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How early is it? In other words, when are y'all's birthdays?

Vompatti wrote:

Vompatti wrote:Pistachios k

Me too k

I went out for brunch with my two BFFs and had Eggs Benedict Florentine with homefries.

I had 2 veggie slides and some plain kefir with chia seeds in it.

I do not get the appeal of sliders. It seems like less food but more calories.

I had Greek Village salad, some spicy dill pickle chips, half an eclair. YUM.

I had beans and toast

Vompatti wrote:I made two (2) sandwiches.

What kind?

Chipotle burrito. It was my reward for not freaking out when a horrible accident occurred (see the "Random" thread for details).

thellama73 wrote:Other English cheeses I enjoy include Double Gloucester, Wensleydale and Sage Derby.

My favorite cheese joke follows, although it really doesn't work unless read out loud with the right inflection.

Q: What kind of cheese do you use to lure a bear out of its cave?
A: Camembert!

It took me several tries, but I got it.

Bear is my spirit animal. Open your jacket if you see one approaching.

thellama73 wrote:I splurged today and got a little piece of Red Leicester cheese at the store. I do love English cheeses so, although I can't hear "Red Leicester" without thinking of Monty Python's Cheese Shop sketch.

Do you like Stilton?

An English pub here is considering adding a Ploughman's to its menu. I am campaigning heavily for them to do so.

thellama73 wrote:

Mongoose wrote:What are you dipping your potatoes in or putting on your burgers (besides mustard)?

For fries, I quite like mixing mayonnaise and mustard together. Sometimes mere malt vinegar is a good choice.

Mustard is usually sufficient for the burger, as it allows me to taste the meat, but sometimes barbecue sauce is a nice touch if I am feeling my Texan roots. Buffalo sauce is an alternative option as well, as is bleu cheese dressing, or simple mayonnaise (which I find goes well with everything.)

There is a whole world of sauces out there more interesting than ketchup.

Okay, okay, let's not paint me as some sort of backwards hick who would pour ketchup all over a perfect prime rib or something (if I ate meat). I think you'd be quite pleased with my collection of non-ketchup condiments. I'm a big fan of flavored aiolis for sandwiches and burgers, and I often dip tofu fingers (yeah yeah) into Buffalo or BBQ or fun mustards.

However, there's sometimes when you just need some ketchup. I have this lovely habanero ketchup that's slamming on this spicy sweet potato tater tots I have. Or if I make breakfast potatoes. There's this local place called Evos that has four kinds of flavored ketchup, including cayenne, mesquite, garlic and lemon, yum. Burger 21 has marshmallow ketchup, Thai ketchup and a ginger option.

Ketchup may not be something I always use, but I feel more safe and secure knowing it's around.

What are you dipping your potatoes in or putting on your burgers (besides mustard)?

Because it's ketchup! That's why!

And you call yourselves Americans. It's like our national condiment.

Vompatti wrote:

Epignosis wrote:

Mongoose wrote: For the third day in a row, he is refusing to make me coffee, so we are having iced Earl Grey lattes.

What manner of beast have you wed?

Ture, I feel turely sorry for you :*/(

You should make coffee in secret and store it in a thermos.

Emergency coffee stash, love it. I have an emergency ketchup packet stash in my car

Epignosis wrote:

Mongoose wrote: For the third day in a row, he is refusing to make me coffee, so we are having iced Earl Grey lattes.

What manner of beast have you wed?

I knoooooow right. I will do anything to avoid taking pain meds, and caffeine usually works for that, so I manipulated him into making me coffee around 1:30pm for "health reasons."

He makes it in the French press and it's sooo good. Roles are swapped in our house cause the American makes the tea and the Brit makes the coffee.

For brunch today for myself I made two eggs over medium served on top of grits with some hollandaise sauce on top. I made cherry-limeade pancakes for my husband. I can't do sweet in the mornings.

For the third day in a row, he is refusing to make me coffee, so we are having iced Earl Grey lattes.

I love Greek! It is my favorite cuisine.

bea wrote:

Mongoose wrote:Also: my favorite adult beverage is The Greyhound. Perfect for grapefruit connoisseurs!

Have you ever had the Salty Dog? It's a greyhound with margarita salt on the rim of the glass. Lots of my greyhound drinkers back home would get them in the summer when they wanted the extra salt for hydration purposes.

I haven't! I'm not sure I'd like it though - salted rims tend to make me a bit queasy but that's a great idea!

I had one of those Chobani flips and I bought it because it was Peach with some pistachio seeds. What I didn't see was that there was also dark chocolate bits in the little flip cup as well. The dark chocolate totally takes over the flavor of the peach. I don't recommend this one at all. I had a pina colada type one yesterday that was quite good. I have a blueberry chia saved for tomorrow. I eat these like desserts because they have soooo much sugar. At least they have a good amount of protein (about 15g).

I had kind of a big lunch (panko-battered oven-fried tofu fingers with a side of roasted brussel sprouts served with balsamic glaze and then a gigantic grapefruit), so I'm chilling tonight with a spinach salad (spinach, blueberry vinaigrette, green olives, beets, cukes and like one whole huge tomato).

