"Dave Smith" > wrote in message
...
>
>
> Kris wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > Yours is very similar to mine. Under cheeses though, I have to specify
> > parmesan - it can be used in a lot of foods!
> >
>
> It should be a chunk of real Parmesan, not that canned little plastic
> chips.
>

But still, those canned little plastic chips do come in handy.

That stuff I used to look at while heading to the
freezer section wondering at how anyone could be
so quaint as to chop and cook their own food when
it's just so easy to get nutritious, tasty things
that are already carefully arranged and just have
to be warmed up...

--Blair
"There's a Penzey's for everyone."

-L. wrote:

>> How can someone live without bread?

> I dunno. I am trying to limit my bread intake now, and it's very
> difficult....

Damn difficult! Both my parents have diabetes mellitus, and with our habit
to pasta & bread, they're really struggling to bring they blood sugar levels
under 150. It could be a lot easier for them if they were from a place other
than Italy
--
Vilco
Think pink, drink rose'

"Ken" > wrote in message
ps.com...
>
>
> > >
> >
> > It is! We have two upper cabinets where I store my glasses and dishes
and
> > one lower one that I use for pots and pans. Then I have two tiny upper
ones
> > for tupperware and that's about it. My cast iron sits on the kitchen
table
> > along with my crockpot, bean pot, fondue pot and coffee maker.
> >
> > In a tiny little space, you just have to make do. :~)
> >
> > kili
>
> Kili,
>
> For future reference:
>
> I too have a very small house, and it is far from well designed. But
> it was very reasonable and it works just fine. It didn't have a pantry
> because it was built as a weekender house. And because of the weird
> design, the washer/dryer area is in the middle of the house by the
> kitchen. When I bought a washer and dryer, I bought front loaders, the
> reasonably priced ones, mostly because they are quiet. But they
> stacked and that gave me half the washer dryer area for a pantry. I
> had a free-standing cabinet built at a local cabinet shop. I stained
> and varnished it, and I now have a pantry just outside the kitchen.
> This of course only applies if you need to buy appliances, and if you
> have an appliance space.
>
> Just something to think about when the washer dies.
>
> Hope this might help someday,
>
> Ken
>

I don't have a washer or dryer! I wish I did, but we'd have to buy a shed
for outside, pour concrete for the base, tie it down for hurricanes, and
then figure out how to include electricity and water. Kind of expensive, so
we just go to the laundromat.

This house is so small (800 square feet), I don't even have a linen closet.
No garage, either. No automatic dishwasher. Heck, we don't even have a
driveway; my husband parks on the lawn!

On a plus, our lawn never floods and we live in a sturdy concrete block
house to protect against hurricanes. Oh, and the benefit of living in a
small house is that it's easy to clean!!!!!!!!!

kili

> > This of course only applies if you need to buy appliances, and if you
> > have an appliance space.
> >
> > Just something to think about when the washer dies.
> >
> > Hope this might help someday,
> >
> > Ken
> >
>
> I don't have a washer or dryer! I wish I did, but we'd have to buy a shed
> for outside, pour concrete for the base, tie it down for hurricanes, and
> then figure out how to include electricity and water. Kind of expensive, so
> we just go to the laundromat.
>
> This house is so small (800 square feet), I don't even have a linen closet.
> No garage, either. No automatic dishwasher. Heck, we don't even have a
> driveway; my husband parks on the lawn!
>
> On a plus, our lawn never floods and we live in a sturdy concrete block
> house to protect against hurricanes. Oh, and the benefit of living in a
> small house is that it's easy to clean!!!!!!!!!
>
> kili

Kili,

I had a funny feeling you wouldn't have a washer/dryer area. Oh well,
so much for my idea.

My house is bigger than 800 sq. ft., but it certainly isn't a palace.
I do have a dishwasher, but it has never been used to wash dishes while
I've lived here. I have my plastic storage containers in it. My house
has a small kitchen with few cabinets, so why waste the space with a
dishwasher? (I know, some people consider a d/w a necessity, but not
me.) You can come and have the dishwasher if you want it. But my very
small kitchen does have a door to the side yard. There's a good use of
space. And I do have a linen closet, all of 11" deep. More good
planning.

