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Got Breast Milk?

How about throwing up a NSFW tag on that Vice link? I mean, kind of self-evident, but I wasn't expecting an actual titty...

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Romantic Valentine's Day Dinner at Ikea for Under $20

That actually sounds incredibly romantic to me.

Eat cheap (but, historically, very good) food and then shop for the things that will furnish your life together.

Le sigh. I love Ikea.

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Breakfast in Baltimore

Where in Baltimore?

If you're in the Charles Village area, Carma's and One World are both great. Gertrude's (in the BMA) is good for brunch, too.

http://www.one-world-cafe.com/ (One World)

http://www.citypaper.com/eat/review.asp?rid=8685 (Carma's)

http://www.johnshields.com/restaurant/rest/01.00_menus.html (Gertrude's)

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Imposter Bacon: Way or No Way?

@PerkyMac: It look me a while to figure out what you were talking about; when your brain wants something to be right, it just glosses over the little mistakes!

And yes, I have special gamma ray eyes that make things crispy with prolonged eye contact!

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Got Breast Milk?

How about throwing up a NSFW tag on that Vice link? I mean, kind of self-evident, but I wasn't expecting an actual titty...

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Romantic Valentine's Day Dinner at Ikea for Under $20

That actually sounds incredibly romantic to me.

Eat cheap (but, historically, very good) food and then shop for the things that will furnish your life together.

Le sigh. I love Ikea.

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Breakfast in Baltimore

Where in Baltimore?

If you're in the Charles Village area, Carma's and One World are both great. Gertrude's (in the BMA) is good for brunch, too.

http://www.one-world-cafe.com/ (One World)

http://www.citypaper.com/eat/review.asp?rid=8685 (Carma's)

http://www.johnshields.com/restaurant/rest/01.00_menus.html (Gertrude's)

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Imposter Bacon: Way or No Way?

@PerkyMac: It look me a while to figure out what you were talking about; when your brain wants something to be right, it just glosses over the little mistakes!

And yes, I have special gamma ray eyes that make things crispy with prolonged eye contact!

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Imposter Bacon: Way or No Way?

I've never had "real" bacon, so I'm probably not the best judge, but I like turkey bacon just fine.

It gets crisper if you look it in the microwave, fyi.

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Study Snacks

The exam went pretty well, especially considering that it covered more than a thousand powerpoint slides!

One more paper to write, and then I am done for the semester!

Many thanks to all for their good advice and kind wishes.

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Study Snacks

Thanks for the great suggestions, everyone!

I served hummus, goat cheese, grapes, baby carrots, crackers, and apple cider.

We had a lot of fun (maybe too much) but managed to get through a semester's worth of lecture slides. Cross your fingers for tomorrow! : )

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Carl Warner's Worlds of Food Art

I keep looking for faces in the broccoli. I think that Cascadian Farms has scared me for life...

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Snapshots from the UK: Recipe Postcards

You could use them as (rather dictatorial) invitations to a potluck!

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Sweet Potato Fries -- Who Likes These Things?

Hate, hate, hate sweet potato fries. Love sweet potatoes in other forms. I think it has something to do with the salty / greasy / sweet combination, which is just a little much. Also, they are most likely to be seasoned than "normal" fries. For some reason, seasoning on fries drives me nuts. On wedged, fried potatoes? Sure, bring it on. But not on French Fries, which should be unadulterated plain potato, fat, and salt.

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Homemade Extracts

I second Husband. Try a lower-market supermarket; i.e. Whole Foods probably won't have jars.

Worst case? Have a ... pickle-tasting party?

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PBJ Debate: Jelly-Side Up or Down?

I cut mine up into triangles (never rectangles!) and do one side PB up, one side jelly up. Usually in that order.

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A Zingerman's Education: Exclusive Student Care Packages

@shoneyjoe

Can I have a ticket for your planet? Pretty please?

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A Zingerman's Education: Exclusive Student Care Packages

As a college senior, I feel that I am uniquely qualified to design this package!

