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Melba's Jammin said:

Looks good. (Could you size down those pics before posting them,
though? I can imagine life size; don't need to see it. "-)

Hmmmm...they didn't come out "life sized" on my 'puter...?

Van said:

JoeSpareBedroom said:

"Sheldon" wrote:
Price Chopper - this explains some of your comments about your local
stores. Any others nearby? Grand Union?

Price Chopper (www.pricechopper.com) is the largest grocery chain in this
area (Capital Region of New York State).

Second largest is Hannaford. Grand Unions most all went out of business in
this area years ago.

The name Price Chopper really is a misnomer. They're a regular grocery
chain, not one of those "price-Rite" type of grocery depots.

Van

*Wish* we had a Trader Joe's or (Keeping fingers crossed) a WEGMAN'S!

I've discovered that each Price Chopper store is different... those in
more affluent locations are more high end, especially in regards to
produce, bakery, meats, deli, and everything in general. The Price
Chopper in Glenmont has a regular meat department and a custom meat
meat counter where one can get better quality meats cut to order, they
carry USDA prime too... naturally with prices more high end to match.
In contrast the Price Chopper in Catskill, even though it is newer,
it's smaller, shabbier, and caters to less affluent clientele.

There are small independant markets around here too, including a few
actual butcher shops. But my complaint is not the markets per se,
just the fact that only imbeciles eat preground mystery meat,
regardless from where.

Sheldon

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Melba's Jammin said:

Looks good. (Could you size down those pics before posting them, though?
I can imagine life size; don't need to see it. "-)

Hmmmm...they didn't come out "life sized" on my 'puter...?

Maybe you've got your browser set to resize pictures to fit the window.

YEP THEM IS HUMONGUS SNAP SHOTS. MR. SHELTON IS WAY TOO IGNORANT TO KNOW
HOW TO TAKE A TINY ONE. THE SQU0IRTZ WILL BE OF SOME TYPEA HEL,P. SOON.

FATTY OR JAK OR JUST FATJACK

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Home grown:
http://i24.tinypic.com/2aihchv.jpg

Din Din:
http://i23.tinypic.com/107q8h2.jpg

Looks good. (Could you size down those pics before posting them,
though? I can imagine life size; don't need to see it. "-)

--
-Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
Notes about our first three meals in Tuscany have been posted to
http://www.jamlady.eboard.com; 10-11-2007

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cybercat wrote:

One of my cats will eat ham, the other 2 cats do not eat any table food.

Gracie begs for the bowl after I have anything with ranch dressing, yogurt
or cottage cheese. And the ONLY cat treats she will eat are dairy flavored
Temptations.

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Annie, my cat who died when she was 17 ate nothing but Science Diet, and
when we noticed she was losing weight, we tried tempting her with
everything, but she would not touch it. 🙁

Becca, I went through exactly this with my 20 year old. The vet could
find nothing wrong with her, she just would not eat. She, too, ate
Science Diet her whole life (the greasy, fish "maintenance" dry) and in
fact, during college days she had her SD when I had a hard time keeping
myself in Ramen. 😉

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I've discovered that each Price Chopper store is different... those in
more affluent locations are more high end, especially in regards to
produce, bakery, meats, deli, and everything in general. The Price
Chopper in Glenmont has a regular meat department and a custom meat
meat counter where one can get better quality meats cut to order, they
carry USDA prime too... naturally with prices more high end to match.
In contrast the Price Chopper in Catskill, even though it is newer,
it's smaller, shabbier, and caters to less affluent clientele.

There are small independant markets around here too, including a few
actual butcher shops. But my complaint is not the markets per se,
just the fact that only imbeciles eat preground mystery meat,
regardless from where.

Sheldon

Hmmm.. I knew the bigger Choppers had a larger selection (like the Eastern
Ave 'Super Chopper in Sch'dy), but didn't know *any* Price Chopper carried
USDA Prime! Do you have to request it at their 'custom cut' counter?

Guess I'll have to make a run over there (Glenmont) someday soon . . I've
got friends in Delmar . . . .and it's not that far from my 3-times weekly
trek to dialysis off New Scotland Ave.

Knowwhatcha mean about the smaller ones - I've stopped at the ones in
(downtown) Albany...

Thanks for the tip.

Van

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Home grown:
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Din Din:
http://i23.tinypic.com/107q8h2.jpg

Great looking produce! Thanks for the tip on celery spacing - I'll have to
try some next season.

Orange Kool-Aid or Hi-C mixed with your Crystal Palace??

I should think so. You don't mix good things with Crystal Palace.

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Van

--Bryan

sounds like it's right up there with the unfortunately named popov.

your pal,
blake

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Wish I could do that. But, the Italian woman across the street made a
face when I offered tomatoes. Said she hates them.

I guess just saying No thanks wasn't an option.

I wish my neighbors would offer me tomatoes, no one has
vegetable gardens, though. I didn't grow tomatoes this year,
far too busy last spring. Next year. And I'm planting that
lettuce leaf basil people talked about, too.

