pork for best effect
- Tofu in Black Bean Sauce
- Shrimp in Lobster Sauce
- Hot and Sour Soup
- Steamed Vegetable Dumplings
- Cantonese Chow Mein
- Singapore Noodles
- Beef and Brocolli (very "old jewish lady chinese food" I know... but yummy all the same)
- General Tao Chicken (but I don't love it to the same extent as DR Andrea... who would gladly give up anything and everything for the General)
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Jennifer, this topic was for you - you WANTED it. So, where are your recipes. We know about General Tso. We've heard about General Tso. How about Colonel Mongolian Beef or Corporal Shrimp in Lobster Sauce. Get with it.
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Sounds like DR Andrea and I have something in common :)
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I know the topic was for me. But I WANT recipes. I don't know how to make any good Chinese food, only how to order it :(
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Chinese Appetizer
Open package of Barbecue Pork
Slice
Put on napkin
Open packets of Hot Chinese mustard
Empty on to small paper plate
Open jar of sesame seeds (Open Sesame)
Eat
**Another Chinese Dish: Ken Wanatabe
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I got a notice from my pal Misty Cotton that she's performing with Mr. Jason Robert Brown this Saturday night - however, it's all the way down in Laguna and the show doesn't start until ten.
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I haven't had an event yet today. Soon I will go out and search for one.
Here's an event (although you're not specifically partaking of it): today is Oprah Winfrey's birthday! She's 50 years old today...according to my Futurama calendar. And today is also W. C. Fields' birthday. He'd be 124 years old...if he were still alive (born in 1880). Also, yesterday was Elijah Wood's 23rd birthday. How's them for events?
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About Chinese food...I'm not a fan. I don't care for it very much at all. Although I do really like the Panda Express (http://www.pandaexpress.com/) orange chicken. I could eat that all day. :-*
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And since it's now lunch time (for me), I'm off to Panda Express for Orange Chicken.
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W.C. Fields is dead?
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Yup. He died Christmas day in 1946. Who knew?
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Ooo, black bean sauce... I adore a good black bean sauce. Jennifer, for another recipe, see my peanut chicken post (post #2 this morning) and replace peanut sauce with black bean garlic sauce.
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...ON THE TOWN...However I would really like to see a revival with the original Robbins choreography which was the main attraction of the original show.
I believe the problem is that no one notated the choreography, making it a lost work.
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Chinese Appetizer
**Another Chinese Dish: Ken Wanatabe
TCB, I am afraind you have your Asian dishes mixed up. Ken is actually Japanese...so have him over for some sushi! (not over sushi...over for sushi)
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I don't think orange chicken is big here. Most places I go to don't even serve it. Yet everyone I know from other cities talks about it as their favorite.
I love everything about Chinese food. I think it is my favorite. Love pineapple chicken. Love wonton soup. Love it all.
Okay now I'm gonna be craving it all day.
Oh in good news, I've done pilates twice this week. The funny thing is the only thing that motivated me, was seeing the infomercial again on tv (it's for winsor pilates). Seeing all these celebs i know say how great it was - and how it gives you a dancer's body, made me start again!
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I have the say that the clothes for ON THE TOWN were ugly. And the "new" songs were mostly pretty bad. And the last ballet was kind of like an ON THE TOWN megamix....the whole show again in 10 minutes!
Give me EASTER PARADE or KISS ME KATE anyday! Or of course 7B47B!
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Hey, those healthy vibes is was sending out earlier were also for you DRJose! I didn't realize you were also under the weather (I must read posts more clearly)
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I have the say that the clothes for ON THE TOWN were ugly.
Now JRand53, I was thinking that the clothes in ON THE TOWN were beautiful! The color coordination of Ann Miller's frocks were fun, and the dress that Betty Garrett wears when they are on the Empire State Building was cool with those butterflies pinned on! And Gene Kelly certainly fit into his sailor uniform quite nicely IMO.
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Of course, the most popular dish in LA is Chinese Chicken Salad, which isn't even Chinese.
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I'm back from a meeting that went much longer than expected. I have an hour left here at the office. Can't wait to go home!!!
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Sorry I've been E&T for a few days...I have been trying to catch up but just when I'm getting close, I get interrupted! I'm at work now, but I've had several auditions lately and another one tomorrow, two on Monday, and one on Tuesday.
As for today's topic, I don't really enjoy Chinese food anymore, although I love Chinese chicken salads and pu-pu platters.
Ask Noel to tell you about his song "Moo-Goo-Gai-Pan".
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Pupu platters are the coprophiliacs favorite Chinese dish.
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An hour ago it was 17 degrees and now it is 11 degrees! That is six degrees of separation.
