Comments on: Pull Up A Chair… http://firedoglake.com/2008/02/02/pull-up-a-chair-84/ Firedoglake weblog Tue, 14 Feb 2012 15:06:25 -0600 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: cinnamonape http://firedoglake.com/2008/02/02/pull-up-a-chair-84/#comment-1246756 cinnamonape Sun, 03 Feb 2008 02:56:29 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/02/02/pull-up-a-chair-84/#comment-1246756 <p>Hmm! Interesting…seems that there was a natural selection process going on that perhaps should be analyzed. </p> <p>Similar comments were made regarding Huffingtonpost being a Hillary site, and this site being an Edwards site. Id say 90% of the folks here were Edwardians, which made it hard to actually discuss the diversity of progressive political opinion at times, IMO.</p> Hmm! Interesting…seems that there was a natural selection process going on that perhaps should be analyzed.

Similar comments were made regarding Huffingtonpost being a Hillary site, and this site being an Edwards site. Id say 90% of the folks here were Edwardians, which made it hard to actually discuss the diversity of progressive political opinion at times, IMO.

]]> By: kraftysue http://firedoglake.com/2008/02/02/pull-up-a-chair-84/#comment-1245891 kraftysue Sat, 02 Feb 2008 18:44:46 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/02/02/pull-up-a-chair-84/#comment-1245891 <p>My new favorite dip is Corn Dip</p> <p>Combine the following:<br /> 8 oz cream cheese<br /> 8 oz sour cream<br /> 1 big tablespoon mayonnaise<br /> 1 can Mexicorn<br /> 1 can corn<br /> 1 can chopped green chiles<br /> 4 oz shredded Mexicheese<br /> handful of finely chopped jalapenos<br /> jalapeno juice to taste (I use about a tablespoon)<br /> Lawry’s season salt to taste</p> <p>Make this delicious dip about 12-24 hrs ahead of time. The first time I made it, I kept tasting it every few hours to “check out” the hotness factor. It was so good, I ended up having to make another dip to supplement the first one as half of it was gone. I have some in the basement frige now which I selected to make me NOT taste it so often.</p> <p>Got to pull for my Jayhawks this afternoon. </p> <p>p.s. I use low fat cream cheese, sour cream and mayo without effecting the taste.</p> My new favorite dip is Corn Dip

Combine the following:
8 oz cream cheese
8 oz sour cream
1 big tablespoon mayonnaise
1 can Mexicorn
1 can corn
1 can chopped green chiles
4 oz shredded Mexicheese
handful of finely chopped jalapenos
jalapeno juice to taste (I use about a tablespoon)
Lawry’s season salt to taste

Make this delicious dip about 12-24 hrs ahead of time. The first time I made it, I kept tasting it every few hours to “check out” the hotness factor. It was so good, I ended up having to make another dip to supplement the first one as half of it was gone. I have some in the basement frige now which I selected to make me NOT taste it so often.

Got to pull for my Jayhawks this afternoon.

p.s. I use low fat cream cheese, sour cream and mayo without effecting the taste.

]]> By: MarilynSanAntone http://firedoglake.com/2008/02/02/pull-up-a-chair-84/#comment-1245889 MarilynSanAntone Sat, 02 Feb 2008 18:42:59 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/02/02/pull-up-a-chair-84/#comment-1245889 <p>Am I too late for this comment? Anyway, our menu for eating (while watching, occasionally, the game) is thus: mainly an non-cooking strategy.<br /> guacamole with those wonderful (but expensive) veggie chips<br /> pico de galle for flavor<br /> Church’s fried chicken<br /> La Madeline’s tomato basil soup w/a dollop of sour cream<br /> onion/mushroom/jalapeno baked in a store bought pie shell<br /> diet coke<br /> brie and some other cheese<br /> triscuits and wheat thins<br /> apricot halves and vanilla ice cream</p> <p>Good for dieters, if we avoid the obvious fattening items</p> <p>Small crowd, including my sis who has been having eye problems and owns a tiny tv (ours is big screen- she can see the advertisements).</p> <p>Conversation will be about the FISA bill, Bush’s overweening imperial presidency, and the latest atrocity in Iraq.</p> <p>As to the game, I don’t have a dog in that fight but will enjoy the action.</p> Am I too late for this comment? Anyway, our menu for eating (while watching, occasionally, the game) is thus: mainly an non-cooking strategy.
guacamole with those wonderful (but expensive) veggie chips
pico de galle for flavor
Church’s fried chicken
La Madeline’s tomato basil soup w/a dollop of sour cream
onion/mushroom/jalapeno baked in a store bought pie shell
diet coke
brie and some other cheese
triscuits and wheat thins
apricot halves and vanilla ice cream

Good for dieters, if we avoid the obvious fattening items

Small crowd, including my sis who has been having eye problems and owns a tiny tv (ours is big screen- she can see the advertisements).

Conversation will be about the FISA bill, Bush’s overweening imperial presidency, and the latest atrocity in Iraq.

As to the game, I don’t have a dog in that fight but will enjoy the action.

]]> By: Skeptic http://firedoglake.com/2008/02/02/pull-up-a-chair-84/#comment-1245671 Skeptic Sat, 02 Feb 2008 16:43:16 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/02/02/pull-up-a-chair-84/#comment-1245671 <p>Many weks ago, talk turned to rugelach and babka. I finally have gotten Saturday morning and a Zabar’s catalog together. You can feel the calories sliding from the pages. <a href="http://www.zabars.com" rel="nofollow">www.zabars.com</a> 2245 Broadway NYC 10024. Enjoy!</p> Many weks ago, talk turned to rugelach and babka. I finally have gotten Saturday morning and a Zabar’s catalog together. You can feel the calories sliding from the pages. http://www.zabars.com 2245 Broadway NYC 10024. Enjoy!

