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But what will I do with all that extra money? hookers and blow?

linky bug, you gotta post a TR of your Rainier climb this summer...

Hah, that is the classic saying. I've been trying to pick up French cuisine lately myself. It is true to some extent, but not that bad. If browning or sauteing, oil can be substituted in place of butter, to reduce the saturated fat. I've had success too with reducing the amount of butter by 1/3 and still getting much the right texture/flavor. It seems a lot of the butter/cream gets used in sauces or creamy soups. The cream isn't as bad as butter, as it's about 35-40% fat. As for poaching liquids or buttery sauces, you don't eat all the poaching liquid (some will be used for a sauce or nage), and sauces are applied in moderation, due to their concentrated flavor. (Last night I reduced 3C wine and 2C stock to less than a cup.) Where the saturated fat and cholesterol really seems to hit is with souffles, custards, creme anglais, pastry doughs, etc., especially due to egg yolks. But I'd rather eat one of those once a week than a twinkie. The other thing to keep in mind is that when a recipe calls for a stick of butter, it's probably for at least four people. Also the French know about portion control. :-)

I'm not sure what part of my post got your mangina all sandy nor do I care. I wasn't offering any advice to Mr. Webster. This is spray and I was sharing what I found to be a funny anecdote. Indeed. Talk about a completely out-of-line attack. Welcome to the world of spray with its resident rabid dog. Hopefully he (or the rest of us) will not scare you off. :-)

Nice try, but you can't squeeze blood from stone, DC.

Can't we all just get along?

We are the world!!

I thought you were gonna tell us how they got busy in a stall.

hi porter. could you please post the steaming pile animated gif, now? is that not what these character bashing exchanges are? yes. you are right.

hi porter. could you please post the steaming pile animated gif, now?

Women: can't live with them... pass the beer nuts.

Updated subject.

No. Fuck off. Somebody is a little bit bitter.

i think climbing can act as an amplifier for the state of a relationship, good or bad. there's also: "Why are you going climbing w/ your buds but not climbing w/ me?" "Is it because I'm not good enough?" "Is it because you don't love me?" and "Why do you get to go climbing when I have to stay home to take care of [house/kids/dog/whatever]" and "When I'm sick you should stay home with me and take care of me instead of going climbing" ... shit, that sounds worse than marriage.

Listen to the talking heads on the news. It's all part of politics. Bush endorses McCain publicly, does some fundraising for him, etc. And McCain looks for ways to simultaneously distance himself from Bush. It was a game Gore played very poorly, helping him lose an election he should have won decisively.

it was a double entendre

horseback? how about snowmobile. then we'd be #1. :-)))

Like you ever *were* going to vote for McCain.

seems like a good idea to me. climbing girlfriends, that is.

OK. Good to know. $40 is indeed a good price.

I was just going to say... based on what he does with cigars, I don't know if I'd take a toke off of a doobie he handed me

It's just that I would think, given your fire and brimstone rantings when one single individual threatens to take a particular action, you might muster a little bit more than this meepish admonishment for a media demogogue inciting thousands of his followers to take the same action en masse. But hey, partisan hypocrisy's all in a day's work around here, right? whatever, dude - you are grasping for straws.

i agree though - he'd be fun to hang out and party with

how much did they cost you?

but he doesn't inhale.