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Started 1 year ago by Apikoros
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Apikoros
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Feel free to follow and enjoy--- And, if you have ideas to add to the menu, I'd love to hear

Stop 1: Fresh Baguette from La Boulangerie

Stop 2: Grapes from Natural. I like Green but it's all good

Stop 3: Cured Meat assortment from Cheese of the World. I get 3 meats, 1/4 pound each. Enough for dinner for wifey and I, and lunch the next day. I am partial to the Hungarian Beef Salami, Genoa Salami, perhaps some speck or prosciutto. The we get cheese, my favorite is the Horseradish Port Wine Cheddar, but the Farmer's Gouda is a close second

Stop 3.5: Olives either from Natural or Cheese of the World depending on my mood

Stop 4: Mr. Vino for a nice chilled white wine--- I let the guy make the choice

At Home: EVOO, McCormicks Italian spice mix which I add to the Evoo...

Serve and enjoy. Easy, no cooking, fresh and mmmmm good.

And tonight, I got D'argtan Lamb Merguez from Natural which I am going to make on the grill and serve same as above....

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Posted 1 year ago #
Monicawork
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sounds delicious-- but, I hate to put a damper on it, not particularly healthy (evoo, olives a small plus)! Maybe a (vegetable) salad to go with it :) Of course, if this is just an occasional treat, go for it!

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Posted 1 year ago #
jewels
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Agree with Monica. Natural sells mixed greens by the pound. Also Natural seLls heirloom tomatoes. Mix the speck, salami with fresh turkey breast--sold by Natural and Cheese of the World --and maybe some roast beef and fresh ham (pork) with fresh mozzarella and tomatoes--or maybe some grilled chicken--this will cut down a little on the salt. Trader Joes--as well as other markets--sell fully cooked large frozen shrimp. Defrost and add Trader Joes Cocktail Sauce. In your version the deli plis the olives plus thE cheddars has a week's worth of salt in one meal. Trader Joes sells fully cooked chicken breast cutlets marinated in balsamic --really good. Add a package of their salad greens and fresh mozzarella--great meal

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Posted 1 year ago #
flocat
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I eat a salad for dinner every night (I eat a huge lunch). My salad consists of arugula (I buy a box of it from Natural), sliced mushrooms, and thinly sliced red onion. Sometimes an avocado gets sliced into it. Dressing: Breanna's Caesar or Ranch, or a mixture of Basil Olive Oil and Strawberry Balsamic Vinegar from http://www.folivers.com.

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Posted 1 year ago #
stockguru
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I actually had a similar thought while eating the baguette and sandwich from la Boulangerie. Their baguette is good but the filling in the sandwich is mediocre. With the baguette and some premium product from cheese world, the sandwich would actually be very good.

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Posted 1 year ago #
TALBOTRESIDENT
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Geez you all sound like the poor guys mother. Once in a while it's ok to eat crap and enjoy it.

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Posted 1 year ago #
EricMM
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My dinner tonight...crab cakes! I caught 13 crabs this weekend in Cutchogue, got home and steamed them in beer, coriander, black pepper, cardamom, mustard seed and home grown parsley and Trinidad Scorpion hot pepper. I'll shuck them today (which will probably take well over an hour) and make the cakes with home grown shallots, cracker crumbs,tiny bit of mayo,capers, and a small homegrown hot pepper way less intense than the Jolokia's and West Indian hot peppers I also grow. I'll have it with fresh picked home grown cucumber and brandywine tomato....maybe some homegrown arugula sylvatica. Maybe cook up some home grown collards also.

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Posted 1 year ago #
ShaynaMadel
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What time's dinner, EricMM?

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Posted 1 year ago #
jewels
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Pate in the baguette with a really good mustard

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Posted 1 year ago #
g-man
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Curious, do you scrub your crabs?

