Lynn from Fargo Ografmorffig wrote:
> On Jun 23, 10:51 am, Phil-c <invalid@invalid> wrote:
>> Go for it and cite any official source (perhaps sauce) .
>
> Catsup
>
> Lynn in Fargo
Lynn To be a tad pedantic Tomato sauce is not a food
more a condiment

see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ketchup

Phil-c said...

> Lynn from Fargo Ografmorffig wrote:
>> On Jun 23, 10:51 am, Phil-c <invalid@invalid> wrote:
>>> Go for it and cite any official source (perhaps sauce) .
>>
>> Catsup
>>
>> Lynn in Fargo
> Lynn To be a tad pedantic Tomato sauce is not a food
> more a condiment
>
> see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ketchup


Put that over a floater. http://alturl.com/e2uj

Made in Adelaide. :9

Andy

I say lunch, but if I eat out that's usually my only meal for the
day. I haven't done this in years, but I ordered appetizers for
lunch. I was at the Cheesecake Factory, they have a large
variety to choose from.

So I ordered crispy artichoke hearts and the Tex Mex rolls.
The waitress didn't bat an eye, so I think a lot of people do that.
Considering the size of their entrees, it wouldn't surprise me at
all.

Those Tex Mex rolls are to die for. It's a large appetizer, I
couldn't eat that by myself, either. That and a Dr. Pepper,
oh, that was a good lunch. OH! sorry, I mean a green tea
iced tea. Anyway.

I have read that dislike of cilantro is something that you can overcome
if you keep eating it. I seem to have lost that soapy aversion to it,
because I sure didn't mind it in my Tex Mex eggrolls. Having said
that, I couldn't say why they call them eggrolls, I don't notice any
egg. Or care.

nancy

In article >,
Terry Pulliam Burd > wrote:

> On Tue, 23 Jun 2009 22:16:57 -0700, sf > fired up
> random neurons and synapses to opine:
>
> >On Tue, 23 Jun 2009 17:25:59 -0500, Melba's Jammin'
> > wrote:
> >
> >>Morel is our State Mushroom.
> >
> >You gave away a state secret. Now "everyone" will be hunting for
> >morels in Minnesota!
>
> I didn't see Barb's original post, but ask her what the state bird is*
> (see below)

> * the mosquito.
>
> Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd

Watchyerself, Girlie or I'll thump you with my cane.
It's all part of The Plan, along with the myth of our winter weather, to
keep the state free of riff-raff. It's generally effective. Not many
skeeters this year although some years they file flight plans and fly in
formation.
--
-Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
http://web.me.com/barbschaller - good news 4-6-2009
"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a great battle."
-Philo of Alexandria

In article >, Phil-c <invalid@invalid>
wrote:

> Lynn from Fargo Ografmorffig wrote:
> > On Jun 23, 10:51 am, Phil-c <invalid@invalid> wrote:
> >> Go for it and cite any official source (perhaps sauce) .
> >
> > Catsup
> >
> > Lynn in Fargo
> Lynn To be a tad pedantic Tomato sauce is not a food
> more a condiment
>
> see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ketchup

Google <ketchup+food+Reagan> and look at the first hit.

--
-Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
http://web.me.com/barbschaller - good news 4-6-2009
"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a great battle."
-Philo of Alexandria

Melba's Jammin' wrote:
> In article >,
> Terry Pulliam Burd > wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 23 Jun 2009 22:16:57 -0700, sf > fired up
>> random neurons and synapses to opine:
>>
>>> On Tue, 23 Jun 2009 17:25:59 -0500, Melba's Jammin'
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>> Morel is our State Mushroom.
>>> You gave away a state secret. Now "everyone" will be hunting for
>>> morels in Minnesota!
>> I didn't see Barb's original post, but ask her what the state bird is*
>> (see below)
>
>> * the mosquito.
>>
>> Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd
>
> Watchyerself, Girlie or I'll thump you with my cane.
> It's all part of The Plan, along with the myth of our winter weather, to
> keep the state free of riff-raff. It's generally effective. Not many
> skeeters this year although some years they file flight plans and fly in
> formation.
The reason you don't have any skeeters this year is that they all came
to Louisiana for the winter. Now they're biting us instead of all those
healthy Nordic folk. We are having a big mosquito problem this summer. I
hear the mosquito duster plane or chopper flying nightly and the truck
comes by every night about 10 pm.

