• The RFC Bryan Challenge

    From Ed P@esp@snet.n to rec.food.cooking on Sat Feb 28 19:05:31 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.food.cooking

    Are you up for a challenge?

    It has been brought to our attention that most of us here are getting
    old, lazy, and don't cook much any more. I'm doing my best to live up
    to that.

    The goal is to go one week and not cook. Reheating leftovers is OK, not scratch cooking.

    My record for the week, I cooked from scratch 0 dinners 3 breakfasts.
    Dinner
    Sunday, leftover from Friday lunch my DIL gave me
    Monday/Tuesday Chicken parm from Mazzaros
    Wednesday Pulled pork from a food truck visiting the community
    Thursday, a Dijon chicken dinner from Detwilers
    Friday, Fish and chips from the church
    Saturday, leftovers from the chicken dinner and a few frozen cooked shrimp

    Breakfast
    Sunday/Monday. Boiled four eggs, took out two for soft boiled, left two
    in the water for had boiled next day.
    Tuesday/Thursday/Saturday. Made a batch of blueberry pancakes for four days Wednesday, fried 2 eggs
    Friday, I went to the drugstore early and passed McD's on the say home

    We have to come up with an appropriate trophy, such as a can of
    Campbells Cream of Mushroom soup.
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  • From Bruce@Bruce@invalid.invalid to rec.food.cooking on Sun Mar 1 11:21:04 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.food.cooking

    On Sat, 28 Feb 2026 19:05:31 -0500, Ed P <esp@snet.n> wrote:

    Are you up for a challenge?

    It has been brought to our attention that most of us here are getting
    old, lazy, and don't cook much any more. I'm doing my best to live up
    to that.

    The goal is to go one week and not cook. Reheating leftovers is OK, not >scratch cooking.

    My record for the week, I cooked from scratch 0 dinners 3 breakfasts.
    Dinner
    Sunday, leftover from Friday lunch my DIL gave me
    Monday/Tuesday Chicken parm from Mazzaros
    Wednesday Pulled pork from a food truck visiting the community
    Thursday, a Dijon chicken dinner from Detwilers
    Friday, Fish and chips from the church
    Saturday, leftovers from the chicken dinner and a few frozen cooked shrimp

    Breakfast
    Sunday/Monday. Boiled four eggs, took out two for soft boiled, left two
    in the water for had boiled next day.
    Tuesday/Thursday/Saturday. Made a batch of blueberry pancakes for four days >Wednesday, fried 2 eggs
    Friday, I went to the drugstore early and passed McD's on the say home

    That's very good. Each time you see a McD, keep going and just pass
    it.
    --
    Bruce
    <https://i.ibb.co/WN88KZm7/kim.jpg>
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  • From Cindy Hamilton@chamilton5280@invalid.com to rec.food.cooking on Sun Mar 1 10:40:16 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.food.cooking

    On 2026-03-01, Ed P <esp@snet.n> wrote:
    Are you up for a challenge?

    It has been brought to our attention that most of us here are getting
    old, lazy, and don't cook much any more. I'm doing my best to live up
    to that.

    The goal is to go one week and not cook. Reheating leftovers is OK, not scratch cooking.

    I might try it if I lived alone. But I'm not going to subject my
    husband to that.
    --
    Cindy Hamilton
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  • From Janet@nobody@home.com to rec.food.cooking on Sun Mar 1 13:26:54 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.food.cooking

    In article <10nvvsc$3pdno$2@dont-email.me>, esp@snet.n says...

    Are you up for a challenge?

    It has been brought to our attention that most of us here are getting
    old, lazy, and don't cook much any more. I'm doing my best to live up
    to that.

    The goal is to go one week and not cook. Reheating leftovers is OK, not scratch cooking.

    My record for the week, I cooked from scratch 0 dinners 3 breakfasts.
    Dinner
    Sunday, leftover from Friday lunch my DIL gave me
    Monday/Tuesday Chicken parm from Mazzaros
    Wednesday Pulled pork from a food truck visiting the community
    Thursday, a Dijon chicken dinner from Detwilers
    Friday, Fish and chips from the church
    Saturday, leftovers from the chicken dinner and a few frozen cooked shrimp

    Breakfast
    Sunday/Monday. Boiled four eggs, took out two for soft boiled, left two
    in the water for had boiled next day.
    Tuesday/Thursday/Saturday. Made a batch of blueberry pancakes for four days Wednesday, fried 2 eggs
    Friday, I went to the drugstore early and passed McD's on the say home

    We have to come up with an appropriate trophy, such as a can of
    Campbells Cream of Mushroom soup.

    The award ceremony will be held in the back of an ambulance

    Janet UK
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  • From Bryan Simmons@bryangsimmons@gmail.com to rec.food.cooking on Sun Mar 1 07:32:53 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.food.cooking

    On 2/28/2026 6:05 PM, Ed P wrote:
    Are you up for a challenge?

    It has been brought to our attention that most of us here are getting
    old, lazy, and don't cook much any more.-a I'm doing my best to live up
    to that.

    The goal is to go one week and not cook.-a Reheating leftovers is OK, not scratch cooking.

    My record for the week, I cooked from scratch 0 dinners 3 breakfasts.
    Dinner
    Sunday, leftover from Friday lunch my DIL gave me
    Monday/Tuesday-a Chicken parm from Mazzaros
    Wednesday-a Pulled pork from a food truck visiting the community
    Thursday,-a a Dijon chicken dinner from Detwilers
    Friday,-a Fish and chips from the church
    Saturday, leftovers from the chicken dinner and a few frozen cooked shrimp

    Breakfast
    Sunday/Monday.-a Boiled four eggs, took out two for soft boiled, left two
    in the water for had boiled next day.
    Tuesday/Thursday/Saturday.-a Made a batch of blueberry pancakes for four days
    Wednesday, fried 2 eggs
    Friday,-a I went to the drugstore early and passed McD's on the say home

    We have to come up with an appropriate trophy, such as a can of
    Campbells Cream of Mushroom soup.

    I have spent the past several days in pain. I've done electrical and
    plumbing work both next door and here that involved contortion and
    hand/arm strength that was beyond what I should have done myself. Then,
    I snapped my thumb in a rat-sized snap trap. On Thursday morning I told
    Betsy that my one goal for the day was not getting hurt. I fried some
    miscut wings. I was very careful not to burn myself with grease. Then, I
    broke my tooth on a chicken bone. The remnant is as sharp and pointy as
    an icepick. I've had to keep chewing gum on it continuously to protect
    my tongue, but I can't do that while eating.

