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Well, you've read the notes, you've nibbled on the notes, you've snacked on the notes and now it is time for you to post your thoughts on the nibbling and the snacking of the notes. To it, I say.
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I'm not big on sandwiches -- actually, I'm not big unless I stand on a chair -- but the favorite sandwich I used to have as a kid was ham (thinly sliced) and Swiss cheese on a kaiser (totally Kosher). I would buy this sandwich every Saturday at a Hungarian butcher store on Bloor Street in Toronto. I believe it was called Elizabeth's Butcher Store - or something like that. Every Saturday I used to help out in the bridal shop that my mother owned. (I was an excellent sales lady/ sales kid.) As a reward for helping I would receive enough money at lunchtime to cross the street and get my favorite sandwich from Elizabeth's. Elizabeth's also sold marzipan pigs around New Year's. I would also get one of those at New Year's.
Aren't you glad you asked?
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Favorite side dishes: Cole slaw, pickles. Are mashed potatoes a side dish? I like fresh green peas. And creamed spinach.
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Good night, all. (http://www.click-smilies.de/sammlung0304/schlafen/sleeping-smiley-011.gif)
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Sandwiches at home: generally, whatever is in the fridge. Which means, quite often, slicing up leftovers. Der Brucer is much more of a leftover sandwich maker than I, however.
I'm more likely to make quesadillas. Some grated cheese between a couple of tortillas, and melted either on the stove or nuked, sliced into quarters, and then I have to tell the doggies that it's my lunch, not theirs. They never believe me.
Sandwiches away from home: I was very happy to have that burger over at the Purple Parrot tonight. It's a huge thing, which I can then top with cheese and bacon and onion, and a splash of mustard.
But if we're over at the Rehoboth Diner, I'm more likely to order the French Dip. I've always been fond of French Dip, because it's so delightfully messy and flavorful. (No, Francois, I'm not referring to you. I have no evidence that you are messy.)
Sides? I love fries, with catsup, but I tend to doctor the catsup if I can, with some hot sauce or whatever is available. And I like cole slaw, sometimes.
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Panni posed an interesting question towards the end of yesterday's thread, but didn't get much response. What she posted was:
Just read an interesting statement. Anyone want to offer your thoughts on the following: "Audiences today are a little embarrassed by their emotions." (The speaker is commenting on audiences not willing to be emotional with the likes of Tennessee Williams.)
I posted my answer yesterday, but I'm wondering if anyone else has anything to say.
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And, to reply to Panni's comment on my comment:
I don't think the writers are entirely to blame. I also blame the directors and producers, who also seem to have spent their whole lives watching screens. They feed off of each other, and we get what results from that feeding. (If that doesn't give a nasty mental image, I don't know what can.)
I'm none too happy with how society as a whole is dealing with this. So often, I run across news stories where someone is demanding everyone be protected from some story or other, because it doesn't conform to their own limited world view. Remember Jenny's tale of the production of The Sound of Music, where the nuns became wise women or some such thing. Or her story about the teacher who refused to hear that Oscar Wilde was gay, because saying he was gay might offend someone?
It's as if people are trying to remove all the direct confrontation that life involves, because that involvement might be upsetting in some way. Let's not discuss racism, because it's a controversial subject and therefor automatically bad. Let's not discuss sexually transmitted diseases, because that means people have sex, and that's nasty. Let's shut the world out, because it makes us have to think, which might mean there's going to be a test later and some of us might flunk!
But we can have all sorts of violence on our movie screens, because it isn't real, it's all special effects and makeup and therefor can get a PG rating. And if it doesn't refer to real life, but just to other movies, that bumps it down a little more and we can take our single-digit-aged kids to see it!
For that matter, let's not make dinner tonight, let's get something prefabricated that won't amaze our taste buds and make us realize that food can be an experience. Let's sing songs with lyrics that have no content, just the same repeated words. Better than that, can the melody, we can do quite well with just a rhythm track and a hook, something we can all dance to. Well, maybe that kid in the wheelchair can't dance, but we'll ignore him because we might react with some kind of emotion, and we can't admit to that any more.
What a bunch of losers we're becoming.
I hope everyone is having a wonderful morning.
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BK, I too just finished watching THE YOUNG SAVAGES, which was a pleasant enough diversion. Not great, but Burt Lancaster is usually worth the price of admission (which in this particular instance was free).
Sandwiches: The Lovely Wife makes a lovely ham salad that I like to slather on a couple of pieces of bread until it's teeming off the sides and you must scoop up the remanents with a fork.
Victor's Deli has a lovely Turkey, Roast Beef, and cheese slathered in Thousand Island, piled high on wheat that I'm right fond of (one can get any kind of bread, wheat is my preference)...
And Huston's B-B-Q (Not quite in the same league as Dr. Hogly-Wogly's Tyler's Texas B-B-Q, but much, much closer) has a nice brisket sandwich...great sides of macaroni salad and baked beans
And macaroni salad as usually my side dish of choice...or a good potato salad -- one that's not to junked up with extra little adornments...I usually prefer some sort of chips with my sandwich as opposed to fries or something heavier...
There is a place out in Pasadena...either called The Top Hat or The High Hat or maybe just The Hat...anyway, something Hat...that serves a killer Hot Pastrami sandwich that no French loaf can contain.
At home, I'll do any kind of meat...roast beef, turkey, ham...always with a slice of cheese (low-fast Swiss preferably) slathered in either mustard or mayo...lettuce is okay, but hardly required and never so much that it becomes the prominent taste in the sandwich. I love slices of raw onion on almost anything and can handle a couple of pickles on the creation as well.
BUT...never, never any TOMATOES!
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I haven't had it in ages, but I always love Philipe's French Dip sandwich downtown. And my local Quickie's Pizza and Subs does a terrific Philly Cheesesteak Sandwich.
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No, The Young Savages never reaches the potential it starts out with - a shame. But I do love Frankenheimer from this period, and Lancaster is always great. But what I really love about it is the score by David Amram. Fantastic.
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Sandwiches...At home... BUT...never, never any TOMATOES!
All right, I'll bite: it this because you don't like tomatoes, or you don't like the quality of tomatoes you find in the store?
(Der Brucer has a dozen tomato plants in pots, which already need repotting and staking, which will lead to untold glories of fresh tomatoes coming off the vine sometime during the summer!)
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I haven't had it in ages, but I always love Philipe's French Dip sandwich downtown. And my local Quickie's Pizza and Subs does a terrific Philly Cheesesteak Sandwich.
I never got to Philipe's. My bad. And I've yet to have a Steak in Philly. Something to look forward to.
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Time to wuss.
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Well, I love Philly steak and cheese - usually from Arby's or some such place.
For myself, I like to make a chicken and roast beef sandwich on rye bread with American cheese slices and Hellman's mayo. In season, I will add a tomato, and if I am feeling adventurous, I will also have dill pickles.
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DRJOSE certainly had a story to tell....and I imagine that policeman had something to tell when his wife asked him later "What happened at work today?"
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And here is your Allison Hayes Picture of the Week, featuring the infamous bed scene from Attack of the 50 Foot Woman..... :P
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I enjoy Club Sandwiches, Philly Cheesestaks, French Dips and when I am in Montreal Smoke Meat Sandwhiches which are different from Pastrami and Corned Beef.
Side dishes: Rice Pilaf and I know I shouldn't eat them French Fries
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Good morning, all. I'm still pondering the Tennessee Williams question from yesterday. Williams was my preferred playwright from the post-war period over Arthur Miller because I felt that Williams was a poet who never gave too much of a damn about what someone else thought of his writing; Miller always seems ruled by middleclass morality and guilt. His VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE aims at Greek tragedy, but he's too soft about the theme: he makes Catherine Eddie's niece instead of his daughter, so Eddie's guilty of lusting after his brother's daughter rather than his own (much more Sophoclean). Tennessee would have revelled in the suggestion of incest and VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE might have been a more honest play. I think the only play of Miller's I admire is THE CRUCIBLE, in which his anger over the political scene keeps the play sizzling.
And audiences? Well, they are dumber, ruder in public, inconsiderate about candy wrappers, lateness, noise and an ability to hold much of a thought longer than a commercial break, probably the reason that so much playing on Broadway has a theme park mentality. Since the classical education of this country has declined so badly, I doubt more than half of an audience watching A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE even knew what Miller's play was indebted to.
More on sandwiches later.
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With all the discussion of gas prices at the end of yesterday's post, I am so glad I don't have a car!!! We only have to fill up when we are on LI and this summer in August when we go back to Minnesota for the Great Minnesota Get Together (AKA The State Fair).
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Forgot to mention this. The lovely Miss June Taylor, of the same named June Taylor Dancers, has passed away.
Here is her obit from the NY Times.
June Taylor, 86, Dies; Created 'Gleason' Dances
By BEN SISARIO
Published: May 18, 2004
June Taylor, the Emmy-winning choreographer whose routines on "The Jackie Gleason Show" brought the chorus line into the television age, died on Sunday at a hospital in Miami, said her sister, Marilyn Gleason. She was 86 and lived in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
Each week "The Jackie Gleason Show" opened with a number by the 16 high-kicking, wide-smiling young women of the June Taylor Dancers. Their routines, created by Ms. Taylor, were intricate, expensive and wholesome-looking updates of the classic Broadway chorus lines.
To accommodate the square format of television, the dancers were often shot from above, resulting in kaleidoscopic patterns of limbs that recalled the films of Busby Berkeley.
Besides the three-minute numbers that opened each show, Ms. Taylor also choreographed longer routines for special broadcasts. In 1953 Gleason and Ms. Taylor collaborated on "Tawny," a ballet of more than 20 minutes with music by Gleason. A review by Jack Gould in The New York Times said the piece cost a reported $30,000 to produce. "Every penny was well spent," he wrote, "for here was popular commercial television displaying artistic vision and imagination."
Ms. Taylor won an Emmy Award for her choreography on "The Jackie Gleason Show" in 1955.
Born in Chicago, Ms. Taylor was a seasoned nightclub dancer when her career was derailed by tuberculosis at age 20. She turned to choreography, hitting the road with her own company. She met Gleason, then a little-known comedian, at a Baltimore nightclub in 1946.
Ms. Taylor began working on television in 1948 on Ed Sullivan's "Toast of the Town" and later worked on "Cavalcade of Stars," which Gleason joined in 1950. "The Jackie Gleason Show" began in 1952 and ran until 1959; it returned to television in 1962 and ran until 1970. Gleason moved his show in 1964 from New York to Miami, where he could play golf all year long, and Ms. Taylor remained in Florida after the show ended. In 1978 she was invited by the Miami Dolphins football team to direct the team's cheerleaders. She turned her demanding techniques to the squad. She also favored costumes that were throwbacks to her earlier days. The Dolphins' Web site says that it was not until Ms. Taylor retired in 1990 that the women updated their uniforms with, for example, sneakers while they were on the sidelines.
