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Help with menu planning. Dinner party with a pregnant guest.

I'd say: don't cater your whole menu to her. Who knows how she'll be feeling that day.

I'm in my first trimester right now. I never really know when I'm going to feel bad, and it's also hard to predict what's going to appeal to me this evening, let alone what will appeal to me in a few days or weeks. I'd be uncomfortable if a host planned a meal around what I might like to eat. Especially if I was having a 'bleagh' kind of day.

That said, previous commenters' roasted chicken idea sounded great. Simple-ish rice/pasta/potato/bread would work, but I have to tell you, risotto would make me plotz.

It may not be necessary to completely omit onions and tomatoes, just make them optional.

From Talk

Have you ever lost your cooking mojo?

Yup, it has happened to me before. Really I think the only thing that get you past the rut is t-i-m-e. You could take a break altogether, only cook tried-and-true, or try to force the mojo back. I truly belive only time will restore your mojo. Trust that it will return!

From Talk

Coolio gave me a stomach ache

@healthytouch: unless "tawanda" was arguably the most powerful leader of the Zulu kingdom, the answer is no.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaka


Also, to the OP:

"The first thing you will notice is that the recipe sounds disgusting and making it looks disgusting. Read the ingredients."

How do you decide what recipes to make? I expect you are in the minority if you look at a recipe, think, "It sounds disgusting," and then decide to make it.

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I *did* eat it as a kid...and I never stopped!

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Kerosena answered "A year or more (insert sad face)" to What's The Longest You've Gone Without Eating a Burger

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Kerosena answered "A month" to What's the longest you've gone without eating pizza?

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Kerosena answered "Tell the server, then try to forget about it. " to How Would You Deal With Restaurant Error?

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From Talk

Help with menu planning. Dinner party with a pregnant guest.

I'd say: don't cater your whole menu to her. Who knows how she'll be feeling that day.

I'm in my first trimester right now. I never really know when I'm going to feel bad, and it's also hard to predict what's going to appeal to me this evening, let alone what will appeal to me in a few days or weeks. I'd be uncomfortable if a host planned a meal around what I might like to eat. Especially if I was having a 'bleagh' kind of day.

That said, previous commenters' roasted chicken idea sounded great. Simple-ish rice/pasta/potato/bread would work, but I have to tell you, risotto would make me plotz.

It may not be necessary to completely omit onions and tomatoes, just make them optional.

From Talk

Have you ever lost your cooking mojo?

Yup, it has happened to me before. Really I think the only thing that get you past the rut is t-i-m-e. You could take a break altogether, only cook tried-and-true, or try to force the mojo back. I truly belive only time will restore your mojo. Trust that it will return!

From Talk

Coolio gave me a stomach ache

@healthytouch: unless "tawanda" was arguably the most powerful leader of the Zulu kingdom, the answer is no.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaka


Also, to the OP:

"The first thing you will notice is that the recipe sounds disgusting and making it looks disgusting. Read the ingredients."

How do you decide what recipes to make? I expect you are in the minority if you look at a recipe, think, "It sounds disgusting," and then decide to make it.

From Talk

Grace/prayer at a dinner party

@Tupper: Love it!

We don't say grace at home. Like Jerz, my FIL is a minister. He always says the nicest things for grace, heartfelt and warm. If he's at our house, I'm honored to have him say it.

I think it's weird to be offended by someone else's prayer. It's a brief expression of their beliefs or religion. I'm never going to be offended by a person's desire to give thanks.

From Talk

How long can I keep a dead lobster in the fridge?

Not gonna work. Lobsters and crabs decompose at an alarming rate. Buy lobsters alive. Keep them that way until you're going to use them. Buy them the day you plan to use them. If you want to buy lobster that will last any length of time, it has to be frozen lobster tails.

If you cook tonight, remove from the shell right away. Maybe you'll end up with a nice lobster salad.

From Talk

Ever ruined something by trying to turn it healthy?

Once my step mom tried to make latkes with Pam. Funny in retrospect, but a total bummer at the time.

From Talk

Trader Joe's coming to Albany, NY

@dmc- Here's my line of thought about the parking situation: TJ's people have been opening stores for a long time. They must know what they're doing. I expect they have a plan, maybe to create more parking behind the building or something.

If I'm wrong, my parking plans are as follows: take the Northway up to exit 4, then come down Wolf Rd to avoid the Cental Ave/Colonie Center mess. Then I'll either park by that state building (DEC?)/near the Barnsider and walk across the street *or* park in the former Borders lot.

From Talk

Trader Joe's coming to Albany, NY

Definitely worth a 40 minute drive, especially considering that TJ's fans in the Albany area have been driving over an hour to the South Hadley store for years.

-coffee
-chocolate covered blueberries
-fresh cheeses
-fresh and dried herbs
-frozen palak paneer

Bring a cooler. I already have my plan of attack for opening day: where to park, when to go.

From Drinks

5 Songs About Drinking Beer

In heaven there is no beer
That's why we drink it here
And when we're gone from here
Our friends will be drinking all the beer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntkC-o52weI

From Talk

Bringing Meat to Room Temp Before Cooking

No downside for whole cuts of meat.

On New Years Day, I cooked a 3-hour rested rib roast. I also cooked it low and slow at 225. It was the most even, end-to-end juicy pink piece of meat I've ever had. I think the perfecting was really due to the long rest time and the slow cook time.

From Talk

Cooking Injuries?

I'm a cutter, not a burner. As a professional chef, my husband is both a cutter and a burner.

Once before we met, he was slicing meat on a busy night. He cut himself pretty bad, but was able to clean and tourniquet the situation. I belive he used duct tape. He finished his shift, and his shifts the following two days.

