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I find Capt. Crunch good by itself , milk makes it soggy argh sugARR sugARR sugARR ...

Quote from: Bruder Cuzzen on March 10, 2008, 08:35:40 AM
I find Capt. Crunch good by itself , milk makes it soggy argh sugARR sugARR sugARR ...

I have a horror of eating any cereal with a lot of artificial colorings...but I love Crunchberries. Unfortunately, I am restricted to the "good for you" stuff...but at least NOT bran!

Am currently eating the last 3 Girl Scout cookies in the house, with the last chocolate covered caramel from my Valentine box (bought on sale after) broken and smeared over the shortbread cookie.

You two know how to party! 

Some kind of dal dish (lentils) - I didn't follow the recipe too closely - with mixed rice (white jasmine, brown jasmine and red rice).

And a little Hot Lime Pickle on the side.

Candied hibiscus glowers and peanut-butter filled pretzels

Peach pie.

We made 200 peach pies this week. I brought one home with me. I lubs da peach pie.

No meat on Good Friday. Cheese on vital bread.
There will be the traditional spinach for lunch

Quote from: Sibling Chatty on March 21, 2008, 04:46:35 AM
Peach pie.

We made 200 peach pies this week. I brought one home with me. I lubs da peach pie.

Peeeeeach Piiiiiieeeeee. 

*Homer Simpson-style drooling*

I used to say that I never met a peach pie or cobbler that I didn't like.

Then, one day, I had a chance to travel through Porter, Oklahoma.  It is supposedly the "Peach Capitol of the World".  It says so, right there on their "Welcome to Porter" sign.

Peaches were just ripening on the trees, at the time.... plenty of fresh'uns at roadside stands....so.

I reasoned that the local "Joint" or "Greasy Spoon" which advertised all over their store-front "Home Made Peach Cobbler" as one of their "Specialties", that they would have excellent Peach Cobbler.  Or, at the least, Adequate. (which, since it's peaches, would be Quite Good.)

How WRONG, WRONG, WRONG could I be!

It was AWFUL!

It was made with CANNED, IN HEAVY SYRUP PEACHES!

And, they used the FRESH PEACH RECIPE-- which made it basically a bowl of mushy SUGAR with vague hints of a sort of peachy-ness buried deep within-- you had to "listen" very carefully, or you'd miss it.

The "crust" (if it was actually crust, and not some left-over cardboard they had lying about) was soggy, mushy and had the consistency of 3-day old re-heated mashed potatoes.  But didn't taste nearly that good....

For the first time in my life, I did NOT finish dessert.  I couldn't.

This was, what, 15 years ago?  But the memory was so bad, I still remember ... and, no, I did NOT leave a tip--I asked the waitress if their pie was any good, her old-and-too-tired-"Of Course" shoulda given me a clue...

What I shulda done was refuse the stuff, after a single bite, and refused to pay.... but I didn't. I just finished my coffee, paid and left.  Never to return, even though I often went past the place for years after that.

CANNED peaches?  They are for salads and garnish on top of cottage cheese, and occasionally if you're really hungry.

NEVER for pie or cobbler.  They are already COOKED, and all you get is MUSH at the end....

*bleah*

Sounds like the Perogy Cafe in Glendon, AB.  C'mon... they have the world's largest perogy, and 90% of the surrounding population is of Ukrainian descent, and they serve frozen perog's?  PLEASE pay someone's Baba to make fresh'uns.


Edit:  Oh yeah, the thread...  chinese takeaway.

A toasted cheese sandwich, even though no longer Roman.

To subvert the words of Anaïs Nin:  "The body remained vulnerable to certain repetitions long after the mind believed it had made a clear, a final severance."


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Bob: I had a friend who fancied weird things like spinach sandwiches. A new cafe opened featuring this very tidbit and she ordered it for lunch. What she received was a hard roll (and for once, properly named. It bounced! when she dropped it for an ops test) liberally festooned with cold, canned spinach.

It was the most horrifying thing I had ever seen. 

She was cured of spinach sandwiches in that moment.

Rice crackers.  I am still hungry despite polishing off the better part of $30 worth of said takeaway (I may finish the rest up, elsewise it's breakfast).

a banana

Elsewise it was breakfast.

look take the canned peaches-- not in heavy syrup-- pour off juice (try adding it to the orange juice jug) and put peaches in a bowl, next add some Tajin or other dry hot powder or even liquid hot sauce. That is now three uses for canned peaches

chinese take away is always good for breakfast

Quote from: anthrobabe on March 22, 2008, 03:46:27 PM
look take the canned peaches-- not in heavy syrup-- pour off juice (try adding it to the orange juice jug) and put peaches in a bowl, next add some Tajin or other dry hot powder or even liquid hot sauce. That is now three uses for canned peaches

Canned peaches in spring water, I got no beef with.  They are actually quite good, for what they are.

I agree-- the juice mixed with orange is good.  Also, it[the juice] makes a lovely sweetener for iced tea; sort of a peach-flavored tea (if you take your tea sweet, which I do not usually do).

You can puree the peaches with a blender, and use it to flavor cakes and breads, too.  If you like bits of peach (even though they will be mush) don't blend completely.

But..... canned peaches should never be used for pie or cobbler, unless you LIKE mushy fruit desserts...

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Eating Sam's Choice trail mix:  Orchard variety.  Actually, it's quite good.  _{(and yeah, I know, I'm going to Hell for buying WalMart products.....)}