Sunday Stealing 5000 Question Meme - Part 1

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Welcome back to Sunday Stealing which originated on WTIT: The Blog authored by Bud Weiser. Here we will steal all types of memes from every corner of the blogosphere. Our promise to you is that we will work hard to find the most interesting and intelligent memes. You may have heard of the expression, “honor amongst thieves”. In that age-old tradition, we also have our rules. First, we always credit the blog that we stole it from and we will “fess up” to the blog owner where we stole the meme. We also provide a link to the victim's post. (It's our way of saying "Thanks!") We do sometimes edit the original meme, usually to make it more relevant to our global players, to challenge our players, sometimes to select that meme's best questions, or simply to make it less repetitive from either this new meme or recently asked questions from a prior featured meme. Let's go!!!

Today we ripped off a blogger named Leo from the blog Leonine's Journal. He was tackling a meme that his blogging site, Live Journal, hosts. It has 5,000 questions. He did a hundred. So, we will break it up into parts. Link back to us at Sunday Stealing!

Sunday Stealing: The 5000 Question Meme, Part One

Cheers to all of us thieves!

1. Who are you? I'm an enigma.  Lol! 

2. What are the 3 most important things everyone should know about you? I am an awesome friend, parent and partner.

3. When you aren't memes like this one what are you doing?  Cooking or working.

4. List your classes in school from the ones you like the most to the ones you like the least (or if you are out of school, think of the classes you did like and didn't like at the time).  Art, Accounting, Business Machines, Business Writing, English, Biology, Algebra.

5. What is your biggest goal for this year?  Survive it.

6. Where do you want to be in 5 years?  Living where I am now, working where I am now, making more money.

7. What stage of life are you in right now?  Adult.

8. Are you more child-like or childish?  Childish.  My inner child is often playing outside.  Lol!

9. What is the last thing you said out loud?  I don't recall.

10. What song comes closest to how you feel about your life right now?  Can't think of one.

11. Have you ever taken martial arts classes?  No.

12. Does your life tend to get better or worse or does it just stay the same?  It cycles.  Right now I'm in worse.

13. Does time really heal all wounds?  No.  Lost friendships never heal...at least in my experience.

14. How do you handle a rainy day?  If it's a work day, just take it easy driving to and fro.  If it's a weekend, stay in and catch up on what's on the DVR.

15. Which is worse...losing your luggage or having to sort out tangled holiday lights?  Losing your luggage.

16. How is (or was) your relationship with your parents?  It was good.

17. Do you tend to be aware of what is going on around you?  I tend to be aware of everything, even if it doesn't look like I'm paying attention, I'm drinking it all in.

18. What is the truest thing that you know?  That times are tough.

19. What did you want to be when you grew up?  An accountant.

20. Have you ever been given a second chance?  Yes.

21. Are you more of a giver or a taker?  Giver.

22. Do you make your decisions with an open heart/mind?  Yes.

23. What is the most physically painful thing that has ever happened to you?  Everything leading up to my hysterectomy.

24. What is the most emotionally painful thing that has ever happened to you?  Losing friends.

25. Who have you hugged today?  My gf.

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Sunday Stealing - The Meme From Suburbia

 Welcome back to Sunday Stealing which originated on WTIT: The Blog authored by Bud Weiser. Here we will steal all types of memes from every corner of the blogosphere. Our promise to you is that we will work hard to find the most interesting and intelligent memes. You may have heard of the expression, “honor amongst thieves”. In that age-old tradition, we also have our rules. First, we always credit the blog that we stole it from and we will “fess up” to the blog owner where we stole the meme. We also provide a link to the victim's post. (It's our way of saying "Thanks!") We do sometimes edit the original meme, usually to make it more relevant to our global players, to challenge our players, sometimes to select that meme's best questions, or simply to make it less repetitive from either this new meme or recently asked questions from a prior featured meme. Let's go!!!

Today we ripped off a blogger named Another Suburban Mom from the blog Another Suburban Mom. It is 20 questions,  She says she got it from Dana.  But, it was probably stolen there as well. So, of course, that will be as far as we go. Tracing back our theft's thieves might take some time. Take the time to comment on other player's posts. It's a great way to make new friends! Link back to us at Sunday Stealing!



