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I had a lovely homemade beef pot pie with a biscuit crust in the oven in a stoneware baking pan my Father & Mother-in-law bought us at Cosco. I should've known something was up. All of a sudden we heard this tremendously loud crack & a violent sizzling. The pan had broke because I had the oven up a little too high to bake the biscuit crust properly. The pie filling was all over the oven & we had a huge mess to clean up. Never again! Now I use my trusty Pyrex baking dishes!

I love aprons. I have one that my Mom bought me a few months ago from Ikea. I keep forgetting to wear it! I also have a vintage black Christmas one with gold sparkly poinsettias on it that I love. I've been wanting to collect some more vintage ones to display. Now I'm inspired to do an apron post on my blog. Thanks!

Well done. Oh, & Cheez Whiz, Global Warming & Cool Whip are all the absolute worst things in the world! I actually use A1 in my bloody mary's. Plus, my husband could mainline the stuff, so I can't say that's worse.

Wasn't Smirnoff the best tasting vodka in a blind New York Times Dining tasting? I actually prefer it. I think people buy vodkas for the packaging as well as the price.

I can't work chopsticks to save my life, so sushi definitely. I never worried about etiquette, does that make me a bad person? I like eating big leaves of lettuce in a salad with my fingers. I pile up the goodies (veggies, tomatoes, cheese) and make a little wrap to dip in the dressing on the side.

First of all I have to recover from laughing sooo hard at the remarks from:
Nance- re: Sandra Lee on the Kwanzaa cake (topping in with corn nuts) please tell me your joking, I don't know if you or Sandra's Kwazaa cake recipe want to kill ME. rotfl.
Jensings- your comment also made me roll off the couch, well put.
Alssa- same as above
Thanks y'all for a very good laugh.

Now who I like:
Alton - becuz he is silly and informative, I like that.
Emeril- becuz of due respect, but he needs to (or has) retire, his "bam" has gotten a little too old.
Ina- like her soft spoken demure and her recipes seem very good, but did she make a pact with the devil? Read her bio eveything thing she did she is successful at... hmmmmmm. That nervous laugh does get to me though.
Tyler- tried some of his stuff....really good.
Sara Moulton- like her alot, she is so relaxed, I like her cooking, she teaches, and she covers UP!! I miss her.
Cat Cora-total professional, she is very pretty but like all chefs ( iam one myself) cover's UP!! She wears a chef coat. I like her demure and professional knowledge.
Anthony Bourdain- Love his shows, they tell the real shit that goes on in cultures.
Mario- real authentic chef. Love his shows and his foods. Wll miss him too.
Duff-I like but other then his oux and Mary Alice many of his workers seem liike there on drugs.
Guy- I like him. his show makes me sick becuz my city has very few diner, drive-ins and dives anymore( I live in Seattle). His other show I only saw a few times, but I liked what he made so far. He's funny.
Symon- I like him. He's professional and his giggles crack me up. I like his food.
Flay- His actual shows bore me to sleep but I do respect his success and I 'm sure his food is good. I hear good reviews about his restaurants.
Ming Tsi- I miss him, he too is a Pro. and I loved his show. I made a dish of his for Mother's Day once and it turned out great but man, I almost had to hop a plane to Asia to get some of the ingreds. for it.

Now for my dislikes:
Paula Deen- I like her home program (she's somewhat mellow) but the shit she makes.......
Paula's party- That is enough to make my ears bleed. Is she drunk on that show? She is flirting, forgetting what they are doing she is hamming it up. Nooooooooo!!
Robin What her name- Boring.
Giada- I liked her pogram when it first aired, but now it is a joke. Yes that phoney accent, the Farrah Fawcett smile, yes the low cut shirts. Shit she is making Italian food (maybe), she should be professional and wear a chef coat. You get shit all over yourself making Italian food. It's food food porn.
Sandra Lee- Ah wtf is she doing on FN? Yes she has a concept for making things go easy in the kitchen, yes someone above wrote that some chefs use canned this and that for fresh and its true, and that is good, but she can at least come through with some dishes that are homemade 100% for the times one has day off or special occasions ect. Anyone can open a box or packet and just add shit to it, but I thought the FN was to educate people how to make real dishes.
Bobblehead aka Rach Ray- She is over the top of WHAT???? Yes I play a game with my boyfriend, everytime 30 mins. airs we get beers ready and when she says her imfamous words "EVOO, sammies, delish, garbage bowl, awesome, eyeball it, giggles, ect., we take a drink. Guaranteed your tipsy (if not drunk) in 30 minutes. FN needs to restructure what their goal is really quick. Do they want the true chefs that really show people methods, ideas of real cooking or do they want to have circus acts like they are airing?

I never much liked meat or chicken or milk or eggs - even as a baby - but ate it reluctantly until about age 22 (I'm 43 now). I gave up fish a few years after that, when I got scared of contaminated water, overfishing, and mercury levels. I've been off and on dairy and eggs through the years, more of a digestive issue than a moral one. For the last few months I've been CRAVING sardines and salmon, and no vegetarian substitute or seaweed would do. I finally gave in and had some sardines and salmon the last 3 days and I FEEL WONDERFUL. I guess it pays to listen to your body as much as listen to the experts.

Thanks to all of the posters above for helping allay the fear that I'd get horribly sick in some way. I still doubt I'll eat meat or chicken, so you can have my serving of bacon....

"I was a vegetarian from age 6 when I was a stubborn brat and declared myself a vegetarian to avoid having to eat a hamburger one meal."

Wow, Megannesta, your story is just like mine. Only I was 13, and the meal was the ubiquitous Sunday roast beef dinner. And like you, I'm making up for lost time. I had a cheeseburger for breakfast today.

The meal that flipped me (at age 19) was a hotdog at a fireman's picnic. Didn't get sick.

In-n-out

Damn you double-double with onions and extra sauce...the saucy korean bbq had no sway over me but you, with your two patties, hand torn lettuce, melting cheese, onions, and that sauce....

I was a vegetarian for 8 years. When I got a heart infection, my nurse told me I should eat cow's heart. Since I told her that was never going to happen, I decided to give normal cuts of meat a try. I went to a restaurant and I ordered a pulled pork sandwich. My husband thought I was daring and ordered the conservative chicken, thinking that if I didn't like the pork he could switch with me. My first bite was amazing, I was in shock. Although it may have been the fact that the meds I was on made me have a huge appetite, having meat for the first time in so long was fabulous. My husband thought I was being sarcastic and offered to switch. I told him he was crazy!