1. Heirloom Michigan Apples. To eat out of hand, make into tarte tatin, and leave on the desks of professors who will be writing letters of recommendation!
2. Zingerman’s 4 Year Aged Cheddar. To pair with the apples. Just think, it was just curds and milk when you were a freshman! And now look what they’re calling it—the “biggest, boldest, smoothest, and richest.” Ok, so we seniors might pale a bit in comparison to the attributes of the cheese… but darn it, we’ve been maturing too!
3. (Better Than) San Francisco Sourdough. Apples + cheese + sourdough = nirvana.
4. Cookies and Brownies. We’re graduating into the worst economy since 1929. Brownies are necessary.

Simple, a touch of healthy, sustaining, and comforting. What more could you ask for?

Total cost: $107. A touch over the trend, but I'm sure when they put together the packages they edit the prices.

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Do You Put Ranch Dressing on Pizza?

Hah, I think we've established that there is absolutely no regional basis for this abberation (uh... habit? culinary preference? let's be nice here!)

I particularly like the competing Wisconsin and Texas factions.

If only we (as a nation, not SEers, SEers are perfect in every way) were so committed to the democratic process and actually registered to vote 'n stuff.

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Do You Put Ranch Dressing on Pizza?

Wow, I had no idea this was a "thing." Here in Baltimore, pizza tends to come with a garlicky-butter sauce (which I never, ever use!) but definitely not ranch.

To each his own...

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What do foodies do?

I'm a senior in college and heading towards a career in international development / public health.

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Sushi - Love it or Hate it?

Maybe it's something you have to be brought up with? As someone who started eating with chopsticks before a fork and knife, I guess it's obvious where I stand on this issue : )

There is nothing better than chirashizushi at a solid Japanese restaurant. If I had to pick one thing to eat for the rest of my life... But I have friends who only tried sushi in college, and absolutely hate it.

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How Far Does Restaurant Loyalty Go?

I think we need more information. What did you eat? If it was seafood or, especially, shellfish, I would be inclined to give the restaurant a pass, and just avoid the dish you ate (which you probably wouldn't want to eat anyway, for fear of Proustian memories). More of a fish-monger problem than a restaurant problem.

If it was dairy or meat, I'd be considerably less likely to go back, as its easier to tell if those are off.

In either case, call and let them know what happened- they should be aware of a potential problem, and their reaction will guide your decision.

I'm glad you're finally feeling better!

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In Videos: Axe Body Spray Chocolate Man

Anyone else seriously disturbed by the racial undertones here? Anyone?

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A New Look at Old Bay with Classic Shrimp Scampi

For the longest time, I had Old Spice and Old Bay confused. Then I asked a friend if he was wearing Old Bay.

Hilarity ensued.

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Chemo-"therapy" foods

How about homemade chicken soup or Greek lemon chicken soup?

Rice-based dishes are great too, rice pudding can be very gently seasoned.

Pasta, lightly buttered, with salt and pepper to taste?

I hope that your mom feels better soon!

If you're looking for cancer resources, LiveStrong is a great resource; they have a free binder / planner to keep all of your medical information together, among other things.

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Caring for Cast Iron

Wow, thanks for all the advice!

I heated some olive oil in my pan and it seemed to help. However, when I rubbed it in my paper towel ended up all rusty looking. Maybe I'll get to say goodbye to iron deficiency?

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Low-budget, rustic, Rosh Hashanah dinner?

L'Shanah Tovah Tikatevu!

Challah is a great start. I hope you're adding raisins! How about roast chicken, carrot rounds, and round pasta? (To play up the "round = money = good" theme : )

And to finish, a simple apple tart / mini pie with honey glaze? Amy's Organic actually makes a very good frozen apple pie.

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I'm talking TOFU throwdown here people - help me out!

I don't have any specific recipes, but I do have a texture tip: to make the texture denser and more "meat-like," wrap the tofu in a piece of absorbent cheesecloth, place between two cutting boards, and put a heavy book on top. Wait a few hours, and voila, drier, more firmly textured 'fu.

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Do You Put Ranch Dressing on Pizza?

