That happened to me a lot whenst I was
married


Oh yeah ...Today is his B'Day and one year
I actually forgot it. I never lived that one down. Now that he's dead.
I remember..Yes Len...I know you're still upset..But can't we laugh about it now????

I didn't stab you!!!!!!

Little help, please: What's a good "potluck" side salad? Want to do something unusual. No meat or seafood (well, bacon doesn't count as a meat--it's a granish). Don't know what the entree will be.

what about some kind of thai noodle? Bet Simon could give you a few ideas.

River.. in the TC cookbook there are some great
ideas....I would do as always ..baked ziti.

But depends on if you want summer or autumn.
I love a sweet potato casserole with crushed pecans.
But a really good potato salad or deviled eggs even are always a big hit......My hubby's coleslaw with Magnolia milk..mmmm.....Peeps would go nuts for it...I mean like addicts.

And right now because of Wilfred
(who I am very mad at right now and might be quitting)
I can't have all that

I'm sooo hungry.

I know it's not terribly unusual but I love a bean salad. Three beans , four beans --- whatever it takes ...... and bacon is the perfect garnish!!

Oh oh oh--why not Antonia's Quickfire Winner---Rice Salad????

I like a nice tortellini salad with fresh peas, basil pesto, garlic, big flakes of Parmigianno, a little freshly cracked black pepper, and sea salt. Throw on a little extra olive oil and balsamic vinegar to wet it a bit. Easy to do and goes over nicely.

Pesto! Yes! That's the way to go.

They all sound great...I'm soooooo hungry.
Even a delish mac and cheese...The old fashioned
kind with bread crumbs on top
(you should know about that Ms. Canner
and penny giver )

I don't like pasta salad.. Strange but
I just don't like it...I like cold macaroni
left over....but not pasta salad.
ONE thing on the face of the earth
other than pickled beets and any pickled
vegetables I don't like to eat.

Ravioli parmigiana is great too.

I almost always make homemade mac-n-cheese. The boys think that Kraft is a treat. lol
I also make a very good cold pasta salad. No salad for you.

OK.... No one I know who works full time and has two kidlets....not even my sister super mom and cheaper skate than even me...makes homemade mac and cheese.

Girl.... you are a pioneer woman and churn that
butter baby...Next thing I know you'll be telling me you sew their Sunday suits and iron stuff.

Oh hell no. My GPA was totally f/u in high school because of the lovely skirt I attempted to make in home-ec. The teacher had the nerve to tell me I should choose another elective.
PS. My iron hasn't seen the light of day in a decade.

This is a salad that my aunt always makes. It's light and fresh. Give it a perusal here! . It's a pea salad.

I thought I was the only one who failed home ec.
I couldnt sew and A line dress and broke my mother's sewing machine many times too trying at home.
And mum could sew from hell.

We don't know where I came from

If I weren't the 6th child out of 7, I'd swear I was adopted.

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This is a salad that my aunt always makes. It's light and fresh. Give it a perusal here! . It's a pea salad.
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Mmmm PG I shoulda seen that little word SALAD


on River's post.
I loved your ideas for the party.

Btw

I thought of artichokes for the pine cones.
But maybe they really have pine cones

I have never bought an artichoke in my life I was thinking.. They scare me....I buy the canned and
in oil and the stuffed at the Italian store...mmmm
but never one off the produce section...Mum always complained of them.

Anyone ever mess with them????

I read that they are natural heart artery scrubbers Bear...I just now remembered that....They clean out your arteries.....Good deal.

I live in Illinois. Yeah, we have REAL pine cones

No reason to get all snippy!!!!

I like to take Oriental Coleslaw or what I call Haystack Salad. It's actually a salad made with saurkraut. You rinse the saurkraut and with the dressing it turns out rather sweet.

Fresh artichokes are super delicious.
To pare them down as hearts is a bit tedious... a lot of peeling and paring and then throw them in water with halved lemons to keep them from going brown.
I like just using them whole... steam them and pull off one leaf at a time and then you kinda scrape off the inside of the leaf with your teeth. They're especially good dipped in a little lemon butter even if it defeats the heart healthy thing!

Mmmmm! Kind of a sweet and sour. Sounds delicious!

This is pretty close to the recipe I use.
<h2 class="clrbt">Easy Sauerkraut Salad</h2> Country Woman

—Diane Hays, Morris, Minnesota

SERVINGS: 8-10

CATEGORY: Salads

METHOD: Chill

TIME: Prep: 15 min. + chilling


Ingredients:

• 1 can (27 ounces) sauerkraut, rinsed and drained
• 1 cup finely chopped celery
• 1 cup finely chopped onion
• 1 jar (2 ounces) chopped pimientos, drained
• 1 cup sugar

Directions:
In a large bowl, combine the first four ingredients. Pour sugar over and mix well. Cover and refrigerate overnight. Serve chilled. Yield: 8-10 servings.

