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...

But since I don't accept that an embryo is just a semi-pseudo-whatever-human, the crucial difference remains, doesn't it? Well this is what we are discussing. Except the context of DW's quote was in the question of your assertion that there was no difference morally between having an abortion and c...

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...

it's that non-life spares those for whom it would have been terrible, while not harming any for whom it may not have been. The question of abortion being free from harm aside, who gets to determine the level of "terribleness" which justifies ending a life before they have to experience it...

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 ...

Avatar wrote:If it's never born and never lives, and never knows it, I believe it's effectively the same as if it never was.

(emphasis mine)

Once again, that is the important question in this equation.

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As long as you don't try to make everybody else live by your personal moral code, then I don't see anyt problem. Eh? We do this in cases of murder and rape. If you believe that life begins at conception, then this is a very simple case of murder. Cail has a point here. If he believes that life abso...

Zahir will correct me if I'm wrong, but he points to embryonic brain development in early 2nd trimester as the differential line he wishes to draw, but states that the legal line should be drawn late 1st trimester as a buffer measure to avoid snagging precocious developers. Thank you DW for your ex...

Zahir wrote:Yes, that is the question. And I've already offered an answer in this very thread.

Forgive me, I'm new here. Any hint as to what page? I'm afraid I haven't the time to read through the whole thread.

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And frankly the images conjured in my mind of a woman being kept secluded/fixated to prevent her from having an abortion is less palatable than the image of an embryo being scraped out and flushed. I completely understand your abhorrence at such an image. But I believe your disgust is based on your...

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...

Mind you, I even agree with doing so. When a foetus reaches a certain point in development, it seems entirely appropriate to force a woman not to kill a human person, even at great inconvenience to herself. But not before. I guess the question becomes, how do you know that "certain point in de...

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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