Some of our home-grown skeeters transmit diseases like equine
encephalitis and other diseases too. I just stay in after dark myself.

If you would like some mosquitoes I would be glad to give them the GPS
location and a copy of the Google satellite map that shows your home
location. Just say the word. No, not THAT word!

In article >,
Terry Pulliam Burd > wrote:

> On Wed, 24 Jun 2009 17:25:46 GMT, blake murphy
> > fired up random neurons and synapses to
> opine:
>
> >On Tue, 23 Jun 2009 23:51:36 +0800, Phil-c wrote:
> >
> >> Go for it and cite any official source (perhaps sauce) .
> >
> >offhand, i'd say the american national food is some variation of Too Much.
>
> Blake, we do agree on the above. Declarative statement: I'm a fairly
> light eater. That said, I swear I'm getting some sort of eating
> disorder, b/c menus often actually ruin my appetite. I can't tell you
> the menus I've gone through trying to find something that suits that
> isn't a) pasta or b) salad. I'm not keen on pasta or entree salads,
> but often the rest of the menu(s) Is Just Too Much and actually puts
> me off. Consequently, I usually order a side salad and an appetizer of
> some sort as an entree. Maybe a bowl of soup.
>
> What is also off-putting is when my smallish order is commented upon
> by fellow diners and I feel the need to apologize.
>
> Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd
> --

You can get therapy for feeling the need to apologize, Squeaks. I
should think they'd look at your Size 4, put two and two together and
figure out how you got there. Tell 'em you like to save your calories
for the martinis. "-)

(When are you coming this direction, Woman?)

--
-Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
http://web.me.com/barbschaller - good news 4-6-2009
"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a great battle."
-Philo of Alexandria

Nancy Young said...

> I say lunch, but if I eat out that's usually my only meal for the
> day. I haven't done this in years, but I ordered appetizers for
> lunch. I was at the Cheesecake Factory, they have a large
> variety to choose from.
>
> So I ordered crispy artichoke hearts and the Tex Mex rolls.
> The waitress didn't bat an eye, so I think a lot of people do that.
> Considering the size of their entrees, it wouldn't surprise me at
> all.
>
> Those Tex Mex rolls are to die for. It's a large appetizer, I
> couldn't eat that by myself, either. That and a Dr. Pepper,
> oh, that was a good lunch. OH! sorry, I mean a green tea
> iced tea. Anyway.
>
> I have read that dislike of cilantro is something that you can overcome
> if you keep eating it. I seem to have lost that soapy aversion to it,
> because I sure didn't mind it in my Tex Mex eggrolls. Having said
> that, I couldn't say why they call them eggrolls, I don't notice any
> egg. Or care.
>
> nancy


Isn't that where rfc and eating out part ways?

Andy

In article >,
"cybercat" > wrote:

> I was just going to say "Hot dog." I like them plain, in a steamed bun.

Plain plain? Or plain, with maybe ketchup and/or mustard, but no
chopped onions, relish, kraut, or corn relish? I rarely put anything
but ketchup and mustard on my hot dogs.
--
-Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
http://web.me.com/barbschaller - good news 4-6-2009
"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a great battle."
-Philo of Alexandria

Andy wrote:
> Phil-c said...
>
>> Lynn from Fargo Ografmorffig wrote:
>>> On Jun 23, 10:51 am, Phil-c <invalid@invalid> wrote:
>>>> Go for it and cite any official source (perhaps sauce) .
>>> Catsup
>>>
>>> Lynn in Fargo
>> Lynn To be a tad pedantic Tomato sauce is not a food
>> more a condiment
>>
>> see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ketchup
>
>
> Put that over a floater. http://alturl.com/e2uj
>
> Made in Adelaide. :9
>
> Andy
>
>
Thankfully we dont use that Foreign wod Ketchup Catsup and all the other
*******ised spellings for what is essentially Tomato sauce . Although
here we use its idiomatic version Dead horse .

