Oooo, smoked salmon is so yummy.

Yes smoked salmon is yummy! I used to work part time for a seafood store in a mall in Seattle and when the boxes got dented they deemed them unsellable so we would get to take them home. I'd sit with my daughter and we would just sit and eat it on crackers. Sooo good.

Yes it's great doing that.

*stalks Cami* I sent you a huge PM. >_>;

I'm so lost. I have no idea where to start :shock:

*plops down on the couch*

Trial mod! Excellent, Juru! ^_^ Congratulations!

You'll do great, I know it!

Hi Aliena! How are you doing?

You will do an excellent job Kat. Congrats to you!!! We certainly are on our way to purkle domination!!!!

:P Congrats on the trial modship Juru! I'm sure you'll be good at kicking butt ;)

Oh, sorry about that, Chi! I jumped out of the thread. I'm doing very well this morning. It's my husband's birthday so I'm thinking today will be pretty nice - how about you?

Hello everyone! Hope all is doing well and that you enjoy your day/weekend! *snuggles*

Originally Posted by roocee

You will do an excellent job Kat. Congrats to you!!! We certainly are on our way to purkle domination!!!!

Shush, don't want Josh to realise what i'm up to :wink: :lol:

Good morning.

Anyone have any fun plans for the weekend?

So far the only plans I have are to go to the farmer's market on Saturday (we go every week during the summer) and that's about it. :)

@Aliena
My turn to apologize now. I slipped away too. ^^ Happy birthday to your husband!
Right now my fiance and I are waiting to see if the company shuts down (only temporary, until this Red Tide mess gets situated), or if we have work today. If we don't, we're going to get groceries and stuff.

@Sia
I'm not sure what we'll do. Our weekend plans were kind of shot due to work, but I do know we'll get groceries eventually. xD
We'll probably hang around here and do some gaming or something. I don't really know yet. :3
A farmer's market sounds lovely!

hehe - yeah - I love this farmers market.

I can get local organic veggies, local organic meats (lamb sausage, scrapple, bacon, pork chops etc.), local organic eggs, local organic cheese, fresh breads, and when it gets to apple season local apple cider.

It's a really small market - only 5 farmers sell their wares - but almost everything I need is there. Only thing I wish I could buy there but can't is milk - I still have to go to the co-op to get milk and a few veggies that aren't in season yet.

What's scrapple? All I can think of is sausage and apples. o.o

I was going to ask that very same question Chi.

I love going to our local farmers market as well. Things are just so much better quality.

I forget that scrapple is a Philadelphia area thing -

I copied the description from wikipedia - it's easier that way

Scrapple is a savory mush in which cornmeal and flour, often buckwheat flour, are simmered with pork scraps and trimmings, then formed into a loaf. Small scraps of meat left over from butchering, too small to be used or sold elsewhere, were made into scrapple to avoid waste, a Pennsylvania Dutch tradition.

You fry it up and I like mine with ketchup. The inside is mushy and if it's cooked right the outside is a little crispy . . .really yummy. I love it with scrambled eggs, sometimes I'll get a scrapple egg and cheese sandwich on a long roll with ketchup form the truck at work.

I have to say that the description of scrapple makes me NOT want to eat it. I imagine it is good though, it just... sounds...gross. :P

Scrapple sounds so unhealthily HEAVENLY!! I wanna try it sometime. xD

Originally Posted by siaasgn

I forget that scrapple is a Philadelphia area thing -

I copied the description from wikipedia - it's easier that way

You fry it up and I like mine with ketchup. The inside is mushy and if it's cooked right the outside is a little crispy . . .really yummy. I love it with scrambled eggs, sometimes I'll get a scrapple egg and cheese sandwich on a long roll with ketchup form the truck at work.

hehehe We have it up here in Northeastern PA, too. I've never tried it, but a friend of mine in high school lived on a dairy farm which also butchered pigs and they would make it fresh all the time. Kinda gave me the willy nillies, but I imagine if I tried it now I'd probably like it since I'm more adventurous. <3

Haha - yeah - pretty much anywhere there is influence in food from the Amish you'll find scrapple - I've even gotten it down the Jersey Shore - but I think that's because almost all of Philadelphia spends the summer down there.

The description doesn't make it sound very good - but it is really yummy (in my opinion). It's definitely not something to eat every day - it's an occasional breakfast treat. :lol:

Originally Posted by siaasgn

Haha - yeah - pretty much anywhere there is influence in food from the Amish you'll find scrapple - I've even gotten it down the Jersey Shore - but I think that's because almost all of Philadelphia spends the summer down there.

The description doesn't make it sound very good - but it is really yummy (in my opinion). It's definitely not something to eat every day - it's an occasional breakfast treat. :lol:

sia... I'm interested in what your favorite place for cheesesteaks in the city is. Mine is (and forever will be) Pat's. Have you ever tried it there?

I know I had Geno's - I was not impressed. Don't think I have made it back to that area to go to Pat's.

I personally like Jim's on south street - Dalesandro's in Roxborough is pretty good too.

I actually usually go to one of the food trucks on Drexel's campus for my cheesesteaks - for $5 I can get a steak, soda, and chips. :)