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Jestgar Rising Star
going to get my crockpot out now and put it on my "painting" table. :lol:

Now that you finally know what to do with it.


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Egads.I googled do chickens have sex with roosters and found out more than I EVER wanted to know about chicken sex. :lol: :lol: :lol:

RSTD....ba ha ha :lol: :lol: x 20

But what I REALLY want to know is do hens crave poutine? Is poutine gluten-free- the gravy part? What in the world are cheese CURDS- sounds gross!

mushroom Proficient

Sorry, you will just have to eat something gross if you want cheese; curds is what is formed first and then they have to be compressed into those wheels you see--there is a lot of processes (and compresses) between the cow and the cheese.

JNBunnie1 Community Regular

I am ready to make my official Royal Gastronomic Opinion known.

I have never had poutine. However, how many of you have had cheesy loaded mashed potatoes with gravy? SAME THING!

So, I declare it a good thing and will be attempting to recreate at home (having recently leanred that the royal boyfriend loves gravy in all forms and sizes) using frozen safe fries, cheese, and homemade gravy. I will inform all of you once this has been accomplished. Now, everyone draw straws and whoever gets the longest short one will go to work for me tomorrow.... oy...

Darn210 Enthusiast
Sendin' a celiac disease your way, I am ;)

Suze . . . I think I've said this before . . . please don't send me Celiac Disease . . . although sometimes (like tonight) I think I may have it.

and one for Emmel, too :)

Emmel doesn't need any more Celiac Disease . . . you can only get it once you know.

Now . . . a Celiac Disease burner?? . . . is that some sort of new therapy?? .. ...sounds like it would hurt.

Geoss, do chickens lay eggs only once a month? :huh:

Nope . . . wouldn't be worth keepin' if they only got laid once a month. Twould be time for fried cikverb.

Suze, come over to my house and I will make you some gluten free fried chicken and poutine.

ranger Enthusiast

poultine, poultine, we all scream for poultine.

Do ckns eat poultine? Ckns eat anything, including each other. thier offspring, thier husbands, wives, and lovers. Ever here of fighting cocks? :rolleyes: Boy, you dont' want to mess with one of those! I once had a Banti rooster who attacked me and if my car window wouldn't have been closed, I could have lost an eye! The next day, It's spur hit my DD (2 at the time) under her eye. That rooster was dinner that night. :P

Ckns (hens) lay eggs daily in season. the first ones are really tiny, called pullet eggs. Then, they lay regular eggs for the seson. Then, they slow down, you bucther them, and they become stewing hens. It is legal to have hens in NYC, but not roosters. Even NYC knows men are bad! :ph34r: Sorry Petrer! Enough about poultry.

We want poultrine!

It's been a long typin and flipin day.

I gwine to watch comedy and sleep my errors away.

Sweet Swoo the ckn educator

Doctor of Waddles, Spurs, and Gelatinous Substances.

elye Community Regular
OMG

you guys have made me want

POUTINE

more than anything :angry::lol:

and I am simply going to DIE without getting it TOO-DAY :angry:

I want poutine :( *sniff*

DIS IS PHUNNEEE! :lol::lol: Sooozle, ya gots me larphin'... . . ....it's great to see your posts up here. . . . .

.....I have a friend who has them....big, chunky, wide, square feet.

Dear gawd, never seen these before.. . .... :unsure: . . . . . .. :huh: ..... . . .

Well, square feet would be a helluva lot easier to take than, say, hexagonal feet. . ........how about circular feet? Crap, you'd probably just keep walking back to where you've been...then forth... . . ....then back... . . ....forth..... <_<:rolleyes:

What is wrong with both the Susan's :( I, too am as you. Have an art desk setup (for 3 years,now). Have paint, brushes, paper that my daughter gave me for my b-day 1 1/2 years ago.

I, also, am guilty of this.. . . ......I do not prioritize my artistic/creative time, and it falls by the wayside. I painted a big mural in my daughter's room quite a while ago, and nuttin' since.

I need to start painting nude guys again.

:mellow:

:lol:

So, I declare it a good thing and will be attempting to recreate at home (having recently leanred that the royal boyfriend loves gravy in all forms and sizes) using frozen safe fries, cheese, and homemade gravy. I will inform all of you once this has been accomplished.

