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post #421 of 7996
7/5/11 at 9:52pm
Love this time of year. Got some beautiful tomato, small red spicy onion, cucumber, peaches, and blueberry Saturday.

Tonight grilled burgers with homemade guacamole, bacon, those beautiful onions and tomato, and some havarti melted on the bun under the broiler. Finished with vanilla ice cream and blueberry.

Getting ready for bed sipping a lovely single malt Caol Ila 12 year old Islay scotch.
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post #422 of 7996
9/17/11 at 8:15am
Wow what a divine thread. Thanks to Aiona for pointing me to it.
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post #423 of 7996
9/17/11 at 8:43am
Just having a glass of Beaujolais Primeur while surfing on BN
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post #424 of 7996
9/17/11 at 10:50am
Thai dinner :

Vegetable Fried Rice and sautéd vegetables



Assorted forest mushrooms in oyster sauce and vegetable in green curry



These little pods are actually eggplant not peas!
Here they are (darker) next to green peas for reference



Up close for further inspection

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post #425 of 7996
9/17/11 at 11:55am
I just made a big pot of chicken soup from scratch for my husband, who has a cold again.
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post #426 of 7996
9/17/11 at 6:23pm
Stuffing my face with Blockbuster's Sweet and Salty popcorn !
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post #427 of 7996
9/17/11 at 7:21pm
And mine with Dolmadakia!
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post #428 of 7996
9/17/11 at 9:00pm
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Originally Posted by hednic View Post

And mine with Dolmadakia!

those are called ورق عنب in Arabic which translates to grape leaves.
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post #429 of 7996
9/17/11 at 9:21pm
Thread Starter 
Saltines and water! No, I'm not in jail.
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post #430 of 7996
9/18/11 at 12:42pm
Pork roast with baked courgette and mashed potatoes
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post #431 of 7996
9/19/11 at 1:34am
I spent the weekend in Rome and stuffed myself with brioches, fresh fruit, pasta... One of the few healthy things I managed to scarf down was a beef carpaccio.

Back on the wagon now... Smoked salmon with a few vegetables for lunch a little later!
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post #432 of 7996
9/19/11 at 1:19pm
Some exquisite dark chocolates by Lind I just discovered today
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post #433 of 7996
9/19/11 at 1:44pm
It's funny, I used to be a vacuum cleaner with food. Would/could eat anything in the world, but unfortunately, I'm a lot more conservative now, since I have this God awful GERD (esophageal reflux). Still hoping that it goes away eventually, since I've heard that many people just have it for a period in their lives, and not their entire lives.
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post #434 of 7996
9/19/11 at 9:39pm
Tonight I ate a wonderful Feta and pasta salad with kalamata olives - delightful.
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post #435 of 7996
9/19/11 at 9:46pm
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Originally Posted by hednic View Post

Tonight I ate a wonderful Feta and pasta salad with kalamata olives - delightful.

I love the pop you get. The skin is tight an bursts when bitten into.

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post #436 of 7996
9/19/11 at 10:26pm
I used a friend's brownie recipe recently, and it turned out very nicely! Chewy. That's how I like them.

Aiona's Friend's Brownies from Scratch

3/4 cups cocoa
3/4 cups melted butter
(I carefully nuke my fresh-from-fridge butter for 35 seconds in a 1000 Watt microwave.)
2 cups sugar
4 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
1 1/4 cups flour
1 tsp salt

Mix all the ingredients together, making sure the butter is not so hot that it cooks the egg while you're mixing! Pour into a greased 9 X 13 pan. Bake 25-30 minutes at 350 degrees F.

'So easy, and so good. I might skip one of the eggs in my next batch, as I think that will make them slightly chewier. Also, I might have put in a little more vanilla than the recipe called for, as I really like vanilla.

Also I used parchment paper to line my pan, instead of greasing it, because I hate washing pans with stuck-on/baked-on brownie.
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post #437 of 7996
9/21/11 at 1:21am
Vodka with various juices, sodas and "instant mixes".
Silver Rum with various juices, sodas and or energy drinks.
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post #438 of 7996
9/21/11 at 5:43am
For lunch I will have a North Carolina pulled pork sandwich smothered in coleslaw.
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post #439 of 7996
9/21/11 at 5:54am
at this moment, my stomach is digesting itself
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post #440 of 7996
9/22/11 at 7:19am
For the past week, for no reason in particular, I have been having an Iced Decaf Non-Fat Pumpkin Spice Latte from Starbucks.