    I needed something that I didn't have to really chew. I had a 2.5# bag
    of spinach. I have a large bag of shredded Monterey Jack cheese. I
    always have 40% cream and sodium citrate on hand. Imagine eating creamed spinach, cheesy or otherwise, with your left index finger in your mouth, covering that icepick tooth. One more full day of dental challenge.
    Betsy says there's a thing called emergency dentistry. If they could
    just file off the icepick...

    Under typical conditions, I could go a whole week without cooking, but I wouldn't do any shitty cooking. It would cost more, and with a few
    exceptions, the food I make is usually better. I'd probably eat every
    day at the taqueria. The meals I have there are often my favorite ones
    of the week, more that the ones I cook myself.

    You have added affirmation to my assertion that this NG tends to be
    populated by folks who *used to* be interested in cooking, but few here
    are all that interested in cooking. Myself, Sister Dave and Sister Jill
    are the exceptions, and then there's Rice-a-Roni Leo, and Sister Joan
    who is almost a parody of decent cooking. Sure, we have the anon folks
    who are here for nefarious reasons.

    If you want to issue a challenge, maybe that I can go a week where I
    don't point out any shitty cooking on here, or perhaps that I go a week without describing food that I've prepared. Unlike most of the folks
    here, I love cooking in a next best thing to sex way. Speaking of sex, I
    will eat every meal at McDonald's for a whole week if you will drive to
    Dataw, SC and give the woman who laughs at your jokes some manly
    attention. Heck, I'd eat shitty fish sticks for that. You eat Jill's
    pussy once, and I'll eat Mrs. Paul's for a goddamned week.

    I took the nail file thing on the toenail clipper and filed down that
    icepick.




    Haha. I woke up this morning and saw this unsent. I mean it. You do Jill
    and I'll eat crappy, frozen fish sticks for a week, twice a day. I'll
    even eat a can of condensed cream of mushroom soup.
    --
    --Bryan https://www.instagram.com/bryangsimmons/

    For your safety and protection, this sig. has been thoroughly
    tested on laboratory animals.

    "Most of the food described here is nauseating.
    We're just too courteous to say so."
    -- Cindy Hamilton
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  • From jmquown@j_mcquown@comcast.net to rec.food.cooking on Sun Mar 1 10:43:20 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.food.cooking

    On 2/28/2026 7:05 PM, Ed P wrote:
    Are you up for a challenge?

    It has been brought to our attention that most of us here are getting
    old, lazy, and don't cook much any more.-a I'm doing my best to live up
    to that.

    The goal is to go one week and not cook.-a Reheating leftovers is OK, not scratch cooking.

    (snippage)

    Sorry, I can't participate in this. Sometimes I feel like cooking,
    sometimes I don't. I do nearly always have frozen leftovers to reheat.
    And I like cooking breakfast for dinner as it is tasty and easy after
    work or on a lazy weekend.

    Today I feel like cooking pan seared sea scallops (from frozen) in
    butter and steaming some (also from frozen) asparagus.

    We have to come up with an appropriate trophy, such as a can of
    Campbells Cream of Mushroom soup.


    As for prizes, how about a jar of prepared mayonnaise? Those who know
    will understand what I'm talking about. ;)

    Jill

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  • From Ed P@esp@snet.n to rec.food.cooking on Sun Mar 1 11:19:35 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.food.cooking

    On 3/1/2026 10:43 AM, jmquown wrote:
    On 2/28/2026 7:05 PM, Ed P wrote:
    Are you up for a challenge?

    It has been brought to our attention that most of us here are getting
    old, lazy, and don't cook much any more.-a I'm doing my best to live up
    to that.

    The goal is to go one week and not cook.-a Reheating leftovers is OK,
    not scratch cooking.

    (snippage)

    Sorry, I can't participate in this.-a Sometimes I feel like cooking, sometimes I don't.-a I do nearly always have frozen leftovers to reheat.
    And I like cooking breakfast for dinner as it is tasty and easy after
    work or on a lazy weekend.

    Today I feel like cooking pan seared sea scallops (from frozen) in
    butter and steaming some (also from frozen) asparagus.

    We have to come up with an appropriate trophy, such as a can of
    Campbells Cream of Mushroom soup.


    As for prizes, how about a jar of prepared mayonnaise?-a Those who know
    will understand what I'm talking about. ;)

    Jill


    Yes, and it should be store brand
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  • From Cindy Hamilton@chamilton5280@invalid.com to rec.food.cooking on Sun Mar 1 16:43:14 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.food.cooking

    On 2026-03-01, Ed P <esp@snet.n> wrote:
    On 3/1/2026 10:43 AM, jmquown wrote:
    On 2/28/2026 7:05 PM, Ed P wrote:
    Are you up for a challenge?

    It has been brought to our attention that most of us here are getting
    old, lazy, and don't cook much any more.-a I'm doing my best to live up >>> to that.

    The goal is to go one week and not cook.-a Reheating leftovers is OK,
    not scratch cooking.

    (snippage)

    Sorry, I can't participate in this.-a Sometimes I feel like cooking,
    sometimes I don't.-a I do nearly always have frozen leftovers to reheat.
    And I like cooking breakfast for dinner as it is tasty and easy after
    work or on a lazy weekend.

    Today I feel like cooking pan seared sea scallops (from frozen) in
    butter and steaming some (also from frozen) asparagus.

    We have to come up with an appropriate trophy, such as a can of
    Campbells Cream of Mushroom soup.


    As for prizes, how about a jar of prepared mayonnaise?-a Those who know
    will understand what I'm talking about. ;)

    Jill


    Yes, and it should be store brand

    The store brand of mayo where I shop is quite good. Virtually indistinguishable from Hellman's. I only get Hellman's ($4.29
    for 15 ounces) when they're out of store brand ($2.49 for 15 ounces).
    --
    Cindy Hamilton
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  • From Dave Smith@adavid.smith@sympatico.ca to rec.food.cooking on Sun Mar 1 12:01:52 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.food.cooking

    On 2026-02-28 7:05 p.m., Ed P wrote:
    Are you up for a challenge?

    It has been brought to our attention that most of us here are getting
    old, lazy, and don't cook much any more.-a I'm doing my best to live up
    to that.

    The goal is to go one week and not cook.-a Reheating leftovers is OK, not scratch cooking.

    Sorry. I can't do that. I have already started on tonight's supper. When
    I was the butcher shop the other day they had some really nice looking
    beef short ribs. About an hour ago I seared them, sauteed some onion,
    celery and carrot, threw in some chopped garlic and bay leave, added
    some beef stock and bit of tomato paste. It will braise for a couple
    hours until the beef is ready to fall off the bone.