Nothing wrong with a pea and pie floater with heaps of dead horse
on a cold freezing night

Melba's Jammin' wrote:
> In article >, Phil-c <invalid@invalid>
> wrote:
>
>> Lynn from Fargo Ografmorffig wrote:
>>> On Jun 23, 10:51 am, Phil-c <invalid@invalid> wrote:
>>>> Go for it and cite any official source (perhaps sauce) .
>>> Catsup
>>>
>>> Lynn in Fargo
>> Lynn To be a tad pedantic Tomato sauce is not a food
>> more a condiment
>>
>> see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ketchup
>
> Google <ketchup+food+Reagan> and look at the first hit.
>

Sigh ------------ Only in America !! Shakes head

Phil-c said...

> Andy wrote:
>> Phil-c said...
>>
>>> Lynn from Fargo Ografmorffig wrote:
>>>> On Jun 23, 10:51 am, Phil-c <invalid@invalid> wrote:
>>>>> Go for it and cite any official source (perhaps sauce) .
>>>> Catsup
>>>>
>>>> Lynn in Fargo
>>> Lynn To be a tad pedantic Tomato sauce is not a food
>>> more a condiment
>>>
>>> see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ketchup
>>
>>
>> Put that over a floater. http://alturl.com/e2uj
>>
>> Made in Adelaide. :9
>>
>> Andy
>>
>>
> Thankfully we dont use that Foreign wod Ketchup Catsup and all the other
> *******ised spellings for what is essentially Tomato sauce . Although
> here we use its idiomatic version Dead horse .
>
> Nothing wrong with a pea and pie floater with heaps of dead horse
> on a cold freezing night


Right!

My boss, from Adelaide, mentioned "dead horse." Took me by surprise until
he explained.

Andy

Melba's Jammin' wrote:
> In article >,
> "cybercat" > wrote:
>
>> I was just going to say "Hot dog." I like them plain, in a steamed bun.
>
> Plain plain? Or plain, with maybe ketchup and/or mustard, but no
> chopped onions, relish, kraut, or corn relish? I rarely put anything
> but ketchup and mustard on my hot dogs.

Ketchup? You Philistine, only spicy mustard, sweet pickle relish, and
chili should go on hot dogs, preferably on a whole wheat bun.
Occasionally a little shredded cheese and maybe chopped onions. Ketchup,
yuck!

On Wed, 24 Jun 2009 23:17:09 -0700, Terry Pulliam Burd wrote:

> On Wed, 24 Jun 2009 17:25:46 GMT, blake murphy
> > fired up random neurons and synapses to
> opine:
>
>>On Tue, 23 Jun 2009 23:51:36 +0800, Phil-c wrote:
>>
>>> Go for it and cite any official source (perhaps sauce) .
>>
>>offhand, i'd say the american national food is some variation of Too Much.
>
> Blake, we do agree on the above. Declarative statement: I'm a fairly
> light eater. That said, I swear I'm getting some sort of eating
> disorder, b/c menus often actually ruin my appetite. I can't tell you
> the menus I've gone through trying to find something that suits that
> isn't a) pasta or b) salad. I'm not keen on pasta or entree salads,
> but often the rest of the menu(s) Is Just Too Much and actually puts
> me off. Consequently, I usually order a side salad and an appetizer of
> some sort as an entree. Maybe a bowl of soup.
>
> What is also off-putting is when my smallish order is commented upon
> by fellow diners and I feel the need to apologize.
>
> Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd

how rude to make any comment.

i sometimes get ****ed when a server becomes almost panicky if i don't
finish an entrée: 'gosh, was it o.k.? do you want something else?'
usually, it's fine - i just can't eat all of it.

your pal,
blake

On Wed, 24 Jun 2009 23:19:12 -0700, Terry Pulliam Burd
> wrote:

>* the mosquito.

HAHAHA! I'm so glad those days are over. I remember gnats (those
little buggers) and praying for mosquitoes, which came about a month
later. Then I spent the rest of the summer cursing them.