I grew two huge pots of tomatoes on the deck this year. One has since died
and is already in the composter but the other is still producing and has a
batch of green tomatoes on it as well as many new buds. Cool weather has
arrived today (80s) and I'm not sure how long until it gets too cold? My
fall back plan is a fried green tomato meal if nothing else?

We've been plunged into cold weather very early. Night temps of 37F. My
tomatoes are still ripening. I bring them in the house when they are red
and let them sit in a bowl while I use them up. They are still sweet. When
we get a freeze I will pick every tomato that has at least some white to its
color and let them ripen in the house. Sometimes we have tomatoes right up
to Christmas.
Janet

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Home grown:
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Din Din:
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Nice! Did you eat that whole steak by yourself?

Are you kidding, with six cats I was lucky to get some... they can eat
faster than I can slice... I think they ate more than half.

My cauliflower and cabbage were small this year but still very good.

But my first attempt at growing celery surprised me, what a difference
from store bought, a rich aroma, remarkable flavor, and it's the
crunchiest! And I have five more still in the ground. Now I need to
perfect my celery growing, I need to plant them much closer together,
I found out that they grow more compact if they touch and they will
also self blanch... the one necessity however is a long growing season
(5 months) and plenty of water. I think anyone can grow celery, needs
very little space, a square foot will easily grow four bunches. So
now we know what to plant in that wet spot.

You'd think after that nice dinner I shouldn't be hungry, but I'm
starving. Why, because I get my flu shot tomorrow and at the same
time I'll get my yearly routine fasting blood test, no eating/drinking
from 9PM.

Sheldon Eieio

Nice - this year I did tomatoes (Cherry and Big Boy). My problem was
that they were so close together I got a bunch of hybrids. They were
tasty though.

And the plants are budding again. I'm going to pull them inside with a
grow light. Make the law enforcement folks go crazy.

I also had zucchini, which btw is re-flowering too. And I also tried
dill and rosemary but discovered that they do not like direct sunlight.
Plus the little animals like the flavor too so they got destroyed fairly
early.

Next year I'll branch out a bit. In the interim I've got a Spider plant
that's absolutely huge and a Chinese ornamental that I brought back from
the brink. Sadly I couldn't save the other one.

Here's the garden:

http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=831133564&context=set-
72157600067261147&size=l

The Spider Plant:
http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=1546284705&size=m&context=set-
72157600067261147

The Chinese ornamental:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kd1s/1546333907/

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Nice - this year I did tomatoes (Cherry and Big Boy). My problem was
that they were so close together I got a bunch of hybrids. They were
tasty though.

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You may have hybrid seeds next year from the tomatoes you grew this year,
but growing tomatoes close together will not produce hybrid tomato fruit
this year. 36 inch spacing for tomato plants is preferred. If you planted
them closer, you may have stunted the growth and therefore produced small
tomato fruit. However, weather is a big factor in how well the plants
produce -- every year is different. Good luck next year.
Janet

cybercat said:

Becca, I went through exactly this with my 20 year old. The vet could
find nothing wrong with her, she just would not eat. She, too, ate
Science Diet her whole life (the greasy, fish "maintenance" dry) and in
fact, during college days she had her SD when I had a hard time keeping
myself in Ramen. 😉

Annie was losing weight, so the vet did some tests, including testing
her thyroid, but nothing was wrong. The vet said, she is just getting
old. I went to Petco, and while fighting back the tears, I bought every
brand of kitty treat they had. It did not want to give up. You know how
it is. 🙁

Becca

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"Sheldon" <[email hidden]> wrote

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> Nice! Did you eat that whole steak by yourself?

Are you kidding, with six cats I was lucky to get some... they can
eat faster than I can slice... I think they ate more than half.

Geez, my cat just stares until I share a teensy taste of my pot roast.
Or turkey.

Funny, my cats have NO interest in human food what-so-ever.

kili

Angie is a funny cat. She likes milk.

But eat pizza in front of her and she'll try to get some. But offer her
a bit and she doesn't want it.

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cybercat wrote:

One of my cats will eat ham, the other 2 cats do not eat any table food.

Gracie begs for the bowl after I have anything with ranch dressing, yogurt
or cottage cheese. And the ONLY cat treats she will eat are dairy flavored
Temptations.

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Annie, my cat who died when she was 17 ate nothing but Science Diet, and
when we noticed she was losing weight, we tried tempting her with
everything, but she would not touch it. 🙁

Becca, I went through exactly this with my 20 year old. The vet could
find nothing wrong with her, she just would not eat. She, too, ate
Science Diet her whole life (the greasy, fish "maintenance" dry) and in
fact, during college days she had her SD when I had a hard time keeping
myself in Ramen. 😉

I've always fed my cats Iams dry food and haven't had any problems.
Oldest cat I've had was 18.

Right now I've got Angie who is 4 years old and a total sweetheart. I
explained how she won't eat human food other than milk. But she will try
to swipe a piece of pizza out of you hand.