Icy cold pumpkin refreshment sounds like a contradiction, right, but there is something strangely addictive about it.
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post #441 of 7996
9/22/11 at 8:48am
Fish and Grits! Leftover fried cod from last night with grits. Some raw radishes on the side. It's all the food groups... vegetables, fried foods, and grits. Right? Anyway, it's good, and I was down a couple of pounds so this will help it come back.
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post #442 of 7996
9/23/11 at 10:04pm
Tonight - Chelow kabab with lots of sumac as a garnish. Delicious.
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post #443 of 7996
9/27/11 at 12:52am
Finally got to try Turkish Delight for the first time. I suppose there are different varieties, but anyway it says Turkish Delight on the box. I just had a piece that was rose flavored. Interesting to find candies that taste like flowers. Not bad...
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post #444 of 7996
9/27/11 at 1:08am
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Originally Posted by hednic View Post

Tonight - Chelow kabab with lots of sumac as a garnish. Delicious.

Im sure you must have already tried Barg & Koobideh.


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Originally Posted by Indie_Guy View Post

Finally got to try Turkish Delight for the first time. I suppose there are different varieties, but anyway it says Turkish Delight on the box. I just had a piece that was rose flavored. Interesting to find candies that taste like flowers. Not bad...

There are so many varieties of Turkish Delight and quality matters too.
Try to find some online.
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post #445 of 7996
9/27/11 at 1:16am
was out and about and stopped in at 7/11 and got a $1.39 corn dog roller...........interesting, i've had worse, it did the job of filling me up
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post #446 of 7996
9/27/11 at 9:11pm
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Originally Posted by hedonist222 View Post

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There are so many varieties of Turkish Delight and quality matters too.
Try to find some online.

I think I will. The quality of the stuff I had wasn't that great, but now I'm intrigued to try the good Turkish Delight. I'm eager to do some browsing to find the high grade stuff.
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post #447 of 7996
9/27/11 at 9:24pm
Turkish delight is not very complicated, and if you are paying a lot, it's probably not the ingredients you are paying for.
This is one of the best and THE definitive classic turkish delight shop you can find:
http://www.hacibekir.com.tr/

I'd suggest trying
classic turkish delight with mastic
roast hazelnut
safranbolu pistachio

good stuff.

Also I just had pancakes and beyaz peynir (turkish feta) for breakfast.
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post #448 of 7996
9/27/11 at 9:30pm
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Originally Posted by hedonist222 View Post

Im sure you must have already tried Barg & Koobideh.

When I lived in مشهد in 1976-1977 I ate Chelow Kabab Barg frequently. Was my favorite Persian dish. Koobideh I wasn't too keen on.
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post #449 of 7996
9/27/11 at 9:30pm
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Originally Posted by Indie_Guy View Post

I think I will. The quality of the stuff I had wasn't that great, but now I'm intrigued to try the good Turkish Delight. I'm eager to do some browsing to find the high grade stuff.

Heres a tip to help you recognize high end Arabic and basically non-western pastries.
The sweetness you taste should come from the natural ingredients in the pastry itself and not sugar.
Bakers and pastry chefs will use one of the ingredients to naturally sweeten the sweet like caramelized almonds, honey and many others. It should be sweet but not a general sweet but a sweet that you get when you bite into that area of the pastry.

In some parts of Iran, they drink tea by placing cubes of sugar and saffron between the gum and the teeth. When drinking the tea, it flows over the cubes slowly and sweetens as you drink it.


This is the sugar but it is in stick (dipping) form.

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post #450 of 7996
9/27/11 at 10:00pm
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Originally Posted by sarıpatates View Post

Turkish delight is not very complicated, and if you are paying a lot, it's probably not the ingredients you are paying for.
This is one of the best and THE definitive classic turkish delight shop you can find:
http://www.hacibekir.com.tr/

I'd suggest trying
classic turkish delight with mastic
roast hazelnut
safranbolu pistachio

good stuff.

Also I just had pancakes and beyaz peynir (turkish feta) for breakfast.

We've had from there before. Truly very good.

My wife & I had the best country breakfast here:
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&q=lo...=k&spn=0.5,0.5

Everything was from the farm. From the eggs to bread to cheese to the honey.
Dont you love technology? If you zoom in, there wont be StreetView but there will be pictures uploaded by people by GPS. Two of them are mine (CorruptedSanity) that I uploaded 2 years ago.


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Originally Posted by hednic View Post

When I lived in مشهد in 1976-1977 I ate Chelow Kabab Barg frequently. Was my favorite Persian dish. Koobideh I wasn't too keen on.

