Dog3 wrote:
>
> It's 4am and I'm on call. I'm snacking on a toasted bagel smeared with a
> gob of Barb's Pepper Jelly. Delish! What are your favorite snacks in the
> middle of the night? I don't think I can do without this jelly in the
> house.
>
> Michael

I believe that snacking after one has eaten one's last meal of the day,
is something cultural or regional. I have never learned to snack after
having eaten dinner or supper and neither have my European relatives or
friends, at least the ones of my generation.

The very idea of getting up in the middle of the night seems strange and
if I were to eat something at 4 AM, it would be breakfast.

Is it something only peculiar to me or do others feel the same?

MS

On Mon, 20 Oct 2003 08:29:29 -0400, Margaret Suran >
wrote:

>Dog3 wrote:
>>
>> It's 4am and I'm on call. I'm snacking on a toasted bagel smeared with a
>> gob of Barb's Pepper Jelly. Delish! What are your favorite snacks in the
>> middle of the night? I don't think I can do without this jelly in the
>> house.

>The very idea of getting up in the middle of the night seems strange and
>if I were to eat something at 4 AM, it would be breakfast.

Note the "on call." Michael's alertness in the middle of the night
isn't due to hunger, but necessity.

OTOH, I have been known to begin making cheese puffs at 10pm when
feeling peckish.

Frogleg wrote:
>
> On Mon, 20 Oct 2003 08:29:29 -0400, Margaret Suran >
> wrote:
>
> >Dog3 wrote:
> >>
> >> It's 4am and I'm on call. I'm snacking on a toasted bagel smeared with a
> >> gob of Barb's Pepper Jelly. Delish! What are your favorite snacks in the
> >> middle of the night? I don't think I can do without this jelly in the
> >> house.
>
> >The very idea of getting up in the middle of the night seems strange and
> >if I were to eat something at 4 AM, it would be breakfast.
>
> Note the "on call." Michael's alertness in the middle of the night
> isn't due to hunger, but necessity.
>
> OTOH, I have been known to begin making cheese puffs at 10pm when
> feeling peckish.

I should have expressed myself more clearly. The getting up part I can
understand, the eating part, I cannot.

I used to be up with my kids at night when they were little, sometimes
because they felt ill, sometimes because they wanted their mother. It
would never have occurred to me to eat or offer food at these times. I
don't know about my son, but my daughter, a woman in her forties, still
does not eat after she has brushed her teeth after dinner.

As for starting to make cheese puffs or preparing dough for baking or
marinating meat during the night, that is preparing, not eating. I have
also cooked and baked at night, many times, when I could not sleep, but
that does not mean that I ate the finished dish when it was done. Most
likely, I served it the next day.

So, when you

"begin making cheese puffs at 10pm when
feeling peckish".

do you bake and eat them during the night or do you finish them the next
day and serve them as part of a meal or to enjoy with a glass of wine?

On Mon, 20 Oct 2003 09:34:21 -0400, Margaret Suran >
wrote:

>> Note the "on call." Michael's alertness in the middle of the night
>> isn't due to hunger, but necessity.

>I should have expressed myself more clearly. The getting up part I can
>understand, the eating part, I cannot.
>
>I used to be up with my kids at night when they were little, sometimes
>because they felt ill, sometimes because they wanted their mother. It
>would never have occurred to me to eat or offer food at these times.

OTOH, this is part of the "joy" of shift work. 10+ years that I was
working nights, I carried a full bag lunch...and "lunchtime" (provided
there were no calls) is around 3 a.m. or so. Then again, breakfast
time was dinner, and if all was well, I was in bed sleeping during
lunch, and would get up and have either leftovers of the family's
dinner, or make breakfast.

On my off time (and now that I work days), I don't generally get up
and eat during the night either.

Bob

In article >, Frogleg
> wrote:

> On Mon, 20 Oct 2003 08:29:29 -0400, Margaret Suran >
> wrote:
>
> >Dog3 wrote:
> >>
> >> It's 4am and I'm on call.

> >The very idea of getting up in the middle of the night seems strange and
> >if I were to eat something at 4 AM, it would be breakfast.
>
> Note the "on call." Michael's alertness in the middle of the night
> isn't due to hunger, but necessity.

So, if you're on call, can't you sleep? When my kids are on call, they
just keep the pager or phone nearby. If no one calls, they sleep.
What'm I missing here?
--
-Barb (www.jamlady.eboard.com updated 10-16-03; check the PickleHats tab, too.)