Thank you so much, everyone, for your continued concerns, thoughts and advice on my situation at work. I'm riding things out the best I can, and by all accounts, I'm safe until September. It's going to be a rough and stressful four plus months, but there's not much I can do but wait--my s.o. and I both work at the same place (same shift but different departments), so if one of us gets cut, we're both pretty much done for.

I'm trying to distract myself any way I can, so in news of the distracted, do we have any linguists on the board?

I've had the same dream for the past four nights, and in said dream, in several different situations, I find myself reciting something that sounds like "may knighten mayter wytaow" over and over again. I'm almost tempted to believe it's something past-lifey--it sounds to my ears like old Saxon, Dutch, or high German or something, but I can't quite translate it because I don't know where to begin.

The closest I can come to a phonetic approximation is:

mey nīt ən meyt ər waɪ taʊ

Anyone who has a linguistic or etymologic background, if you can glean anything from that, I'd be forever grateful if you could clue me in.

I'm not a liguist in even the vaguest sense. I am however very intrigued by dreams and even more so when you remember certain words. It does seem Saxon or Old English to me, too. I found an OE translator but I'm guessing if the words aren't spelled precise then it kicks them back. This is the link if it helps. Old English Translator

I do hope that you hang in there with your job and that it all works out. You're still in my prayers, IC.

Mmmm ...Pressure cooker methinks.
I never use it and this is a good excuse.
I love the thought of them scrubbing my atreries.
I'm charting new waters here.
I may need a life boat... I'll just throw olive oil and garlic on 'em like I do everything else.

Olive oil and garlic sounds purty ding dang good, too!

Thanks for replying, PG! Believe it or not, I was up half the night last night at that very same OE translator, LOL!

I'm usually pretty adept at deciphering dreams for other peeps, and even for myself, but that's when it has to do with dream imagery only. I've never had to delve into stuff involving language, but this phrase was so prevalent that I knew, especially when it was repeated over several nights, that it meant something. If and when I figure out what it means, I think I'll be a lot wiser than I am now.

Good Luck Lia... I just Hope it has nothing to do with Andrews Culinary Bonner That would suck and I don't mean for him in a good way...

You're welcome, IC.
I'm such a dweeb. I didn't know there were so many translators available online. I also didn't know rabbits could weigh 23 pounds, but that's a different story.

Does your dream have any recallable imagery? Dreams intrigue me so much. I've had a couple that scared me white. I know this is going to sound immature but do you think it revolves around someone coming to your rescue? A white knight? I dunno. Just thinking out loud. This is interesting stuff! Can ya keep me posted?

ok, I"m here. Quit runnin around!

LMAO! How've ya been? Are you all settled?

I"m settled now!

Where'd ya go? You keep disappearin!! Tell me how things are going with you and the douchebag boss of yours!

Good! Been missing you on the boards. Got some new faces that are a wonderful addition... Looking forward to you joining in

Yeah, I got to get caught up. Has everyone been playing nice?

Oh! Man! It HAS been a while. We left that job at the beginning of April. Soooo much happier now. Very calm. Very relaxed. It's good to be out of there

LOL! Had some rankorous moments a while ago but for the most part, yeah, it's been fine.

YOu did?? Where'd you go? Are ya moving to Sedona yet? I'll have to give you my email address so you can email me and I can send you back pics of the house and my view!

I'm sure I'll see them when I start catching up!

LOL! Hubby is seriously considering it. We did move but just from one NJ island to another. Gotta get that schooling done. I would love to see pics of your house and view. Hub was checking out job listings for AZ a couple days ago... he's getting the bug. I want to sit still for a while. Just feel a bit like a gypsy sometimes.

LOL! Ol' BBB put the really uh "great" ones out to pasture on one of the epi's. Some of them are captured in replies. Epi 6, I think...

You'd love it here! It was about 75 degrees and breezy all day! I'll PM you my email address. Just respond and I'll send the pics.

I'll bet everyone went bananas when Zoe and what was her girlfriend's name, Jen? got eliminated! Frankly, I was unimpressed by Zoe. I didn't like her attitude and I didn't like the way she treated her girl. She was kind of cold and all about me, you know? She wasn't much of a cook, either!

Very cool. I certainly will respond.

Hey, what does your husband do?

Yeah, I agree about Zoi. I kinda wanted to see Jen hang around a bit longer just to see what she could do... But she couldn't get over "doing this for Zoi" thing

He is a newspaper press man. He has many talents... radio and micro towers and such. But he enjoys working for the press

I know! I think she was the more talented one. Even my husband was like, wow, you know who the lover and the lovee are! I wonder how sincere Zoi is? It seemed like Jen was being super supportive and all Zoi did was [expletive deleted]!

That's cool. Hey, do you remember One Day At A Time? Remember that kid that used to follow Schneider around? The actor's name is Jeff Scarpelli? Well he owns the local station here in Sedona! He's super nice! Maybe we have some connections your husband can use! How about you? What's your field? What do you want to be when you grow up?

LOLOL! Yup! I wonder how things were when they got home. I do wish them well but I get the feeling that there might have been a few words exchanged.