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Do You Check Out Other Peoples' Fridges?
Actually, I am more of a medicine cabinet peeker. Fridge is good, but the bathroom is where it's at!
Who Likes Grape Soda?
Boylan's Grape is certainly the best. I also like the Welch's the Fanta, and the Publix (generic supermarket). The thing about the grape soda is the grape flavoring, like Popsicles, bubble gum, Kool-aid, Pixie Stix, etc.
I have seen diet grape soda. Winn-Dixie makes it and I think Diet -Rite does also.
For the laddies- Hottest Food Network Dude?
It's been a toss-up in my fantasy life between Tyler Florence and Bobby Flay. I'd certainly take either one.
The science geek in me likes Alton.
And Anothony Bourdain? Sure, I bet he's a lot of fun too.
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Time for a Drink: Bloody Mary
Absolut Peppar vodka and plain tomato juice. The vodka adds all the spice needed.
Do You Check Out Other Peoples' Fridges?
Actually, I am more of a medicine cabinet peeker. Fridge is good, but the bathroom is where it's at!
Who Likes Grape Soda?
Boylan's Grape is certainly the best. I also like the Welch's the Fanta, and the Publix (generic supermarket). The thing about the grape soda is the grape flavoring, like Popsicles, bubble gum, Kool-aid, Pixie Stix, etc.
I have seen diet grape soda. Winn-Dixie makes it and I think Diet -Rite does also.
For the laddies- Hottest Food Network Dude?
It's been a toss-up in my fantasy life between Tyler Florence and Bobby Flay. I'd certainly take either one.
The science geek in me likes Alton.
And Anothony Bourdain? Sure, I bet he's a lot of fun too.
Sweet on Walla Walla Onions
Stuffed onions, using your favorite ground-beef-stuffed pepper recipe. My mom added a little rice. You can call these Walla Walla Bing Bangs.
A product that made me scratch my head. Would you use it?
Banana slicer seems pretty stupid, but that is coming from someone who loves her mango cutter, pear planker, apple wedger and avocado slicer. I think those herbs in a tube are a great product and wish there were more varieties.
The 5 pound bags of sugar still exist, but for foodservice.
Me, I'm waiting to see pre-toasted marshmallows.
Cook the Book: 'Endangered Recipes' by Lari Robling
Milkshakes made in our old Waring blender with the glass jar. Milk, 2 scoops of vanilla ice cream and 2 ice cubes. The blander just kicked the ice around and did not really chop it up. A capful of vanilla extract for a "French Vanilla" flavor. Since I was a scrawny kid, Mom would drop a whole raw egg in to the shake to add extra nutrition. For her own shakes, Mom would use a spoonful of instant decaf coffee instead of the vanilla. When I got a little older, we would use a spoonful of Kahlua for a treat.
If you ran the blender too long a burning smell would waft thru the kitchen. Cleanup was a breeze; Mom had taught me to make a "Soapshake" with an ice cube, water and a squirt of dish soap, buzzed in the blender till foamy.
Large Movie Popcorn with Butter: 1,220 Calories
The movie theaters I frequent are all in malls with a Victorias Secret also in the mall, so I always use a Vic Sec shopping bag for my food. Sometimes I even put the pink tissue paper on top. I try to eat healthy at the movies, so I bring in grapes, walnuts,pretzles, etc. Sometimes I bring candy (red licorice is a fave) and sometimes I bring a spiked bottle of cranberry juice. However, I don't hit the movies too often.
Butter Dispenser for All Your Butter Ribbon Needs
I had gotten one of these years ago, it was called a Butter Butler. They have been for sale on eBay recently.
Yes, this thing works well. I broke mine, however, by forcing cheese through it. A soft cheese like Velveeta or cream cheese works fine, but a block of cheddar was a problem.
Fried Egg T-Shirt
The only thing that could make that more awesome is a womens' model with 2 slightly smaller eggs, just a little higher up.
Time for a Drink: Bloody Mary
The best Bloody Mary I ever had, bar none was in a restaurant in St. Helena, Ca. Can't remember the name but the secret ingredient was
cocktail sauce, not a lot, just a little, try it!
Time for a Drink: Bloody Mary
Here is mine:
2 oz Vodka or Gin
Worchestershire Sauce to taste
A Few Dashes Celery Seed
Fresh Ground Horseradish to taste
A Few Dashes Salt and Pepper
Three Dashes Tobasco
A Few Dashes Ground Mustard
1/2 oz Guinness or other Stout
Lemon and Lime Juices From Muddling
Three Dashes Angostura Bitters
Tomato Juice
In the bottom of a mixing glass, put two lemon and two lime wedges, salt and pepper. Muddle to extract all the juice from the Citrus.
Add the remaining ingredients and fill with ice.
"Roll" the mixture back and forth from mixing glass to shaker tin and back again a few times.
Fill a tall glass or Collins glass with fresh ice and strain mixture from mixing glass into serving vessel.
Garnish how you see fit. I like a pickled green bean and Lemon wedge.
Time for a Drink: Bloody Mary
My cousin's husband used to make mine with Clamato juice. I was surprised at good that was! Horseradish, pickled okra and/or pickled green beans and Frank's hot sauce if no horseradish make it tasty to me. Personally, cilantro is too bitter for my taste.
Time for a Drink: Bloody Mary
Many years ago, my husband asked his cousin for his personal recipe for a Bloody Mary because it was the best we had ever tasted. He sent us his recipe on the email and I've been making my version of it ever since.
