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Post by Quettalee on Sept 7, 2008 19:52:46 GMT -5
Without doing the two-minute-+ drill, I read somewhere in my travels over the last couple of weeks that here in the states it's all considered "bison" and that true "buffalo" are only found in Africa. I mentioned that to our older friend that is almost full-blooded Native American...and she kinda raised her eyebrows and said, "Depends on who you're talking to". So I'm not really sure of the difference. I'll look it up tomorrow. Just walked in the door after one of our top five days and my dogs are barking and my tummy is growling, so I have business to handle right at this moment. Be back later! Smooches.
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Post by Joxcee on Sept 10, 2008 18:16:17 GMT -5
Well ... if you ask me ... and you didn't ... The African "buffalo" look like cattle, and the American "buffalo" do not. (And that isn't the itsy-bitsy, teeny weeny bit of Indian/Native American in me talking. Or maybe it is. )
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Post by Quettalee on Sept 11, 2008 16:58:59 GMT -5
Thank you for that imput, my itsy-bitsy, teenie-weenie, tiny bit of Native American friend. (And when did you ever need an invitation for imput??) What ever you want to call them, people seem to be enjoying them. We ran out during our lunch rush on Sunday. We have it up on our roadside sign and it seems to be bringing in peeps who normally wouldn't be caught dead in a vegetarian restaurant. Go figure. When I hook up the veggie burgers with all the trappings, there isn't much difference as far as I can taste.
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Post by Quettalee on Sept 13, 2008 23:36:35 GMT -5
Have been reaping the benefits of being a locavore since yesterday. One of our regulars brought us about a dozen of the most beautiful tomatoes I have ever seen! One cut up makes a cereal bowl full and I think between Mary and myself, we have eaten at least half a dozen since they were so graciously bestowed upon us. My bowl tonight had sea salt, black pepper, dill, olive oil...and I threw in a can of white albacore for the protein! By the gods, those tomatoes are so luscious, there was half a cup of juice left in the bottom of the bowl! (which I turned up and drank right down from the bowl ) Now it's time for a coconut Popsicle! (and hat, bra, shoes, and contact lenses removal...in that order)
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Post by gams on Sept 14, 2008 8:07:33 GMT -5
Glad you've finally got your tomatoes, Q, and they sound wonderfully delicious. We've still got tons of "pearl tomatoes", and have been enjoying big, beefy ones like those you described from our neighbors. I like them sliced with just a sprinkling of pepper, and a big blob of sour-cream.
At least you had a bra to take off.
I was busy yesterday morning before work. I threw some laundry in the dryer while I showered, garrulously meandered my way through here, and made meatloaf so all Hubs had to do was pop it in the oven before I got home from work. I made my lunch for work, and by this time my work shirt was dry....but kinda wrinkley. The last thing I did before leaving was iron the shirt before throwing it on right before I walked out the door.
Slow day at work; torrential rains kept the customers away. My boss had called one co-worker before we opened and told her to stay home, and then my boss stayed home as well. Just me and one other person working....which was one too many. A little after mid-day, and we had only about a handful of customers since opening. I decided I'd call it a day. After a pouty I'm-gonna-be-bored-to-tears-for-the-rest-of-the-day look from my co-worker, he agreed there just wasn't enough to do inside for the two of us, and I went home.
Too much stuff in my arms getting out of the car at home, and I skipped opening the umbrella - the mad dash from the car to the front door left me soaked. Stripped off my sopping shirt and discovered - what the hell? - I forgot to put on a bra that morning.
I suppose things like that happen to the best of us......a few of us, at least.....uhm....one other person besides me? Probably not.
And uhm....what's this post doing in a food thread? You're the one who mentioned bras. And hhmm....it was a coconutty thing for me do to. The meatloaf was delicious.
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Post by gams on Sept 14, 2008 23:08:19 GMT -5
Back on the subject of food of which I so brazenly strayed earlier today.. It's amazing what you'll run across on the Internet. I found this recipe on what seems like legitimate cooking web-site. Someone has a very strange sense of humor. It cracked me up. How's this for tickling your tastebuds? www.cooks.com/rec/view/0,1713,154169-252196,00.html
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Post by gams on Oct 13, 2008 8:23:01 GMT -5
For a place owned by what I'm sure is a wonderful cook - it sounds like it anyway - this is sure a lonely thread. Ah, well...."talking shop" when you're not in the shop is something a lot of people don't care to do.