How do you get a white trash girl to suck your d**k?

Dip it in ranch dressing.

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Do You Put Ranch Dressing on Pizza?

I don't put ranch on anything! Gross tasting stuff.

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Do You Put Ranch Dressing on Pizza?

Amen "omnomnom"! (I'm from Mich, too. Same area)

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Do You Put Ranch Dressing on Pizza?

I absolutely love ranch on my pizza. Granted, I am a middle-school student (though homeschooled), and got the idea from my (middle school, homeschooled) friends after we started dipping French-Fries in Ranch (that's justified in Mich--here most of the fries are way too greasy or way too dry). We decided to try it on our pizza--and it's great. Only Hidden Valley (tm) works though. Deep dish pizza doesn't need it, fortunately. A group fave for us is cayenne pepper, fresh black pepper, ranch, and tabasco sauce. I agree, if it's good pizza, it doesn't need condiments, but (1) pizza in metro-detroit isn't that good, and (2), it doesn't matter if it needs it--if ya want it, I say put it on unashamedly!

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Breakfast in Baltimore

I second the vote for Paper Moon. I've never had anything there I didn't LOVE!

If you are downtown, try the Sunday brunch at Hull Street Blues.It's a tiny place but worth the wait for a table and the close quarters with your fellow diners.
http://www.hullstreetblues.com/home.html

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Breakfast in Baltimore

Miss Shirley's in Roland Park. There's also one in the Harbor now too, but I haven't been to that one yet. Really great food!!

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Unsalted v Salted Butter

I use unsalted for baking and salted for everything else.

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Unsalted v Salted Butter

I remember years ago, on his PBS show, Jacques Pepin said that if you use salted butter, just cut down on the amount of salt in the rest of the recipe. If it works for Jacques, then it works for me!

Besides, I really don't like either the taste or smell of unsalted butter. Sort of makes me gag!

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Unsalted v Salted Butter

It makes me crazy to eat baked goods without enough salt. They are are either too sweet or bland. To my palette salted butter balances sweetness and enhances the flavor(precisely why we use salt at all) of the other ingredients like chocolate chip cookies that have a wonderful caramel flavor when you bite into it! And baked goods that aren't sweet, like fresh bread, don't need additional butter on top to make it palettable if there's adequate seasoning in the recipe. I use salted butter without exception(nice even distribution through your recipe!) but I don't use refined table salt when the recipe calls for salt. I use coarse sea salt, milder and more nutritious. It all works out in the end.

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Do You Put Ranch Dressing on Pizza?

I have NEVER heard of this culinary habit of ranch dressing on pizza until I read this in the Wash. Post:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/27/AR2008052700821.html

It just seems like such an incongruous flavor or condiment to add to a pizza.

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Do You Put Ranch Dressing on Pizza?

Nothing is better than Ham & Pineapple pizza dipped in Ranch.


I hated pizza until I tried it with ranch. Any type of pizza goes great with ranch really except Mexican style, I usually dip that in sour cream.

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Sushi - Love it or Hate it?

Love it! Not only do I like the taste, but the whole experience. We have a wonderful sushi restaurant nearby, which is amazing considering we live in the "heartland", and we go there just about every week. In fact, they just sent me a birthday coupon as I am a member of their Sushi Addict club! The bad thing is that lately I get a bit sick at my stomach afterwards, not sure what that's about. But it sure is tasty going down! Sorry for the TMI.

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Sushi - Love it or Hate it?

Just a thught, why don't you try the crunchy rolls that they have..

I think you might not like the Sashimi......which is the raw fish.....

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PBJ Debate: Jelly-Side Up or Down?

O M G

definitely jelly on top BECAUSE that way the PB doesn't stick to the roof of my mouth. This is from an anti-PBJ/peanutbutter in general person though.

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Got Breast Milk?

Oh, man, I can't believe I missed a post on cannibalism! For the record: yes I would.

