Nutrition, Wumpette Style

[WillyWump]

And you eat fish sticks and canned spinach? *mental computer fizzes and sparks*

lawl what does that have to do with Oysters on Halfshell?

[mitch777]

lawl what does that have to do with Oysters on Halfshell?

your taste goes from baby food to a "delicacy". how bout fresh fish, baked potato, and fresh spinach with an whore de ervey of O on the 1/2 shell?

thought Miss P. taught you this already. 

[WillyWump]

your taste goes from baby food to a "delicacy". how bout fresh fish, baked potato, and fresh spinach with an whore de ervey of O on the 1/2 shell?

thought Miss P. taught you this already. 

Oh I adore fresh spinach. I just keep canned goods for those nights I get lazy. Remember I'm a swinging single with a full dance card and don't always have time to cook, unlike you boring, married, wet rags 

[mitch777]

Oh I adore fresh spinach. I just keep canned goods for those nights I get lazy. Remember I'm a swinging single with a full dance card and don't always have time to cook, unlike you boring, married, wet rags 

so true. popeye. so true.

[hope_for_a_cure]

Oyster roast?
What is this please?
And I am not the only Euro reading this thinking
Oyster roast
Whats dat
K?

My Dear... an oyster roast is when you take fresh oysters (yes... just scooped up from the muddy inlets or creeks), clean them off nicely,  then prepare them for eating.  Roasting can loosely mean steaming them too... kinda all falls in the same category.  Its a common term used in the region where I currently live.  Hot sauces, melted butter, whatever your pleasure is provided to kick them up a bit.  Of course for optimum effect, one would eat them outside on a cool fall or winters day. 

http://www.southernliving.com/food/entertaining/oyster-roast-00417000070927/

I shared a 'half roast' with my brother and ordered a side of shrimp cocktail.  YUM!!!

PS- half roast just means a smaller amount.... does not imply they were cooked any less.  lol

[Jeff G]

My Dear... an oyster roast is when you take fresh oysters (yes... just scooped up from the muddy inlets or creeks), clean them off nicely,  then prepare them for eating.  Roasting can loosely mean steaming them too... kinda all falls in the same category.  Its a common term used in the region where I currently live.  Hot sauces, melted butter, whatever your pleasure is provided to kick them up a bit.  Of course for optimum effect, one would eat them outside on a cool fall or winters day. 

http://www.southernliving.com/food/entertaining/oyster-roast-00417000070927/

I shared a 'half roast' with my brother and ordered a side of shrimp cocktail.  YUM!!!

PS- half roast just means a smaller amount.... does not imply they were cooked any less.  lol

When I lived in Virginia we used to go to clam bakes on the Chesapeake and I used to wonder why they called it a bake because nothing was baked .

I guess it sounds more appetizing than a boil and easier to spell than bouillabaisse . 

[mecch]

Well everything is steamed, technically, but its sort of a baking process.

[hope_for_a_cure]

Well everything is steamed, technically, but its sort of a baking process.

Exactly!  They sure were delightful and were cooked several hours after being gathered.  Now that is fresh!

[WillyWump]

When I lived in Virginia we used to go to clam bakes on the Chesapeake and I used to wonder why they called it a bake because nothing was baked .

I would love to go to a good 'ol authentic clam bake on the Chesapeake, It's on my bucket list.

[Jeff G]

I would love to go to a good 'ol authentic clam bake on the Chesapeake, It's on my bucket list.

You really should go , its a great experience . We would carry a fish net and some chicken parts on a string and lure big blue crabs near enough to scoop up ... then we would cook and eat them .

[Miss Philicia]

I would love to go to a good 'ol authentic clam bake on the Chesapeake, It's on my bucket list.

Stop trying to act like you know anything about The Old Dominion!

[buginme2]

I would love to go to a good 'ol authentic clam bake on the Chesapeake, It's on my bucket list.

When I was a kid we used to have clam bakes on cape cod.  Haven't done that in years...I wishI lived back there sometimes. 

[wolfter]

In the spirit of the upcoming holidays, I broke most of my dieting rules with this deep fried, cheesecake ridden, sugar topped sopapilla.  They recently opened mere blocks away and I usually get a simple taco but she talked me into this today even though she couldn't tell me how many calories are in it.

[Miss Philicia]

Like you need to diet

[Miss Philicia]

Tonight's menu: grilled grouper, polenta and sautéed rapini.

[Jeff G]

grouperIdontknowher .

[Habersham]

I just made a Jewish Apple Cake and a Silver Palate peanut butter pie. Habersham needs a nap.

Check out low country boil

[WillyWump]

Stop trying to act like you know anything about The Old Dominion!

