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  1. paul on himay’s “Man With A Plan...of the Week!” There is a mobile app for android. Just search estrip in the market place. Its free. I post like 80% of my entries that way.
  2. tinypliny on himay’s “Scotch egginess” At least it's not Bordetella. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bordetella
  3. himay on himay’s “Scotch egginess” I didn't even realize they were wrapped in anything but a thin breading; it looked pretty thin when I had it, and didn't pay that much attention to whether or not there was something in between the breading and egg. And now that I know wha…
  4. james on himay’s “Scotch egginess” Mortadella? That stuff makes ham look like health food. I need to get it now.
  5. jbeatty on himay’s “Scotch egginess” The sauce is basically garlic Mayonnaise. Or Aoili if you want to give it a fancy name.
  6. jbeatty on himay’s “Scotch egginess” Sorry to be a downer but the scotch eggs at Europa are surrounded in Mortadella. They are my favorite treat there.
  7. heidi on himay’s “Scotch egginess” Hard-boiled eggs --> Deviled eggs. Egg salad. Easter eggs. I don't think something all gussied up at Europa would really give you the essence of hard-boiled eggs.
  8. tinypliny on himay’s “Scotch egginess” @e:jason: I have seen chervil @ Pricerite.
  9. tinypliny on himay’s “Scotch egginess” No meat-versions at Europa? I'd be interested. Anyway, I need to find out if I really like hardboiled eggs or not. Do they taste very eggy? I think the eggy-ness puts me off in any egg dish.
  10. joshua on himay’s “Scotch egginess” It can't be bad, I'd try one.
  11. jason on himay’s “Scotch egginess” BTW, where the hell do you get chervil??
  12. jason on himay’s “Scotch egginess” Scotch Eggs have to be unbelievable. I looked them up the other day. Eggs, coated in sausage??? Breaded, right? That has to be the best breakfast on the go. I'm definitely in.
  13. himay on himay’s “Scotch egginess” The ones at Europa are just hardboiled eggs with a light breading and fried, no meat involved. They do serve it with some mild sauce that reminds me of Béarnaise, that does go well on them.
  14. james on himay’s “Scotch egginess” Are hipsters eating scotch eggs? I will never understand them. They have them at Europa. They are $4. I want to go in and try one. Who is in?
  15. joshua on himay’s “Scotch egginess” Hipster bar fare!!
  16. james on himay’s “Scotch egginess” That is a food I have only ever admired from afar. It looks like... so much.
  17. himay on himay’s “Questions questions questions” e:paul: Then I probably got it about the way I wanted it worded. It's a handful of things in my life (work and relationships primarily) that seem to just be wearing me out, and they're all a similar situation of "do I keep working/dealing …
  18. tinypliny on himay’s “Questions questions questions” Maybe you like repairing your house, Paul? :) Maybe it's like this interest-on-the-backburner that you like but can't justify the time being spent on it and the returns that you are getting.
  19. paul on himay’s “Questions questions questions” I have no idea what the focus of your issue is but I could take this entire journal word for word and be talking about trying to repair my house and it would apply perfectly.
  20. tinypliny on himay’s “Questions questions questions” You should listen to the small subconscious assertive voice that definitely sounds like the right thing to do.
  21. tinypliny on himay’s “Questions questions questions” hEY, your "normal" blog is looking pretty good now. :-) Now, for some biased answers to your abnormal blog here. Depends. If you like what you are doing and expect promising results on the horizon, chase it with more positivity. If not, ju…
  22. janelle on himay’s “On a roll...” Thanks for the link! I love Vietnamese food and her blog with recipes looks great!
  23. paul on himay’s “On a roll...” Wow, that looks awesome.
  24. janelle on himay’s “Lentil flair” Red lentils are different from the lentils you probably made. They start out looking pink/red, but cook down into this soft orange mush. I was completely shocked the first time I cooked them and had to check to see if I had done it right. …
  25. himay on himay’s “Lentil flair” Re: e:janelle - I can't say that I have. This is my first time really taking a stab at anything "lentils." Is there a pretty distinct difference between some of them? Re: e:tinypliny - I've yet to make it over there, despite my friend's re…
  26. janelle on himay’s “Lentil flair” Have you tried red lentils, yet? I cook up a batch of red lentils and then eat with a dollop of yogurt and some caramelized onions.
