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Oh, man, I thought I had blocked out my Gatorade Gum cravings!

for some reason, i actually embrace my hangovers; it means that there's a ton to discuss with my girlfriends the next morning! we'll typically cruise over to a local burger joint and get their saturday special (huge greasy cheeseburger, thick-cut fries, and a large soda... i always opt for water instead of the soda). if they're not around, i'll brew some coffee, and then pick up a huge plate of pad thai, which is so big that i'll snack on it throughout the day.

cheers!!

I see on abebooks.com that there's one reasonably priced ($19.95) copy of my favorite book on food, Digby Anderson's "The Spectator Book of Imperative Cooking."

If you want to get an idea of his writing style, here's a link to one of the later articles he did.
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1282/is_n19_v46/ai_16294526/

Last night I drank a bunch of beers and some shots. I was so drunk I was hitting on a lady who was twice my age, so thats about how drunk I was. Went home and fell asleep as soon as I hit the pillow, woke up fully clothed shoes and all --- I was HUNG OVER. But there's a Pho diner around the corner. I went over there and got some of that vietnamese noodle soup and ate that whole thing. Went straight home and fell right back asleep again until later on in the afternoon. When I woke up, the hangover was completely gone.

garlic, wine, and olive oil by Thomas Pellechia

my recommendation is, 'hometown appetites: the story of clementine paddleford' it's simply a remarkable book. also, 'appetite for life' is a wonderfully absorbing bio of julia child. (read it instead of 'julie & julia' which is a fat waste of time.) i personally find jeffery steingarten to be a pompous ass & have never dug his books-try as i might to read them. however, i fully support the other suggestions-particularly: ruhlman, pepin, riechl, and bourdain. if you're looking for something quick & amusing, then 'don't try this at home: culinary catastrophes from the world's greatest chefs' is pretty funny, as is 'alone in the kitchen with an eggplant'. 'my last supper: 50 great chefs & their final meals' is quite interesting too.

does anyone else remember "Milkshake" candy bars. Tasted like a chocolate malt.Also a Japanese hard candy in a round red tin. We used to call it umeboshi candy.

I don't like canola (rapeseed) oil. To me it has a funny taste. Corn oil has an off-putting taste for me as well, but I can live with it. For low temp cooking it is hard to beat olive oil. For deep frying, something you should not do very often, I find that peanut oil performs the best. Lard is great if you like an old fashioned flavor, but I never use it. Sesame oil has no flavor whatsoever unless it is pressed from seeds that were toasted beforehand and the maker did not go crazy with the filtration. Grape seed and walnut oils are great if your income is high enough, but not really a mainstay if you are in the working class. Butter is another great low-temp cooking oil, but for health reasons, it should be an indulgence, not a mainstay.

Regardless of any bogus health claims, I really don't care for canola for most cooking applications. In deep-frying, it has relatively low smoking point and takes on a fishy taste after only one use. In stir frying, it leaves a gummy coating in my wok. I will not use it for mayonnaise either as it sometimes comes out of the bottle smelling of fish.

As a neutral all-purpose oil I much prefer sunflower. For stir-frying I always use peanut oil (the kind that actually smells like peanut). And for deep-frying I use a combination of sunflower/lard/tallow.

Here is the nutritional data for canola oil, along with the data for olive oil, grapeseed oil, walnut oil, sesame oil, peanut oil, and soybean oil. Canola oil would appear to be higher in omega 6 than some other oils (but not the highest). However, it's also higher in omega 3 than some other oils as well.

I'm going to go eat a stick of cultured butter now. :)

I loved lemon coolers too, and also pecan sandies. I also miss rice honeys cereal - they also had a really cool cowboy bee mascot on the package and in the commercials.

What about Celeste's Pizza with the big pepperoni's not the little one's. Haha

Oatmeal Crisp (almond or raisin)