New White House Chef
and she's a Filipina White House Cook-Off Ends: Woman Becomes First Chef By MARIAN...
Sigh...nice going away party
Today we hosted a going-away party for some friends who are moving out of state. It was a fun afternoon and evening...
Online garage sale
sf We had a tornado touch down about a mile from us when I was...
SemiHomemade with Sandra Lee: Beer Bashing
This ep begins with SLop stumbling through her front door clutching several blurry six packs of beers. BWAH!!! I missed most of the remaining intro because I had to regain my composure and...
dinner last night 6314
DD made a yummy lasagne last night... recipe was from FoodTV. Clbuttic Italian Lasagna Recipe courtesy Giada De Laurentiis Recipe Summary Difficulty: Medium Prep Time...
Butternut Squash Lasagna recipe
I haven't made this yet, but it looks like it would taste great! I'd probably leave out the amaretti cookies, because I don't buy cookies and that pinch of...
Crocodile Curry
I see that you do not have the fabulous recipe for Crocodile Curry-one that went down extremely well while living in the Free State (RSA...
OT: Too funny! For the Ladies
I thought you might enjoy this one. MoM Notes From Thoughtful Ron: It is important for men to remember that, as women grow older, it becomes...
OT: Too funny! For the Ladies
Dan Abel Yes, but Dan there's a difference between "wanting your wife to go back to work" and "wanting your wife to go...
Too funny! For the Ladies
MoM I'm sure that each of us knows someone for whom this is real life. My hospitalized with...
Wonderful husbands 6320
On Wed, 17 Aug 2005 07:07:49 -0400, Siobhan Perricone ~ saint, ~ ~My husband is fantastic. We've been together for seventeen years (as of ~December 5th) and from the very first...
Wonderful husbands 6321
sf Only read some of this thread but... I have a great husband as well. He does the stuff I can't (or won't) do ;) and vice versa. But - the most important thing...
SOT split checks why does it matter to restuarant 6322
It depends on how badly you want to split the check. You could all go in and ask for 8 separate tables of insist on separate checks. You would get separate checks...
SOT split checks why does it matter to restuarant 6323
Slightly off topic here, but thought can slide the question in, might be restaurant managers or professionals lurking. We were talking about tipping, etc., and my husband...
What About BAD Tippers WAS: SOT split checks why does it matter to restuarant 6324
On Tue, 16 Aug 2005 06:43:05 -0500, "jmcquown" ~Jeanne Ketterer kitchen large. ~ ~Not being "burned" by a friend, but watching a friend "burn" the server by ~being a total cheapskate...
What About BAD Tippers WAS: SOT split checks why does it matter to restuarant 6325
jmcquown I realize i am in the minority and many people get very upset with what i am about to write...
What About BAD Tippers WAS: SOT split checks why does it matter to restuarant 6326
Goomba38 I do not follow your reasoning, i have been so disappointed with the restaurant business that it is no...
What About BAD Tippers WAS: SOT split checks why does it matter to restuarant 6327
thunder the Nope, the worst tippers of all are generally run - of the - mill lesbians. I've hung out around lesbians for many years and in the day...
What About BAD Tippers WAS: SOT split checks why does it matter to restuarant 6328
jmcquown Is there a polite way you could raise the issue with her without damaging the friendship? We hang around...
What About BAD Tippers WAS: SOT split checks why does it matter to restuarant 6329
pjjehg I think the big profit is the alcohol. Here a litre (~ 1 qt or 32 oz) of rye (whiskey) sells for about $22 or more. At the restaurant they have to pay the same...
What About BAD Tippers WAS: SOT split checks why does it matter to restuarant 6330
patches~ Actually the profit margin on food and alcoholc drinks is about 50-50.... your math for that bottle is not in the least bit accurate, you don't include the cost of mix...
What About BAD Tippers WAS: SOT split checks why does it matter to restuarant 6331
Sheldon This from a guy who has never owned or operated a restaurant. Let's keep it simple: Sheldon is dead wrong. Profitability on...