I've made poutine two or three times.....gad.......but not since celiac hit the household. It would be easy to do gluten-free - - make the gravy with cornstarch. I remember it being important to bake the fries really well, so that they are extra crispy (so much greasy crap smothering them)..........

When we have our massive Psilly Psummit, we are eating poutine. I am declaring this, despite my un-monarchical status.


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elye Community Regular
Ckns eat anything, including each other. thier offspring, thier husbands, wives, and lovers.

Um.. . . . . . ...how about owners?. . . . . .....Jyesss, do you know what you've gotten yerself into?. .. . ....... :unsure: . . . ....

Ckns (hens) lay eggs daily in season. the first ones are really tiny, called pullet eggs. Then, they lay regular eggs for the seson. Then, they slow down, you bucther them, and they become stewing hens.

Is this the same for female humans? Was I producing pullet eggs in my early twenties? Guess my regular eggs are losing their grade with each passing day....... . .. before ya know it, I myself will be a stewing hen..... . . ...

:lol:

DingoGirl Enthusiast
Now that you finally know what to do with it.

:unsure: crockpot? ummmmmmmmm........not really :lol:

Egads.I googled do chickens have sex with roosters and found out more than I EVER wanted to know about chicken sex.

RSTD....ba ha ha

But what I REALLY want to know is do hens crave poutine? Is poutine gluten-free- the gravy part? What in the world are cheese CURDS- sounds gross!

:lol: Bevel's posts give me joy.

I have never had poutine. However, how many of you have had cheesy loaded mashed potatoes with gravy? SAME THING!

no, no, no, I don't think it is. Really. It's just.......different..........it has FRENCH FRIES.....and some certain kinda curd thingies.....

:( breakin' my heart, this whole thought of poutine :lol:

Suze . . . I think I've said this before . . . please don't send me Celiac Disease . . . although sometimes (like tonight) I think I may have it.

Emmel doesn't need any more Celiac Disease . . . you can only get it once you know.

Now . . . a Celiac Disease burner?? . . . is that some sort of new therapy?? .. ...sounds like it would hurt.

Nope . . . wouldn't be worth keepin' if they only got laid once a month. Twould be time for fried cikverb.

Suze, come over to my house and I will make you some gluten free fried chicken and poutine.

:lol: Janit

I'll TRY not to send yer any celiac diseases ;)

and WHOT? yer gonna make me some fried chicken and poutine???????????? holy crap, I am on the earliest flight out tomorrah, fer GAWD'S SAKE!!!!!!!!!! suddenly I am RABID for poutine, thing I never knew about before....

so, I'm going to cook some frozen fries, and put some canned chili and cheese on it. <_<

NOT the same thing, a'tall. HARRUMPHHHHFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF

We want poultrine!

It's been a long typin and flipin day.

I gwine to watch comedy and sleep my errors away.

Sweet Swoo the ckn educator

Doctor of Waddles, Spurs, and Gelatinous Substances.

Sweet Swoo the Wackl of Ooh-hey-oh :lol:

I've made poutine two or three times.....gad.......but not since celiac hit the household. It would be easy to do gluten-free - - make the gravy with cornstarch. I remember it being important to bake the fries really well, so that they are extra crispy (so much greasy crap smothering them)..........

When we have our massive Psilly Psummit, we are eating poutine. I am declaring this, despite my un-monarchical status.

YES! Or, can you make a huge quantity, freeze it, and fed-ex it to me frozen? :rolleyes:

and, why would you need to make la poutine, when they sell it ever-where up there?

You know, I'm actually glad I don't live around this slop......could see myself eating it really very, very regularly........... :lol:

elye Community Regular

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Mygawd....youse guys DEEP-FRY curds down there?? Man. . ...... .. . .I want some o' that. . . ..

And they DO make a squeaking noise when you are chewing them -- can be quite something as you pound back forksful of poutine, to be emitting li'l squeaks... .. .....like some demented, big, sick mouse er sumfin'.... . .. .

:lol:

DingoGirl Enthusiast
Mygawd....youse guys DEEP-FRY curds down there?? Man. . ...... .. . .I want some o' that. . . ..