How soon you forget that I once lived in Virginia, not too long ago either. But no matter how much lipstick you put on that pig by calling it "The Old Dominion", it still is just a bunch of glorified hillbillies who were able to flee W. Virginia. Except of course for our lovely Sid and Co.

I just made a Jewish Apple Cake and a Silver Palate peanut butter pie. ap.

that sounds delish Haby!mmm peanut butter pie

[mecch]

Someone left a box of these in the dining car on my train home tonight. It was clearly unopened but now its open and I'm eating them. Its probably the best confiserie in Switzerland and I couldn't resist. 
If I never post again, let that be a lesson to everyone, don't eat food found in public!
http://www.spruengli.ch/bunt-konfekt-assortiert-500g_11082.html

[WillyWump]

Someone left a box of these in the dining car on my train home tonight. It was clearly unopened but now its open and I'm eating them. Its probably the best confiserie in Switzerland and I couldn't resist. 
If I never post again, let that be a lesson to everyone, don't eat food found in public!
http://www.spruengli.ch/bunt-konfekt-assortiert-500g_11082.html

yum! they look amazing. Yall have the best cookies over there.

[Jeff G]

Someone left a box of these in the dining car on my train home tonight. It was clearly unopened but now its open and I'm eating them. Its probably the best confiserie in Switzerland and I couldn't resist. 
If I never post again, let that be a lesson to everyone, don't eat food found in public!
http://www.spruengli.ch/bunt-konfekt-assortiert-500g_11082.html

They look awesome and I'm sitting here starving waiting for guest to arrive . I have spent all day prepping for a huge meal tomorrow and the house smells yummy but its all for tomorrow . I want you to know that the pics you shared is leaving my no other option other than cut a slice of carrot cake that's supposed to be for tomorrow .

[WillyWump]

Texas leads the nation in Deep Fried Turkey Accidents on Thanksgiving Day.

But before P starts cackling, Pennsylvania comes in 3rd.

Here is an extremely informative PSA on Deep frying a turkey http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xPV27MxkF8#t=78

[mecch]

I dunno. I think the US does the best cookies or cookie-like little pastries. Any classic italian pastry shop in the US will do for me.  Now if this had been a box of Sprungli pralines.....  die and go to heaven. 

I don't have much of a sweet tooth these days.  I crave sandwiches from the middle-eastern all-night eateries in the red-light district in Geneva.  Good atmosphere.  My favourite has really fresh and honest ingredients.
http://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g188057-d2344392-Reviews-Parfums_de_Beyrouth-Geneva.html

Also, whisky and cigarettes, but try to keep that reasonable.

[Miss Philicia]

How soon you forget that I once lived in Virginia,

You mean for that short minute? Don't make me laugh.

[WillyWump]

Also, whisky and cigarettes, but try to keep that reasonable.

There truly is something about a whiskey and a nice cigarette, and maybe a deep leather chair.

[mecch]

Well whisky and a cigar, but a cigar takes time and commitment, the good ones are expensive, and day old cigar smell is pretty gross...

[hope_for_a_cure]

Of course I am up way too early.... woke up thinking about how nice a ham biscuit would be this morning.  I may just have to cook some Mrs B's biscuits and open up that package of country ham that's been calling my name.   

[Miss Philicia]

Thanksgiving breakfast: German stollen, sausage, grits and fried apples

Don't ever question my Southern credentials, biotchezz

[WillyWump]

...my Southern credentials,

k

[Miss Philicia]

k

You live in Faux-Mexico, not the South so stfu.

Spoon Bread recipe prep begins in one hour, 9 minutes. Southern Win++

[WillyWump]

what is spoon bread?

Our Menu will be...

Turkey with Sausage stuffing, mashed pots, Sweet pot casserole w/marshmallow, green bean casserole, hash brown casserole, glazed carrots, stuffed celery, devilled eggs, homemade rolls, a chocolate, a cherry and an apple pie.

Dinner bell rings at 12:30ct!!

[Miss Philicia]

what is spoon bread?

Our Menu will be...

Turkey with Sausage stuffing, mashed pots, Sweet pot casserole w/marshmallow, green bean casserole, hash brown casserole, glazed carrots, stuffed celery, devilled eggs, homemade rolls, a chocolate, a cherry and an apple pie.

Dinner bell rings at 12:30ct!!

What is spoon bread = lolfail++

Ps: deviled eggs make me hurl

[Jeff G]

Spoon bread is corn bread that didn't get baked long enough I think .

[Miss Philicia]

Spoon bread is corn bread that didn't get baked long enough I think .

http://ansonmills.com/recipes/461?recipes_by=grain

You hillbillies don't get proper Lowlands cuisine.

[Jeff G]

Im making jalapeno corn bread to go with my peas and snaps . It will come out more like spoon bread because of the cream style corn and cheese and cream , very moist  .

