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BearFlagDemocrat Donating Member (333 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-21-05 04:59 PM
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161. Yep,
That's where we get the paneer for our saag paneer, too. Can't get enough of that stuff.

Got my g/f a Persian cookbook for Valentine's Day this year, and imagine my surprise when I found that you can't get dried limes from a grocery store. :P Luckily, there's a Persian market only about 45 minutes away.
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  -Giada De Laurentiis is. a. frickin. babe!! Rabrrrrrr  Jun-21-05 07:46 AM   #0 
  - why yes.  matcom   Jun-21-05 07:47 AM   #1 
  - I'm not a fan of the soft-core-porn lighting on her show, BUT,  GOPisEvil   Jun-21-05 07:50 AM   #2 
  - why do you hate America?  matcom   Jun-21-05 07:51 AM   #3 
  - I didn't say it made me stop watching.  GOPisEvil   Jun-21-05 07:52 AM   #4 
  - He's probably burning a flag and spitting on a vet right now,  Rabrrrrrr   Jun-21-05 07:52 AM   #5 
  - First use of "porn" for the day!  supernova   Jun-21-05 08:08 AM   #14 
     - I'd like to thanks the acad...you like me, you REALLY like me!  GOPisEvil   Jun-21-05 08:55 AM   #27 
  - But she's annoying as hell. I watch her show because you're right,  acmavm   Jun-21-05 07:52 AM   #6 
  - Ina Garten drives me crazy - she's very annoying  Rabrrrrrr   Jun-21-05 07:58 AM   #9 
  - Like I said, she's a great cook. But my poor son, who is sometimes a  acmavm   Jun-21-05 08:08 AM   #15 
  - I'm glad I'm not the only one to find her annoying!  Rabrrrrrr   Jun-21-05 09:33 AM   #31 
  - I love Giada too  tishaLA   Jun-21-05 08:19 AM   #21 
  - Alton is the man!!  purr   Jun-21-05 08:06 AM   #12 
  - Iron Chef America is fabulous. Gotta see it. And I like Mario Batalli.  acmavm   Jun-21-05 08:10 AM   #17 
  - Mario drives me crazy  Rabrrrrrr   Jun-21-05 09:35 AM   #32 
  - I love Alton Brown, but  Left Is Write   Jun-21-05 12:56 PM   #102 
  - I have a crush on Alton too! I love geeky science guys. I know he's  grace0418   Jun-21-05 02:28 PM   #133 
  - Yes, annoying. And her head is too big! n/t  progressoid   Jun-21-05 08:16 AM   #19 
  - Hey, that's exactly what my kid says. I wonder how she can eat that  acmavm   Jun-21-05 08:24 AM   #24 
  - Her accent isn't phony -- she was born in Rome  LostinVA   Jun-21-05 08:38 AM   #25 
  - All of my Italian relatives are thin  Lavender Brown   Jun-21-05 09:38 AM   #38 
  - Some of mine are thin, but we all have big heads...  Phentex   Jun-21-05 09:55 AM   #48 
  - Nigella Lawson has a lot more street cred...  Telly Savalas   Jun-21-05 09:41 AM   #41 
     - She's a good looker, too!  Rabrrrrrr   Jun-21-05 09:54 AM   #45 
     - Nigella is great. She knows and loves food. n/t  mondo joe   Jun-21-05 10:59 AM   # 
  - Head too big? I didn't notice that at all.  Rabrrrrrr   Jun-21-05 09:32 AM   #29 
     - It is oddly big on her little body; too many teeth, too  LostinVA   Jun-21-05 09:36 AM   #35 
     - Yeah,  progressoid   Jun-21-05 09:55 AM   #47 
  - I adore the Barefoot Contessa. Knows food, knows entertaining  mondo joe   Jun-21-05 11:02 AM   #86 
  - Yeah, I love Good Eats also. He reminds me of...  I Have A Dream   Jun-21-05 06:15 PM   #167 
  - Food is about sensuality  AngryAmish   Jun-21-05 07:55 AM   #7 