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  • From Dave Smith@adavid.smith@sympatico.ca to rec.food.cooking on Sun Mar 1 12:13:24 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.food.cooking

    On 2026-03-01 11:43 a.m., Cindy Hamilton wrote:
    On 2026-03-01, Ed P <esp@snet.n> wrote:



    Yes, and it should be store brand

    The store brand of mayo where I shop is quite good. Virtually indistinguishable from Hellman's. I only get Hellman's ($4.29
    for 15 ounces) when they're out of store brand ($2.49 for 15 ounces).


    It could easily be the same product. Gone are the days when major food companies ran their own processing plants and everything that came out
    of their facilities carried their labels. For years now they have been operated mainly by independents who churn out various products and slap
    on the labels of the companies that contracted for them.

    I don't know about the US, but up here Loblaws slapped the name
    President's Choice on their generic store brand and some of them are
    darned good.
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  • From Bruce@Bruce@invalid.invalid to rec.food.cooking on Mon Mar 2 04:32:16 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.food.cooking

    On Sun, 1 Mar 2026 12:13:24 -0500, Dave Smith
    <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> wrote:

    On 2026-03-01 11:43 a.m., Cindy Hamilton wrote:
    On 2026-03-01, Ed P <esp@snet.n> wrote:

    Yes, and it should be store brand

    The store brand of mayo where I shop is quite good. Virtually
    indistinguishable from Hellman's. I only get Hellman's ($4.29
    for 15 ounces) when they're out of store brand ($2.49 for 15 ounces).

    It could easily be the same product. Gone are the days when major food >companies ran their own processing plants and everything that came out
    of their facilities carried their labels. For years now they have been >operated mainly by independents who churn out various products and slap
    on the labels of the companies that contracted for them.

    Does Prince Charles know this?
    --
    Bruce
    <https://i.ibb.co/WN88KZm7/kim.jpg>
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  • From jmquown@j_mcquown@comcast.net to rec.food.cooking on Sun Mar 1 14:13:49 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.food.cooking

    On 3/1/2026 11:43 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
    On 2026-03-01, Ed P <esp@snet.n> wrote:
    On 3/1/2026 10:43 AM, jmquown wrote:
    On 2/28/2026 7:05 PM, Ed P wrote:
    Are you up for a challenge?

    It has been brought to our attention that most of us here are getting
    old, lazy, and don't cook much any more.-a I'm doing my best to live up >>>> to that.

    The goal is to go one week and not cook.-a Reheating leftovers is OK,
    not scratch cooking.

    (snippage)

    Sorry, I can't participate in this.-a Sometimes I feel like cooking,
    sometimes I don't.-a I do nearly always have frozen leftovers to reheat. >>> And I like cooking breakfast for dinner as it is tasty and easy after
    work or on a lazy weekend.

    Today I feel like cooking pan seared sea scallops (from frozen) in
    butter and steaming some (also from frozen) asparagus.

    We have to come up with an appropriate trophy, such as a can of
    Campbells Cream of Mushroom soup.


    As for prizes, how about a jar of prepared mayonnaise?-a Those who know
    will understand what I'm talking about. ;)

    Jill


    Yes, and it should be store brand

    The store brand of mayo where I shop is quite good. Virtually indistinguishable from Hellman's. I only get Hellman's ($4.29
    for 15 ounces) when they're out of store brand ($2.49 for 15 ounces).

    But it's not the aioli Bryan yaps about. I don't know about you but I
    don't use enough mayo to bother making it from scratch.

    Jill
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  • From Mars Sellus@zed@is.dead to rec.food.cooking on Sun Mar 1 12:29:34 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.food.cooking

    On Sun, 1 Mar 2026 07:32:53 -0600
    Bryan Simmons <bryangsimmons@gmail.com> wrote:

    The remnant is as sharp and pointy as
    an icepick. I've had to keep chewing gum on it continuously to
    protect my tongue, but I can't do that while eating.

    These may be an immedite help:

    https://www.walgreens.com/store/c/productlist/dental-repair-kits-dental-accessories/N=361229-100075373
    Dentemp Maximum Strength Loose Cap and Filling Repair, 0.09 oz
    $5.99

    AI-generated using English reviews only
    The product was generally effective as a temporary solution for lost
    fillings or loose crowns, with most users finding it easy to apply and providing relief until they could see a dentist. However, some users
    reported issues with the product's stickiness and effectiveness
    compared to similar products. Overall, the product is a good temporary
    fix, but users should still seek professional dental care for a
    permanent solution.



    Not perfect, but they do mostly work.

    Good luck.

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  • From Mars Sellus@zed@is.dead to rec.food.cooking,uk.politics,a;t.politics.uk on Sun Mar 1 12:10:47 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.food.cooking

    On Sun, 1 Mar 2026 13:26:54 -0000
    Janet <nobody@home.com> wrote:
    We have to come up with an appropriate trophy, such as a can of
    Campbells Cream of Mushroom soup.

    The award ceremony will be held in the back of an ambulance

    Janet UK
    Except in the Unfree Kingdom where you must cue in the street for NHS to
    die with indignity. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/apr/11/england-ambulance-service-failing-patients-paramedics-nhs-999-calls
    https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/apr/10/appalling-waits-for-ambulances-in-england-leaving-lives-at-risk
    Lives are at risk because 999 callers face unacceptable and appalling waits for ambulances in England, the countryrCOs top emergency medicine doctor has said.
    Dr Katherine Henderson, the president of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine, said pressure in the NHS was now so severe that it was breaking its rCLbasic agreementrCY with the public to treat the sickest in a timely way.
    In an extraordinary intervention, Henderson said urgent and emergency care was in a rCLdeeper crisis than ever beforerCY, and for the first time in its history the NHS could no longer stick to its rCLcontractrCY with the nation to promptly reach seriously ill patients who dial 999.
    Patients with life-threatening conditions such as heart attacks and
    strokes are having to wait far too long for emergency care, she said,
    and vulnerable older people are in some cases spending all night on the
    floor at home after falling.
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  • From Mars Sellus@zed@is.dead to rec.food.cooking on Sun Mar 1 12:12:25 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.food.cooking

    On Sun, 1 Mar 2026 07:32:53 -0600
    Bryan Simmons <bryangsimmons@gmail.com> wrote:

    Then, I
    broke my tooth on a chicken bone. The remnant is as sharp and pointy
    as an icepick. I've had to keep chewing gum on it continuously to
    protect my tongue, but I can't do that while eating.

    This is not good. I will say a prayer for your swift recovery. Be well.