--
I love cooking with wine.
Sometimes I even put it in the food.

On Jun 25, 8:40 am, George Shirley > wrote:
> Melba's Jammin' wrote:
> > In article >,
> > "cybercat" > wrote:
>
> >> I was just going to say "Hot dog." I like them plain, in a steamed bun.
>
> > Plain plain? Or plain, with maybe ketchup and/or mustard, but no
> > chopped onions, relish, kraut, or corn relish? I rarely put anything
> > but ketchup and mustard on my hot dogs.
>
> Ketchup? You Philistine, only spicy mustard, sweet pickle relish, and
> chili should go on hot dogs, preferably on a whole wheat bun.
> Occasionally a little shredded cheese and maybe chopped onions. Ketchup,
> yuck!

Philistine who? Speak for yourself. No self-respecting hot dog wants
a whole wheat bun. Gotta be a Wonder Bread hot dog bun. ;-) But I
agree about the ketchup - in my world, ketchup is only for dipping
French fries or grilled cheese sandwiches, or making piquant sauce for
meat loaf. ;-)

Speaking of bread/buns - anyone tried those new whole grain or whole
wheat (both are available) round disc-kinda things that are a
substitute for bread or buns for a sandwich? The name escapes me -
some variation on "....weat." I think I'll see if I can find some at
the supermarket.

N.

In article >, Phil-c <invalid@invalid>
wrote:

> Melba's Jammin' wrote:
> > In article >, Phil-c <invalid@invalid>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> Lynn from Fargo Ografmorffig wrote:
> >>> On Jun 23, 10:51 am, Phil-c <invalid@invalid> wrote:
> >>>> Go for it and cite any official source (perhaps sauce) .
> >>> Catsup
> >>>
> >>> Lynn in Fargo
> >> Lynn To be a tad pedantic Tomato sauce is not a food
> >> more a condiment
> >>
> >> see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ketchup
> >
> > Google <ketchup+food+Reagan> and look at the first hit.
> >
>
> Sigh ------------ Only in America !! Shakes head

Probably glad you don't live here, right?

--
-Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
http://web.me.com/barbschaller - good news 4-6-2009
"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a great battle."
-Philo of Alexandria

On Jun 25, 8:34 am, Phil-c <invalid@invalid> wrote:
> Andy wrote:
> > Phil-c said...
>
> >> Lynn from Fargo Ografmorffig wrote:
> >>> On Jun 23, 10:51 am, Phil-c <invalid@invalid> wrote:
> >>>> Go for it and cite any official source (perhaps sauce) .
> >>> Catsup
>
> >>> Lynn in Fargo
> >> Lynn To be a tad pedantic Tomato sauce is not a food
> >> more a condiment
>
> >> see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ketchup
>
> > Put that over a floater.http://alturl.com/e2uj
>
> > Made in Adelaide. :9
>
> > Andy
>
> Thankfully we dont use that Foreign wod Ketchup Catsup and all the other
> *******ised spellings for what is essentially Tomato sauce . Although
> here we use its idiomatic version Dead horse .
>
> Nothing wrong with a pea and pie floater with heaps of dead horse
> on a cold freezing night

Ketchup is not tomato sauce, nor is spaghetti sauce or marinara sauce
called "gravy."

Ketchup has lots more ingredients than tomato sauce.

N.

Phil-c <invalid@invalid> wrote:

As the majority of this NG appears to come from the USA
to save time and posts from the 50+ states
http://www.foodtimeline.org/foodfaq4.html#official

Nonsense; it's about food‹topical posts are appreciated.
I wouldn't mind hearing about rfc'ers recipes for some of the foods that
are bound to be named in replies.
--
-Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
http://web.me.com/barbschaller - good news 4-6-2009
"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a great battle."
-Philo of Alexandria

On Jun 23, 10:59*am, aem > wrote:
> On Jun 23, 8:51*am, Phil-c <invalid@invalid> wrote:
>
> > Go for it and cite any official source (perhaps sauce) .
>
> It's a tossup between a hamburger and fried chicken. *No sauce
> involved. *

I think that fried chicken wins, but maybe I'm a bit prejudiced
because I'm in the middle of frying chicken right now. I want to add
that every time I go to fry chicken and realize that I'm out of all
purpose flour and have to use pricier cake flour, I find it so worth
it. I should just get it through my frugal head that the amount of
flour used doesn't make the batch of chicken cost significantly
more. From this day on it's cake flour.