  - That's funny.  redqueen   Jun-21-05 09:35 AM   #34 
     - Who wants food cooked by someone who can't keep their own body clean?  Rabrrrrrr   Jun-21-05 09:37 AM   #37 
        - Yeah right...  redqueen   Jun-21-05 09:40 AM   #39 
           - That's how I took it  Rabrrrrrr   Jun-21-05 09:47 AM   #42 
  - Im partial to Rachel Ray myself  Lannes   Jun-21-05 07:55 AM   #8 
  - I like her, too - she seems a bit frazzled, and makes more daily-style  Rabrrrrrr   Jun-21-05 07:59 AM   #10 
  - this is a better pic  matcom   Jun-21-05 08:00 AM   #11 
  - Yum-O!  Beware the Beast Man   Jun-21-05 08:08 AM   #13 
  - I LOATHE Rachel Ray  Modem Butterfly   Jun-21-05 08:21 AM   #23 
  - Yeah, Kielbasa is WAY the hell better!  Rabrrrrrr   Jun-21-05 09:32 AM   #28 
  - Heathen!!!  GOPisEvil   Jun-21-05 09:33 AM   #30 
  - Sooo... in other words, she doesn't know crap about her recipes?  redqueen   Jun-21-05 09:36 AM   #36 
  - Actually, she is a pretty good cook.  GOPisEvil   Jun-21-05 09:40 AM   #40 
     - I wonder who's putting those good recipes together...  redqueen   Jun-21-05 09:50 AM   #43 
        - She does!  GOPisEvil   Jun-21-05 09:52 AM   #44 
           - Yeah... right. n/t  redqueen   Jun-21-05 09:54 AM   #46 
           - You're disputing me with what information?  GOPisEvil   Jun-21-05 09:59 AM   #49 
              - Yes I've seen her show.  redqueen   Jun-21-05 10:07 AM   #51 
                 - Sounds good.  GOPisEvil   Jun-21-05 10:09 AM   #53 
                    - hehehehehe  redqueen   Jun-21-05 10:14 AM   #56 
                       - Hehehehehe...  GOPisEvil   Jun-21-05 10:16 AM   #58 
           - And, at the root of it, cooking is all about knowing how to substitute  Rabrrrrrr   Jun-21-05 10:04 AM   #50 
           - Oh my god no!  Modem Butterfly   Jun-21-05 10:41 AM   #66 
           - I am NOT saying they are the same thing, obviously.  Rabrrrrrr   Jun-21-05 10:46 AM   #71 
              - Again, not without changing the recipe SUBSTANTIALLY  Modem Butterfly   Jun-21-05 11:18 AM   #89 
                 - And if what she said was "they're basically the same thing" she was way  mondo joe   Jun-21-05 11:20 AM   #90 
                    - It's also negligent to not tell people they'll have to alter the recipe  Modem Butterfly   Jun-21-05 11:22 AM   #91 
           - Anything can be substituted. But some will make it taste shitty.  mondo joe   Jun-21-05 10:53 AM   #79 
           - Yeah, in the same way that corn starch and grits are similar  Modem Butterfly   Jun-21-05 10:42 AM   #67 
              - Oh come on.  GOPisEvil   Jun-21-05 10:44 AM   #68 
              - Can kielbasa be opened and cooked like chorizo?  redqueen   Jun-21-05 11:24 AM   #92 
              - Hmmm...I've never opened it myself, but I guess you could.  GOPisEvil   Jun-21-05 11:27 AM   #95 
              - I have to try this now.  redqueen   Jun-21-05 11:29 AM   #96 
              - No, kielbasa wouldn't crumble.  Left Is Write   Jun-21-05 01:06 PM   #106 
                 - That would depend on whether its cured or fresh kielbasa  patcox2   Jun-21-05 01:28 PM   #114 
                    - I am most familiar with cured kielbasa, yes.  Left Is Write   Jun-21-05 01:32 PM   #116 
                    - I'm sorry, got carried away by this heated food argument.  patcox2   Jun-21-05 01:43 PM   #124 
