11-02-2005, 01:34 AM
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#881 | | Question Game Queen
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Originally Posted by ThatReallyHurt Hey - you'd better watch it... where I come from, it's our official national sport!   | Really? Didn't think you had that many elephants in Canadia. | 
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11-02-2005, 01:36 AM
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#882 | | Boom!
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Originally Posted by Go? Fencing? Really? Didn't think you had that many elephants in Canadia. | Hmm... I seem to have misquoted. I meant Lacrosse, actually.
You are correct, we've hunted most of our elephant species to extinction up here...
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11-02-2005, 01:43 AM
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#883 | | Question Game Queen
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| Lacrosse is okay. I can play well enough as long as I'm the goalie. I'm a pretty good goalie for any sport as long as I have a stick. And I'm not on skates or something like that like that silly hockey game...  | |
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11-02-2005, 04:29 AM
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#884 | | Immortal
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| "Lax" is not slang for "relaxed." It is perfectly good word on its own right, attested to in Middle English and derived, ultimately, from Latin, laxus, which means loose.
Check your Websters.
And look in the NYT Cookbook if you want a good eggnog recipe.
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11-02-2005, 10:21 AM
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#885 | | the dark one
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| There's something nauseating about egg nog. I think it's the viscosity of it, I have a hard time swallowing it. The only way I can do it is to mix in about equal parts Irish whiskey (not Scotch, never scotch!) or bourbon, and a dash of nutmeg, and I'm loving life. Hmmm... almost egg nog season now, isn't it?
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11-02-2005, 10:32 AM
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#886 | | Immortal
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| You have to make it yourself....
3 cups whole milk
7 large eggs
1 cup sugar
2 cups heavy cream
1/3 cup bourbon
1/3 cup Cognac or other brandy
1 teaspoon vanilla
Special equipment: an instant-read thermometer
Garnish: freshly grated nutmeg
Bring milk just to a boil in a 2-quart heavy saucepan. Whisk together eggs and sugar in a large bowl, then add hot milk in a slow stream, whisking. Pour mixture into saucepan and cook over moderately low heat, stirring constantly with a wooden spoon, until mixture registers 170°F on thermometer, 6 to 7 minutes.
Pour custard through a fine-mesh sieve into cleaned large bowl and stir in cream, bourbon, brandy, and vanilla. Cool completely, uncovered, then chill, covered, until cold, at least 3 hours and up to 24.
Cooks' note:
Flavor of eggnog improves when it is made a day ahead to allow alcohol to mellow.
Makes about 6 cups.
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11-02-2005, 10:33 AM
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| Another way...
12 egg whites
12 egg yolks
1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
1 1/2 quarts brandy
1 pint dark rum
1 quart milk
1 quart heavy cream (lightly whipped)
Garnish: nutmeg, grated, to taste
Beat the whites until stiff. Put aside. Beat the yolks until they are light. Add gradually the sugar and beat the mixture until it is thick and pale. Chill the mixture. Beat in slowly the brandy and the rum. Add in the milk and the cream, beating constantly with a wire whisk. Fold in the egg whites and sprinkle the surface of the punch with the nutmeg for garnish.
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11-02-2005, 10:44 AM
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#888 | | the dark one
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| Hey, I may just try one of these recipes! They sound better than the stuff we buy at the grocery store. May need to double the alcohol, of course... Why don't we go try to whip something up in the kitchen right now?
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11-02-2005, 11:05 AM
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| The counter looks sturdy enough for some serious whipping....
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11-02-2005, 12:15 PM
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| Yeah....I was liking the "beat the whites until stiff" part.......  | |
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11-02-2005, 06:28 PM
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| Wow. Then you will have such awesome merangue pies.
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11-02-2005, 07:41 PM
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| Sure.....if that's what YOU call them.....  | |
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11-02-2005, 07:53 PM
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Originally Posted by fencergal33 Sure.....if that's what YOU call them..... | What do YOU call them? Omelettes?
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11-03-2005, 12:41 AM
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#894 | | Boom!
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| *stumbles around confused*
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11-03-2005, 12:41 AM
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#895 | | Question Game Queen
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| *points you to the umbrella stand* | |
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11-03-2005, 12:43 AM
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#896 | | Boom!
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| *staggers towards it, then rummages through it for that other bag of Doritos*
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11-03-2005, 12:46 AM
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| I already ate the other bag of Doritos. Sorry.  | |
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11-03-2005, 12:48 AM
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| *Curls up into a ball on the floor, sobbing uncontrollably*
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11-03-2005, 12:51 AM
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