What About BAD Tippers WAS: SOT split checks why does it matter to restuarant 6332
Wayne Boatwright LOL I *know* you have to have lived outside the U.S. at some point, haven't you, Wayne? If so, particularly in the Asian countries (I can only...
What About BAD Tippers WAS: SOT split checks why does it matter to restuarant 6333
Nancy Young Food prices in the US I'd guess take the least proportion of income of any other country on...
What About BAD Tippers WAS: SOT split checks why does it matter to restuarant 6334
Denny Wheeler I do not agree, the restaurant business in the U.S. could pay minimum wage and the wait persons report and pay taxes...
What About BAD Tippers WAS: SOT split checks why does it matter to restuarant 6335
jmcquown When you did this (and i'm merely curious, nothing more) did the servers tip out on a portion...
What About BAD Tippers WAS: SOT split checks why does it matter to restuarant 6336
jmcquown When I was in Uniform no one would accept my tips, no way could I pay a bar tab... you should have refused those tips... if your story were true you...
What About BAD Tippers WAS: SOT split checks why does it matter to restuarant 6337
snip regular drivel and dreck "The Spirit stopped beside one little knot of business men. Observing that the hand was pointed to them, Scrooge...
What About BAD Tippers WAS: SOT split checks why does it matter to restuarant 6338
kalanamak Kansas is like another planet... ain't that where they film all those weird sci-fis...
What About BAD Tippers WAS: SOT split checks why does it matter to restuarant 6339
snip G'day Jill. This reminded me of when I was in the States years ago (I must stop saying that around here...
SOT split checks why does it matter to restuarant 6340
On Tue, 16 Aug 2005 12:31:20 -0700, Denny Wheeler Grown ups live in a grown up world. We see him twice a year on a yearly basis (if it was left entirely up to me...
SOT split checks why does it matter to restuarant 6341
On Wed, 17 Aug 2005 16:50:41 GMT, Peter Aitken God, you're pathetic. This is called a "friends" get together and there is no official host. My husband and a couple of other people organize the...
SOT split checks why does it matter to restuarant 6342
sf I would indeed be a fool to go out with again, but when it is work you don't always have the choice. I used to go away on...
SOT split checks why does it matter to restuarant 6343
sf I suppose that is possible, but it would be just as easy, if we have to deal with a single bill for the group, just tally up their drinks. As I mentioned before...
SOT split checks why does it matter to restuarant 6344
On Tue, 16 Aug 2005 09:36:22 -0400, Dave Smith Since we're getting further and further away from a real social...
SOT split checks why does it matter to restuarant 6345
sf You don't always have the option, nor is that always the best option. I...
SOT split checks why does it matter to restuarant 6346
Dave Smith Agreed, Dave. I love sf but I think she's beating a dead horse here. Equal shares isn't necessarily fair. And dining out in a group doesn't necessarily...
SOT split checks why does it matter to restuarant 6347
Lucky you. I havn't found this to be the case. When I last worked in "the hive", my boss wanted...
Okra Winfrey can this be reincarnated
On Mon 15 Aug 2005 07:35:19p, Melba's Jammin' wrote in rec.food.cooking: A simple corn and okra soup is...
British TV SeriesHow Clean Is Your House 6349
I believe you, really I do. I kinda meant about the clutter people, there literally was no place to sit down. I don't mean you'd have to sit on...
British TV SeriesHow Clean Is Your House 6350
MG Perhaps they aren't aware of the problem mentally just as some smelly people aren't aware of how they smell? Some of these people are mentally ill and have been turned out of mental...
British TV SeriesHow Clean Is Your House 6351
actually, in a couple of cases I have 'reported' them...to the receiving hospital staff, so they could get social workers-community workers etc onto helping these...
