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Some terrific Jewish Maghrebi Gnawa background music ...
by mettle fatigue
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on Thu May 02, 2024 at 04:45 PM PDT
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What's For Dinner? v18.44: Olivier, Classic Russian Salad, Created By A French Chef In 1860's Moscow In Eastern Europe, this salad is popular as an everyday meal, and is a favorite in very large batches for holidays and special occasions.�
Olivier salad was invented in 1860s by a Frenchman Lucien ...
by babushka
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on Sat May 04, 2024 at 04:30 PM PDT
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Good evening, everybody! According to esquimax’s excellent WFD Index , it’s been a minute since we had a meatball diary; the most recent I found was ninkasi23’s Chicken Parmesan Meatballs in ...
by RazzBari
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on Sat Apr 13, 2024 at 04:30 PM PDT
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This year Joan and I had brunch together for Easter instead of dinner, and we made Eggs Benedict.
You probably know that the basic structure is some kind of bread, some kind of protein, a poached ...
by esquimaux
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on Sat Apr 20, 2024 at 04:30 PM PDT
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The newspaper’s food web page put this recipe up for St Patrick’s Day, but AFAIK there isn’t anything specifically Irish about shepherd’s pie (AKA “cottage pie”). Wiki says it was first ...
by esquimaux
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on Sat Mar 30, 2024 at 04:30 PM PDT
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Anyone do any special crafts for St. Patrick’s Day? Or have a good recipe for Corned Beef and Cabbage?
by vgranucci
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on Sun Mar 17, 2024 at 05:00 PM PDT
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Hi guys! I apologize - I forgot I’d committed to this evening when my son invited me out to the farm for dinner. So the stoup’s not done yet, and I am late getting this posted! Ah well :-) We can still get through the basics. I’ll post some pretty...
by userexists
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on Sun Mar 10, 2024 at 06:19 PM PDT
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Hey all! I am waiting on our scheduled post for tonight but decided to get an open thread up since it is getting late. Our regularly scheduled post is now up! What's for Dinner? Late, Late Addition What are you cooking or eating tonight? Here is the...
by ninkasi23
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on Sat Mar 09, 2024 at 04:50 PM PST
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Hubris: It’s OK when the Gods do it, but when it comes to us mortals… What’s for Dinner? is a Saturday evening get-together where friends share recipes, talk about good food and help others answer culinary questions. We welcome you to our virtual table...
by zenbassoon
93 comments
on Sat Mar 23, 2024 at 04:30 PM PDT
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With the price of takeout going through the roof, I’m always looking for ways to recreate our favorite dishes at home. This has become one of my go-to recipes because it’s quick, inexpensive, ...
by SteelerGrrl
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on Sat Feb 17, 2024 at 04:30 PM PST
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A couple weeks ago, I mentioned a dish my family calls “greasy noodles”. I got a LOT of interest in that phrase. “Greasy Noodles”.�
So, what exactly ARE “greasy noodles”?
Well, story ...
by zenbassoon
96 comments
on Sat Feb 24, 2024 at 04:30 PM PST
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Welcome to Bookchat! Where you can talk about anything; books, plays, essays, and audio books. You don’t have to be reading a book to come in, sit down, and chat with us.
I’m an ebook kind of ...
by HLGEM 1
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on Wed Feb 14, 2024 at 05:00 PM PST
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The larger solar parabolic trough on the left I made in the 1970s for the New England Coastal Power Show, an energy show which traveled throughout the Northeast for a few years after the second Energy Crisis. We used it to heat water, make tea, and...
by gmoke
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on Wed Feb 07, 2024 at 07:33 PM PST
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It’s time for my Super Bowl party again (Go Niners!), and I’ve been going through the WFD appetizer index and planning my food for next weekend.
I’m looking at Pickled Snow Peas and Smoked ...
by esquimaux
62 comments
on Sat Feb 03, 2024 at 04:30 PM PST
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This isn’t the first, nor will it be the last casserole diary here. In fact, I’ll predict right here and now that between this diary and next year’s at this time, out of 52 diaries at least 6 ...
by zenbassoon
80 comments
on Sat Apr 06, 2024 at 04:30 PM PDT
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Since it’s still January, I’ll talk about New Year’s resolutions; one that is perennially on my list is to have friends over to share a meal more often. Normally, since I live on my own, I end ...
by RazzBari
109 comments
on Sat Jan 27, 2024 at 04:30 PM PST
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A couple months ago a recipe for “Chicken spaghetti” popped up in one of my internet news feeds. I eat chicken and spaghetti all the time (usually with marinara sauce from a jar) so I looked to ...
by esquimaux
78 comments
on Sat Mar 02, 2024 at 04:30 PM PST
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Ok, I know right after the holidays I was excited about all my new cookbooks and I still am! But shortly before Christmas I took�advantage of a special offer to get full access to all the recipes at�
by ninkasi23
106 comments
on Sat Jan 20, 2024 at 04:33 PM PST
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So, something like this was done last week, but focusing on a specific recipe. � I did a Saturday Top Comments diary similar to the Hoppin’ John recipe, but discussing general superstitions ...
by zenbassoon
87 comments
on Sat Jan 06, 2024 at 04:30 PM PST
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The First World War was the first large-scale “modern” mechanized war, in which the entire economic power of the country was focused onto the war effort. The bullets, artillery shells, poison gas,
by Lenny Flank
22 comments
on Tue Jan 02, 2024 at 12:53 PM PST
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