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  • debbie6122
    debbie6122 Member Posts: 5,161
    edited June 2011

    Michelle- I posted earlier but dont see my post I hate when that happens!  You described hawaii to a tee- Made me think of the Orchids and how wonderful they smell- I lived there for 10 years and we go back every january and stay at the sheraton waikiki  My sister Cindy lives in hawaii kai which is honolulu  I love Kauai  too so beautiful there im kind of a people watcher and love to go to waikiki and watch all the people at the international market place our dream is to move back there someday.

    Had a great night out last night had steamers for a app and clam chowder then i ordered a crab fettucini was so good, and was in one of those moods where i felt like drinkiing so I think I over did it and felt like crap all day didnt even get out o my pajamas all day LOL every one must be having a great weekend it seems a little slow ,,,

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  • Kay_G
    Kay_G Member Posts: 3,345
    edited June 2011

    Yesterday (and again today) was my daughter's dance recital, so we had pizza for dinner.  We'll have to do something similar again today.  I just love the dance recital!  All the beautiful costumes.  How cute the little ones are.  I just love this weekend!  And my daughter did great!  I am so proud of her. :)

    And the pizza is just a bonus.

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  • Kay_G
    Kay_G Member Posts: 3,345
    edited June 2011

    Hawaii sounds so nice.  Would love to go there some time.  Just can't get my head around the idea of such a long plane ride.

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  • Teka
    Teka Member Posts: 10,052
    edited February 2012

    Tomorrow I am looking forward to the 2nd season of Fox's MasterChef with Gordon Ramsay, Graham Elliot, and Joe Bastianich.   Little calmer than Hell's Kitchen.

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  • debbie6122
    debbie6122 Member Posts: 5,161
    edited June 2011

    didnt care for hells kitchen either, I dont like watching something that has to be bleeped out every 5 seconds-ughh!

    had a nice lunch out with friends that drove down to visit us, thankfully they bring there motorhome so i didnt have to clean or cook this weekend ha! Then going to dinner with them tonight so I didnt have to do a thing today yippeee!

    Hey Laurie are you ok?

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  • LuvRVing
    LuvRVing Member Posts: 4,516
    edited June 2011

    Today I went to visit my lake house.  We get the keys tomorrow, yeahhhh!!!  While I was out there, I found a very dangerous place...lol...a very, very good homemade ice cream shop "The Flying Cow" in Hamstead, NH.  I must admit, I had a hot fudge sundae for lunch.  Not something I would do very often, being diabetic.  But it was worth every bite, ridiculously good.

     Laurie - are you familiar with this place?  I know really good ice cream stands are so common in New England and I don't "brag" about one very often.  I might never have Friendly's again after eating this hot fudge!!!

     After visiting with my new neighbors for a while and enjoying my indulgence, I did a little shopping (daughter's birthday is Wednesday) then came home and ate a nice salad. 

    Teka - I do like Hell's Kitchen with all its craziness. I'll have to tune in to MasterChef.  We're watching Next Food Network Star right now.

    Kay - when we lived on the east coast and flew to Hawaii, we would stop in Vegas or LA, spend a couple of nights, then continue on to Hawaii. It made the trip seem a little less daunting. Nothing helps the return trip, though! You just really don't want to leave Smile

    Debbie - I can see how Waikiki would be great people watching. My favorite thing on Oahu was the Polynesian Cultural Center. We stayed at Ko Olina (southwest of Honolulu) when we were there.

    Michelle

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  • badboobee
    badboobee Member Posts: 54
    edited June 2011

    LuvRVing, I went to Oahu last year and stayed at Ko Olina, beautiful! Never got to the cultural center but it was recommended, next trip we will. My DH's brother lives in kapolei.

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  • Laurie08
    Laurie08 Member Posts: 2,891
    edited June 2011

    I'm still here!  I haven't had any interesting recipes to share, I've been making the same old things.  Tonight was the old faithful and fast shake and bake pork chops with egg noodles and pea pods.  Kids ate it up which is why I love to make it- it also only takes 20 minutes to put together.

    Michelle- I don't know of that ice cream place?  But we did go get ice cream today at our favorite place.  It's called Beech Hill Farm and it is a farm with cows, chickens, goats, sheep, horses etc etc that the kids can look at and stick their hands in and pet.  But they have the best ice cream EVER.  I got myself a kiddie death by chocolate and was in heaven.  It was my youngest first time having an ice cream cone, we just about gave him a bath at the hand washing station after, it was awesome.

    As for Hawaii- we went to Seattle Wa. a few years ago and when we landed I said to my husband, could you imagine getting on another plane and flying some more right now?  I bet it would be worth it if you could do 2 weeks though.  Otherwise, give me Aruba!  3 hours non stop from Boston:D

    Michelle I hope you rmove goes ok, so exciteing!!!  A new beach front property with an amazing view to gaze at!  Yay!!!

    Edited for lots of typos and I probably still missed some.

