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CShaveRR

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Posted by CShaveRR on Tuesday, August 17, 2004 10:09 AM

Actually, SJ, those burgers (and that restaurant) have been around for at least twenty years--much, much longer from the looks of things! But you're right--I can remember when a quarter-pound of beef was huge.

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tree68

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Posted by tree68 on Tuesday, August 17, 2004 12:14 PM

QUOTE: Originally posted by Mookie

Tree - you even tried to resist?

Had to practice SOME moderation, so I could sample more!

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Noah Hofrichter

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Posted by Noah Hofrichter on Tuesday, August 17, 2004 1:05 PM

Tree, I offically envy you now, well maybe I won't if you just let me at the food!!!!!

And I loved the story about the engineer, I've heard variations but never like that, it's really good!!

Noah

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locomutt

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Posted by locomutt on Tuesday, August 17, 2004 2:47 PM

Is that where the term "it's been a real bugaboo"came from[?][:)]

Being Crazy,keeps you from going "INSANE" !! "The light at the end of the tunnel,has been turned off due to budget cuts" NOT AFRAID A Vet., and PROUD OF IT!!

locomutt

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Posted by locomutt on Tuesday, August 17, 2004 2:53 PM

Carl, are you SURE you weren't in Moose County, little town of Brrr (from
Lilian Jackson Braun's "Cat Who" books?[:D] [angel]

Carl,I'll have to add to that one;CW got it right,but the full title is,
"The Cat Who Blew The Whistle"

And it is railroad oriented.[:)]

Being Crazy,keeps you from going "INSANE" !! "The light at the end of the tunnel,has been turned off due to budget cuts" NOT AFRAID A Vet., and PROUD OF IT!!

cherokee woman

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Posted by cherokee woman on Tuesday, August 17, 2004 4:15 PM

Okay, I'm ready for some of Mookie's leftover roast, taters and carrots.

cherokee woman "O'Toole's law: Murphy was an optimist."

espeefoamer

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Posted by espeefoamer on Tuesday, August 17, 2004 5:05 PM

QUOTE: Originally posted by locomutt

Carl, are you SURE you weren't in Moose County, little town of Brrr (from
Lilian Jackson Braun's "Cat Who" books?[:D] [angel]

Carl,I'll have to add to that one;CW got it right,but the full title is,
"The Cat Who Blew The Whistle"

And it is railroad oriented.[:)]

[:)]I have read quite a few of the cat who... books and really like them[:D].I have read "The cat who blew the whistle".Shure would like to have been on that trip at the beginning of the book[:p]!

Ride Amtrak. Cats Rule, Dogs Drool.

Kozzie

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Posted by Kozzie on Tuesday, August 17, 2004 5:16 PM

QUOTE: Originally posted by espeefoamer

QUOTE: Originally posted by locomutt

Carl, are you SURE you weren't in Moose County, little town of Brrr (from
Lilian Jackson Braun's "Cat Who" books?[:D] [angel]

Carl,I'll have to add to that one;CW got it right,but the full title is,
"The Cat Who Blew The Whistle"

And it is railroad oriented.[:)]

[:)]I have read quite a few of the cat who... books and really like them[:D].I have read "The cat who blew the whistle".Shure would like to have been on that trip at the beginning of the book[:p]!

I enjoyed that story too - it was just a little disappointing that the train wasn't abel to feature more in the story.

Those "Cat Who.." books are real popular here downunder.

Do any of you up over crew know if Lillian Jackson Braun based Moose County (although fictional) on area of one of the states that border the Great Lakes?

Dave

locomutt

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Posted by locomutt on Tuesday, August 17, 2004 6:50 PM

Kozzie,

It's never been told, but from the way they have talked in some of the Cat Who books
about going to Minneapolis to pick someone up at the airport, it makes you think
it's arround Minnesota, Wisconsin or the upper pennisula of Michigan.

And we have several in OUR library. When we put them on reserve at the public library
it's take forever to get one,as most of the staff gets it before the general public.[:)]

Being Crazy,keeps you from going "INSANE" !! "The light at the end of the tunnel,has been turned off due to budget cuts" NOT AFRAID A Vet., and PROUD OF IT!!

Kozzie

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Posted by Kozzie on Tuesday, August 17, 2004 7:20 PM

QUOTE: Originally posted by locomutt

Kozzie,

It's never been told, but from the way they have talked in some of the Cat Who books
about going to Minneapolis to pick someone up at the airport, it makes you think
it's arround Minnesota, Wisconsin or the upper pennisula of Michigan.

And we have several in OUR library. When we put them on reserve at the public library
it's take forever to get one,as most of the staff gets it before the general public.[:)]

Thanks Walt - the city of Minnesota had me thinking that way too, after looking at my trusty U.S. map. One of the staff at the local book store said the "Cat Who" books just fly off the shelves - they're always having to order more. I reckon that's because most modern "whodunnits" are pretty grim and these are a refreshing change. [:)]

Cheers

Dave

locomutt

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Posted by locomutt on Tuesday, August 17, 2004 7:28 PM

Well it only goes to fact,even these are fictional books. The "northern most"
part of the U.S. is Virginia,Minnesota. So put on your own 'Sherlock Holmes'
outfit,and solve as best you can.[:)]

Being Crazy,keeps you from going "INSANE" !! "The light at the end of the tunnel,has been turned off due to budget cuts" NOT AFRAID A Vet., and PROUD OF IT!!