Um, I'm pretty sure there isn't anything we DON"T deep-fry down here. Coca cola, butter sticks, snickers bars, oreos, I believe it can ALL be found at yer various phaires, battered and plunkked in a vat of oil. :blink: <vomitous>

OMG, they sell cheese curds at Trader Joe's.....I just pick up the package quizzically and dunno what to do..........and..........I'm thinkin................OMG...............NOW I DO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I"ll deep fry 'em

:lol:

elye Community Regular
OMG, they sell cheese curds at Trader Joe's.....I just pick up the package quizzically and dunno what to do..........and..........I'm thinkin................OMG...............NOW I DO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I"ll deep fry 'em

:lol:

Put 'em in yer slow cooker, Soooze! Um....cheese soup....!

No, no, no........now you know to scatter them over gravy-topped fries, hot outta the oven.. . . . ..... :rolleyes:

kaki-clam Enthusiast

The phone, the phone is ringing.....the phone, we'll be right there.....there's an animal in trouble somewhere!!!

what's gonna work?

Darn210 Enthusiast
The phone, the phone is ringing.....the phone, we'll be right there.....there's an animal in trouble somewhere!!!

what's gonna work?

GAHHHHHH!!!!!!

How bad is it that I know the answer?? . . . :ph34r: . . . teamwork

HiYa kaki . . . we've moved passed the jingles/songs . . . It's been a couple thousand pages . . . but welcome to the madness of the psilly thread. Just jump right in, the water's fine.

Em . . . demented, big, sick mouse . . . :lol:

DingoGirl Enthusiast
Put 'em in yer slow cooker, Soooze! Um....cheese soup....!

No, no, no........now you know to scatter them over gravy-topped fries, hot outta the oven.. . . . ..... :rolleyes:

:unsure: so, fill my crockpot wiv oil, then deep-fry em? :lol: okay

and THANKS to YOUSE GUYS ,makin' me crave the POO-tine, <_< I just made french fries, topped them w/ chili and cheese. Thankfully, 'twas a small portion, so I'm not really feeling vomitous......

I loved how that Canadienne tart said, in that video, that poutine looks like "the stuff that comes out of yer nose." :lol:

gawd........what in HELL *is* coming out of her nose? it looks like poutine? she really should get to a good ear/nose/throat doctor :lol:

did she mean bugars* or snot? :unsure:

<*I have always maintained that BUGAR is spelled like SUGAR, but most choose the more common BOOGER. since childhood I have felt this is not right> :lol:

The phone, the phone is ringing.....the phone, we'll be right there.....there's an animal in trouble somewhere!!!

what's gonna work?

:unsure:

Hi kaki!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

GAHHHHHH!!!!!!

How bad is it that I know the answer?? . . . :ph34r: . . . teamwork

HiYa kaki . . . we've moved passed the jingles/songs . . . It's been a couple thousand pages . . . but welcome to the madness of the psilly thread. Just jump right in, the water's fine.

Em . . . demented, big, sick mouse . . . :lol:

:unsure:

dunno what that answer is? and.......demented, sick mouse? what in hell?

but liked it :lol:

OMG - just saw on TV that there might be, or is, a Seinfeld reunion show? we must all tune in at same time and watch, if this is so

:)

Jestgar Rising Star

Much too much silliness to quote.

Suze, the crockpot holds down the painting supplies.

Wonder if we could deep fry poutine and put it on a stick? :huh::P

Buleeve cheese curds are cottage cheese witout d'juice.

Tiny initial eggs?? :blink: You're kidding me?

I got nuttin' yet. Roomie checks daily, he's more excited than I am.

Civkebs are safely encaged. They have started trying to take me out, starting with my fingers.

'lectricians have started!!!

WooHoo!! only insulation, drywall, cupboards, and floor to go!

jerseyangel Proficient
'lectricians have started!!!

WooHoo!! only insulation, drywall, cupboards, and floor to go!

I've been meaning to ask how the kitchen was coming along :)

curlyfries Contributor

Poutine sounds seriously evil. :unsure:

I have had gravy on my fries, but cheese too?.......Hold me back! :o ....Hello, my name is Leesah, and I am a cheese addict:ph34r:

And I have very nice feet, if I do say so meself. Although they have, on occassion, been referred to as monkey feet, cuz I can pick up most anything with 'em, and can spread all the toes apart. :P

Hubby never wants to see me toenails painted, cuz he thinks all feet are ugly and should not have attention drawn to them <_<

curlyfries Contributor

The only input I can offer on civkebs is that my FIL raises them, and so when my DD had her lovely outdoor wedding on their property, you could hear the chickens all during the ceremony.....and it's all on video! ;)

Quite charming, really :D

psawyer Proficient
I need to start painting nude guys again.