-aem

--Bryan

Nancy Young wrote:
> I say lunch, but if I eat out that's usually my only meal for the
> day. I haven't done this in years, but I ordered appetizers for
> lunch. I was at the Cheesecake Factory, they have a large variety to
> choose from.
>
> So I ordered crispy artichoke hearts and the Tex Mex rolls.
> The waitress didn't bat an eye, so I think a lot of people do that.
> Considering the size of their entrees, it wouldn't surprise me at
> all.
>
> Those Tex Mex rolls are to die for. It's a large appetizer, I
> couldn't eat that by myself, either. That and a Dr. Pepper, oh, that
> was a good lunch. OH! sorry, I mean a green tea
> iced tea. Anyway.
>
> I have read that dislike of cilantro is something that you can overcome
> if you keep eating it. I seem to have lost that soapy aversion to it,
> because I sure didn't mind it in my Tex Mex eggrolls. Having said
> that, I couldn't say why they call them eggrolls, I don't notice any
> egg. Or care.
> nancy


Tonight I was going to cook chicken enchiladas for dinner, but after you
posted this, I am tempted to cook Mexican egg rolls. Decisions, decisions!


Becca

On Jun 25, 6:06*am, "Nancy Young" > wrote:
> I say lunch, but if I eat out that's usually my only meal for the
> day. *I haven't done this in years, but I ordered appetizers for
> lunch. *I was at the Cheesecake Factory, they have a large
> variety to choose from.
>
> So I ordered crispy artichoke hearts and the Tex Mex rolls.
> The waitress didn't bat an eye, so I think a lot of people do that.
> Considering the size of their entrees, it wouldn't surprise me at
> all.
>
> Those Tex Mex rolls are to die for. *It's a large appetizer, I
> couldn't eat that by myself, either. *That and a Dr. Pepper,
> oh, that was a good lunch. *OH! *sorry, I mean a green tea
> iced tea. *Anyway.
>
> I have read that dislike of cilantro is something that you can overcome
> if you keep eating it. *I seem to have lost that soapy aversion to it,
> because I sure didn't mind it in my Tex Mex eggrolls. *Having said
> that, I couldn't say why they call them eggrolls, I don't notice any
> egg. *Or care. *
>
> nancy

No Fettucini Alfredo to go with that Dr Pepper?

Merryb wrote:
> On Jun 25, 6:06 am, "Nancy Young" > wrote:

>> Those Tex Mex rolls are to die for. It's a large appetizer, I
>> couldn't eat that by myself, either. That and a Dr. Pepper,
>> oh, that was a good lunch. OH! sorry, I mean a green tea
>> iced tea. Anyway.

> No Fettucini Alfredo to go with that Dr Pepper?

What kind of place is that, anyway, no fettucini alfredo to be
seen! (laugh)

nancy

> On Jun 23, 5:25 pm, Melba's Jammin' >

>> Yes, of course. Walleye is our State Fish. Blueberry Muffins are our
>> State Muffin. Lester is our State Soil.


Lester? You have dirt named Lester? Who knew?

gloria p
who knew she shoulda taken a geology course

"Melba's Jammin'" > wrote in message
...
> In article >,
> "cybercat" > wrote:
>
>> I was just going to say "Hot dog." I like them plain, in a steamed bun.
>
> Plain plain? Or plain, with maybe ketchup and/or mustard, but no
> chopped onions, relish, kraut, or corn relish? I rarely put anything
> but ketchup and mustard on my hot dogs.
> --
> -Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
> http://web.me.com/barbschaller - good news 4-6-2009
> "Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a great battle."
> -Philo of Alexandria

I remember Southern style 'all the way'....a hot dog in a white bread bun,
topped with yaller (not yellow, say it right) mustard, chopped onions, chili
sauce and cole slaw.......um um gud.
-ginny