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Oh, yes, Panda Express! It really should qualify as a guilty pleasure for me, because it's mall food, but back when I was working in Glendale I'd head down to the Galleria for lunch almost every day. For one thing, it was fast, and for another thing, it wasn't McD's or any of the other burger chains, which always leave my mouth feeling sludged. (I'd kind of alternate between Panda Express and La Salsa, which was also healthier than Ronald and his ilk.)
Favorites? Orange chicken, sweet and sour pork, black pepper chicken. And I'd always doctor the chow mein noodles with hot sauce.
In a different direction, I'd head over to a place called the Bamboo Palace, which knew how to serve up good food fast. I'd usually have the Kung Pao Three Kinds, which was spicy and loaded with chicken, pork, and shrimp. They'd always start their lunches off with a bowl of soup, which was usually hot-and-sour or egg drop. Oh, and there's be a crispy won-ton and rice (steamed or fried, I'd always ask for the latter). Even with tip it came to less than $10, and I always over-tipped because the people there were so nice.
Let's get a recipe in here, too, something I was able to do at home (to der Brucer's delight, once I figured out how to do it right).
Sweet and Sour Pork Serves six (easily halved)
Cut 2 pounds pork butt (shoulder) into 1-inch cubes. In a bowl, combine 1 egg, 1 T cornstarch, 1/2 t salt, and 1/2 t black pepper; add pork and toss to coat evenly.
Heat 2 c vegetable oil in a wok (or use a deep frier) (but not a deep friar) to 350 degrees. Add pork cubes and cook until crispy and golden, about 7 minutes. Remove with slotted spoon and drain on paper towels or a rack. (This can be done in batches.)
Pour off almost all of the oil, saving 1 1/2 T in wok. Return to high heat, adding a slice of fresh ginger for flavor (about 5 seconds); discard ginger. Add 1/4 c diced bell peppers (red, green, or mixture), 1/4 c carrots, sliced thin, and 1/4 c diced white onion, stir-fry for a minute to soften.
In a small bowl, combine 1/4 c sugar, 1/4 c cider vinegar, 2 T soy sauce, 1 T ketchup, 1 T cornstarch and 1/3 c cold water. Add to veggies in wok, bring to boil and stir until sauce thickens, about 2 minutes. Return pork to wok, heat through, transfer to a platter and serve.
(Chicken can be substituted for pork. Or shrimp, which cooks much faster. I strongly advise having everything ready before you start cooking, because this obviously moves fast once you start applying the heat. And that oil you poured off? Strain it, and it can be used several more times before it breaks down and has to be thrown out.)
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TCB, I am afraind you have your Asian dishes mixed up. Ken is actually Japanese...so have him over for some sushi! (not over sushi...over for sushi)
Just take a nice little dab of wasabi, behind the ear perhaps... :D
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What is chinese chicken salad?
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I do not like Chinese food in bed or any other place. I can stand to listen to the Monty Python record "I Like Chinese" but I do not remember ever really enjoying a Chinese meal - Thai and Mayasian yes. Chinese and Japanese no.
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If Betty Boop were a coprophiliac, instead of boop-boop-a-doo, she would say Poop-Poop-a-doo.
Don't blame me!!! BK started it!
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CHINESE CHICKEN SALAD (serves 4)
Roast a 3 1/2 to 4 lb chicken. When it is cool enough, remove and discard the skin and bones, and shred the meat. Set meat aside. Also shred 6 c iceburg lettuce, thinly slice 4 scallions, and lightly toast in a dry pan 1/2 c sliced almonds. Set these aside as well.
In a large skillet or deep frier (not friar), heat oil to 375 degrees. (Hey, we can re-use the oil from the Sweet and Sour Pork!) Break 1 oz. rice sticks into pieces, and add to oil in batches, frying untill puffed, maybe 5 to 10 seconds per batch. Drain on paper towels.
In a bowl large enough for tossing the salad, whisk together 1/4 c plus 2 T creamy peanut butter, 3 T dry sherry, 3 T rice vinegar, 1 T sugar, 1 T minced ginger, 1 minced garlic clove, and 1 t chili paste or Tabasco. You may have to add a little water, up to 2 T, to get the dressing to a pourable consistancy.
Add the chicken, lettuce, scalions, and rice sticks to the dressing and toss until everything is well-blended together. Divide on 4 plates, sprinkle with toasted almonds, and serve.
(Golly, I love having some of my cookbooks handy, even if they aren't all here yet!)
(Heck, you could just buy the roasted chicken. And it's a great way to use up leftovers!)
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Question for anyone who watched American Idol last night. The skinny guy with the tie/who was referred to as the pencial salesman. Did you guys hear him sing? I must be going crazy. But on the channel I was watching, they were only talking about him. But he never sang.