Sunday Stealing: The Meme From Suburbia

1. What were you doing 10 years ago? Raising teenagers.

2. By this time next year, I ...hope to have had a real vacation.

3. Do you think the United States will elect a female President in your lifetime? Do you think this would be a good thing?  Yes, I think it may be Hilary.

4. Which fictional, TV show character you would shag anytime?  Can't think of one.

5. Who is your greatest enemy?  Umm...if you've read my blog in the past you know.
 
6. Tell me about your most recent trip of more than 100 miles?  One night camping trip in Galena with my gf.

7. Which do you use more often, the dictionary or the thesaurus?  Thesaurus.

8. Do you have a nickname? What is it?  I don't think I have one anymore.

9. What are you dreading at the moment?  An upcoming inspection.

10. Do you worry that others will judge you from reading some of your answers?  If they do, that's their problem.

11. If you find an outfit you love, but the size on the label is larger than you want, do you buy the outfit? Why or why not?  I buy it and probably cut the size tag out.

12. Even the biggest slackers are anal-retentive about something? What are you anal-retentive about?  My schedule.

13. Out of all the books you read as a child, which one had the biggest influence on how you are today?  I don't think there were any.

14. Which Golden Girl would you want to spend a night on the town with?  Rose.  I think it would be a laugh riot.

15. What is the one product you would never buy in its generic form even if the generic is half the price?  Can't think of one.

16. How old were you when you stopped believing in Santa?  I don't remember how old I was, but it was the year I found my Mom's hiding place and I very deftly opened each package and resealed them.  No one was the wiser.

17. What is the one smell that turns your stomach without fail?  Vomit.  If someone else in the house is horking, I will probably at least start dry heaving.  Never fails.

18. If someone holds out a carton of milk to you and asks you to sniff it to see if its spoiled, do you?  I'll sniff it, but I won't drink it.

19. You have a completely free day and $2000.00, What are you doing?  Taking my gf shopping.

20. What is the most used item in your home?  Probably the washer and dryer.
 

Lola's Diner ©2008-2013

Sunday Stealing - Mixed Bag Meme

Welcome back to Sunday Stealing which originated on WTIT: The Blog authored by Bud Weiser. Here we will steal all types of memes from every corner of the blogosphere. Our promise to you is that we will work hard to find the most interesting and intelligent memes. You may have heard of the expression, “honor amongst thieves”. In that age-old tradition, we also have our rules. First, we always credit the blog that we stole it from and we will “fess up” to the blog owner where we stole the meme. We also provide a link to the victim's post. (It's our way of saying "Thanks!") We do sometimes edit the original meme, usually to make it more relevant to our global players, to challenge our players, sometimes to select that meme's best questions, or simply to make it less repetitive from either this new meme or recently asked questions from a prior featured meme. Let's go!!!
Welcome back to Sunday Stealing which originated on WTIT: The Blog authored by Bud Weiser. Here we will steal all types of memes from every corner of the blogosphere. Our promise to you is that we will work hard to find the most interesting and intelligent memes. You may have heard of the expression, “honor amongst thieves”. In that age-old tradition, we also have our rules. First, we always credit the blog that we stole it from and we will “fess up” to the blog owner where we stole the meme. We also provide a link to the victim's post. (It's our way of saying "Thanks!") We do sometimes edit the original meme, usually to make it more relevant to our global players, to challenge our players, sometimes to select that meme's best questions, or simply to make it less repetitive from either this new meme or recently asked questions from a prior featured meme. Let's go!!!

Today we ripped off a blogger named Cap'n Franko from the blog singularity He did not say who he got it from,  But, it was probably stolen there as well. So, of course, that will be as far as we go. Tracing back our theft's thieves might take some time. Take the time to comment on other player's posts. It's a great way to make new friends! Link back to us at Sunday Stealing!



 Sunday Stealing: The Mixed Bag Meme


1. How many songs are in your library?  Close to 1,500

2. Do you like Christmas music?  I have to be in the mood for it.  Which lately it is very difficult to do.

3. What magazines do you have subscriptions to?  I don't have any.

4. What is your favorite scent?  Axe

5. Do you give money to charity?  Since I am having issues of my own with having enough money, I donate my time, rather than my money.