Besides her sister, of Fort Lauderdale, who married Gleason in 1975, Ms. Taylor is survived by a nephew, Craig Horwich of Chicago. Her husband, Sol Lerner, died in 1986.
Ms. Taylor often spoke of television's demands on dance. "One of the first things I learned in television was the necessity of varying the style of the dancing each week," she said in an interview in 1953. "People want something new. My girls, I believe, are the best hoofers in the business. They know tap, ballet, classical ballet, toe work, modern and acrobatic dancing."
Mrs. Gleason, who was a dancer in her sister's group, remarked that speed was a necessity. "We were on television," she said yesterday, "and we had to move fast. The only comparison was the Rockettes, but we danced four times faster than they did."
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Favorite sandwich?
Restaurant: Pastrami on rye at the Stage Deli in New York. (Waitress: "Here ya go, baldy.")
(Second choice: Chock Full O' Nuts' cream cheese-and-walnuts on date-nut bread.)
Homemade: Good cheddar cheese, fresh tomato, salt and pepper, on a poppyseed kaiser roll.
(Second choice: Cream cheese and lox on a really chewy bagel.)
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I'm not much of a sandwich eater either. At home I prepare meals for myself (amazing how proficient ones gets at cooking for one after so many years) rather than sandwiches.
The one sandwich we've talked about before here that I will make for myself when I need comfort food is a butter and peanut butter sandwich.
Again, when I go out, unless it's a fast food burger, I'll generally get a meal rather than a sandwich, but at places where sandwiches are the meals, I really do like a club sandwich. There is a sports bar here in town (yes, I do go there occasionally with friends) that serves a wonderful club sandwich.
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One of the things I most dislike about my job is the location in center city Philadelphia, where there is nothing but sandwich shops to get a take-out lunch. I've consumed way too much bread since I started working in this area. That being said, I would have to say that my favorite sandwich from a near-by deli is smoked turkey and smoked mozzerella with deep green lettuce, tomatoes and thousand island dressing on a French bagette.
When I was in grammar school and I was coming home everyday for lunch, I always made the same sandwich for myself. I would take a long kaiser roll and open it (but not completely slice it apart) and dig out a trench on the top half. i would smear the bottom half with mayo and lay about 5 or 6 slices of spiced ham on it. Then I would take two or three slices of munchee cheese, slath on a thick layer of Guldens mustard and roll them up like a jellyroll and lay them in the trench in the roll. Then I would grab a can of Shop-Rite cream sode and sit in front of the TV and watch my favorite game show at the time. I can't remember the name of it, but it was a quiz show where the daily winner was given a car key and had to pick among five vehicles to see which one would start. But I digress...
I also liked peanut butter and cream cheese sandwiches.
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June Taylor was not the only death. Anna Lee, the beautiful English actress passed away at age 91. Although she has worked regularly in this country for sixty years (and in England before that) she is best known for three roles: Bronwyn in HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY, a nun in the film version of SOUND OF MUSIC, and Lila Quartermaine for over 20 years on GENERAL HOSPITAL. She was supposed to receive a special Emmy this Friday along with nine other daytime drama stars.
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I also liked peanut butter and cream cheese sandwiches.
And I thought my Dear Partner John was the only one who ate peanut butter and cream cheese! (usually on a bagel....)
My fave sandwiches:
From childhood: American Cheese and Strawberry Preserves on white bread.
From Brooklyn: Adelman's Deli on Kings Highway, Pastrami, Corned Beef and Tongue on REAL Jewish Rye with Cole Slaw (on the sandwich itself), and russian dressing. With a Dr. Brown's Cream Soda. Heaven.
Lately, Thanksigiving (or any other big Turkey-making holiday) is only half as anticipated as the club sandwiches that follow. They must be triple deckers; they must include dressing/stuffing in the sandwich itself, as well as Hellman's mayo (Best Foods, for you west coasters); and they should also inlcude a smear of cranberry sauce on one of the mayo'd pieces of toast. For me they also include turkey or veggie bacon, since I do not eat pork products. Yum!
Favorite side dishes depend on what the entree is. I don't care for cole slaw, except for its use in the above referenced repast, and am not a big fan of mashed potatoes. I do love rice dishes, and am particularly enthralled with green bean casserole. And I do like most veggies, which are side dishes as well. Except if you are vegetarian, I suppose. In which case they are the meal.
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My favorite side dish, absolutely terrible for you of course, is french fried onion rings. There is a restaurant here in Charlotte called the Landmark that does the best fried onion rings I've ever had. Many a night after doing a show, the cast would head to Landmark, and I'd get iced tea and a basket of fried onion rings. Sheer heaven.
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French fries are probably my favorite side dish.
PANNI I did a quick search for postcards on EBAY and the market doesn't seem extremely high except for unusual cards. Since they are small and easy to store (maybe a shoebox) you might do well to save them. In fact, I have written entire stories about a photo on a postcard, and they can be great for meditation.
MATTH I wasn't the one who nodded to you on your Tim Considine mention yesterday, BUT I share your enthusiasm, and I think it was TCB. As I have written before....Tim is a race car fan and when he is in Indy he usually stays with an actor friend of mine, and in fact came to see him in a play several seasons ago. I was at the theatre rehearsing another show, or stage managing (forget which), but couldn't quite figure out which audience member he was. I finally decided he didn't show, but my frim Tom introduced me afterwards. He is shorter than I thought, and at the time he had a handle bar moustache, but when he talked I recognized him immediately. And when I asked him, he said kissing Annette was great!
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Right now on AMC Hope Lange in Wild In the Country and on TCM Hope Lange in Pocketful of Miracles.....strange..........
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I forgot about my favorite side dish. My absolutely favorite was my dad's potato and macaroni salads. He was able to chop up the potatoes and celery and onions and sweet pickles to just the right size. He added the perfect amount of mayo and salt, pepper and dill weed. All of it hand mixed. None of us kids (or mom) have been able to replicate these salads exactly.
I'm also fond of a side that's sold at a local deli--mini pasta shells with spinach and feta with a light oil dressing. I think I could eat a pint of this stuff.
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I hate to be the bearer of sad tidings, but I just heard Tony Randall passed away. No details yet.
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Good Morning!
-I can hear the "evil eyes" making their way down the hallway... "knock-knock-knock.... knock-knock-knock". And I'm glad I did hear them since I forgot to set my alarm, and since I have rehearsal in a few hours... There's a good chance I would have been scrambling like made if I had not heard the "knock-knock-knock"... In any case....
Sandwiches... So many choices... So many favorites... Open-face tuna salad with melted swiss on a bagel or rye... French dip (and, yes, a Philippe is indeed dee-lish!)... a "hot sailor" which has pastrami and some other meats on it (can't remember which ones right now - supposedly the sandwich was invented in Richmond) slathered in good brown mustard... a grilled pimento cheese... Italian roast pork on ciabatta... fried egg, tomato and mayo on white bread with a few grinds of black pepper (of course, only with in season tomatoes)... herbed turkey breast with spinach and provolone... a rueben/reuben (I've seen it spelled both ways (usually with extra sauerkraut!)... grilled cheddar on rye with bacon and tomato (the snack bar at the beach my family would go to when I was younger served these - sooo good)... meatloaf with sliced carrots, raisins (yes, raisins), lettuce and french dressing on whole wheat... gyros with extra tzatziki... and on and on and on and on (ah, a Maltby & Shire reference)...
I've come to like the sandwiches from the Pot Belly chain - basically very simple - and their giardiniera is not too bad. I also like most of the concoctions they come up with at Cosi.
At home, I usually just put whatever deli meats I have on hand on a piece of bread, cheese maybe... mayo, mustard... And sometimes, a good ole PB&J just can't be beat - especially with a tall glass of really cold milk.
Side dishes: Onion rings, mashed sweet potatoes, creamed spinach, fried mushrooms, greek-style potato salad (mainly dressed with olive oil and lemon juice), german potato salad (love the bacon dressing), traditional american potato salad (in all it's variations), three bean salad, french fries (with black pepper on them - and sometimes dipped in a mixture of ketchup, mustard and mayo), cole slaw, pineapple cole slaw, glazed carrots, etc., etc., etc...
OK - Time to get ready for rehearsal...
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You guys are making me so hungry!
I love smoked meat sandwiches. I love Subway's grilled chicken sandwiches.
Does souvlaki in a pita count as a sandwich?
Favorite side dish would have to be fries. I LOVE FRIES!
I do like sandwiches a lot. But try to stay away from them (Atkins).
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Here is a link to a POL article about Mr. Randall
According to the article he died May 18 in his sleep yesterday evening at NYU Medical Center due to complications from a prolonged illness, a spokesman said. He was 84 years old.
http://www.playbill.com/news/article/86217.html
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Page Two Dance!
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That is so sad about Tony Randall. And the others too (although I'm more familiar with him).
Btw, speaking of gas prices, they have gone through the roof here. I think they are at 99.9 cents a litre. There was an article today saying that last May the price was 69.9.
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Thanks WEL and Ben for the news and link about Tony Randall. He certainly had a long a varied career. I will always remember him on the Hollywood Squares, sitting in his square wearing sunglasses and being a jerk....it was his style.
Open face tuna salad sandwiches....why oh why did DRJOSE have to mention those?
And another side dish I always order, macaroni and cheese!
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My favorite at-home sandwich is a simple peanut butter (crunchy only please) and jelly sandwich, usually apricot jam or blueberry preserves. As a kid it was grape jelly.
I don't eat sandwiches much at restaurants, although if I do order one it will usually be a turkey club sandwich.
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Here is a more complete obit for Tony Randall from the AP.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=514&e=4&u=/ap/20040518/ap_on_en_tv/obit_randall (http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=514&e=4&u=/ap/20040518/ap_on_en_tv/obit_randall)
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What exactly is a french dip sandwich?
Oh and I've never tried a Philly cheesesteak sandwich.
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Jennifer.....order one for lunch.
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Jacques Tati is a French dip.
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Oh and I've never tried a Philly cheesesteak sandwich.
The only way to try a Philly cheesesteak is to head for Pat's or Geno's in South Philly.
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Jennifer.....order one for lunch.
Which one? ;)
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I'm thinking back, but I don't believe I ever saw Tony Randall on stage. I enjoyed him in many, many films, of course, my two favorites being PILLOW TALK and THE SEVEN FACES OF DR. LAO.
Sad to lose another favorite from years past.
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Good morning. Obviously a nerve (or stomach) has been hit with the TOD! I forgot to include in my side dishes, potato salad, Hungarian cucumber salad and onion rings (but usually just picking from someone else's plate - can't eat too many or I get totally filled up).