REC Fudge Brownies
Just made a batch of chocolate-orange brownies. I've earned them. Tomorrow, I'll be working on smoking the brisket. Crash keeps taking falls and landing on that hip, and it's hard...
aus.food Loaves and fishes. Curried corned beef actually
Note: followups set to rec.food.cooking G'day mates, Managed to create my personal version of the loaves and fishes miracle last night. To elaborate... It started with a lump of leftover...
Request For Discussion RFD: aus.food
REQUEST FOR DISCUSSION Creation of Unmoderated newsgroup aus.food This is a formal Request For Discussion (RFD...
Request For Discussion RFD: aus.food 6355
This is a cross-posted response (to the cross-posted RFD). REQUEST FOR DISCUSSION Creation of Unmoderated...
Request For Discussion RFD: aus.food 6356
Good point, I am accustomed to this arising on the "Big Eight" hierarchies (which include RFC), and the same flow seemed present here. I was reading some (offline) archives of newsgroups...
Request For Discussion RFD: aus.food 6357
The administration of usenet and specifically the inclusion or exclusion of new groups is not contingent upon a general vote. That is, there is no one to tally votes and thus authorize...
Request For Discussion RFD: aus.food 6358
G'day Brick, As Nick pointed out to you in aus.net.news (the group you cut out here in a fit of mindlessness) that is not the way it works for the aus.* regional hierarchy...
Alt net history Request For Discussion
G'day I see what you mean. Like DEC itself, it saw better days. But stands instead as a mute tribute to pioneers...
Request For Discussion RFD: aus.food 6360
Hi Max, I think you've brought up some good points. As an Aussie I lurk here but rarely post because I have found that most posts are way too American focused for me. You only...
A delicate dining issue 6361
On Tue, 16 Aug 2005 15:43:30 -0400, Goomba38 I know someone who talks and chews at the same time. It's disgusting...
A delicate dining issue 6362
No way; this is your Kobyashi Maru. The only thing you'd be missing if you attempted to straighten her out was the exploding electronics and dead-dying red shirts. You attempted to "say something" already...
For Wayne: a Butternut Recipe
Hello Wayne, This might suit your needs. I haven't tried it, I just remembered reading it and being interested in it. Jake Butternut Gratin Adapted from...
When grape seed oil is not 'liquidate
OmManiPadmeOmelet Depending on recipe i agree, but i like a good slow cooked beef also. Which i will sear or...
When mycology is not 'liquidate' 6365
Not really!!!!! Have you been to the fungi perfecti website? Oyster mushrooms, being wood consumers, are supposed to be the EASIEST ones...
When mycology is not 'liquidate' 6366
Sounds like he was trying to grow non-wood consuming mushrooms. Some grow in sterile...
When mycology is not 'liquidate' 6367
I'm sure that's a possibility. :-) I've just not tried any other methods yet. I could go the whole route with fungal culture plates and sterile technique...
When meat is not 'liquidate' 6368
Whooa.... here TC goes again. When he begins to lose a debate, he simply picks up and heads over to another...
When meat is not 'liquidate' 6369
Not really. I can recognize when the other debater is attached to a concept to a point beyond reasonableness and will never be convinced otherwise. They live...
When meat is not 'liquidate' 6370
You mean like yourself and low carb diets ? That's a straw man. What the research about this topic says is that health conscious vegetarians have comparable mortality...
When meat is not 'liquidate' 6371
You've yet to provide any reasonable explanation why myself (and millions of other people) are living heathly lives as vegans-vegetarians. You...
When meat is not 'liquidate' 6372
Now you are resorting to unverified and false accusations as part of your defense of the indefensible. So much for...
When meat is not 'liquidate' 6373
In article In article Donovan Rebbechi OmManiPadmeOmelet Meat from a petri dish? Sounds fascinating. :-) "My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-unpleasant woman." -Jack Nicholson Solyent Red? This...
When meat is not 'liquidate' 6374
DZ The difference is that genetic mutations in nature occur in tiny increments over long periods of time. Long enough times for people...
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