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Website: http://myspace.com/leslieiswaitingonarocket

Location: middle america

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Favorite foods: tapioca w/cinnamon, stuffed shells, french toast, zucchini & carrot cakes, tempeh, muffins full of nuts & fruits, almonds, pistachios, cherries, green apples, & nectarines, dried tomatoes, creme brulee, dark chocolate, edible flowers, brownbread

Last bite on earth: my home made mocha-orange brownies. they'd be yours too if you'd have some. . .

The Ten Most Recent Comments By flame

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I could eat my weight in ____

tapioca. with cinnamon. i can never get enough.

flame at 3:37AM on 02/26/08

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What flavor is your cheesecake?

My boyfriend makes excellent desserts. . .my absolute favorite being his Green Tea Cheesecake! He uses ginger snaps for the crust and it comes out of the oven a lovely shade of avocado. In addition to cream cheese he also uses Queso Blanco. It's divine!

We have weekly dinners at my brother's house. . .he took this cheesecake as a nice gesture. If they didn't already like him. . .they certainly love him now!

flame at 2:34AM on 02/26/08

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I could eat my weight in ____


One thing I think I could definitely eat my weight in is my mother's spaghetti with venison summer sausage, toasted almonds, and broccoli florets. Unfortunately I'll have to eschew this dish next time she serves it since I've gone vegetarian, but it was always delicious: buttery pasta with salty, chewy flakes of sausage, tender broccoli, crunchy toasted almonds. I think if it wasn't so inextricably linked with lots of childhood kitchen dinners, I'd go for something else, but I have fond memories of this dish. :)

Christina at 1:59PM on 02/29/08

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I could eat my weight in ____

Alaskan king crab legs with melted butter
Baked potatoes with butter and sour cream, lots of s&p
Green chile chicken enchilada casserole served with sour cream, chopped lettuce and tomatoes and sliced black olives
Filet mignon wrapped in bacon, topped with sauteed mushrooms
Avocados sprinkled with salt

Does anyone see a fat theme here?

hatlady at 1:26PM on 02/29/08

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I could eat my weight in ____

Ice Cream
Schezuan Style Green Beans and white rice
Fried WHOLE clams
Crispy English Muffins slathered in butter
Grilled Strip steak

SayWhat at 1:02PM on 02/29/08

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What flavor is your cheesecake?

@wookie - isn't it always time for cheesecake?!?!

frederika at 10:03AM on 02/27/08

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What flavor is your cheesecake?

I haven't been to Cheesecake Factory in years, but I remember the last cheesecake I had there: the Jamocha. It had so much caffeine and sugar that half a slice (who can eat the whole thing?) had me bouncing off the walls for hours. I had the remaining half for breakfast the next day, no coffee required that morning!
I love a plain "NYStyle" Cheesecake with a few fresh strwberries. I forget how good cheesecake is until I have a bite then I wonder why I don't order it more often.
Hmm, I have a ton of cream cheese left from a yen for pecan tassies...maybe it's time for cheesecake.

wookie at 2:52AM on 02/27/08

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What flavor is your cheesecake?

I like my cheesecake plain, for the most part.

However, when I lived in Chicago, the Eli's Cheesecake factory was near where I lived. I'd go there to buy seconds. Mostly it was stuff like a little crack in the top, or some uneven browning. And I adored their almond cheesecake. It wasn't strongly flavored, just a hint of almond, and then some sliced almonds around the sides.

They also had a pumpkin cheesecake during the holidays that was pretty darned good. It wasn't really strongly flavored, which is probably why I liked it.

Oddly enough, I dislike chocolate cheesecake, even though I like chocolate.

Oh, gee, now I'm craving cheesecake.

dbcurrie at 1:22AM on 02/27/08

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What flavor is your cheesecake?

Ohhhh, Flame- please post the recipe for your boyfriend's green tea cheesecake. It sounds divine! My favorite is chocolate raspberry cheesecake.

sbelle at 11:21PM on 02/26/08

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What flavor is your cheesecake?

Thank you sooo much SE readers! I'm just grinning from ear to ear just reading about all your beautiful cheesecakes!!!

@ protest - A gal I worked with got so jazzed about making a cheesecake that she tried a chocolate mascarpone one when she was having guests. Her very first one. I don't know what she did but it never set up and just kind of splooped there on the plate. She 911'ed me and I ran over to her house to help. We ended up pouring ganache all over it to make it servable. It was edible but I wouldn't say totally successful. I've never used mascarpone myself, but I really would have no hesitation about trying it.

@chiff - Tell me about the Nutella one! Do you just use that instead of pb?

I've had some wildly successful cakes but I must say my own personal fav was the cappucino and toffee chunk (Heath bar) w/ Kahlua whipped cream.

I forgot about the Friends episode! Who was on the floor in the hall with Rachel scarfing down the cake????

frederika at 10:19PM on 02/26/08

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I could eat my weight in ____

Cherries...dark red bing, in the height of summer when the sun has just set and Im driving along with the windows down spitting seeds out the window.

Cheese...thats all I really have to say

Cherry tomatoes...fresh off the vine, a little warm from the sun, dried drops of rain with a side of dirt, in my barefeet with the mud squishing around my toes.

Roasted asparagus with lemon, chili oil and garlic...sweet Christ, is it spring????

ChelleyD01 at 5:57PM on 02/26/08

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What flavor is your cheesecake?

Cheesecake is my all-time favorite dessert...especially on my birthday. I'm partial to very dense, most any-flavor, crustless & soo cold it's almost frozen...served on a chilled plate.

JEP at 4:37PM on 02/26/08