On Fri, 28 Mar 2008 10:23:37 -0700, "Nexis" wrote:


"blake murphy" wrote in message
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On Thu, 27 Mar 2008 16:44:03 -0700, "Nexis" wrote:


The recipe actually came from the Wall St Journal, but I missed the header with the
salad name and credit when I posted the first time. There's actually alot of good
recipes in there sometimes, in the Saturday edition. Cocktail recipes too, in the
"How's your drink?" column.

kimberly

kimberly, is there an online presence for this?

your pal,
blake

http://online.wsj.com/page/2_1354.html?mod=2_1354

That's the page that comes up for me, that I have bookmarked. I don't know if you
have to be signed in though, because when my husband signed up he made it so it signs
in automatically.
Otherwise, just try online.wsj.com and on the blue menu, place your mouse over
"Leisure", then click on Food & Drink.

kimberly

alas, it looks like both are subscriber-only. now i'll never see who
the other half lives.

your pal,
blake

On Fri, 28 Mar 2008 23:53:25 -0700, Christine Dabney
wrote:

On Fri, 28 Mar 2008 23:50:19 -0700, sf wrote:

On Sat, 29 Mar 2008 06:13:21 +0100, ravenlynne
wrote:


And you can probably get a decent fajita almost anywhere.

Their fajitas have My local Chevy's food is on par with the
horrible food I had at a Chevy's in DC xx years ago. I dragged my
friend there thinking "It's a national chain, they can't mess it up".
They did, big time.

It's called East of the Mississippi curse. Don't order Mexican food
east of the Mississippi...

Christine

i've certainly had tex-mex in a few places in and near d.c. that i
thought were pretty good. you may be right about authentic *mexican*
mexican, but that might be hard to find even west of the mississippi.

don't recall a branch of chevy's, though. perhaps it died a merciful
death
..
your pal,
blake

blake murphy wrote:
On Fri, 28 Mar 2008 16:43:38 +0100, ravenlynne
wrote:

blake murphy wrote:

I think it was just a deranged old woman giving a kid an inexpensive
snack (love you grammy!)
god bless deranged old women.

your pal,
blake
She was the best. She taught me all about cream cheese and pick-a-peppa
sauce on crackers as well.

did she happen to enjoy a snort or two now and again?

your pal,
blake



No.

--
Leah: That were a wee bit repulsive.
Buffy: Went okay. 'Cept I feel a little wierd about using a
crucifix to kill someone.
Leah: Yeh dinno much about religion, do yeh?

"jmcquown" schrieb :
Melba's Jammin' wrote:
"jmcquown" wrote:
She did a thing, like what you do when you have just a little bit of
something left in a jar. Just happened to be raspberry jam. She
added dijon mustard, salt, pepper and (you guessed it) EVOO. Shook
it all up, said use it as a salad dressing or... and she drizzled it
all over some browned chicken breast halves. I cringed. Sorry,
none for me!


I'm curious: Is it the thought of it that leaves you cold or have you
had something like that and didn't care for it?

I haven't tasted her exact combination but I've been served something close
enough to know I didn't like it. Maybe my taster is broken; to me raspberry
and chicken just don't compliment each other.

Same here. A nice addition to breaded chicken over here is red whortleberry
sauce. (It's similar to cranberry).

Cheers,

Michael Kuettner

Michael wrote on Sat, 29 Mar 2008 19:08:16 +0100:


MK "jmcquown" schrieb :
?? Melba's Jammin' wrote:
?? "jmcquown" wrote:
?? She did a thing, like what you do when you have just a
?? little bit of something left in a jar. Just happened to
?? be raspberry jam. She added dijon mustard, salt, pepper
?? and (you guessed it) EVOO. Shook it all up, said use it
?? as a salad dressing or... and she drizzled it all over
?? some browned chicken breast halves. I cringed. Sorry,
?? none for me!
??
?? I'm curious: Is it the thought of it that leaves you
cold or
?? have you had something like that and didn't care for it?
??
?? I haven't tasted her exact combination but I've been
?? served something close enough to know I didn't like it.
?? Maybe my taster is broken; to me raspberry and chicken
?? just don't compliment each other.
??
MK Same here. A nice addition to breaded chicken over here is
MK red whortleberry sauce. (It's similar to cranberry).

I can't say I've had whortleberry. I had thought it was
something like a blueberry but I guess I may be wrong. It's not
like the cloud-berry, Swedes and Norwegians enthuse over is it?
Again, they are things that I would not go out of my way for.

James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

E-mail, with obvious alterations:
not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not

"James Silverton" schrieb :
Michael wrote on Sat, 29 Mar 2008 19:08:16 +0100:


MK "jmcquown" schrieb :
?? Melba's Jammin' wrote:
?? "jmcquown" wrote:
?? She did a thing, like what you do when you have just a
?? little bit of something left in a jar. Just happened to
?? be raspberry jam. She added dijon mustard, salt, pepper
?? and (you guessed it) EVOO. Shook it all up, said use it
?? as a salad dressing or... and she drizzled it all over
?? some browned chicken breast halves. I cringed. Sorry,
?? none for me!
??
?? I'm curious: Is it the thought of it that leaves you cold or
?? have you had something like that and didn't care for it?
??
?? I haven't tasted her exact combination but I've been
?? served something close enough to know I didn't like it.
?? Maybe my taster is broken; to me raspberry and chicken
?? just don't compliment each other.
??
MK Same here. A nice addition to breaded chicken over here is
MK red whortleberry sauce. (It's similar to cranberry).

