Yours must have been lost in the mail along with mine.

I bought a David's Cookies peanut butter pie at Costco and hated it. Other than that, I honestly can't think of anything I've bought there that I didn't enjoy.

Peanut butter pie does not sound good. And I enjoy PB&J, but that sounds like too much.

Sucked big time. I do love their cookies, though, especially the chocolate chunk ones.

Edit: and how can you do better than their $5 rotisserie chicken?? It would cost me more to buy a chicken, bring it home and cook it. I don't know how they do it for $5!

Parts is parts... There's lots of things that LOOK like chicken if you don't look too closely...

You cannot spoil my $5 chicken for me, Lilo. You just want to do that because you have that bizarre egg prejudice!

...says the lady who does not like clowns

Actually, it's coulrophobia, and it's quite prevalent. SO THERE!

http://www.way2hope.org/Illnesses/coulrophobia-fear-clowns.htm

I have eaten at a couple of places where there might have been clowns loose in the kitchen......

I just had a lovely ham,cheese and pickle sandwuch for my lunch. Delicious. It hit the spot just right

I truly love sandwiches. My daughter's boyfriend went to the local pizzeria and brought us huge heroes of prosciutto and fresh mozzarella. Delicious.

That was nice of him Babe!

In Chicagoland, we call them "saing-wiches".

He's a smart boy, Yogi. He knows how to suck up properly.

I teach theatrical makeup at a local college and clown makeup is one of the topics I cover in my course.

Around two years ago, when I mentioned the upcoming lessons to my class, one girl became quite agitated. She said she was deathly afraid of clowns and had been this way since she was very young. There was no way in the world that she would be able to participate in applying clown makeup - and, for that matter, absolutely no way that she would even be in the same room with someone wearing a clown face.

She explained the origin of her phobia, and I must admit I had never heard anything like it: When she was a little girl, her father took her to see a small circus that was performing in Brooklyn. A clown was in the ring, and he suddenly noticed someone in the audience he disliked in the extreme - the clown then pulled a gun from within his costume and fired at the man, hitting him with at least one bullet. At first the audience thought it was part of the show, but when they realized this was a gun-wielding maniac clown, there was general pandemonium.

My student was absolutely certain that this was the way it happened. Ever since, she said, she had a terror of clowns of all types.

Now, to get back on topic:



I know, I know....

I just couldn't resist.

Signor V.

Spent some time in the heart of Pennsylvania Dutch country, and got hold of some homemade habanero dill pickles, which were amazingly hot and delicious.

I was wondering and was gonna look up some recipes to try with my latest crop of habaneros (besides the usual chili, stir fry and salsa). I'm not sure about habanero pickles, tho... interesting...

Here we call them "sarnies"....

And so he should......

I'm in trouble. Big trouble! They just opened a Sicilian Foccaceria 2 min. from my house! They make my favorite sicilian delicacy.....Panelle Specials!

I had one from there the other day and it was one of the best that I've ever had.

Store info, please?

Well.....there's the original Joe's of Avenue U which has been around for many many years and is famous for their Vastede, Panelle Specials and Sicilian Rice Balls.....



....now they've opened a 2nd location on Staten Island.....




Always loved Joe's Of Ave U Panelle Special.

But now I found a place called Joe Bellas who's Panelle special is just fantastic!

Sad to report that I just discovered that the restaurant Vinny's II on Kings Highway in Brooklyn is no more.

It had been a mainstay of the neighborhood for many years. On Don Cardi's recommendation I took Signora V. there in 2006 for what would turn out to be our last anniversary together. A very memorable evening.

The reason for its demise? Haven't a clue. I passed by there a few days ago and found that it is now a Bar & Grill with a completely different name.

Signor V.

SV, the local Italian deli by me across the street closed up, too -- very recently. I'm kinda pissed! They had great cooked food (not cheap, but delicious homemade), plus they were an outlet for Pastosa (that Cardi knows about!) pasta that I don't know where to get any more. Sucks....!

Forgot to mention a couple weeks ago I tried sardines for the first time! The idea never really appealed to me, tho I do like anchovies. My friend Meredith liked them, so I got some for her to prove it to me -- we've been eating them ever since, and even expanding to try others like canned mackerel and I think herring is next (I like that, too, out of a jar; haven't tried it in a can).

"In water" anything is the most tasteless, and everything just tastes like tuna for the most part. But "in olive oil" or even canned with hot peppers or mustard are a tasty treat for sure, great on crackers.

The mackerel was in water, so nothing special. Tried smoked oysters which were good, but too smoky for my taste. But all in all, I'm a canned (exotic) fish fan now!

Like you, I wasn't big on sardines until four years ago, when I decided to work on a Sicilian recipe for pasta with sardines. I was using either ziti or rigatoni (I forget) and there were also raisins added. Can't for the life of me remember where I first found the recipe that I was experimenting with - maybe it was the Sicilian Culture website? I had just about gotten the recipe where I wanted it when other matters forced me to lay it aside.

But, since I write down virtually everything that I do in the kitchen, if I can find the recipe I'll post it - definitely would make a nice dinner for two (or one, or three or...you get the idea )

Signor V.

There's one of my big no-no's unless I wanna taste grass clippings! I'd rather sauté some baby spinach then chop it up. But otherwise, the gnudi sounds interesting, thanks!

NP!!

Zagat's Detroit List

I don't get out that much but I am not surprised that Zingermans made the list. If you like Jewish deli food ,this is THE place in Ann Arbor. It's always crowded. ALWAYS. They have mail order as well.



That The Whitney made the list is also unsuprising though I didn't think it was quite what it used to be. It's been some time since I was there. It remains the sort of place I'd like to buy when I grow up and have a few spare million lying around..

So now you gotta find another deli to get some tongue huh?