  27. libertad on himay’s “Lentil flair” That looks good. I think I will try it.
  28. tinypliny on himay’s “Lentil flair” You tried lentils for the FIRST TIME a couple weeks back?!! You are not really from this planet, are you? (hehehe... Check out spice market/super bazaar someday. They have a minimum of 25 different kinds of lentils and dried legumes.
  29. jenks on himay’s “All things blueberry (again)!” non-alcoholic, but on the blueberry note- I just saw an ad on TV for an Ocean Spray blueberry juice. Not cran-blueberry or anything, just straight blueberry. I can't wait to try it.
  30. dragonlady7 on himay’s “All things blueberry (again)!” Along with most of Pleasant Valley's line (which includes a delicious, if slightly overpowering, vanilla sherry), it's at Premier in the sherry/cordial/port aisle. Meads are tasty but not always sweet, though most of the ones you can get i…

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  1. himay on tinypliny’s “Move it...” Eee! Where are you off to now? I could have sworn I just saw you down at the Elmwood Festival of the Arts! Are you finally all done, defended, and M-form'ed (or whatever RPCI calls it)?
  2. himay on janelle’s “School Board Elections” I know this is totally after the fact, but I just met Patricia Devis tonight (totally coincidental while meeting a potential roommate option). Odd how small a world we live in when stuff like this happens. I now have a vested interest in w…
  3. himay on himay’s “Scotch egginess” I didn't even realize they were wrapped in anything but a thin breading; it looked pretty thin when I had it, and didn't pay that much attention to whether or not there was something in between the breading and egg. And now that I know wha…
  4. himay on himay’s “Scotch egginess” The ones at Europa are just hardboiled eggs with a light breading and fried, no meat involved. They do serve it with some mild sauce that reminds me of Béarnaise, that does go well on them.
  5. himay on tinypliny’s “What do you eat?” 1.) ~1/2 gallon whole milk 2.) I'll snack on a 1/2lb block of cheese until it's gone (typically 3-4 days, hence I never buy more than that for a week's worth of food...I'd never stop eating it). 3.) None. 4.) 1-2 cups (uncooked) worth, ave…
  6. himay on himay’s “Questions questions questions” e:paul: Then I probably got it about the way I wanted it worded. It's a handful of things in my life (work and relationships primarily) that seem to just be wearing me out, and they're all a similar situation of "do I keep working/dealing …
  7. himay on tinypliny’s “Granny Smith Slices and homemade Nutella” So once you get this lovely concoction to a consistency similar to that of the store-bought stuff, how do you get it back out of the blender? I can see the spatula working for ~80-95% of the goodies, but I potentially see myself gravely ha…
  8. himay on tinypliny’s “Granny Smith Slices and homemade Nutella” DON'T EVER DELETE THIS!!! (I just saved it on Delicious!) Now that I have your attention, I'm soooooooo trying this when I get the time to give it a shot! I'm thinking it might be fitting next weekend (after I try to kill myself with a 5k …
  9. himay on himay’s “Lentil flair” Re: e:janelle - I can't say that I have. This is my first time really taking a stab at anything "lentils." Is there a pretty distinct difference between some of them? Re: e:tinypliny - I've yet to make it over there, despite my friend's re…
  10. himay on heidi’s “The Pentiyum” CPU heatsink, PCI lanes, CMOS battery, a couple of generic capacitors and even what looks like an old-school CMOS chip up top with the dots. Looks pretty darn accurate to me!
  11. himay on himay’s “All things blueberry (again)!” Let me rephrase that. My fingers auto-corrected "many" from "any" in my head. I haven't tried any ports. I'm all for it, however.
  12. himay on himay’s “All things blueberry (again)!” Any idea where I might find that locally in Buffalo? I haven't tried many ports, but I'm all about anything with blueberry in it!
