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If you're talking about a fist fight, why would anyone care? It's like apples and oranges. I imagine Emeril is several years older and he's obviously a weight class or two heavier. And since neither is a fighter, it wouldn't be of much interest to me. I like to watch fighters fight, and...

One of the people charged is from my home town of Aurora, IL. It's a terrible story. I've seen quite a bit of coverage on the local news about it. The police officers involved all seemed to say that it was beyond belief. And thinking that they see so many unseemly things, that is saying a...

I tell you Borzha, Teriyaki!!! Just like at Chez Leon! (I'm just giving Boressa the business, since we've worked side by side at the same place for the past 9 years.) I always cut little slits into the tenderloin, just like I do with any other pork roast, and insert little slivers of...

I always enjoy Maidrite's posts so much. It couldn't happen to a nicer guy. Congratulations! BC

Consider yourself blessed. That was a terrible song. :sick: BC

That's where I live now. Not in Naperville, but closeby. And yes, the traffic here sucks too! BC

I prefer chili made with ground meat too, but the championship cookoffs almost exclusively use diced. And no beans. The friendly competitions use ground more than any other kind. BC

I've competed in my share of chili cookoffs, and I use good chuck. Sometimes I have it ground, sometimes I cube it. Round isn't a good meat for long cooking times. There's no need to use an expensive cut of steak for chili. You just need to use a meat that will stay flavorful when it's simmered...

The last time there was a St. Patrick's Day during Lent on a Friday, Catholics received special dispensation for the day because of the tradition. Being a Byzantine Rite Catholic as opposed to a Roman Catholic, we don't receive that kind of dispensation, but I remember clearly that the Roman...

Do they really mean that Food TV's demographic is the 15-35 year old male? Or that they are just trying to appeal to them? I can hardly believe that the majority of their viewers are 15-35 year old males. I can also hardly believe that they would want to appeal to very young males. They...

I sometimes see KitchenAid pieces at my local TJ Maxx, and have wondered about getting them. I guess I should try them. I need a large skillet, and All Clad is just too expensive for my taste. BC

I was just going to say that I looked up the KitchenAid set and it's tri-ply up the sides and it didn't say anything about a disc bottom. BC

God bless you Barney. You made me laugh so many times. BC

It's a real shame. She's a real cook. Not as flashy as some, but competent and interesting. I think the Food Network is competing to see which female they can get into the lowest cut top on her show. I think Rachel is winning, although Giada is right up there. Sandra I won't get into, since I...

I've never seen one that stood the test of time well. They all seem to feather and turn an odd shade of blue as the person ages. Maybe they are making them better these days though. It kind of tickles me to see some old codger with a tattoo peeking out from above his dress sock, which he's...

I'm sorry to hear of your loss. I lost a finch at one time due to eggbinding, and I don't know what you could have done, although Buckytom apparently knows something about it. It's hard to lose a pet, be it a bird or otherwise. They're a part of your family. As for a companion for your...

The wedding band stays on and is washed thoroughly with the hands. It's just a smooth band with no nooks and crannies for cooties to hide. Other rings come off. BC

That would be new info to me too. I've never heard anything like that. The closest thing to that news, as far as I know, is that generally nearsighted people need readers later in life than farsighted people, and also later in life than people who need no correction. Taking away their...

To answer your question, when you get to a certain age, the lens in your eye, just like the rest of your body, just isn't as flexible as it used to be. When you're young, you can go from reading to distance vision easily, because your lens is flexible enough to accomodate. As you age, the lens...

I haven't been here in a few days, so I missed this topic. I had lasik surgery in October of 2002. I was fairly highly myopic and had a good amount of astigmatism. I was at the higher end of what they felt they could correct at that time. I worked for ophthalmologists for several years prior...

Today is Mr. BlueCat's birthday and so I'll be making him his favorite dish, stir-fried chicken & shallots. We don't normally plan anything big for his birthday, since we're in the Chicago area and January 28th can bring all sorts of crummy weather, but today it's just supposed to be rainy and...

Here is my mom's Romanian Stuffed Cabbage recipe. It's just delicious. We have stuffed cabbage and ham every Christmas and Easter. Stuffed Cabbage 15 rolls Ingredients: 1 ¾ Lb. pork butt, coarse ground 1 Med. onion, chopped 1 ¾ C. rice 5 Slices bacon, crisp, crumbled 1 Lb. can...

February 5th. BC

For the Bears playoff game on Sunday afternoon, I'm not entertaining, just watching, so it's a regular dinner menu. Maybe steaks on the grill and pretending I'm tailgating. As for the Superbowl, last year I saw about 15 minutes of it in a drug induced stupor in the intensive care unit of the...

Good for you. I have a million little bits of advice that helped me through it several years ago if you'd like to hear any of them. You're on the right track though. Get out and get active. That's a way to tell if you're feeling better. I was not a person who coughed a lot or had trouble...