Even more of what I ate today

This place is so gorgeous...as pretty as Geo...or moreso because it has these new buttons as well as the other flourishes... coffee chinese noodle soup onion bagel with cream cheese and lox water vitamins water

cottage cheese homemade potato salad (no macaroni in mine) water

The buttons are COOL, admin!

The buttons are so choice ... makes me sorry I chose the eruption ones for Geo out of sheer frustration...but I think they probably go better in there than these ethnic ones (which go so well with your Logo Art in News...wish Terry would adopt it and be done with this messing about...!) Hmmm, wonder what happened to the old "new" horizontal bars with the blue ends on them which were in news... coffee eggs toast water crackers potato salad sunflower seeds a LOT of water

Banana bread and coffee.

Sounds like a good way to start off your day - lots of potassium and a little caffeine - or the other way around... *smile* Coffee Chinese Noodle Soup (it is early yet) Onion Bagel with cream cheese (ran out of lox) later

Crunchy Peanut butter and strawberry jam on 7-grain bread water peanut butter cup (kinda falling off that wagon...)

You're allowed. Isn't this "reward Stacey day" ? sunflower seeds water baked taco chips sour cream salsa huge salad for dinner

Boring but true. Two potato and egg tacos Coffee

Boring is not a bad way to awaken your stomach. Look at oatmeal...! Coffee Chinese Noodle soup fruit pistachios (for breakfast - so far)

Despite what the creator of this current Topic said in the intro, what we are consuming seems to be more for subsistance rather than gluttony. Might he/she reconsider? And, does this person not consume food as the rest of us do?

Maybe that person is a breathitarian.

You know, and I know that what cfadm breathes will not prolong life in any way shape or form, unfortunately. The stuff he drinks with it is frightful. Anyone with that intelligence and adult stature must be sneaking real food on the side and not telling us about it. *grin*

...although I have heard of Pea Soup fog...perhaps that is what the person in question is breathing. Something of real substance! Yeesh! (How long do breathitarians usually live before keeling over due to non-nutrition, I wonder...)

It depends whether or not they smoke vitamin-fortified Marlboros, I think...

Is that the brand of choice? I did not know. Hmmm... And, we know what happened to the Marlboro Man... Heaven help us, I cannot bear the thought!

Dinner at a fast food place, on the run to Cedar Creek earlier tonight. They gave me someone elses order. And the lady at the window was a snot. When I noticed she gave me a coke and a sprite (both medium) when I ordered a large coke, I got the first clue that things were going south with this order. She begrudgingly gave me $1.08 refund with a dirty look, maybe she had planned to pocket the change. Then as I opened the bag on the onramp to 183, I noticed there was no sandwich but a bunch of chunky, chicken things. It was halfway ok with the two little ranch sauce things they threw in. This is the most insomniacal night I've had all year. I just got done watching a bad Billy Joe Thornton, John Lithgow, Judge Rheinhold movie about some California dope growers, maybe it gave me the munchies for some spring water, I just chugged a bottle o' it. I started the place was Wendies, then Jack in the Box, but it wasn't either one. Help me with the names of some fast food places.

McDonald's, Booger King, Arby's, Long John Silvers, Short Stop... this is fun... Subway (does that one count???)

None of those. But it's a popular one.

Jack-in-the-Box? Taco anything? Sonic?

Dairy Queen? Arbys? Boston Market? Pizza anything? KFC? (sorry about the JitB)

Schlotsky's?

Nope, I'll look next time I cruise down Lamar Blvd (in about 10 minutes). I'll email the name to Marcia using my Palm Pilot VII.

This is the entire email which showed up on Eudora from your Palm Pilot X-Palm-Loop: No-Loop Reply-To: springnet@palm.net Date: Wed, 17 Nov 1999 14:13:08 -0500 From: springnet@palm.net (Paul Walhus) Subject: Jack in bo To: marci@aloha.net was is J it B ???

Jack in the Box, sent while en route from Austin to Cedar Creek, via my Palm VII.

Thought that was what you were trying to say. How exciting to get a Palm Top generated email! I AM impressed.

It' skind of cool. It' snow good for getting html emails, or long emails and it's only good for sending out short emails while on the run.. If the system goes down or if you have something very short to send, it's springnet@palm.net.

Thanks for the address. I hope I need it sometime when I am closer to Austin! (s'cool, alright! I think it is really neat...and no modem cords!) How long do the batteries last before they need recharging when you are surfing?

It lasts about a week or two on a set of AA batteries. It has a little flip up antenna. I'm in an area (Cedar Creek) with weak coverage right now, but I just tried to check and it couldn't access the network.

Terry, if I were to send you some brochures about Hawaii, should I send them to the address to which I sent the check? (...btw, did it get there yet?)

Somebody's polishing up his German lately? *From: springnet@palm.net (Paul Walhus) *Subject: Jack in bo * *was is J it B ??? "Was ist ...?" = "What is ...?"

Shorthand for Jack in the Box - one of the millions of fast food chains in the U S of A...

...and broken syntax (they tax everything these days...)

Dolly Madison Danish Rollers from a vending machine. Net wt. 2.8 oz. (79g). I'm a nickel shy of a cup of coffee this morning.

hot tea hot tea hot tea 3 egg burrito w/ pepper jack and tabasco (red) hot tea water apple (winter finally found us... six inches down... four more expected by sundown... although the sun really hasn't shown it's face all morning...)

Hello La Tinianova! We had snow today, too! ;=}

Guten Tag Herr Schuth! Are you staying warm drinking lots of tea too?

Oh, guten Tag, Frau Tinianov! Nein, ich bin kein Teetrinker. Ich trinke eigentlich auch nur selten Kaffee. I'm comfy now, but have a train ride ahead, complete with switching lines, and taking the car for the rest of the way - which doesn't have heating (at the moment)... Brrrrr, gonna be frreezin'! Hey, I love drinking a nice hot Grog at nights like this - boiling hot water, rum and sugar! Let cool down until you can drink it without hurting yourself... This gives sweet dreams... Also nice: Hot apple cider, heated with a bit of cinnamon bark and some gloves, and a teaspoon of sugar (or more) in the glas. Bye, gotta hop! Have a nice day!

Mulled cider...Yum! Be careful driving out there in that slippery stuff, Alexander. (...what is snow?!)

Coupla little pizzas in the toaster oven and some Hooch.

I used to be a coffee drinker but my doctor said no more caffeine... and decaffination is such a heinous method... pizza sounds good... I've had lots more tea and a blueberry breakfast bar. I'm hungry but picky this morning... I don't know WHAT I want to eat.