    :-(

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  • From Ed P@esp@snet.n to rec.food.cooking on Sun Mar 1 16:15:19 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.food.cooking

    On 3/1/2026 8:32 AM, Bryan Simmons wrote:


    If you want to issue a challenge, maybe that I can go a week where I
    don't point out any shitty cooking on here, or perhaps that I go a week without describing food that I've prepared. Unlike most of the folks
    here, I love cooking in a next best thing to sex way. Speaking of sex, I will eat every meal at McDonald's for a whole week if you will drive to Dataw, SC and give the woman who laughs at your jokes some manly
    attention. Heck, I'd eat shitty fish sticks for that. You eat Jill's
    pussy once, and I'll eat Mrs. Paul's for a goddamned week.

    Do you think you can go a week and not denigrate others and their
    personal life?
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  • From Dave Smith@adavid.smith@sympatico.ca to rec.food.cooking on Sun Mar 1 16:15:33 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.food.cooking

    On 2026-03-01 2:13 p.m., jmquown wrote:
    On 3/1/2026 11:43 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:

    The store brand of mayo where I shop is quite good.-a Virtually
    indistinguishable from Hellman's.-a I only get Hellman's ($4.29
    for 15 ounces) when they're out of store brand ($2.49 for 15 ounces).

    But it's not the aioli Bryan yaps about.-a I don't know about you but I don't use enough mayo to bother making it from scratch.



    Home made mayonnaise should be consumed within about a week. It would
    take me a couple months to use up the mayo from one batch. I will stick
    to my MO of making mayo only when I run out or if I plan to make
    something that is going to use a lot of it. It's just not worth the
    hassle if you are only using a couple tablespoons of mayo once every 2-3 weeks.


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  • From jmquown@j_mcquown@comcast.net to rec.food.cooking on Sun Mar 1 17:48:20 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.food.cooking

    On 3/1/2026 4:15 PM, Ed P wrote:
    On 3/1/2026 8:32 AM, Bryan Simmons wrote:


    If you want to issue a challenge, maybe that I can go a week where I
    don't point out any shitty cooking on here, or perhaps that I go a
    week without describing food that I've prepared. Unlike most of the
    folks here, I love cooking in a next best thing to sex way. Speaking
    of sex,

    Do you think you can go a week and not denigrate others and their
    personal life?

    Impossible.

    Bryan has the mindset of a 14 year old boy who will eventually find out
    all the pills in the world won't keep his weeny working. At that point
    he'll probably kill himself since his entire world seems to revolve
    around sex.

    Jill
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  • From jmquown@j_mcquown@comcast.net to rec.food.cooking on Sun Mar 1 17:50:51 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.food.cooking

    On 3/1/2026 4:15 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
    On 2026-03-01 2:13 p.m., jmquown wrote:
    On 3/1/2026 11:43 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:

    The store brand of mayo where I shop is quite good.-a Virtually
    indistinguishable from Hellman's.-a I only get Hellman's ($4.29
    for 15 ounces) when they're out of store brand ($2.49 for 15 ounces).

    But it's not the aioli Bryan yaps about.-a I don't know about you but I
    don't use enough mayo to bother making it from scratch.



    Home made mayonnaise should be consumed within about a week. It would
    take me a couple months to use up the mayo from one batch. I will stick
    to my MO of making mayo only when I run out or if I plan to make
    something that is going to use a lot of it. It's just not worth the
    hassle if you are only using a couple tablespoons of mayo once every 2-3 weeks.


    Yeah, that was my point. I don't use a lot of mayo so why bother making
    it from scratch? Of course the inference is if you don't make it from
    scratch you're a "shitty cook".

    Jill
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  • From ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net@user4742@newsgrouper.org.invalid to rec.food.cooking on Sun Mar 1 23:04:19 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.food.cooking


    Bryan Simmons <bryangsimmons@gmail.com> posted:

    I have spent the past several days in pain. I've done electrical and plumbing work both next door and here that involved contortion and
    hand/arm strength that was beyond what I should have done myself. Then,
    I snapped my thumb in a rat-sized snap trap. On Thursday morning I told Betsy that my one goal for the day was not getting hurt. I fried some
    miscut wings. I was very careful not to burn myself with grease. Then, I broke my tooth on a chicken bone. The remnant is as sharp and pointy as
    an icepick. I've had to keep chewing gum on it continuously to protect
    my tongue, but I can't do that while eating.

    Hold on! I'm looking for my tiny tissues and equally tiny violin.

    You have added affirmation to my assertion that this NG tends to be populated by folks who *used to* be interested in cooking, but few here
    are all that interested in cooking.

    We're still interested in cooking, but we're not interested in some narcissistic, ego driven average cook attempting to lecture us as if
    he's some authority. To my knowledge there's been no award ceremony
    crowning you the arbiter of exceptional or even good cooking.

    ~
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  • From jmquown@j_mcquown@comcast.net to rec.food.cooking on Sun Mar 1 18:15:47 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.food.cooking

    On 3/1/2026 6:04 PM, ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net wrote:

    Bryan Simmons <bryangsimmons@gmail.com> posted:

    I have spent the past several days in pain. I've done electrical and
    plumbing work both next door and here that involved contortion and
    hand/arm strength that was beyond what I should have done myself. Then,
    I snapped my thumb in a rat-sized snap trap. On Thursday morning I told
    Betsy that my one goal for the day was not getting hurt. I fried some
    miscut wings. I was very careful not to burn myself with grease. Then, I
    broke my tooth on a chicken bone. The remnant is as sharp and pointy as
    an icepick. I've had to keep chewing gum on it continuously to protect
    my tongue, but I can't do that while eating.

    Hold on! I'm looking for my tiny tissues and equally tiny violin.

    You have added affirmation to my assertion that this NG tends to be
    populated by folks who *used to* be interested in cooking, but few here
    are all that interested in cooking.

    We're still interested in cooking, but we're not interested in some narcissistic, ego driven average cook attempting to lecture us as if
    he's some authority. To my knowledge there's been no award ceremony
    crowning you the arbiter of exceptional or even good cooking.

    ~

    You go, girl! Oh wait, I'm sure someone will come along and say we're
    part of a "gang". No, we're simply more mature than the guy who says
    everyone else is a shitty cook and if anyone dares disagree with him
    resorts to childish name calling.