Kozzie

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Posted by Kozzie on Tuesday, August 17, 2004 7:37 PM

Oops sorry....[:I]...I meant city of Minneaoplis...[:I].

Walt, I'll note the town of Virginia, and have a bit of a look - just for fun. [:)]

Dave

Kozzie

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Posted by Kozzie on Tuesday, August 17, 2004 7:42 PM

Just enjoying a sultana scone [:P][:P] with my cup of tea. aaahhhh!
I think, up over, you call scones something else? [;)][:)]
(Doesn't a plain version of what we call scone make up part of "Biscuits and Gravy"? I had that once..boy that was yum! [:P][:P]

Dave

locomutt

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Posted by locomutt on Tuesday, August 17, 2004 7:51 PM

What is a sultana scone? And is a skone for you downunder what we call a
biscuit?

Being Crazy,keeps you from going "INSANE" !! "The light at the end of the tunnel,has been turned off due to budget cuts" NOT AFRAID A Vet., and PROUD OF IT!!

Anonymous

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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, August 17, 2004 8:23 PM

This Forum should be known as the Trains/DD&C Food Channel.

Channel Number 56 1/2! [(-D]

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locomutt

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Posted by locomutt on Tuesday, August 17, 2004 8:45 PM

QUOTE: Originally posted by Lima Loco

This Forum should be known as the Trains/DD&C Food Channel.

Channel Number 56 1/2! [(-D]

That's a good one!
Is it east or west of the Mississippi?[:)]

Being Crazy,keeps you from going "INSANE" !! "The light at the end of the tunnel,has been turned off due to budget cuts" NOT AFRAID A Vet., and PROUD OF IT!!

CShaveRR

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Posted by CShaveRR on Tuesday, August 17, 2004 9:13 PM

I'd never heard of the "Cat Who..." books--apparently my li'l' sister's been hogging them all these years.

And, for those who missed the city references, I was in western Lower Michigan. And just for you, Mutt, the Hart-Montague Trail is a former C&O line. It actually now extends south of Montague through Whitehall, and is undeveloped to a point north of Muskegon (I wi***hey'd pave that...I'd use it!). There was once an idea to extend the trail from Mears to Pentwater over an ex-PM line that was abandoned in the 1920s, but nothing has come of that. It's a dirt road now, for the most part, and not easy to traverse on a bike (voice of experience speaking!).

Carl

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Kozzie

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Posted by Kozzie on Tuesday, August 17, 2004 9:30 PM

QUOTE: Originally posted by locomutt

What is a sultana scone? And is a skone for you downunder what we call a
biscuit?

Walt, I'm fairly certain what we call scones, you call biscuit. While I was in Sydney, I got to know a couple who came from San Diego. They cooked up some "Biscuits and Gravy' and it was delicious!! [:p] [:p] [:p] [:D] [:D] [:D]

Scones can come plain. Also they can have sultanas included in the mix, prior to kneading the dough, or other things too like dates (I'm not so hot about date scones).

What we call biscuits I think you call cookies.

What we call cookies, are what you call cookies that have no cream in between etc. etc.

Hope that's not too confusing! ha ha [:0][:0][:)]

Walt, does that help?[;)]

Dave

locomutt

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Posted by locomutt on Tuesday, August 17, 2004 10:37 PM

QUOTE: Originally posted by CShaveRR

I'd never heard of the "Cat Who..." books--apparently my li'l' sister's been hogging them all these years.

And, for those who missed the city references, I was in western Lower Michigan. And just for you, Mutt, the Hart-Montague Trail is a former C&O line. It actually now extends south of Montague through Whitehall, and is undeveloped to a point north of Muskegon (I wi***hey'd pave that...I'd use it!). There was once an idea to extend the trail from Mears to Pentwater over an ex-PM line that was abandoned in the 1920s, but nothing has come of that. It's a dirt road now, for the most part, and not easy to traverse on a bike (voice of experience speaking!).

WOW! I bet I'd love that! And I don't even ride a bike anymore.(cain't) do not ask.[:(][:)]

Being Crazy,keeps you from going "INSANE" !! "The light at the end of the tunnel,has been turned off due to budget cuts" NOT AFRAID A Vet., and PROUD OF IT!!

Mookie

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Posted by Mookie on Wednesday, August 18, 2004 6:05 AM

QUOTE: Originally posted by cdnlococo

Fitness to Fatness, When the Diesels Came.

Years Ago when the World was at War, Again!, The Company Hired Bottom-of-the-Barrel Guys who might have been called Draft Dodgers in the Sixties.

The Headlight usually was Brighter with No Steam on the Gauge.