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But I haven't found a recipe for Orange Chicken...yet. So far, I remember that it has a thicker coating than Sweet and Sour Chicken, not nearly as crunchy. And it is dressed with a sauce made from orange juice, orange zest, and red pepper flakes (which gives it a good kick).
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I decided I did not have enough un-watched DVDs at home so I just ordered a slew of new releases from Alpha's website (www.oldies.com) including THE INNER SANCTUM and two early Gale Storm movies: FRECKLES GOES HOME and CITY OF MISSING GIRLS. LOL! Why do I do this to myself?
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But I haven't found a recipe for Orange Chicken...yet. So far, I remember that it has a thicker coating than Sweet and Sour Chicken, not nearly as crunchy. And it is dressed with a sauce made from orange juice, orange zest, and red pepper flakes (which gives it a good kick).
Your recipes are making me so hungry. I want sweet and sour chicken now!
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Perhaps some of the original Robbins choreography from ON THE TOWN is missing, but a major portion of it was in JEROME ROBBIN'S BROADWAY in the late 80s, recreated by Robbins himself. There are many people who took part in that show who could recreate it for an ON THE TOWN revival and then at least part of the show would be faithful to the original.
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TCB, I am afraind you have your Asian dishes mixed up. Ken is actually Japanese...so have him over for some sushi! (not over sushi...over for sushi)
Ken on a bed of sushi? ;)
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I miss the Indian place in the Glendale Galleria. I used to eat there whenever I in the mall.
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I really like SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS a lot; I think it's a really fine opriginal movie musical.
But for the score and witty dialogue, I still prefer KISS ME KATE.
Now, maybe if the brothers hadn't shaved off their beards, it might have been a different story.
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The pencil salesman did indeed sing on AMERIUCAN IDOL last night. He had an OK voice, not breathtaking or earthshattering, but a pleasant, mellow crooning voice.
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124 years old. That would make W.C. Fields about ten years younger than my ex-wife......... and twice as attractive.
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I know I'm in the minority, but I don't care. I LIKED the Roger Edens/Comden and Green songs added to ON THE TOWN. Were they as musically sophisticated as the songs they replaced by Leonard Bernstein - nope. But as I said last week when I picked ON THE TOWN as one of my five favorite MGM musicals, the new songs fit the Hollywood stars who were appearing in the film much better than the deleted songs would have. I would not have wanted to hear Gene Kelly sing "Lonely Town" or especially "Lucky to Be Me." Garrett, Miller, Sinatra, and Munshin could have handled "Some Other Time" quite well, and that is definitely missed, but I can't fault the songs that were dreamed up for the stars and their solo spots.
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........I have been trying to catch up but just when I'm getting close, I get interrupted!
If I had a quarter for every time I have said that!
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Perhaps some of the original Robbins choreography from ON THE TOWN is missing, but a major portion of it was in JEROME ROBBIN'S BROADWAY in the late 80s, recreated by Robbins himself. There are many people who took part in that show who could recreate it for an ON THE TOWN revival and then at least part of the show would be faithful to the original.
I wish you were right, WEL, but the portion of JR'sB that was devoted to On The Town was limited to "New York, New York" (combined with "Sailors On the Town") and "Ya Got Me." There was simply too much material in Robbins' career for that show to include much of any one work.
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I really like SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS a lot; I think it's a really fine opriginal movie musical.
But for the score and witty dialogue, I still prefer KISS ME KATE.
Now, maybe if the brothers hadn't shaved off their beards, it might have been a different story.
Ah, but one of the brothers kept his beard (and a fine red one it was, at that!). Woof, Woof!
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Ah, but one of the brothers kept his beard (and a fine red one it was, at that!). Woof, Woof!
One bearded brother does not a favorite make, at least in my house. (And I love Matt Mattox.)
Now, if Jeff Richards and/or Tommy Rall had kept some facial hair.... At least Tommy wears a mustache as Lucentio in KISS ME KATE, and he looks damn fine, too.
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At the risk of being burned at the stake (or steak) for heresy, I have never really enjoyed Seven Brides for Seven Brothers. I like the one big Michael Kidd dance number at the barn-raising, or whatever it is, but other than that, forget it.
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Oh, I think the score is just wonderful from Keel's "Bless Your Beautiful Hide" to that haunting "Lonesome Polecat" and the rousing "Sobbin' Women." Love the songs, and the male eye candy is really quite nice.
But, that's OK. I'm not a great fan of AN AMERICAN IN PARIS.
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Must agree with TCB re 7 Brides. But then I would not sit through "Kiss Me Kate" (the movie) either. Give me "Carousel" any day.
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Must agree with TCB re 7 Brides. But then I would not sit through "Kiss Me Kate" (the movie) either. Give me "Carousel" any day.