Also: my favorite adult beverage is The Greyhound. Perfect for grapefruit connoisseurs!

thellama73 wrote:

Mongoose wrote:

thellama73 wrote:

Mongoose wrote:I have finally procured a fresh supply of....grapefruit! Happy mongoose.

Grapefruit is my favorite fruit. I can eat it and eat it and eat it for days, getting something like a billion percent of my recommended Vitamin C allowance. It is so good. I peel it and eat it like an orange. None of this cutting it in half business for me.

I would have thought it was cherries! You know, I almost said in my post that I don't split them and pour sugar on top. I love the way peeling a grapefruit feels, probably because the peel is so thick. I separate it into segments and eat it that way. No sweetener needed. I like white grapefruit over red.

I'm glad I'm not on any Rx or I'd be in trouble since it seems to mess up every Rx ever.

I once made a grapefruit balsamic glaze for asparagus. I use it anywhere I'd use OJ, which I find too sweet.

I made a grapefruit pie once, which was not an unqualified success.

Have you ever made candied grapefruit peel? It's easy and incredibly delicious.

I've had a grapefruit pie, but it was kinda like a key lime pie. I've not had candied grapefruit peel, but I tend not to like candied things. I definitely like sweet things, but never for breakfast and never too sweet. I think that's why citrus flavors are always my fave. I think grapefruit paired with vanilla is amaze! Zevia has a great grapefruit soda if I want to splurge on a beverage.

thellama73 wrote:

Mongoose wrote:I have finally procured a fresh supply of....grapefruit! Happy mongoose.

Grapefruit is my favorite fruit. I can eat it and eat it and eat it for days, getting something like a billion percent of my recommended Vitamin C allowance. It is so good. I peel it and eat it like an orange. None of this cutting it in half business for me.

I would have thought it was cherries! You know, I almost said in my post that I don't split them and pour sugar on top. I love the way peeling a grapefruit feels, probably because the peel is so thick. I separate it into segments and eat it that way. No sweetener needed. I like white grapefruit over red.

I'm glad I'm not on any Rx or I'd be in trouble since it seems to mess up every Rx ever.

I once made a grapefruit balsamic glaze for asparagus. I use it anywhere I'd use OJ, which I find too sweet.

Oooh that sounds good! Is it in the fresh-prepared section or is it canned or jarreD?

I have finally procured a fresh supply of....grapefruit! Happy mongoose.

thellama73 wrote:

Mongoose wrote:

thellama73 wrote:Cherries!

Where are you finding them for a reasonable price? Down here they are like $4/lb!

Oh, they are not reasonably priced. They were on sale at the store for $3.50 a pound, which is about as good as I can ever expect to get them. But I wanted them, so I got them!

I bought some too and rationed them out over 2 weeks! It was terrible!

thellama73 wrote:Cherries!

Where are you finding them for a reasonable price? Down here they are like $4/lb!

I had some dried pineapple and pumpkin seeds for my snack today. It was pretty good! I should be fine for magnesium today.

I made crockpot marinara yday, so I'll have it tossed with some sprouted grain pasta tonight.

bea wrote:2 more hours to go - chicken quarters - with carrots, onion, squash, zuccini, red and yellow potatoes. Cooked for 8 hours in the crock pot - seasoned with some dill, some thyme, some turmeric, some majorium, a bay leaf and just a sprinkle of chinese 5 star spice on each chicken quarter.

I'm still waiting for it to be done so I can decide if it was awesome or fail yet.

How did that turn out?

I'm eating salt & vinegar nut mix that I got from my graze box. Usually I find that flavor combo too salty, but this is good.

I didn't get a job I really wanted so I am eating my feelings!

I had: roasted artichoke hearts, veggie lasagna, and cherry strudel. Delicious.

bea wrote:the last bit of the 3rd shift amber lager.

That said, I'm currently making both egg salad and beans and rice. I'm not sure which I'll eat tonight but both of them are delicious.

What do you put in your egg salad? For a long time I was putting curry into my mixture, but now I'm on a tarragon kick instead.

I just had some cashew butter on some wheat Saltines. Not my favorite, but I was really rushing out the door this morning.

Got my grapefruit!

Sometimes I cut them in half and sprinkle Stevia or Splenda on top, but usually I just peel 'em and eat 'em like an orange.

You guys are all making me hungry. I am considering my daily grapefruit but I don't like to eat this late. Maybe I will eat two of them tomorrow.

To make up for last night's culinary debauchery, I am eating a light Greek salad.

I just had a big slice of veggie pizza from the local place downstairs (Westshore Pizza). It was so hot so the cheese was still gooey. I never really eat pizza so this was a special treat and I savored every bite.

I had another grapefruit. It's going to make my laptop's keyboard so sticky. But still, all that fiber is totally worth it.

I just had two Salt & Vinegar chips and they were really good. I only took them so my nighttime vitamins would have something to sit with, but it made me want MOAR

Grapefruit (my fifth favorite food)