One of these Guys Refused an Engine when he discovered the Feed Valve did not provide him with a Meal.

Fitness to Fatness, Once the Diesels Came.

Or so the Story goes.

It doesn't?[%-)]

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Mookie

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Posted by Mookie on Wednesday, August 18, 2004 6:14 AM

Ok -

Mookie has read all the Cat Who books. Would recommend them being read in order. You have a lot of the same characters in all the books and you get to know them like relatives.

The books are small town America. Where people are still neighbors and friends and the gossip flows freely (and you know exactly who they are talking about!)

Scones - have had them lots of times - in fact Barnes and Noble bookstore with a hot cup of Cafe au lait on a Saturday afternoon. (With my current book)

Scones are heavier and different texture than biscuits. They would be more in the shortbread category. Not very sweet and that is what I like about them.

Biscuits are lighter, they crumble easier - are just a light dough, no sweetness at all and are just a lighter form of bread but made into round flat muffin-type objects. Think very small english muffin, but more crumbly.

And don't even make me try to describe marshmallows....(try doing that to a visitor from a country that has never seen marshmallows!)

Mook

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JoeKoh

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Posted by JoeKoh on Wednesday, August 18, 2004 7:25 AM

Mook
marshmallow puffed air and sugar used with butter and puffed rice to make rice krispy treats!!!!
yummy
stay safe
Joe

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Mookie

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Posted by Mookie on Wednesday, August 18, 2004 8:11 AM

Explain Engli***erm Puffed? (without using your hands!)

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cherokee woman

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Posted by cherokee woman on Wednesday, August 18, 2004 1:01 PM

Slept so late this morning, haven't eaten breakfast: only a few spoons of peanut
butter.

Supper tonight is from a little place here called "King's". Walt will have shrimp and
potato wedges and I will have chicken keel with potato wedges. Very good. They
also have very hot chicken, shrimp, etc, along with home cooked veggies. And they
have peach cobbler and yellow cake with caramel icing.
Mmmmm mmmmmm goooooddddd! [angel]

cherokee woman "O'Toole's law: Murphy was an optimist."

Anonymous

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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, August 18, 2004 2:15 PM

QUOTE: Originally posted by cherokee woman

Slept so late this morning, haven't eaten breakfast: only a few spoons of peanut
butter.

Supper tonight is from a little place here called "King's". Walt will have shrimp and
potato wedges and I will have chicken keel with potato wedges. Very good. They
also have very hot chicken, shrimp, etc, along with home cooked veggies. And they
have peach cobbler and yellow cake with caramel icing.
Mmmmm mmmmmm goooooddddd! [angel]

I have not heard the term "chicken keel" since I worked for KFC 15 years ago. Back in the days of the "3 Breasted Chicken"[swg]

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cherokee woman

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Posted by cherokee woman on Wednesday, August 18, 2004 4:44 PM

To enlighten the folks who don't know what chicken keel is, it's the chicken without
the bone. More meat on it. Actually, Big Girl, isn't it just known as chicken ***
keel?

And while locomutt is eating his shrimp, I am visiting the forums. I ate my dinner
earlier while he was on the puter. [angel]

cherokee woman "O'Toole's law: Murphy was an optimist."

Anonymous

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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, August 18, 2004 5:26 PM

What KFC called the keel is if you took the whole *** off the chicken in one piece and then cut out the "heart " of that piece(so that the only thing left for bone on it was a little piece of cartilage) what you have left would be the two rib pieces with a small hunk of meat on them. Thereby getting 3 *** pieces off a chicken.

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cherokee woman

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Posted by cherokee woman on Wednesday, August 18, 2004 7:57 PM

QUOTE: Originally posted by Big_Girl_4005

What KFC called the keel is if you took the whole *** off the chicken in one piece and then cut out the "heart " of that piece(so that the only thing left for bone on it was a little piece of cartilage) what you have left would be the two rib pieces with a small hunk of meat on them. Thereby getting 3 *** pieces off a chicken.

[:)]Thanks Big_Girl_4005 for the extra input! Very useful info. [angel]

cherokee woman "O'Toole's law: Murphy was an optimist."

cherokee woman

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Posted by cherokee woman on Thursday, August 19, 2004 5:58 AM

GOOD MORNING EVERYONE!! The Kentucky State Fair opens today. So to honor
the state fair, for breakfast we will have:

Pork chops, scrambled eggs (or eggs however you want them), along with your
choice of the usual diner breakfast menu. We all need a good breakfast to get
our minds working before we tackle any heavy thinking or writing on the forums.

Eat up everybody!! [angel]

cherokee woman "O'Toole's law: Murphy was an optimist."

Mookie

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Posted by Mookie on Thursday, August 19, 2004 6:13 AM

CW: Couldn't sleep again?

I would have slept a tad longer, but the real Mookie went off at 3:15 - she was out of food, poor baby. The first eye-opening yowl and she was almost out of a home, too!
That girl has a set of lungs!

Yawn - just coffee - had breakfast at 4:15, so not hungry now. Wait about another hour or so.....

Pseudo Mookie

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