He got a 3-day stay in the hospital to deal with a bad infection, but he got to keep his finger.

From Talk

Four random ingredients, one course...

Pears
Plantains
Flatiron Steak
Collard Greens

From Talk

Cabbage Rolls - Filling & Sauce Helps, Pretty Please

I also always, always use cooked, day-old rice. Uncooked rice is too hard and fresh cooked rice is too soft. Rice that's been in the fridge for at least 8 hours after cooking is juuust right :)

From Talk

Cabbage Rolls - Filling & Sauce Helps, Pretty Please

I love the Martha (nee: Kostyra) recipe and have used it many times. I highly recommend it.

Tomato sauces for Polish Golabki tend toward the smooth, thin, and sometimes sweet. My grandmother used tomato juice. I use canned tomato sauce (not pasta sauce, but rather the kind that's with the other plain canned tomato products.) I suppose you could use whole peeled tomatoes like San Marzanos if you seeded them first. You could squoosh or blend them. The sweet often comes from brown sugar and vinegar. I know some people like it that way, but I'm not one of them.

From Talk

Food Commercials? Which ones tempt you (or not) the most?

I hate to admit it, but Pizza Hut commercials make me crave. I almost never give in, though.

I'm powerless to McD's annual Filet o' Fish special, though.

From Slice

Daily Slice: Original Pizza, Oak Park Mall, Overland Park, Kansas

@Adam: Thanks for your response. Good point about mall culture vs. computer culture. I was absolutely looking to meet up with other "disaffected, angst-ridden youth." Especially the ones of the male variety.

I will back you up on your assertion that for a few minutes, bolo ties were very cool. They were edgy and "alternative." For a very, very short period of time. Kind of like trucker hats.

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Creative Title for Cookbook

Really @dmc? You're suggesting "Dewey, Cheetham & Howe" to Legal Aid? Really?

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SE Staff Picks: Our Detox Foods

Oh yeah, and no alcohol. And go to bed before midnight every night.

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SE Staff Picks: Our Detox Foods

I look at the word 'detox' as slang or shorthand. To me it just means "stop putting so much garbage in my body for a while." In that sense, Kenji *is* detoxing. I think the people who really honestly believe that they are detoxifying some poison in their body by drinking juice are few and far between. I would argue that the literal definition of 'detox' is generally not what we're talking about. I think most commenters here undertand that detox=/=LITERAL detoxification.

Here's how I cope after overindulging during the holidays: Not a lot of meat, minimal fried stuff, no sweets (only fruit), 50% decrease in Diet Coke consumption.

From Talk

Determining ingredients in a recipe?

BTW, if it's possible, my comment was both sincere and sarcastic. It always seems that when a sauce is missing something, it need some kind of acid, like vinegar or lemon juice.

From Talk

Determining ingredients in a recipe?

It's vinegar. The "something" that's missing, I mean. Definitely vinegar.

From Slice

Daily Slice: Original Pizza, Oak Park Mall, Overland Park, Kansas

Also, even though I'm from a totally different part of the country, I identify with you as a former Mall Rat. Why do you suppose Friday nights at the mall were so much better than Saturday nights?

My old mall doesn't allow anyone under 18 after 4:00 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays unless accompanied by someone over the age of 21. This policy came around after my day. I've actually been carded on my way in.

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In response to feriorrenna, what was the last INTERESTING thing?

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Kerosena answered "A month" to What's the longest you've gone without eating pizza?

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Kerosena answered "Tell the server, then try to forget about it. " to How Would You Deal With Restaurant Error?

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Kerosena answered "Vanilla" to Soft-Serve Poll: Vanilla, Chocolate, Swirl?

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Kerosena answered "Hash browns!" to Hash browns or home fries?

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Kerosena answered "It depends on exactly how bad it is. (Feel free to explain in the comments)" to Do you stop eating pizza when it's hot outside?

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Kerosena answered "Sometimes." to Do you share drinking straws?

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Kerosena answered "No: My favorite pizza-flavored snack IS PIZZA!" to Do you eat pizza-flavored snacks?

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Kerosena answered "I don't eat Pop-Tarts" to Do you toast your Pop-Tarts?

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Kerosena answered "Diet" to Do You Prefer Regular or Diet Soda?

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Kerosena answered "Some combination of the above. (Feel free to elaborate in the comments)" to How Do You Reheat Your Pizza?

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Kerosena answered "String by string" to How Do You Eat String Cheese?

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Kerosena answered "During my 30s" to When Did You Start Loving Burgers?

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Kerosena answered "Bagel" to What's Your Favorite Bread for a Breakfast Sandwich?

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Kerosena answered "Scrambled Egg" to What's Your Favorite Egg Style on a Breakfast Sandwich?

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Kerosena answered "Sausage" to What's Your Favorite Meat on a Breakfast Sandwich?

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Kerosena answered "None" to What's Your Favorite Cheese on a Breakfast Sandwich?

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Kerosena answered "Get a sitter. " to Kids at Fancy Restaurants: Yay or Nay?

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Kerosena answered "Some combo of the above (feel free to get specific in the comments)" to What seasonings do you shake on your slices?

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Kerosena answered "Nope" to Would You Eat the KFC Double Down Sandwich?

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Kerosena answered "Yes" to Is it pizza if it doesn't have cheese?

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Kerosena answered "Diagonally" to How Do You Cut Your Sandwich?

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Kerosena answered "Yes! Love 'em!" to Do you do white pies?

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Kerosena answered "No" to Do you put noodles in your matzoh ball soup?

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