dracisk

6 minutes ago, DonRocks said:

No, I saw a tweet by a Presidential historian (Michael Beschloss), and this somehow popped into my mind for the first time in years.

So weird to see the post here and then hear the reference on the podcast a couple days later having never heard of this before!

On 4/12/2019 at 11:47 PM, DonRocks said:

As ugly as things have gotten, they just don't make 'em like this anymore!

Did you hear reference to this on the Slate Political Gabfest by any chance? I'd never heard of it before, but John Dickerson mentioned it on last week's episode.

My response to Jessica's tweet was (Ray's) The Classics. Such a loss for Silver Spring (and the area)!

I run hot and cold with the Coen Brothers, and I had to force myself to watch "Barton Fink" on video many years after it originally came out, but I really enjoyed it. That was several years ago now and I don't remember much besides enjoying it -- I should watch it again.

You're all reminding me I need to get back to the Silver Spring location!

Hot dogs and cantaloupe.

This morning she asked for steak and mashed potatoes (last night's dinner) for breakfast. Her preschool also serves breakfast.

19 hours ago, leleboo said:

Can someone please explain the phenomenon of My Kids Will Never Eat the Same Amount of Anything Ever As They Ate the Last Time, So I Never Know How Much of Any Ingredient I Need to Buy? Thanks. 🙄

My daughter blew through a bunch of yogurt recently, so when yogurt was on sale at Costco I stocked up. Now she doesn't want yogurt. 😭

Last night we went to a dinner party where my friend made Malawian food (or probably more accurately Southern African food). It was DELICIOUS. My 5-year-old ate a fair amount of "chicken and rice" (a chicken stew with mushrooms, tomatoes, and coconut milk alongside saffron rice).

On 1/12/2019 at 12:20 AM, DonRocks said:

The first person to translate "The Princess and the Pea" into English: Charles Boner.

I have a friend who has a pair of friends who are a married couple. The wife's maiden name was Blob, and the husband's name was Boner. The wife decided to hyphenate her name when she married, so her married name was [First Name] Blob-Boner.

1 hour ago, DonRocks said:

I meant "the components that could be vegan or not, are - the tortillas and the beans have no lard." You can make it vegan by holding the cheese, and sour cream is an optional add-on - now that I'm thinking about it, I like the green-sauce burritos better without sour cream, with just the salsa verde (but for some reason, I like sour cream with the red sauce - they mix together, sort of like a beef stroganoff gravy). Sorry, that was pretty lame on my part.

No need to apologize! I vaguely thought that might be what you meant, especially when you mentioned Taco Bell and lard in the next paragraph. 🙂

On 3/23/2019 at 1:50 AM, DonRocks said:

I *love* the combination of green chili sauce (completely canned) and mushy refried beans, and with a little sour cream and cheddar, it works for me as guilty-pleasure food, preferably if I'm hungover as hell - do note that it's vegan.

Wait, it's not vegan if it has sour cream and cheddar in it. Am I missing something?

I'm going to be in San Antonio for the first time at the end of April for a short work trip (otherwise known as two dinners, two breakfasts, and one or two lunches). I read through the posts in this thread and came up with the following list of contenders for my dining slots:

• Boudro's
• Rosario's
• Los Barrios
• Liberty Bar
• Acenar

The Esquire Tavern sounds interesting, too, so I may try to get a cocktail there.

Any thoughts or any additional places to recommend? I'll be speaking at a conference at the Westin Riverwalk so will be staying either there or in that general vicinity, and I won't have a car (though I'm happy to take a cab for someplace delicious). I'd definitely like to concentrate on Tex Mex and/or Mexican food. I'm less interested in barbecue.

I'd definitely like to try puffy tacos -- thinking Los Barrios for that -- and I have little to no experience with breakfast tacos so am wondering if anyone has a recommendation for those near the Westin.

Thanks in advance!

2 hours ago, DonRocks said:

Does anyone know which village House of India is in? Owen Brown?

It looks like it might be Owen Brown.

I’m in Columbia from time to time (and I currently live in Silver Spring), so please keep the recommendations coming!

14 hours ago, NolaCaine said:

When are we going to call time on "a bread" comments.

We seem to have moved beyond the obsession with "a bread" from my 5-year-old (though I'm sure I just jinxed myself)! At the end of last week we talked about cavities and how she shouldn't eat after she brushes her teeth. (I thought "a bread" was a short-term growth spurt-related thing (but it ended up dragging on and on), so she'd been eating her bread after brushing her teeth.) Since then she hasn't asked asked for "a bread" before bed (or in the middle of the night, as she had a couple of times)!

Last night for dinner she ate some blueberry yogurt, a little bit of corned beef left over from Sunday, and half a cantaloupe.