I don't like the movie version of KMK either, but Brent Barrett's version is darn near perfect.
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At the risk of being burned at the stake (or steak) for heresy, I have never really enjoyed Seven Brides for Seven Brothers. I like the one big Michael Kidd dance number at the barn-raising, or whatever it is, but other than that, forget it.
Like father, like son. :D Love the barn dance... Other than that, I can do just fine without 7B7B.
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We Washingtonians stick together nephew Jed. Agree about the BB KMK too TCB. (Still can't understand why the no applause in "Too Darn Hot". A strange decision).
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Let's try one more...
Kung Pao Whatever serving four either way.
(I'm getting this by comparing two recipes, one for Kung Pao Chicken and one for Kung Pao Shrimp. It's the same method, which means you could easily substitute pork if you wanted to. Or Kielbasa, even! But I wouldn't call that one authentic. :-\)
Cut 1 lb chicken breast (boneless/skinless) into 1 inch cubes, or shell and devein 1 lb medium shrimp. Toss in a bowl with 1 egg, 3 T cornstarch, and 1/2 t salt; let stand for 30 minutes or so.
In a bowl, blend 1 T cornstarch, 1 T dry sherry, 3 T rice vinegar, 2 t sugar, and 3 T water; set aside.
Dice 1 green bell pepper, and mince 3 scallions, 3 slices fresh ginger, and 3 cloves garlic. Add 2 small dried hot red peppers, crumbled. Set aside.
Heat 2 c vegetable oil (It's back!) to 375 degrees. In batches, add chicken or shrimp, and cook for 3 to 5 minutes or until chicken is golden or shrimp is pink. Remove with slotted spoon and drain on paper towels.
Pour off all but 2 T oil, return to high heat. Add veggies and stir-fry for about 30 seconds. Stir cornstarch mixture and add to veggies, bring to a boil and cook until thickened, one or two minutes. Add shrimp or chicken back to the wok, heat through; add 1/4 c dry roasted peanuts and drizzle with 1 T Asian sesame oil, stir to blend and serve.
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Me want Chinese food - but I'm trying to stay away from rice right now, so I'll have to wait. Instead, I had a yucky cheese and bacon omelet at Jerry's (why do I keep going there when I can't stomach the food).
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So of course, what are we having tonight? Beef brisket. How un-Chinese is that? Me, I could use some good Chinese, or some Mexican, but no, der Brucer wants a beef brisket. And of course, I'm the one that gets to do the cooking. Bleh and phooey. Not to worry, I'll get even. I'll slip some soy sauce in the braising liquid! Bwah-ha-ha-ha!
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Y'know, BK, you can always have the rice served on the side, so that you can have as little of it as you want. Or you can take it home for "a little something" later.
I just wouldn't suggest throwing it at a bride after it's been cooked. They don't appreciate it, for some reason.
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I decided I did not have enough un-watched DVDs at home so I just ordered a slew of new releases from Alpha's website (www.oldies.com) including THE INNER SANCTUM and two early Gale Storm movies: FRECKLES GOES HOME and CITY OF MISSING GIRLS. LOL! Why do I do this to myself?
Probably for the same reason I picked up Blacula and Scream, Blacula, Scream when I was in Beast Buy last weekend. I remember seeing Blacula in the theater, and it scared the crap out of me. Almost literally. It no longer does that, but it's still a guilty pleasure. And the sequel has Pam Grier, which is usually reason enough to watch a movie.
It's been an uneventful day for the Significant Other and myself. Bruiser the cat is doing well, and eating his EMF (Expensive Medicine Food) without his usual finickiness. It's currently -11 degrees outside, with a -25 wind chill. I'm glad I'm both warm and inside.
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I have a weakness for spicy Chinese food, but I have to keep it to a minimum because spicy food aggrivates my ulcer if I have too much of it, or if it's too darn hot (oooh...Ann Miller reference!).
As far a "Chinese Food in Bed"...well...it's on this CD:
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Last post 3:18. Current time: 3:56. What's wrong with this picture?
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BK, You'd do better to go with the rice than that fat and grease in the cheese and bacon in the omelet.
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Thanks for the healing vibes from all who sent them. Must've worked 'cause I'm almost totally fine. Other than a somewhat nasal voice, I'm my "normal" self again.
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Normal, of course, being in the eye of the beholder.
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Better than the bee holder being stung in the eye!
I had to run an errand from 1:30 until 2:30, at which time I was in a staff meeting from 2:30 until 3:50. That's my excuse...and this is my post!
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Okay I'll post. See Bruce, all this talk of Chinese food has made you crave Chinese food too. I've been thinking about it all day. And I too am not eating rice right now.
I need to read those recipes again. They sound delicous. Thanks for posting them!
