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Post by The Walk of the Penguin Mich on Jun 21, 2024 11:49:08 GMT -5
Good morning, illustrious invisipeeps, augmenting your stores of knowledge and wealth. Welcome to Friday. With the solstice and a full moon there is bound to be good energy flowing around. I hope this day has you awash in that energy, and that there be abundant cake. Sour cream plus brown sugar is yummy! Today I must complete preparations for tomorrow's excursion to an island near here where I and others in the party will paint plein air. DH will take pictures. I found my hat to shield myself from the sun, which is good. I need to dig up a small spray bottle to wet the paint on my palette or it will surely dry far too quickly. I used to paint in oils, which are forgiving in that they stay wet for a long time, allowing you to scrape off what doesn't work and then reapply. In the heat acrylics can dry within a few minutes unless you spray them lightly on the palette. Yesterday the sun setting in a rent in the clouds made a beautiful image: Especially if you dip strawberries in sour cream and roll in brown sugar. I haven’t thought of that in ages!
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Post by minnesotapaintlady on Jun 21, 2024 12:10:10 GMT -5
I do not discriminate when it comes to condiments (or salad dressings). I typically don't use any at all, but when it comes to Miracle Whip or Mayo I don't really have a preference they're both just bonus "treats" when I do. LOL
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Post by The Walk of the Penguin Mich on Jun 21, 2024 12:20:49 GMT -5
I grew up with Miracle Whip, but have never bought it as an adult. I use 90% of the mayo in this house, TD doesn’t like it at all.
I got the biggest laugh about this. When I was incapacitated, he had potato salad for a work gathering. I came out to the kitchen and tasted it. He very sparingly used mayo…..not enough to hold the salad together. I told him it needed more mayo, and desperately needed salt. He ignored me. When he brought the bowl of potato salad home, it had barely been touched and he had no idea why (despite me telling him).
Fast forward a year, I’m back on my feet and making potato salad. He’s chowing down on it by the bowl full and can’t understand why, despite him using the same ingredients that he liked mine, but no one wanted his. To this day, he has absolutely no idea how much mayo I put into potato salad, and if he knew he’d be horrified. He can’t get past it due to his aversion to mayo.
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Post by The Walk of the Penguin Mich on Jun 21, 2024 12:22:55 GMT -5
I received the first 2 of the formal dresses I ordered for this wedding. I unpacked one, realized last night there was another box on the porch but haven’t unpacked it yet. I really hope the first one looks good and fits. It was one of the cheaper ones I ordered.
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Post by MJ2.0 on Jun 21, 2024 12:23:55 GMT -5
I'm cracking up imagining dry, crumbly potato salad
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Post by minnesotapaintlady on Jun 21, 2024 12:24:37 GMT -5
Not thrilled with the weather forecast the next 24 hours. They're talking 6 inches of rain and we're already totally saturated as it's been raining every single day. The river is starting to flood and they're sandbagging where ex works as the storm drains can't keep up. It would be nice if we could "share" some of this precipitation with the areas that need it!
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Post by chiver78 on Jun 21, 2024 12:29:58 GMT -5
I grew up with Miracle Whip, but have never bought it as an adult. I use 90% of the mayo in this house, TD doesn’t like it at all. I got the biggest laugh about this. When I was incapacitated, he had potato salad for a work gathering. I came out to the kitchen and tasted it. He very sparingly used mayo…..not enough to hold the salad together. I told him it needed more mayo, and desperately needed salt. He ignored me. When he brought the bowl of potato salad home, it had barely been touched and he had no idea why (despite me telling him). Fast forward a year, I’m back on my feet and making potato salad. He’s chowing down on it by the bowl full and can’t understand why, despite him using the same ingredients that he liked mine, but no one wanted his. To this day, he has absolutely no idea how much mayo I put into potato salad, and if he knew he’d be horrified. He can’t get past it due to his aversion to mayo. I'm with TD on this. I've got the tiniest little bottle of mayo in my fridge, that gets used solely for tuna or egg salads.....also just barely enough to hold it all together. both of those foods have strong enough flavors on their own to mask the nasty mayo. potatoes are too bland to mask anything.