Thats impressive.
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post #451 of 7996
9/30/11 at 10:45am
Fusion salad for me & grilled breast of chicken for wife.

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post #452 of 7996
9/30/11 at 3:04pm
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Originally Posted by hedonist222 View Post

Heres a tip to help you recognize high end Arabic and basically non-western pastries.
The sweetness you taste should come from the natural ingredients in the pastry itself and not sugar.
Bakers and pastry chefs will use one of the ingredients to naturally sweeten the sweet like caramelized almonds, honey and many others. It should be sweet but not a general sweet but a sweet that you get when you bite into that area of the pastry.

In some parts of Iran, they drink tea by placing cubes of sugar and saffron between the gum and the teeth. When drinking the tea, it flows over the cubes slowly and sweetens as you drink it.


This is the sugar but it is in stick (dipping) form.




Thanks for the Turkish delight help (both of you guys)-- when I get around to trying the good stuff I'll post the results.
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post #453 of 7996
9/30/11 at 4:59pm
Having a couple slices of plain roast beef, boiled red potatoes with skin left on, baby carrots, and also from ****house
brand, a green goodness kind of smoothie drink, looks like thick swamp water but tastes wonderful! I was nibbling on a few grapes and rose hips earlier this afternoon--delicious!

....hedonist222, your meals look SO good!
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post #454 of 7996
9/30/11 at 5:22pm
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Originally Posted by Robin-in-FL View Post

Fish and Grits! Leftover fried cod from last night with grits. Some raw radishes on the side. It's all the food groups... vegetables, fried foods, and grits. Right? Anyway, it's good, and I was down a couple of pounds so this will help it come back.

I thought that was shrimp and grits...

might just be me...

Whose grits do you prefer for this dish?
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post #455 of 7996
9/30/11 at 7:28pm
I recently took a course from a chef about cooking! French style mostly, but other styles as well. I have to say I have a greater appreciation for finer cooking styles, and why restaurants with good chefs can command higher prices. Nothing wrong with a filet Mignon from Outback, but I have tried some some steak dishes that make you open your eyes to the possibilities of what steak can taste like! Sure, I can't pay 50 bucks for a dinner every weekend, but I like to try something original and innovative too. As always, we like to have value for our money, but value is a relative thing as well! I like a good hamburger, others would think it crap. Well, to each their own!
My best advice: add flavor to your food with natural ingredients! Take the time to saute some onions/peppers with some spices, add a little butter here and there (not much, but a little!), use fresh squeezed limes and lemons for a citrus touch, etc. etc. , don't let your dishes stand naked :-) and you will see how easy it is!
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post #456 of 7996
9/30/11 at 9:42pm
On a recent trip to east Asia, my dad encouraged me to try this:



It was like drinking straight sugar mixed with a tiny touch of vinegar and cottonseed oil.
Heavens almighty!
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post #457 of 7996
9/30/11 at 11:12pm
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Originally Posted by IngaMi View Post

....hedonist222, your meals look SO good!

Thanks! It was called fusion because the dressing had ginger and a little sugar with other spices in it.

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Originally Posted by Aiona View Post

On a recent trip to east Asia, my dad encouraged me to try this:



It was like drinking straight sugar mixed with a tiny touch of vinegar and cottonseed oil.
Heavens almighty!

That looks interesting.
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post #458 of 7996
10/2/11 at 5:37pm
Wow! Why did I look at these posts? That Thai lunch and Aiona's friend's brownies made me so hungry! Luckily I have some food cooking in the kitchen.

Right now I am drinking my own cocktail creation (please tell me no one else thought of it before ): orange juice with vanilla infusion from a DIY kit (vodka and vanilla pods). It is really, really good!
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post #459 of 7996
10/2/11 at 6:35pm
Some buds



Cmon, Heineken is better.

I think this deserves a thread
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post #460 of 7996
10/2/11 at 7:34pm
I had "feijoada" at my favorite Brazilian restaurant this evening.
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post #461 of 7996
10/4/11 at 5:07am
Mandi



Another rice with mincemeat and baked chicken dish

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post #462 of 7996
10/4/11 at 5:28am
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Originally Posted by thaifighter View Post

I thought that was shrimp and grits...

might just be me...

Whose grits do you prefer for this dish?


my everyday favorite are actually the yellow 5 minute grits, they are getting hard to find though. These were Quaker quick (NOT instant) white grits. You are in Tampa, you know here we can get slow-cooking yellow corn grits at that Cracker County at the fairgrounds, that's the gold standard IMO, with hot pepper cheese and (don't laugh) nutritional yeast from the health food store, and salt and butter. More work though.