I salute the life of Tony Randall. At first I wrote "Sad about T.R's death." Then I though about it... He had a long, interesting life, a great career, and even got to have babies as an old man. And he died in his sleep! Nothing "sad" about that. Good for you, Tony!
(Just read Matt H's post and am Modifying to add this -- Yes, it is sad to lose another favorite. That's not the kind of sadness I was writing about, of course.)
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Good morning. Obviously a nerve (or stomach) has been hit with the TOD! I forgot to include in my side dishes, potato salad, Hungarian cucumber salad and onion rings (but usually just picking from someone else's plate - can't eat too many or I get totally filled up).
DR Panni, you don't like grilled Panini sandwiches?
I salute the life of Tony Randall. At first I wrote "Sad about T.R's death." Then I though about it... He had a long, interesting life, a great career, and even got to have babies as an old man. And he died in his sleep! Nothing "sad" about that. Good for you, Tony!
(Just read Matt H's post and am Modifying to add this -- Yes, it is sad to lose another favorite. That's not the kind of sadness I was writing about, of course.)
I know what you mean. Sometimes when someone like Randall dies, you can't help step back and look at his life as a whole and say, "Well done!"
I also want to applaud Randall for his efforts in attempting to form an American repretory theatre through the National Actors Theatre. True, they didn't always present the best work but it was a step in the right direction.
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Yes, all three of the people who died and who were listed here (June Taylor, Anna Lee and Tony Randall) were all over eighty-five years of age. That's a nice long life for all of them.
I'm salivating even at this hour, reading your sandwich posts. Perhaps we ought to come up with a special haineshisway.com sandwich and side dish - what would it be?
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The other day DRCharles Pogue wrote about HOMICIDAL....I watched the DVD last night and it's a nifty little movie.
What was so frightening to you about the movie CP?
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I'm heading out for an Italian veal sandwich topped with sweet peppers, hot peppers, mushrooms and tomato sauce - $4.99 at San Remo Bakery.
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French fries are probably my favorite side dish.
PANNI I did a quick search for postcards on EBAY and the market doesn't seem extremely high except for unusual cards. Since they are small and easy to store (maybe a shoebox) you might do well to save them. In fact, I have written entire stories about a photo on a postcard, and they can be great for meditation.
There are also the Griffin and Sabine books by Nick Bantock. The stories are told entirely through beautifully illustrated postcards and letters. I have the first three books (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0811806960/qid=1084897590/sr=8-1/ref=pd_ka_1/002-0990700-3098424?v=glance&s=books&n=507846).
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DR George: I have those books also. I love the idea. But they really are not straightforward. And you leave the series feeling utterly confused. :(
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Favorite sandwiches. Now there's a topic I know a little something about. My mom and I have been known to drive two hours to Wickenberg, Arizona for a sandwich at the Pony Espresso. Well, I go for the sandwich. She goes to shut me up because I've been whining about this sandwich.
As for side dishes, I sometimes like to incorporate them into my sandwich. Like putting french fries on a Happy Meal hamburger because if you order it without meat all you get on it is a pickle slice and some of those dehydrated rehydrated onions.
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I'm salivating even at this hour, reading your sandwich posts. Perhaps we ought to come up with a special haineshisway.com sandwich and side dish - what would it be?
Well, probably lots of ham and lots of bologna topped with corn relish (but no groaning).
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I'm a fan of the Reuben.
In my youth, I was a corned beef fan, but now, I'm more likely to order pastrami. I think it's a craving for fat.
Food chains - Subway et al. - seem genetically unable to make tasty food. And now, to lunch. (Then rehearsal. Then a performance with The Chainsaw Boys at the Belt)
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I am now craving smoked meat. And I actually just had some on Sunday night.
Food topics are very bad. Cause they make me so hungry! :)
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I like the Subway club every now and then. You just have to make sure they put enough vinegar on it (with the oil) as that's the only thing that give it flavor. There's a coffee shop on Beverly Blvd. called Jan's that used to (and probably still does) have something called a Half-Reuben (no saurkraut) which was quite delicious. I also like a good barbecued beef sandwich as long as the restaurant has great barbecue sauce (Valley Ranch in Van Nuys is great).
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The best Philly steak sandwiches in the world come from this little shop in Passaic, New Jersey. The shop is an old converted railroad car, and it is parked right at the entrance to town just after you cross the bridge over the Passaic River. One of their Philly steaks with a large Birch Bear and you are set to go.
On the other side of the country, I like most all sandwiches – Club, Reuben, PB & J, French Dip, Patty Melt, etc., etc., etc (an R & H reference). Best sides are either a good potato (my sister’s) or a good macaroni (mine) salad.
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Jewish corned beef on Jewish rye with Guilden's mustard. Jewish deli-style potato salad and a half-sour pickle on the side.
More mainstream alternative:
Egg salad on sourdough toast with lettuce and tomato.
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Welcome to our newest registered user, Kathy. Come play wiz us. We're talkin' about sandwiches.
I also like a good chicken salad sandwich, although I've very picky about my chicken salad.
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And one for Mahler.
Whose favorite sandwich was bratwurst on rye.
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I got a sweet e-mail from a dad whose son is named Benjamin Kritzer. He's going to buy the books.
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There is a place out in Pasadena...either called The Top Hat or The High Hat or maybe just The Hat...anyway, something Hat...that serves a killer Hot Pastrami sandwich that no French loaf can contain.
It's called The Hat. It is an extraordinary sandwich, I will grant you, though it bears no resemblance to the Jewish deli style pastrami on which I cut my teeth while growing up.
You also failed to mention that one must tend to the grease that drips off one's elbows whilst eating a pastrami sandwich at The Hat.
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More hot pies, more hot pies. Oops (spoo, spelled backwards), we're talkin' about sandwiches. But what's better after a sandwich than pie. Yes, PIE. I'm talkin' about PIE.
Favorite side dishes - I'm VERY partial to French Fries with Ranch Dressing (and ketchup - I switch back and forth, or combine), and onion rings (also with ranch and ketchup). I love good potato salad but rarely find it in restaurants. Also love good cole slaw but, that too, is rare. I have been known to have a side of kishka and gravy, depending on the deli. I love all potatoes - baked, lyonnaise (at Musso), scalloped, mashed. Am not really a vegetable person but do like asparagus in hollandaise (I AM a sauce person), and anything with butter on it.
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Shrimp salad on a Kaiser roll. Now that's a fine sandwich, indeed!
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Soon I will be shorn of some unruly hair.
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Welcome ten GUESTS. We're talkin' about sandwiches.
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Let's talk about the Daddy of all sandwiches--The Primanti Brothers sandwich in Pittsburgh PA: roast beef, french fries, cole slaw, tomatoes and onions all stuffed between two slices of Italian bread. It's been over ten years since I've handled one of these babies. Just thinking about them now is simultaneously stimulating and killing my appetite.
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That egg salad on sourdough toast sounds GREAT! I love egg salad. I guess my favorite side is an order of hot, crisp fries, or onion rings. After all the main courses and sides, give me a slice of Pecan Pie. I love, love, love pecan pie. I also love rhubarb pie (even Beebopareebop Frozen Rhubarb Pie - a Prairie Home Companion reference). And with that pie I need a cup of hot joe/java/coffee, coffee, coffee.
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I was at the historic Alex Theatre in the Dale of Glen last night, Dear Readers, for a semi-staged production of I Can Get It for You Wholesale, mounted by the Musical Theatre Guild.
It's a strange show with a strange book and strange score. The protagonist is an anti-hero with no redeeming charms to counter-balance his relentlessly greedy business scheming. Characters improbably show up and then improbably disappear (and vice versa.) Is the protagonist's mother a warm-hearted balabustah or as cold-heartedly avaricious as her son? The show concludes with a denoument that strains credibility.
Little of the score colors or develops the characters or moves the action along. A Bar Mitzvah anthem to open Act 2? Do we need both a klezmer-inflected song to celebrate the protagonist's devotion to his Jewish mother AND a klezmer-inflected song welcoming two new business partners into the "the family?" The show does offer a terrific comic/novelty song, however, in "Miss Marmelstein," and Miss Bets Malone did a splendid job singing it.
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The Subway chain is the most varied in quality of any fast food chain I have ever been to. Some make sandwiches better than I could ever make them at home, while others are almost inedible. And then there was the Subways I went to where the food was probably good but the staff was made up of all high school dropouts (none seemed over 18 and it was during school hours) with so many tattoos and piercings (on both genders) that I lost my appetite and couldn't eat it.
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Shrimp salad on a Kaiser roll. Now that's a fine sandwich, indeed!
Is it obvious to all that my dear brother and I have different ideas about the Kashruth?
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Jay, I must only have Guilden's mustard or a similar dark brown mustard...none of that French's yellowy yellow mustard. The mustard that I keep trying and then forget I can't stand it is English Coleman's mustard. Too hot. My wife likes it though.
JRand, I saw Homicidal in a theatre when it first came out and so I was 11. The most graphic image that stays with me and still makes me shudder today is the knife going in that fat man's belly repeatedly. I also found it just a rather ugly, sordid little film. An opinion that was not changed when I caught part of it on TV several years back. Despite some of the titles of my films, I am not one who much cares for graphic horror, blood-spurting limbs, decapitated heads, impalements. I much prefer a classic, gothic tone to my horror...I think all great horror is ultimately about emotional or sexual repression. My favourite horror films of all time are THE ISLAND OF LOST SOULS with Charles Laughton and Val Lewton's CAT PEOPLE. I like the horror that sends the shiver down the spine and the psyche; not the repulsive kind that makes you throw up in your popcorn. There are still moments in my own THE FLY that I've not seen, because I cover my eyes.
Back to sandwiches. In high school, my best friend's grandmother lived right around the corner from the school and we'd go there for lunch sometime. She always had Pepperridge Farm Bread and, no matter what the ingredient of the sandwich, she would "slather" each slice of bread with butter. Yum!
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Ben, I too am an egg salad fan! Though I am pretty particular about it...like my potato salad, I don't want it junk it up with a lot of extras...
Did someone mention PIE! I love PIE! I often have lunch at The House of Pies, just so I can have pie after my sandwich. My favourite is coconut cream pie topped with whipped cream as opposed to meringue. I have this pie every year for my birthday instead of cake. I also like a good chocolate cream pie.
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Shrimp salad on a Kaiser roll. Now that's a fine sandwich, indeed!
And this is kosher, how?
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Thanks DRCP....yes that was a gruesome moment in Homicical.
Mrs Fly, Geena Davis is the new mother of twins!
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Cocunut creme with whipped cream is also my favorite pie. The best I've ever had was at Joe Allen, although it appears only infrequently on the menu.
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We should not be allowed to discuss food here unless I am hand delivered each and every sandwich.