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Post by daisylu on Jun 21, 2024 12:31:08 GMT -5
I grew up with Miracle Whip, but have never bought it as an adult. I use 90% of the mayo in this house, TD doesn’t like it at all. I got the biggest laugh about this. When I was incapacitated, he had potato salad for a work gathering. I came out to the kitchen and tasted it. He very sparingly used mayo…..not enough to hold the salad together. I told him it needed more mayo, and desperately needed salt. He ignored me. When he brought the bowl of potato salad home, it had barely been touched and he had no idea why (despite me telling him). Fast forward a year, I’m back on my feet and making potato salad. He’s chowing down on it by the bowl full and can’t understand why, despite him using the same ingredients that he liked mine, but no one wanted his. To this day, he has absolutely no idea how much mayo I put into potato salad, and if he knew he’d be horrified. He can’t get past it due to his aversion to mayo. DH is the same with mayo. Though he eats no potato, tuna, chicken salad, etc - but he will kill some cole slaw, lol. I include it in some things without telling him. It is not a taste thing for him. Men are weird.
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Post by ken a.k.a OMK on Jun 21, 2024 12:38:34 GMT -5
Some foods absolutely need mayo as a binder, but I like it to be a minimum. My wife worked for a few producers and explained the differences in color, taste and ingredients.
A popular sandwich here is a slice of tomato on white bread with mayo, salt and pepper.
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Post by The Walk of the Penguin Mich on Jun 21, 2024 12:40:25 GMT -5
Unpacked dress 2. I like it more than I thought I would, but it was almost twice the price of dress 1. It’s pale pink with a grey lace overlay. Dress 1 is navy, with an overlay of embroidered wildflowers on a sheer navy fabric.
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Post by soupandstew on Jun 21, 2024 12:42:08 GMT -5
We spent 1-1/2 hours prowling the giant international grocery this morning, hitting up every aisle at least once. Among our treasures were fig preserves from Lebanon, Turkey, and Italy (got to do a side-by-side comparison you know), goat stew meat for a curry, gorgeous plums, big jar of pickled turnips (I am a junkie for those), two bags of instant polenta, and from the deli for lunch, baba ganoush, tabouli, Greek pasta salad, stuffed grape leaves, and fresh watermelon.
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Post by The Walk of the Penguin Mich on Jun 21, 2024 12:42:29 GMT -5
I grew up with Miracle Whip, but have never bought it as an adult. I use 90% of the mayo in this house, TD doesn’t like it at all. I got the biggest laugh about this. When I was incapacitated, he had potato salad for a work gathering. I came out to the kitchen and tasted it. He very sparingly used mayo…..not enough to hold the salad together. I told him it needed more mayo, and desperately needed salt. He ignored me. When he brought the bowl of potato salad home, it had barely been touched and he had no idea why (despite me telling him). Fast forward a year, I’m back on my feet and making potato salad. He’s chowing down on it by the bowl full and can’t understand why, despite him using the same ingredients that he liked mine, but no one wanted his. To this day, he has absolutely no idea how much mayo I put into potato salad, and if he knew he’d be horrified. He can’t get past it due to his aversion to mayo. DH is the same with mayo. Though he eats no potato, tuna, chicken salad, etc - but he will kill some cole slaw, lol. I include it in some things without telling him. It is not a taste thing for him. Men are weird. TD does the same. I used to buy cole slaw dressing until I realized how disgustingly easy it was to make. Again, the dressing is mostly mayo and he’ll chow down on slaw like a starving man.
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Post by ken a.k.a OMK on Jun 21, 2024 12:58:01 GMT -5
My mothers coleslaw dressing: 1 cup mayo 1/3 cup sugar 3 tbsp vinegar 1 tsp mustard celery seed (no amount was given)
We buy pre-cut veg mix. Mix in dressing but don't use too much because it will get more moist after sitting for awhile.
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Post by Pink Cashmere on Jun 21, 2024 12:59:23 GMT -5
If his capacity for certain things has been altered to the point that he can’t get it back to what it use to be, I am not okay with that. He does seem to know that there are things he needs to work on about himself, but I’m not sure about his commitment to doing it. He seems to have lost interest in individual therapy. If I decide not to continue the joint sessions with this counselor, I have another one to try. But if we stop seeing the current one, I’m going to take a break from either the joint sessions or my individual sessions. Probably individual, because if I take a break from the joint sessions, I’m risking having a hard time getting Mister to start back. I don’t mean to come down on you or make you justify anything, just offer different perspectives and help clarify I am hoping for the best possible outcome for you and Mister (although I could care less about the counselor
I know you aren’t trying to come down on me or anything negative. I appreciate you sharing your thoughts. There have been many times that you and some other posters have helped me work through things in my own head. That is a wonderful thing. Thank you! And LOL about the counselor
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Post by NastyWoman on Jun 21, 2024 13:02:02 GMT -5
That is something you will never find in my house. Helman's all the way! Hellmans addict here too. I never run out. BOGO is my salvation. But along the lines of condiments I’ve come to the conclusion that I may be the only human being who does not like/use ketchup on anything. That stuff is nasty to me. But to each his own. Love a really good mustard. Oh, oh, oh, finally one I agree with (though the brie sandwich mentioned earlier is yummy too), but chips on sandwiches? Anything with that icky sticky stuff called peanut butter? and on and on. No thanks. I buy the smallest bottle of ketchup in the summer when DS2 and his family come to visit and then I give away whatever is leftover asap - together with any cereal they have not polished off.