The downtown Sfoglina is on the green line and very walkable from Seylou Bakery (check hours) and Buttercream Bakeshop.

39 minutes ago, Sundae in the Park said:

If my Big learns the phrase "a bread" I suspect we will never hear the end of it...

The bread thing is getting a little out of hand for us. I thought my daughter was just going through a growth spurt and was extra hungry but now I'm wondering. Last night she ate a decent dinner (chicken and pasta) around 7pm, then she asked for "a bread" before bed around 9pm, then she woke up at 6am and asked for "a bread" again.

41 minutes ago, Sundae in the Park said:

We've recently learned that the Little's food issues (mostly texture avoidance and joy in cheek stuffing and spitting) are officially worthy of occupational therapy (two separate opinions), which is a relief to hear - he is genuinely difficult to feed, it's not just our imaginations, and his size doesn't allow much leeway in letting him starve it out.  Hopefully we'll make some progress under the OT's guidance!

That sounds stressful! I'm thankful that my daughter has always been relatively easy to feed. I hope the OT helps!

We husband made corned beef and we had Reubens last night. My daughter had no interest in the Reubens, but she went to town on the corned beef, which she'd never had before. She woke up at 3am and asked for it.

On 1/12/2019 at 10:50 PM, dracisk said:

Thanks! My husband picked some up for me at the Fallsgrove Montgomery County liquor store, and I greatly enjoyed it. He also grabbed some Riunite since it was such a good price. 😂 (We're returning the Riunite.)

So we missed the return window on the Riunite. I hate wasting, but I won't drink it in its unadulterated form, nor would I wish it on anyone else. Does anyone have any ideas on what I could do with it? I was thinking maybe sangria. Does anyone have a recipe or any other ideas?

49 minutes ago, Sundae in the Park said:

Not sure where it's being distributed, but everything bagel seasoning has come to Costco.

Yes, I saw this in Wheaton, MD, and had been meaning to mention!

14 hours ago, Sundae in the Park said:

an old cube of pureed prunes that he refused as a baby that I found hanging out in the back of the freezer

I love this ^!

My husband made "fancy burritos" last night. They weren't really fancy, but that's what he called them for whatever reason. He mashed some black beans with cumin, garlic, and lime, and wrapped them in a flour tortilla with some smoked chicken and sauteed green bell pepper and onion, then grilled them in a cast iron skillet (or that's more or less what he did -- he was improvising and I wasn't watching). I was 100% sure my almost 5-year-old wouldn't eat these even though she likes (most of) the ingredients and has been obsessed with (admittedly quite different) burritos from Costco for awhile now. But she liked them, she really liked them! Color me corrected.

She also had some strawberries. Then before bed she told me she was hungry for "a bread."

1 hour ago, curiouskitkatt said:

Grab some popcorn, “ Catfight” developing!  Podcast aptly titled Catfight moderated by the incomparable Helen Rosner of the New Yorker

This is so entertaining, though I wish she'd gone with "The Tock Tick-Tock."

22 hours ago, DonRocks said:

What year was this wine? Quintessa isn't *that* expensive where a double-double bottle (four bottles) would cost $1,000, unless it was from a rare and "prized" vintage. 

I'm not sure. I thought they said 1984, but I could be wrong about that.

At a dinner party tonight the hosts opened a double magnum of Quintessa [something red]. Apparently this is a $1000 bottle of wine? I was excited to try it, and it tasted terrible. The hosts weren't drinking, so I guess they didn't realize. The guests were all too polite to say anything. I actually wondered if I could get away with pouring the wine in my glass down a sink when no one was looking. I don't know if it was corked -- from what I've read about what corked red wine tastes like I don't think so -- but it tasted vinegary, which I assume is not how it's supposed to taste. The hosts are wealthy and seem to like buying expensive things, but they're not wine people, so I wonder if the bottle wasn't stored correctly. What a waste.

When I got home I had a glass of Menage a Trois red blend -- $9 at Costco -- that tasted much better!

3 hours ago, MarkS said:

My sons grew up on burgers, meatball, pizza, bagels and Mrs. T Perogis.  Grew up just fine.

That is very reassuring!

Tonight for 5-year-old was a toasted cheese sandwich, some strawberry yogurt, some peach pork picante (bite-sized pieces of pork loin coated in taco seasoning and cooked in salsa with peach preserves, served with brown rice -- I don't think she's ever deigned to eat this before), some sherbet, and then a plain piece of bread. I'm thinking she must be going through a growth spurt, because she's been waking up in the middle of the night asking for snacks.

ETA: And more yogurt.

Blueberries and chicken smoked for several hours by my husband.