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Posted 1 year ago #
bobbyrab
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I had a great meal on Friday night in Bethlehem, PA at the Northampton Community College Culinary Training restaurant. To me, it was far far better than my experience at the CIA in Hyde Park. Get this - appetizer course, soup, then salad, then entree course, then dessert and coffee. All for $30 pp. I started with braised chicken spring rolls for an appetizer, followed by chicken, apple and butternut squash soup, followed by a cranberry-walnut salad, braised short ribs with an outstanding root vegetable-type pancake, followed by a key lime tort.

The serving staff were not students but professionals. The only time we saw the students was when they presented dessert on a tiered cart and explained all the items.

All courses were very very good, using the best ingredients and presented with a flourish. Highly recommended if you ever find yourself in that area.

Link: http://www.northampton.edu/Campus-Life/Campus-Dining/Hampton-Winds.htm

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jewels
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The new Chinese restaurant is advertising fresh lobster for $15--has anybody tried it?

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Posted 1 year ago #
EricMM
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Anywhere between 7 and 9! I never scrub my crabs. I store them in a paper bag, straight from my bucket. If refrigerated first, the crabs will be comatose, and I'll give them a quick rinse before steaming. These guys, though, went straight into the paper bag, then plastic (but open), into my knapsack and on to the Jitney. By the time I came home, the crabs were quite active and angry! They don't get rinsed then until after steaming. But scrubbing, never.

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TALBOTRESIDENT
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Bob: Did you stop at the Sands on the way back?

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bobbyrab
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TR, we made a pit stop at the Sands on Saturday. While SG played the slots, I went to the Carnegie for a pastrami on rye. Not bad at all. I have been to this Sands before and I am not impressed with it but it sure must help out the local economy which had taken a big hit when the steel mill closed down.

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stockguru
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What new chinese restaurant?

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jewels
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Liangs took over the Duck House on Restaurant Row

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Posted 1 year ago #
EricMM
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Anybody eat at Liang's yet?

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Posted 1 year ago #
jkay
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I ordered take out and could not even eat it, it was dripping in oil......everything. I tasted nothing but oil and it had that old oil smell and taste where it coats your tongue and makes it feel swollen and "fuzzy", does that make sense?
I called and complained and the man that answered seemed genuinely upset, said he was a part owner and would go speak to the chef and see for himself. He offered a free dinner whenever I wanted, which I declined............I hope others have a good experience, mine certainly was not.

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ShaynaMadel
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I've had take-out from there maybe 2 times since the change and it has been no better or worse than with the prior owner.

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Ava
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I took Mamma Ava there for lunch a few weeks ago. Just had spring rolls which were good and chicken & broccoli which was on par with the old place - just OK. Nothing to rave about, but just OK.

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Posted 1 year ago #
Laurtenx
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Hi...,
My dear i am last time visit there with family.If you know Chinese restaurants in this area please tell me about it?
Thanks in advance.

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Lisa0475
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Wow Apikoros, that sounds like a really good Forest Hills meal. I might have to retrace your steps one of these days.

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Posted 1 year ago #
EricMM
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Laurtenx- my families favorite is Ping's, on Qns Blvd in Elmhurst. Its Cantonese/Hong Kong. In Forest Hills, the place on QB near Sam Ash, I forget the name...East something or other...is very popular, and appears to be just about the same type of restaurant. For Taiwanese, there's Andy's on QB in Rego Park, but its changed ownership several times. Its good, but not anywhere near as good as when it opened.

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flocat
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The place on QB near Sam Ash is East Ocean Palace. Excellent dim sum. The big fat "C" in the window does, however, give me pause.

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ShaynaMadel
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Wow, a C???

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bobbyrab
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The "C" stands for Chinese; no worries!

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Visionary
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C for Constantly dirty and smelly sidewalk and curb. Stay away from this gem.

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Posted 1 year ago #
EricMM
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Just tried Andy's again tonight. Just my son and me, so it was "lets order what Mom won't eat" night. Got kung pao frog's legs...unusual in that they were battered. My son summed it up perfectly, in terms of quality and style of the dish- "General Tso's Frog legs". Also got Szechuan (their spelling) special pork...I loved it. Dry bean curd, little fish, hot peppers, left out the celery as requested. Son didn't. All in all, best part of the meal? Taiwanese "hamburger"...as always.

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