                       - They don't argue over cheese?  Left Is Write   Jun-21-05 01:48 PM   #127 
                          - Cheese, sausage, bouillabase recipes, cassoulet, anything.  patcox2   Jun-21-05 01:55 PM   #129 
                    - The spices are much of the point of using Chorizo though  Modem Butterfly   Jun-21-05 01:37 PM   #120 
                       - Yes, you are right, but she's taking it easy on the rubes.  patcox2   Jun-21-05 01:39 PM   #122 
                          - Deleted message  Name removed   Jun-21-05 01:43 PM   #125 
                             - Sheesh nothing. I am suggesting that she should not be criticized  patcox2   Jun-21-05 01:54 PM   #128 
                                - And you're insulting people to do it  Modem Butterfly   Jun-21-05 01:57 PM   #130 
              - I think you're confusing  BearFlagDemocrat   Jun-21-05 01:09 PM   #107 
                 - I've never even *heard of* Spanish chorizo...  redqueen   Jun-21-05 01:16 PM   #109 
                    - She wasn't using Spanish chorizo anyway  Modem Butterfly   Jun-21-05 01:18 PM   #110 
                       - She *always* uses Spanish Chorizo.  BearFlagDemocrat   Jun-21-05 02:22 PM   #131 
                          - That is so scary.  Modem Butterfly   Jun-21-05 02:48 PM   #136 
                             - Nice ad-hominem attack.  BearFlagDemocrat   Jun-21-05 02:55 PM   #138 
                                - Are you kidding?  Modem Butterfly   Jun-21-05 03:04 PM   #142 
                                   - The error is yours, see.  BearFlagDemocrat   Jun-21-05 03:57 PM   #143 
                                      - ROFLMAO!  Modem Butterfly   Jun-21-05 04:10 PM   #147 
                                         - Only about 20,000 miles  BearFlagDemocrat   Jun-21-05 04:16 PM   #149 
                                         - Oh, so you haven't traveled much. That makes sense then.  Modem Butterfly   Jun-21-05 04:23 PM   #151 
                                         - I see, haven't spent much time in NYC, then?  BearFlagDemocrat   Jun-21-05 04:36 PM   #154 
                                         - She works out of CA anyway, not NY.  mondo joe   Jun-21-05 04:52 PM   #158 
                                         - You're still on de Laurentiis  BearFlagDemocrat   Jun-21-05 04:56 PM   #160 
                                         - Give it up  Modem Butterfly   Jun-21-05 05:59 PM   #166 
              - Hey, risotto and brown rice are both rices  Modem Butterfly   Jun-21-05 11:24 AM   #93 
              - Oh, sure, I subsitute corn chips for corn on the cob all the time.  Rabrrrrrr   Jun-21-05 11:04 AM   #88 
                 - Cool! Are you cute? Maybe we can get you a Food Network show!  Modem Butterfly   Jun-21-05 11:25 AM   #94 
                    - .  redqueen   Jun-21-05 11:30 AM   #97 
                    - On half the food network shows the hosts measurements are more  mondo joe   Jun-21-05 11:50 AM   #99 
                    - ROTFL!  Rabrrrrrr   Jun-22-05 08:12 AM   #170 
  - Rachel Ray doesn't know food. She knows how to slap a meal  mondo joe   Jun-21-05 10:58 AM   #83 
  - What kind of chorizo? What kind of kielbasa?  patcox2   Jun-21-05 01:35 PM   #119 