And a big yes to shrimp & grits. One day I am gonna try grits with chili paste and a fried egg; asian/southern fusion, LOL.
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post #463 of 7996
10/5/11 at 6:28pm
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Originally Posted by darkdreams View Post

orange juice with vanilla infusion from a DIY kit (vodka and vanilla pods). It is really, really good!

That *sounds* good! Like an alcoholic Creamsicle (R)!
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post #464 of 7996
10/6/11 at 6:37pm
Gosh my food is so boring in comparison to all the yummy delicacies above !

I'm eating a Myoplex Lite chocolate chip crisp bar .
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post #465 of 7996
10/6/11 at 7:03pm
my late after class dinner tonight was a hundred year old egg with rice and a glass of milk. it may sound pathetic but it was really really tasty!
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post #466 of 7996
10/6/11 at 7:47pm
Went and got a couple of NY Strips from the local butcher and grilled a version of this recipe for Florentine-Style steaks. Being that I'm in the south, I actually skipped the olive oil and made a little pot of butter melted over the smashed garlic that I used to baste the steaks.

They went a little past the med. rare I was shooting for but that step of drying them in the fridge first kept them juicy at medium anyway. Yummers!
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post #467 of 7996
10/6/11 at 8:53pm
Chocolate chip cookies in which I substituted extra virgin coconut oil for the butter the recipe calls for. YUM!

Recipe on request!
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post #468 of 7996
10/6/11 at 8:55pm
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Originally Posted by 30 Roses View Post

Chocolate chip cookies in which I substituted extra virgin coconut oil for the butter the recipe calls for. YUM!

Recipe on request!

So you and I went exact opposite directions on our recipe subs tonight....did we cancel each other out?
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post #469 of 7996
10/6/11 at 9:07pm


I do love both olive oil and butter-- but I favor butter and garlic when sautéeing mushrooms.

One time when I use a 50/50 mix of both is when browning pork tenderloins (and onions and garlic) prior to baking them with rosemary...mmmm.

That is one of only two ideas I ever got from Martha Stewart-- that, and using a serrated knife to cut baking chocolate (to keep the pieces from flying across the room when chopping.)
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post #470 of 7996
10/7/11 at 12:48am
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Originally Posted by Mimi Gardenia View Post

Gosh my food is so boring in comparison to all the yummy delicacies above !

I'm eating a Myoplex Lite chocolate chip crisp bar .

You'll be in Singapore soon.
Eat all the curry laksa, asam laksa, nasi goreng, char kway teow that you can! lol
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post #471 of 7996
10/8/11 at 6:50am
Grilled marinated chicken fillet with lentil salad as a side dish
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post #472 of 7996
10/8/11 at 10:20am
Shrimp in tarragon dressing with slices of raw almonds.

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post #473 of 7996
10/9/11 at 4:20am
Toasted bread with feta cheese and fresh tomatoes
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post #474 of 7996
10/14/11 at 3:12am
Some horrible person pointed me towards Pinterest.com, and that led me to some really wonderful recipes. One of them was about how to make Nutella croissants.

I didn't follow the recipe. I bought pop-croissants, and smeared Nutella on them before rolling them. It's so easy, and cheap. $1.74 for the croissants. I can't remember how much the Nutella was, because it's kind of a staple. I may make a batch for my co-workers next week!
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post #475 of 7996
10/14/11 at 3:17am
Croissants and nutella. Yummmmm
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post #476 of 7996
10/14/11 at 5:10am
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Originally Posted by hedonist222 View Post

Croissants and nutella. Yummmmm

That shrimp sandwich that you posted also looked very yummy.

Here's a picture of the croissants.



I also made a batch with some pulled-pork in it. Those are also very yummy. The pulled-pork was from a crock-pot recipe. They make wonderful alternatives to a sandwich, to pack for lunch.
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post #477 of 7996
10/14/11 at 5:52am
Onion soup and pizza Capriciosa at a friend's birthday dinner
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post #478 of 7996
10/14/11 at 6:10am
My regular apple (1 at 10am, other at 4m)
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post #479 of 7996
10/14/11 at 7:30am
Planning an evening snack later on, consisting of:

wholemeal pancakes, with a salty filling made from- finely chopped smoked salmon, sour cream, olive paste, extravirgin olive oil, parsley, dill and lemon juice
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post #480 of 7996
10/14/11 at 12:00pm
Aiona, I was watching a travel documentary yesterday and the host cooked champorado but with fried fish on top.
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