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Tishala
Member
08-01-2000
| Wednesday, June 24, 2009 - 9:42 pm
I LOVE Mark Bitten.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Monday, June 29, 2009 - 7:23 pm
spaghetti
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Karen
Member
09-06-2004
| Monday, June 29, 2009 - 7:34 pm
Swiss steak over rice and green beans.
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Teachmichigan
Member
07-22-2001
| Tuesday, June 30, 2009 - 1:09 pm
We did potato soup last night since it was chilly. Tonight will be grilled salmon, the last of the fresh asparagus **sob** and wild rice. QUESTION - Mark Bittman was on Spain on the Road Again (just looked it up - and that's how his name was spelled). However, he's often listed as "Mark Bitten" on the NYTimes - possibly because his column is titled "bitten"? I was so confused, but I do think it's one and the same man, right?
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Tishala
Member
08-01-2000
| Tuesday, June 30, 2009 - 1:32 pm
It's Bittman. Sorry about the earlier mistake. He does the "Bitten Blog" in the Times site
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Teachmichigan
Member
07-22-2001
| Tuesday, June 30, 2009 - 6:12 pm
It definitely wasn't your fault, Tishala - I wrote it that way a number of times, too! I think it shows up on my reader as Bitten, so I got the two confused. Either way, I love his recipes and his style. Oh - and the weather was so crappy for grilling outdoors we substituted hotdogs on the Foreman for the salmon. Rather a let-down, but at least they were kogel-viennas. The wild rice was a new brand (Lundberg) and it was fantastic! Even my teen DS said he liked it better. It takes a bit over an hour to cook, but it's worth it. 
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Thursday, July 02, 2009 - 6:07 pm
Thin pork chops in a mushroom/onion soup mix over rice and some sauteed snow peas.
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Teachmichigan
Member
07-22-2001
| Thursday, July 02, 2009 - 8:10 pm
Seafood alfredo, salad and garlic bread
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Thursday, July 02, 2009 - 8:37 pm
grilled cheese sandwiches and greek salad (no onions and lots of olives)
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Karen
Member
09-06-2004
| Thursday, July 02, 2009 - 9:19 pm
I'm always happy when craziness in the kitchen turn out successfully. Tonight's experiment included prawns, peanut butter, peaches and bok choy. Surprisingly delicious!
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Texasdeb
Member
05-23-2003
| Friday, July 03, 2009 - 4:39 pm
chili/cheese dogs and potatoe salad
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Teachmichigan
Member
07-22-2001
| Friday, July 03, 2009 - 6:50 pm
Grilled chicken, asparagus, salad and fresh strawberry pie. 
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Serate
Member
08-21-2001
| Friday, July 03, 2009 - 7:10 pm
Hubby was given a gift card to Bandana's BBQ (Smell the smoke!) and the waitress raved about the BBQ Nachos, saying they were so good if we ordered them and didn't like them she'd pay for them. I turned my nose up - I mean BBQ chicken/turkey and nachos together? OMG they were AWESOME! They do their own fried tortilla shells, top them with smoked chicken and turkey drenched with a spicy BBQ sauce, then melt cheddar cheese on top. I had sour cream on mine and hubby had jalapenos on his. I brought most of my meal home [smoked chicken, baked beans, green beans and awesome grilled garlic bread] because even tho we only ordered a half order, it was filling. Next time we see ourselves splitting a whole order and make that our meal. Of course now 4 hours later, I just warmed up the rest of them meal and it's pretty darned good too!
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Friday, July 03, 2009 - 8:13 pm
Chicken and garlic pizza
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Saturday, July 04, 2009 - 1:27 pm
We are barbecuing a ham with sides of baked beans, fruit salad and potato salad. Elizabeth is bringing over some freshly baked sugar cookies. Can't wait!
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Teachmichigan
Member
07-22-2001
| Saturday, July 04, 2009 - 4:52 pm
We had brats, mashed potatoes and the rest of the strawberry pie. We also saw a 225 pound pig roasting! My DS played w/the jazz band at a 4th of July family/friends pig roast, and I have NEVER seen a pig that size being roasted. It smelled incredible! We could have stayed, but we were all ready for some family at home relaxin' time.
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Karen
Member
09-06-2004
| Saturday, July 04, 2009 - 10:00 pm
Made some homemade pizza tonight with capicoli, salami, peppers (both hot and sweet) and mushrooms. Yum.
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Saturday, July 04, 2009 - 10:10 pm
Went with friends to our fave Chinese buffet. She's vegetarian and he's vegan, and they still managed to find lots to enjoy. (I was worried about it beforehand, but they wanted to experience the place.)
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Teachmichigan
Member
07-22-2001
| Sunday, July 05, 2009 - 9:55 am
It's pizza like Karen's that makes me sad I don't live in a big city. No capicola or jamon serrano or even andouille sausage in our tiny rural community. 
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Karen
Member
09-06-2004
| Sunday, July 05, 2009 - 1:07 pm
I'm sorry, Teach. That sucks. I totally take advantage of the variety I have available here in Vancouver. And being such a culturally diverse city, being a port city, we can get just about anything if I venture far enough (which, living downtown, isn't usually too far.) Want me to mail you a big chunk of capicoli?
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Teachmichigan
Member
07-22-2001
| Sunday, July 05, 2009 - 5:53 pm
LOL - I doubt it would make it across the border. Thanks for the thought, though. I've been checking out some online stores that specialize in those kinds of meat, so I may just have to put an order in. We're talking about doing a big Labor Day party for both families and friends, so that would be a great time to have a few specialty items for snacks.
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Karen
Member
09-06-2004
| Sunday, July 05, 2009 - 9:31 pm
Right, I forgot those border folk are still uppity about meat crossing the border, lol. It's a shame you can't get even the basics, like a simple capicoli, at your grocery store deli. Tonight I made some shepherd's pie with mushroom gravy. Don't know what it is about craving the down home cooking on Sunday nights. Must be that Sunday family dinner that was drilled into me growing up.
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Teachmichigan
Member
07-22-2001
| Sunday, July 05, 2009 - 10:11 pm
Bwahaha- our "local" deli is 32 miles away, and it's just your basic lunch meat, a bit of seafood, beef, chicken, maybe lamb and chicken. Nothing more exotic than mussels! We grilled salmon, ate the next to last bag of last summer's corn, and ended with another strawberry pie. LOVIN' strawberry season! (Not lovin' the extra need to work out! LOL)
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Monday, July 06, 2009 - 2:51 am
<---Loving strawberry season too. They've been on great sales at the grocery store the last couple weeks and the kids are eating them up. Do you grow your own Teach? Or is the work from making pies? Went simple tonight and grilled burgers and made tater tots.
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Teachmichigan
Member
07-22-2001
| Monday, July 06, 2009 - 3:35 pm
I don't grow them, but a local farm has them for $20 a flat (over $1 cheaper per qt. than the other markets). My folks came up for my dad's birthday so we did grilled chix marinated in SW flavors, salad, and asparagus. Dessert, of course, was strawberry pie! 
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