    Jill
    --- Synchronet 3.21d-Linux NewsLink 1.2
  • From Dave Smith@adavid.smith@sympatico.ca to rec.food.cooking on Sun Mar 1 18:28:36 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.food.cooking

    On 2026-03-01 5:50 p.m., jmquown wrote:
    On 3/1/2026 4:15 PM, Dave Smith wrote:

    Home made mayonnaise should be consumed within about a week. It would
    take me a couple months to use up the mayo from one batch. I will
    stick to my MO of making mayo only when I run out or if I plan to make
    something that is going to use a lot of it. It's just not worth the
    hassle if you are only using a couple tablespoons of mayo once every
    2-3 weeks.


    Yeah, that was my point. I don't use a lot of mayo so why bother making
    it from scratch?-a Of course the inference is if you don't make it from scratch you're a "shitty cook".


    It's not as if it is difficult to make. I have done it a few times. It
    takes more time for me to get the FP out of the cupboard than it does to
    make the mayo, and then all the extra time to clean the FP. It's just
    not worth the effort of the expense if you are only using a little.
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  • From Bryan Simmons@bryangsimmons@gmail.com to rec.food.cooking on Sun Mar 1 18:58:02 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.food.cooking

    On 3/1/2026 1:12 PM, Mars Sellus wrote:
    On Sun, 1 Mar 2026 07:32:53 -0600
    Bryan Simmons <bryangsimmons@gmail.com> wrote:

    Then, I
    broke my tooth on a chicken bone. The remnant is as sharp and pointy
    as an icepick. I've had to keep chewing gum on it continuously to
    protect my tongue, but I can't do that while eating.

    This is not good. I will say a prayer for your swift recovery. Be well.

    I took the little file thingie on the nail clipper and filed off the
    pointy thing.
    https://www.fredmeyer.com/p/revlon-nail-clipper/0030997232410
    --
    --Bryan https://www.instagram.com/bryangsimmons/

    For your safety and protection, this sig. has been thoroughly
    tested on laboratory animals.

    "Most of the food described here is nauseating.
    We're just too courteous to say so."
    -- Cindy Hamilton
    --- Synchronet 3.21d-Linux NewsLink 1.2
  • From Bryan Simmons@bryangsimmons@gmail.com to rec.food.cooking on Sun Mar 1 19:08:19 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.food.cooking

    On 3/1/2026 3:15 PM, Ed P wrote:
    On 3/1/2026 8:32 AM, Bryan Simmons wrote:


    If you want to issue a challenge, maybe that I can go a week where I
    don't point out any shitty cooking on here, or perhaps that I go a
    week without describing food that I've prepared. Unlike most of the
    folks here, I love cooking in a next best thing to sex way. Speaking
    of sex, I will eat every meal at McDonald's for a whole week if you
    will drive to Dataw, SC and give the woman who laughs at your jokes
    some manly attention. Heck, I'd eat shitty fish sticks for that. You
    eat Jill's pussy once, and I'll eat Mrs. Paul's for a goddamned week.

    Do you think you can go a week and not denigrate others and their
    personal life?

    How about this, Ed? Why don't you challenge Jill not to start shit with me.
    How about this, Ed? Until the next time that she makes a negative
    comment about *me*, I will not make a negative comment about her.
    How about that, Ed? Will you challenge both of us to not be the one who *starts it*? I haven't read anything downthread, where I'm sure that she
    had derogatory responses. I'll let her have the last word. Fair enough?
    --
    --Bryan https://www.instagram.com/bryangsimmons/

    For your safety and protection, this sig. has been thoroughly
    tested on laboratory animals.

    "Most of the food described here is nauseating.
    We're just too courteous to say so."
    -- Cindy Hamilton
    --- Synchronet 3.21d-Linux NewsLink 1.2
  • From Bryan Simmons@bryangsimmons@gmail.com to rec.food.cooking on Sun Mar 1 19:18:47 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.food.cooking

    On 3/1/2026 11:32 AM, Bruce wrote:
    On Sun, 1 Mar 2026 12:13:24 -0500, Dave Smith
    <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> wrote:

    On 2026-03-01 11:43 a.m., Cindy Hamilton wrote:
    On 2026-03-01, Ed P <esp@snet.n> wrote:

    Yes, and it should be store brand

    The store brand of mayo where I shop is quite good. Virtually
    indistinguishable from Hellman's. I only get Hellman's ($4.29
    for 15 ounces) when they're out of store brand ($2.49 for 15 ounces).

    It could easily be the same product. Gone are the days when major food
    companies ran their own processing plants and everything that came out
    of their facilities carried their labels. For years now they have been
    operated mainly by independents who churn out various products and slap
    on the labels of the companies that contracted for them.

    Does Prince Charles know this?

    It's KING Charles, and he is both your king and Dave's king. I think
    it's funny that folks are calling his little brother, "The Andrew
    Formerly Known as Prince."
    --
    --Bryan https://www.instagram.com/bryangsimmons/

    For your safety and protection, this sig. has been thoroughly
    tested on laboratory animals.

    "Most of the food described here is nauseating.
    We're just too courteous to say so."
    -- Cindy Hamilton
    --- Synchronet 3.21d-Linux NewsLink 1.2
  • From Leonard Blaisdell@leoblaisdell@sbcglobal.net to rec.food.cooking on Mon Mar 2 06:09:03 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.food.cooking

    On 2026-03-01, Ed P <esp@snet.n> wrote:

    Are you up for a challenge?

    It has been brought to our attention that most of us here are getting
    old, lazy, and don't cook much any more. I'm doing my best to live up
    to that.

    The goal is to go one week and not cook. Reheating leftovers is OK, not scratch cooking.


    Do TV dinners count? My desire to cook has crashed over the past year.
    So has my desire to drive. Is the half-mile away supermarket next?
    My wife is a few years younger and perkier, so I'm faking it, poorly.
    For the younger here, buckle up!
    --- Synchronet 3.21d-Linux NewsLink 1.2
  • From Bruce@Bruce@invalid.invalid to rec.food.cooking on Mon Mar 2 17:37:48 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.food.cooking

    On Sun, 1 Mar 2026 19:08:19 -0600, Bryan Simmons
    <bryangsimmons@gmail.com> wrote:

    On 3/1/2026 3:15 PM, Ed P wrote:
    On 3/1/2026 8:32 AM, Bryan Simmons wrote:


    If you want to issue a challenge, maybe that I can go a week where I
    don't point out any shitty cooking on here, or perhaps that I go a
    week without describing food that I've prepared. Unlike most of the
    folks here, I love cooking in a next best thing to sex way. Speaking
    of sex, I will eat every meal at McDonald's for a whole week if you
    will drive to Dataw, SC and give the woman who laughs at your jokes
    some manly attention. Heck, I'd eat shitty fish sticks for that. You
    eat Jill's pussy once, and I'll eat Mrs. Paul's for a goddamned week.