[WillyWump]

Im making jalapeno corn bread to go with my peas and snaps . It will come out more like spoon bread because of the cream style corn and cheese and cream , very moist  .

Yum!. I may need that recipe

[Miss Philicia]

Btw, all of my cornmeal and yellow grits are non-commercial stone-ground organic products unavailable at Walmart.

[Jeff G]

Yum!. I may need that recipe

I cobble together my own variations . The one I'm doing today is with beef in the center and comes out more like a casserole  .
https://www.google.com/#q=mexican+cornbread

[Miss Philicia]

Mexican food was not served at Plymouth Rock

[mecch]

Btw, all of my cornmeal and yellow grits are non-commercial stone-ground organic products unavailable at Walmart.

I thought I heard Michelle Obama / Food Desert PC folks shamed Walmart into offering a whole foods line and it bombed. 

[mecch]

So much for the Thanksgiving feast.  I've hosted 2 here and been to 2 but just too swamped at work these days. 
In honor of the holiday I did lessons today about Thanksgiving debunks, American consumer culture, Black Friday, Walmart political economy, clips of South Park Black Friday and Youtube clips of the stampedes, the donate food for Walmart worker bins, Black Friday sales pdfs, (they marvelled at the cheap prices...), and then we started my annual Christmas movie viewings.  Once class opted for Elf and the other for Bad Santa. I LOVE bad Santa because its very rich material and the guys all love the vulgarity and scathing satire.. But it is very very dark and have to be careful not to offend women, and anyone's possible delicate sensitivity, not ready to watch with critical distance. It was made by a Dutch director and is pretty on point. Elf is OK. 
I've done Christmas Story, too.  One class almost said OK for B&W - Christmas in Connecticut or It's Wonderful Life.  That was encouraging...

[mitch777]

I/we had a great Thanksgiving this year. Hope you all had fun. Just Kenny, my best friend of over 35 years and myself.

Turkey, sausage cranberry apple sage stuffing, mashed potatoes/gravy, snap peas from our garden, Waldorf salad, cranberry/orange relish, wine and a bit more wine.

Watched the end of the Macy's parade and then the Westminster Dog Show. (I was routing for the Schnauzer and even more for the Irish Water Spaniel although the whole spectacle is pathetic in a way.) Here are a bunch of humans passing judgment on how the dogs measure up on the "perfection" scale but the handlers and judges fall far beyond the so called human "perfection" scale. LOL. Still nice to see happy pouches strutting their stuff.

Typing this in bed and going off to a deep and floating slumber............

Happy Thanksgiving one and all!

[Miss Philicia]

Eat me

[Theyer]

So much for the Thanksgiving feast.  I've hosted 2 here and been to 2 but just too swamped at work these days. 
In honor of the holiday I did lessons today about Thanksgiving debunks, American consumer culture, Black Friday, Walmart political economy, clips of South Park Black Friday and Youtube clips of the stampedes, the donate food for Walmart worker bins, Black Friday sales pdfs, (they marvelled at the cheap prices...), and then we started my annual Christmas movie viewings.  Once class opted for Elf and the other for Bad Santa. I LOVE bad Santa because its very rich material and the guys all love the vulgarity and scathing satire.. But it is very very dark and have to be careful not to offend women, and anyone's possible delicate sensitivity, not ready to watch with critical distance. It was made by a Dutch director and is pretty on point. Elf is OK. 
I've done Christmas Story, too.  One class almost said OK for B&W - Christmas in Connecticut or It's Wonderful Life.  That was encouraging...

5* or maybe more appropriate A+

[Dachshund]

My made from scratch pumpkin spice cake was a big hit. The maple cream frosting with an apple cider caramel drizzle was delish.

[mecch]

My made from scratch pumpkin spice cake was a big hit. The maple cream frosting with an apple cider caramel drizzle was delish.

Oh wow. Please the recipes or at least for the apple cider caramel drizzle....

[ds4146]

My made from scratch pumpkin spice cake was a big hit. The maple cream frosting with an apple cider caramel drizzle was delish.

Recipe, or "it didn't happen" please! Sounds delish!

[Miss Philicia]

Really where is the pictar, Lady Dox?

[Dachshund]

Really where is the pictar, Lady Dox?

http://www.foodiewithfamily.com/2012/09/18/pumpkin-cake-with-maple-frosting-and-apple-cider-caramel/

I had to order the cider syrup online from Amazon.

[wolfter]

I had organ meat last night, and not the kind I like.  I gorged on oven baked dressing and later was  told that it had cut up chicken innards in it.  It was actually tasty, but of thought of it is gross. 

Other than that, we had a decent turn out and had a great time.  Hosting a dinner for such a large group is tiresome.  Luckily, I was allowed to bring my own holiday spirits since they don't carry cheap white wine.   

Wolfie