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Growing up, I loved either bologna (or baloney) and mustard or cheese and mayonnaise. I never thought about combining them until one time my sister's (now ex) husband made a sandwich for me (why, I don't know) to take to school (college, to which I drove every day). Anyway, he made me a bologna and cheese sandwich with mayo and mustard. It was delish!
As for sandwich (sub) chains, Subway, Port of Subs, Blimpie's and Quizo's are all very good. I especially like Port of Subs' Smoked turkey with smoked cheddar and Quizno's turkey lite. Quizno's for-a-limited-only Santa Fe (with turkey) was especially good!
And for sides, I love fries with ranch and ketchup combined and pecan pie is also my favorite dessert. Pecan or blueberry or cherry, but not any of those combined. That would be too, too unseemly! (and not in the good way.)
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BK, don't you control the menu at Joe Allen? :)
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Pie, Pie, Pie! When I was in Minnesota, oh so many years ago, back when Pillsbury still existed as a company, they opened a chain of local restaurants called Poppin' Fresh with a specialty in pies. It's now called Baker's Square. I have been there a few times when I go back but it's not the same. Oh, the French Silk chocolate pie was heaven. I remember to get a pie for the holidays you had to make a reservation and then to pick it up, the line (depending on your time of arrival) could be out the door and into the parking lot.
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Is ranch dressing a common dressing for fries? I have never heard of doing this. Is the ranch dressing like salad dressing?
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Whenever I'm at Joe Allen and they DON'T have it, I ask them to send the dessert lady to me, and I do castigate her. She finds this very amusing.
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And this is kosher, how?
'Tis not. I was referring to my earlier entry in which I stated that I do not consume pork products (i.e. standard bacon on a club sandwich). Nor would I consume my brother's favorite shrimp salad sandwich.
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Now let me see if I understand all of this. BK castrates the Desert Lady at Joe Allens for keeping the home fries burning? Is that right?
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I'm not a fan of pork pork, like pork chops, but I do like my bacon and ham with my eggs and eggs.
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Eating French Fries with catsup is an American tradition. On the other hand, I understand that in Europe they prefer mayonnaise. Since mayo can be flavored with all sorts of other things, like basil or lemon or hot peppers, I tend to think they're onto something.
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My grandfather had several lemon trees in his back yard, which gave us bags full of fruit. In return, my mother made lemon merangue pies which her father-in-law loved. Her crust was flaky, the filling was both sweet and tart, and her merangue was thick and creamy, peaked and baked to a toasty golden color. None of that Southern belle's high hair merangue for her. She also made wonderful pumpkin pies for Thanksgiving and Christmas, which no-one in the family has worked up the nerve to try to duplicate.
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...Anyway, he made me a bologna and cheese sandwich with mayo and mustard. It was delish!...
I hope that the mayo was on one slice of bread, and the mustard was on the other! It's a key part of making a sandwich with both, so that they hit your tongue separately and give a double wham of flavor. The idea of "Dijonaise", where they are blended in a jar, defeats the entire idea.
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I too remember the Coconut Cream Pie at Joe Allen's, BK. When there was a Joe Allen's out here...and my disappointment when it was not on the menu...however, we must do lunch at House of Pies sometimes...the food is nothing special, but the Coconut Cream Pie. MMMMM!
I am a huge pork fan. Love a good pork loin. Pork chops and eggs for breakfast. Good eating.
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French fries with mayo is not popular here. But I think I remember last time I was in California, it was very common.
Me I like fries with ketchup or vinegar.
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Continuing both my own posting frenzy and a subject brought up in yesterday's posts, der Brucer found this link about cicadas. (http://www.cicadaville.com/)
I've got to get him back into posting here. I think his computer is up and working again.
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Never tried fries with mayo....hmmmmm
Butterscotch cream pie!
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I just came home from the dentist (just a regular cleaning) and am now drooling - DROOLING - after reading all the posts!
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Hi, all. Going to be in NY from evening of May 29 'til morning of June 5. Anyone got a spare room???
In the past ten days, I've cast my reading. I found some very good voices up here in Seattle, and the opera singers don't seem to be put off by my slaughtering of a favorite Mozart opera. Such a strange thing tho' - on my way back from Jane and Keith's on Saturday, Marriage of Figaro was playing on the radio... for the first time ever, I thought it was terribly lightweight and silly. The tunes I've loved forever suddenly seemed non-existent in all the yipping and squawking. Maybe it was the production - a none-too-stellar Italian production. But all that wonderful counterpoint, dazzlingly original and inventive ensemble writing just seemed so... so silly. I was grateful for the cuts I've made, and even considered more cutting. What had once seemed sacreligious now is imperative. Oy. Am I too close to it?
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This morning I went for a walk, and this is what I saw:
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Is ranch dressing a common dressing for fries? I have never heard of doing this. Is the ranch dressing like salad dressing?
Yes - ranch dressing is commonly used as a salad dressing. The only two people I have ever met who insist on the ranch dressing/fries/ onion rings combo are my Darling Daughter and bk. In fact, DD will not eat the most delicious fries or onion rings if Ranch dressing is not to be had. It's actually quite a delicious taste treat, once you get over the mental "this is salad dressing" hurdle.
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Early alert for DR Jose:
Tomorrow, at 9PM on Food, new Good Eats episode on bananas!
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PennyO -- Welcome back! I haven't seen you here in ages! Are you in Seattle now?
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BK, don't you control the menu at Joe Allen? :)
DR Jennifer, if he did, the coconut cream pie would be a standard like their yummilicious banana cream pie!
I just made a sandwich I call an Alice, named after my neighbor who turned me on to it: basically an omelette on bread (I prefer multigrain but I had potato bread today) with a little bit of ranch dressing on the bread, alfalfa sprouts and watercress. I happen to make excellent tuna salad with a bit of chopped onion and pickle relish, which I love on multigrain bread with a thin slice of cheddar cheese on top. Great with fries, onion rings, potato chips!
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I had a long chat about dogs in a store just now with an actress from DAYS OF OUR LIVES. As I don't watch DOOL. I have no idea who she was - but heard others identifying her as a cast member. If there are any fans out there, I can describe her and you can supply the ID.
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Let the summer stunt casting begin...
Norbert Leo Butz is being replaced in WICKED by New Kid on the Block Joey McIntyre
Hunter Foster (who is the next Leo in THE PRODUCERS) is being replaced in LITTLE SHOP by N*SYNC member Joey Fatone
The latest Roxie in the CHICAGO revisal will be Paige something from one of those home redecorating shows
An "American Idol" loser (no - not William Hung) is featured in RENT
Remember the days people went to see Broadway stars in Broadway shows?
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Wowza, I am officially HUNGRY!!! I loves me a good sammich, and we've got a plethora of good ones being posted here. Can't go wrong with a good reuben (with plenty of DR Jane's favorite... horseradish, and I don't mean horseradish sauce, I mean plain ol' grated horseradish). A nice, juicy patty melt loaded up with sauteed onions will get me drooling. Also love a good chicken salad (although many don't live up to the "good" label). If I'm making a sandwich at home, it's usually something quite simple. Often some lunch meat or other with cheese, mayo, and mustard... or peanut butter and butter (sometimes with a slice of onion).
For sides, I share my mother's weakness for fries. What I dip my fries in varies quite a bit with my mood... ketchup, ranch, thousand island, tartar sauce, horseradish sauce, mayo, or various combos of the above. My favorite fries would have to be at Gustav's in the nearby Bavarian-themed tourist trap of Leavenworth where I've lived for a few months a few different times. Nice thick fries, skin still on, properly greasy. And I always eat these with the yummilicious dark pub mustard they have at every table (seem to think it may be a Henry Weinhardt's brand mustard, actually). As Homer Simpson would say, "Aarghlrlhglhalrglahrlglhgh."
Also can eat myself silly on a good macaroni salad, but seems that at least 80% of the macaroni salads I come across have WAY too much mayo for my taste. My favorite is the one my grandmother, mother, and myself all make. 4 cups of macaroni (pre-cooked amount), 4 boiled eggs, 4 slices of bologna, 4 sweet pickles, and 4 green onions (ok, I sometimes cheat and throw in some extra green onion). Dressed with a simple mayo/vinegar/sugar dressing, but not too much! A bowl of this salad and a glass of Kool-Aid... one of my favorite parts of summer as a kid.
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DOOL mystery solved - I looked up the show on Google and saw her picture. Peggy McKay.
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In the past ten days, I've cast my reading. I found some very good voices up here in Seattle, and the opera singers don't seem to be put off by my slaughtering of a favorite Mozart opera. Such a strange thing tho' - on my way back from Jane and Keith's on Saturday, Marriage of Figaro was playing on the radio... for the first time ever, I thought it was terribly lightweight and silly. The tunes I've loved forever suddenly seemed non-existent in all the yipping and squawking. Maybe it was the production - a none-too-stellar Italian production. But all that wonderful counterpoint, dazzlingly original and inventive ensemble writing just seemed so... so silly. I was grateful for the cuts I've made, and even considered more cutting. What had once seemed sacreligious now is imperative. Oy. Am I too close to it?
Take a deep breath. Relax. Have someone throw roses your way. Indulge in a light snack. And then do what you know you need to do.
With love.
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TCB - Yes, I am back. And gone again, and back again. I live in my car. The estimable Honda Civic Hybrid, which, over the 18,000 I've racked up since November, has gotten a truly appreciated 48.4 mpg. About $45 Seattle-LA. The same coming back. I highly recommend this little automobile!
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This post has no purpose what so ever, other than pushing me across the 1,000 mark. :D
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Woody - how kind, and how perfect is your prescription. Now, to find another gallant gent to heave red roses in my general direction....
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Ranch isn't the only dressing used for both salads and other edibles. Thousand Island has long been used on sandwiches and burgers, even when it's monikered as "Secret Sauce."
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This post has no purpose what so ever, other than pushing me across the 1,000 mark. :D
A congratulatory spanking to Deus aux Deux Jed!
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Woody - how kind, and how perfect is your prescription. Now, to find another gallant gent to heave red roses in my general direction....
Well, I hope he can do better than heave! Somehow, that's just the wrong verb.
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Ah, Jed. You beat me. I have 9 to go counting this one.
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DOOL mystery solved - I looked up the show on Google and saw her picture. Peggy McKay.
Actually, she's a former cast member at this point. One of about 10 longtime characters killed off in the past year. But, hey, it's a soap opera, nobody's ever really dead.
I hang my head in shame that I know that. Grew up watching the show when my mother was a fan. Now I find that I watch for a couple months every few years... the downside to having some days off! :D
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Actually, she's a former cast member at this point. One of about 10 longtime characters killed off in the past year. But, hey, it's a soap opera, nobody's ever really dead.
I don't want to give away any soap secrets, but she did say something in the drug store about perhaps... She wasn't sure... There was talk... :-XYou didn't hear it from me :-X
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S. Woody White, re: your tomato question, I like everything made from tomatoes...Tomato sauce, catsup, tomato juice, etc...but not tomatoes themselves. Go figure...
