And what's for dinner tonight? I think I'll get some takeout Chinese from Hong Kong Inn. Maybe it'll be the beef and broccoli. Being a northeasterner, I'm pretty picky about my Chinese food. I'll admit to going to some of the cheap places for a fast lunch. But the only really good Chinese food I've...

So your background allows you to have a wonderful lunch of a Reuben with a side of grits!

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I know Roanoke well. The Anglo side of my family come from the Radford/Christiansburg area.

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Oh, but a bowl of Shoney's cheese grits? Now you're talking breakfast!! All the Shoney's here have breakfast buffets, so the cheese grits would have to be a bowl of grits with that orange cheese sauce poured on top. I make cheese grits at home, but use a real cheese. What are the chances our friend...

So you come down I-75??? Not too often, but occasionally. My parents are retired in Ft. Meyers and my favorite uncle is in Tallahassee, so yes, occasionally. But I mean the brisket. I have never had tinned corned beef. I don't mind the corned beef hash in the can, but making it fresh is much better...

Isn't sausage and gravy made with corned or chipped beef considered SOS? You'll have to define SOS for me. Sacrilegious Of the South? Was it sliced corned beef, or corned beef hash like what comes in a tin? Not the hash, that would be a little heavy. It's the corned beef that comes in a can/tin: i1...

Mince and Tatties tonight, the easiest meal you'll ever cook. Couple of ilbs of best mince, whop into a large pan, cover with water. When it comes to the boil, add beef stock (oxo cube is fine). Add your peeled and cubed tatties (which is what Scottish people like my mum call potatoes), and boil aw...

The dinner turned out very well last night. I used boneless skinless chicken thighs instead of the chicken parts in the Pollo Guisada and they were incredibly moist and tender. The rice was a little mushy, but no one seemed to mind. I have leftovers in the fridge here at work. Of course, I'm eating ...

I'll check on that yuca dish. For this next one I often use skinless, boneless chicken thighs instead of chicken parts. I just find it easier to eat that way. Pollo Guisada (Stewed Chicken) Ingredients : 1 large chicken, cut up or about 3 lb. chicken parts 2 slices of bacon, chopped 2 large potatoes...

Oh that sounds great. Any recipes to share? I'll start with the Rice & Beans. Rice & Beans are ubiquitous in the Caribbean. Different islands have different takes on the dish and different cooks add their own uniqueness to their recipes. Mine starts with my grandma's recipe and adds a littl...

Sounds great, but do you have any suggestions on making them without the rotisserie? We're having some friends over tonight and I promised them a traditional Puerto Rican Dinner. We're having a salad (with lettuce, tomato, onion, peas and corn), Pollo guisada, rice & beans, platanos and a bread ...

I love brats, but please explain the "Sheboygan-style" and "double brats".

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Pretty sure that the land of Garlan is mentioned in Eyes as being a far off country, and it is definitely mentioned as a distant land in the DT. Also, Delain, the land in which Peter is King, is mentioned in Little Sisters as a country of liars. Ah, hadn't caught that. It's been at least 15 years s...

Thanks for the welcome. I do all the cooking at home (It was a trade off with my wife. I do all the cooking and I never have to wash or iron again.) so it's a pleasure to be here in the galley. Yes, I marinade the turkey. The marinade is soy sauce, a little vinegar, a little ground ginger, a little ...

*shrug* Eyes is set in Rolands world. Eyes of the Dragon was my first exposure to King's writing, and I enjoyed it very much. I loved seeing Flagg turn up in Roland's world, but is Eyes necessarily set in Roland's world? Couldn't Flagg and his pursuers just be transplanted into Roland's world much ...

Think I'm gonna grill tonight. Turkey kabobs with plum sauce.

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jelerak wrote:'Nom.'

That was one of the coolest moments in the series. There are so many depressing harsh moments in the book that you relish the times of hope. When Covenant says "Nom", you can't help but think, "Yep, that'll probably do it."

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Greetings. Newbie here. I'm Dan from Missouri, an exhiled New Englander. I was invited by fellow Lewis fan and Ozarkian, Wyldewode. I read the first two Covenant trilogies in college and recently reread them to begin Runes (which I'm currently reading). I've read Mordant's Need a couple of times and...