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Gabe1

Gabe1

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MinnieM123 said:
I can make my own meals, too. Let's see: crackers and cheese; tunafish sandwiches, sometimes with crushed potato chips (when I'm feeling adventurous) ;); nuked up frozen dinners; and, cereal, sometimes with a banana. :happy: Now, no reason to be jealous -- some of us are just talented! :joyfull:

But aside of my more advanced culinary skills above, I learned to actually "cook" from my mother and grandmother. Also, I took a cooking class in high school (but, that was a disaster -- none of us in class paid attention, and everything we made was inedible . . . :p).
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You’re a Golden Girl. I’ll feed you.
 
Gabe1

Gabe1

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So I am back on my deck. But minutes ago from the other side of the full length bench backdropped with peonies bushes something was making munching sound so loud.

This week I’ve had not a giant raccoon and baby skunk join me on the deck. Twice each. But this was LOUD.

As I finish typing it starts again..... 😧
 
Gabe1

Gabe1

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MouseDreaming said:
Which is why I still hate it. Mayo by any other name, is still mayo.It doesn't suddenly become good for you by throwing in some herbs or garlic. And mayo. Just not my thing.
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There are so many differences between mayo and salt creams

Cream

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Mayo is more pure. Cream is what is used more in slaw to give a special tang. Few like both. Few like both. I’m a mayo with BLTS. MY DD cream and DS hates both and goes with ranch for BLT.
 
Gabe1

Gabe1

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Goofyernmost said:
My mother considered herself a terrible cook. If she made a dinner, which she did every single day, she would spend most of the time apologizing for how awful it was. We learned just let her do her mia culpas and remained quiet. We learned not to argue with her about that. She said she was an awful cook and that was the end of the discussion. Yet, both myself and my sister managed to pack a lot of additional pounds on ourselves presumably hating her cooking. However, she never felt that there was any sense in trying to show us the wrong way to cook.

I got more into it after I bought our Nursing Home and had to cook three meals a day for 15 people whenever a staff person decided that they just couldn't take the pressure anymore and left. Usually without notice. At that point, I became the chef. The fanciest thing I ever had to make was Liver and Onions. I hate liver and always felt like I was poisoning my clients by feeding them that... but, they seemed to love it. Whoda thunk it!
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My Mom didn't know she was an awful cook. She came from a family of 12 children, she was post depression but half were depression era kids. It was more what she was taught, feed the bellies anyway you can, not about taste. That is what I grew up with.

My Dad didn't help. He was a successful military man, he grew up at the tail of the depression. His Mom my Gran cooked well and taught me. He didn't appreciate her abilities to take lesser cuts and make awesome meals. As I grew up he insisted my Mom never make mixed meals. Everything needed to be separate. Quality meat, a starch preferably a potato of some sort, a veggie and a salad. No stews or casseroles like his Mom prepared in harder times. Trust me Grans versions of dinner were superior to my Moms overcook pork chops or even steak overcooked. I just remember chewing and chewing and chewing. There was a reason why I never hit a 100# until my mid 30's. Bluck.
 
Figgy1

Figgy1

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catmom46 said:
Hey y'all, just wanted to let you know we are in our happy place now! We arrived at Kidani Village about 7:30pm on Saturday, and then it was off to Animal Kingdom to use the one FP I booked that day for Na'vi River Journey (first time riding). We enjoyed it, but I think I was a little disappointed because I expected more animatronics. It is beautifully done, though. We also rode Dinosaur, which I really liked but my daughter was not a fan as much, mainly because it was dark most of the time (as you can see in the pic, we are in 2nd row, her head is down lol).
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Then we proceeded to ride on TriceraTop Spin 3-4 times since the park was closing soon. Went back to our room and ordered room service, which was rather limited (and no french fries! What's up with that??), so the only appetizing item was the Caesar salad, to which I added shrimp to mine. I keep forgetting about portion sizes here, so I had ordered 2 of them, and basically they were each almost full heads of Romaine! Luckily, being in a villa, I can save food in the refrigerator, so now we have salad to last a few days. I had also ordered some groceries, including frozen mac & cheese, and I was able to supplement that for my daughter. Apparently I was ambitious in my thinking we would get up earlier yesterday, as I had booked the Kilimanjaro Safari for 9am, but since we didn't get to bed until super late on Saturday, I decided to let my daughter sleep in and rebooked our FPs for Epcot just before our 5:35pm Coral Reef dinner ADR. While she slept, I enjoyed the relative quiet (we have some noisy next door neighbors), drinking my coffee and enjoying our savanna view.