I had three slices of delicious raisin bread that Tracy and Wingbow got at the free bread giveaway from Whole Foods. They give away free bread every day at their bakery.

toasted with butter???? *drooling*

I make my mulled cider with regular stuff, not the Hard stuff - that puts me to sleep. Is there anything better than raisin bread with peanut butter and butter?! Coffee Chinese noodle soup Bean Burrito with cheese and sour cream and salsa Water Sunflower seeds

Coffee Ben and Jerry's Blackberry Cobbler Low Fat Ice Cream

Finished off yesterday with saute'ed ahi, mashed potatoes and salad Back to Chinese Noodle soup (getting tired of it) Coffee water sunflower seeds (so far)

breakfast bar tea leftover rigatoni w/ mushrooms and ricotta tea carrot (yes, just one) tea (really hungry right now...)

...getting my appetite whetted for the tofurky we'll be consuming tomorrow...

um...tofurky...?! Just like the Pilgrim Fathers had, right? (I can just imagine you teachinig your little ones about the first Thanksgiving and the soybeans the Indians brought to the table, all precipitated and preshaped into something resembling a bird...) potato salad cottage cheese water

How was the tofurkey??? We had mushrooms as the main course... lots of mashed potatos, sweet potatos, cranberry sauce and wine!

Ooh, sounds delicious! The tofurky was good; its flavor is definitely in direct proportion to the amount of gravy (vegetarian--it comes with it) slathered on it. It reminded me a lot of Meat of Wheat wheat gluten if any of you have ever tasted that. Marcia, you crack me up! We actually spent the weekend in Plymouth and the kids were surprised to learn that in addition to turkey they ate deer and other game and no cranberries. Hope everyone is having a good week!

As regards to no cranberries for the first Thanksgiving, they probably had not had time to gather honey, and sugar is unknown the the cold north at that period of time unless it was imported (or made into rum...). Ever eat a cranberry without any sugar? It is sour beyond imagination. Puckery, too... Wheat gluten?! Is that some sort of penance you are on for some imagined sin comitted in another life? Cannot imagine enough gravy in the universe to overcome that. The mushers sound good, but not as a substitute. Of course, with enough wine and the right dining companion, one could probably down a cardboard box and declare it delicious!

Hey, hey, gluten isn't that bad, the kind they have in Austin is pretty good. You can get it in Whole Foods.

Ok...sell me. What does it taste like and what is the consistency? I love ripe poi, but no way I want it as a turkey substitute...! Boiled peanuts were a big seller at the Big Isalnd Invitational, as was Spam Musubi. I did my share of scarfing down what came my direction!

It's very chewey, it's hard to describe the taste, sort of meaty but not really.

Satisying? (Must be or you would not be defending it so eloquently...) If I just eat nuts and berries I run out of calories really quickly and then I have problems. Gotta keep this hyperactive lady full of fuel to run efficiently.

tuna fish sandwich on potato bread toast orange juice orange juice hot tea hot tea orange juice Phad Thai Woon Sen w/ tofu orange juice orange juice Phad eggplant more OJ

Stace, are you getting over a cold or trying to prevent one? I was given a huge bag of backyard oranges (each the size of a grapefruit)...and some avocadoes and tomatoes. One of the perks of living in Hawaii. Next the huge tangerines with lots of juice and few seeds. Sweet! Wish I could share...

Oh yeah, and lots of bananas...*grin*

coffee and pop tarts

coffee rice and vienna sausage and olives

... staving off the worst of a cold Marcia... I think it's done. Today I had: homemade vegetable soup more soup OJ grilled cheese water water

Sounds like you are doing all the right things. Good luck *hugs*

Two deluxe veggie tacos and coffee

Tofu-lovers, a word of caution. A study conducted by the Honolulu Heart Program and the honolulu-Asian Aging Study (1965-1993)found that men who ate tofu "tended to have brain impairment and faster brain aging." It is seriously impacting the local tofu industry. Does not mention tofu's effect on women or non-Asians...

Tofu causes brain damage? What is the world coming to when an icon of vegetarianism turns out this way? Unbelieveable.

That was the response of most of the readers. My 'IO' lives on the stuff and has Miso soup (miso is equally culpable as a close cousin to tofu) every chance he gets. Perhaps THAT is the trouble with him! It will not deter me from my usual eating of tofu, but will delay my initial trial of tofurkey by some time (was looking for an excuse not to try it, actually!)

I belive that is a direct correlation to the excess copper within the bloodstream, I did read an article that mentioned too much copper in the diet will cause such problems... I'll see if I can dig up the article! BTW: poached eggs on buttered toast salmon patty on Ramen homemade veggie soup (I made A LOT!) one can of Coke water

Interesting about the copper. I hope you can find the article. I made homemade hamhocks and fresh stringbeans and potatoes and onions "soup" but it is more like a stew with broth than soup. That will be dinner tonight. Coffee Chicken soup rice and vienna sausages hot tea (I'm freezing!) water

You may become a veritable ice cube if you lived here today... lotsa snow... not terribly cold but once you get the white stuff down your shoes and up your pant legs... brrrrr! had a take and bake pizza last night. it was okay, not great. and Brandon and I shared two bottles of wine...

Ice cubing is a definite possibility with the current temperature (63�F) and water known to freeze in Hawaii at 55�F...the snow continues to fall on the mountains as the rain continues to water my orchids and spanish moss and ferns of various sorts hanging out of my trees...it IS pretty outside - even with the gentle rain. Thunder later in the day again. Coffee 2 soft-boiled eggs buttered wheatberry toast (still waking up)

We're headed for a cold spell here. Too early for food, I'm drinking fruit juice in a box, a new brand called Ceres and some exotic flavor.

What sort of juices are in it? Sounds very good! I've been making heat and calorie intensive food like the ham hocks and stringbeans with potatoes and onions stew/soup and homemade spaghetti sauce. Tonight we have even more leftovers. Gotta make that fruity cake for which I posted the recipe...that is very good snacking and breakfasts...! Coffee chicken noodle soup water (so far and I am getting hungry again)

I went out to Trudy's on the Drag today and had the Migas breakfast. I forget what's in Ceres, I pitched the box already. It's from South Africa.

