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Comment on Tom Jones cast party / Charmed’s (my) Birthday by luckyandcharmed

luckyandcharmed — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:01:54 +0000

Party last weekend went well. Most people couldn’t even wait for the cheeses to be cut off the board. I’d picked up some extra at Sam’s Club. The “Whisky Cheese” was really popular. As well as the cranberry / goat cheese log.

Woot, woot.

I was told to plan for 60, but only about 25 showed. So that means, I’ve been feasting on Steak and Guinness pie for my lunches over the week. Now gone…

Also, a huge tub of Colcannon is gone. Colcannon make the best patty cakes. Yum! I fried some apples to go along with the Colcannon. How German of us…

BTW – the scale shows the fact that we’ve gone through the tub of Colcannon. Ah well, you don’t spare on the butter and milk when your party planning!

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Comment on Fridge Cleaning : Part 1 – Mediterranean Spiced Creamy Cauliflower Soup by Erik

Erik — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 16:23:48 +0000

What a great inspiration! Sometimes the best soups are invented by simply using what we have on hand, or need to use up.

Comment on WCB: Egbert the Twitchy by HotMBC

HotMBC — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 16:13:59 +0000

Hi Egbert. We’re so sorry that you’re having a hard time! Our sisfur Gree had a similar problem. But she could walk ok, just her back legs twitched a good bit and her butt and her tail. She kept thinking her tail was attacking her, so she attacked it back. She even bit a hole in her tail! They couldn’t find anything either, and thought it was hyperesthesia from a pinched nerve in her spine somewhere. (She didn’t get it after shots like jkm’s kitty tho. She just got it out of the blue, or if Gree knows she’s not telling.) For weeks she’d get better for a while, then get worse again. So the vet made Mom give her buprenorphine (I made Mom spell that out for me it’s a painkiller) for a while. And Mom and Grandma got to where they’d put a blanky over her butt half if it was twitching while she was lying down, and then Gree didn’t try to kill her tail any more. Mom also discovered that if she could get Gree to lay down on one side, the twitchies would get less. Now it’s 100% gone, though, and she’s all ok! We hope you get it 100% gone fast and all ok. We will send purrs and purrayers for you.
Fanks for joining WCB this week even though you’re not feeling so good!
Purrrrrrrrrrrs,
Mini

Comment on WCB: Egbert the Twitchy by jkaymartin

jkaymartin — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 23:16:03 +0000

One of our cats had a reaction to his yearly shots, and his tail would twitch violently, he would try to run away from it, try to lick it to make it stop. When it happened again the next year, the vet had us put him on chlorpheniramine (an antihistamine) for a week prior and a week post to his shots, and it’s nearly 100% better.

If the Pheno is working though, sounds as if it might not be just an allergic reaction.

Hope it works out!

jkm

Comment on The local Mexican flavor by Gnightgirl

Gnightgirl — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 19:57:02 +0000

I’m an almost-every-Sunday El T diner also, either Urbana or St. Jo. I have 1/2 hour for lunch, and can grab a bite for lunch at the Springfield Ave store faster than I can grab Taco Bell (which is just down the street). They are speedy there!

That said,…if you manage to get into Taco Tako in Arcola, IL, don’t pass it up!

Comment on The local Mexican flavor by Kerry

Kerry — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 15:06:06 +0000

Completely agree about La Potosina (both locations) being disappointing, even before we had El Toro to compare them to. Considering their proximity to each other on the south side, and the devoted clientèle La Pot maintains (why, people?) I’m thrilled to see that El Toro has managed to survive the Danville restaurant curse. Don’t see how Buen Apetito can last much longer – the last couple of times I’ve been in (Friday evenings, around what should be rush time) there were only two or three tables occupied.

Nice to see you posting again, dear. Hope all is well.

Comment on The local Mexican flavor by PWS

PWS — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 09:46:06 +0000

Welcome back!
And you’re spot on. El-Toro is the superior Mexican resturaunt in town. Service and food are both better.
Buen Apetito really dropped off when it moved north. I went there once and had a burrito that was just… bland.
The place I really miss is Mi Casa on north vermilion. It may just be longing for something I can no longer have, but I keep looking in the window there, hoping it will re-open.

Comment on Back from the dead…. by pwstrain

pwstrain — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 20:19:06 +0000

Missing your posts…

Comment on Back from the dead…. by J-Rob

J-Rob — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 17:44:29 +0000

I love German’s Choclate cake and I had no idea it was “German’s” and not “German”. Learn something new every day…