My house is proof that a degree in architecture doesn't guarantee a lot
of common sense or that the architect ever set foot in a kitchen. But
my place is on a nice piece of property and it fits me okay. So it
sounds like we're both happy with our little places and we'll keep
them.

Ken

In article om>,
"-L." > wrote:

> flour
> sugar
> baking ingredients (soda, powder, yeast)
> dried spices and herbs
> dried and/or canned beans
> canned tomatoes
> pasta (various types)
> rice (various types)
> potatoes
> onions
> carrots
> celery
> fresh garlic
> oils and butter/margerine
> milk
> bread (prepared)
> oatmeal
> dry cereals
> crackers (various types)
> cheese (various types)
> other dairy (yogurt/cottage cheese)
> olives
> salsa (prepared)
> wine (for cooking)
> vinegar (various types)
> gingerale (For sick tummies - I always keep it on hand.)

What? No Heinz Ketchup?

"Andy" <q> wrote in message ...
> beer
> wine

toilet paper

Mordechai Housman wrote:
> "Andy" <q> wrote in message ...
> > beer
> > wine
>
> toilet paper

LOL...I meant FOOD ITEMS as staples. Unless there's recipe for fried
Charmin I don't know about...

-L.

-L. wrote:
> Mordechai Housman wrote:
> > "Andy" <q> wrote in message ...
> > > beer
> > > wine
> >
> > toilet paper
>
> LOL...I meant FOOD ITEMS as staples. Unless there's recipe for fried
> Charmin I don't know about...


If there is one, it'll show up here. Assuming Sandra Lee doesn't beat
the board to it.

-L. wrote:

> LOL...I meant FOOD ITEMS as staples. Unless there's recipe for fried
> Charmin I don't know about...

everything tastes good fried, even squid
you can fry up a pig butthole and people will eat it

Michael "Dog3" Lonergan wrote:
>
> From poopreport.com
>
> http://www.poopreport.com/BMnewswire/flesh_eating.html
>
>
> China's flesh-eating toilet paper
>
> An article from the Epoch Times last year makes me wonder if I will ever
> dare go to China, let alone wipe my ass there. "According to the HK Star
> Daily, the toilet paper samples tested were mainly produced in the cities
> of Zhongshan, Guandong, JiangMen, and Guangzhou in Guangdong and Jiangsu
> Provinces. The hygiene index for the toilet paper included total bacteria
> colony count, as well as amounts of enterococcus, flesh-eating
> streptococci, and golden staphylococcus."
> Flesh-eating?
>
> The article continues to state that "the test results show that the hygiene
> test failure rate for the samples tested was 37.5%. Moreover, toilet paper
> sold on the wholesale market and in small stores failed the national
> sanitation standard, some having six times the accepted bacteria levels."
>
> May I remind you that some of those bacteria are FLESH EATING. So the next
> time you are in China, remember: when what you ate comes out, some bacteria
> may start to eat the flesh around from where it came. I highly suggest that
> all intrepid travelers pack their own Charmin.
>
> Michael

While the report is interesting, I know for a fact that nasty TP isn't
the norm in the bigger cities. China isn't all that different from the
US, really. And DH says some of the best food and service he has
received was in Shanghi, Beijing and Shenzhen. The biggest downside to
being in China is that a lot of Chinese native smoke cigs.

-L.

In article 1>, "Michael \"Dog3\" Lonergan" > wrote:
>"-L." >
oups.com:
>
>> While the report is interesting, I know for a fact that nasty TP isn't
>> the norm in the bigger cities. China isn't all that different from
>> the US, really. And DH says some of the best food and service he has
>> received was in Shanghi, Beijing and Shenzhen. The biggest downside
>> to being in China is that a lot of Chinese native smoke cigs.
>
>My post was meant as a joke.

*Now* you tell us ...

Cheers, Phred.

--
LID

"-L." > wrote in message
oups.com...
>
> Mordechai Housman wrote:
>> "Andy" <q> wrote in message
>> ...
>> > beer
>> > wine
>>
>> toilet paper
>
> LOL...I meant FOOD ITEMS as staples. Unless there's recipe for fried
> Charmin I don't know about...

