I find the differences and similarities between the French and Brazilian cheesy bread balls--not to be confused with salty chocolate balls--very interesting. Is this another of those culinary items that is common to many cultures? Like the bread-stuffed-with-meat thing?
Uh, are we gonna fight, or is there just gonna be a monster sarcasm rally?
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Natter 69: Practically names itself.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Connie Neil - Nov 23, 2011 6:25:32 pm PST #8234 of 30001
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Maria - Nov 23, 2011 6:27:09 pm PST #8235 of 30001
Not so nice is that I'm about to ruin a Friday morning for a bunch of people because of a series of unfortunate events and an upset foreign government. - shrift
I try not to even go near a centre of commerce on Black Friday unless absolutely necessary.
This is the first year I have to work though, which makes it even easier to avoid the hordes. I will instead be spending my day running the retrieval of vehicles from the Cuban Interests Section. I am the only one able to communicate with them. Tell me, why does a country send diplomats to a location where they are not fluent in the lingua franca? It makes no sense to me.
Connie Neil - Nov 23, 2011 6:29:09 pm PST #8236 of 30001
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Hubby likes to go to malls on Christmas Eve to laugh at people. Plus the "OMG, we must sell this stuff, slash the price beyond the bone!" sales are often good.
Kat - Nov 23, 2011 6:31:52 pm PST #8237 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
We don't do Black Friday sales. Instead, we are doing birthday stuff because it's K's birthday (35th!).
Amy - Nov 23, 2011 6:35:02 pm PST #8238 of 30001
Because books.
Oh, happy birthday to K!
I know people who will get up in the middle of the night to get to stores at 4 a.m. on Black Friday. I think it's crazy. I've been to a mall once or twice, but the traffic alone is too much to deal with.
Kat - Nov 23, 2011 6:35:02 pm PST #8239 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Huh. I don't own a 9x13 pan. I have an 8 x 11 and a 10 x 15. I think better to go down a size than up.
Maria - Nov 23, 2011 6:35:05 pm PST #8240 of 30001
Not so nice is that I'm about to ruin a Friday morning for a bunch of people because of a series of unfortunate events and an upset foreign government. - shrift
Plus the "OMG, we must sell this stuff, slash the price beyond the bone!" sales are often good.
This. Although in recent years, the deep discounting has started the 7-10 days before Christmas.
I would rather brave the mall on the 26th for the sales than on Black Friday.
Connie Neil - Nov 23, 2011 6:38:06 pm PST #8241 of 30001
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going to work on Black Friday is a pain, because it's a nasty atypical traffic pattern that messes with the commute of blameless people.
Matt the Bruins fan - Nov 23, 2011 6:57:52 pm PST #8242 of 30001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I don't plan to leave my home on Black Friday unless the Indian restaurant is open for their lunch buffet.
Connie Neil - Nov 23, 2011 7:09:51 pm PST #8243 of 30001
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Ooooo, there's an Indian buffet in town . . .