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SWW - That chicken salad sounds awfully good. I've made a similar (but not as interesting) one and taken this shortcut: start with a rotisserie chicken.
The best/worst typo seen on a Chinese-restaurant menu: Hacked chicken in a human sauce.
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Normal, of course, being in the eye of the beholder.
Are you implying, sir, that I don't look normal :P to you? We resent that.
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Good evening all. I just lost the post I working on.
Another reason to be blue. I miss Jane already and am really sorry I didn't get the chance to tell her "bye". My Dad was really funny about that you know. He said You NEVER tell someone "goodbye" unless you never expect to see or talk to that person again.
If I ever meet any of you or talk to you on the phone you will notice that I say "Bye and Bye". People at work comment on it all the time.
I LOVE Chinese food. I stop off at that little place near to where I live all the time. I like Egg Fo Young , Moo Gu Gi Pan (Is that how you spell that?) and the Beef with Mushrooms the best. Yum!
I have a few receipes but I don't know them well enough to post them off hand.
I'm trying to watch American Idol. Can someone please explan something to me? I know Paula Abdul but just who the heck are the 2 guys and by what right do they judge others?
I'm posting this before I lose it again!
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Of course I wasn't implying that Panni doesn't look normal. I was implying that Panni ISN'T normal. That's not necessarily a bad thing.
I love hacked chicken in a human sauce and, conversely, I love hacked human in a chicken sauce.
Danise, why did you lost the post?
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I don't know. It ran away from me. I was typing away and all of a sudden, the board came back up/sans my post!
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Soy Orange Chicken Wings
2 1/2 lbs. wings, trimmed and separated
1/4 cup soy sauce
1/2 cup orange juice
2 Tbs. mild honey
1 small onion, minced
1 Tbs. orange rind
1 tsp. dry mustard
1 tsp. curry powder
Tabasco to taste ( tsp. max.)
1. In a large bowl, combine all the ingredients except for the wings.
2. Add wings, stir, marinate (in fridge) for two hours. Drain and reserve marinade. Remove from fridge half an hour before cooking.
3. Preheat broiler. Place wings on broiling rack and broil until well browned, about 15-20 minutes total. At the halfway point (i.e., about 10 minutes), turn and baste with marinade.
Serves 2-4.
Note: Check them occasionally - they brown quickly.
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Very yummiliscious. Perhaps lurking dear reader Noel would like to tell us how he feels about Mr. Newport?
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LOL, just noticed I had Paula as Paul. Whoops--I didn't mean to give her a sex change! I fixed it. :o
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Well some would say Randy and Simon have no credentials. But Simon was a record producer in England. And he was a judge on the British version of AI, Pop Idol. Randy used to sing in some group (forget the name) and has been working in the industry for a while.
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I love Chinese food, but it's meant to be ordered take-out. My mother once took a Chinese cooking class, and her lemon ginger chicken was great.
I can wok vegetables though.
And I like Benihana.
Locally, one of our favorite Chinese restaurants is Big Wong's (Careful, TCB). Great food as you can tell by the fact that most of the diners there are Asian.
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DR Robin Anderson - I was once in a production of "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" in which I played one of the evil white recording executives - and the rumor in the small theatre was that Mr William Marshall - Blacula himself! - was in the audience.
Sometime during the second act when I had nothing much to do, I was sitting in the dressing room. The curtain to the hallway flew open and there stood Blacula!!!
"Where is the restroom?" he asked. I pointed and stepped aside. He exited a few moments later, back to the audience from whence he came.
When you watch your DVD's imagine THAT voice......
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Hmmmmmmmmm....I think it is time to change my profile picture. The search is on!
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And I like Benihana.
Japanese! Just like Ken Watanabe.
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JRand Vs. Blacula..would make a great picture!
Ok, DR TCB here is your requested photo of interviewee Richard Harrison. Here is Richard not long after his arrival in Hollywood...around the time he made SOUTH PACIFIC and BATTLE FLAME, and just prior to his starring in THE INVINCIBLE GLADIATOR and MEDUSA VS THE SON OF HERCULES.
I am sure there are a few other DRs here who will enjoy seeing Mr. Harrison...and if you like his picture be sure to read his interview in the latest edition of CLASSIC IMAGES MAGAZINE (a magazine that every classic film fan should find interesting...covering films from the silents through the 60s).
[move=left,scroll,6,transparent,100%]Ladies and Gentlemen, Mr. Richard Harrison[/move]
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New profile picture!
Hey, Richard, you forgot your pants!
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JRand, is that your new hair?
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And although Richard Harrison is a fine actor we don't want to forget the many performances by that other stlellar perfomer, Mr. Cal Bolder!
[move=left,scroll,6,transparent,100%] ;D :o :D ;) :) ;D :o 8) [/move]
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I love Chinese food, but it's meant to be ordered take-out. My mother once took a Chinese cooking class, and her lemon ginger chicken was great.
