introductions

~sysop Wed, Sep 25, 1996 (14:10) seed

Please introduce yourself to the conference. What are your food related and other interests? How'd you find this place anyway? What kinds of topics are your interested in seeing put up here?

~KitchenManager Wed, Sep 25, 1996 (18:20) #1

Hello, future readers. I'm the kitchen manager of a local Italian restaurant and found the spring conferences through our web pages. Any topics would be appreciated. Don't know what else to say for now, being the first respondent and all. I'll stop in again soon to see what's going on. WER

~sysop Thu, Sep 26, 1996 (13:05) #2

Howdy KitchenManager. What kind of topics would you like to see us create here?

~KitchenManager Fri, Sep 27, 1996 (14:05) #3

We could discuss or identify good versus bad food and restaurant web pages, or we could critique the food critics, or I don't know, there are so many choices. I wish we had some more respondents so that we could get a feel for what was interesting to or necessary for others. What are your interests in this area? I'll stop in again soon, WER.

~KitchenManager Fri, Oct 4, 1996 (16:03) #4

Hey, sysop, what do you look for in a good restaurant? What do you look for in a really good Italian dish? Where do you envision this conference going? I'll check in again soon, WER

~KitchenManager Fri, Oct 4, 1996 (16:33) #5

Terry: Do you need a moderator for this here topic? If so, I'd like to volunteer for the position. I originally heard about the spring because an offer was made to my coworker through his web page to moderate a food/restaurant conference. We are quite interested in helping, and can provide a lot of info such as links to food manufacturers, restaurant search engines, e-zines, etcetera. By the way, I found the answer to the question I emailed you about. Hope to hear from you soon, WER

~KitchenManager Sun, Oct 6, 1996 (03:04) #6

Here are some url's of spots for food service pros: Anheuser-Busch http://www.hopnotes.com Bangkok Cuisine http://www.bangkokcuisine.com Empire Kosher Poultry http://www.empirekosher.com Hobart Corporation http://www.hobartcorp.com Keller's Hotel/Bar Food http://www.butter1.com La Choy Foodservice http://www.lachoyfoodservice.com Landscape Forms http://www.landscapeforms.com Manitowoc Equipment http://www.Manitowoc.com Red the Uniform Taylor http://www.rtut.com Nugget Distributors http://www.nugget.com Mity-Lite http://www.mitylite.com and one of my favorites-- National Watermelon Promotion Board http://www.watermelon.org There's plenty more where these came from so tell me what you need, folks. WER

~terry Sun, Oct 6, 1996 (08:04) #7

It would be great for you to be a host. I'll add you to the hostlist so you can add topics.

~KitchenManager Wed, Oct 9, 1996 (14:06) #8

Great, I'll start advertising this here conference, and get some folks in here. I guess I should go find out how to do the host thing, instructions and all that is. Talk to whoever is here in a few days. WER

~billsan Wed, Oct 23, 1996 (20:30) #9

I get some geat ideas from watching "foodtv". Some great sounding ideas. But in practice many things take adjustments. I tried a shrimp dish, over the weekend, that was spiced with cayenne, paprika, and cumin-a beatiful combination, but it was finished with the juice of 2 limes where a tbls would have been sufficient. (Two Hot Tomales) One of my favorite shows for his unique ideas is Molto Mario. What do you think?

~terry Thu, Oct 24, 1996 (15:57) #10

Welcome! Never heard of Molto Mario though, what network is this on?

~popcorn Sun, Nov 3, 1996 (11:35) #11

Hi -- My name is Valerie Mates. I'm some random person surfing the web. I was actually looking for the answer to an obscure question about my sound player program (Netscape wants to run its own sound player instead of the one I told it to run), and I found the sound player mentioned in a discussion on The Spring. I'd heard of The Spring before, so I was curious to look around. I'm an avid cook, and a fair witness in Grex's (http://www.cyberspace.org) Kitchen conference, so when I saw the Spring had a cooking conference I had to stop by and say Hi. Are there other vegetarians out there? I've been a vegetarian for 8 years now.

~terry Sun, Nov 3, 1996 (18:45) #12

I've been a sometimes good, sometimes bad veggie for over 12 years. I'll try and answer your questions, pick the appropriate topic and fire away (if there isn't a topic that fits, we'll make one!) Welcome!