South Africa??? And they wonder what happened to the balance of trade in the USA...*grin* bacon, eggs, toast, potatoes coffee water bean and cheese burrito with salsa spaghetti and meatballs (yet to come for dinner)

Two deluxe tacos and a Ritazza coffee.

they have a Trudy's on the Drag now??? OJ three egg burrito w/ pepper jack and red tabasco honey, orange chamomile tea

I guess lemonade and mint juleps are out for the rest of the year for everyone else on Earth who is not in the tropics... Actually, with seeing all of that lovely white snow on both Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa this morning, and freezing in the Mall, I am ready for hot tea, as well. Sounds lovely! coffee chicken soup sausages and rice beef and bean burrito with lots of cheese water and more water

last night holiday party... let the gorging begin: about 20 boiled shrimp w/cocktail sauce about 35 crab stuffed mushrooms 7 cream cheese stuffed jalapenos celery sticks brie munster a couple too many glasses of Merlot hot apple cider 2 dark chocolate 'thimbles' w/ raspberry and raspberry mousse 2 dark chocolate 'thimbles' w/ pistachio and pistachio mousse water and a vitamin B before bed!

Doing your calorie loading early, are you?! *lol* Can't say as I blame you! luncheon out today - will report back when I waddle back to my computer. Coffee chicken noodle soup taco chips and cheese water (so far)

three egg burrito w/ PROVOLONE (change of pace -- they ran out of pepper jack!) and tabasco (red) OJ water portwine cheese ball and crackers (not quite the whole thing) three Lactaid elbow macaroni in white cheese sauce w/ crimini mushrooms peanut butter and blueberry cinnamon butter

blueberry cinnamon butter? Doesn't sound appealing though I like all 3 ingredients... leftover pizza lentil soup a zillion cookies fresh from the oven breaded tempeh cutlet Think I should have a fruit or vegetable at some point?

...that or something to drink...with all those cookies you need some milk!

Oh, wow, this topic just reminded me I have two pieces of toast wrapped in aluminum foil in my jacket! Sippin' coffee at work.

Autumn... the blueberry cinnamon butter is just like apple butter but with different ingredients... not buttery at all! Paul... how long have those toast pieces been in your jacket?? Marcia... I'm so envious of all the easy access you have to Japanese cuisine... Today I tried something different for breakfast... yogurt! (and chexmix...)

They were there for about two hours, that's all. They were still slightly warm.

whew! sometimes I forget stuff in my jacket pocket and don't remember for days...

Can't leave food in our jackets here and forget it...visitors make a long trail from your pocket to wherever they have taken up residence in your home. Not a good thing!!! We must eat Japanese at least once a week. It is simple, delicious and nutritious. I am missing out on all those Spam Musubi at the tournament, though, and bento lunches while I am here with a head full of !bleep!

still stuffy headed Marcia?? I added to the culinary excitment of this morning's yogurt with a 3-egg burrito w/ the obligatory red Tabasco, a slice of cheese pizza covered with red pepper and a pear. oh and several cups of hot tea... and NOT the delicious green tea that Marcia has such easy access too!

Yup, stuffy head and wicked-sounding lungs, so I am going to miss the Tournament altogether (and I was supposed to be Santa's Elf this evening *frown*) I really don't need to end up with pneumonia, and that will happen if I get around all of the visitors with mainland germ to which we have no immunity plus the smokers. In fact, other than a headache I feel ok if I do not talk. Since I am home alone, my fingers are doing that and I do not cough so much....and I can listen to John do the Augustana game on http://www.ksfs.com/ at 5pm Austin time and the local game this evening on local radio.

Since I am having no luck in pineapples for Alexander, perhaps you need a green tea care package? Be specific so I can get the right one. We have smoky-flavored ones (yeesh!), ones with puffed rice in them (no idea why), etc. Stace, ever make your own yogurt? I did for years until we got so tired of it on everything from breakfast cereal to baked dinner potatoes and tacos. Still have the recipe if anyone wants it.

Never have made my own yogurt... I did buy a yogurt maker at a garage sale but it was missing key parts... I'd love a receipe... I collect them! Green tea... MMMM.... I love Japanese food. In Honolulu I frequented two restaurants right off of Lewers St in the Wakiki area: Yakusoba and one that just had a big sign saying "SUSHI" I had the best unagi ever at that second restaurant... the piece was about twice as long as the sushi rice underneath it! Besides being landlocked (and having no access to fish other than Rocky Mtn trout), there is not a large Japanese contingent here in Colorado so not a lot of restaurants/markets with their good food. In Hawaii, our morning brunch included miso soup!! Why are you alone now? When are you having all the lonely students over??

The one on Lewers Street is our favorite since my [parents visited just after I moved here!!! I know it well, We have rice and Miso soup three times a day when it is cold. I keep a jug of the paste in the fridge all the time so we can whip up some when we come home tired and cold from a hike. I am quaranteened by this flu. I shall phone those lonely students when I get to feeling better. If not for Christmas, between or for New Year's?!

Did you two get together while Stacey was in Hawaii? I have IRL-envy! There is a good Japanese restaurant here and a little hole in the wall Korean one that is excellent. You wouldn't think these things would be so successful out here in the boondocks, but we live next to an army post.

marcia is on the big island... Hawaii (right Marcia??) i was on a smaller island... Oahu Next October Brandon and I will be in Hawaii (on the big island) and I'll try for another IRL meeting then... (BTW, are you still coming over to CO in July??)

I have only met one person in Drool IRL and of course I know John. I have IRL envy, too *lol* but hoping to cure that in October unless I can get to Austin before that... My life has been pretty amazing this year - one never knows about that. We are indeed on the Big Island where I posted the snowing on the mountains pics in weather (News or Geo) - in Hilo on the east side near the active volcano. Gotta get you to see an eruption, Stace. Amazing stuff!!!

Oops...Yes, the Island of Hawaii.

Do you do a lot of island hopping, Marcia?

We used to a great deal. Not so much anymore. The other islands have become too expensive and crowded. No deserted beaches to comb anymore. This island is so big that going to the other side is like being off-island. We stay for a few days, take in the sights, eat at nice places and dress like a tourist. One of the fun things to do in Kona is to go watch the charter fishing boats come in and weigh their catches. Really Huge fish in that ocean!!!

Marcia... you're going to Austin in October?? When? I'll be on the Big Island Oct 11-18... will you be around then?

Hope y'all don't miss each other. Toast, two pieces and coffee. I'm trying to line up a rig today to go pick up some lumber, I've lined up enough free lumber to build three decks out in Cedar Creek. Yahoo! I'll probably eat a big lunch.

pizza truffles banana chocolate-covered coffee beans salad cappucino Good luck with the home improvement project, Terry! That's great that you have the weather to tackle those projects in winter. Marcia, where is John...?