6. What is your theme song?  What do I look like?  The Greatest American Hero?  I don't have a flippin' theme song.  Seriously?
 
7. What's in your wallet?  To many Rewards Cards and not enough Ca$h.
 
8. Do you generally think before you act, or act before you think?  I always think before I act, and usually analyze whatever it is to death.
 
9. Is there anything that has made you unhappy these days?  To many things to mention here, but some of my close blog pallies know my situation, and my situation is not good.

10. Do you have a good body-image?  I think so.
 
11. How are you spending your holidays?  At home with my kids and my partner.

12. What have you been seriously addicted to lately?  Christmas cookies.  I'm certain that's why I haven't made any this year.  I fear I would eat them all. 

13. Tell us a secret?  I can't..then it wouldn't be a secret.  Sheesh!

14. What’s the last song that got stuck in your head?  Oh no pleeez!  Not that!  Now I have "It's A Small World" stuck in my head.  Well...at least it's not Lampchop's "The Song That Never Ends".  Damn!  Now I have that song stuck in my head!  You people who write these are cruel and sadistic!
 
15. What’s your favorite item of clothing?  I total love my V-neck colored cotton t-shirts from Old Navy. 
 
16. Do you think Rice Krispies are yummy?  Of course!  And even yummier when mixed with Marshmallows and stuff to make Rice Krispy Treats.

17. Is Santa real?  Of course he is!  If he wasn't real...how could he be in so many holiday movies?
 
18. What should you be doing right now?   Something constructive.  But I just can't get up the gumption to do anything.

Lola's Diner ©2008-2012

Review - 300 Sensational Soups By Carla Snyder and Meredith Deeds

I received a copy of 300 Sensational Soups By Carla Snyder & Meredith Deeds for review.  I live in Illinois, so it's basically soup season here...except for the funky warm weather we are having as I type this.  Not that soup isn't good year round, it's just that when it gets cold out, a nice piping hot bowl of soup warms your soul.

I love soup!  

Contents:

Introduction
Soup Stocks
Chilled Soups
Fresh From The Garden Vegetable Soups
Beans, Beans, and More Beans Soups
Cheese Please Soups
Hearty Soups For Meat Lovers
Chicken and Turkey Soups to Comfort the Soul
Go Fish:  Fish and Shellfish Soups
Chow Down Chowders
A World of Soups
Just Dessert Soups
Gilding the Lily:  Toppings and Garnishes

Here are just a few of the mouthwatering recipes:

Coconut Curried Chickpea Soup (page 124)
Beef Stroganoff and Noodle Soup (page 149)
Texas Cowboy Soup (162)
Easy Chipotle Chicken Soup (page 220)
Ground Beef Soup With Chili and Cornmeal Dumplings (page 161)
Taco Soup (page 160)
Lasagna Soup (page 146)
Mac and Cheese Soup With Bacon Croutons (140)
Mulligatawny (page 292)
Hot and Sour Soup (page 329)

About the authors:

Carla Snyder is an artisan baker, food writer and accomplished culinary instructor.  She lives in Cleveland, Ohio.

Meredith Deeds is a well-respected cooking instructor and food writer.  She lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

300 Sensational Soups By Carla Snyder & Meredith Deeds is available at Amazon.com, Barnes & Nobel.com and your local bookseller.

Lola's Diner Disclaimer: I was given the cookbook 300 Sensational Soups By Carla Snyder & Meredith Deeds to review. This review is 100% my opinion and has not been edited or reviewed by anyone. I was not compensated in any other way for this book review. 

Lola's Diner ©2008-2012

Review - Joanne Weir's Cooking Confidence: Dinner Made Simple

I received a copy of  Joanne Weir's Cooking Confidence: Dinner Made Simple to review.  "So many of us have the idea that whipping up a fabulous dinner during the week, but when it comes to putting the pan on the flame, we lose confidence.  Do I have the skills to pull this off?  Do I have the time:  The answer is 'yes' when you have Joanne Weir's Cooking Confidence: Dinner Made Simple at your fingertips"

That is so true.