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Post by Cheesy FL-Vol on Jun 21, 2024 13:02:56 GMT -5
Some foods absolutely need mayo as a binder, but I like it to be a minimum. My wife worked for a few producers and explained the differences in color, taste and ingredients. A popular sandwich here is a slice of tomato on white bread with mayo, salt and pepper. Or mayo, cuke, salt & pepper. My mom also made green onion sandwiches. Bread, butter, and lots of green onion. Another fave growing up was cheese and jam sandwiches.
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Post by Cheesy FL-Vol on Jun 21, 2024 13:05:45 GMT -5
My mothers coleslaw dressing: 1 cup mayo 1/3 cup sugar 3 tbsp vinegar 1 tsp mustard celery seed (no amount was given) We buy pre-cut veg mix. Mix in dressing but don't use too much because it will get more moist after sitting for awhile. totally checking this out. I am a slaw lover, and have been looking for a dressing recipe.
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Post by Cheesy FL-Vol on Jun 21, 2024 13:06:38 GMT -5
Good morning, illustrious invisipeeps, augmenting your stores of knowledge and wealth. Welcome to Friday. With the solstice and a full moon there is bound to be good energy flowing around. I hope this day has you awash in that energy, and that there be abundant cake. Sour cream plus brown sugar is yummy! Today I must complete preparations for tomorrow's excursion to an island near here where I and others in the party will paint plein air. DH will take pictures. I found my hat to shield myself from the sun, which is good. I need to dig up a small spray bottle to wet the paint on my palette or it will surely dry far too quickly. I used to paint in oils, which are forgiving in that they stay wet for a long time, allowing you to scrape off what doesn't work and then reapply. In the heat acrylics can dry within a few minutes unless you spray them lightly on the palette. Yesterday the sun setting in a rent in the clouds made a beautiful image: Especially if you dip strawberries in sour cream and roll in brown sugar. I haven’t thought of that in ages! Oh my! That really sounds yummy!
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Post by The Walk of the Penguin Mich on Jun 21, 2024 13:12:00 GMT -5
My mothers coleslaw dressing: 1 cup mayo 1/3 cup sugar 3 tbsp vinegar 1 tsp mustard celery seed (no amount was given) We buy pre-cut veg mix. Mix in dressing but don't use too much because it will get more moist after sitting for awhile. totally checking this out. I am a slaw lover, and have been looking for a dressing recipe. This is pretty much my recipe too, other than I eyeball it. Also, lots of pepper. I also buy precut cabbage. What I do is buy 2 bags, mix one bag in and let it set awhile. Then I mix the second bag in. The dressing will draw out water from the cabbage, so you can use the diluted dressing to coat the second bag and getting too much dressing on it.
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Post by Cheesy FL-Vol on Jun 21, 2024 13:12:26 GMT -5
My mothers coleslaw dressing: 1 cup mayo 1/3 cup sugar 3 tbsp vinegar 1 tsp mustard celery seed (no amount was given) We buy pre-cut veg mix. Mix in dressing but don't use too much because it will get more moist after sitting for awhile. yellow mustard, or any kind of mustard?
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Post by ken a.k.a OMK on Jun 21, 2024 13:15:19 GMT -5
She used yellow mustard, but I think some of the brown and better mustards might add more flavor.
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Post by tallguy on Jun 21, 2024 13:17:35 GMT -5
I grew up with Miracle Whip, but have never bought it as an adult. I use 90% of the mayo in this house, TD doesn’t like it at all. I got the biggest laugh about this. When I was incapacitated, he had potato salad for a work gathering. I came out to the kitchen and tasted it. He very sparingly used mayo…..not enough to hold the salad together. I told him it needed more mayo, and desperately needed salt. He ignored me. When he brought the bowl of potato salad home, it had barely been touched and he had no idea why (despite me telling him). Fast forward a year, I’m back on my feet and making potato salad. He’s chowing down on it by the bowl full and can’t understand why, despite him using the same ingredients that he liked mine, but no one wanted his. To this day, he has absolutely no idea how much mayo I put into potato salad, and if he knew he’d be horrified. He can’t get past it due to his aversion to mayo. DH is the same with mayo. Though he eats no potato, tuna, chicken salad, etc - but he will kill some cole slaw, lol. I include it in some things without telling him. It is not a taste thing for him. Men are weird. No mayo for me either. I don't even allow it in my house. Somebody brought some over once because she wanted to make something "special." I made her take the jar with her when she left. And no potato salad, tuna salad, chicken salad, egg salad, "anything-with-the-word-"salad"-anywhere-within-the-sentence" or cole slaw for me. I mean, even if you can get past the word "slaw" as something to put in your mouth, it and "salad" share way too many of the same letters. That can't possibly be good, right?