He is on his winter break which means he is working twice as hard as before and has very little spare time (and Spring gobbles up time like a ravenous dog!). He is subbing for the guy who does the morning wake-up showw and taping a 6 hours FM show for the next morning each day. He is actually on against himself. This evening he will be broadcasting the Vulcan Basketball game, as well. He shows up at 5am and writes his own news stories...he is a very hard worker and has not much down time. Hisd 6th issue of Hawaii Island Journal is out, too. And he is doing all of the write-ups for the Hall of Fame plaques and newspaper articles. In between we exchange email. He does want to come back to Spring asap, so I am hoping it will be soon! I miss him here and I know you do, as well!

I surely do! decap cappucino 4 cookies egg and toast orange juice candy bar

Thanks, Autumn, I'll tell him you miss him too. Coffee chinese noodle soup water cheese omelet with rice grapes ...lots of football-watching snacks water ...so far

and... I'll repeat my question... when you going to Austin Marcia?!?!? Will you be in Hilo October 11-18??

Happy new year everyone... I've eaten and drinkin in gluttonous fashion...\ munching on Chex mix as I type!

Sorry Stace...Autumn was going travelling in October. I will be in Hilo!!! Hope you will be as well...*grin* Coffee Onion bagel with cream cheese leftover Spaghetti sunflower seeds popcorn lots and lots of water spring rolls

Coffee Bagel Buttah

Coffee Bagel Cream Cheese Bean Burrito water (lots of it!)

Nuttin' yet.

Nuffin? Gotta feed the brain, anyway. None of that 1% body fat with black coffee, you lean, mean, thinking machine! Y'all needs calories to keep the grey-matter functioning properly! (worry...worry...)

Oh... Bagel with cream cheese coffee rice and sausages sunflower seeds water

migas toast potatoes and a cold piece of Brick Oven Pizza grapefruit juice a beer

Gotta lotta carbs there, Terry! But, what is/are migas? taco chips and salsa chicken rice salad water and more water

From John Burnett Please tell everybody hello. But Ray still has to talk to me and tell me it's okay from his own mouth. That may or may not happen (I won't hold my breath), but I don't feel like another threatening round of e-mails, whether he means to make good on the threats or not. Sorry I did not get his permission to post private email, but I thought you should know that this rather ordinary and truly peace-loving lady is still the cause of the absence from Spring of the best minds out there. I feel very sad and angry about that. It almost came to blows the other day...

coffee bagel and cream cheese water rice and sausages water sunflower seeds (nervous) water homemade beefy veggie soup water

I guess I missed something...(as usual)...John is staying away because of your IO? junk food junk food more junk food and a banana

toast and coffee w/ half and half this morning. It's about 20 degrees cooler in Austin this morning. I wanted to thank Evelyn, Karen and the many others who have sent condolence cards about my mothers passing, I really appreciate these kind sentiments. And special thanks to Ann for the generous contribution as well.

Terry, you should have at least one more hand-written card and another donation check...not the size of Ann's but it is what can be managed. coffee rice and sausages water sunflower seeds potato chips (hungry!) water

Autumn, it is another case of IO imagining things which are not there. In this case John and I engaging in something less than honorable but he is not sure what and he thinks we do it on The Spring which IO has never visited and never wants to. I can talk, plead and try to convince him otherwise, but it is like talking to a wall. One of these days one of the accused gentlemen will stand up to him and tell him he is a crazy old man who is way too ancient to be bullying other adults to stay away from an nnocent woman. I am heartily sick of it! If he has any place to go, I'd kick him out!

Thanks Marci! Just coffee so far.

How bizarre! You can email him and such, you just can't talk here at the spring? Does he think this is an illicit cybersex lair? Poor Marcia! I hope your friendship with John hasn't suffered as a result. banana decaf cappucino large bowl of gazpacho

Actually and happily it has made me closer to John. He is very dear and I treasure his uniqueness as he appreciates mine. Yup, IO thinks at least that is what I do here... Eventhough he knows my ex, the conservative academic has logged in here at the Spring and my son has been reading and suggesting things for Geo (and sent me the eclipse photos to post there.) John's exile is self-imposed...but he answers all posts I send to him. I just wish he could come back. I think I'm gonna have to do something myself - perhaps tomorrow evening at the baseball game which John will be broadcasting and we will be sitting near to the press box in our usual places. Coffee eggs, toast, bacon popcorn tangerines (2) sunflower seeds springrolls and rice water and more water

here I am... as you requested... can't see your msg anywhere though... I obviously could on the old server and that's why I'm here... do do do do... what a time warp! PB&strawberry jam on 8 grain OJ and Cranberry juice water

There you are! Wish I could see new posts on confifty...oh well, small inconvenience when everything else works so well. Now I should get off and let other people post (Terry did ask us to post around to check for glitches!)

3 raisin muffins Coke

Ree, I've missed you ......

(((((Ree))))) Welcome back!!! We need you - we worried about you!!!

Riette... ;=}

REE-HEAD!!!!i have missed you, please come back more often!!!!!!!!!!

Ree!! My goodness, goodness, goodness. So glad you're back in the fray!

Well, well, look what the cat dragged in... *wink* :-)

hi-hi! Sorry I've been quiet. Went to Africa, and the studies make things hectic around here. Sprin 5 ... Stacey, is that YOU?? Are the Russians after you, woman??

Hi Sweetie! Sprin5 is the one account for email from the New Server so it can be only Terry or one of the other guys with access to be sysadm - as in the one who set up Geo...! Welcome home! *hugs*

[Stacey is busy at the moment, I gather from a reply I received. She'll be back soon.]

HOW--DEE! Hiya Reehead, glad to see some words from you! I started a new job everyone... MSHOW.com... (engineering base in Austin guys!) as an instructional designer... lovin it. Tonight was our first big meeting (that I've been around for) and, to stay on topic, they provided all sorts of yummy goodies after the fact... sushi, veggie eggrolls, stuffed mushrooms, shrimp and scallops, spinach in Phyllo dough, crostini... OOOh, I'm fullup!

Congrats, Stace! Sounds like a really neat job! And you get to eat, too?! Theymust have some cafeteria *grin* How did your second marathon go?

Mmm sounds like a cushy job - got any vacancies??? I saw this programme once about japan where they had these geisha girls who act as plates - they lie down and the food is arranged on them and the guys (has to be guys doesn't it) eat off them!!!! Imagine lying still for hours while these guys poke around food on you. Yuk!!!