I can't say I've had whortleberry. I had thought it was something like a
blueberry but I guess I may be wrong. It's not like the cloud-berry, Swedes
and Norwegians enthuse over is it? Again, they are things that I would not go
out of my way for.

It's called "Preiselbeere" over here. Small, red and sour.
It's in the same family as the blueberry and there are hybrids
of those plants.
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preiselbeere
Here you can see pictures of it. It's also used with deer, fowl, etc.

Cheers,

Michael Kuettner

Michael wrote on Sat, 29 Mar 2008 19:48:00 +0100:


MK "James Silverton" schrieb :
?? Michael wrote on Sat, 29 Mar 2008 19:08:16 +0100:
??
MK "jmcquown" schrieb :
?? Melba's Jammin' wrote:
?? "jmcquown" wrote:
?? She did a thing, like what you do when you have just a
?? little bit of something left in a jar. Just happened
?? to be raspberry jam. She added dijon mustard, salt,
?? pepper and (you guessed it) EVOO. Shook it all up,
?? said use it as a salad dressing or... and she drizzled
?? it all over some browned chicken breast halves. I
?? cringed. Sorry, none for me!
??
?? I'm curious: Is it the thought of it that leaves you
cold or
?? have you had something like that and didn't care for
?? it?
??
?? I haven't tasted her exact combination but I've been
?? served something close enough to know I didn't like it.
?? Maybe my taster is broken; to me raspberry and chicken
?? just don't compliment each other.
??
MK Same here. A nice addition to breaded chicken over here
MK is red whortleberry sauce. (It's similar to cranberry).
??
?? I can't say I've had whortleberry. I had thought it was
?? something like a blueberry but I guess I may be wrong.
?? It's not like the cloud-berry, Swedes and Norwegians
?? enthuse over is it? Again, they are things that I would
?? not go out of my way for.
??
MK It's called "Preiselbeere" over here. Small, red and sour.
MK It's in the same family as the blueberry and there are
MK hybrids of those plants.
MK http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preiselbeere
MK Here you can see pictures of it. It's also used with deer,
MK fowl, etc.

Thanks, it's definitely different from the cloudberry, which is
a relative of the blackberry (Rubus family). I've actually seen
the pink cloudberry growing while I was hiking in the Scottish
mountains.

James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

E-mail, with obvious alterations:
not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not

In article ,
Nancy2 wrote:
On Mar 26, 11:14*am, "James Silverton"
wrote:
Hello, All!

A recent post expressing dislike of orange creme and chocolate
caused me to wonder what are other's favorite flavor
combinations? To me, orange and chocolate is perhaps the best
combination that has ever been invented. I'll admit that the
Spaniard who thought of sweetening chocolate was another human
benefactor. Rum and raisins are another great one for ice cream.

One thing that I've never found to work: chocolate and lemon. I made
a lemon chiffon cake once with chocolate icing, and it was a
disgusting taste combo.

I love lemon but I know what you are talking about.

The only lemon-chocolate thing I've liked is chocolate-lemon truffles (via
"Luscious Lemon Desserts" by Lori Longbotham). Made with Boyajian lemon
oil and Belgian chocolate.

I topped them off with pieces of Italian-made peel from one of our
specialty stores.

But otherwise, I agree with you.


Charlotte

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Christine Dabney wrote:
On Fri, 28 Mar 2008 23:50:19 -0700, sf wrote:

On Sat, 29 Mar 2008 06:13:21 +0100, ravenlynne
wrote:

And you can probably get a decent fajita almost anywhere.
Their fajitas have My local Chevy's food is on par with the
horrible food I had at a Chevy's in DC xx years ago. I dragged my
friend there thinking "It's a national chain, they can't mess it up".
They did, big time.

It's called East of the Mississippi curse. Don't order Mexican food
east of the Mississippi...

Christine


There are plenty of bad Mexican restaurants west of the
Mississippi, too,
including Chevy's. Another chain that has lost all
credibility for its
"Mexican" food is On the Border. Ick. Non-chains aren't
always wonderful,
either.

gloria p

On Sun, 30 Mar 2008 00:41:44 GMT, Puester
wrote:

There are plenty of bad Mexican restaurants west of the
Mississippi, too, including Chevy's.

My local Chevy's were very good, but I won't go anymore because the
quality has downgraded so much.

-their tamales were better any other place, only home made was better
-their chicken enchiladas were very good
-their fajitas were good - but not anymore
and that's why I stopped going.

When we ate there in the past, our usual meal was an appetizer portion
of tamales and split a fajita platter. We never kidded ourselves
about eating "authentic" mexican food, there are plenty of authentic
mexican restaurants around here. We ate there because we liked the
food. I have to admit, we were pretty limited in what we ordered....
but it was tasty.