George Shirley wrote:
> Melba's Jammin' wrote:
>> In article >,
>> "cybercat" > wrote:
>>
>>> I was just going to say "Hot dog." I like them plain, in a steamed bun.
>>
>> Plain plain? Or plain, with maybe ketchup and/or mustard, but no
>> chopped onions, relish, kraut, or corn relish? I rarely put anything
>> but ketchup and mustard on my hot dogs.
>
> Ketchup? You Philistine, only spicy mustard, sweet pickle relish, and
> chili should go on hot dogs, preferably on a whole wheat bun.
> Occasionally a little shredded cheese and maybe chopped onions. Ketchup,
> yuck!


Today's lunch was Hebrew National hot dogs on warmed buns with brown
mustard (for DH) and mustard, sweet relish and a tiny bit of Vidalia
onion for me. Heavenly.

gloria p

On Jun 25, 11:17 am, Nancy2 > wrote:
> On Jun 25, 8:40 am, George Shirley > wrote:
>
> > Melba's Jammin' wrote:
> > > In article >,
> > > "cybercat" > wrote:
>
> > >> I was just going to say "Hot dog." I like them plain, in a steamed bun.
>
> > > Plain plain? Or plain, with maybe ketchup and/or mustard, but no
> > > chopped onions, relish, kraut, or corn relish? I rarely put anything
> > > but ketchup and mustard on my hot dogs.
>
> > Ketchup? You Philistine, only spicy mustard, sweet pickle relish, and
> > chili should go on hot dogs, preferably on a whole wheat bun.
> > Occasionally a little shredded cheese and maybe chopped onions. Ketchup,
> > yuck!
>
> Philistine who? Speak for yourself. No self-respecting hot dog wants
> a whole wheat bun. Gotta be a Wonder Bread hot dog bun. ;-) But I
> agree about the ketchup - in my world, ketchup is only for dipping
> French fries or grilled cheese sandwiches, or making piquant sauce for
> meat loaf. ;-)
>
> Speaking of bread/buns - anyone tried those new whole grain or whole
> wheat (both are available) round disc-kinda things that are a
> substitute for bread or buns for a sandwich? The name escapes me -
> some variation on "....weat." I think I'll see if I can find some at
> the supermarket.
>
> N.


We've been through this before. I'm from Chicago. Ketchup?! Whole
wheat? No no no. Grilled w/ kraut - only on vacation.

Nancy Young wrote:
> I say lunch, but if I eat out that's usually my only meal for the
> day. I haven't done this in years, but I ordered appetizers for lunch.
> I was at the Cheesecake Factory, they have a large variety to choose from.
>
> So I ordered crispy artichoke hearts and the Tex Mex rolls.
> The waitress didn't bat an eye, so I think a lot of people do that.
> Considering the size of their entrees, it wouldn't surprise me at
> all.
>
> Those Tex Mex rolls are to die for. It's a large appetizer, I couldn't
> eat that by myself, either. That and a Dr. Pepper, oh, that was a good
> lunch. OH! sorry, I mean a green tea
> iced tea. Anyway.
>
> I have read that dislike of cilantro is something that you can overcome
> if you keep eating it. I seem to have lost that soapy aversion to it,
> because I sure didn't mind it in my Tex Mex eggrolls. Having said
> that, I couldn't say why they call them eggrolls, I don't notice any
> egg. Or care.
> nancy

I love having a variety of little dishes for meals! Two nights
ago, I had dim sum. Ordered too much to get some variety, and ate
some of it for breakfast yesterday. Yum.

--
Jean B.