Really though, I don't understand this repulsion people have for beast milk. Only in America is it a hard and fast rule that you stop breast-feeding less than a year into your life. It seems like once a child is old enough to know what sex is, people freak out if they're exposed to breasts. What? How are breasts more connected with sex now than they are with children?
Anyways, I can't really say anything here that hasn't been said already, but I will say this: drinking breast milk after you're an infant does not make you a deviant, Timothy. It just makes you a gastronomically curious person. Passing judgment on what other people voluntarily consume, however, DOES make you a tool.

P.S. Yes, I have and it was fucking delicious.

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Got Breast Milk?

@dmarina-yep! The ew comments are cracking me up too!

@Timothy--I love folks who come on here just to SAY ew! Go read the two threads we have on cannibalism (one from just 2 days ago!)
Realize this forum has unbiased discussions about all kinds of topics, some that folks consider taboo in many different ways....we still try to be polite and respectful! Join us more often and see!

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Got Breast Milk?

Vaginal yeast cultures??? Really???

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Got Breast Milk?

WTF? This is repulsive and bizarre and beyond the lines of good taste. Drinking breast milk beyond your time as an infant has a very real and accepted socially inappropriate notion about it. "Well we drink cows milk why not human" Well us humans also eat lamb blood and tiger penis and cobra heart, and perhaps more of a western favorite like beef! Perhaps we should eat the muscles, genitals, blood, and organs of humans just like we do animals! Listen I know you could argue my point full of more holes than swiss cheese all day but I simply do not agree with this. This is the perverse indulgence of a group of people who are evidently deviants.

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Got Breast Milk?

@sadie, agreed & by no means am i pro-breast milk farm! i just think the ewwwww comments are hysterical.

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Got Breast Milk?

@dmarina-yeah, but that is a mental and hormonal thing, and not every woman is capable of lactating without a pregnancy by any means. Unless drugs are involved to induce it, which would be like the cows given hormones etc. and the whole subject of them transferring to the milk.
I don't want to drink hormone-filled breast milk any more than I do hormone-filled cows milk.

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Got Breast Milk?

@juliebugsmama & sadiepix, any woman can lactate. mamas that adopt babies, female partners of pregnant mamas,even grandmas! i work with a woman whose past menopause and still has a milk let-down reflex around newborn babies.

@downhillguru: cannibalistic??? does that mean babies are cannibals?

my milk tastes great! it's super sweet, rich and creamy. i could see why people would want it...i can see why my baby refuses to drink anything else. i don't think this is nearly as disturbing as the local artist that made beer and bread from vaginal yeast cultures. went to the party, didn't try the beer.

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Got Breast Milk?

OMG veginbk! Eating cow shit via cows milk! You totally made my day! Thank you!

And for all those of you who think it would be okay with you to eat boob-cake, I salute you! I, however, stand by my previous ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww.

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Got Breast Milk?

Ok, so I think this post is hilarious! What is even more hilarious is how people are taking it so seriously. I mean, come on, its funny. Plus, the original taste test the writer was talking about was done in Vice...if you have ever read Vice, you know not to take it seriously. That being said, I would try it! How is it cannibalistic or disgusting? Its what babies drink, what you drank before you realized it would be weird to do that as an adult. It would only be cannibalistic if you were actually eating a breast. Which leads me to another point...chicken breast! Hahaha. So anyways, I drink milk, and I love it. But lets be real people, it is from a cow. Meant for baby COWS. You are indirectly drinking from a cows breast. And if you are worried about what would be in a woman's milk, think about what cows eat. They probably eat shit sometimes, when it is mixed in with all that grass or hay. Which, if you are buying non-organic, mass produced milk you really don't want to know what those cows are eating. Or all the hormones/drugs they are injected with.

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Got Breast Milk?

Um, cows have to be lactating in order to be milked also, hence inseminating them as necessary so they give birth and then give milk for a period of time. They don't just always give milk. Same for all mammals.
The period of time they lactate can be lengthened, but it still takes a birth every so often to keep it going. It would be the same for humans if this was actually a commercial thing.

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Got Breast Milk?

is this a serious thing? sounds absolutely disgusting and slightly cannibalistic to me. gross.

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