His had key lime juice, Angostura Bloody Mary seasoning (a liquid like their bitters) and both V-8 juice and Clamato juice in it. I ran out of Clamata awhile back so I've been using V-8 and Sacramento Tomato Juice and they have been really good.
I switch off the hot sauces and try different ones each time. He uses a local one down in FL that we can't get up here without ordering through the internet so I use different favorite ones. I have a whole collection of hot sauces (over 80 bottles at this point) so I try a different one every time.
Time for a Drink: Bloody Mary
Aquavit - I agree! but not all the time.
Got off of tabasco - and using Frank's hot sauce now.
Definitely olives -- and please no celery, thank you very much
For the laddies- Hottest Food Network Dude?
HA! HA! OMG! some of these posts are freaking hilarious! Thanks!
okay...I have a serious thing for Chris Cosentino...always liked him on the Next Iron Chef...
Aaron is pretty yummy too....Has anyone seen his tats before???
For the laddies- Hottest Food Network Dude?
The Deen Boys, Bobby and Jaime, are adorable! They got my vote!
For the laddies- Hottest Food Network Dude?
If there's a hands down, all around winner - and I'm not saying there is - it's Alton Brown. He's smart. He's creative. He's talented . And he's adorable. .
For the laddies- Hottest Food Network Dude?
Aarón Sánchez is just perfect.... he is so funny, talented, and down to business... I love his laugh... and the serious face he pulls on "Chopped" when he has to judge. I wish him the best. xoxox
For the laddies- Hottest Food Network Dude?
Arron Sanchez is my choice. So cute and adorable. He's the highlight of chef vs. city :D
For the laddies- Hottest Food Network Dude?
i'll be the single vote for george duran, i guess.
he's just so damn cuddly.
i miss 'ham on the street.'
'secret life of' is just so crappy.
For the laddies- Hottest Food Network Dude?
Tyler Florence used to be my fav FN hottie then he got puffy. Strangely I find Adam Richman on Travel channel's man vs food to be sexy and hes definitely on the beefy side but a cutie none the less. Id also have to say Iron Chef Symon with his soul patch.
Who Likes Grape Soda?
I stopped drinking soda about 20 years ago.
But I miss Fanta. Grape Fanta. Fanta Uva. Very cold, with two straws, straight from the glass bottle.
So I've had Boylan's once. It's nice, but too grown up. Not sweet enough.
Who Likes Grape Soda?
Love the grape Crush pop, but it's the only one I'll drink.
Who Likes Grape Soda?
Love, love, love fruit sodas. I've weaned myself off non-diet soda after 39 years, now I'm a Coke Zero drinker.
But when I want a treat? I reach for a Welch's.
And if they still made Strawberry soda, I'd reach for that too.
RIP Welch's Strawberry. You are much missed.
Who Likes Grape Soda?
I like all sorts of soda. I guess I rarely drink grape because typically I'm looking for "cold caffeine" and less sugar. But, if we are at a cookout or other event where tubs of sodas are iced down and I find a grape, I'll go for it.
Now, if you want to find most of the grape soda lovers in the world, head to South America, especially Brazil. Fanta orange and grape are big sellers there - if you need a break from the guarana ...
Who Likes Grape Soda?
Love love LOVE grape soda! Transports me instantly back to my grandparents house where it was always stocked in their fridge (still is). There's something about the artifical grape taste, the fizz, the pretty purple can that makes my mouth water. It's a, oh semi-annual treat for me but each time I have it, I fully appreciate all it has to offer. :-)
Who Likes Grape Soda?
The best part of grape soda is the strange blue foam it produces when you pour it over ice....
Who Likes Grape Soda?
There was a rock service station on the road from Wichita Falls to Greenville, Texas when we were kids. They had one of those big boxes full of almost frozen water in which were suspended glass bottles of Grape and Orange Nehi sodas and Coca Colas. These were the best things ever when you were driving the 1955 Chevy with no AC in the summer to see Grandmother. They also had a nifty cage with squirrels in it and of course.
Who Likes Grape Soda?
I wish I had more access to Fresca from Mexico. While it is also part of the Coca Cola family, the recipe is completely different as it is sooooooo not a diet drink. Mexican Fresca has an addictive, fresh grapefruit flavor that blows our homegrown version and Squirt right out of the water.
Who Likes Grape Soda?
AHH the essence of my childhood! Seeing that photo reminded me of drinking grape soda at sleep away camp in peconic dunes, while eating a grape ice pop during snack time--sandals in the dirty sand, sitting on a log, grit from the ground clinging to the condensation on the bottom of that cold purple can of Welches. You nailed it on the head...I am not a soda gal these days. When I get the urge I prefer a limonata or a trader joes grapefruit soda, but I still LOVE a grape soda now and then. Boylan's does a nice version of grape soda (even diet when your feeling sugared out) and if you live in the burbs, Fuddruckers has it on tap.
Who Likes Grape Soda?
The only thing that made my 3 hour wait at the US embassy in London bearable was the fact that they sold Welches Grape Soda at their refreshment counter. Yum!
Who Likes Grape Soda?
Grape soda reminds me of my "down on the farm" childhood. My grandpa would take me to town every Saturday night and buy me one. Hard to find now.
Who Likes Grape Soda?
Anyone remember Delaware Punch? It was such a treat, but now I remember it being really acidic.
For the laddies- Hottest Food Network Dude?
Another vote for Bourdain...
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Absolut Peppar vodka and plain tomato juice. The vodka adds all the spice needed.