On Mon, 20 Oct 2003 09:44:28 -0500, Melba's Jammin'
>So, if you're on call, can't you sleep? When my kids are on call, they
>just keep the pager or phone nearby. If no one calls, they sleep.
>What'm I missing here?

I know when I am on call, I am too keyed up to sleep, even if I am
dead tired. I just keep on waiting for the phone to ring. It is the
same thing with me and alarm clocks: I just don't sleep well when I
have an alarm set.

Needless to say, I don't take call unless I am going to be awake
anyway....

Christine

Frogleg wrote:

> Note the "on call." Michael's alertness in the middle of the night
> isn't due to hunger, but necessity.

If I was on call and actually awake, it was because I was called and
pretty much stressed out. I don't understand stress eaters, being
under stress makes me want to NOT eat. Big nasty projects were
always great diets for me, of course it also was far better than
coffee for keeping me awake shaking some 20 hours a day. Don't
miss those days.

nancy

On Mon, 20 Oct 2003 09:21:39 GMT, Dog3 > wrote:

>It's 4am and I'm on call. I'm snacking on a toasted bagel smeared with a
>gob of Barb's Pepper Jelly. Delish! What are your favorite snacks in the
>middle of the night? I don't think I can do without this jelly in the
>house.
>
>Michael

Last night it was some thinly sliced leftover sirloin (grilled rare)
mixed in a bowl with marinated artichoke hearts and halved cherry
tomatoes. A few hard tack crackers and a beer along side.

modom

"My baby's got no clothes
'Cause she's makin' chicken soup."

-- Chuck E. Weiss

In article >,
wrote:

> On Mon, 20 Oct 2003 09:21:39 GMT, Dog3 > wrote:
>
> >It's 4am and I'm on call. I'm snacking on a toasted bagel smeared
> >with a gob of Barb's Pepper Jelly. Delish! What are your favorite
> >snacks in the middle of the night? I don't think I can do without
> >this jelly in the house.
> >
> >Michael

> Last night it was some thinly sliced leftover sirloin (grilled rare)
> mixed in a bowl with marinated artichoke hearts and halved cherry
> tomatoes. A few hard tack crackers and a beer along side.
>
> modom

Oh, man, I AM coming to your house!! Michael, Dollink, that sounds
absolutely wonderful!
--
-Barb (www.jamlady.eboard.com updated 10-16-03; check the PickleHats tab, too.)

Melba's Jammin' wrote:
>
> In article >,
> wrote:
>
> > On Mon, 20 Oct 2003 09:21:39 GMT, Dog3 > wrote:
> >
> > >It's 4am and I'm on call. I'm snacking on a toasted bagel smeared
> > >with a gob of Barb's Pepper Jelly. Delish! What are your favorite
> > >snacks in the middle of the night? I don't think I can do without
> > >this jelly in the house.
> > >
> > >Michael
>
> > Last night it was some thinly sliced leftover sirloin (grilled rare)
> > mixed in a bowl with marinated artichoke hearts and halved cherry
> > tomatoes. A few hard tack crackers and a beer along side.
> >
> > modom
>
> Oh, man, I AM coming to your house!! Michael, Dollink, that sounds
> absolutely wonderful!
> --
> -Barb

I think I have never offered a house guest a snack after dinner was
finished. I think that I have to change my ways. Right now, my cheeks
are red with shame. (

On Mon, 20 Oct 2003 16:29:18 -0500, Melba's Jammin'
> wrote:

>In article >,
wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 20 Oct 2003 09:21:39 GMT, Dog3 > wrote:
>>
>> >It's 4am and I'm on call. I'm snacking on a toasted bagel smeared
>> >with a gob of Barb's Pepper Jelly. Delish! What are your favorite
>> >snacks in the middle of the night? I don't think I can do without
>> >this jelly in the house.
>> >
>> >Michael
>
>> Last night it was some thinly sliced leftover sirloin (grilled rare)
>> mixed in a bowl with marinated artichoke hearts and halved cherry
>> tomatoes. A few hard tack crackers and a beer along side.
>>
>> modom
>
>Oh, man, I AM coming to your house!! Michael, Dollink, that sounds
>absolutely wonderful!

It was pretty tasty, but kinda small. Or maybe I'm just hungry right
now.

I've been promised chicken fried tofu for dinner tonight. I have
decided to defer judgment till I have more evidence.

modom

"My baby's got no clothes
'Cause she's makin' chicken soup."