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When I was young, I did not like vegetables much at all. Other than potatoes and peas, I would turn my nose up at most vegetables. As I've gotten older, I find that I love them. There aren't many I don't like.
As for pork, well, it's not the other white meat to me. It and chicken rank side by side as fabulous foods on my personal menu. But, so does beef.
Suffice to say, I love food.
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Mmm...all this talk of food..
As far as sandwiches go...well, the ones I'm most fond of are in the "salad" category. Chicken salad, tuna salad, and egg salad, in that order. Of course, has to be a good version thereof...and I fully agree with DR Charles Pogue. Too much junk in the salad is not a good idea.
Other than that...can't go wrong with a nice turkey sandwich...and I admit I have a childhood weakness for bologna. :)
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I hope that the mayo was on one slice of bread, and the mustard was on the other! It's a key part of making a sandwich with both, so that they hit your tongue separately and give a double wham of flavor. The idea of "Dijonaise", where they are blended in a jar, defeats the entire idea.
You are correct. From the bottom (or top): bread, mayo, cheese, bologna, mustard, bread...and not any other way. :)
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Favorite Sandwiches--Portabello mushroom, peanut butter and jelly, and egg salad.
Favorite Side Dishes--I LOVE mashed potatoes--lumpy with skins and garlic, a good ceaser salad, french fries, fresh green beans, etc. etc.
Now I'm really hungry--this is the first break I've taken since 7:30 this morning!
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Am I the first poster on page five!!! It's my lucky day!!! ;D
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This post has no purpose what so ever, other than pushing me across the 1,000 mark. :D
CONGRATULATIONS ON HITTING 4 DIGITS!!
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Oh...side dishes. Mashed potatoes have always been a huge favorite of mine. Recently got into sweet potatoes and yams, too. One of those "hated as a child and now love" things. Also, my grandmother had the most delicious way of making green beans...yum. Oh yeah, and the corn soufflee was always a favorite...
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Woody - how kind, and how perfect is your prescription. Now, to find another gallant gent to heave red roses in my general direction....
Penny:
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Is ranch dressing a common dressing for fries? I have never heard of doing this. Is the ranch dressing like salad dressing?
It's only been within the last few years that I've heard of this, but it's caught on quite a bit! Especially at Red Robin.
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Robin favorite sammich:
It's gotta be on Pumpernickel bread, or really, really dark rye. Free range turkey (and you betcha, there's a difference!) and lots of it, super-sharp cheddar cheese, with kalamata olive spread, mayo, and fresh tomatoes, cucumbers and (hopefully) alfalfa sprouts. Nothing can beat this one, my friends.
My favorite side dish...well, it's not usually a side dish, but about a half-dozen anchovy (or failing that, bleu cheese) stuffed olives.
And pie. I adore fruit pie. Blueberry, Strawberry Rhubarb, Apple, Peach...but I abhor anything with whipped cream on it. The stuff makes me gag. Dunno why. Just does.
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Oh, and as far as pies go...the BEST pie in the WORLD was my grandmother's graham-cracker pie. A graham cracker crust, custard center, and meringue on top. Sounds strange, perhaps, but SO good.
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I love rhubarb pie. I love strawberry pie. I can't abide strawberry-rhubarb pie.
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When I was young, I did not like vegetables much at all. Other than potatoes and peas, I would turn my nose up at most vegetables. As I've gotten older, I find that I love them. There aren't many I don't like.
As for pork, well, it's not the other white meat to me....
A bumber sticker: Iguana, the other green meat!
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A pie that is very simple to make and is very refreshing now that temperatures are warming up is:
a can of frozen lemonade
a can of sweetened condensed milk
a tub of Cool Whip
Put those three things in a bowl and stir vigorously with a spoon until they're thoroughly mixed together. Then, place the mixture into a graham cracker crust and chill for an hour or two. Makes an easy and delicious dessert (if you like things flavored with lemon, that is), and it takes about 5 minutes of preparation time before chilling.
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The latest Roxie in the CHICAGO revisal will be Paige something from one of those home redecorating shows
An "American Idol" loser (no - not William Hung) is featured in RENT
Roxie will be Paige Davis host of Trading Spaces.
And in RENT will be Frenchie Davis (as the Seasons of Love soloist). I think Frenchie would have been top 3 if they hadn't disqualified her.
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Oh, forgot to mention my favorite club sandwich, which happens to be from my uncle's deli in Seattle (the Dexter Deli on, you guessed it, Dexter Ave.). Really not any different than any other club sandwich, but has always tasted like the best to me.
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Panni---
Peggy McKay has been around for years. She did a few movies and was on a couple of primetime series in the 50s and 60s and before DAYS OF OUR LIVES she was on serveral different soaps.
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ATTENTION ALIAS FANS, no spoilers.
ABC just announced their Fall line-up, and Alias won't start until january 2005. Apparently they have decided to do a 20 episode uninterupted run. I am not happy.
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Roxie will be Paige Davis host of Trading Spaces.
Paige Davis actually married a fellow who's last name is Page, so if she decided to use her husband's name, she would be known as Paige Page.
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Just had to get a Subway club in honor of sandwich day. I am now very neat-looking.
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ATTENTION ALIAS FANS, no spoilers.
ABC just announced their Fall line-up, and Alias won't start until january 2005. Apparently they have decided to do a 20 episode uninterupted run. I am not happy.
I'm not happy either, and I think it's a dreadful tactical mistake. That's SEVEN months between the end of Season 3 and the start of Season 4. Do they think ALIAS is a big enough hit to be out of sight for that long a period of time? Maybe they had better check the ratings again.
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DR Panni: I know who Peggy McKay is. Didn't she play Caroline Brady? (I used to sometimes watch Days like a hundred years ago).
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A bumber sticker: Iguana, the other green meat!
Maybe that was the flavor of the taffy yesterday.
DR George, go to nymetro.com/davis and look up Peter Davis' review of the Philharmonic's CANDIDE travesty last week for NEW YORK MAGAZINE. It's very perceptive.
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You are correct. From the bottom (or top): bread, mayo, cheese, bologna, mustard, bread...and not any other way. :)
Hmmm, are we a bit anal retentive in our sandwich making?
And speaking of anal, if I am going to have a PB & J sandwich, the jam or jelly has got to be blackberry, boysenberry, or marionberry. No strawberry, orange marmalade, or grape jelly!!!
I thought that Frenchie Davis was touring in DREAMGIRLS?
Okay, Panni, you can't just let that DOOL comment go. Did she really hint at something?
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Okay, Panni, you can't just let that DOOL comment go. Did she really hint at something?
She wasn't being coy or mysterious. Some DOOL fan said to her that they were sorry she was gone and she mentioned that there was talk of a return, but she didn't know anything for sure. She seemed like a nice woman. She has three rescue dogs and we made an unofficial date to meet at the dog park sometime. (No specific time was set, so the likelihood is pretty remote.)
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I am now very neat-looking.
I bet you look just like Pat Boone.
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Speaking of Pat Boone... Mickey Rooney is being "toasted" at the Sportsmen's Lodge (five minutes from my casa) on Friday. In attendance will be Ann Rutherford, Jane Withers, Margaret O'Brien, Kathryn Grayson, Fayard Nicholas -- plus some youngsters: Terry Moore and the above mentioned Pat B.
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Mickey Rooney is having toast on Friday? How special.
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if I am going to have a PB & J sandwich, the jam or jelly has got to be blackberry, boysenberry, or marionberry. No strawberry, orange marmalade, or grape jelly!!!
What? No raspberry jam for you? Must be another taste I've inherited from Mom. :D
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All of today's talk sent me down the street to a little cafe/deli for lunch. Decided to try their veggie sandwich (avocado, spinach, cucumber, tomato, onion, sprouts, lettuce, and pepperjack cheese). Should have stuck with my usually carnivorous instincts. I often enjoy a good veggie sandwich, but this one just sat there like so much fish. Overloaded with cucumber, not enough onion, and hardly any avocado at all. Ahh well, now I know to order the roast beef next time I'm there. :D
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I'm talkin' about sandwiches. I'm talkin' about PIE.
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You guys have made me so hungry today! LOL!
My regular everyday sandwich is the classic bologna with mayo and mustard. Nothing fancy. Lately I have added fresh baby spinach to it.
And of course the peanut butter and jam sandwich. Rasberry is my fave...particularly my mom's homemade rasberry jam. Now I grind my own peanut butter at the store (they have nifty machines that grind while you wait) and sugarless jam of various flavors.
Special occasion sandwiches are:
Fried Egg with mayo
Peaunt butter and mayo (sometimes with dill pickle)
Peanut butter and butter (or margarine)
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Today I am cleaning and changing the furniture around a bit. Sometimes it gets so cluttered and I just hate that. I need a larger house.
Yesterday I watched a cute little movie which I think a couple of DRs watched earlier...MR BELVEDERE RINGS THE BELL. Nice little movie. Joanne Dru is someone I had never noticed before, but I really like her now...and if I had a minister that looked like Hugh Marlowe I think I would attend church every Sunday!
Actually this movie had two of the 1950s Hughs...Marlowe and Beaumont! Yep, the Beaver's father was working as a police officer before he married June! LOL!
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Must be having our sandwich siesta. Let's see - other side dishes I love: creamed spinach, candied yams, kugel, peas/rice and mushrooms (one dish).
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BK, be sure to check your post office box on Friday...you might have some Hollywood entertainment to watch (make that Lesliewood! LOL).
Just a couple of surprises that you might not have seen before!
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I decided to take Wednesday off as well, just to make my little vacation a little longer!
I am a frenzy!
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I love raspberry jam. In fact I love raspberries!
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I think Peggy McKay is on one of the WB shows tonight...maybe Surfside 6...I forget which one, but I will know when I watch it. I do know that Donna Douglas is on tonights Surfside 6.
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Re: Frenchie Davis
I believe she was touring with Dreamgirls.
But she's going back to Rent for a while.
Btw, re: the new Fall line up.
Apparently ABC has 8 new shows. One of them is "Lost", a drama from Alias creator j.j abrams. Teri Hatcher is doing a soap called, "Desperate Housewives". And James Spader's "Practice" spin-off is called, "Fleet Street".
"8 simple rules" will move to Friday.
One thing I am so happy about is Tru Calling (on Fox) has been renewed.
If anyone is looking for reruns to watch this summer, this show is really good. It's about a girl who relives days to save people.
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Must be having our sandwich siesta. Let's see - other side dishes I love: ... kugel ...
Potato or noodle?
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Cocoanut cream pie. Peach pie. Homemade fresh apple pie with really good vanilla ice cream kinda melting on top of it...
Me want pie. :P
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Noodle kugel, always.