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  • LuvRVing
    LuvRVing Member Posts: 4,516
    edited June 2011

    Laurie - I see they serve Blake's Ice Cream.  When I was in high school, there was a Blake's Ice Cream Shop in Nashua near where I worked.  I used to go there frequently for strawberry sundaes...mmmm!

     I remember we went to a place similar to what you describe near Clinton, MA a few years ago.  It's always fun for the kids.

    Michelle

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  • Laurie08
    Laurie08 Member Posts: 2,891
    edited June 2011

    It is Blakes, but for some reason it tastes better there than other places that have Blakes?  They are alos the only ones that have the Death by Chocolate that I have found, whenI was pregnant we went there a lot :)

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  • Laurie08
    Laurie08 Member Posts: 2,891
    edited June 2011

    they also had a peacock that was showing off

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  • Teka
    Teka Member Posts: 10,052
    edited February 2012

    Laurie08,

    I would love that ice cream cone, but with round sprinkles.

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  • Laurie08
    Laurie08 Member Posts: 2,891
    edited June 2011

    Teka- I always thought "brown" sprinkles and "rainbow" sprinkles were the same- but after tasting my sons cone they are not!  Brown are chocolate and rainbow are kind of fruity?  I've never had round sprinkles but I bet there is a difference there too!

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  • Teka
    Teka Member Posts: 10,052
    edited February 2012

    Laurie08,

    I am 61 and as a child only had round sweet crunchy multi colored sprinkels.   They're still in the stores and at some ice cream stands.

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  • Kay_G
    Kay_G Member Posts: 3,345
    edited June 2011

    Does anyone else call sprinkles jimmies?  Or is that just a Phila. thing?  Rainbow are the best IMO. 

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  • LuvRVing
    LuvRVing Member Posts: 4,516
    edited June 2011

    Yes to the jimmies!  Although I think we called the chocolate ones jimmies and the rainbow ones sprinkles...lol!

     Laurie - great pictures, especially of your son with his cone.  I did a little more research of the Flying Cow ice cream shop and they don't make all their flavors - they use Richardson for some.  I guess one should be suspicious of any place that has like 40 flavors, it's highly unlikely a small shop "hand-makes" that many flavors.  But, it doesn't really matter - it's still yummy!

    Just about to leave to go pick up the keys to the lake house!

     Michelle

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  • lago
    lago Member Posts: 17,186
    edited June 2011

    I was just about to correct Laurie. All New Englanders call chocolate "sprinkles" jimmies. My husband was so confused a few years ago when they asked him if he'd like jimmies on his ice cream. (Midwesterners don't know what you are talking about when referencing jimmies, packies, tonic or bubblers).

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  • Teka
    Teka Member Posts: 10,052
    edited February 2012

    I've an ice cream stand within traveling distance that only serves one flavor of homemade soft ice cream daily.   Like only peach.   So good.  

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  • LuvRVing
    LuvRVing Member Posts: 4,516
    edited June 2011

    Teka - I would find your ice cream stand easier to resist...I am not a fan of soft serve.  I prefer "hard" ice cream. The good news is that I'm not currently a big ice cream eater.  I have my occasional ice cream, get it out of my system, then I can go for months before having it again.  I am a fan of Edy's no-sugar-added frozen fruit bars.  Just the right size and terrific on a hot summer evening.

    Michelle

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  • SeasideMemories
    SeasideMemories Member Posts: 3,194
    edited June 2011

    I have SOOOOO much catching up to do!!  But when the topic turned to ice cream I couldn't resist!!!

    I think those little adornments on a cone or sundae vary in name based on where you are from.... In NY... or at the least, upstate, we call them sprinkles... and, no matter the name, they are good!!

    Here's what I found...

    "So what IS the difference between sprinkles and jimmies? Actually they're the same thing, it just depends on where you're from. If you're a resident of Philadelphia, Boston and many parts of New England, you might ask for jimmies if you want those tiny cylindrical candies on your ice cream. New Yorkers and a majority of other people call them sprinkles.

    So where does the jimmies name come from? Popular legend has it that the Just Born candy company in Bethlehem, PA began producing sprinkles in the 1930s and, since a gentleman named Jimmy ran the sprinkles machine, the product was naturally nicknamed after its maker.

    Some people maintain that sprinkles are multicolored and jimmies specifically refer to the chocolate variety. But no matter what you call them or how you use them, they seem to make everything taste a little better. Here in Lancaster County, we call them sprinkles, but we'd be interested to hear your thoughts on the great sprinkles vs. jimmies debate!"

    Source: http://icecreamjournal.turkeyhill.com/index.php/2008/07/03/whats-the-difference-between-sprinkles-and-jimmies/ 

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  • SeasideMemories
    SeasideMemories Member Posts: 3,194
    edited June 2011

    Michelle,

    Sounds like today was the day that you got the keys to your lake house!!!

    Hope that the settling in goes smoothly and that, as you begin your treatment, it all goes as smoothly as possible and that any side effects are minimal! 

    Thinking of you!!

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  • tougherthanithought
    tougherthanithought Member Posts: 454
    edited June 2011

    Hi all!