~Mixu Mon, Nov 4, 1996 (08:08) #13

I've not been eating meat for four years now, and don't even eat fish at the moment (although, being a Finn, staying away form fish is not so easy... I'm glad I don't live in Japan). Dairy products and eggs are my occasional bad habits, though. ;0(

~KitchenManager Thu, Nov 7, 1996 (22:41) #14

Ooh, new people. Hi everyone, sorry I've been gone so long. Welcome and salutations, I'll be back with less of an absence next time even though I'm not a vegetarian, although I can cook like one. WER

~Donna Sat, Nov 23, 1996 (12:40) #15

I am a stay at home mom. It would be nice to have some quick -fix for the family on the run. Healthy ones preferred. It is not the easiest tasks to prepared meals everyone likes. So far we all like stir-fry.

~smckern Tue, Nov 26, 1996 (20:19) #16

Hello all... I actually found this page through browsing through Spring. I was invited to comment on another page and thought I'd have a look around... Isn't that how it always happens?? **grin** Anyway, Donna... a really quick recipe that I've found when I'm in a rush is pasta pesto... Cook up some pasta, and any meat... or veges for all you veges out there... Mix both in a pot (or deep fry-pan) with pesto (tomato, capsicum, you can get heaps already prepared) and some basil. How many you serve depends on how much pasta you cook. I find it re-heats well and I often have it for lunch the next day - it's a good filler.

~stacey Mon, Dec 9, 1996 (19:07) #17

AAAAAAACCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCK! 'm BACK! After four miserable months of being off-line, I AM BACK to play with my nd apparently new!) buddies at the spring! erry, I've missed you! I'm up in Colorado freezing my bippie off! Gotta go, don't have my own setup yet but, if my svura@spring.com account is still valid... e-mail me!

~terry Mon, Dec 9, 1996 (21:18) #18

It it isn't I'll fix it so it is. What a gas! Stacey Vura is back. One of my all time favorite folks.

~Mixu Tue, Dec 10, 1996 (10:36) #19

Glad to hear from ya again, Stacey. And merry Xmas. (Includes everybody else, too.)

~terry Wed, Dec 11, 1996 (08:00) #20

Merry Christmas to you and to all a bunch of good nights.

~nancyw Wed, Jun 11, 1997 (17:47) #21

Is chocolate the exlir of life? Do you need drugs when you have chocolate? Can chocolate mend a broken heart? These are some of the questions I ponder. Check out

~terry Wed, Jun 11, 1997 (18:00) #22

You don't really need to use angle brackets for url's here. We automatically turn them into links Nancy. Nancy's on a chocolate run!

~KitchenManager Fri, Oct 10, 1997 (06:27) #23

Tag, I'm in again! WER

~stacey Fri, Oct 10, 1997 (11:16) #24

yeah! [Bmore masticators!

~KitchenManager Mon, Oct 13, 1997 (01:20) #25

Sorry, ma'am, I don't think I've made your aquaintance(sp?). WER

~stacey Mon, Oct 13, 1997 (10:36) #26

stacey leigh vura -- old springer and former Austinite now relocated in Denver Colorado. Elementary special education teacher and home cooker extrodinaire! and you?

~terry Mon, Oct 13, 1997 (13:36) #27

They's dissin' Denver over in the motorcycle conference!

~stacey Mon, Oct 13, 1997 (13:43) #28

paaa shaaa

~KitchenManager Tue, Oct 14, 1997 (00:11) #29

Very eratic springer, kitchen manager of an Italian eatery in Austin, 30+, etc... WER

~stacey Tue, Oct 14, 1997 (09:34) #30

A pleasure to make your virtual acquaintance!

~KitchenManager Wed, Oct 15, 1997 (00:19) #31

I'm electronically yours! WER

~CotC Fri, Oct 24, 1997 (14:28) #32

Hello? Hello? I just broke a tooth on a Taco Bell burrito! But I suppose that doesn't really count as food. Sorry. I'll try to stay on-topic.

~stacey Fri, Oct 24, 1997 (15:32) #33

A 7 Layer?!?! Those can really nail you when the rice isn't cooked all the way.

~terry Fri, Oct 24, 1997 (15:38) #34

Which Taco Bell? And, like Stacey says, which item?

~KitchenManager Sat, Oct 25, 1997 (01:12) #35

Actually, he was eating a chili cheese burrito at the end of the lunch rush. Wound up not being his only problem! WER

~CotC Sun, Nov 16, 1997 (04:01) #36

My GOD!!!!!! I'm going to fucking _SPAWN_!!!!!!

~KitchenManager Sun, Nov 16, 1997 (04:04) #37

Got's to apologize for Thomas. His wife decided they need to have children, and he's still trying to get used to the idea...