Curious! Firth-worshippers know of feasts like that from watching one of his early movies, "Hour of the Pig" released in the US as "The Advocate" about medieval France. A pre-Easter feast featured one such banquet. Yuck! Unless I get to choose the partakers...!

I suppose it could be fun in the right company!!! You should see some of the things (food sort) they have in the student union shop, even H was surprised!!!!!

Don't let her near the place!!! *lol* Do tell!

Weeeel - have you seen the funny shaped pasta? Well, use your imagination. They had them in chocolate too.

boy and girl version *giggle*

Wow! Fascinating (trying to picture this...*grin*)...Did not know pasta came in those shapes! Make's mother's admonishion that I not suck my spaghetti into my mouth take on a whole new dimention. Thanks for the education...I can just imagine the names they gave the pasta *smirk*

This is not funny mother daughter talk!!! I was embarassed! She was amazed my Uni authorities let them sell it.

I can well believe it was not funny...however had you and I been there together, that just might have been more humorous...What does the Uni gain by selling this stuff other than skyrocketing sales? College students need no forther encouragement to think about "it" as it is! Coffee spam-fried rice eggs over easy stewed tomatoes water

I guess no-one's comlained! They'd have had to carry us out ..... Coffee cheese roast lamb potatoes carrots white wine cheese and onion on toast tomatoes (on my lap right now)

Um...the lamb sounds wonderful and I'll bet it is fresh lamb - something quite rare in Hawaii...*sigh* (as is ostrich, bison, chukkar, venison and other exotic sources of protein.) I am hungry now for something I cannot have. (What else is new?!) Think I'll go make a braunsweiger sandwich...!

Rooibosch tea strawberry fromage fraise (2.30 am) No, the lamb was frozen. Fresh is expensive! Forgot the mint sauce.

No mint sauce?! Blasphemy! Especially the lovely English kind with minced leaves in a vinegar bath - none of that incipid jelly for them! Cooking a veal roast for dinner to which I have added every spice known to man and to God and it still does not smell edible. It was supposed to be lamb but the house male refuses to read labels...*sigh* coffee bagel cream cheese taco chips, refried beans and salsa water and more water

corgette and camembert soup (yummy!) poached salmon steaks new potatoes salad vienetta icecream (I didn't cook it)

Congratulations with the new job, Stacey!! Maggie, did you eat all that, or did somebody eat it off YOU?

Hee hee! Haven't tried that yet! Yes, i ate it and now I'm 2 pounds heavier *sigh*

lemme guess: That was a heavy sigh...?

ouch!

banana orange juice applesauce I've been so sick...

OOO that's sad. Want a hug? Hope you can curl up somewhere comfy. Sending 'Get Well' thoughts.

GI or bronchial, Autumn? That is what I had over the holidays. It is miserable anytime, but I did not gain any weight, either! Poor dear...Have a healing *hug* from me, too. coffee bagel with cream cheese pistachios water and vitamins and more water

Hope you feel better soon. *hug*

Not eating today, Maggie? You seem to eat lovely things with French names. I'm gonna start writing mine in Hawaiian...probably sound more appetizing that way!

Cette matin - les oeufs (boiled) {boiled eggs] Pour l'apres midi - le salad avec fromage [cheese salad] maintenant - je ne sais qoi [who knows!] I'm trying to lose the couple of pounds I put on yesterday!!!

Have they taken up residence? Might need to serve them with a 30-day notice. Tres bon or whatever...looks impressive. Gotta talk to Autumn in French and let the rest of us have the Queen's English or you will find yourself talking to yourself...*frown*

I'm sorry to hear you've been sick, Autumn.

How are you feeling today Autumn? I did give a translation!!! *sickly grin* *repent* Turkey burger coffee pot luck lunch - mix of cous cous salad, delicious ham, mixed green salad. there were loads of sweet puddings but in the interests of those ****pounds I forwent them. Now - down a snake - 6 pieces of chocolate (ah the bliss!) Rooibosch tea

Ok...taking your word for it...Aloha Ree. *hugs* Hope you're feeling a whole lot better, Autumn. There are nasty critters out there this year!

Thanks, ladies, for all your well wishes. I think I've finally turned the corner. I didn't have to sleep sitting up last night! Yeah! Hope all of you are staying healthy...fevers are out of control here. (Maggie--qu'est-ce que vous avez mange' aujourd'hui?)

Poor Autumn...It is good to hear you are on the upswing again. Be prepared to have it hang around for a while, though. Btw, I posted another pic of David (a much younger David) in Geo http://www.spring.net/yapp-bin/restricted/read/Geo/2.161 What is a mother doing letting her kid camp at the base of an active vent?! I never saw this picture till he sent it to me today...!

I had popcorn and ice cream during the academy awards. And a little Fetzer wine.

What's Fetzer wine?

It's a brand name. They sell it in HEB. It's a medium priced white Chadonnay, though I also got the Merlot this week, and it's my "table wine" around here.

I really would have missed the entire show if I had had wine with my popcorn. This cork-sniffer had good old from-God-to-my-glass Hilo water with mine!

(don't know what HEB is, either...)

Oh I'm glad I'm not the only ignorant one!!!! We have a box of British wine open just now. It's very nice, light and fruity.

(Bonsoir Autumn, cette matin, avant je suis all�e au gymnase, pour le petit d�jeuner j'ai mang� deux tranches du pain et j'ai bu une tasse de caf�.) Marcia please note translation!!! Good evening Autumn, this morning before i went to the gym I ate two slices of bread and I drank a cup of coffee. (pour le d�jeuner j'ai mang� le potage des carottes et des herbes, des ailes des poules chinoise et des l�gumes frites, et un petit fromage frais.) for lunch I ate carrot and coriander soup, chinese chicken wings and stir fry vegetables, and a small fromage frais (that doesn't translate sorry!)

Got the untranslatable fresh cheese...thanks for the others. I knew you weren't talking about me...*grin* Autumn will be delighted to find another Francophone on the Spring! Coffee Bagel with cream cheese leftovers of some sort (have not decided yet...)

(I don't really count as a francophone - I'm a learner!) Just having supper - coffee made with milk. what are your bagels like? I only had them once - cinnamon ones and well, I wasn't too keen. Maybe they're not the same here. I like cream cheese though.

You can get ones which are actually chewable now. I hate the tough ones...they take a lot of liquid to get them to a swallowable state and you have a tired jaw when you are finished your meal. The ones we get now have all sorts of flavorings(onion, poppyseed, raisin and cinnamon, plain) and are tender enough to bite and chew properly. Bagles have come a long way since they were boiled the old fashioned way.

