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Judi, how about making the oyster dressing, and then putting it into mini-muffin pans and baking it until it kinda forms a crust so it will hold together, and then serving it as a pick-up? For the first time ever, the kids asked me to make dressing. They wanted cornbread dressing. I have some left o...

(for those who don't know, Bart, JAG, ambrosia and expat hosted the party I threw for 200+ when he left for the Franciscans) AND they all brought food and stuff..... I wouldn't so much call it "hosted". Especially since I tried to talk you out of having it at your house up until the day b...

Low-N-Slow wrote:tasting it plain, without tartar, revealed a light, lemony seasoning we were not unfamiliar with.

I find that their fried shrimp have a lemony flavor too. It must be something in their crumb mixture.

Globe9, Just as a "heads up", in an emergency use peanut butter in place of Tahini. I've done it and it's pretty hard to taste the difference. In fact, I quit buying Tahini when I couldn't find it under $7 a bottle, but I will have to stop by Byblos Market and pick some up. Wow! That's in...

That's interesting, because I always thought it was just ketchup and liquid smoke, but when I tried to replicate it and it didn't seem exactly right, I was using Heinz.

edible complex wrote:the only collect calls you get after 10 pm are not going to be good ones...though it is better to receive than to give in this instance.

The good thing is they can't call collect to a cell phone -- it has to be a landline.

I agree with posters about the liability, tax, payroll, etc. issues, and being unfair competition to legitimate businesses. Besides, it seems to me that we can get a pretty nice meal with wine pairings, tax, and nice tip for $300 for a couple, and there are so many restaurants that we haven't had t...

RouxTheDay wrote: meal which unfortunately ended abruptly due to a phone call from the Baton Rouge jail. (yes, they have sons + LSU game...figure it out)

I hate it when that happens

Oooh expat I love Bryers Vanilla Bean but I have not bought ice cream in a long time. I think last time I got Blue Bunny in the tiny individual servings. It was perfect. I was able to hide them behind the broccoli so sweetie could not find them. Haha! I do the same thing with the little pints of Ha...

homemade chocolate, or homemade any kind. grocery: Breyers Vanilla Bean, Haagen Dazs Swiss Almond Vanilla ice cream shop: as a last resort, Baskin Robbins Jamoca Almond Fudge or Pralines and Cream, but luckily for me the Baskin Robbins in Vicksburg closed. Sometimes after a hard afternoon grocery sh...