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After she woke up, we headed to the pool at Jambo house, mainly because they serve fries at the Mara :hungry:. I ordered a crispy chicken sandwich (through the mobile food order app, which was convenient), and again, I forgot about portion size and was amazed at how large it is.
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Basically it's 2 breaded chicken patties with 4 slices of bacon, which would be great if I ate pork lol. We hung out at the pool for a couple hours and then it's always the dreaded task of getting my daughter to go so we can get ready for other activities. We did get ready on time, but then the bus to Epcot didn't seem to be arriving anytime soon and I was worried about missing our reservation, so decided to take a cab instead. However, after the bell guy called one for us, I realized I didn't have any cash or credit card on me (I was relying on my Magic Band to get us through everything, so lesson learned), and had to run-walk back to our room which was a really long way from the lobby. Amazingly, since I'm not a fitness person at all, I managed to get back before our cab arrived, which should also have been a clue as to the driver's pace. OMG, I have never had such a slow cab driver ever. I told him we were trying to make a dinner reservation and he said he'd do his best. This guy drove like 40-45 miles on the freeway! I was all ready to give him a tip, but not for that kind of driving. Still, the security line was non-existent and it was a short wait at the entrance, so we weren't too late for dinner. And as usual I requested a table by the window, which was accommodated easily, probably because we were there before 6pm. Since we were going to the Frozen dessert party afterward, I didn't want to eat too much, plus I was still full from the huge chicken sandwich earlier. I ordered the scallop appetizer and crab cake side, both were pretty tasty. Daughter had the turkey sloppy joe (too sweet for me) and broccoli. I have to say the view was really great this visit, with sharks and rays getting really close to our window. Including one who hung out for quite awhile, almost like it was observing us.
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After dinner, we had a FP for Test Track, which took more than 30 minutes to get through! And this time both our faces are not visible in our ride pic lol.
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Then it was off to the dessert party, which apparently was moved indoors in Norway due to inclement weather, so I think we were at least 15-20 minutes late. But, not a big deal, as the dessert selection wasn't as appetizing as I'd hoped. The best things were the cupcakes. I tried a pina colada, which was supposed to look like a melted snowman because they topped it with these chocolate pearls, but it wasn't very tasty, and after awhile it looked like something had pooped in it :hungover:.
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Then they herded us to our viewing location and I had my final viewing of Illuminations (sniff, sniff). Is it me, or does the globe no longer move through the water to the center of the lake? Regardless, I enjoyed it (even with the smokiness due to the winds) and will miss it. Afterward, we got to go on the Frozen ride, which for some reason this time I enjoyed much more than the last time. Maybe because there were more animatronics than I remembered? Then we made our way out of the park, with a stop at Mouse Gear, where I got cute Stitch shorts and my daughter a retro Walt Disney World sweatshirt.
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Thus concludes Day One. Onward to Day Two today! Hope y'all have a magical day as well.
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I hope this turns out to be your best vacation ever
 
Figgy1

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Goofyernmost said:
I have a food related question... I see so many orthodox and signature food items being talked about and I am curious. I cook all my own food and if you saw my full body picture you would see that I am a long way away from starvation, so everything must be edible. I always dabbled a little when I was younger. I had a spaghetti sauce recipe that was given to me by a pure blooded Italian that had everything in it including the kitchen sink. It even specified that I had to purchase only tomatoes that were imported from Italy and available in only one store in the area. It used to take 8+ hours to make and cook everything down to sauce consistency. I mean this sauce even contained bone in pork chops among other meats. I lost the recipe by forgetting it was in my wife's recipe box. I lost it in the divorce. She apparently threw it away because my daughter has that box now and it isn't anyplace to be found.

I don't know why I said all that because my question (yes, I'm finally getting around to ask it) how did all of you learn how to cook. Were you taught by your family, school, trial and error or did you just wake up one day and could cook all kinds of things? I am sometimes amazed by seemingly new designer things that crop up. Things like Basil Aioli, something that I never heard of in my 71 years on the planet and now it seems like everyone on the planet, besides me, know what it is. It is even "featured" in a Sonic Ad stated as if it is one of the most important food items ever. Anyway... how does everyone know this and where did some of these new things come from? Where they always there and someone just changed the name so they could charge more or have they always been there under a different name or perhaps used as animal feed until recently?
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I learned mostly from cookbooks, in my case it was a survival skill. As for sewing I don't really remember a time when I didn't do some type of needlework. I'm almost certain I started with needlepoint and I made my own graduation dress in middle school, it was a princess seamed dress with a chiffon topper. That being said I didn't sew much after freshman year and took up quilting on and off when my first ds was little
 
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MySmallWorldof4

MySmallWorldof4

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Goofyernmost said:
Not really related to your post, but I just had a major epiphany while reading it. You and most of the people hear speak of the 70's as if it is a long time ago. I think of the 70's as yesterday. I got married in the 70's, we had both of our children in the 70's. For you folks it is history to me it is my life. Now I'm depressed. 🤔😢😧
Just kidding! It would take more then that to depress me.
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To be honest, the 70’s don’t feel like that long ago, although when I realize that a song I loved from the 80’s is almost 40 years old I am flabbergasted.
 
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Goofyernmost

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wdwfan4ver said:
I have no memories from the 1970s. All I am willing to say about my age is my younger brother was born before Epcot first opened up.

What you mentioned also could be me talking about my memories from the 1980s as a kid.

My parents were married in the 1970s also . My parents remembered watched the original Star Wars movie together in the theater when it first came out. My mom first went to Walt Disney World in 1974 as an adult.
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See, I remember the first Star Trek TV show. I think of my children as still being large kids with kids. The year EPCOT opened up my girls were 7 and 9 years old. I first went to WDW when I was 35 years old. (1983)
 
Goofyernmost

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MySmallWorldof4 said:
To be honest, the 70’s don’t feel like that long ago, although when I realize that a song I loved from the 80’s is almost 40 years old I am flabbergasted.
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I was there when the Beatles were the FAB FOUR. I love their music and have every song they ever recorded in one form or the other, but I cannot stand to see Paul anymore. All he does is remind me of how damn cruel aging is. So while listening to the music, I close my eyes (not while I'm driving) and flash back to my youth and how hard I thought life was back then.
 
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MouseDreaming

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The band was Galactic. They were stupendous. Mega-funk.

Plus open bar, and bites of New Orleans classics. Great time after a day of meetings.
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Now I have Tipitinaaaa tra la la banging in my head.
I saw Galactic last summer, as part of Trombone Shorty's Voodeaux Threauxdown. Not sure if they were having an off night, or just compared with Preservation Hall, Kermit Ruffins, a great Brass band, wish I could remember the name, and Trombone Shorty, was okay. Enjoy the music while you are there! My DS and DH would hope you have plans to catch Rebirth if they are in town. From their story, crazy good party.
Just looked at the web site, Maple Leaf Bar tonight. 11pm.
 

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