I love mail - haven't gotten any (except bills) for a few days - how lovely.
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Sandwiches:
My favorite to make for myself:
Hmmmm...I'm terribly fond of tomato sandwiches, but ONLY when I have fresh beefeater tomatoes and fresh lettuce (usually found in summer at a farmer's market). A nice thick slice of tomato and a crisp leaf of lettuce on two slices of bread slathered in mayonnaise, salted and peppered....YUM-MEE!
Another favorite I make myself is a smoked turkey sandwich on a kaiser roll with pesto mayonnaise, provolone cheese slice and lettuce and tomato.
To buy already prepared:
Hot pastrami or a Reuben....and if I can get a side of German potato salad I'm in h-e-a-v-e-n.
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Sides to sandwiches:
Fresh cole slaw, especially if it has red cabbage and carrot, as well as regular cabbage.
Potato salad....dressed with mayo and mustard rather than Miracle Whip.
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Just checked in to see the latest sandwich or pie description before taking the wonderdog for a walk. Was not disappointed. Yummy. Noodle Kugel. Yummy.
For supper tonight, I may just reread the posts washed down with a Diet Cherry Coke.
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All this talk of creamed spinach. Sounds good, but I've never had it!
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...That's a joke.
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Jed, my innocent young friend, creamed spinach is to die for.
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Oh, and I've never been a fan of cole slaw. I like cabbage in other forms, just not slaw.
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My "that's a joke" line referred to my previous post - not to the awful chasm in young Jed's life caused by the lack of creamed spinach.
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Miracle whip = blechhh
Best Foods = the berries
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I know Jane will get around to posting her favorite sandwiches and side dishes soon - this is what happens when you don't appear until late and have to catch up on all the yummilicious posts.
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You just haven't had GOOD cole slaw, Jed. Trust me on this one. Cole slaw can be truly bo-ring or indescribably yummy.
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Nope, I was wrong. She read and she ran. SHAME.
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I made myself a deli-platter for lunch. Thin slices of smoked turkey (which I actually keep on hand for the wonderdog, but he graciously shared), hardoiled egg, veggie pinwheels, green peas and Dijon mustard. It was excellent. All that was missing was PIE.
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Jed I wish we had known about the fries at Gustav's when we were in Leavenworth. Last week I had delicious shoestring fries at Gulf Stream in Century City. I prefer mine with a little salt but occasionally will dip them into ketchup or ranch dressing. At the moment I can’t remember the restaurant in Ann Arbor Michigan where I had the best sweet potato fries dipped in a great pesto mayo sauce. The sauce was really for their wonderful veggie burger.
Egg salad on sourdough or a good seven grain bread is good, but to me it’s best on challah (egg bread).
I do not like tofu sandwiches. Somehow a slab of grilled tofu on bread doesn’t do it for me. I do enjoy veggie burgers made with tofu and grilled nut burgers on sourdough bread with a soft avocado spread, spinach leaves, tomatoes and slices of walla walla onions from Keith’s garden. It is the only time I like onions on a sandwich.
Now I must admit, sometimes, though not on my last visit, while in LA I go to Nate ’n Als and get a turkey sandwich on rye with their cole slaw, IMHO the best ever.
Bogie is demanding I feed him. :)
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You just haven't had GOOD cole slaw, Jed. Trust me on this one. Cole slaw can be truly bo-ring or indescribably yummy.
Oh, I'm sure there are wonderful cole slaws to be had out there somewhere, but I certainly haven't come across any yet.
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You just haven't had GOOD cole slaw, Jed. Trust me on this one. Cole slaw can be truly bo-ring or indescribably yummy.
There was a woman that I worked with (she has since retired and started a coffee/latte delivery service with her daughter) that whenever we had pot lucks, she always brought home-made cole slaw with pineapples in it. It was very good! After she retired (it's been about four years), no one bothered to get her recipe and I haven't had it since.
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I remember when Jane used to eat STEAK.
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Call me nuts, but I would never eat anything called a nutburger (even though Aunt Judy orders one in A Star is Born, I believe).
I can't ever remember actually having food at Nate 'n' Al's, although I know I've been in there once or twice. I don't know why we never used to go there - you'd have thought it would have been right up my father's alley.
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I like to take peanut butter and jelly sandwiches with me when I go for long hikes.
Mashed potatoes, or even better garlic mashed potatoes and for a rare treat, green onion mashed potatoes.
Best Pie, my mother’s Danish Apple. I do miss her custard pie but can’t find the recipe.
Noodle kugel isn’t a side dish, it’s a meal by itself.
Bruce I was here earlier, was just in a quiet mood. True about the steak but I wasn't a big fan, much preferred lamb chops. Cute lambs, and my favorite food, were the first animals I stopped eating.
Jed, wish I could send you some Nate ‘n Als cole slaw. I agree with Panni you should try creamed spinach.
Bogie is really getting upset at me. I will return later.
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Now that I think of it, I haven't had a good old-fashioned peanut butter and jelly sandwich in over ten years.
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Of course, my problem with peanut butter, and why I stopped buying it, is that I have no control and cannot stop eating it. I used to make peanut butter and butter sandwiches. VERY rich.
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And peanut butter on toast is lovely, too. I like chunky best, and used to buy it regularly at the Farmer's Market.
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Jed, wish I could send you some Nate ‘n Als cole slaw. I agree with Panni you should try creamed spinach.
Rest assured, it's on my "to do" list now. :D
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Alright, BK has brought up yet another topic for discussion here...
Creamy vs Chunky
As for myself, I usually go with creamy, but will occasionally pick up a jar of crunchy just for a change of pace.
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Bogie is happy eating the leftovers from his special birthday dinner.
Bruce do you ever have peanut butter & jelly on Matzos?
Wish I had some egg salad in the frig, will have to settle for a baked potato & veggies.
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Chunky
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I picked up all four of the latest "Disney Treasures" deeveedees today, and sampled a bit of all four of them.
Very tasty dishes, indeed.
My early favorite is the Tomorrow Land set, with its' mid-fifties "science faction" documentaries, even though seeing Werner von Braun raised my blood pressure a bit. The animation in these shows, which were essentially promotional films for the US space program, is very distinctively "fifties" in style, and quite unlike anything Disney has made before or since.
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Alright, BK has brought up yet another topic for discussion here...
Creamy vs Chunky
Chunky. Jif or Skippy.
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Of course, my problem with peanut butter, and why I stopped buying it, is that I have no control and cannot stop eating it. I used to make peanut butter and butter sandwiches. VERY rich.
My sister the gourmet, in whose judgement in all things food I usually trust, swears by those Smuckers ready made P&J pockets. I have yet to buy into the concept. Too reminiscent of the peanut butter and jelly in the same jar thing that happened in the 70s.
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Too reminiscent of the peanut butter and jelly in the same jar thing that happened in the 70s.
Or those horrid peanut butter and jelly Pop Tarts that came and went a year or two ago.
Personally, I've always liked peanut butter and banana sammiches.
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The days we discuss food seem to bring out lotsa posts.
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Too reminiscent of the peanut butter and jelly in the same jar thing that happened in the 70s.
That was horrible.
If we are naming brands then Skippy it is. I would rather pass than eat Jif.
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I just remembered a childhood fave sandwich: Peanut Butter and Honey Butter. Yummers.
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Chunky. And the BEST way to have peanut butter is to stick you finger in the jar and lick. Yummers.
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Alright, BK has brought up yet another topic for discussion here...
Creamy vs Chunky
As for myself, I usually go with creamy, but will occasionally pick up a jar of crunchy just for a change of pace.
I don't really have a preferance between creamy and chunky, just as long as it's Adams Old Fashioned. ;D That's the best kind, in my humble opinion (IMHO in Internet lingo).
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Jane - Even though I still am not and probably won't ever be a cat person, I feel sorry for the white cat who lives in the yard. (She now comes to me when I go outside.) I want to give her something to play with. Would a catnip toy be good -- or would the other cats who hang around take it from her?
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Creamy, definitely creamy
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Never had pb on matzoh, but you know what I LOVE? BUTTER on matzoh, especially onion-flavored matzoh. THAT is the berries, my people.
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My favorite sandwich has always been peanut butter, honey, and rasin. Also very fond of PB&J with my mom's homemade raspberry jam
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Ann is channeling Rain Man, yeah, definitely channeling Rain Man.
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And one for Mahler.
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Well, that comment doesn't work nearly as well with 2 other posts sneaking in before mine! :D
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Finished (and LOVED) Benjamin Kritzer yesterday... Ordering the second book this week... Bruce, it's a fantastic book. But you know that already...
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When I buy peanut butter in a jar I usually get Jiffy Creamy, but I do like chunky also...it is always a nice change of pace.
BK, never fear...peanut butter is good for you! Indulge!
Peanut Butter and jam with potoatoe chips is heaven!
Peanut butter on celery is very tasty and my sister used to like PB on her pancakes.
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Oh, and BK, Leslie Parrish should be in your mailbox on Thursday rather then Friday (I forgot today was Tuesday and it is going priority)...don't let her get too creased in there!
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Hawaiian Eye is now on and Cloris Leachman is the guest.
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Chunky peanut butter. Adams natural. From a spoon.
Sandwich fave: my dad used to make one with smoked cod on a kaiser roll with avocado. Mmmmm.... now I guess a favorite is roast turkey on whole wheat, with grey poupon mustard, lettuce, tomato, and avocado.
But I'm usually on a @#$%^%$#$ diet, so it's precious little bread for these Jewish Thighs... no sandwich for her (Cherry 2000 reference.)
George, dear! What lovely roses! Thanks so much.
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Jacques Tati is a French dip.
Fernandel is a French dip, too.
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Thanks for clearing that up about the taffy, Elmore.
I am very picky about my spinach, especially if it's cooked or otherwise processed. But creamed spinach can be good.
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Let me be the first - well it is May 19 here - HAPPY BIRTHDAY François.
I realize you won't be reading this for another two days!
Topic of the Day. VEGEMITE of course.
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Oh, and I almost forgot. Creamy peanut butter. My brother says he likes crunchy, but only because he knows I don't like it. Isn't that always the way.
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Btw, re: the new Fall line up.
Apparently ABC has 8 new shows. One of them is "Lost", a drama from Alias creator j.j abrams....
This could account for the delayed start for Alias, to give abrams time to get the new series on solid footing before concentrating on his older show.
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Dear reader Panni, despite promises, has NOT delivered an address for Miss Parrish.
divarobbie: Thanks for your nice words - believe me, it's always nice to hear nice things.
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Page Eight Dance:
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Dear reader Panni, despite promises, has NOT delivered an address for Miss Parrish.
Well, I didn't realize she was a goddess with acolytes protecting her privacy. The lady has serious worshipers - I don't mean fans, I mean worshipers. But if my researcher surfaces, I'll get her on the case.
