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By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 02:51:20 +0000

Man, people are really angry about the Vienna sausages…

By: Frances

Frances — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 18:35:28 +0000

Ok- lay off the fish sticks or we may have to break up. I am a fan, and am probably the reason they keep them in stock at the Tesco near our house.

And as far as the photo here, I cannot even LOOK at Vienna Sausages because, I mean, what part of the animal is shaped like that?? Not natural.

By: Brother Mike

Brother Mike — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 20:00:27 +0000

The Europeans shop every day!!? They don’t buy in bulk!?!??

How come I don’t see your famous environmental rage at this?

By: Tammy

Tammy — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 15:21:37 +0000

Alright, while I may not have had the pleasure of dining at “Howard’s Kitchen” - I LOVE STUFFED PEPPERS! I think it has something to do with the fact that You, my wonderful, eco-friendly girlfriend - are not big on veggies!

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 03:09:07 +0000

Corwin,

There’s a reason why you were always Mom’s favorite and now I know why: Taco Casserole was decent, but Stuffed Peppers?? Yuck. You were sucking up to her even then. I do know, though, that Philippe has strangely fond memories of Mom’s cooking. Must be a hungry-young-male thing.

By: Slartibartfas

Slartibartfas — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 20:00:25 +0000

Funny how Vienna sausages are canned in so many parts of the world.

I mean apart from the fact that you will search long for Vienna sausages in Vienna as they are called “Frankfurter” here there is also another major difference.

You get them completely fresh or packed but not canned and you have to cook them first before you consume it. They are well done when they start to be plump but not chaped yet.

I just tried the canned ones once in Italy. Not my stuff actually. I think no one who tries the real ones, will ever want to go back to canned ones…

… now you know more about them, than you ever wanted to know

PS: This is not the blog of a Vegetarian I hope

By: Corwin Howlett

Corwin Howlett — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 16:25:59 +0000

How bad is sodium anyway? I can give up fat (somwhat) avoid sugar almost entirely and count calories. BUT I LOVE SODIUM. Ramen noodles, dirty rice,BACON, salty snack crackers, any homemade soup, I luvs the sodium. I don’t have high blood pressure, in fact it is quite good for a 41 y.o. father of 5. Do i really have to avoid it?
BTW, mom’s cooking, while far from Julia Child, wasn’t all bad. I still crave taco casserole, use her recipe for vegetable soup and enjoy her stuffed peppers. And Phillipe still craves her Manwiches with hair entree, all the way in Belgium.

By: MCTWO

MCTWO — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 23:45:45 +0000

I saw your Vienna sausages photograph and immediately thought of how my Dad and Uncle say Vienna. Vy-eeeeeee-knee sausages. Must be an Indiana thing….

By: Colin

Colin — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 18:37:07 +0000

Hey. You advertised this post as “rambling”, which I don’t think it is! Can I have my money back?

I must admit that the big-box-buy-it-in-bulk stores have always intrigued me. I have a strange desire to purchase the 10000 pack of Q-tips. We’ll use them eventually, right?