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I use only whole wheat flour. Sometimes I have noticed things are a bit more tough and denser than normal, like my pizza crusts. But mostly things turn out fine.

I actually started storing my salt that way after seeing it on FN. I keep it right next to my bottle of olive oil and garlic holder thingy in a sugar dish that matches my plates.

Grilled cheese or quesadillas, depending upon if we still have bread left. Sauteed frozen vegetables with garlic, S&P.

Another yes. I douse mine in ketchup and I usually run out about halfway through. So bring on more ketchup! And some hot sauce, too, please.

Another Oregonian here--P-Town represents!

We stayed in Vernazza in the CT. We ate at the restaurant perched inside the lighthouse/castle thing at the very end of town, right on the water--I think it's called Belforte. Food was good, wine was better, view was best. The next night we had a fabulous dinner at a restaurant along the main drag. It think it was called Trattoria da Sandro. The trofie (a local potato/pasta dish thing) with pesto was awesome. We had dessert at Trattoria Gianni Franzi. The tiramisu... words can't even describe how transcendent it was paired with the local dessert wine called sciacchetrà. Holy lord it was good! We also had breakfast coffee, drinking chocolate and pastries at Il Pirata at the top of town. Molto buono!
Ok, I'm jealous. Can I come too?

I'm making corned beef in my Crockpot, cabbage and potatoes (but not in the Crockpot. I don't do beef and I want my own un-adulterated vegetables). I'm also making real Irish soda bread, which does not contain raisins, seeds, nuts, candies, sprinkles, zest or any other accoutrements. (See this website for more info: www.sodabread.info)
For dessert: Irish cream creme brulee. And, of course, gotta have some Guinness.
Can't wait! Slainte!

Fasting for a week is not healthy. People claim to do it for "detox" or "cleansing" purposes. The body was designed to cleanse itself WITH food in it--that's what your liver is for (among other organs). Not eating for days at a time just messes things up, including your metabolism, which is really hard to get back on track.

If a dish has a name that happens to be in a language that's not your native tongue, that doesn't mean the name changes because you can't say it. It also doesn't make you elitist if you pronounce it right. It drives me NUTS when people say "broo-shet-a" because the letters sound that way in English. In Italian, they don't! It's "broo-sket-a."
Would you request a "kay-suh-dil-la" simply because you don't speak Spanish? You can pronounce something correctly in its originating language without being a native speaker. Have a little respect for the dish.

When I was little I was a horribly picky eater, but loved the following:
*Peanut butter on hotdogs. WTF? My mom still likes this, but I don't eat hotdogs anymore.
*White rice with margarine and brown sugar. I once sneezed with this concoction in my mouth. The aftermath was not pretty.
And I ate so much peanut butter and jelly I'm surprised I didn't turn into one.

I love my grandmother's cornbread stuffing at Thanksgiving (cornbread made in her cast-iron skillet), and the story she tells each and every time it's mentioned. I'm not kidding, it's every single time. And I smile every time I hear the story.

My dad will not eat onions. Never. Ever. He embarrassed us as kids many times by sending a dish back with even the slightest hint of onion in it. My grandmother made her cornbread stuffing for Thanksgiving, which of course, is full of onions. Dad asks Gramma if there are any onions in her stuffing. She tells him," Did I say there were onions in it?" And her triumphant end to the story, every time she tells it: "And he ate the WHOLE THING!"

I don't ever get tired of that story.

Thanks for all the input!