    I just wanted to say hi to my fellow foodies!  I've been super busy lately and haven't had much time to check in here.  I wish I had something, recipe-wise, to contribute, but I can't remember what I;ve been cooking the past few weeks!  Nothing too exciting, if I can't even remember, right?

    My husband is away (again) so tonight I made the kids and I grilled cheese sandwiches.  Sliced strawberries, baby carrots for them and red grapefruit for me.  I never used to like grapefruit, but lately I've been eating them like crazy!  Ican't get enough of them!  If I didn't know any better, I would think I was pregnantTongue out

    My husband and I went to Hawaii for our honeymoon (Oahu, Kauai and Maui), and we went with the kids in 2009 for Christmas, right after I finished chemo.  That time we went to Maui and the Big Island. So beautiful there.  I was terrified that the long flight would be a nightmare with the kids, but it really wasn't that bad.  We will be spending Christmas this year there, too, but just Maui this time.   I am lucky that my kids are good travelers.  It makes it so much easier, and so much enjoyable.

    Lauire, your son is a cutie pie!  I could eat him up...as well as his ice cream cone!  Yum!

    Sherrill 

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  • SeasideMemories
    SeasideMemories Member Posts: 3,194
    edited June 2011

    Ok All!

    All of the descriptions of Hawaii sound SO wonderful!! Never been but, it is on my bucket list AND now that I have quit smoking VERY doable (NEVER could have made the flight before)!!   Hope to get there one day soon!!

    Till then, ANY beach.... ANY where... is pure heaven to me!!!!!!

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  • Laurie08
    Laurie08 Member Posts: 2,891
    edited June 2011

    LOL, jimmies or sprinkles!  We always called them jimmies, once my son would talk he would ask, who's Jimmy?  So not we say sprinkles more often than not, it goes back and forth.  It;s like, what did we get? (when I check the mail.)  Bills....who's Bill?  Kids.

    Hubby was home late tonight, I fed the kids crap- nuggets and tater tots.  Bad Mom I know, but I was tired!  I marinated chicken in Olive Garden salad dressing and we are about to grill it and put it on rolls with cucumber, tomato and some fresh mozzarella cheese.  I am hoping it will taste as good as it sounds!

    Michelle- congrats on getting the keys, yayyyy!!!

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  • LuvRVing
    LuvRVing Member Posts: 4,516
    edited June 2011

    Seaside - thanks, I did get the keys today.  Things are NOT going so well on the Missouri side, though.  DH called to tell me that everything will not fit in the truck and he is going to have to go back to get the rest of the stuff by towing a uHaul.  I really, really should have made him go with the national moving company.  As it's going to turn out, it would have been cheaper and much less hassle.  Everything had been going so well, I guess a hitch in the plan was inevitable.  I'm just bummed that it's this, as it's more work for him.  On the other hand, at least 10 people offered help but he was insistent on doing it all himself.  Ughhh!!!

    My daughter's birthday is Wednesday so I watched the kiddies tonight so she and her DH could go out to dinner.  We had Dreamfields pasta with marinara, apples, cukes and red bell pepper. The kids were happy and now they are all tucked in bed.

    Michelle

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  • SeasideMemories
    SeasideMemories Member Posts: 3,194
    edited June 2011

    Laurie,

    NOPE... not a bad mom at ALL... The kiddos had a meal that they probably loved and it filled their tummies!! Nothing wrong with that!

    Where did you find the Olive Garden dressing?   

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  • carollynn79
    carollynn79 Member Posts: 654
    edited June 2011

    Hello, new to this thread but love to cook, garden and travel when I am not working!!  Hawaii is nice, Kauai is our favorite island.  We are planning on going back in February, we were there this February.  I hate the flight but love the destination.  We had BBQ ribs yesterday that were very good.  I grilled asapragus from the garden, basted with a little olive oil, sprinkled with Hawaii red sea salt.  My DH and I are in a ice cream funk.  We have a small cone almost every night.  Todays flavor was Tin Roof!!  Plan on stopping in more often. 

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  • LuvRVing
    LuvRVing Member Posts: 4,516
    edited June 2011

    Welcome, Carollynn!

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  • SeasideMemories
    SeasideMemories Member Posts: 3,194
    edited June 2011

    LuvRVing,

    A cross-country move NEVER is easy but, all will eventually fall into place...

    Just WISH our guys would say OK to help when offered..... I think sometimes, trying to handle it all themselves (even though WE wish it was different) is THEIR way of trying to regain their sense of control in a situation that feels totally out of their control!! 

    In any case... HE is doing what he feels he needs to do to get through this!!  YOU need to do the same!!! Please know that we are all here, holding your hand, as you begin this part of your journey!!

    Love and Hugs,

    Jennifer

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  • SeasideMemories
    SeasideMemories Member Posts: 3,194
    edited June 2011

    Welcome carollynn!!!

    The asparagus sounds really good!

    Tonight's dinner was taco salads at my daughter's request!   Good, but nothing special! 

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