And I like Benihana.
That's it! Benihana. That's the Chinese restaraunt where I met Chinese actor Ken Wanatabe.
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Uh...well...no! Larry King is talking about Jack Paar now with some interesting guests! My God Mike Douglas looks 100 years old.....
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DR Robin Anderson - I was once in a production of "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" in which I played one of the evil white recording executives - and the rumor in the small theatre was that Mr William Marshall - Blacula himself! - was in the audience.
Sometime during the second act when I had nothing much to do, I was sitting in the dressing room. The curtain to the hallway flew open and there stood Blacula!!!
"Where is the restroom?" he asked. I pointed and stepped aside. He exited a few moments later, back to the audience from whence he came.
When you watch your DVD's imagine THAT voice......
That's it? That's the story? You didn't even offer him a Bloody Mary?
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New profile picture!
Hey, Richard, you forgot your pants!
Shhhh, Jrand, if Richard didn't notice, I am certainly not going to tell him.
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Thank you Mr. Barnum, for both pictures. I am in your debt................. I would offer to make you one of my famous pot roasts, but Washington beef is not currently in much demand.
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Ask Noel to tell you about his song "Moo-Goo-Gai-Pan".
There are four little words
That, when they resound
Take me back to a glorious day
These sweet little words
Are usually found
On a menu in Column A:
Moo-goo-gai-pan
When I hear
Moo-goo-gai-pan
My mind goes back to the time
When we were lovers
Moo-goo-gai-pan
In bed
Moo-goo-gai-pan
A shred
Of moo-goo-gai-pan
Made a stain on the covers
You were my little dumpling
I was your moo-goo guy
Your ex-lover wasn't exotic
More like a ham on rye
General Pao
Don't mean a thing to me now
It's merely
Moo-goo-gai-pan
That reminds me of when
We'd make love
We'd make love
And half an hour later
We'd want to make love again
Moo-goo-gai-pan
I taste your gai-pan-moo-goo
Let's have more coo-coo-coo-chu
And then
Let's make love
Let's make love
And half an hour later
We'll make love again
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awww... it'd been a while since we got to read a Noel Katz original. I was missing them. Great song Noel! :D
(which reminds me... I must print out "I Slipped on a Banana Peel on the Champs Elysées"!)
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Quite obviously Noel has never heard Chinese Food in Bed. Oh, well.
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Good evening!
The Bad News: My car died - well, more accurately, refused to start.
The Sorta-Good News: It wasn't too much a surprise.
The Bad News: I was planning on driving up to DC tonight since I have a gig up there tomorrow morning and Saturday.
The Good News: Amtrak
The Bad News: 6:00AM train
The Other Bad News: 5:00AM taxi pick-up
The Good News: I can have breakfast at one of those neat little cafes by where I'm playing tomorrow.
The Good News: My car was/is parked on a street where there's no towing until Wednesday morning.
The Bad News: I'll have to have it towed Monday morning to the shop.
The Good News: Insurance - for the towing.
The Bad News: We'll see what my mechanic says on Monday.
The Good News: I was only a 15 minute walk from my apartment.
The Better News: My friend, Steve, came by to try to jump my car battery (again - unfortunately, it did not work this time (oh, maybe that was Bad News again)), and he drove me back to my apartment.
So, I guess I had an "event" today. Didn't I?
DR MBarnum et al - Thanks for the Good Health Vibes! They did the trick! I guess my usual morning "fogginess" just lasted a bit longer than usual.
Oh...
Other Good News: It looks like I may have my 2004-5 season lined up within the next two weeks!
RE: Panda Express - Depending upon who's in the kitchen at a particular location, PE's Chinese Food can be quite good and near-authentic. I like their Orange Chicken, but don't love it - tastes more like Citrusy Chicken. My favorite PE dish is their Roast Pork - which is their version of Char Shiu Pork. Very good when it's fresh from the kitchen! *And two Chinese friends of mine - who grew up in China - say it's very, very close to "home cooking".
Well, I'm gonna catch the beginning of the 11:00 news, then try to get a few hours of non-anxious sleep, so I can be ready for the "beep-beep" of the taxi horn at 5:00AM.
-And if I don't check back in later... Bonne nuit!
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A gracious good evening to dear esteemed, muliti-faceted, and always guapo BK --
Also, very warmest hellos to all of the lovely DRs, and my sincere thanks for so many nice B'day wishes and greetings.
The very end of last year and the start of this one was filled with unexpected sadness and loss for me. The weight of that, coupled with some work projects moving into high gear have had me not knowing which end is up.