    Do you think you can go a week and not denigrate others and their
    personal life?

    How about this, Ed? Why don't you challenge Jill not to start shit with me. >How about this, Ed? Until the next time that she makes a negative
    comment about *me*, I will not make a negative comment about her.
    How about that, Ed? Will you challenge both of us to not be the one who >*starts it*? I haven't read anything downthread, where I'm sure that she
    had derogatory responses. I'll let her have the last word. Fair enough?

    You're like a sociopathic little boy that just discovered sex.
    --
    Bruce
    <https://i.ibb.co/WN88KZm7/kim.jpg>
    --- Synchronet 3.21d-Linux NewsLink 1.2
  • From Bruce@Bruce@invalid.invalid to rec.food.cooking on Mon Mar 2 17:38:56 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.food.cooking

    On Sun, 1 Mar 2026 19:18:47 -0600, Bryan Simmons
    <bryangsimmons@gmail.com> wrote:

    On 3/1/2026 11:32 AM, Bruce wrote:
    On Sun, 1 Mar 2026 12:13:24 -0500, Dave Smith
    <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> wrote:

    On 2026-03-01 11:43 a.m., Cindy Hamilton wrote:
    On 2026-03-01, Ed P <esp@snet.n> wrote:

    Yes, and it should be store brand

    The store brand of mayo where I shop is quite good. Virtually
    indistinguishable from Hellman's. I only get Hellman's ($4.29
    for 15 ounces) when they're out of store brand ($2.49 for 15 ounces).

    It could easily be the same product. Gone are the days when major food
    companies ran their own processing plants and everything that came out
    of their facilities carried their labels. For years now they have been
    operated mainly by independents who churn out various products and slap
    on the labels of the companies that contracted for them.

    Does Prince Charles know this?

    It's KING Charles, and he is both your king and Dave's king. I think
    it's funny that folks are calling his little brother, "The Andrew
    Formerly Known as Prince."

    He's Cheating Charlie in my book. And I have two kings, actually.
    --
    Bruce
    <https://i.ibb.co/WN88KZm7/kim.jpg>
    --- Synchronet 3.21d-Linux NewsLink 1.2
  • From Leonard Blaisdell@leoblaisdell@sbcglobal.net to rec.food.cooking on Mon Mar 2 06:55:28 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.food.cooking

    On 2026-03-02, Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:

    He's Cheating Charlie in my book. And I have two kings, actually.


    Three, you forgot me.
    --- Synchronet 3.21d-Linux NewsLink 1.2
  • From Bruce@Bruce@invalid.invalid to rec.food.cooking on Mon Mar 2 17:57:13 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.food.cooking

    On 2 Mar 2026 06:55:28 GMT, Leonard Blaisdell
    <leoblaisdell@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

    On 2026-03-02, Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:

    He's Cheating Charlie in my book. And I have two kings, actually.


    Three, you forgot me.

    Don Leo!
    --
    Bruce
    <https://i.ibb.co/WN88KZm7/kim.jpg>
    --- Synchronet 3.21d-Linux NewsLink 1.2
  • From Bryan Simmons@bryangsimmons@gmail.com to rec.food.cooking on Mon Mar 2 07:08:07 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.food.cooking

    On 3/2/2026 12:37 AM, Bruce wrote:
    On Sun, 1 Mar 2026 19:08:19 -0600, Bryan Simmons
    <bryangsimmons@gmail.com> wrote:

    On 3/1/2026 3:15 PM, Ed P wrote:
    On 3/1/2026 8:32 AM, Bryan Simmons wrote:


    If you want to issue a challenge, maybe that I can go a week where I
    don't point out any shitty cooking on here, or perhaps that I go a
    week without describing food that I've prepared. Unlike most of the
    folks here, I love cooking in a next best thing to sex way. Speaking
    of sex, I will eat every meal at McDonald's for a whole week if you
    will drive to Dataw, SC and give the woman who laughs at your jokes
    some manly attention. Heck, I'd eat shitty fish sticks for that. You
    eat Jill's pussy once, and I'll eat Mrs. Paul's for a goddamned week.

    Do you think you can go a week and not denigrate others and their
    personal life?

    How about this, Ed? Why don't you challenge Jill not to start shit with me. >> How about this, Ed? Until the next time that she makes a negative
    comment about *me*, I will not make a negative comment about her.
    How about that, Ed? Will you challenge both of us to not be the one who
    *starts it*? I haven't read anything downthread, where I'm sure that she
    had derogatory responses. I'll let her have the last word. Fair enough?

    You're like a sociopathic little boy that just discovered sex.

    You are a worthless, chattering thing who is not, and has never been
    here to post about cooking. I've posted about a lot more vegetarian
    meals than you have.
    --
    --Bryan https://www.instagram.com/bryangsimmons/

    For your safety and protection, this sig. has been thoroughly
    tested on laboratory animals.

    "Most of the food described here is nauseating.
    We're just too courteous to say so."
    -- Cindy Hamilton
    --- Synchronet 3.21d-Linux NewsLink 1.2
  • From Bryan Simmons@bryangsimmons@gmail.com to rec.food.cooking on Mon Mar 2 07:50:05 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.food.cooking

    On 2/28/2026 6:05 PM, Ed P wrote:

    Friday,-a I went to the drugstore early and passed McD's on the say home

    If you eat at McD's, you should certainly use their app. These are the
    offers I saw today. This morning I'll be bringing home a Sausage
    McMuffin with Egg, adding butter, black and red pepper, and a little salt. https://photos.app.goo.gl/tMzjjoE8swiN5Sts9

    Then I'll brush my teeth extraspecially good before going to the torture chamber (dentist). Whatever the additional cost, there will be N2O.
    --
    --Bryan https://www.instagram.com/bryangsimmons/

    For your safety and protection, this sig. has been thoroughly
    tested on laboratory animals.

    "Most of the food described here is nauseating.
    We're just too courteous to say so."
    -- Cindy Hamilton
    --- Synchronet 3.21d-Linux NewsLink 1.2
  • From Ed P@esp@snet.n to rec.food.cooking on Mon Mar 2 09:02:40 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.food.cooking

    On 3/1/2026 8:08 PM, Bryan Simmons wrote:
    On 3/1/2026 3:15 PM, Ed P wrote:
    On 3/1/2026 8:32 AM, Bryan Simmons wrote:


    If you want to issue a challenge, maybe that I can go a week where I
    don't point out any shitty cooking on here, or perhaps that I go a
    week without describing food that I've prepared. Unlike most of the
    folks here, I love cooking in a next best thing to sex way. Speaking
    of sex, I will eat every meal at McDonald's for a whole week if you
    will drive to Dataw, SC and give the woman who laughs at your jokes
    some manly attention. Heck, I'd eat shitty fish sticks for that. You
    eat Jill's pussy once, and I'll eat Mrs. Paul's for a goddamned week.