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Oh, and I almost forgot. Creamy peanut butter. My brother says he likes crunchy, but only because he knows I don't like it. Isn't that always the way.
My sister and I will eat any peanut butter, but when we were younger she used to prefer creamy, while I prefered crunchy. Both of us have changed our PB preferences over the years.
Skippy for me, usually.
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Yes to matzoh with butter. But NO to onion matzoh. Did Moses eat Onion matzoh - NO. Matzoh should be pure with no frills. End of story.
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I've become addicted to an Internet wordgame. For the last hour I've been playing Bookworm. Couldn't stop. Just wanted to try it once - HAH!
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I love chunky, der Brucer insists on creamy. I can see using creamy for cooking, but chunky has that texture thing going for it.
HOWEVER...
A few weeks ago der B and I stopped by the Wooden Indian, a curio shoppe downtown, where they were holding a sampling of goods by Peanut Better. Yes, that's how it's spelled, with the italics. We now have, for our enjoyment, three jars: one of Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter, one of Roasted Garlic and Rosemary Peanut Butter, and one of Thai Chili and Ginger Peanut Butter. They are all incredably good, and are all semi-chunky, meaning they're a coarser grind than creamy, but a bit smoother than what we think of as chunky.
Believe it or not, the Roasted Garlic and Rosemary Peanut Butter is great on a grilled chicken breast sandwich! And a spoonful of the Thai Chili and Ginger PB, with some soy sauce, makes a fine sauce for a bowl of Asian pasta.
Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter shouldn't need any explanation.
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(Singing):
Bookworm, Bookworm,
Measuring the Internet...
;D
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Oh, and der Brucer has to be careful about putting the PB jars back in the cupboard, where they belong, rather than leaving them on the coffee table. Marty is partial to Skippy Honey-Roasted. He'll unscrew the lid (we don't know how he does that, because he'll leave no tooth marks on the lid) and clean the jar every chance he gets.
As far as I know, the stuff is good for his coat.
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The benefit at the Belt went very well. The Chainsaw Boys rocked the joint.
Lest there be any confusion
Best Foods and Hellman's are the same product.
They used to have the same jingle, although
Bring out the Best Foods and bring out the best
makes more sense than
Bring out the Hellman's and bring out the best
It's Hellman's in the east, Best Foods in the west
and I've always believed it's because they thought they could not sell mayonaisse with a Jewish name in the west.
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Chunky. Skippy. Reduced Calorie. Sometimes nothing but a peanut butter and jelly sandwich will do. Welch's grape jelly for me. The Lovely Wife has introduced me to the peanut butter lollipop, which is nothing more than a big scoop of peanut butter on a soup spoon. Great protein boost for that afternoon energy slump.
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Oh, the Matzoh Maven is making with the snappy pronouncements. I like onion matzoh and the devil take the hindmost. The HINDMOST, do you hear me? I spy a VERY errant and truant person perusing the board. Hmmm.
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This jernt is positively jumpin' tonight. We LOVE this. I am watching Mr. Otto Preminger's marvelous film noir, Fallen Angel. I am trying to be a good boy and not eat anything beyond my Subway club and my red licorice. But, suddenly, In and Out burger is calling me, calling me. I shall try to be tough and not give in to temptation - I've had a hankerin' for one for three weeks, but when thinking about food I always forget and end up going to the same fershluganah places. Damn them, damn them all to hell.
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What's this? Can it be? Oh, all the demons in hell have come back to torment me. Back in the oven with ya...
Hi, Dear Readers...I'm back from what has turned out to be a very long few months fraught with work, work, work, work, work and, in all honesty, I took a self-imposed break from HHW to catch my breath, re-evaluate a few things and free up whatever few minutes I had free to do other such things as laundry, eating, bathing, and from time to time, sleeping a bit. I won't go into all of the sordid details, but suffice it to say that at one point I was working three jobs--70-75 hours a week--and I won't lie, for a good chunk of time I didn't know up from down. That doesn't excuse my sudden disappearance, and I do apologize for that, but it's a start at getting back into the swing of things, if all y'all'll have me. Can "Y'all'll" be a word? It must be...
I know many of you wondered where I went and how I was doing, and I thank DRs Laura and Jose for passing your well-wishes on to me. I'm sorry I couldn't find the time to stop by and say hi...that was selfish of me...but I promise you I'm not lying when I say I've really had no free time for the last three or four months. Unfortunately, I don't have the bank statements to reflect all that work, but what can you do?
I'm afraid I don't really have a lot to report for the time I've been away. I'm still at MTI (I've decided to take a permanent position there in the fall, but more on that another time), my job at the Met is on hiatus until the fall, and the other job--well, I was the assistant director for a workshop production of ALADDIN, JR. for MTI and Disney and when I say it wasn't worth it, I truly mean, it wasn't worth it. So many hours...so many pre-teens...so very little money. The Disney gig is over, and I know now that I'll not do it again, so...lesson learned.
I'm going to go ahead and post this and if I can think of other things to share, I will. Otherwise...hi! and I hope you guys will accept me back in the "fold" as it were... Ciao.
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Oh yes, the peanut butter lollipop. One of the prefered methods of peanut butter consumption. The only better way is to enrobe the peanut butter in chocolate.
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Well, there may be E&T people perusing, but, those with the most posts are:
BK
Jrand53
Matt H
Tomovoz
Panni
Jennifer
Jane
TCB
S Woody White
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hmmmmm. . .i'm at the bottom. below S Woody and TCB. what's a poor boy to do but VANITY POST ! ! ? ? ? ! ! !
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Just remembered another sandwich favorite from kidhood--liverwurst on rye with a pile of potato chips mashed into the liverwurst.
And from the "Gee, it smelled good..." department: Underwood Deviled Ham spread. My mouth would water when my dad opened a can of this stuff and made a sandwich. But when I took a bite---yechhhhhh!!! Awful!
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I just finished JEWISH THIGHS ON BROADWAY, and its mix of broad outrageous humor, humanity, ambitions and compassion reminded me a lot of another Los Angeles Jewish author I'd read recently. I was wrong in my estimation earlier in the week; it's not about an actress' rise to the middle, it's about survivng the demons and going on.
This has been a strange day in New York, with the 9/11 hearings going on, my still going to pieces when they show footage of the tragedy, a couple of bizarre phone calls from Texas and TV Guide - a scam? a line? - and Penny O's humor was just what I needed before bed. Then she grabbed my heart, tore it out and I stopped laughing. I'm still sorting out my feelings on it, but I urge you all to read it if you haven't already since i'm late to this site.
Oh, smooth, on multigrain bread with black cherry preserves, or peach preserves, or honey. Good night.
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Welcome back, Jason. Everyone is always welcome back here at haineshisway.com.
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...if all y'all'll have me.
I do believe I speak for the minions of Hainsies and Kimlets when I say welcome back to the fold, Dear Reader Jason. You've been missed terribly.
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I am very partial to EGG McMUFFIN for Breakfast'
I love a good creamy Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich on White Toast.Also Egg Salad and Tomato.
And I am looking forward to my annual visit to the City that never sleeps...NEW YORK,NEW YORK for Pastrami on Rye at THE CARNEGIE DELI...the very best.
And beside Sandwiches---visits to Joe Allen's and to Peter Luger's for the best steak in the world!!
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It was James Mason who brought up the idea of a nutburger to Judy Garland in A STAR IS BORN as a way of quieting her nerves before her screen test.
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Jason? Jason who?
Hehe. Welcome back Jason! Glad to see you posting again! And nice new pic!
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Great to see you back, DR Jason.
On AMERICAN IDOL tonight:
None of the three contestants distinguished herself on all three songs. Fantasia got by far the most positive reviews and is being annointed the winner even before the final round of solos. Her first two songs to me were nothing to praise so expressively, especially the second one in which she let the background singers do most of the singing and she merely chimed in from time to time. I couldn't believe she wasn't singing, and then the judges praised her as if there were no tomorrow. I did enjoy her last performance.
Jasmine outsang Diana in the first round. Diana was doing some weird kind of flip-flopping between her chest and her head voices for no good reason, and I really couldn't understand why she was doing that other than nerves. The second round of songs favored Diana just a bit even if she was stuck with one of those tuneless and dismal Diane Warren songs that I never like or can appreciate.
By the third round, Jamine was sung out and frequently flat, not able to sustain her big notes at all. Diana sang "Don't Cry Out Loud" for all it was worth and redeemed herself with that being the last song of the evening.
I got two calls in tonight for Diana and none for Fantastia. (I did try more often on Diana's line, but both were very, very busy. Didn't even try Jasmine's line.)
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Welcome back home Jason.
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Hey Jason! Welcome back!
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The Matzoh Maven (Moi) wants some of SWW's Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter! That just sounds TOO good.
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I've just suddenly had a partial "food memory" of Joe Allen's and it's driving me nuts. I used to go to Joe Allen's fairly often in Toronto. And I always ate the same thing -- but I can't recall what. (This was over 15 years ago.) Do they have some kind of great thick bean soup that's a JA specialty? That's one thing that comes to mind. Somebody help me out here. ???
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I love raspberry jam. In fact I love raspberries!
Now, before the Raspberry Lobbyists of America begin picketing in front of my apartment building, I want to make it clear that I, at no time, made any negative comments regarding raspberries or raspberry jam! My attack was leveled purely at strawberry jam, grape jelly, and, the totally un-American, orange marmalade.
Heaven knows, I have spent many a lonely weekend with a jar of raspberry jam!
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Good Evening!
Wow, what a lovely bunch of posts to come home to after the show!
It's been sort of a long day for me today. I started off with some rehearsals for the show. We have a cast member leaving at the end of this week - he just got cast as Pepper in the first national tour of Mamma Mia! - so his replacement came in today, and I spent a good two or so hours teaching - and cramming - the music to him. We got through all but the last two numbers... But he was in the concert of the presentation they did of Children of Eden last winter(?) in NYC, so he was already familiar with some of his harmony parts. We have some more time set over the next few days, but he's essentially learning his track in about 15 hours of rehearsal! I do not envy him. As Jed will attest to, the ensemble does a lot of work in this show.
Then came dinner, and my timing was good in regards to a sudden major downpour which I watched from the restaurant window.
Then the show... Good show. We did, however, have a little electrical/MIDI gremlin at the top of the second act, but we got that fixed eventually. -But it was sort of fun listening to the various sounds that were coming out of the sequencer as the conductor was trying to dial up the right settings!
In other news...
Welcome back, Jason! -And, yes, I will be one of the "witnesses" to the craziness of your life and schedule over the past few months.
DR MattH - The local NBC affiliate here in DC did a nice feature on Christopher Meloni tonight since he grew up in the area. They talked about his high school days, and his considerable high school football career. Very nice story.