The cookbook has many photographs, and lots of tips and tricks, even a list of Basic Pantry Items to make everything simple.  This book is fabulous just for the Basic Pantry Items list!

Table of Contents:

1. Eat your vegetables.
2. A grain of truth.
3. Beans the miracle fruit.
4. Not your average chicken recipes.
5. Beyond fish sticks,
6. The meat of the matter.

Some of the delectable recipes included are:

Eggplant Parmigiana
Pepperoni Pizza Strata (kind of a savory bread pudding.)
Grain Filled Summer Bell Peppers
Tuscan Sausage Stew With Tomatoes and Cannellini  Beans
Green Curry Chicken With Thai Basil
Tuscan Pot Roast
Tortilla Soup With Pork Meatballs, Tortillas, & Cheddar
...and so many more.

One of the recipes that brought me back in time is Cheesy Spaghetti Pie.  My Grandmother cooked pasta for every holiday...enormous amounts of pasta, so she always had leftovers.  One day we were over there early while my Dad did some work around the house.  Grandma cooked up some spaghetti pie for us kids.  (Because if you're Italian, you know Grandma has to cook for you when you come over, doesn't matter what time you come over, she has to feed you. Manga!)  I am definitely going to make this for my son with Gluten Free Pasta (he has an allergy to Gluten).

About the author:

"Joanne is the host of her public television series Joanne Weir's Cooking Confidence and has written 17 cookbooks, including James Beard award winning Weir Cooking in the City.  Joanne is the consulting Editor-at-Large for Fine Cooking and has contributed to Bon  Appetit, Saveur, Cooking Light, Food & Wine, Gourmet Sunset, and Better Homes & Gardens.  Joanne also teaches cooking classes in her home studio kitchen in San Francisco, hosts culinary journeys around the world, and is executive chef of Copita Restaurant in Sausalito, CA.  She has also just launched her own wine label - Joanne Weir's Wines."

Joanne Weir's Cooking Confidence: Dinner Made Simple is available at Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble.com and your local bookseller. Fine Cooking.com currently has FREE SHIPPING & 25% off!

Lola's Diner Disclaimer: I was given the cookbook, Joanne Weir's Cooking Confidence: Dinner Made Simple to review. This review is 100% my opinion and has not been edited or reviewed by anyone. I was not compensated in any other way for this book review.

Lola's Diner ©2008-2012

Sunday Stealing - The Not So Manly Meme

 Welcome back to Sunday Stealing which originated on WTIT: The Blog authored by Bud Weiser. Here we will steal all types of memes from every corner of the blogosphere. Our promise to you is that we will work hard to find the most interesting and intelligent memes. You may have heard of the expression, “honor amongst thieves”. In that age-old tradition, we also have our rules. First, we always credit the blog that we stole it from and we will “fess up” to the blog owner where we stole the meme. We also provide a link to the victim's post. (It's our way of saying "Thanks!") We do sometimes edit the original meme, usually to make it more relevant to our global players, to challenge our players, sometimes to select that meme's best questions, or simply to make it less repetitive from either this new meme or recently asked questions from a prior featured meme. Let's go!!!
 

Today we ripped off a blogger named CV Rick from the blog CVRick Ninja Writer. He states that he got it from Alan, via Mrs. Chili. But, it was probably stolen there as well. So, of course, that will be as far as we go. Tracing back our theft's thieves might take some time. Take the time to comment on other player's posts. It's a great way to make new friends! Link back to us at Sunday Stealing!


Don't let the title fool you, it is Gender Friendly. 

1. Boxers? Briefs? Boxer briefs? Thongs? Bikinis? Commando? Boxer briefs.

2. What’s your fussiest personal care routine?  Probably my hair.Today I'm sporting a faux-hawk, because that's what my hair wants to do today.  Lol!.

3. Do you have a favorite tool? Power or manual?  In the kitchen...definitely my KitchenAid Mixer.  Outside the kitchen, my sawzall.  I haven't used it often, but when I have used it, it was the perfect tool.

4. Can you change your own oil? Do you?  I could, I watched my Dad change his oil all the time.  I know how it's done, but I choose not to because I don't feel going through all that trouble is worth my time when Jiffy Lube can get er done in under 30 minutes and there is much less swearing.  Lol!