-- Chuck E. Weiss

modom quoted Michael and replied:

>> It's 4am and I'm on call. I'm snacking on a toasted bagel smeared with a
>> gob of Barb's Pepper Jelly. Delish! What are your favorite snacks in
>> the middle of the night? I don't think I can do without this jelly in
>> the house.
>>
>> Michael
>
> Last night it was some thinly sliced leftover sirloin (grilled rare)
> mixed in a bowl with marinated artichoke hearts and halved cherry
> tomatoes. A few hard tack crackers and a beer along side.

Somehow I missed out on the beginning of this thread. The middle of the
night is about the only time I eat omelets. Tapas are great at that time
too; the combination of Manchego cheese and quince paste is a classic. Or a
selection of olives and cheeses. I'm also fond of the Cuban sandwich called
a "medianoche," whose name MEANS "midnight". This is from Steve Raichlen's
_Miami Spice_:

Media Noche (Midnight Sandwich)

1 bullet-shaped, slightly sweet roll, 6 to 7 inches long, or a section of
Cuban, French, or Italian bread the same length
2 teaspoons mayonnaise
2 teaspoons Dijon mustard
2 ounces thinly sliced cold roast pork
2 ounces thinly sliced cooked ham
1 ounce sliced Swiss cheese
3 thin slices of ripe tomato
1 or 2 iceberg lettuce leaves
3 to 4 thin slices dill pickle
About 1 tablespoon butter or margarine, at room temperature

1. Slice open the roll lengthwise. Spread the bottom with the mayonnaise,
the top with the mustard. Layer the sandwich with the pork, ham, cheese,
tomato, lettuce, and pickle. Cover with the top of the roll.

2. Lightly butter the entire outside of the sandwich. Place it in a
skillet over medium heat. Place a weight, like a bacon press, on top, or
flatten the sandwich with a long spatula.

3. Cook the sandwich until crusty and golden brown on both sides, 2 to 3
minutes pe side, adding butter as necessary. Slice the sandwich in half on
the diagonal and serve at once.

Note: For an alternative, if slightly unconventional way to make this and
other Cuban sandwiches, cut the uncooked sandwiches in half or quarters and
grill in an electric sandwich maker.


Bob

On Mon, 20 Oct 2003 09:21:39 GMT, Dog3 > wrote:

>It's 4am and I'm on call. I'm snacking on a toasted bagel smeared with a
>gob of Barb's Pepper Jelly. Delish! What are your favorite snacks in the
>middle of the night? I don't think I can do without this jelly in the
>house.
>
>Michael

If it's a middle of the night snack then butter and sugar on a slice
of fresh whole wheat bread is good.

Or a nicely ripe banana - solid yellow with just a freckling of brown
specks.

Or whatever is in the refrigerator leftover that sounds good. Tonight
that will be cold veggie pizza.

......Alan.


--
Curiosity killed the cat -
lack of it is killing mankind.

Nancy Young > wrote in
:

> Frogleg wrote:
>
>> Note the "on call." Michael's alertness in the middle of the night
>> isn't due to hunger, but necessity.
>
> If I was on call and actually awake, it was because I was called and
> pretty much stressed out. I don't understand stress eaters, being
> under stress makes me want to NOT eat. Big nasty projects were
> always great diets for me, of course it also was far better than
> coffee for keeping me awake shaking some 20 hours a day. Don't
> miss those days.
>
> nancy
>

I liked big nasty projects...as not being in management I was one of the
uncontrolable things. My outlook was it needed to be done and I'll try
anything at least once. Never missed a deadline. Which was the important
thing. Aged many a manager though.

Hahabogus wrote:
>
> Nancy Young > wrote in

> > If I was on call and actually awake, it was because I was called and
> > pretty much stressed out. I don't understand stress eaters, being
> > under stress makes me want to NOT eat. Big nasty projects were
> > always great diets for me, of course it also was far better than
> > coffee for keeping me awake shaking some 20 hours a day. Don't
> > miss those days.

> I liked big nasty projects...as not being in management I was one of the
> uncontrolable things. My outlook was it needed to be done and I'll try
> anything at least once. Never missed a deadline. Which was the important
> thing. Aged many a manager though.