And I don't care to bake, so why am I in here? Pfft. I never said I don't like to eat, and I would have loved to even nibbled on what LX ate yesterday.
LX, for the first ten years of her life, did not like chocolate - not in any way, shape or form; she wouldn't touch it. A daughter of mine! Not liking chocolate?! Can you imagine? It took her years, but she finally overcame this insidious ailment, and has made a full and total recovery....one so complete, and displayed in a manner yesterday that I could only experience it in my wildest dreams.
Yesterday was her best friend's birthday, and LX took her to the chocolate shop downtown to celebrate with cake. Chocolate cake. A piece so large it costs $11.00 a slice and covers an entire dinner-sized plate. They shared a slice. Chocolate cake filled with chocolate cream, drizzled in chocolate syrup, and eaten with forks dipped in chocolate. The name of this decadent delight is "Death By Chocolate." They survived to tell the tale by not finishing the slice.....and I suppose I should be relieved they did not try to kill me by bringing home the left-overs, but somehow I'm kind of disappointed. Although I'm not nearly ready yet to even test the waters, I can think of worse ways to die than death by chocolate.
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Post by Quettalee on Feb 19, 2009 13:50:44 GMT -5
Wow, like so many other threads that have been neglected at this forum, this one is no exception. Oct. 13th was your last post, Gams. How I wish I could go back to that day. That was Monday of that stupid week that forever changed my life and the person that I will never be again. And see, I haven't even thought about it being Thursday until now. Should've known there was a reason for my melancholy mood besides the monkey job situation.
Anyway, I haven't done enough cooking in the past four and a half months--18 weeks--to bother clearing the cobwebs away. After using up or throwing out most of the time-sensitive food items that we had left from the shop, I have mostly lived on suateed veggies or bean burritos. My favorite veggies for the stir fry are broccoli, mushrooms, carrots, onions, and snow peas (or sugar snaps) with lots of fresh garlic and olive oil.
I made lentils until I ran out of bags (about 8 of them), but I never could bring myself to eat any. I've made a couple of pots of split pea soup and that's what on the stove today. (And I have to say it, it's the shit!) I like split pea better than the lentils and Mare like the lentils better, so I guess that's why I can eat the soup and not the beans. I was thinking I'd can them up and share like you suggested before. Seems like a good way to return some of the love and support that the three or four people that I still talk to and "visit" continue to give without question or judgement.
Oh, lets not forget the spaghetti. That was really good and one of my favorites. I should make that again soon, because I gave Hill all my leftovers, so I really didn't get my fill.
Ramble, ramble...
<sigh>
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Post by gams on Feb 20, 2009 8:30:18 GMT -5
I made chili; yesterday day was the kind of day that called for it. Not too spicy, because the girls won't eat it if it is, but I didn't use cinnamon either, that is typical of the Cincinnati-style chili that they do eat. And I used ground turkey instead of hamburger....that's got to be a little bit more healthy, yes? Wait...don't answer; I have the feeling I really don't want to know.
So your lentils are the sh!t, and your split-pea soup as well. It'd be cool, Q, if you could somehow turn your lentil and split-pea soup prowess into a little extra cash. Write a magazine article with the recipes, perhaps, and suggest sharing the left-overs with friends? Title it, "How To Give Your Friends the Sh!ts", maybe. Maybe not.
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Post by Joxcee on Oct 23, 2009 0:40:23 GMT -5
Q: Isn't bacon one of the things you miss most? I can't remember. But when I came across "Tempeh Bacon" in my vegan search, which started with the cookbook on Oprah today, I thought of you. Figured I'd share. Google it, if you want to know more. That's how I found the vegan sites I posted.
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Post by Quettalee on Oct 26, 2009 16:32:47 GMT -5
I absolutely miss bacon, Jox. I've tried the tempeh and it's pretty good. What I like more, tho, is dulse. Spray it with olive oil and put it in the toaster oven for about five minutes.... nummie!! It's salty and crispy just like bacon and on a sandwich with vegenaise, spinach leaves, tomato, avocado slices... and cheese, of course, it's an amazing substitute. And so healthy...naturally. Homemade vegetable soup on the stove today! Fridge is clean again and the house smells like heaven.
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Post by Joxcee on Oct 26, 2009 17:22:47 GMT -5
Cool. Glad you found a suitable replacement.
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