I just have not been able to log on and read and enjoy both the notes-of-the-day and then all of the fascinating posts. I readily accept that I must probably stand in the darkest corner of the cellar, with the black beetles, for my E & T status.
All I can say is I'll try to take a peek as I can, and I accept and appreciate all good thoughts that are sent out into the ether.
And to the head pixie, the grand poobah, the all-time mensch of the world, Dear BK..... (to quote Olympia Dukakis)..." aw Bruce, you know I love you more than my luggage!"
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At the risk of being burned at the stake (or steak) for heresy, I have never really enjoyed Seven Brides for Seven Brothers.
At the risk of being tacky, can I light the first match!
der Brucer (Tamblyns rule!)
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Goodnight.
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Quite obviously Noel has never heard Chinese Food in Bed. Oh, well.
Some 4 or 5 years after writing Moo-Goo-Gai-Pan, I heard Chinese Food In Bed on Donald Feltham's Broadway Radio Hour.
In internet lingo: GMTA
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What does GMTA stand for? And if we're counting dates, Chinese Food in Bed was written in 1984.
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Oh, I see, Great Minds Think Alike. Yes!
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I thought for a moment it stood for Get Moving Troublesome Ass.
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Or Get Me To Alabama.
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Or Giving Me the AX
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Nothing new to add to the discussion other that to say thanks to DR MBarnum for the scrumptuous pictures, both men yummilicious.
Got my 4 DVD-set of THE SHERLOCK HOLMES COLLECTION - Volume 3 with the last four of the Universal Sherlock Holmes/Basil Rathbone features. I can see how I'll be spending my time for part of this weekend. Now, if the two 20th Century-Fox period Holmes adventures with Rathbone will be remastered and put on DVD, I will be VERY fulfilled.
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MusicGuy -- It is always a pleasure to see you here. You are missed.
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Good to see you back, DR MusicGuy. So sorry to hear of the unexpected sadness and loss in you life.
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I like SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS, is it my fault that I happen to like the brothers more than the brides? ? ?
And, BK, Judy Kaye sings a splediforous "Wonderful, Wonderful Day" on a cd which YOU produced.
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I can't remember any of the brides. Were they in the film much?
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The brides do have a charming song and dance in their underwear; if only the brothers did, too!
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Or out of!
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No Americans or Australians in the finals of the Oz open. The world has changed. Anyone for tennis?
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Since I brought up the subject of underwear. . . here's how a Beat Poet expresses it:
[move=left,scroll,6,transparent,100%]Underwear [/move]
I didn’t get much sleep last night
thinking about underwear
Have you ever stopped to consider
underwear in the abstract
When you really dig into it
some shocking problems are raised
Underwear is something we all have to deal with
Everyone wears
some kind of underwear
Even Indians wear underwear
Even Cubans
wear underwear
The Pope wears underwear I hope
The Governor of Louisiana wears underwear
I saw him on TV
He must have had tight underwear
He squirmed a lot
Underwear can really get you in a bind
You have seen the underwear ads for men and women
so alike but so different
Women’s underwear holds things up
Men’s underwear holds things down
Underwear is one thing
men and women do have in common
Underwear is all we have between us
You have seen the three-color pictures
with crotches encircled
to show the areas of extra strength
with three-way stretch
promising full freedom of action
Don’t be deceived
It’s all based on the two-party system
which doesn’t allow much freedom of choice
the way things are set up
America in its Underwear
struggles thru the night
Underwear controls everything in the end
Take foundation garments for instance
They are really fascist forms
of underground government
making people believe
something but the truth
telling you what you can of can’t do
Did you ever try to get around a girdle
Perhaps Non-Violent Action
is the only answer
Did Gandhi wear a girdle?
Did Lady Macbeth wear a girdle?
Was that why Macbeth murdered sleep?
And the spot she was always rubbing -
Was it really her underwear?
Modern anglosaxon ladies
must have huge guilt complexes
always washing and washing and washing
Out damned spot
Underwear with spots very suspicious
Underwear with bulges very shocking
Underwear on clothesline a great flag of freedom
Someone has escaped his Underwear
May be naked somewhere
Help!
But don’t worry
Everybody’s still hung up in it
There won’t be no real revolution
And poetry still the underwear of the soul
And underwear still covering
a multitude of faults
in the geological sense -
strange sedimentary stones, inscrutable cracks!
If I were you I’d keep aside
an oversize pair of winter underwear
Do not go naked into that good night
And in the meantime
keep calm and warm and dry
No use stirring ourselves up prematurely
‘over Nothing’
Move forward with dignity
hand in vest
Don’t get emotional
And death shall have no dominion
There’s plenty of time my darling
Are we not still young and easy?
Don’t shout.
Lawrence Ferlinghetti
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"For they say when you're married in June, you're a bride all your life..."
