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Rice-A-Roni's spanish rice version is amazing especially if you add some Rol Tel diced tomatoes into it. Kraft mac and cheese with the cheese sauce - NOT the powdered stuff is great especially if you dress it up with some grated cheddar cheese. I don't mind convience foods but there are some I will NOT do - Any "helper," instant mashed potatoes, anything that contains meat that doesn't have to be refrigerated (that's just too weird for me). However frozen pizza (Newman's thin crust or Mystic) canned veggies (beets especially), jarred spaghetti sauce are a-ok by me.

Honestly, if you're looking for wedding food, check out the show on TLC "Four Weddings." They show you four weddings and receptions and it really gives you an idea how ideas like "signature only cocktails", buffets, no seating charts, huge times between ceremony and reception, 5 course meals etc work out in real life. It's a real eye opener and very different than what the caterers and reception organizers will tell you.

I made this as an appetizer for Thanksgiving and it fed and army!
Hot Crab Dip
Ingredients
2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
4 tablespoons mayonnaise
2 cups shredded Cheddar cheese
2 (6 ounce) cans crabmeat
1 1/2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
2 teaspoons hot sauce - I upped this to give it more kick
2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
paprika, for garnish
Directions
1.Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
2.In a medium bowl, mix the cream cheese, mayonnaise, Cheddar cheese, crabmeat, lemon juice, hot sauce and Worcestershire sauce. Transfer to a shallow 9x13 inch baking dish. Garnish with paprika.
3.Bake in the preheated oven 30 minutes, or until golden brown and bubbly.

it has sour cream and dill

Does anyone have a tried and true recipe for Hungarian Mushroom Soup? There is a takeout place near me that makes it and it's amazing. I think from tasting it that the "Hungarian" comes from the paprika but not sure after that.

great, I didn't see the second post and got swindled into posting to a spammer - ugh!

There is a local brewery bar here that makes their own and they rim the glass with a cinnamon sugar mixture - delicious!

Personally as long as I'm not in public it doesn't really bother me. I am lactose intolerant so maybe I'm a bit more used to having to deal with it...

I understand that this is supposed to be a joke but why would you make these things which you appear to be turning your nose at? Is this supposed to be some "look how cool and rich I am now that I will stoop to eat "trailer trash (your phrase not mine) just to show I'm better than that"? Most likely it was your friend's out of control spending that got her in that debt in the first place and her holier than now attitude can put her right back there.

I'm not ashamed to admit that I love Steak and Shake for their chili five ways, their awesome skinny fries and vanilla Coke. Sadly I no longer live in Ohio so no more Steak and Shake for me.
Up here in New England I love Dunkin Donuts and Chipotle. I used to like Wendys but it's not as good as it used to be.

As a native of Central NJ I miss Pork Roll (also known as Taylor Ham), egg and cheese sandwhiches on a Kaiser roll, REAL cappicola ham and hoagies. I went to college in SE Ohio and there was a bakery there that would make Pepperoni Rolls - they were basically a roll with two sticks of pepperoni baked in them. Room temperature they weren't anything great, but hot they were awesome - especially if you went there after hitting the bar.

70% - best score on a quiz to date - woo hoo!

concave shell and convext shell? It could be a turnover or empanada maker?