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Post by NastyWoman on Jun 21, 2024 13:20:02 GMT -5
Ok, after all those concoctions I'll give you one of my favorites. It is very simple and extremely dutch - hagelslag! Good white white, preferably toasted, bread generously topped with butter and hagelslag aka chocolate sprinkles. Really good chocolate. And the generous amount of butter is to keep the hagelslag in place
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Post by MJ2.0 on Jun 21, 2024 13:23:34 GMT -5
about to get pulled into a Friday afternoon meeting.... I really hate that my manager is such a workaholic....
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Post by Cheesy FL-Vol on Jun 21, 2024 13:29:07 GMT -5
DH is the same with mayo. Though he eats no potato, tuna, chicken salad, etc - but he will kill some cole slaw, lol. I include it in some things without telling him. It is not a taste thing for him. Men are weird. No mayo for me either. I don't even allow it in my house. Somebody brought some over once because she wanted to make something "special." I made her take the jar with her when she left. And no potato salad, tuna salad, chicken salad, egg salad, "anything-with-the-word-"salad"-anywhere-within-the-sentence" or cole slaw for me. I mean, even if you can get past the word "slaw" as something to put in your mouth, it and "salad" share way too many of the same letters. That can't possibly be good, right? You are just weird!
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Post by chiver78 on Jun 21, 2024 13:40:47 GMT -5
DH is the same with mayo. Though he eats no potato, tuna, chicken salad, etc - but he will kill some cole slaw, lol. I include it in some things without telling him. It is not a taste thing for him. Men are weird. No mayo for me either. I don't even allow it in my house. Somebody brought some over once because she wanted to make something "special." I made her take the jar with her when she left. And no potato salad, tuna salad, chicken salad, egg salad, "anything-with-the-word-"salad"-anywhere-within-the-sentence" or cole slaw for me. I mean, even if you can get past the word "slaw" as something to put in your mouth, it and "salad" share way too many of the same letters. That can't possibly be good, right? heh.....I thought I was picky! I'm with you on most of this, though. I routinely send people home with sour cream, ranch, other things that would stay in my fridge til they became science experiments. ETA: I'm actually about to break open a bag of coleslaw mix - the veggies only! - in order to toss with thin spaghetti and a Thai peanut sauce to have available for the weekend.
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Post by jerseygirl on Jun 21, 2024 14:19:10 GMT -5
Hellmans here also! But I have been using half sour cream with the Hellman’s for potato and tuna salads
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Post by busymom on Jun 21, 2024 14:22:26 GMT -5
tallguy, you must be related to my DH. That man won't eat anything with mayo, Miracle Whip, or anything good. So, no potato salad, no pasta salad, no cole slaw. I just tell him he doesn't know what he's missing while I eat those foods in front of him. The only thing that makes me sad is I never mastered my Mom's potato salad, because why make it for one person? At least my DS will eat pasta salad.
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Post by The Walk of the Penguin Mich on Jun 21, 2024 14:33:36 GMT -5
tallguy , you must be related to my DH. That man won't eat anything with mayo, Miracle Whip, or anything good. So, no potato salad, no pasta salad, no cole slaw. I just tell him he doesn't know what he's missing while I eat those foods in front of him. The only thing that makes me sad is I never mastered my Mom's potato salad, because why make it for one person? At least my DS will eat pasta salad. This is the one thing I DID manage to get right from Mom. A really good friend of mine loooooves it, and the first time I brought it to a potluck, she was all over it. When she came out to visit a few years ago, I made sure it was on the menu. She says she tries to make it, but it just doesn’t taste the same. I can’t tell her how much I use, I just mix things in until it looks right.
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Post by The Walk of the Penguin Mich on Jun 21, 2024 14:40:27 GMT -5
I tried on the 2 dresses I ordered and received. Both fit, but TD liked the more expensive one more on the hanger than on. He liked the one he said he didn’t like better on than off. The other 3 dresses I ordered are around the same price as the first, less expensive one. So the pink/grey lacy one goes back definitely. It itched.
All dresses I have ordered have been from different designers…..with different measurements. If none of these 3 pan out, I won’t be doing the order 27 dresses, return 26 like I did for Vinny’s wedding (from the old MSN YM boards).
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