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Homemade subs:
- Really good sliced ham
- Sliced cheese, your choice. We prefer havarti & provolone.
- Fresh baguette, sliced lengthwise
- Mayo & mustard on the side
Chicken salad with bagel crisps or crackers
Claussen dill pickle spears
Chips
Plums, nectarines, apples, grapes
Famous Amos or Chips Ahoy original chocolate chip cookies -- for some reason, they're a MUST-HAVE on the boat!

Always bring more food than you think you'll need. Everyone gets hungry out on the water!

Editmom at 10:30AM on 07/14/08

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July Birthdays!

July 1 is the best birthday, IMHO. All the laws go into effect, people are gettting into a party mood before the 4th, I was born, etc. HA!

I have two favorite meals. I can't seem to pick one over the other. The first, my mom says she ate at least three times a week when she was carrying me:

Fried pork chops, candied sweet potatoes, black-eyed peas and rice, cabbage, and cornbread.

The second seems a little more celebratory:

Grilled ribeye topped with gorgonzola butter, baked sweet potato, pan-seared asparagus with garlic and crusty French bread.

I love all desserts, so I'm happy with whatever. Favorites are dark chocolate cake, creme brulee, Bananas Foster, dewberry cobbler and the yummy chocolate tarts my maw-maw used to make.

Editmom at 10:16AM on 07/14/08

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Okay, What is for Dinner Tonight?

Baby back ribs in the smoker all day, finished on the Big Green Egg with Sweet Baby Ray's bbq sauce.

Baked beans, creamy potato salad, mac & cheese for the non-mayo eaters, broccoli steamed just a tiny bit. (Love broccoli with my ribs!)

Sunbeam barbecue bread with butter. Can't beat it.

Fresh strawberry three-layer cake, cold from the fridge.

Beer & a crisp, cold white wine for me.

Editmom at 10:06AM on 07/14/08

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Baby Shower Menu Ideas Please!

Okay this is really cheesy, but you HAVE to do it!

Carved watermelon baby carriage for the fruit salad. {hides face in hands}

Seriously, everybody loves it -- I've always gotten raves for it! Just search on the web, and you'll find lots of plans for them. They're easy to carve and assemble. Just make sure you put it in a low, wide bowl that will catch any leaking fruit juice.

Editmom at 2:46PM on 07/11/08

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Pizza Toppings

Julienned sun-dried tomatoes, reconstituted in olive oil, are heaven on a pizza!

Coarsely chopped green olives add a nice tang, too.

Editmom at 10:53AM on 06/30/08

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Are you familiar with Google?

May I address the original post? Simon, your example of a "silly" question ("where can I get San Marzano Tomato seeds") isn't so silly to me. Frankly, I've never heard of San Marzano tomatoes.

I found that post interesting, because I learned something new about tomatoes. I appreciate questions like that, because that's why I'm here -- to share and learn.

Can't we all just get along??

Editmom at 4:03PM on 06/26/08

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Food Faux Pas

@HeartofGlass -- Holy cow! She defines the term "wicked stepmother"! She actually just throws away your dish when you bring it in??

And since when does being a vegetarian equate to being a pain in the ass? Any good dinner party menu should include vegetarian dishes, even if the hosts don't know for certain a guest is a vegetarian.

I feel for you.

Editmom at 3:52PM on 06/26/08

Responses to Comments by Editmom

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Skippy or Jif? (Thanks Bessfour!)

I buy the organic natural stuff from the local co-op, then mix in a little peanut oil and honey. I like mine about as sweet and spreadable as the commercial stuff, but without a lot of the additives and refined sugar. Plus, the peanut taste is a lot more pronounced.

jenilowrance at 5:23PM on 07/16/08

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Time flies like an arrow but fruit flies like a banana.

Bananas Foster.
I've used just rum before, and my friend uses brandy, but they are recommending rum & banana liquor- and that's the original recipe so who am I to argue. here's the link...
http://www.neworleansrestaurants.com/recipes/recipes_brennans.html
Be careful, don't singe your eyebrows!

bisbee at 1:33PM on 07/16/08

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Time flies like an arrow but fruit flies like a banana.

Thank you all so so so much! the bread was fantastic. My roommate just bought a bunch of bananas so it looks like we may have to do this again next week.

waterbaby at 1:04PM on 07/16/08

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Skippy or Jif? (Thanks Bessfour!)

@wookie - if Annette had hawked Peter Pan while she was in the MMC, I would have begged Mom to buy it! I did the natural pb when my girls were young, but it was really hard to stir and I kept it in the fridge for fear of the oil going rancid, which made it even harder to stir. Once my arthritis got really bad, I went back to my early favorite, Jif. I like the slight taste of honey with the peanuts. Crunchy is especially delicious on crisp apples.

This thread is on pb, but I also love other nut butters.

PerkyMac at 3:25AM on 07/16/08

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Skippy or Jif? (Thanks Bessfour!)

choosy moms choose jif

derekhinton2003 at 11:12PM on 07/15/08

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Skippy or Jif? (Thanks Bessfour!)

Parents always bought Jif but we sooooo wanted the Skippy because of the commercials (remember Annette from the Mickey Mouse Club? Well when she was all grown up she started hawking Skippy).

My husband was a Peter Pan man, then we switched to all natural pb, then inexplicably this year we switched back to Peter Pan.

wookie at 10:27PM on 07/15/08

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