The same story happened with El Torito. It was passed back and forth
like a ping pong ball and the food degenerated with every new owner.
Too bad Chevy's is on that track.

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Puester wrote:
Christine Dabney wrote:
On Fri, 28 Mar 2008 23:50:19 -0700, sf wrote:

On Sat, 29 Mar 2008 06:13:21 +0100, ravenlynne
wrote:

And you can probably get a decent fajita almost anywhere.
Their fajitas have My local Chevy's food is on par with the
horrible food I had at a Chevy's in DC xx years ago. I dragged my
friend there thinking "It's a national chain, they can't mess it up".
They did, big time.

It's called East of the Mississippi curse. Don't order Mexican food
east of the Mississippi...
Christine


There are plenty of bad Mexican restaurants west of the Mississippi, too,
including Chevy's. Another chain that has lost all credibility for its
"Mexican" food is On the Border. Ick. Non-chains aren't always wonderful,
either.

gloria p

Ha! The chevy's that I mentioned not eating at in a previous post? It
was an On THe Border first..lol.

--
Leah: That were a wee bit repulsive.
Buffy: Went okay. 'Cept I feel a little wierd about using a
crucifix to kill someone.
Leah: Yeh dinno much about religion, do yeh?

ravenlynne wrote in
:

Puester wrote:
Christine Dabney wrote:
On Fri, 28 Mar 2008 23:50:19 -0700, sf wrote:

On Sat, 29 Mar 2008 06:13:21 +0100, ravenlynne
wrote:

And you can probably get a decent fajita almost anywhere.
Their fajitas have My local Chevy's food is on par with the
horrible food I had at a Chevy's in DC xx years ago. I dragged my
friend there thinking "It's a national chain, they can't mess it
up". They did, big time.

It's called East of the Mississippi curse. Don't order Mexican food
east of the Mississippi...
Christine


There are plenty of bad Mexican restaurants west of the Mississippi,
too, including Chevy's. Another chain that has lost all credibility
for its "Mexican" food is On the Border. Ick. Non-chains aren't
always wonderful,
either.

gloria p

Ha! The chevy's that I mentioned not eating at in a previous post?
It was an On THe Border first..lol.


We have some decent Mexican food here in Detroit. But chain Mexican is
pointless

Saerah

sarah gray wrote:
gloria p
Ha! The chevy's that I mentioned not eating at in a previous post?
It was an On THe Border first..lol.


We have some decent Mexican food here in Detroit. But chain Mexican is
pointless

Saerah

Best "Mexican" that I've ever had was on an island off Cozumel called
"Isla de Pasione". THere was a buffet in a cabana...all you could eat,
and all you could drink Corona and margaritas. There was fish, shrimp,
chicken and the BEST guac and pico. They claimed to be the island that
the Corona ads were filmed on. It was heaven.

--
Leah: That were a wee bit repulsive.
Buffy: Went okay. 'Cept I feel a little wierd about using a
crucifix to kill someone.
Leah: Yeh dinno much about religion, do yeh?

On Fri, 28 Mar 2008 20:40:31 -0400, "jmcquown"
wrote:


Indeed to each ones own! I dislike mangos, ergo mango chutney (in
fact, most chutneys) isn't my cup of tea. I'm not wild about
applesauce so I'd never consider pairing it with pork chops. I
found a recipe years ago (Cooking Light magazine, maybe) that called
for halved peaches (packed in juice, not syrup) to add some punch to
bland (baked, IIRC) chicken breasts. It sure *sounded* good when I
read it.

I don't have a problem with the tart addition of lemons and limes to
a lot of meats (well, chicken & fish or seafood) in cooking. And
pineapple juice does make a nice tenderizer when added to marinade
for steak, but I don't want the marinade to scream pineapple.

Jill

First I find out you don't like salad, now I find out you don't like
fruit... good grief what *do* you like? Meat and potatoes?

just razzing you. It's a rhetorical question.

I'll answer it anyway Yep, I love meat & potatoes. But I'll also eat
practically any vegetable if it's *cooked* (it's a texture thing), even ones
most people hate (like brussels sprouts and lima beans). And there are lots
of fruit I like. I love good sweet strawberries; in fact I love most
berries. But I don't want them on meat.

Jill

jmcquown wrote:


just razzing you. It's a rhetorical question.

I'll answer it anyway Yep, I love meat & potatoes. But I'll also eat
practically any vegetable if it's *cooked* (it's a texture thing), even ones
most people hate (like brussels sprouts and lima beans). And there are lots
of fruit I like. I love good sweet strawberries; in fact I love most
berries. But I don't want them on meat.

What's wrong with Brussels sprouts? If not boiled till mushy they are quite
tasty. I recently followed the suggestion made here about roasting them and they
were quite good that way too.

Some fruits compliment meat nicely. I love spiced apples or applesauce with
pork. When I have leftover lamb I make up a curry sauce and add dried apricots
to it. Orange goes nicely with duck. Then there is cranberry, the perfect
compliment to turkey and chicken. And I mean the real stuff, not the crap in a
can.