    Do you think you can go a week and not denigrate others and their
    personal life?

    How about this, Ed? Why don't you challenge Jill not to start shit with me. How about this, Ed? Until the next time that she makes a negative
    comment about *me*, I will not make a negative comment about her.
    How about that, Ed? Will you challenge both of us to not be the one who *starts it*? I haven't read anything downthread, where I'm sure that she
    had derogatory responses. I'll let her have the last word. Fair enough?




    Neither of you should "start" anything, nor should you keep up the nasty remarks. RFC would be a better place
    --- Synchronet 3.21d-Linux NewsLink 1.2
  • From Dave Smith@adavid.smith@sympatico.ca to rec.food.cooking on Mon Mar 2 09:19:02 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.food.cooking

    On 2026-03-02 9:02 a.m., Ed P wrote:
    On 3/1/2026 8:08 PM, Bryan Simmons wrote:
    On 3/1/2026 3:15 PM, Ed P wrote:

    How about this, Ed? Why don't you challenge Jill not to start shit
    with me.
    How about this, Ed? Until the next time that she makes a negative
    comment about *me*, I will not make a negative comment about her.
    How about that, Ed? Will you challenge both of us to not be the one
    who *starts it*? I haven't read anything downthread, where I'm sure
    that she had derogatory responses. I'll let her have the last word.
    Fair enough?




    Neither of you should "start" anything, nor should you keep up the nasty remarks.-a RFC would be a better place

    Oh poor Bryan. The girls are picking on him.

    --- Synchronet 3.21d-Linux NewsLink 1.2
  • From jmquown@j_mcquown@comcast.net to rec.food.cooking on Mon Mar 2 09:22:26 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.food.cooking

    On 3/2/2026 1:09 AM, Leonard Blaisdell wrote:
    On 2026-03-01, Ed P <esp@snet.n> wrote:

    Are you up for a challenge?

    It has been brought to our attention that most of us here are getting
    old, lazy, and don't cook much any more. I'm doing my best to live up
    to that.

    The goal is to go one week and not cook. Reheating leftovers is OK, not
    scratch cooking.


    Do TV dinners count? My desire to cook has crashed over the past year.
    So has my desire to drive. Is the half-mile away supermarket next?
    My wife is a few years younger and perkier, so I'm faking it, poorly.
    For the younger here, buckle up!


    Got a Walmart nearby? For pantry and freezer staples (also
    household/personal care items) I have a Walmart+ membership. $99/year =
    free delivery. Just add a nice tip for the driver; they are independent contractors and 100% of the tip goes to them. Shop on the Walmart web
    site, select a delivery time window, add a good tip and voila! your
    order is dropped off at your door. (There are other grocery delivery services, of course. I don't find many who are willing to drive to
    Saint Helena Island without tacking on extra fees due to the distance.)

    Jill
    --- Synchronet 3.21d-Linux NewsLink 1.2
  • From Ed P@esp@snet.n to rec.food.cooking on Mon Mar 2 09:25:34 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.food.cooking

    On 3/2/2026 1:09 AM, Leonard Blaisdell wrote:
    On 2026-03-01, Ed P <esp@snet.n> wrote:

    Are you up for a challenge?

    It has been brought to our attention that most of us here are getting
    old, lazy, and don't cook much any more. I'm doing my best to live up
    to that.

    The goal is to go one week and not cook. Reheating leftovers is OK, not
    scratch cooking.


    Do TV dinners count? My desire to cook has crashed over the past year.
    So has my desire to drive. Is the half-mile away supermarket next?
    My wife is a few years younger and perkier, so I'm faking it, poorly.
    For the younger here, buckle up!

    Driving does not bother me. I think nothing of taking a 20 mile ride
    just to get out in the sun.

    Young wife has benefits, such as in this story.

    A married couple in their early 60s are celebrating their 40th wedding anniversary in a quite, little romantic restaurant.

    A tiny fairy appears on the table and says for being such an exemplary
    married couple and for loving each other during all this time I grant
    each of you a wish.

    The wife answered: rCLI want to travel around the world with my darling husband.rCY

    The fairy waved her magic wand and poof two tickets for a
    round-the-world trip on the Queen Mary 2 appeared in her hands.

    The husband thought for a moment and said: rCLWell, this is all very
    romantic but an opportunity like this may never come again. I-|m sorry my
    love but my wish is to have a wife 30 years younger than me.rCY

    The wife and the fairy were deeply disappointed but a wish is a wish. So
    the fairy waved her magic wand and poof the husband became 92 years old
    --- Synchronet 3.21d-Linux NewsLink 1.2
  • From jmquown@j_mcquown@comcast.net to rec.food.cooking on Mon Mar 2 09:39:42 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.food.cooking

    On 3/2/2026 9:02 AM, Ed P wrote:
    On 3/1/2026 8:08 PM, Bryan Simmons wrote:
    On 3/1/2026 3:15 PM, Ed P wrote:
    On 3/1/2026 8:32 AM, Bryan Simmons wrote:


    If you want to issue a challenge, maybe that I can go a week where I
    don't point out any shitty cooking on here, or perhaps that I go a
    week without describing food that I've prepared. Unlike most of the
    folks here, I love cooking

    Do you think you can go a week and not denigrate others and their
    personal life?

    How about this, Ed? Why don't you challenge Jill not to start shit
    with me.
    How about this, Ed? Until the next time that she makes a negative
    comment about *me*, I will not make a negative comment about her.
    How about that, Ed? Will you challenge both of us to not be the one
    who *starts it*? I haven't read anything downthread, where I'm sure
    that she had derogatory responses. I'll let her have the last word.
    Fair enough?




    Neither of you should "start" anything, nor should you keep up the nasty remarks.-a RFC would be a better place

    To be fair, I probably should curb my responses. However, I rarely
    *start* anything. I'll be reading along in a thread and suddenly
    there's Bryan dragging my name into something. Often I haven't even
    read the thread yet, much less posted a reply, but there's Bryan making
    nasty remarks about me. What's up with that?

    Jill
    --- Synchronet 3.21d-Linux NewsLink 1.2
  • From jmquown@j_mcquown@comcast.net to rec.food.cooking on Mon Mar 2 09:50:27 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.food.cooking

    On 3/2/2026 9:25 AM, Ed P wrote:
    On 3/2/2026 1:09 AM, Leonard Blaisdell wrote:
    On 2026-03-01, Ed P <esp@snet.n> wrote:

    Do TV dinners count? My desire to cook has crashed over the past year.
    So has my desire to drive. Is the half-mile away supermarket next?
    My wife is a few years younger and perkier, so I'm faking it, poorly.
    For the younger here, buckle up!