She's sitting right next to me as I type this.

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news:[email hidden]...> Home grown:
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> Din Din:
>http://i23.tinypic.com/107q8h2.jpg

Great looking garden stuff! That's the kind of stuff I can't grow
because
my shady yard makes for a really short season. Are you going to be able
to
eat everything before it over-matures in the garden or do you have a
method
to avoid that?

I trade some with neighbors but still I give away more than I use.

Wish I could do that. But, the Italian woman across the street made a face
when I offered tomatoes. Said she hates them. Offered basil, and she asked
what you're supposed to use it for. House to the right: While devouring some
snow peas back in June, her son asked "Are these vegetables?" His parents
seem to eat nothing but meat and bread, and have politely refused offers of
lettuce & various other things. The kids still come over, though, to
self-medicate. :-)

She must be Italian by marriage then. If she was Italian by birth she
would know what to do with tomatoes and basil.

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Wish I could do that. But, the Italian woman across the street made a face
when I offered tomatoes. Said she hates them.

I guess just saying No thanks wasn't an option.

I wish my neighbors would offer me tomatoes, no one has
vegetable gardens, though. I didn't grow tomatoes this year,
far too busy last spring. Next year. And I'm planting that
lettuce leaf basil people talked about, too.

I grew two huge pots of tomatoes on the deck this year. One has since
died and is already in the composter but the other is still producing
and has a batch of green tomatoes on it as well as many new buds. Cool
weather has arrived today (80s) and I'm not sure how long until it gets
too cold? My fall back plan is a fried green tomato meal if nothing else?

My plants are flowering again. I'll pull them inside and put them under
grow lights.

I guess in my family the green thumb bypassed my dad and landed on me.

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JoeSpareBedroom said:

Wish I could do that. But, the Italian woman across the street made a face
when I offered tomatoes. Said she hates them. Offered basil, and she asked
what you're supposed to use it for.

<clutches chest in pain> That is shocking to me. How could she not know?!
What a maroon.

Wait, wait, are you wearing all black with a huge crucifix hanging from
your kneck?

The SO says I was born with a heavy black cross to carry around with me.

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JoeSpareBedroom said:

Wish I could do that. But, the Italian woman across the street made a
face when I offered tomatoes. Said she hates them. Offered basil, and she
asked what you're supposed to use it for.

<clutches chest in pain> That is shocking to me. How could she not know?!
What a maroon.

I have absolutely no idea. But, it makes me appreciate my son even more.
He'll try absolutely anything, except raw tomatoes. I don't think he'd go
this far, either, but you never know:
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=2407381

The video has been taken down. In any case as a kid I didn't like raw
tomatoes but I developed a taste for them in my early teenage years.

The strange part is I'd eat tomato sauce on pasta no problem when I was
a kid.

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Wish I could do that. But, the Italian woman across the street made a face
when I offered tomatoes. Said she hates them. Offered basil, and she asked
what you're supposed to use it for. House to the right: While
devouring so
snow peas back in June, her son asked "Are these vegetables?" His parents
seem to eat nothing but meat and bread, and have politely refused offers of
lettuce & various other things.

Tell me about it :-( I get gluts of rhubarb, different beans, peas
and courgettes (zucchini) and squash, which I offer to neighbours. Every
year I can guarantee at least one recipient won't recognise such common
vegetables or will have never bought and cooked them, never tasted
them in a restaurant; so they have to ask how they are prepared cooked
and eaten.

Janet.

Interesting. We have a couple that we're friends with who eat here
occasionally and they're always shocked that vegetables play a part in
nearly every meal.

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> Wish I could do that. But, the Italian woman across the street made a
> face when I offered tomatoes. Said she hates them. Offered basil, and
> she
> asked what you're supposed to use it for.

<clutches chest in pain> That is shocking to me. How could she not
know?!
What a maroon.

I have absolutely no idea. But, it makes me appreciate my son even more.
He'll try absolutely anything, except raw tomatoes. I don't think he'd go
this far, either, but you never know:
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=2407381

The video has been taken down. In any case as a kid I didn't like raw
tomatoes but I developed a taste for them in my early teenage years.

The strange part is I'd eat tomato sauce on pasta no problem when I was
a kid.

Yeah...same with my kid. Fresh tomato sauce, cooked for only 20 minutes, and
he's fine with it. But, never tomatoes, uncooked, on a salad.

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cybercat said:

Becca, I went through exactly this with my 20 year old. The vet could
find nothing wrong with her, she just would not eat. She, too, ate
Science Diet her whole life (the greasy, fish "maintenance" dry) and in
fact, during college days she had her SD when I had a hard time keeping
myself in Ramen. 😉

Annie was losing weight, so the vet did some tests, including testing
her thyroid, but nothing was wrong. The vet said, she is just getting
old. I went to Petco, and while fighting back the tears, I bought every
brand of kitty treat they had. It did not want to give up. You know how
it is. 🙁

Becca

I wonder if cats suffer dementia like humans do. That's what it sounds
like Annie was going through.