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Website: http://realfoodvsnotrealfood.blogspot.com

Location: wilmington, nc

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Favorite foods: everything real

Last bite on earth: real pizza

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i love pasta right now!

man i'm really into pasta right now. never given any interest to it but it took me about a week ago. i'm in a freakin studio appt. this week and working on a minimal budget but i had one of the best noodle meal i have ever had 2night. start with three cloves of garlic sliced and sauted in olive oil and one ounce of raw chix thrown in. seasoned with soy sauce i had laying around and tossed in whole wheat spaghetti adding fresh basil to finish; real food. i wish i had my sesame seed w/me.

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where to eat out in boston?

never been to boston. my wife and i are going this weekend and want to eat at the right places, any suggestions?

The Ten Most Recent Comments By jonestripp

From Required Eating

In Videos: Roger Clemens Doesn't Know What a Vegan Is

Roger Clemens is a man, not a vegan.

From Slice

Hillary Chokes Up but Manages to Diss Pizza

what the f*#k is wrong with pizza you weirdo?

From Recipes

Serious Sandwiches: The Ideal Thanksgiving Leftover Sandwich

most of these sound good but i can't throw my "up to 3-4 days after thanksgiving day" staple under the bus. they are known as turkey rolls. my brother and i started making these bite sized morsels when we were in our early teens and could very easily throw back 5-10 a piece at any given time, thus wiping out thanksgiving leftovers. they are simple but amazing, here it is:
warm parker house roll buttered religously,
turkey (dark meat w/ skin),
salt/pepper,
and that's it!

From Talk

Men v Women: Who cooks Thanksgiving dinner?

thanksgiving in southeastern nc with my family was great. all the women would definitely "hook it up" in the kitchen while all the guys would hang out in the living room, drink bourbon and watch football. the fare was phenomenal.
fast forward to the present.
i live down the coast about four hours and don't get to spend thanksgiving in my hometown and i have also taken a liking to cooking. my folks come down and we spend the holiday together in a very different way than we did back home. i cook everything except my mom's famous oyster dressing. score one for the guys!

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What Does Thanksgiving Mean to You?

Thanksgiving, man what a great holiday. What does thanksgiving mean to me? Well three things come to mind; the start of my favorite time of year (the holidays), the gathering of family and friends and FOOD.
I grew up in smalltown eastern nc and the holidays there were awesome. On thanksgiving day my entire extended family would gather at my grandparents house at around 11a until about 3-4p for dinner and comradery. All the grandchildren (6 of us) would be outside playing in the woods or football in the front yard, the men would be in the den with a bourbon drink (or syllabub made from my great grandads homeade wine) watching football and all the women would be in the kitchen working it out. By woking it out I mean cooking the most impressive spread of thanksgiving fare that you could ever imagine. The staples were turkey, ham, giblet gravy, oyster dressing, mashed potatoes, the best collard greens on the planet, dumplings, yeast rolls, sweet potato casserole, green bean casserole, mac and cheese, chocolate pie, and pecan pie (pronounced pee-can), which were all homeade. After about an hour of eating we would all gather in the den and just hang out, talk and nodd off from happy bellies.
Now I live in Wilmington, NC with my wife and two kids (i'll have my third before this thanksgiving). I'm still Mr. Giddy when it comes to the holidays although I don't get to spend it with my grandparents and my extended fam. My only bro lives here in town, my folks come down and we have the same tradition we always have. Now, opposite as it may be from ealier years, the men do most of the cooking but my grandmother still sends her famous collard greens and dumplings. I've got the turkey and mashed potatoes perfected, my mom still can cook a mean oyster dressing and giblet gravy and we still nodd off watching The Christmas Story on TBS. Man what a great time and Christmas is right around the corner!

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Everyday I eat_____________

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From Required Eating

In Videos: Roger Clemens Doesn't Know What a Vegan Is

Humm! No B-12, a lack of which causes dementia. This explains a lot about vegans.

From Required Eating

In Videos: Roger Clemens Doesn't Know What a Vegan Is

Interesting...supplemental B12 shots. Thanks

From Required Eating

In Videos: Roger Clemens Doesn't Know What a Vegan Is

I agree with all of the previous comments. I believe however that the vegan question was asked because Clemens claims that some of the shots he received were vitamin B12. Apparently since vegans aren't eating quite right they sometimes require supplemental B12.

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In Videos: Roger Clemens Doesn't Know What a Vegan Is

It's kind of ironic Congress alls there "hearings", since nobody really listens to anyone but themselves?

SB (would rather vote for a "dumbfounded" ex-jock than a dumb-funded politician)

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In Videos: Roger Clemens Doesn't Know What a Vegan Is

He’s a jock... As American as, Baseball, Hot dogs, Apple pie. Attorneys-politicians will be attorneys. During a deposition or congressional hearing attorneys-politicians ask the questions and you answer them. Remember... we don’t ask them questions, because if and when we do you never really get an answer.
Representative Bruce L. Braley... in my opinion, what a silly question!

From Required Eating

In Videos: Roger Clemens Doesn't Know What a Vegan Is

Agreed, SRHCB, but if Congress is (verbally) grilling Roger Clemens, they can't be paying attention the Iraq (where was that again?), veterans' care (what team did Walter Reed play on?), still-devastated New Orleans (Katrina who?), health care (the insurance companies that so generously make campaign contributions say we don't need to worry about that), Osama bin-Laden (is he the guy who's running for President?), etc., etc. PETA is on the right track on a lot of issues, but their agenda doesn't have to be inserted into every issue. How many people with loud PETA voices know baseball jargon.

Claire @ http://culinary-colorado.blogspot.com

From Slice

Hillary Chokes Up but Manages to Diss Pizza

Maybe poor Hillary has never tasted real pizza. I certainly hope that's the case. Either way, we don't need ignorance in the White House.

This country needs someone who will support strict pizza/food purity laws.

From Slice

Hillary Chokes Up but Manages to Diss Pizza

Exactly where does Obama stand on the pizza question?

From Slice

Hillary Chokes Up but Manages to Diss Pizza

I can't believe the anti-pizza vote carried NH. As pizza eaters, we need to make sure that all of the candidates go on record against this kind of bigotry! Someone start the petition. Not me, though, I'm too busy...

From Recipes

Serious Sandwiches: The Ideal Thanksgiving Leftover Sandwich

My mom used to cook up the turkey with gravy on the stove. Then, we would eat it on a piece of wheat bread, open-faced (sometimes would add mayo to the bread first).
Friday, I buttered a piece of rye bread, put some turkey on it, and ate it. It was good (and, ahem, a little better than T-day turkey because it was a bit dry -- my MIL made it, and it sure smelled good in the oven, but it was overdone!).