As for pies - I don't think I've ever met a pie I did not like. Cream pies are a fave. As are good pecan pies - which are surprisingly hard to find. My favorite Greek restaurant in Richmond will sometimes have an amazing pumpkin cheesecake around the holidays. However, the "cheese pie" is simply amazing - surprisingly light, and the flavors are surprisingly clear (in spite of the cheese). It's made with a cheese similar to ricotta as well as drained yogurt. Usually it's flavored with bits of citron and almonds. YUMMY!!!
RE: Paige Davis coming into Chicago - Paige Davis started off on Broadway - she was a Beauty & the Beast Belle for a while. So... She's just coming back to where she belongs. I've played for her a time or two at auditions - years ago - she's very talented.
*Actually, the host of TLC's "In A Fix" and the Discovery Channel's "Monster Garage" are also former Broadway gypsies.
"A Wedding Story" did a nice episode on Paige Davis about two years ago. They showed some nice clips from her time in B&B. As well as some nice footage of her very handsome husband. ;)
RE: Frenchie Davis touring in Dreamgirls... The tour, if I remember correctly, was a limited run, and only on the West Coast - maybe even just within California.
Well, I think that was everything... for now...
Oh, I do like the pies at Village Inn, but they don't have them around these here parts. Oh, and the pies at Perkins aren't bad either. -And then, of course, and unfortunately, there are those mini-pies at the grocery store - usually Wal-Mart - that cost about a $1.00 and seem to call my name around 1:00AM (while I'm shopping there - I do NOT go there for the pies alone!!)... Chocolate Eclair pies... hmmm... Sometimes "artificial everything" will just have to do... :P
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Oh, I'm sure there are wonderful cole slaws to be had out there somewhere, but I certainly haven't come across any yet.
My dear son, neither Ellensburg or Wenatchee have ever been described as one of the culinary capitals of the world.
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Food: One of the reasons I love HHW...all we do is talk about food!
I'm a huge fan of the triple-decker turkey club with extra bacon. Of course, I don't really eat those anymore, but they are SO tasty. I'm also a big fan of the Au Poivre burger from Island Burger in Manhattan. It's a tad pricy, but soooo worth it. I love a good fried egg sandwich, and my special concoction--the peanut butter/banana/Miracle Whip sandwich. YUM!! Sandra can appreciate my odd tastes, I'm sure.
Thank you all for your "welcomes." It's nice to be back.
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So nice to see DRJASON back on HHW!! Hurray! Now if we could only find DRLuLu!
I am so depressed, I am horrified, I am miserable. Why, you ask? Why?
I have just watched WB SUPERSTAR. Of course it is a LOT like seeing auditions for community theatre.
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MBARNUM have a nice Wednesday off.
DRPANNI - I could have told you that Goddess Leslie Parrish is surrounded by minions - I have been looking for her for nearly 18 months for Mr BK. You have an edge being in the Entertainment Capital of the World - I pass the torch to you! Good luck!
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OHH!!
DR SWW - That line of Peanut Better had a nice write up in the Washington Post a few months ago. Very nice. And they really are great for marinades - at least the savory ones. And the Dark Chocolate works wonderfully for a non-traditional s'more!
Oh, and as for french fries... There are some nice Belgian "frites" places in NYC. I liked the one just north of Times Square, but it's either still closed for remodeling or just closed. :( -But I do like mayo - and flavored mayos - and/or malt vinegar on my fries too!
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Jason!
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Like JRand, as a singer, WB SUPERSTAR makes me sick to my stomach. For one thing, they have completely misled some very unsuspecting, untalented people only to eventually break their hearts. There is no other purpose for that show BUT to break their hearts and humiliate them on national TV. Secondly, I know how hard it is to go into an audition and want to do the best you can, and for those singers who actually HAD talent and were told they were bad I feel absolutely horrible! Auditions are demeaning and destructive even when you get a simple "thank you," but to be told "You stink" is a singer's worst nightmare. What is the good in fooling people into embarrassing themselves on television? Perhaps I'm a prude, but I didn't find the humor in it at all. I thought it distasteful and heartless. And now I will step down from my soapbox and let you all know that on Thursday I met the one and only Mr. Mel Brooks. He came into the MTI office to discuss licensing info for THE PRODUCERS. He's very small...and very kind. I also got to meet Ms. Didi "Beauty School Dropout" Conn a few days before that. Again, a lovely woman...so sweet.
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DR JASON, what color was Didi's hair...she of course also starred in the fabulous YOU LIGHT UP MY LIFE!
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Welcome back, Jason. It's so nice to have you back where you belong! (A Hello Dolly reference)
Re peanut butter: not particularly fond of it, but when I have it, chunky.
Re sandwiches: Not a picky eater. I like most everything. DR Sandra's Pony Espresso sandwich up in Wickenburg, AZ, is very tasty.
Re Superstar show: Didn't see it (no tv). You don't need to tune into tv to enjoy bad singing. Just sign up at your local community college in the voice class. I know; I was one of them.
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Didi's hair was a lovely shade of brown... I was so hoping for the Easter Egg Pink, but no such luck.
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-I was also surprised to read that ABC cancelled "It's All Relative" - unless I read the article wrong. I know the writing was not the best, but, heck, ABC put it up against "American Idol"!?!?!? What show could possible do well against that competition?!?!? But, hey, maybe Christopher Sieber will do more shows... and at least him and Kevin can enjoy their beautiful home together. -They are really such very nice guys, and it was nice to see them on the cover of "The Advocate" a couple of weeks ago regarding the gay marriage issue. -And their Batman and Robin routine at Broadway Bares... ;D :o ;D
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Peanut Butter? There is only one..........
JIF EXTRA CRUNCHY
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We are cookin' with gas. I was a good boy and didn't wander over to In and Out. Of course, the evening is still young, which is more than I can say.
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Heaven knows, I have spent many a lonely weekend with a jar of raspberry jam!
Hmmmm... normally, if I had said something like this I would have asked, "TCB? Care to add anything?" But since DR TCB is the author of this quote... hmm.... So...
Was it a big jar?
Was the lid hard to get off?
Was it seedless raspberry jam?
Was there even jam in the jar?
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-OK, I think I'll stop now... Remember there is no groaning allowed here at HHW!
-Yes, it's late here on the east coast...
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Dear DR Panni (and everyone else): Peanut Better has a website, of course. Just drop by www.peanutbetter.com (http://www.peanutbetter.com/) for product info, recipes, the works! Something I didn't know: their better butters are also parve, which makes them even better better butters. And they're also low in carbs.
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OOHHH!!!! Of course, I forgot the obvious...
Forget the jar, what did you do with the jam?
-yes, I think I may have crossed over that proverbial line... hmmm...
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...It's Hellman's in the east, Best Foods in the west
and I've always believed it's because they thought they could not sell mayonaisse with a Jewish name in the west.
Not likely. According to the Hellmann's company history at their own website, (http://www.hellmanns.com/history.asp) (quoting of course):
At the same time that Hellmann's® Mayonnaise was flourishing in the east, Best Foods, Inc., introduced mayonnaise to Californian consumers. As Hellmann's® expanded on the east coast, Best Foods® proved to be a smashing success in the west. It was nearly inevitable then, that in 1932, Richard Hellmann Inc., was acquired by Best Foods, Inc. To this day, Hellmann's® Mayonnaise is sold east of the Rockies and Best Foods® Mayonnaise is sold west.
So, if Best Foods bought out Hellmann's, it would have been more logical for them to change the name nationally to Best Foods, right? But they didn't.
(For what it's worth, the Hellmann's (spelled with two "n"s) and Best Foods websites are mirrors of each other. If any of the Westies are uncomfortable with the different name, just go to the Best Foods (http://www.best-foods.com/) site instead.)
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[move=left,scroll,6,transparent,100%]WELCOME BACK, JASON!![/move]
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Not likely. According to the Hellmann's company history at their own website, (http://www.hellmanns.com/history.asp) (quoting of course):
At the same time that Hellmann's® Mayonnaise was flourishing in the east, Best Foods, Inc., introduced mayonnaise to Californian consumers. As Hellmann's® expanded on the east coast, Best Foods® proved to be a smashing success in the west. It was nearly inevitable then, that in 1932, Richard Hellmann Inc., was acquired by Best Foods, Inc. To this day, Hellmann's® Mayonnaise is sold east of the Rockies and Best Foods® Mayonnaise is sold west.
So, if Best Foods bought out Hellmann's, it would have been more logical for them to change the name nationally to Best Foods, right? But they didn't.
(For what it's worth, the Hellmann's (spelled with two "n"s) and Best Foods websites are mirrors of each other. If any of the Westies are uncomfortable with the different name, just go to the Best Foods (http://www.best-foods.com/) site instead.)
Isn't there a similar arrangement with Dreyer's and Edy's Ice Cream?
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Isn't there a similar arrangement with Dreyer's and Edy's Ice Cream?
Probably, but I'll save that research for another day. (Are der Brucer and I the only ones who know how to use search engines around here? :-\ ::))
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OK... Rehearsal in 12 hours...
Goodnight.
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DR PANNI I just found Bookworm and got up to 37,790 before I burned my library down!
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Your hair looks nice, MR BK.
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DR PANNI I just found Bookworm and got up to 37,790 before I burned my library down!
Yes, I was up there somewhere and burned the library down -- twice.
I hang my head in shame.
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I'm a free cell man myself.
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I'm sooooo hungry. Thankfully, I put the car away, otherwise I'd be on the road to In and Out.
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Dear DR Panni (and everyone else): Peanut Better has a website, of course. Just drop by www.peanutbetter.com (http://www.peanutbetter.com/) for product info, recipes, the works!
Thanks, SWW! I just visited the site. Put it among favorite places.
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Did I mention that I like Club Sandwiches, too? I used to be quite hooked on them. And I do love a good lean hot Sky High corned beef sandwich with cole slaw and Russian dressing on it.
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Isn't Panni the one who promised me an address on Leslie Parrish? And I don't recall anything about a "researcher" being out of town.
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Holy moley on rye - page 10!
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Has anyone mentioned a really good grilled cheese sandwich? I used to make excellent ones -- even had (still have somewhere) a grilled cheese maker.
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One of my early girlfriends used to make excellent tuna melts.
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Der Brucer has a cast iron sandwich press. The idea is you heat up a cast iron skillet, and on another burner heat up the press, which looks like a heavy piece of metal with a handle. When everything is nice and hot, you put the sandwich on the skillet, and the press on the sandwich, toasting up both sides of the sandwich at once. Handy for grilled cheese. Not too good for open-faced sandwiches, though.
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Dear BK: I have decided that, when you reach 4500 posts, instead of declaring you a god yet again we should declare that you are one of the muses. (There were nine of them, right? And nine times 500 is 4500. There is a logic to my thinking. Honest!)
So, which muse would you like to be?
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Last call for sandwiches...