  - She was using Mexican Chorizo  Modem Butterfly   Jun-21-05 01:41 PM   #123 
     - So which recipe?  BearFlagDemocrat   Jun-21-05 02:34 PM   #134 
        - That's simply not true  Modem Butterfly   Jun-21-05 02:45 PM   #135 
           - Most of her recipes  BearFlagDemocrat   Jun-21-05 02:49 PM   #137 
              - Again, simply not true  Modem Butterfly   Jun-21-05 02:56 PM   #139 
              - Nice dodge.  BearFlagDemocrat   Jun-21-05 03:59 PM   #144 
                 - Oh, I get it now  Modem Butterfly   Jun-21-05 04:01 PM   #145 
                    - Huh,  BearFlagDemocrat   Jun-21-05 04:19 PM   #150 
                       - Busted.  Modem Butterfly   Jun-21-05 04:26 PM   #153 
                          - Dear, the two aren't mutually exclusive.  BearFlagDemocrat   Jun-21-05 04:38 PM   #156 
                             - An awful lot of places, judging from your two conflicting posts!  Modem Butterfly   Jun-21-05 05:45 PM   #164 
              - Actually...  redqueen   Jun-21-05 04:14 PM   #148 
                 - If you can find a Basque butcher, check out their version as well  Modem Butterfly   Jun-21-05 04:24 PM   #152 
                 - I'm quite excited to do so!  redqueen   Jun-21-05 04:36 PM   #155 
                 - Ethnic markets are a great place to find rare foods.  BearFlagDemocrat   Jun-21-05 04:42 PM   #157 
                    - Thanks for the tip...  redqueen   Jun-21-05 04:54 PM   #159 
                       - Yep,  BearFlagDemocrat   Jun-21-05 04:59 PM   #161 
                          - Persian, eh?  redqueen   Jun-21-05 05:18 PM   #162 
  - Her and her "Garbage bowl" "Yummo" blech!  chimpsrsmarter   Jun-21-05 02:58 PM   #140 
  - No question. One hot babe. n/t  48pan   Jun-21-05 02:26 PM   #132 
  - Yes she is but I prefer the "Semi-Home made" 's Sandra Lee  underpants   Jun-21-05 08:09 AM   #16 
  - Really?  GOPisEvil   Jun-21-05 08:10 AM   #18 
  - Who hosts all those shows is no accident  underpants   Jun-21-05 08:19 AM   #20 
     - I dunno. She turns me off.  GOPisEvil   Jun-21-05 08:39 AM   #26 
        - She reminds me of a Stepford Wife.  Left Is Write   Jun-21-05 01:00 PM   #103 
           - I think that's it. The Stepford wife thing.  GOPisEvil   Jun-21-05 02:58 PM   #141 
  - Semi-ho is revolting!  tishaLA   Jun-21-05 08:21 AM   #22 
  - She looks like a cyborg...  bicentennial_baby   Jun-21-05 09:35 AM   #33 
  - I'll take the Barefoot Contessa over stick figure girl any day  mondo joe   Jun-21-05 10:09 AM   #52 
  - Why would you equate someone's physical size to how much they like food?  GOPisEvil   Jun-21-05 10:11 AM   #54 
  - I don't. I'm basing it on how they talk about it and prepare it.  mondo joe   Jun-21-05 10:40 AM   #65 
     - HA HA! That was so dumb, it made me laugh  Rabrrrrrr   Jun-21-05 10:49 AM   #73 
        - Nope. What I'm saying is I think some viewers want to see a thin  mondo joe   Jun-21-05 10:56 AM   #80 
           - You keep calling her "stick figure girl" and yet you're saying  Lavender Brown   Jun-21-05 11:01 AM   #85 
           - Yes, I call her that because I think it's her sole reason for being there  mondo joe   Jun-21-05 11:03 AM   #87 
           - Why refer to anyone as a "stick figure girl"?  Left Is Write   Jun-21-05 01:02 PM   #104 
              - Because that's her only claim to fame, IMO. n/t  mondo joe   Jun-21-05 01:19 PM   #111 
