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The Ten Most Recent Posts By michichan

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Food to gain weight on

For my upcoming job, I have to gain 15 pounds. I've got a high metabolism, so I'm going to need some dense dlicious ideas, and I do not want to be chugging down the protein shakes.
What are the most tasty calorie laden dishes you can think of?

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What makes a great dining evening?

As a waitress I'm always looking for great tips for better ones. What made your most memorable evening out? What, besides great food, inspires you to come back to a restaurant?

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What are your non-food uses for food?

Do you shampoo your hair with honey? Clear blackheads with avocado and aspirin? I want to know!

The Ten Most Recent Comments By michichan

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Need Name for a Soup Company

Stone Soup (A really classic kid's story)
Soul Soup
Rainy Day Soup
Soup Shoppe
Spoon to mouth
Sips

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You have to check this out - Micro Evaporator

Wow, I've used fractional distillation in chem before, beut I've never thought of this option.
If you have a basic chem book, and make $100 worth of glassware, you can make this.

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I need menu help...

Huevos Rancheros!
Tortillas filled with eggs, beans, and cheese. Take them up a notch with pan-friend chickpeas (You can do them right in with the eggs) and quinoa.
Then some yogurt with fruit, and maybe grnola.

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Food to gain weight on

Wow, some fantastic ideas-thanks all!
I can feel the green hot envy though from all directions. I'm going to be a lifeguard, and I need some bouyancy and muscle mass.

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Top 10 EVERYBODY else has had---but me...

These are hardly common things. C'mon guys-this is supposed to shock!
Let's see...
1 olives
2 diet soda
3 nutella
4 maple syrup (And I'm from Canada)
5 poached eggs
6 ketchup, mustard, relish, or mayo
7 shrimp
8 lobster
9 sour cream
10 (This is hard) custard

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Food for a stressed student stomach?

Your brain can only use energy directly from carbohydrates. An excess won't make you think better, but you willnotice a loss of focus if you have too few. Lots ofcomplex carbs too avoiid the sugar rush. Snack on cereal through the exam if allowed.

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What was the greatest dish you've ever eaten in your life?

A Morroccan Hotpot at Culina Cafe-www.culinacafe.ca; the freshest tomatoes, chickpeas soft but slightly chewy, and the most fragram spices-saffron, turmeric, cinnamon, and cumin, all in a light drizzling of honey.

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Seriously Delicious Holiday Giveaway: Garrison Confections' Garrison Big Box

Can we pick white?
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From Required Eating

Cook the Book: 'The Martha Stewart Living Cookbook: The Original Classics'

Mm yes-her red velvet cake tastes like velvet (Really!)
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From Required Eating

Cook the Book: 'The Bacon Cookbook'

How about some monkey bread?
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Need Name for a Soup Company

Reaching back to a past life in PR and marketing ... stick with the K.I.S.S. rule, especially for naming a product or company.

I like the ones that are unambiguous and tell it like it is. Soups of Columbus, Columbus Soup Company, Grassroots Soups, etc. Frankly, overly cute or clever names can be trite and incredibly irritating. Personally, I often think twice about trying a place or product if the name is annoying (KD's Kountry Kitchen was a great little cafe near my office that I almost didn't try).

Good luck! Soup is my favorite food, so I'm hoping to try out your company sometime!

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Need Name for a Soup Company

Just thought of another: Soup for the Soul

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Need Name for a Soup Company

Keep in mind that if the name is too clever, there will be a certain number of people who won't "get it" and you'll have to explain it. Over and over and over. You'll want to be talking about how good the product is, and they're be talking about the name.

Also, as much as the Soup Nazi on Seinfeld was funny, there are some people who will be immediately offended by the word Nazi, no matter that it's named after something that was on TV. And hard to believe, but there are probably people who didn't watch Seinfeld enough to understand the context.

Is this going to be a restaurant-type place, or packaged goods? If it's packaged, you might want to make it homemade sounding. Grandma's Recipe or something with that feel.

If it's a restaurant, personally I prefer to have a clue what the place is about from the name. Souper Soups would tell me that you probably server a lot of soup. Something more obscure might get attention, but people might not be as willing to just stop in on a whim if they haven't a clue what they're find inside.

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Need Name for a Soup Company

Golden Bowl is a common Chinese restaurant name...might want to avoid that.

Otherwise, I like Village Soups...and I'm in Springfield, so let us know when you open and we'll come visit!

Please serve cream of mushroom soup. =)

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Need Name for a Soup Company

Soup de do (get it, like whoop de do?)

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Need Name for a Soup Company

Hearty Soup Bowls
Simmering Soups
A Waft of Heavenly Soups
Grandma's Soups of Love
(tried bowls in lieu of soup but looked too much like bowels LOL)
Lovin' Spoonful (or Spoonsful) o' Soup
The Soup Not Z
Sinfully Souper Soups
Souper Fresh Soups
Fresh Soups
Hot 'n Steamy Soups
The Village Soupery
The Village Soup Master/Mistress? ;)

A local politician in NJ was asked a question at a public meeting and his reply was, "It's a mixed bag of soup."
HUH?????


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Need Name for a Soup Company

Simmer Down

Souperintendent

Souperior Tastes

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Need Name for a Soup Company

How about: The Daily Bowl

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Need Name for a Soup Company

I can't think of anything else I like more than The Wooden Spoon.

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Need Name for a Soup Company

all stirred up!