hi all! i'm looking for a good strata recipe.... any ideas? i'd prefer one that is on the healthier side... hubby & i are trying to cut back on the fat where we can.
also... for the crust, do you use the frozen puff pastry and then poke it with a fork to keep it from "puffing"?
thank you!
hubby and i are heading out of town for the weekend and its our first trip to savannah.... we're staying at the mansion on forsyth park... looking for ideas on where to eat and what's "not to miss." thank you!
oh how i miss it now that i cant get one! i just want that one on st patty's day! we dont have 'em in western nc! well... i guess there's one thing i miss abt florida...
i love the beans from coffee bean tea & leaf and fresh market
if i did that at my deli, they would be polite, but i'm sure they would talk abt me when i left... i think its a bit much, but ... in my house we would just get the pound and with two yorkies... they would happily oblige the extra tenth of a pound.
hubby and i are spending easter weekend in savannah.... we'll have dinner at the drayton at the hotel where we're staying (mansion on forsyth park)... ive heard wonderful things abt it. we are really excited though bc we were able to get reservations at paula deen's lady & sons for easter brunch/lunch. ive been told we should eat at the pink house as well... if anyone has any recommendations, please share! this is our first trip down there!
i agree with cookie... it really is a lifestyle... i start with ezekiel bread with almond butter or an egg scrambled with some greens and feta for b/fast; for lunch just have salads, tuna, any meat with no bread, sateed kale. i find the easiest thing for dinners is to buy some chicken or protien ahead of time and separate into individual baggies and freeze, so that portions are easy. for snacks... blue corn chips and salsa, almonds... if you have a sugar craving, get some flavored hot tea and that usually curbs it. if you have an earthfare, greenlife or whole foods near you, i would suggest shopping there bc they typically have foods that are in accordance with the "no white foods" diet.... remember this isnt a "no carbs" diet, its just cleaning your system of processed foods... another good thing to try is switching to soy prodcuts.... good luck and congrats!
i think it was just a typo... youre sposed to boil the garlic and marjoram in the 1 1/2 c milk (the first ingredient).
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I'm confused. It's not a question of math or fractions at all to know that "nine-tenths" is the same as "point-nine." I think that's pretty standard. I think the poor deli worker's confusion was not that she didn't get the math, but that she had never heard someone ask for such a specific amount. To speculate about her education is frankly uncalled for, particularly in a post with spelling errors and a complete disregard for capitalization and other grammatical niceties.
Definitely a case of a customer trying to show his superior "intellect". When someone purposely embarrasses a service employee, I have no sense of humor.
@redhead, you win for creating such a lively discussion. I've not seen this many responses to a thread that didn't have a freebie attached. Where's the free cookbook for how to use nine tenths of a pound of lunch meat?
I'm not sure that luck has anything to do with certain venues not having employees who know basic skills and/or know how to provide good service.
If a certain performance level is asked of an employee and then they are held accountable for that level of performance, then the level of service and skills should be met, aside from the usual mistakes and accidents that happen to everyone in any activity on a daily basis.
Most employees will rise to the level they are held to. Look to the management, not the employee - when service level is consistently low.
As far as fussiness goes, as I said that's fair play when a service or goods are being exchanged for the customer's money. The customer has the right to ask for what they want or go somewhere else. And every person on this earth is a little nutty, including myself who is major-league nutty.
I admit to detesting the use of the word "douche", particularly when given as description of a woman. But I guess that's just a style thing. :) That I find it offensive certainly does not mean anyone else has to!
Yours in detailed fractions and ounces,
Karen
I would like to apologize for the assumption about "high school graduates" I wasn't trying to insult anyone - I was basing my answer on my experiences at my local deli/fish counter/bakery etc.
Yes, my 3rd grader is learing fractions, decimals and conversions as we speak. But I do have to say: whoever does the hiring at my local stores has the bad luck in hiring the people that have trouble with those things.
umm, hi, redhead here.
i don't feel insulted, offended, or perturbed by anything in this thread, be them comments directed to me, or anyone else who posted. in fact, i'm shocked to see how many responses there are! i figured i'd come back in a week, and there would be one response of "yes, you're weird. don't you know deli etiquette calls for asking for things in quarter pound increments, and you should take whatever the deli employee gives you?"
i wanted to know if my deli counter requests were weird, and the major response so far has been: pretty much
i was interested in know if other people also ask for odd amounts at the store, or just kind of take what they are given, and the general response has been: people pretty much take what they are given, even if it isn't exactly what they want.
so my questions have been answered. if i'm of the opinion that the college kids working at the deli should have at least an 8th grader's understanding of math and fractions, then anyone else is welcome to the opinion that i'm fussy, anal retentive, weird, etc.
SE is as fun as ever for me.
I'll re-phrase: Can we Please check our egos at the enter key? My bad...
if you are going to put yourself out there and share, please take your "Eats" seriously and not yourself. Check the egos at the enter key. ;-D
crazyspice at 4:39PM on 03/18/08
Was that a directive given, crazyspice?
As far as redhead needing a bodyguard, I doubt that she does. The name-calling and tone of some of the comments bothered me (That's me with a capital "M" actually!) so I take responsibility for my personal opinion on that (this is aside from the fact that personal attacks are against the SE conduct rules that are posted, regardless of how very funny they may be to those who enjoy that sort of thing).
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