5. What’s the “manliest / 'womenliest” thing you do on a regular basis?  I have no idea.

6. What’s something “manly” that you never learned how to do?  I have no idea.  I've done many diy projects around the house that probably most men have never done.

7. Do you ever cry? If so, what’s your trigger?  Duh!  Sorrow.  Duh!

8. Do you have a chivalrous streak? How does it manifest itself?  I always open doors for other people.  I just think it's polite.

9. Do you have a chauvinistic streak? How does it manifest itself?  I don't think so.

10. What’s your favorite movie?  Casablanca

11. What’s the dumbest, testosterone-inspired thing you’ve ever seen?  Evil Knievel.  Nuf said.

12. What quality do you think makes a good man good? Do you have that quality?  Empathy.  Yes.

13. Toilet seat up or down?  Down.

14. If your significant other is away, do you cook for yourself or eat out of cans and boxes (or rely on local drive-throughs and delivery)?  I cook for myself, or have my kids cook.  They love to cook.

15. What societal expectation of being a man / women do you most resent?  Women...that we are delicate flowers.

16. What’s the best part - societal-wise - about being a man / women?  Never thought about it.

17. Will you stop to ask for directions?  Hell no!  I have a GPS and if I'm still stumped, if I'm alone, I will drive until I figure it out, or ask my gf to get directions.  Lol!

18. What’s one thing about your significant other that you just cannot understand, no matter how hard you try?  Can't think of anything.

19. What do you need to have in the shower?  Of course.  Daily!

20. Do you burp/fart/scratch? Do you do anything stereotypically male?  I don't care what anyone else says, everyone does it, women just try not to do it in front of anyone else.  Hell, if you have to pass gas and you try to suppress it...you'll esplode!

Thank you for playing this week on Sunday Stealing! Please leave a comment or link when you have posted. Stop back and visit other player’s posts. That is really what this is all about, making new friends! Have a great week. See you next Sunday!

Lola's Diner ©2008-2012

Cookbook Review: Taste Of Tremé - Creole, Cajun and Soul Food From New Orlean's Famous Neighborhood of Jazz, By Todd-Michael St. Pierre

I received a copy of Taste Of Treme - Creole, Cajun and Soul Food From New Orlean's Famous Neighborhood of Jazz, By  Todd-Michael St. Pierre.

Taste of Tremé captures all of the amazing Creole and Cajun flavors of Tremé, the culturally rich New Orleans neighborhood that was the birthplace of Jazz and is the subject of the critically acclaimed HBO show of the same name.

If you've been to New Orleans and are missing the flavors, you've got to get this cookbook. 

Creole Tomato Jambalaya (photo from Louisianaboy.com)

Table of Contents:

Introduction
Things You'll Need
Breaking The Past
Getting Da Taste Buds Goin'
Entreés
Desserts
Cocktails

You'll find mouthwatering recipes for Po' Boys, Muffulettas, Gumbos, Fried Catfish, Hushpuppies, Crab Nachos and more!

About the Author:

Todd-Michael St. Pierre, a Cajun and Creole foodie and New Orleans native, is the author of several popular cookbooks and children's books.  he has served as a judge for the Reading Rainbow young Writers and Illustrators Contest and has developed recipes for Cooking Light Magazine.  His boks have been featured in the San Francisco Chronicle, the Denver Post, and on AOL Food.  His is also a contributing writer to elementary and middle-school textbooks published by Oxford University Press.  For more, visit his website Louisianaboy.com.

Taste Of Treme - Creole, Cajun and Soul Food From New Orlean's Famous Neighborhood of Jazz, By  Todd-Michael St. Pierre is available at Amazon.com and Barnes and Noble.com, and your local bookseller.  It is also available on Kindle and The Nook.


Lola's Diner Disclaimer: I was given the cookbook Taste Of Treme - Creole, Cajun and Soul Food From New Orlean's Famous Neighborhood of Jazz, By  Todd-Michael St. Pierre to review. This review is 100% my opinion and has not been edited or reviewed by anyone. I was not compensated in any other way for this book review.

Lola's Diner ©2008-2012