already feeling the effects of the spill

[cstoehr]

They are Nannette.

My husband stuffs his own olives, anchovies and blue cheese etc.

[flyinbayou]

I bought a jar 13oz jar of the World Market brand olives stuffed with blue cheese marinated in garlic and peppers. The cheese is like a little brick (looks more like tofu than cheese) and the olives just don't taste right.
I won't be buying them again.

[Turbodog]

Kinda like the way you and your ilk blamed Bush for everything. It is pretty clear that Obama flush with BP's campaign cash took a hands off approach the containment of the oil spill and never activated the plan put in place to mitigate the disaster. But other than that, he's done a bang up job.

I think it is absurd for any democrat/liberal to have a problem with blaming the president. They have been blaming Bush for 10 years now, with no ened in sight. Geeze, paz, come on. And, I don't hate thre president personally, I just hate EVERYTHING he stands for. Support him is you wanna, but his vision for America and mine are as far apart as you can get.

[NoNoNanette]

U.S. not accepting foreign help on oil spill

http://thecable.foreignpolicy.com/posts ... _oil_spill

"The Obama administration has been relentless in its messaging that it is doing everything possible to aggressively respond to the oil spill. But for the record, the current message to foreign governments is: Thanks but no thanks, we've got it covered."

[flyinbayou]

We ate at Acme last night. Not a fan of the place at all and I could pick apart the dinner. Not the point here.
While it was initially slow it picked up after 8pm with most tables getting charbroiled. It didn't seem a lot of people were worried about the spill.
Did I mention I wasn't a fan of the place?

[Isabella Maja]

I bought a jar 13oz jar of the World Market brand olives stuffed with blue cheese marinated in garlic and peppers. The cheese is like a little brick (looks more like tofu than cheese) and the olives just don't taste right.
I won't be buying them again.

Good tip, thanks. I've tried the ones at WF a while back & had no complaints.
Stuffing your own is the way to go tho.

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We ate at Acme last night. Not a fan of the place at all and I could pick apart the dinner. Not the point here.
While it was initially slow it picked up after 8pm with most tables getting charbroiled. It didn't seem a lot of people were worried about the spill.
Did I mention I wasn't a fan of the place?

I called Zydeco tonight because I really wanted an oyster poboy.
No problem they said, come on down.

I said, "Really?, the oysters are safe?" Yes, ma'am, they are now getting them from Texas. Damn. I wish he hadn't told me, that blew it for me & I ended up just skipping dinner.

This whole damn situation is quite the appetite spoiler all the way around.
If anyone has found a good volunteer group, let me know. I'm checking them out as well. I can't just sit here & do nothing.

[LauraMc]

Laura, how does Mike use the anchovy stuffed olives?
I have more than a few cans & want some new ideas.

I've used them in a putanesca style sauce & a paella sort of dish.

As far as oysters go, May is definitely the time when you see specials disappear.

He just eats them out of the jar!

[Isabella Maja]

He just eats them out of the jar!

[bam bam]

Was going to order two dozen raw for lunch tonight. Went over to the shuckers' counter and saw they were smallish. Vince told me they were from Lake Borne and not nearly as good as what he had been getting. So I only got a dozen.

I would have to say that my assessment was correct, we are now overpaying for an inferior product. Not nearly as fat and salty as what I had been seeing around town.