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Originally Posted by NeverGuessed
Cut out stem portion of tomatoes. Slice tomatoes in half horizontally. Turn juicy side up in baking pan. Mix grated parmesan cheese, olive oil, oregano, and pepper into a fairly thick paste. (Hint: Make more than you think you'll need.) Spread over tomato halves - use it ALL up. Put in oven (nominally 400 degrees for 15 minutes, but the meatloaf was in at 350, so I left the tomatoes in for roughly 20 minutes.)

(Damn it! My estrogen alarm just went off! I have to leave now and tear down a lawnmower engine before I start giving you pointers on place settings.........)
rotflmao now dat's funny!

I saw your tomato recipe earlier and got hunger pangs. I'm so stealing that one. I'm like the character Cecelia Foote in "The Help" when it comes to cooking. Thanks for the tip!


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Originally Posted by NeverGuessed
.(Damn it! My estrogen alarm just went off! I have to leave now and tear down a lawnmower engine before I start giving you pointers on place settings.........)

Serve from the left, take out spark plug with a 5/8 socket, and chill the wine...

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(Damn it! My estrogen alarm just went off! I have to leave now and tear down a lawnmower engine before I start giving you pointers on place settings.........)
Whaaaat? And leave me standing here with my best linens and Grandmother's sterling? How ever will I know where to place the fish knife???

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Wait - there's something called a fish knife? doh2

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Originally Posted by Mrs_Vanilla
Wait - there's something called a fish knife? doh2
Oh, yeah. A fish knife. And where's NG? Out in the garage, getting grit and WD40 under his nails and making those 'guy-grunt' sounds while he tears a perfectly good mower apart.

I suppose you won't have time to post your opposum compote recipe either, then, NG? laugh


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How ever will I know where to place the fish knife???

Right about now I wish someone would stick it between my shoulder blades! grumble

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What did I have for dinner?

A burger drenched in A-1 sauce. laugh


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Originally Posted by NeverGuessed
(Damn it! My estrogen alarm just went off! I have to leave now and tear down a lawnmower engine before I start giving you pointers on place settings.........)

I wouldn't worry about it. All the famous chefs in the world are men. So cooking in and of itself isn't a feminine activity -- but cooking without getting paid big bucks for it might be!

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but cooking without getting paid big bucks for it might be (a feminine activity)

Well, as it turns out, the appreciations shown by my bride for my fairly new culinary forays have....emphasized.....our gender differences quite deliciously! blush

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Originally Posted by karmasrose
What did I have for dinner?

A burger drenched in A-1 sauce. laugh

My kinda girl!! rotflmao


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The suggestion that cooking is a feminine pursuit and not appropriate for men makes me blanch.


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Originally Posted by markos
The suggestion that cooking is a feminine pursuit and not appropriate for men makes me blanch.

rotflmao


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Originally Posted by markos
The suggestion that cooking is a feminine pursuit and not appropriate for men makes me blanch.


The best cook I've ever known (aka Markos) is a man (last I checked).

You haven't lived until you've had Markos' Risotto laugh


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Actually, it was less the idea of discussing cooking, than it was by the four-or-five-females-plus-me format that had me unnerved, like I woke up sitting on the couch, on "The View"!
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Last night: Chicken with Creamy Dijon Mustard Sauce, barley, arugula salad. It was amazing.

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Today being my birthday,

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last night my bride prepared my favorite dinner:
roast chicken, stuffing, and boiled juilienned carrots.

And for dessert, a homemade blueberry cheesecake.

Life is good.........

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Happy Birthday, my yankee devil friend!!

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Happy BDay mr neverguesseo


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Happy B-Day, NG! Here, I got you a little something:
[Linked Image from ts1.mm.bing.net] It'll keep your clothes tidy when you're working on those particularly messy sauces.

No need to thank me - you deserve it! grin


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rotflmao rotflmao Thanks MB, first time I've LOL'd all day!


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