~CotC Sun, Nov 16, 1997 (04:18) #38

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! No, really...I'm OK....

~terry Sun, Nov 16, 1997 (23:23) #39

Hyperactive alert!

~stacey Mon, Nov 17, 1997 (10:46) #40

(LOL) I suppose that's a "boy thing." reactionwise.

~KitchenManager Mon, Nov 24, 1997 (10:05) #41

ACK!!! With the holiday this week, I'm not going to get enough stacey!

~terry Mon, Nov 24, 1997 (10:48) #42

I'm with you on that, Stacey do you have a surrogate you can send in your place when your on ski trips, etc?

~stacey Mon, Nov 24, 1997 (11:10) #43

sorry no, sythetic is never as good as the real thing anyway! *self-absorbed laugh* I'll miss you guys too -- big plans for the day of giving thanks?

~terry Mon, Nov 24, 1997 (13:25) #44

Dads coming down. I need to find out if any of my friends don't have plans and could come by. Call me Chef Terry.

~stacey Mon, Nov 24, 1997 (13:26) #45

What ya cookin' chef terry?

~terry Mon, Nov 24, 1997 (14:28) #46

Probably a traditional thanksgiving dinner with all the trimmings. Got any good recipes for me, like how to bake a turkey?

~stacey Tue, Nov 25, 1997 (12:12) #47

Bake it til it's done -- that's how I cook!

~terry Tue, Nov 25, 1997 (13:23) #48

What do you use for stuffing?

~stacey Wed, Nov 26, 1997 (11:17) #49

the one time I ever stuffed a turkey... oyster stuffing. Bread crumbs, herbs, oysters... C'mon Paul, you know how I cook. Sans receipe. good luck!

~terry Wed, Nov 26, 1997 (13:08) #50

Come to think of it, maybe we'll go out to eat.

~stacey Fri, Dec 5, 1997 (19:21) #51

Well... what happened??? Eat out or in?

~terry Sat, Dec 6, 1997 (00:36) #52

We ate out and then I went to the Dubose Farm. Look at the slide show on the main Spring page to see where I went for Thanksgiving.

~katrina Sat, Dec 6, 1997 (00:37) #53

I was there too.

~KitchenManager Thu, Feb 19, 1998 (00:31) #54

Easter food plans, anyone?

~autumn Thu, Feb 19, 1998 (13:59) #55

EASTER??? I just threw away the girls' gingerbread houses from xmas last night! I can't deal with it yet.

~KitchenManager Thu, Feb 19, 1998 (14:19) #56

Okay, anyone got any St. Patty's day food plans?

~Wolf Thu, Feb 19, 1998 (16:58) #57

No. Do you? But of course, you're the cook *grin*

~KitchenManager Fri, Feb 20, 1998 (10:49) #58

Nope, not yet...

~KitchenManager Thu, Mar 19, 1998 (01:46) #59

I'm entering Clean Water Fund's second annual "Taste of Austin" spaghetti sauce contest for their fundraising dinner event, Spring for Water. The event and contest will be held Friday, March 20th from 6-9 pm at the Austin Nature and Science Center. Wish me luck, everyone! Oh, yeah, Sharon is pregnant...that would be Tommy's wife... (and best of all, it's not my fault!!!)

~stacey Thu, Mar 19, 1998 (10:35) #60

good luck WER! Remember lots of mushrooms!!! and congrats Tommy! (no wonder we hadn't seen him around here lately!)

~autumn Thu, Mar 19, 1998 (12:51) #61

You can't add too much garlic, either! What does "spring for water" mean?? Congratulations to the expectant parents.

~stacey Thu, Mar 19, 1998 (18:18) #62

oooh! garlic... i need to get me some of that tonight!

~KitchenManager Sat, Mar 21, 1998 (11:46) #63

Spring for Water is the name they use for their silent auction and other activities on the first day of spring... I won, also, placed first in the meat category with a red clam sauce and second in the veggie category with a creole sauce...

~autumn Sat, Mar 21, 1998 (22:32) #64

Congratulations!! Care to share those recipes?? Mmmmmm....

~KitchenManager Sun, Mar 22, 1998 (01:09) #65

I gots to get permission, although I can probably tell you an edited version of the clam sauce...

~pmnh Sun, Mar 22, 1998 (13:36) #66

(congrats, wer!)

~stacey Mon, Mar 23, 1998 (10:51) #67

WooWoo!