I guess I must have had the other kind, they were really tough. I love cinnamon on anything. G'night.

I like cinnamon on just about everything....Hmmm...just thought of something on which I have not tried it *grin* (NOT gonna tell ya!)

Now, stop reading this, fill out your census form and mail that sucker back to the government. I did mine 2 weeks ago - the day it arrived!

Bout to eat some mushroom thing.

Made by you? What else is in it and how did it taste? Left over stir-fry over rice.

It was Wolfgang Puck frozen mushroom ravioli and some leftover Conaan's pizza from the other night. Conaan's is down on 29th and the Drag next to Vulvan video (furrin' flick place), and Oat Willies.

....um...sure. Gotcha and on my Austin map I cannot even find the Drag (I gather that is not named thusly because the people there dress that way?) I'll just understand that you cooked none of it and .... you did some serious carbo intake. Nuthin' to wash it down?

The Drag is Guadalupe Street, it runs north and south through the University of Texas at one point. The people who beg for change are sometimes called dragworms. I waved the mushroom ravioli. I got some Onward Through the Fog bumper stickers at Oat Willies.

I noted that you have an uncommon amount of fog considering that it is just now spring. All those lakes and cool air? What sort of things does Oat Willie purvey? I'm guessing it is a bar or a cookie stand (oatmeal cookies are really good!) Gotcha on Guadalupe Street...found it! (Love "dragworms")

Oat Willies is a "head shop"; they sell India print bedspreads, comic books, roach clips, incense burners, Primo Incense, etc.

Gotcha...perilously few of them in Hilo...we do have a branch of India Imports which I suppose sells much the same things, even the occasional roach clip as an art object. But, what an odd name for the store. Sounds kinds rough around the edged and not somewhere one would go to furnish their home with interesting stuff. Thanks for furthering my education *smile*

Oat Willies has been around Austin at least 20 years. They're a reminder of the past.

Not when Austin was a frontier town, surely...past as in the 60's? (Sheesh - that would have been 40 years ago - before you were born?!

15oz OJ 8 oz soy milk package instant apple cinnamon oatmeal water water crackers Sprite peppermint tea clam chowder (bowl) Salad (honey mustard dressing) french fries water

Diverse nourishments, eh?

Looking good Stacey...*smile* Last night was Mongolian Beef on rice (yummy) Coffee bagel with cream cheese and onions sandwiches for lunch or leftover pisghetti

Hey Alexander!! Ah... diversity is my nature! And I just LOVE food! THX Marcia! Lookit me eating so healthy!

*pat* *pat* Good Girl *grin*

porrige (well it was snowing!) veggie soup and granary bread pork chops baked potato organic green beans non-stop coffee

Wot?! No tea???? *gasp* Coffee cream cheese on a bagel water and vitamins and extra calcium cheese pretzels (it is just after breakfast!)

double oatmeal serving OJ baked potato smothered in Ranch dressing celery crackers water

Where's the calcium, dear?! Sounds good, though *grin*

second dinner last night (we forgot we were going out and ate first!) cheese and vegetable pasta bake rhubarb and creme fraiche (sort of soured cream, french) more coffee breakfast this morning yet more coffee bowl of frosties (sugar coated cornflakes) yet more coffee (I'm off ordinary tea just now, makes me feel sick)

Gettin' read for some coffee and rolls. It's a good morning.

Sounds great...! Coffee Bagel with cream cheese and 6 green olives cheese pretzels water

Not managing much roast chicken cooked and chopped up for me by nearest and dearest carrots didn't eat potatoes milky coffee

Water, Maggie! Lots a fruit juices and watery broth and stuff like that to keep you loose! Make all those adults surrounging you fetch and carry while you recline in bed. You'd do it for them! (No comments about loose women, please!)

No-one around cept T. toast and butter coffee ham salad - picked at fruit salad (hand made by you know who) litre of coke litre of water about to have tipsy coffe with huge slug of brandy (haven't lost weight!! YUK!)

apple orange soy milk grapes (black seedless) saltines extra sharp cheddar cheese water -- having strange appetite issues. Gone is my passion for rich, creamy and spicy foods. I just want clean, plain foods. Fruit, veggies, grains. All separate. Except my cheese and crackers.

Sounds very familiar...*smile* Independent opinions are noticed very early, are they not?!

choccy bics for breakfast coffee prawn chow mein for lunch white wine cheese on toast with onions for tea tea

(No funny cravings yet then? as soon as i asked for bananas and cream soda (in the same glass) everyone gave knowing smiles. sending you happy wishes *smile*)

banana w/vanilla soy milk garlic mashed potatoes bran flakes cereal Little Debbie snack cake green tea leftover birthday cake I think I need something green! (oh yeah, there was the tea...)

haggis hash browns italian green salad and ranch dressing carribean punch (orange juice and rum)

You did not make your own haggis, did you? Surely there is a take-away haggis stand nearby..?! Yak!!! (Actually, sounds good!) Lots of green things - must be making up for Autumn's nouvelle cuisine *lol* Right now I am consuming a plate full of eggs I just devilled. I can never quite get them to the table without eating my share and licking out the mixing bowl...sigh...

No I didn't make the haggis - it was tinned, though I do sometimes buy 'fresh'. It was lovely. We do not have take-away haggis stores in southern England! Do you know the haggis catching stories? half a malt loaf coffee and coffee

No, but when I told R what it was, he wrinkled up his nose. When I tell him it was tinned, he will be aghast. Ok, I know it is oatmeal cooked in a sheep's stomach. But, there must be more to it than that. Organ meat included? Spices or seasoning? How do you consume it?

no real appetite lately. eating things as they sound good and forcing down Saltines in the meanwhile Had odd cravings Saturday... mostly for salt. Ate several dill pickles and a few hours later only wanted bananas. normal??

You betcha! I ate soda crackers and pretzels in bed, even (and I never eat in bed!) Perfectly normal!

Though there really shoulda heen a nice helping of bourbon vanilla icecream with the pickles!

Betcha the bourbon turns her stomach just reading the word, if hers is like mine was. Salty, Alexander, not sweet and boozy. At least, not at this stage.

Lasagna, French bread and buttah, salad w/ caesar dressing. Chardonnay.

apple orange saltines foot-long veggie sub (have about 3 inches left) Sprite water apple juice cake

Veggie sub for dinner at the the old ball game this evening, sausages and rice for breakfast with coffee, and crackers and cheese for lunch (so far)

Brick Oven Pizxa, Chardonnay, and now I'm having a lemonade nightcap. I know, a little sugar. My problem is too much shugah, I give in too easy to soda and sweet stuff.

