Slice ham, chicken or turkey slices into small slivers and use that as your protein in a macaroni salad. I also throw in chopped bacon too. As many veggies as I have in the fridge too.

Red and golden delicious apples. I just don't get the appeal. They bruise easy and taste like wet cardboard. I love most all fruits, but I hate that they aren't perfectly ripe and full of flavor, unless you happen to be at the farm at the peak of ripeness. Never had Durian so no clue about that one. My dad bought one once and it was frozen, he left it in a box by the potatoes in our pantry. My mom almost fell over and died from the smell. She refused to let him open it, and threw it in the trash. She thought her potatoes had gone bad.

@Chris_Hennes- Yes! Can't stand fish sticks. Heck English fish n chips are also too heavy for me.

http://www.amazon.com/Wisdom-Chinese-Kitchen-Classic-Celebration/dp/0684847396

I have this book. There is a recipe in it for bbq pork. My mom says the recipes are a bit fussy, but they are authentic. She feels much better about me living so far away from a decent Chinatown because I have this book, and I can make all the recipes in it.

I'm having fun with David Chang's Compost cookies. Great way to use up the crumbly bits at the bottom of the bags

I've had them drenched in honey and butter in NM, and also used to scoop rice and beans too. I have only had them in one restaurant in Oakland Ca. Usually I have to make them to satisfy my cravings. They don't have them in GA yet.

When my son was a toddler we would indulge during our dungeness crab season. He absolutely loves crab, and would wait impatiently for one of us to shell it for him. One night he was so impatient, he cried out, "Mommy! Take the chicken out of the crab for me!" Hey it was white meat!

I watched last night, and there wasn't anything new for me to learn. I cringed at what they were eating and served in the school lunches. I commend Jamie for trying to educate the residents of Huntington, but the main issue that another commenter mentioned was cost. No, I didn't look up the statistics for the city, what the mean income is, how many are on govt subsidies, etc. What I hope the mass populace takes from this show is that there are decent food choices out there, but when the economy is bad, and families are on tight budgets, the choice between utilities that month or non processed food for a week, it's given that having utilities is more important, than making a more wholesome meal, over value priced pizzas. The BOE, USDA, the tax payers, it's all cost driven, getting the most for as little as possible, hence the horrific chicken nuggets.
I know of families with the discretionary funds to make wholesome food choices, instead of hamburger helper or eating out at Taco Bell. They know the right and wrong of eating healthier, hopefully if they caught this show, they will make a positive change in their life. It's a close minded attitude about foods, and that's hard to change a child's mind when they are looking at their parents and what they eat also.
On a strange and sad note, since many thought the residents were close minded; if Jamie had told the adults especially Alice, that Obama or the Democrats were the ones deciding their children needed to eat all these highly processed food, and it was subversive to their religious beliefs, many would probably jump on the idea of change.

Your mom sounds like mine. She'd cook them, but wouldn't eat them and passed them on to me.

" I don't know how to make chocolate sauce, we didn't have chocolate like this in Hong Kong growing up" My mom's reasoning why we never made chocolate sauce, and only used Hershey's on our ice cream or in our milk.

Last year was my big thanksgiving with family in my house. I had started prepping everything from prebaking the rolls to the dressing and sides several days before. I also have only one fridge, so I had plenty of coolers packed with ice sitting on my screened porch in 35*F weather. When time came to cook the turkey went in first then 1 hour before the turkey was done the potatoes were started, and everything came out of coolers and fridge to be warmed in the oven on three racks, after the turkey came out to rest. We also did a roast of beef on low heat on the gas grill. Years before when I lived closer to my parents and we always held holiday dinners at their house. I would roast the turkey in my house then bring it over after it came out. Again plan your menu and timing prior to the big day.

I've seen this type of container at my Costco for the last two years. The family have difficulties pouring milk, and drinking it out of the container. I don't seem to have problems pouring it myself, and drinking from the container? I'm against it anyways.

I love it. It was something I would beg for after an good Italian dinner when I was a child. During the Christmas season Dreyers /Edys makes a special Spumoni flavor. It's not that good though.