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The Ten Most Recent Comments By whoizzit

From Required Eating

Cook the Book: 'Screen Doors and Sweet Tea'

I love a Sea Breeze - vodka, cranberry juice, and a squeeze of fresh lime. Ahhh!

whoizzit at 9:13AM on 06/30/08

From Talk

Cookout Dessert

My hands-down favorite, if you have access to a freezer to store it until dessert-time, is lemonade pie with pretzel crust. Make a pretzel crust just as you would a graham cracker crust - except use pretzels, of course. Crushed pretzels, butter, sugar. Pat evenly into pie plate. Bake, then cool. Then, slightly soften 1 quart of vanilla ice cream and mix until smooth with one 6-oz. can of lemonade (or limeade, or pink lemonade). If you can stand not to eat the entire frosty bowl while you're standing there, pile the filling in the cooled pretzel crust and freeze several hours until firm. These are incredibly addictive and we eat them all summer long. They are PERFECT with cookout food. You can garnish with little puffs of whipped cream and lemon zest, or paper-thin lemon slices, or a little of the pretzel mix that you've held back. Enjoy!

whoizzit at 9:10AM on 06/30/08

From Talk

Basil for days

Really! I've always pureed my basil with just olive oil and frozen it. Using water never occurred to me. I'm going to do that tonight!

whoizzit at 9:06AM on 06/25/08

From Talk

Do you eat a bed-time snack? What is it?

Ice cream, please! Or in the summer when we have it, a lovely slice of frozen lemonade pie.

whoizzit at 4:50PM on 06/06/08

From Recipes

Everyone Loves a Lemon Layer Cake

Here's the link to the photo on the Cooking Light website. http://find.myrecipes.com/recipes/recipefinder.dyn?action=displayRecipe&recipe_id=1734321
But I'll bet the raspberry version is MUCH more beautiful. OK, who'll be the first to make it and post a photo?? YUM.

whoizzit at 9:28AM on 06/04/08

From Talk

How do you eat your hot dogs?

Chili Cheese Slaw Dog, please! Or a Varsity chili dog with good old French's yellow mustard and chopped onions. Hot-lanta here I come! YUMM-EE!

whoizzit at 9:37AM on 05/28/08

From Talk

What are you known for?

Muchas gracias, rosezilla! Can't WAIT to try that tri!

whoizzit at 11:46AM on 05/13/08

From Talk

What are you known for?

Rosezilla - how do you do your tri-tip? I'm a newbie to this cut -- have a couple in the freezer from a recent trip to Costco, and would love to do it right! THANKS!

whoizzit at 9:31AM on 05/12/08

From Required Eating

Cook the Book: Cowgirl Cuisine

My favorite foods on my birthday when I was little: fried chicken (for once I got the wishbone!), yellow squash & onions, green beans, mashed potatoes with cream gravy, yellow cake with chocolate fudge icing and pecans on top, and sweet tea, of course. Sigh.

whoizzit at 9:12AM on 05/12/08

From Talk

Do you send local treats to homesick family and friends?

Several years ago we moved to Michigan from Savannah, GA and stayed about 6 years. It was fun realizing the differences in food items that were and weren't available regionally. One time, I ordered a case of pickled peaches since none of the stores up there had even HEARD of such a thing. Whenever we'd return from a trip South, I'd return with coolers of ripe tomatoes and quarts of frozen Brunswick stew and local shrimp. We always brought back green peanuts in season, since "boiled peanuts" were another unheard-of food group (sound familiar, Matt & Ted Lee?), and had friends who regularly shipped stone-ground grits and our favorite BBQ sauces. There's nothing like a taste of home when you're living somewhere else, that's for sure!

whoizzit at 12:42PM on 05/02/08

Responses to Comments by whoizzit

From Required Eating

Cook the Book: 'Screen Doors and Sweet Tea'

Thank you for participating, and congratulations to our winners:

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Adam Kuban at 6:31PM on 07/07/08

From Required Eating

Cook the Book: 'Screen Doors and Sweet Tea'

I'm with mint juleps as well.

skyflyer3 at 2:21PM on 06/30/08

From Required Eating

Cook the Book: 'Screen Doors and Sweet Tea'

Alcoholic- margaritas hands down (fresh limes though)
Non Alcoholic- iced tea

LoriA at 1:22PM on 06/30/08

From Required Eating

Cook the Book: 'Screen Doors and Sweet Tea'

Gin and tonics are my favorite for something cool to drink while sitting on my patio.

minnebelle at 11:23AM on 06/30/08

From Required Eating

Cook the Book: 'Screen Doors and Sweet Tea'

Mint juleps! Forget mojitos, I prefer this classic work of art in bourbon, mint, sugar and ice - the perfect compliment to relaxing on a porch swing or rocker.

littlecabbage at 10:02AM on 06/30/08

From Required Eating

Cook the Book: 'Screen Doors and Sweet Tea'

Give me a refreshing Gordon's Cup made with cucumber and limes - you can add a splash of Midori for extra pizazz!

sluvis at 9:57AM on 06/30/08

From Talk

Basil for days

Thanks for all the extremely helpful ideas. You guys are great!

nashvillekat at 9:29AM on 06/30/08

From Talk

Basil for days

You'll preserve the basil flavor much better if you pack the whole leaves in salt. Breaking the leaves, as well as freezing, both destroy the flavor compared to the salting method.

Luther at 9:51AM on 06/25/08

From Talk

Do you eat a bed-time snack? What is it?

It depends on the day. If it's a salty-craving day, I reach for some dill pickles. If it's a sweet-craving day, there's nothing better than chocolate milk, eaten with a spoon rather than drank straight out of the glass. Brings back all kinds of nostalgic memories.

hmlicata at 12:23AM on 06/11/08

From Talk

Do you eat a bed-time snack? What is it?

Peanut Butter on toast (wheat or rye)

eatorama at 12:05AM on 06/08/08