OOOh I kow that one!!! Hot cross buns dripping in cholesterol laden butter Coffee (guilty grin)

I'm up early, I'll probably grab something on the road.

Me too. Though I was raised Episcopalian, I am currently co-existing with someone with a Meat-less Good Friday family tradition. Coffee Egg, cheese and fresh saute'd mushroom omelette rice stewed tomatoes Cheese sandwiches for lunch (fried, of course - my speciality) Dinner is a mystery. If we're not gonna take a life to eat today I cannot eat fish, either. John mentioned that eating veggies and grain would also be taking life. I suppose we should just fast today, but I'd disappear if I did that. I burn calories sitting still, and I have a baseball game to attend tonight!

All you Vegetarians out there, tell me a tasty dish which has enough protein to keep me going. Suggestions, please!

For a barbecue without the burgers, Linda McCartney suggested vegetable kebabs, grilled mushrooms with rosemary and garlic, and grilled eggplant. McCartney is the author of "Linda's Kitchen" (Little, Brown). She and her husband, former Beatle Paul McCartney, converted to vegetarianism more than 20 years ago. She died a couple of years ago, unfortunately for the vegetarian community and the world. Char-Grilled Mushrooms with Rosemary & Garlic 8 ounces shiitake mushrooms 1 tablespoon olive oil 1 tablespoon soy sauce 3 garlic cloves, crushed 1 teaspoon finely chopped fresh rosemary, or H teaspoon dried rosemary Freshly ground black pepper Trim the mushroom stalks. Mix together the remaining ingredients. Add the mushrooms; toss to coat. Marinate for up to 30 minutes. Grill on rack over hot coals for about 3 minutes on each side; serve hot. Makes 3 to 4 servings. Vegetable Kebabs 8 ounces medium carrots (about G of a bag), cut into chunks 1 small cauliflower, separated into florets 6 ounces snow peas, topped and tailed 6 ounces baby onions, peeled 3 small corn cobs, cut into 1-inch slices Milk or soya milk Vegetarian sausages, cut into chunks (optional) Olive oil Cook all the vegetables separately in boiling water to which you have added 1 tablespoon milk until the vegetables are tender but still crisp. Drain in a colander under cold running water. Thread the pieces of vegetables onto skewers, alternating the colors. Include the chunks of vegetarian sausages, if using. Brush with oil and grill on the rack over hot coals for 5 minutes, turning frequently. Makes 6 to 8 servings. Char-Grilled Eggplant 2 large eggplants Olive oil Chopped fresh herbs Sea salt Freshly ground black pepper Cut eggplants diagonally into 1/2-inch slices. Mix the olive oil with the herbs, salt and pepper. Brush over the cut sides of the eggplant slices. Leave to marinate for up to 1 hour, basting and turning frequently. Grill on a rack over hot coals for about 5 to 6 minutes on each side, until the eggplant is soft and well cooked. Serve with the sauce of your choice. Makes six servings.

Marcia, try substituting soy crumbles for the meat in your ground beef recipes. Use wheat gluten in place of cubed/shredded chicken in poultry recipes. Replace meats with lentils or other legumes in soups, stews, tacos and pasta dishes.

Thanks for the recipes and suggestions. It got so bleak I at popcorn for lunch that day and John told me to have real food for dinner so I would make it through the night. I did...and I did. I do love tofu (don't tell Ree)and we use it a lot with miso and other oriental-style soups.

Mmmm, you're making me hungry! (miso, yum!)

I had potluck food tonight, at a Writers group, where I split my time with a somewhat shaken Bob Nagy who had gotten ripped off at the Swap Fest and a group of writers. I helped settle Bob down. He really got taken on a rig be bought by a guy who took me a few years back. I got my money back and Bob canceled the check this morning for the tribander, but this guy is really barking up the wrong tree to be picking in the 442.15 group. We're a pretty vocal bunch and we're not going to put up with the likes of "Uncle Al" or WA2FXZ as he's somethmes known. Anyway, I'll discuss this sordid tale somewhere else, this is food after all. Sidetracked again.

Enjoyed junk food at the bowling alley (now yesterday) Will eat properly today. coffee made with all milk toast and marmite

coffee w/ half n half and I'm going to have a pastry in a bit. Just woke up.

coffee bagel with cream cheese Dinner with the baseball coach this evening (probably order Mongolian Beef again) (Terry, how stupid of the troll and my sympathies for having to go to extra trouble dealing with him. Looking on Radio for more...)

Scrap dinner tonight because I didn't go shopping. Pasta potato and leek soup (on pasta) cheese white wine

Sounds better than what some of the "sweep the kitchen" meals I am served.

Most of it was E's and we had to eat it before it went off!

Ah yes! I know about that, too!

tofu chocolate pudding banana bread egg w/toast shredded wheat w/blueberries sundried tomato bread at least a quart of iced tea Little Debbie cakes (aw gee, stopped by my mom's this evening)

Cold Frikadellen (spicy German meat grills - turkey - please note Alexander) Veggie Quiche green salad carrots, onions etc. yogurt for breakfast this morning coffee more frikadellen

Spam musubi Coffee sunflower seeds Don't ask - the rest of the day is baseball food and an BBQ. Tailgate party last night included, PotMac salad, corn on the Cob,BBQ ribs, grilled teriyaki chicken, rice, baked beans with Portuguese sausage. Was very messy to eat and wonderful flavors all round.

2 eggs over easy, home fries, toast and coffee. And a coupla tamales.

wonderful picnic tea out in the May sunshine coffee (flask) fruit scones banana apple penguin choccy bars

catfish, breaded corn custard and salad with Caesar dressing on ZTexas Grill on West Sixth Street, after I went to an art gallery opening.

Oooh, I am jealous of the art gallery opening and the catfish! Did you use our secret techniques for the appearence of being expert in the arts? *grin* I am sure it comes naturally to you by now. I am superb at it now...and actually really like some of the art I am appreciating!

Yes, I got a lot of mileage out of my "brilliant use of suffused light" comments.

Let's keep little secret here. I am trying to entice an artist of incredible genius into Spring to post rather than to just lurk, but I need to get the train hopping topic in Austin conference going. I posted loads of stuff there but no one rose to the bait and made comments - even when I pleaded the best way I know. Either there is mass amnesia on the subject or everyone is lurking waiting till another hopper posts. It is most frustrating! Soliloquies are not my forte...