Yeah, and the manager got the big bonus. When you work in payroll,
you get to see how much your boss profited from you working all hours
of the day and night. Then when the project is done, they buy you
pizza to be eaten in a conference room. Thanks, boss.

nancy

Nancy Young > wrote in
:

> Hahabogus wrote:
>>
>> Nancy Young > wrote in
>
>> > If I was on call and actually awake, it was because I was called and
>> > pretty much stressed out. I don't understand stress eaters, being
>> > under stress makes me want to NOT eat. Big nasty projects were
>> > always great diets for me, of course it also was far better than
>> > coffee for keeping me awake shaking some 20 hours a day. Don't
>> > miss those days.
>
>> I liked big nasty projects...as not being in management I was one of the
>> uncontrolable things. My outlook was it needed to be done and I'll try
>> anything at least once. Never missed a deadline. Which was the important
>> thing. Aged many a manager though.
>
> Yeah, and the manager got the big bonus. When you work in payroll,
> you get to see how much your boss profited from you working all hours
> of the day and night. Then when the project is done, they buy you
> pizza to be eaten in a conference room. Thanks, boss.
>
> nancy
>

I was/am unionized. Many years I made more than my boss in overtime.
Working 12 hrs a day 7 days a week for months on end will do that at double
time for 44 of those hrs a week. Pays off the bills too. But Alienates the
family. And I got the Pizza too.

In article >, Margaret Suran >
wrote:

> Dog3 wrote:

> > It's 4am and I'm on call. I'm snacking on a toasted bagel smeared
> > with a gob of Barb's Pepper Jelly.

Did you get the two different batches? One was, I think, substantially
more vinegary than the other.

> >Delish! What are your favorite snacks in the middle of the night?

I don't wake in the night to eat. But speaking of bagels. . . . a new
SuperTarget has just opened not too far from us and it was in my path
yesterday. They sell Einstein Brothers bagels!! Woo-hoo!! Now I don't
have to cross the river to get them! I bought two Everything bagels --
and totally forgot about them until reading this. Still good. Plain.
With coffee.

> >I don't think I can do without this jelly in the house.

Good.

> > Michael
>
> I believe that snacking after one has eaten one's last meal of the
> day, is something cultural or regional. I have never learned to
> snack after having eaten dinner or supper and neither have my
> European relatives or friends, at least the ones of my generation.
>
> The very idea of getting up in the middle of the night seems strange
> and if I were to eat something at 4 AM, it would be breakfast.
>
> Is it something only peculiar to me or do others feel the same?

> MS

It's you. Have a glass of wine. "-) There's a cupboard rat in my
house that eats 2# of Nabisco Honey Maid Graham Crackers (I've been told
there is no other kind of graham cracker) about every 7-10 days.
Somewhere around 1:30 a.m., I believe. I've never caught it. OK, so I
caught it 37 years ago.
--
-Barb (www.jamlady.eboard.com updated 10-16-03; check the PickleHats tab, too.)

"Margaret Suran" > wrote in message
...
> Dog3 wrote:
> >
> > It's 4am and I'm on call. I'm snacking on a toasted bagel smeared with
a
> > gob of Barb's Pepper Jelly. Delish! What are your favorite snacks in
the
> > middle of the night? I don't think I can do without this jelly in the
> > house.
> >
> > Michael
>
> I believe that snacking after one has eaten one's last meal of the day,
> is something cultural or regional. I have never learned to snack after
> having eaten dinner or supper and neither have my European relatives or
> friends, at least the ones of my generation.
>
> The very idea of getting up in the middle of the night seems strange and
> if I were to eat something at 4 AM, it would be breakfast.
>
> Is it something only peculiar to me or do others feel the same?
>
> MS

I grew up in England. Come to think of it, we never snacked after dinner
and it's only very rarely that I do now - maybe an apple or an orange later,
which I then consider my dessert. Old customs are hard to break.

Dora

In article >, Margaret Suran >
wrote:

> Dog3 wrote:
> >
> > It's 4am and I'm on call. I'm snacking on a toasted bagel smeared with
> > a
> > gob of Barb's Pepper Jelly. Delish! What are your favorite snacks in
> > the
> > middle of the night? I don't think I can do without this jelly in the
> > house.
> >
> > Michael
>
> I believe that snacking after one has eaten one's last meal of the day,
> is something cultural or regional. I have never learned to snack after
> having eaten dinner or supper and neither have my European relatives or
> friends, at least the ones of my generation.
>
> The very idea of getting up in the middle of the night seems strange and
> if I were to eat something at 4 AM, it would be breakfast.
>
> Is it something only peculiar to me or do others feel the same?
>
> MS

I've never gotten up in the middle of the night to eat, either - good
thing, that, given my propensity for holding onto calories.

However, I have snacked after dinner - particularly if dinner was either
very light or very early, or I'm up very, very late.

Snacking at that time of the evening usually cosists of something very
light - a few veggie sticks with a dip or some hummous, or a piece of
cheese.

--
Nancy Howells (don't forget to switch it, and replace the to send mail).