]]> By: LS http://firedoglake.com/2008/02/02/pull-up-a-chair-84/#comment-1245645 LS Sat, 02 Feb 2008 16:28:23 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/02/02/pull-up-a-chair-84/#comment-1245645 <p>I’m just really bad:</p> <p>Sour cream<br /> Lipton onion soup</p> <p>Chips</p> <p>Yay.</p> I’m just really bad:

Sour cream
Lipton onion soup

Chips

Yay.

]]> By: demi http://firedoglake.com/2008/02/02/pull-up-a-chair-84/#comment-1245636 demi Sat, 02 Feb 2008 16:22:07 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/02/02/pull-up-a-chair-84/#comment-1245636 <p>Good Morning Christy and pups,<br /> Slept in until 7:30, a huge luxury after 5:00 all week.<br /> It appears I’ve avoided gaining a lot of weight what with all the wonderful recipes I’ve just breezed through here.<br /> A lot of news to catch up on.<br /> Watching the repeat of theMukasey hearing on CSPAN now.<br /> Work is sure getting in the way of my other life.</p> Good Morning Christy and pups,
Slept in until 7:30, a huge luxury after 5:00 all week.
It appears I’ve avoided gaining a lot of weight what with all the wonderful recipes I’ve just breezed through here.
A lot of news to catch up on.
Watching the repeat of theMukasey hearing on CSPAN now.
Work is sure getting in the way of my other life.

]]> By: secularhumanizinevoluter http://firedoglake.com/2008/02/02/pull-up-a-chair-84/#comment-1245627 secularhumanizinevoluter Sat, 02 Feb 2008 16:16:59 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/02/02/pull-up-a-chair-84/#comment-1245627 <p>P.S. it is pretty good if you drain and pat dry a SMALL can of diced tomatoes and green chiles.</p> P.S. it is pretty good if you drain and pat dry a SMALL can of diced tomatoes and green chiles.

]]> By: secularhumanizinevoluter http://firedoglake.com/2008/02/02/pull-up-a-chair-84/#comment-1245623 secularhumanizinevoluter Sat, 02 Feb 2008 16:15:31 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/02/02/pull-up-a-chair-84/#comment-1245623 <p>1lb can of crab claw meat<br /> 1 pack. low fat cream cheese<br /> small low fat sour cream<br /> 1 jar creamy horseradish sauce<br /> lemon juice<br /> chipotle powder<br /> Garlic powdwe</p> <p>Put cream cheese in a large bowel in microwave till soft. Add about half the cup of sour cream, as much as you want or can take of the horseradish, a squeeze of lemon juice, garlic powder and depending on your level of testosterone hit it with the chipotle powder. Mix well. Open crab claw meat and drain, check for shell, break up and add to gloppy mix. MIX! Garnish with paprika and pickled halapenio slices and such. I like Blue Corn chips.<br /> EAT!!</p> 1lb can of crab claw meat
1 pack. low fat cream cheese
small low fat sour cream
1 jar creamy horseradish sauce
lemon juice
chipotle powder
Garlic powdwe

Put cream cheese in a large bowel in microwave till soft. Add about half the cup of sour cream, as much as you want or can take of the horseradish, a squeeze of lemon juice, garlic powder and depending on your level of testosterone hit it with the chipotle powder. Mix well. Open crab claw meat and drain, check for shell, break up and add to gloppy mix. MIX! Garnish with paprika and pickled halapenio slices and such. I like Blue Corn chips.
EAT!!

]]> By: downandout http://firedoglake.com/2008/02/02/pull-up-a-chair-84/#comment-1245619 downandout Sat, 02 Feb 2008 16:10:54 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/02/02/pull-up-a-chair-84/#comment-1245619 <p>Might I suggest if you’re drinking beer, do it out of a can. There’s no reason to waste a good brew on the SB. And no can-to-glass–you’ve got to get a taste of the game in the aluminum. Go cheap and tinny, like the game itself (and hey, I say that as an inveterate fan of football).</p> Might I suggest if you’re drinking beer, do it out of a can. There’s no reason to waste a good brew on the SB. And no can-to-glass–you’ve got to get a taste of the game in the aluminum. Go cheap and tinny, like the game itself (and hey, I say that as an inveterate fan of football).

]]> By: KayInMaine http://firedoglake.com/2008/02/02/pull-up-a-chair-84/#comment-1245616 KayInMaine Sat, 02 Feb 2008 16:03:50 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/02/02/pull-up-a-chair-84/#comment-1245616 <p>Speaking of TGIFridays….the restaurant in South Portland, Maine has gone under and will be closing it’s doors. Is it the result of too much competition in the area or is this a reflection of the recession? Not sure. </p> <p>By the way, thanks Christy for your recipe. To be honest with you, your recipe sounds more like my mother’s (hers doesn’t have chilies in it as the recipe I linked to called for). It is soooooooooooo yummy….and nummy. LOL</p> Speaking of TGIFridays….the restaurant in South Portland, Maine has gone under and will be closing it’s doors. Is it the result of too much competition in the area or is this a reflection of the recession? Not sure.

By the way, thanks Christy for your recipe. To be honest with you, your recipe sounds more like my mother’s (hers doesn’t have chilies in it as the recipe I linked to called for). It is soooooooooooo yummy….and nummy. LOL

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