                 - Okay. You seem to think her looks are her only "claim to fame."  Left Is Write   Jun-21-05 01:20 PM   #112 
                    - I don't think she's utterly incompetent - but if she didn't have her looks  mondo joe   Jun-21-05 01:27 PM   #113 
                       - Step aside from her cooking talent or lack thereof for a moment.  Left Is Write   Jun-21-05 01:33 PM   #117 
                          - Yes, I got that. I'm sorry it troubled you. I don't think people are  mondo joe   Jun-21-05 01:35 PM   #118 
                             - You can make the observation about her appearance  Left Is Write   Jun-21-05 01:38 PM   #121 
  - I like 'em to like food as well, but they don't have to be addicted to it  Rabrrrrrr   Jun-21-05 10:20 AM   #61 
     - You know -  Left Is Write   Jun-21-05 01:03 PM   #105 
        - You can cook me dinner any time!  Rabrrrrrr   Jun-22-05 08:17 AM   #171 
  - NEVER TRUST A SKINNY COOK!!!!!  Warpy   Jun-21-05 10:12 AM   #55 
  - Julia Child was big boned....  Phentex   Jun-21-05 10:14 AM   #57 
  - That's pure, unadulterated bullshit.  GOPisEvil   Jun-21-05 10:18 AM   #59 
  - Oh, bullshit  Rabrrrrrr   Jun-21-05 10:18 AM   #60 
  - I'd eat her biscuit  DS1   Jun-21-05 10:22 AM   #62 
  - Speaking of which....  Rabrrrrrr   Jun-21-05 10:35 AM   #63 
     - Is that a new mini cooper, or a classic mini cooper?  DS1   Jun-21-05 10:44 AM   #70 
        - A new one, right hand drive, manual transmission,  Rabrrrrrr   Jun-21-05 10:50 AM   #74 
           - I was hoping for triangular wheels  DS1   Jun-21-05 10:51 AM   #76 
              - Consider it done!  Rabrrrrrr   Jun-21-05 10:52 AM   #78 
                 - And the horn goes  DS1   Jun-21-05 10:57 AM   #81 
                    - And your "I'm in reverse" warning thing goes  Rabrrrrrr   Jun-21-05 10:59 AM   #84 
  - I like her ... and pretty much  Jessica   Jun-21-05 10:39 AM   #64 
  - i like paula dean  KG   Jun-21-05 10:44 AM   #69 
  - No  Lavender Brown   Jun-21-05 10:47 AM   #72 
  - I jumped off the Paula Dean bandwagon  BearFlagDemocrat   Jun-21-05 01:13 PM   #108 
     - That's just gross  Lavender Brown   Jun-21-05 01:30 PM   #115 
  - Oh, she drives me crazy  Rabrrrrrr   Jun-21-05 10:51 AM   #77 
  - I like that she doesn't take herself too seriously.  GOPisEvil   Jun-21-05 10:58 AM   #82 
  - Now that's what I'm talkin about!  redqueen   Jun-21-05 11:33 AM   #98 
  - She's Dino de Laurentiis' grandaughter (the famous director)  El Fuego   Jun-21-05 10:51 AM   #75 
  - Gigantic head/tiny body syndrome....  Hell Hath No Fury   Jun-21-05 12:00 PM   #100 
  - Merv Griffin says that big head = star (they're telegenic, photogenic).  patcox2   Jun-21-05 01:46 PM   #126 
  - Personally, I want to do unspeakable things with Jamie Oliver  geniph   Jun-21-05 12:25 PM   #101 
  - NIGELLA NIGELLA NIGELLA  new_beawr   Jun-21-05 04:08 PM   #146 
  - Life is not fair  margaritamama   Jun-21-05 05:21 PM   #163 
  - Please tell her to STOP STALKING ME!  cestpaspossible   Jun-21-05 05:55 PM   #165 
  - Maybe. But this is a horrible picture.  Iris   Jun-21-05 07:21 PM   #168 
  - Sonofabitch, I go away for 24 hours and a simple discussion FLAMES AWAY!  Rabrrrrrr   Jun-22-05 08:05 AM   #169 
 

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