Melba's Jammin' wrote:
> In article >, Phil-c <invalid@invalid>
> wrote:
>
>> Melba's Jammin' wrote:
>>> In article >, Phil-c <invalid@invalid>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Lynn from Fargo Ografmorffig wrote:
>>>>> On Jun 23, 10:51 am, Phil-c <invalid@invalid> wrote:
>>>>>> Go for it and cite any official source (perhaps sauce) .
>>>>> Catsup
>>>>>
>>>>> Lynn in Fargo
>>>> Lynn To be a tad pedantic Tomato sauce is not a food
>>>> more a condiment
>>>>
>>>> see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ketchup
>>> Google <ketchup+food+Reagan> and look at the first hit.
>>>
>> Sigh ------------ Only in America !! Shakes head
>
> Probably glad you don't live here, right?
>

No Although I have in the past.
Ithaca NY , North Dakota , Texas and Florida

Not to worry. Our bureaucratic screw ups at times are even worse.
Must be a Government contagion that travels well

The Straight dope article is a beauty all the same

On Thu, 25 Jun 2009 02:19:29 -0400, "cybercat" >
fired up random neurons and synapses to opine:

>I was just going to say "Hot dog." I like them plain, in a steamed bun.
>
Funny you should mention...my boss and I just recently started going
to a "deli" in Tustin called Bengy's - it's a deli only in the very,
very loosest sense of the word and strictly by Orange County CA white
bread standards. They had chili dogs on the menu, which I had today
with yellow mustard and a side of cole slaw. Yum!

Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd

--

"If the soup had been as hot as the claret, if the claret had been as
old as the bird, and if the bird's breasts had been as full as the
waitress's, it would have been a very good dinner."

- Duncan Hines

To reply, replace "meatloaf" with "cox"

>
> > Nothing wrong with a pea and pie floater with heaps of dead horse
> > on a cold freezing night
>


OK, I know you Aussies talk funny, but can we get some history here?

bulka wrote:
>>> Nothing wrong with a pea and pie floater with heaps of dead horse
>>> on a cold freezing night
>
>
> OK, I know you Aussies talk funny, but can we get some history here?

Fair enough question for a supposedly international news group .
Here you go (or in oz have a crack at this)

1 idiom see http://cooperfamily.ourfamily.com/idiom.htm

2
http://www.koalanet.com.au/australian-slang.html (dead horse is within
that link)

3 Photo of a pie floater with dead horse

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/173/4...482df7925b.jpg
HTH
Cheers

Phil-c wrote:

> 3 Photo of a pie floater with dead horse
>
> http://farm1.static.flickr.com/173/4...482df7925b.jpg


Would you rank that as more or less appetizing than poutine?

http://blogues.cyberpresse.ca/lagace...9/poutine1.jpg

Bob

On Thu, 25 Jun 2009 00:21:09 -0600, Christine Dabney
> fired up random neurons and synapses to
opine:

>New Mexico's state bird is the roadrunner. I actually saw one a year
>or so ago. Looks just like the cartoon!!!

My grandmother's cattle ranch straddled the Arizona/New Mexico border
and up against the Mexican border (between Rodeo NM and Douglas AZ, if
anyone cares), where I spent many of my summers growing up. Used to
see roadrunners a lot - esp. when neighboring ranch kids and I used to
ride horseback in the desert.

Another thing I miss seeing from those days: shooting stars. My
brother and I used to lie outside on blankets at night and watch 'em -
no ambient light, and it was like an amazing light show. And weirdly
enough, one of the only radio stations we could get at night on our
transistor radio was WLS out of Chicago. Go figure.

OB: My grandmother had a cook that kept me happily stocked with flour
tortillas and sopapillas - love 'em.

Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd

--

"If the soup had been as hot as the claret, if the claret had been as
old as the bird, and if the bird's breasts had been as full as the
waitress's, it would have been a very good dinner."

- Duncan Hines

To reply, replace "meatloaf" with "cox"

On Thu, 25 Jun 2009 08:21:08 -0500, Melba's Jammin'
> fired up random neurons and synapses to
opine:

>In article >,
> Terry Pulliam Burd > wrote:

>> I didn't see Barb's original post, but ask her what the state bird is*
>> (see below)
>
>> * the mosquito.
>>
>> Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd
>
>Watchyerself, Girlie or I'll thump you with my cane.
>It's all part of The Plan, along with the myth of our winter weather, to
>keep the state free of riff-raff. It's generally effective. Not many
>skeeters this year although some years they file flight plans and fly in
>formation.