Hmmm, fried Charmin. Interesting. What would go well with that?

> Mordechai Housman > wrote:

> Hmmm, fried Charmin. Interesting. What would go well with that?

For the chocolate desert lovers.... X-Lax - what else.

Mordechai Housman wrote:
> Hmmm, fried Charmin. Interesting. What would go well with that?

Poop foam?
(Ewwwww!)

-L.

-L. wrote:
> flour
> sugar
> baking ingredients (soda, powder, yeast)
> dried spices and herbs
> dried and/or canned beans
> canned tomatoes
> pasta (various types)
> rice (various types)
> potatoes
> onions
> carrots
> celery
> fresh garlic
> oils and butter/margerine
> milk
> bread (prepared)
> oatmeal
> dry cereals
> crackers (various types)
> cheese (various types)
> other dairy (yogurt/cottage cheese)
> olives
> salsa (prepared)
> wine (for cooking)
> vinegar (various types)
> gingerale (For sick tummies - I always keep it on hand.)
>
>
> Most everything else I buy seasonally or buy as it comes on sale.
> What else would you list?
>
> -L.

+ teabags

In article 1>, "Michael \"Dog3\" Lonergan" > wrote:
(Phred) :
>
>> In article 1>,
>> "Michael \"Dog3\" Lonergan" > wrote:
>>>
>>>My post was meant as a joke.
>
>> *Now* you tell us ...
>>
>> Cheers, Phred.
>
>Sorry Phred. With a site name like poopreport.com I assumed people would
>see the joke part of it.

I made the same assumption about my response.

Cheers, Phred.

--
LID

-L wrote:

> flour
> sugar
> baking ingredients (soda, powder, yeast)
> dried spices and herbs
> dried and/or canned beans
> canned tomatoes
> pasta (various types)
> rice (various types)
> potatoes
> onions
> carrots
> celery
> fresh garlic
> oils and butter/margerine
> milk
> bread (prepared)
> oatmeal
> dry cereals
> crackers (various types)
> cheese (various types)
> other dairy (yogurt/cottage cheese)
> olives
> salsa (prepared)
> wine (for cooking)
> vinegar (various types)
> gingerale (For sick tummies - I always keep it on hand.)
>
>
> Most everything else I buy seasonally or buy as it comes on sale.
> What else would you list?

I'd remove salsa, potatoes, ginger ale, yogurt, and cottage cheese from the
list and add:

eggs
coffee
tea
tomato paste
cornstarch
rice flour
cornmeal
cocoa powder
spices
lentils


Grits are iffy. While I always *have* them, I rarely *use* them, and I could
get along without them just fine. Olives, capers, anchovies, wine, mustard,
mayo, and pickles fall into that same category, and moreover, I don't think
of condiments as staples.

I rarely have crackers around, because I'll buy them, use them up quickly,
and not buy them again until they're needed -- and they're not needed all
that often. I use tomato sauce once or twice a year, but I usually have a
can on hand.

Maybe cheese is a staple, but I can't specify any particular type because
pretty much any cheese is fair game to me. Parmesano-Reggiano is in my
refrigerator more than any other cheese, but I use it more as a condiment
than a food, so I don't really consider it to be a staple.

I generally have club soda around to make tempura (which is also the main
reason for my having rice flour) and to make Italian sodas.

Bob

On Sun, 03 Sep 2006 02:30:22 GMT, Mordechai Housman
> wrote in <news:27rKg.5268$%_1.4108@trndny07>:

> "-L." > wrote in message
> oups.com...
>>
>> Mordechai Housman wrote:
>>> "Andy" <q> wrote in message
>>> ...
>>> > beer
>>> > wine
>>>
>>> toilet paper
>>
>> LOL...I meant FOOD ITEMS as staples. Unless there's recipe for fried
>> Charmin I don't know about...
>
> Hmmm, fried Charmin. Interesting. What would go well with that?

*DON'T ASK!!!*

--
Nicolaas

.... Boycott shampoo! Demand the real thing.