    Driving does not bother me.-a I think nothing of taking a 20 mile ride
    just to get out in the sun.

    Young wife has benefits, such as in this story.

    A married couple in their early 60s are celebrating their 40th wedding anniversary in a quite, little romantic restaurant.

    A tiny fairy appears on the table and says for being such an exemplary married couple and for loving each other during all this time I grant
    each of you a wish.

    The wife answered: rCLI want to travel around the world with my darling husband.rCY

    The fairy waved her magic wand and poof two tickets for a round-the-
    world trip on the Queen Mary 2 appeared in her hands.

    The husband thought for a moment and said: rCLWell, this is all very romantic but an opportunity like this may never come again. I-|m sorry my love but my wish is to have a wife 30 years younger than me.rCY

    The wife and the fairy were deeply disappointed but a wish is a wish. So
    the fairy waved her magic wand and poof the husband became 92 years old

    That's funny!

    I have to say, my father was rather vain about his looks. I think it
    was when his 70th birthday was approaching, I was looking for a birthday
    card. I found one that cracked me up. On the front was a drawing of a
    fairy with a magic wand. It said something like "I'm the Birthday
    Fairy! Every year I tap you with my magic wand and make you a year
    older..."

    Open the card and inside it read "I must have beaten the crap out of
    you!" My mother would *not* let me buy him that card. LOL

    Jill
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  • From Bryan Simmons@bryangsimmons@gmail.com to rec.food.cooking on Mon Mar 2 09:02:32 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.food.cooking

    On 3/2/2026 8:25 AM, Ed P wrote:
    On 3/2/2026 1:09 AM, Leonard Blaisdell wrote:
    On 2026-03-01, Ed P <esp@snet.n> wrote:

    Are you up for a challenge?

    It has been brought to our attention that most of us here are getting
    old, lazy, and don't cook much any more.-a I'm doing my best to live up
    to that.

    The goal is to go one week and not cook.-a Reheating leftovers is OK, not >>> scratch cooking.


    Do TV dinners count? My desire to cook has crashed over the past year.
    So has my desire to drive. Is the half-mile away supermarket next?
    My wife is a few years younger and perkier, so I'm faking it, poorly.
    For the younger here, buckle up!

    Driving does not bother me.-a I think nothing of taking a 20 mile ride
    just to get out in the sun.

    Young wife has benefits, such as in this story.

    A married couple in their early 60s are celebrating their 40th wedding anniversary in a quite, little romantic restaurant.

    A tiny fairy appears on the table and says for being such an exemplary married couple and for loving each other during all this time I grant
    each of you a wish.

    The wife answered: rCLI want to travel around the world with my darling husband.rCY

    The fairy waved her magic wand and poof two tickets for a round-the-
    world trip on the Queen Mary 2 appeared in her hands.

    The husband thought for a moment and said: rCLWell, this is all very romantic but an opportunity like this may never come again. I-|m sorry my love but my wish is to have a wife 30 years younger than me.rCY

    The wife and the fairy were deeply disappointed but a wish is a wish. So
    the fairy waved her magic wand and poof the husband became 92 years old

    I just want to take the Queen Mary 2 to England and back. If I had a
    bucket list, that would be on it. We don't want to go so far away as
    Europe while my wife's parents are still with us, but after that we can
    get on the boat. I'm quite happy with my 60 YO wife.

    See? This post came through. It's random.
    --
    --Bryan https://www.instagram.com/bryangsimmons/

    For your safety and protection, this sig. has been thoroughly
    tested on laboratory animals.

    "Most of the food described here is nauseating.
    We're just too courteous to say so."
    -- Cindy Hamilton
    --- Synchronet 3.21d-Linux NewsLink 1.2
  • From Graham@g.stereo@shaw.ca to rec.food.cooking on Mon Mar 2 12:37:45 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.food.cooking

    On 2026-03-02 7:25 a.m., Ed P wrote:


    Driving does not bother me.-a I think nothing of taking a 20 mile ride
    just to get out in the sun.

    Young wife has benefits, such as in this story.

    A married couple in their early 60s are celebrating their 40th wedding anniversary in a quite, little romantic restaurant.

    A tiny fairy appears on the table and says for being such an exemplary married couple and for loving each other during all this time I grant
    each of you a wish.

    The wife answered: rCLI want to travel around the world with my darling husband.rCY

    The fairy waved her magic wand and poof two tickets for a round-the-
    world trip on the Queen Mary 2 appeared in her hands.

    The husband thought for a moment and said: rCLWell, this is all very romantic but an opportunity like this may never come again. I-|m sorry my love but my wish is to have a wife 30 years younger than me.rCY

    The wife and the fairy were deeply disappointed but a wish is a wish. So
    the fairy waved her magic wand and poof the husband became 92 years old


    And in the same spirit: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/de7nfE8I5cY
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  • From Ed P@esp@snet.n to rec.food.cooking on Mon Mar 2 14:54:24 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.food.cooking

    On 3/2/2026 2:37 PM, Graham wrote:
    On 2026-03-02 7:25 a.m., Ed P wrote:


    Driving does not bother me.-a I think nothing of taking a 20 mile ride
    just to get out in the sun.

    Young wife has benefits, such as in this story.

    A married couple in their early 60s are celebrating their 40th wedding
    anniversary in a quite, little romantic restaurant.

    A tiny fairy appears on the table and says for being such an exemplary
    married couple and for loving each other during all this time I grant
    each of you a wish.

    The wife answered: rCLI want to travel around the world with my darling
    husband.rCY

    The fairy waved her magic wand and poof two tickets for a round-the-
    world trip on the Queen Mary 2 appeared in her hands.

    The husband thought for a moment and said: rCLWell, this is all very
    romantic but an opportunity like this may never come again. I-|m sorry
    my love but my wish is to have a wife 30 years younger than me.rCY

    The wife and the fairy were deeply disappointed but a wish is a wish.
    So the fairy waved her magic wand and poof the husband became 92 years
    old


    And in the same spirit: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/de7nfE8I5cY

    Two guys were fishing and one pulled out a cigarette and asked his buddy
    if he had a light. He pulled out a really long lighter. The guy asked
    about it. His buddy replied a genie in the bottle granted me a wish.
    He had a hearing problem though, I did not ask for a 10" Bic.
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