Lola at the Coffee House

I can't see my reply...I wonder why?

[edit] bizarre - it is right above this post...see you all later. Going to go make a bonfire.

Oh my God, I'm going to die.............chocolate covered bacon. Let me have some of that and some potine too.........then I'm taking that nap.

It's true, virtual food has no calories.

That has to do with the bump - some threads won't turn a page - even though you've posted - until you or someone else posts another post. Thus you sometimes see the word 'bump' in threads.

Gotcha....

Now it showing up on the previous page. How weird.

Coming to the Coffee House is dangerous for me because of all the "foodie" talk. It's making me hungry.

Have you got good curds in the South? the curds have to be good and squeaky to make poutine.

I was virtuous today. Nice big bowl of chicken gumbo soup for lunch. Then I read up in this thread just before I left for home. I was ravenous before I made it to the subway.

I am pretty sure I can find some squeaky curds. That is a strangely odd sentence to say out loud.

Understandable. The food, the food. Glorious.

Paulette Goddard said the world had no better smell than that of frying bacon.

I have a bit of business to attend to and I'll be back in an hour or so.

Washup!! stick four lamb cutlets in the oven and have it ready for about 2 with four medium sized boiled boosters, some asparagus tips and a serving of broccoli. Slice the spuds in half and pour the fat from the drip tray into the crack. Turn the heat down and put the plate back in the oven to fester for a bit. Mint sauce from a jar will do if you have no fresh.

I haven't had the dish for a long time because my physician said it would lay me out for the by-pass mechanics but I saw a farmer in the Dales on the news dig a little lamb out of a 6 foot deep snowdrift in which it had passed the previous night, wrap it in his jacket and carry it to his farmhouse where he laid it on the tiles in front of his Aga cooker. It was a cute little thing with one black ear and a black patch around one eye and you could tell by the innocent expression it carried that it had never heard of spring lamb which appears in the shops in just a few short weeks.

The scene stirred my deepest yearnings and giving in once in a while can't do too much harm I feel sure.

The crispy fat of a properly reared lamb's cutlets when cooked to perfection is a food fiesta for a hungry man especially when accompanied with the soft fluffy potatoes after they've been mushed into the juice that has been extracted from it in the oven. I recommend eating the asparagus first to get it out of the way and to earn Brownie points for eating your greens.

lamb's actually not one of our favs. Proximity breeds gephlempt.At the end of lambing season, if I even see lambs quarters for several months , I puke.

ahhhhhhh lamb and asparagus
two of my favourites

you and Setanta can split my share of the potatoes

I don't often find lamb where I shop, but I will pick up a chop or two if I see some. It has been four or five years since I last tasted it.

WHAT? You don't like taters? Do you eat Poutine? <squints>

I love potatoes, but I am insane for the first asparagus of the season.

Good. I thought that something was wrong with you.

A friend of mine's son raised lambs (VT farmer). I visited his farm once and I swore off lamb for good. He entered his prize lambs at a fair. I saw enough lambs and what's involved to be scared straight. I won't even wear wool sweaters anymore. It's sheer madness, I tell 'ya!

Don'cha mean 'shear madness', Rags?

I think Rags was being dry..