HA! Talk to someone who didn't spend a multiplicity of summer
vacations in northern Minnesota with the EX fishing for walleye and
northern pike (notably on Lake Hubert and environs). I'm telling you,
I used to have 3 kids, but one of 'em got carried off by one of yer
megamosquitoes. And don't get me started on the killer horse flies.

OB: as much as I f*cking hated those so-called vacations, you can't
beat the taste of a freshly caught walleye.

Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd...happily remarried to a man who knows
what a vacation actually IS

--

"If the soup had been as hot as the claret, if the claret had been as
old as the bird, and if the bird's breasts had been as full as the
waitress's, it would have been a very good dinner."

- Duncan Hines

To reply, replace "meatloaf" with "cox"

Bob Terwilliger wrote:
> Phil-c wrote:
>
>> 3 Photo of a pie floater with dead horse
>>
>> http://farm1.static.flickr.com/173/4...482df7925b.jpg
>
>
> Would you rank that as more or less appetizing than poutine?
>
> http://blogues.cyberpresse.ca/lagace...9/poutine1.jpg
>
>
> Bob

Looks like something my dog returns to
leave me out of that gastronomic holocaust PLEASE

Squeaks wrote:

> Another thing I miss seeing from those days: shooting stars. My brother
> and I used to lie outside on blankets at night and watch 'em - no ambient
> light, and it was like an amazing light show. And weirdly enough, one of
> the only radio stations we could get at night on our transistor radio was
> WLS out of Chicago. Go figure.

I have to say that YOUR shooting-star nostalgia is WAY different than my
shooting-star memories. During the early 1980s, when tensions with Iran were
high because of the hostages, my first ship deployed to the Persian Gulf (as
it was known in those days). The ship had numerous people topside, their
eyes constantly scanning the skies in anticipation of an incoming Silkworm
anti-ship missile (which the Iranians had bought from the Chinese). It was
mid-August, just in time for the Perseid meteor shower. Each flash in the
sky made people jump out of their skins, tensing for the general-quarters
alarm.

Bob

On Thu, 25 Jun 2009 08:30:19 -0500, Melba's Jammin'
> fired up random neurons and synapses to
opine:

>You can get therapy for feeling the need to apologize, Squeaks. I
>should think they'd look at your Size 4, put two and two together and
>figure out how you got there. Tell 'em you like to save your calories
>for the martinis. "-)

Which explains the lunch I had today: a chili dog and a Grey Goose
martini. The chili dog was for my stomach - the martini was a
medicinal reaction to 4 hours in court with an imbecile for opposing
counsel who wouldn't take a breath.
>
>(When are you coming this direction, Woman?)

If and when Gretchen decides the time is ripe for Oma's memorial
service. And I might add, we have a spare room here in SoCal, ya know,
girlie. Try the Left Coast fer a change.

Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd

--

"If the soup had been as hot as the claret, if the claret had been as
old as the bird, and if the bird's breasts had been as full as the
waitress's, it would have been a very good dinner."

- Duncan Hines

To reply, replace "meatloaf" with "cox"

On Thu, 25 Jun 2009 08:40:56 -0500, George Shirley wrote:

> Melba's Jammin' wrote:
>> In article >,
>> "cybercat" > wrote:
>>
>>> I was just going to say "Hot dog." I like them plain, in a steamed bun.
>>
>> Plain plain? Or plain, with maybe ketchup and/or mustard, but no
>> chopped onions, relish, kraut, or corn relish? I rarely put anything
>> but ketchup and mustard on my hot dogs.
>
> Ketchup? You Philistine, only spicy mustard, sweet pickle relish, and
> chili should go on hot dogs, preferably on a whole wheat bun.
> Occasionally a little shredded cheese and maybe chopped onions. Ketchup,
> yuck!

you're right about no ketchup, but i'm not sure about the whole-wheat bun.

your pal,
blake

On Fri, 26 Jun 2009 13:07:33 +0800, Phil-c wrote:
>
> 3 Photo of a pie floater with dead horse
>
> http://farm1.static.flickr.com/173/4...482df7925b.jpg
> HTH
> Cheers

yikes!

your pal,
blake