"Dog3" > wrote in message
04...
> It's 4am and I'm on call. I'm snacking on a toasted bagel smeared with a
> gob of Barb's Pepper Jelly. Delish! What are your favorite snacks in
the
> middle of the night? I don't think I can do without this jelly in the
> house.
>
> Michael

1. Old cast iron pan.
2. A quick batch of crepe batter.(egg, flour, milk, & a little oil)
3. Any sweet jam or preserve
4. Sour Cream.

Dimitri

"Dog3" > wrote in message
04...
> It's 4am and I'm on call. I'm snacking on a toasted bagel smeared with a
> gob of Barb's Pepper Jelly. Delish! What are your favorite snacks in
the
> middle of the night? I don't think I can do without this jelly in the
> house.
>
> Michael

I am a snacker. After meals I eat a little bit of this and a little bit of
that. That usually being candy of some type. I prefer pieces of candy such
as M & Ms or something bite size rather than a candy bar. I do have to watch
it a bit more since I gave up the cigarettes. I only eat at night if I
absolutely can not sleep and then it would depend on what I am in the mood
for. I remember one time a long time ago I made Cream Puffs in the middle of
the night and I ate the whole batch of them plain and warm just out of the
oven. They were delicious!

peace,
Barbara

In article > , "Dimitri"
> wrote:

> "Dog3" > wrote in message
> 04...
> > It's 4am and I'm on call. I'm snacking on a toasted bagel smeared with
> > a
> > gob of Barb's Pepper Jelly. Delish! What are your favorite snacks in
> the
> > middle of the night? I don't think I can do without this jelly in the
> > house.
> >
> > Michael
>
> 1. Old cast iron pan.
> 2. A quick batch of crepe batter.(egg, flour, milk, & a little oil)
> 3. Any sweet jam or preserve
> 4. Sour Cream.
>
> Dimitri

Seriously? Looks like more work than I'd be interested in at 2:00 a.m.
--
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"Melba's Jammin'" > wrote in message
news:barbschaller-

<snip>

> > 1. Old cast iron pan.
> > 2. A quick batch of crepe batter.(egg, flour, milk, & a little oil)
> > 3. Any sweet jam or preserve
> > 4. Sour Cream.
> >
> > Dimitri
>
> Seriously? Looks like more work than I'd be interested in at 2:00 a.m.
> --
> -Barb (www.jamlady.eboard.com updated 10-16-03; check the PickleHats tab,
too.)

Something about the older you get the less sleep you need.....

It really is a 10 minute job - while the pan is heating mix the batter. ( I
know you're supposed to let the batter rest for an hour to 1/2 day but I
just make it a little thinner)

The jam and Sour cream are a no brainer.

A spritz of Pam and I ready to COOK 'N ROLL them crepes.

A wipe with a paper towel and the pan is clean.

Dimitri

Margaret Suran > wrote in message >...
> Dog3 wrote:
> >
> > It's 4am and I'm on call. I'm snacking on a toasted bagel smeared with a
> > gob of Barb's Pepper Jelly. Delish! What are your favorite snacks in the
> > middle of the night? I don't think I can do without this jelly in the
> > house.
> >
> > Michael
>
> I believe that snacking after one has eaten one's last meal of the day,
> is something cultural or regional. I have never learned to snack after
> having eaten dinner or supper and neither have my European relatives or
> friends, at least the ones of my generation.
>
> The very idea of getting up in the middle of the night seems strange and
> if I were to eat something at 4 AM, it would be breakfast.
>
> Is it something only peculiar to me or do others feel the same?
>
> MS


Born and bred in the Midwest of the USA and never in a million years
would I eat anything after dinner. Heck, half the time, I don't even
eat dinner because it is too late.

-L.

Margaret Suran > wrote:

> I believe that snacking after one has eaten one's last meal of the day,
> is something cultural or regional. I have never learned to snack after
> having eaten dinner or supper and neither have my European relatives or
> friends, at least the ones of my generation.

Perhaps you're right. I rarely eat anything after dinner, other than maybe
a handful of peanuts, or something like that. Even if I have to do an all
nighter for work (which is rare), I don't think about eating anything,
unless I missed dinner.

> The very idea of getting up in the middle of the night seems strange and
> if I were to eat something at 4 AM, it would be breakfast.

> Is it something only peculiar to me or do others feel the same?

I routinely get up at 4:30am, but I usually don't eat on a weekday until I
am either on my way to work, or at work when I usually get a bagel with
some butter or cream cheese and Diet Pepsi. If its the weekend, I might
make myself a full blown breakfast, but not every weekend. In fact, it is
not unusual for me to skip breakfast entirely on weekends because I tend
to catch up on reading and I typically forget about breakfast until my
stomache starts to growl, and by that time, its usually lunch time.