~KitchenManager Wed, Mar 25, 1998 (00:32) #68

Sorry, Autumn, the owner has placed them in the realm of trade secrets... (thanks, ya'll)

~stacey Wed, Mar 25, 1998 (11:17) #69

what's what you get working for the man!

~KitchenManager Wed, Mar 25, 1998 (11:51) #70

(or what ya'll don't get...)

~stacey Wed, Mar 25, 1998 (16:42) #71

sheesh! you don't wanna know about school districts (thanks again nick, for the use of the word!)

~autumn Wed, Mar 25, 1998 (23:42) #72

Oh well, can't blame a creole-lover for asking!

~stacey Thu, Mar 26, 1998 (16:53) #73

Hey Autumn, why don't you share some of your creole receipes with us? If'n I knew the first thing about creole cookin' I'm sure I'd know what to ask for but... that's why I'm askin!

~autumn Mon, Mar 30, 1998 (20:59) #74

I'm afraid the only shrimp creole recipe I ever used had a base of Campbell's tomato soup! It fell a little short of spectacular....I should check some of wer's food ring websites, maybe I'll come across something.

~suzanne Thu, Apr 30, 1998 (14:51) #75

intoductin to the food conference

~KitchenManager Thu, Apr 30, 1998 (15:21) #76

Welcome, Suzanne! What brought you around here?

~stacey Thu, Apr 30, 1998 (16:25) #77

must've been the yummy smells... or the lude conversation!

~autumn Thu, Apr 30, 1998 (17:14) #78

"I smell sex and...candy..."

~KitchenManager Fri, May 1, 1998 (01:24) #79

I've got a recipe for that around here somewhere... Any one want to give me a hand or two in whipping up a new batch?

~riette Thu, May 28, 1998 (11:54) #80

Was that a vulgar undertone I heard?. . . damn, Wer, that means I'll HAVE to join!

~autumn Thu, May 28, 1998 (11:59) #81

If you join every conference with a vulgar undertone, Riette, your hotlist is gonna be loooooong....! Welcome to food.

~stacey Thu, May 28, 1998 (12:59) #82

you'll fit right in!

~riette Thu, May 28, 1998 (13:53) #83

You two here as well?!?! That's great! I'm sure I'll love it here - I'm a compulsive eater. BIG TIME!

~KitchenManager Thu, May 28, 1998 (17:22) #84

I've got a long hotlist... Welcome, Riette!

~riette Thu, May 28, 1998 (18:08) #85

GOOD to be here. Don't bother with that hotlist . . . I'll just go for the places where your, Stacey's, Autumn's and Jim's names appear - they're bound to be fun!

~KitchenManager Thu, May 28, 1998 (18:11) #86

but then we gotta be doin it at the same time!!!

~riette Thu, May 28, 1998 (18:34) #87

Doin what? I'm sorry, I really know nothing about this online nonsense. I thought hotlist meant vulgar. Does hotlist mean there is conversation going on?? HELP, I'm kindda blond today!

~terry Thu, May 28, 1998 (21:22) #88

Hi blondie! A hotlist is your list of conferences. From "dive in" on the main page or from http://www.spring.net/yapp.html you choose "Conference Index". Then you can click on the hypertext that says "Add to your conference list" and build up a list.

~riette Fri, May 29, 1998 (01:53) #89

Thanks Terry! I can just about grasp that.

~stacey Thu, Jul 9, 1998 (15:58) #90

hey Mr. E... see ya later!

~KitchenManager Thu, Jul 9, 1998 (16:01) #91

ta!

~stacey Thu, Jul 9, 1998 (16:02) #92

ta!

~kristen Wed, Jul 15, 1998 (00:29) #93

I love to cook.

~wer Wed, Jul 15, 1998 (00:56) #94

And we love that you stopped by! Welcome!!!

~riette Wed, Jul 15, 1998 (02:03) #95

I don't love to cook, but I love people who love to cook, because I love to eat.

~KitchenManager Wed, Jul 15, 1998 (09:23) #96

and without people like you, Riette, there'd be no need for those of us do...

~riette Wed, Jul 15, 1998 (15:09) #97

THAT'S a new kind of flattery!!

~TIM Wed, Nov 11, 1998 (12:12) #98

Except for the fact that turkey is so cheap at Thanksgiving, I'd cook something else.

~riette Thu, Nov 12, 1998 (11:22) #99

I don't really like turkey so much at all. Where are you from? Are we neighbours?

~TIM Sun, Nov 15, 1998 (01:33) #100

Originally, I'm from Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. I moved to Texas in 1980, and currently reside in Austin. I don't think that we are neighbors.