Taken out to dinner by daughter's repentant boyfriend: (I've forgiven him) Scampi chips peas green salad alaska choc/marshmallow cream pie lager archers & lemonade (just as well i went to the gym first wasn't it!)

Sounds wonderful. I am still on coffee and sunflower seeds and I am getting really hungry...but I am holding down two internet conversations...*sigh*

I'm still on coffee - but i don't think i'll eat anymore tonight. I'm still full!!

Just coffee so far. Repentent? Man, he must have messed up. Now what is scampi?

cornish pasty new potato broccoli mandarin (scampi are seafood - like large prawns, usually battered and fried) (Boyfriend told me he supposed I was too old to have to worry about fashion and being fashionable!! After they had ridiculed my 'relaxing at home slacks'. The arrogance of the young!!!! and I'm NOT that old either! *Grrr* Boy did he pay!!! *grin*)

Today I am gonna eat cake and ice cream and cookies and candy and ...and... but what I really want to eat is so revolting to Terry, I shall refrain from telling you.

It's not the jellyfish salad again, is it?? Maggie, what is/are archers? Terry, most scampi here is made of garlic, mushrooms, and shrimp sauteed in olive oil with fresh parsley and dill weed--topped with a little parmesan cheese. Fantastic w/garlic bread and spinach salad.

oops you caught me! Archers is peach schnapps (an alchoholic drink). I have a very little archers and loads of lemonade. Mmm I like the sound of your scampi!!! mine were just plain, fried in breadcrumbs with lemon.

at my mum's: grilled lamb chops with mint sauce tomatoes lettuce spring onions (new potatoes for house male) lashings of strong tea (YUK!)

*laughing helplessly* I had forgotten all about the Jellyfish salad Made With Reconstituted Jellyfish. Not that - it is equally revolting to me. This was a still-twitching slab of prime rib. Succulent, tender, and totally visceral in pleasure with a little creamed horse radish...*sigh* It is ac close to what I really want as I am likely to get in this life (don't ask!)

Thought you Brits all liked your tea strong enough to slice!

No way!!! Had enough stewed hospital tea to last me a life time. Weak with a small splash of milk suits me.

applesauce nectarine shredded wheat w/soy milk veggie burger iced tea

Coffee fried rice and omelette water sunflower seeds (so far)

Minute Maid grape juice and berry punch (in those little cartons with straws), 3 so far and going back for more soon.

went Italian: fresh egg tagliateli bolognese sauce

Hawaiian plate: LauLau, chicken long-rice fresh poi (prefer sour, thank you) LomiLomi salmon mashed gourd and grated coconut confection water

(I think you're talking a foreign language!)

It sorta is....just like the names of your African chicken dishes.

I meant the ingredients! At 'French' party last night. French bread Olives stuffed with anchovies Pepperami Various pat� Crisps (chips) Claret Beaujolais

Needed more cheeses...

she didn't come (the person who was supposed to bring them)

Sheesh! I wondered about that....no wonder you did not feel that great...You need other flavors to augment and enhance the flavor of the wine.

I had lI had lots and lots of little boxes of Minute Maid Tropical Punch and Nature Valley Crunchy Ganola (Cinnamon). I had a regular lunch though. And coffee this morning and late morning.

Before gym: bananas and coffee Birthday lunch out with oldest daughter: Big bowl of salad 5 oz steak Peas Chips Pepsi Coffee

Maruchan Instant Lunch coffee teeny round peanut butter cheddar crackers junkin' it uuuup.

What's Maruchan ??? A brand name or a food? I certainly learn things here!!! *grin*

Yup...dehydrated noodles and soup base and a few veggies. Just peel the back off and add boiling water to level indicated and let sit for 3 or so minutes. Garnish more or just eat. I love it on early cold morning when it is raining and need more than coffee. Comes in chicken, beef and shrimp flavors and possibly others...

Maruchan makes lots of things. It is a brand name -

OH - Pot Noodle!!!!! (I like the chinese sweet and sour version) I'll be bilingual one day!

The go under several disguises including the American version Cup-of-Noodles

I think Casbah makes the best dehydrated/instant soups. 100% organic, not a horrendous amount of sodium, about 75 cents a piece from my co-op (you supply the mug).

went indian today 1/2 cantaloupe melon Chicken Korma (mild curry) Rice Nan bread white wine strawberries and cream

banana a quart of iced tea mesclun salad soy BLT

roast lamb, fresh mint sauce roast potatoes broccoli carrots gravy white wine

coffee

I am still full of breakfast: coffee spam-fried rice stewed tomatoes (goes GREAT with fried rice) water

Actually cooked breakfast this morning! Two eggs - sunny side up Grilled bacon Tea Iced water with lemon ++

flax cereal banana unsteak (seitan) Keebler cookies veggie burger carrot sticks whoopie pie pretzels quart of iced tea

I did not know Linen was digestible by humans. What does flax taste like? Oh, and I'm dying to know what a Whoopoie Pie is. Gotta be chocolate with that name. Odd things all day and take out chinese for dinner. Yeesh!

Flaxseeds are a fantastic source of omega-3 fatty acids (like the kind found in fish)--perfect for vegetarians who don't want to take extracts of fish oils. You can use them as is, sprinkled on foods, or grind them, or buy the oil (expensive). They really don't have a taste, just add a nutty crunch to whatever you're eating. Uncle Sam's cereal is a wheat/flax cereal with 10 grams of fiber per serving (a real gut buster!) Naturally, it's high in fat, but it's the "good" fat. Whoopie pies are traditional Amish/Pennsylvania Dutch snack of thick, white, fluffy icing (lard, no doubt) sandwiched between two chocolate (you guessed it!) cookie rounds (cake-like in texture). Awesome. When we were there a few weeks ago we bought a couple dozen and froze them, since we only get up a couple times a year (I have beaucoup family there). They actually come in many flavors, such as peanut butter, pumpkin, chocolate chip, but the traditional white icing between chocolate layers is the best!

My parents were born in the Philadelphia area. I know the area. There is just some of that stuff you love and don't want to know what is in it. like Scrapple. I love the stuff and can get it canned occasionally. Ummmm!!! I am getting hungry! Whoopie Pies sound like huge Oreo cookies!

Do you like cracklins? Whoopie pies look like a huge Oreo, but taste more like a round devil dog.

Sure I like cracklins! Just try to find them out here, though. Makes me hungry just to think about them! Happy to know that about WPie taste. Oreo "stuff" tastes like sweet lard to me. Yak!!!

Just eaten a HUGE bowl of fruit salad and cream ....pears, apples, peaches, raspberried, pineapple, oranges. YUM!!!!