  13. himay on janelle’s “The Turkey Chronicles: Meal 6, 7, 8” As a turkey lover, I have to recommend trying turkey & leeks tossed over fettuccine or linguine. I typically make that at least once or twice with the leftovers from a roasted bird. I also eat turkey salad sandwiches like they're going out…
  14. himay on jim’s “Seoul Garden” I may have to go give that place a try. Would be nice to have another option besides the Arirang (http://arirangrestaurant.com/) to try. How are their bibimbop and bulgogi? I sort of live for those two...*drools*
  15. himay on paul’s “Garret county spiral cut ham” Is that price available to the non-members as well? Looks like it from the sticker, but I just wanted to check! I might have to go pick one up tonight; I haven't made a ham in a while.
  16. himay on himay’s “Quirky” Now I'm pondering ideas of a t-shirt design of agarose gel electrophoresis. Ack!
  17. himay on himay’s “Bacteria Gone Wild!” Might have found an ID on whatever that spiky thing was: Lycoperdon echinatum http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lycoperdon_echinatum or possibly also... Lycoperdon pulcherrimum http://mushroomobserver.org/name/show_name/2945 We don't have a mic…
  18. himay on drew’s “Phone help.” Wish I had that cord for the phone. I would have hacked it a long time ago, and then you would have been much better off with the new and improved version of it! ;) I'm cool with the techy stuff, I just never had the hardware for it. I can…
  19. himay on himay’s “Odd Working Hours” Are you referring to that "party" house just to your east, or whatever it is that had the fire department show up a night or two ago? It looks like a 4-unit rental house from the doors on the front (it's something like 253 or 255 I think).…
  20. himay on himay’s “NOMs” Aldi currently has dried blueberries in their Fit'n'Active variety of dried fruit. It looks like it's a seasonal item, but at $2.99 (I think; it could have been $3.99) for a cup of them, I'm hoping they make them a steady in-stock product.
  21. himay on himay’s “Bacteria Gone Wild!” Ah, and now that I've learned to read the help/FAQ page.... Flickr pictures! http://www.flickr.com/photos/jcbaxter/2370266286/
  22. himay on himay’s “Bacteria Gone Wild!” Argh, that worked horribly. We're just going to do this the old-fashioned way (I hope).
  23. himay on himay’s “Bacteria Gone Wild!” The bacteria (Escherichia coli) are the boring, flat colonies on the plate. Those spiky fellows, I have no idea what they are. Can only assume they're some kind of fungus/mold, as the plate (and another one like it which also had one spiky…
  24. himay on tinypliny’s “Food in the time of Flu” Blargh. So much for formatting by HTML!
  25. himay on tinypliny’s “Food in the time of Flu” Keep away from people who are sneezing and sniffling, because if you do, you may need to spend the week in a snot-cloud, coughing and sick. I'd swear you were implying we would get sick if we don't expose ourselves. ;)
  26. himay on tinypliny’s “Puliyodarai (For e:Himay)” The part-time technician in my lab is the one remarked about what I'd need to make these homemade Indian dishes. Presently, I just boil/steam my rice in a non-stick pot and it has worked pretty well. I'm reluctant to invest in more hardwar…
  27. himay on tinypliny’s “Puliyodarai (For e:Himay)” Regardless, I should say, I will be shopping around and experimenting one way or another. If the aforementioned holds to be true, then that's simply more incentive!
  28. himay on tinypliny’s “Puliyodarai (For e:Himay)” I was told between having a blender, mortar & pestle, and a rice cooker (or means of cooking it), I can make just about whatever Indian dish (or so I was told). Is this relatively accurate on some level? If so, I will surely have to do som…
  29. himay on paul’s “Tokyo Shanghai Bistro” Glad to see dinner prices aren't too bad. I may have to take a stroll down there and check it out. How expansive was their menu compared to some of the other local places, out of curiosity? I have yet to receive one of these fancy mailers.…
  30. himay on tinypliny’s “Dried Chillies (For e:Himay)” Now that my apartment will be sub-tropically hovering around 70Ëš-72Ëš, I may consider snagging a plant or two. I already have hooks to dangle plants from...chilies would be an interesting sight, hanging from the ceiling.