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donaldtoo

donaldtoo

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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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AWESOME...!!!!!!! :joyfull:
Except for a few small things, sounds like a great trip, so far...!!!!! :happy:
Welcome back, and lookin’ forward to more...!!! :)
 
donaldtoo

donaldtoo

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MouseDreaming said:
Oil, vinegar, egg =mayo
And you add mustard? Double ew. (Hate mustard, too.)
I do sympathize with Heinz messing around with your condiment names , though. They tried renaming catsup by me. Chicagoans won't put catsup on a hot dog, so they tried calling it Chicago dog sauce.
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Dear Heinz, Chicago Does Not Want Your ‘Dog Sauce’

The renamed ketchup is an insult to the hot dog community
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Yep, no catsup/ketchup on a hot dog for me, either, but, unlike you, I do LUVS me some mustard on a hot dog...although, I have just eaten them straight up on a nice fresh bun many times, with no condiments at all...!!!!! :hungry:
 
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wdwfan4ver

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Goofyernmost said:
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 was taught stuff by my parents. Keep in mind, My dad does experiment with recipes. My dad was taught to cook and sew by his grandma. When I was kid, my mom had me use the mixer including making pumpkin pie for Thanksgiving.

My mom was Betty Crocker homemaker award winner back when she was in high school in the early 1970s and it was a big deal with her name being mentioned in the areas local newspaper. Her mom was angry because the newspaper misspelled my mom's name.
 
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wdwfan4ver

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MinnieM123 said:
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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The closest thing I took for a cooking class was a home economics in Middle school. This class had boys and girls take it like shop class did. I was better in home economics than in Shop class. I recalled making Christmas cookies in class. As far as sewing goes, the teach did not have me sew at all and had another student do it for me. Teacher knew I was bad with my hands. This class even told st

The problem with Shop class for me was I suck with my hands and my hand and eye coordination hand problems made it very hard for me to make stuff from wood. The only thing I did well able to print stuff on shirts.
 
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Goofyernmost

Goofyernmost

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wdwfan4ver said:
I was taught stuff by my parents. Keep in mind, My dad does experiment with recipes. My dad was taught to cook and sew by his grandma. When I was kid, my mom had me use the mixer including making pumpkin pie for Thanksgiving.

My mom was Betty Crocker homemaker award winner back when she was in high school in the early 1970s and it was a big deal with her name being mentioned in the areas local newspaper. Her mom was angry because the newspaper misspelled my mom's name.
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Not really related to your post, but I just had a major epiphany while reading it. You and most of the people here 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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StarWarsGirl

StarWarsGirl

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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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The 70s ended 15 years before I was born:cyclops:
 
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wdwfan4ver

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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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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.
 
Gabe1

Gabe1

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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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My Gran taught me. She could see (and taste) that my Mom, Gran's DiL was a horrible cook. My Gran taught me how to slow roast cheaper meats to make them tender and flavorful. How to broil a steak which is what many did back then. Taught me how to make every ingredient in a stew have its own distinct flavor.

Gran was a Gem, an immigrant with old world knowledge she shared with me. She also was a professional seamstress and taught me to sew. I never took her up though on how to clean a house
MouseDreaming said:
I actually use the Terro in a bottle. Squeeze some on a folded over post it. Place by wall in trail path. If it is bad, I ususally have to replace it after 2 days. But, be careful the cats can't get it! This year, the ants were coming in by the dining room, so I slipped the paper under the molding. Dog can't get it, but ants can.
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I am a forever fan of Terro. Not an ant since.
 
Gabe1

Gabe1

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MouseDreaming said:
No. You can call it whatever you want, but it is still mayo. Ew.
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While Salad Creams can be subsituted for mayo and many do they are not the same.
That doesn't mean though that both substances to you can't be equally Ew. ;)

I gave my recipe to my SiL for a BBQ she having, the potato salad that Gran taught me to make. I so love it and make it so well. I took an extra big scoop of her version of my Gran's potato salad and about gagged. She put Salad Cream in it vs Mayo. 20 some years later I still want to scrape it off my tongue. My Ew.
 

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