I happen to adore that movie. It's the only musical that my little sisters would watch with me when I was little, because they loved "Sobbin' Women"
Bruce, I was singing "Chinese Food In Bed" all day, to the point where at lunch someone asked me if I could give them the lyrics, because they kept hearing little tidbits and thought it was cute.
Events of the day: Um...school...work...homework...that's about it. I'll spare you all the drunk driving website that I was sent, but just as a friendly little reminder: People who drink and drive are the stupidest -insert foul word of choice-'s on the face of the planet. Don't become one of those people, or I might just come and hit you upside the head. This has been a message from your friendly SADD Dept. (Students Against Drunk Driving)
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Good night guys. See you tomorrow.
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When Ferlinghetti begins to be quoted here at HHW, I know that is past my bed time.
Good night, one and all.
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... but Washington beef is not currently in much demand.
Oh, don't I know it. ::)
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Man, where are our late-night denizens? We are plummeting to the depths here at haineshisway.com. Nights used to be fun around these parts, and now we've got people going to bed and getting sleep and it's all quite depressing.
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Hello, all...
Just a quick note to say hello and let everyone know that I'm alive. I've been EXTREMELY busy the last few days, so I've not had much time to post (or do anything else, for that matter).
Jose: I'm so sorry to hear about your car. I hope everything works out for you.
MusicGuy: Welcome back. I miss you.
Good news for me: I got my 1099 from MTI today and it would seem that I made about $5000 less than I thought I had, so that means I don't have to pay so much in taxes. Thank God for small miracles.
The folks at MTI had a special treat on Tuesday night--we were all treated to dinner at John's Pizzeria (my favorite pizza in the City) and tickets to FIDDLER ON THE ROOF starring Mr. Alfred Molina and Ms. Randy Graff. I won't give my opinions of the show yet, since they still have a month of previews, but I will say that they're in pretty decent shape. I still think the show is too long, but I've always felt that way.
And now for the news I alluded to last week. As I mentioned, I had an audition last week for the leading role in a National Tour, but I was unable to tell what show and what role. Well, I got an email from my friend who is in the show, and she mentioned that their new cast member arrived, so I suppose I'm free to share the info now. The role was Horton the Elephant in the Nat'l Tour of SEUSSICAL THE MUSICAL. I was told I was too small to play it, so I was cut from the audition. You know all that part...so there you have it. I could have been a cute little elephant. At least I've finally discovered this score--I really have become attached to it and I hope to get to do it someday soon.
Any other news? Nope...can't think of anything. Now I think I should get to bed, since I can barely sit up straight right now. Goodnight, all...
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Sorry to add to the depression, but I'm signing off (not going to sleep yet -- if that makes it less depressing). Bon soir, mes amis.
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Just have to say...I see nothing depressing about people getting decent amounts of sleep. I think everyone should get copious amounts of sleep every night. Shut down the computer, turn off the phones, and sleep! This is coming from a recently graduated college student who is still recovering from four and a half years of sleep deprivation :)
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What a bunch of wusses. Re Fiddler - a MONTH of previews? For WHAT? It's not like the show doesn't work or anything. Five weeks of rehearsals and a week or two of previews is all they should need. How silly Broadway has become.
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Why must computers be such pains in the arses? WHY?!
And Craig tried to help me, but it turns out that I am the most computer illiterate person on the planet, and I didn't have a clue as to what he was talking about.
I'm not loving my iPod too much right now. Argh!
And, being the wuss that I apparently am, I'm going to sleep. I have to get up in 5 hours....ow.
"Chinese food in bed, having dinner under covers. We were sweet and sour lovers as we watched the late-night flicks. It was heaven as we worked our special magic with those chopsticks and Chinese food in bed..."
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Anybody who quotes my lyrics can go to bed. Everyone else is a WUSS.
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We've got Hainsies, we've got Kimlets and now we've got Wussbergs. I see three people who are just sitting there like so much fish not doing anything, posting-wise. SITTING there like so much fish, do you hear me? It is as if they have become mesmerized and are just staring at their computer screens, drool dribbling down their mouths, unable to lift a finger to type.
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WUSSBERGS, do you har me and also hear me?
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I don't give a flying Wallenda - I'll just do a monologue if you people want to be ORNERY. ORNERY is very unbecoming in young people.
Knock knock.
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Okay, I'm posting. I don't want to be called a wuss. Them's fightin' woids...but I ever got in a fight, I'd get my ass kicked.
I just caught the end of Jon Stewart's "The Daily Show" but I was also stacking my dishwasher, so I didn't pay attention as much as I should have. He's pretty funny and I really like the show, but being distracted with the dishes made me miss a lot of it. Oh well. There's always the next show.
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Knock knock.
Who's there?
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New notes. New notes who?