Um, I need to remember to keep my clothes on when we meet again. No point in causing excessive jealousy among other men. :ph34r::lol: :lol: :lol:

I've made poutine two or three times.....gad.......but not since celiac hit the household. It would be easy to do gluten-free - - make the gravy with cornstarch. I remember it being important to bake the fries really well, so that they are extra crispy (so much greasy crap smothering them)..........

Gluten-free gravy can be made with corn starch as a thickener. Glutino makes a gluten-free brown gravy mix.

Buleeve cheese curds are cottage cheese witout d'juice.

Close enough for government work. When milk is curdled to make cheese, the solid part is the curds and the liquid part is the whey. In cottage cheese, most (but not all) of the whey is drained off.

:angry: We went to a community meeting this evening about "traffic calming" measures in our neighboUrhood. The town made major changes to our road, and one that intersects it, a year ago. The local councilor claims there was public consultation and surveys were conducted prior to the work being done. We have lived on this street for more than twenty years, and I read the local paper, and I read mailings from the town. The first I knew of this was when the 'Choke Points' were constructed. Apparently, AFTER the construction, a survey showed that 85 per cent of residents opposed what was done (include us in that 85%). Almost nobody at the meeting was satisfied with what the town did. But the town doesn't want to undo it because that would cost the same amount of money that they wasted doing it in the first place, leaving them where they started physically but minus $1,500,000 (estimate). :angry:

mushroom Proficient

WAAAY too many amazing posts for one night, and it's not Friday???? Some quotes taken at random:

going to get my crockpot out now and put it on my "painting" table.

Now that's my problem, phinally identified: the crockpot is in the wrong place. Put crockpot on painting table, mix watercolor, heat on low for five hours and if ya still feel in da mood, throw some paint on de paper and see what happens; mix with garden soil from under de fingernails, throw on a civckeb and let in walk all over it and ye have a masterpeice :lol:

...I have a friend who has them....big, chunky, wide, square feet.

No, they's not supposed to be square, they's supposed to be cutely tapered, from da big one down to da little one, so they don't fit any of the current popular shoe styles.. No wonder so many peeples have corns and bunyuns.

I, also, am guilty of this.. . . ......I do not prioritize my artistic/creative time, and it falls by the wayside. I painted a big mural in my daughter's room quite a while ago, and nuttin' since.

I need to start painting nude guys again.

Is dat wot fires de creative juices??? Have nae tried that....

When we have our massive Psilly Psummit, we are eating poutine. I am declaring this, despite my un-monarchical status.

Oh,Oh, I see is a minority of one here; Nik, help me out, is this not a gelatinous mess??? No psilly psummit for me; just as well I am a snowbird flying south :o

The phone, the phone is ringing.....the phone, we'll be right there.....there's an animal in trouble somewhere!!!

what's gonna work?

Ding-a-ling, someone new in da house! Nothing's gonna work, sorry! Nothing ever works... :blink:

Hubby never wants to see me toenails painted, cuz he thinks all feet are ugly and should not have attention drawn to them

He is right; I never even looks at my own feet unless forced to. Ugh!! :blink:

Apparently, AFTER the construction, a survey showed that 85 per cent of residents opposed what was done (include us in that 85%). Almost nobody at the meeting was satisfied with what the town did. But the town doesn't want to undo it because that would cost the same amount of money that they wasted doing it in the first place, leaving them where they started physically but minus $1,500,000 (estimate).

This sounds like basically normal guvmint function. We lives on a little rural street with views of harbour and mountains and it t'was only by a quirk we found out the council was planning to put a bloody big street light right in the middle of the view to light up the sidewalk we do not have so the people who walk on the non-existent sidewalk do not trip over the cracks in said non-existent sidewalk that the council would not have fixed. Fortunately, our petition and my repeated pesteringt of the council preserved our pristine views of moonrise over the harbor and we don't have to lower our blinds every night to block out the unasked for light.

We is busy packing our bags, packing our garage cupboards, eating up the refrigerator, pestering our drug company to get supplies of meds before we leave.... that one's the hardest. :angry: Getting out of here is never a fun time....

elye Community Regular

Goooood Morning, Psills!

Just may head out for a poutine at lunchtime today.......Let's see....there are any number of chip trucks dotted throughout the city to visit.....there's McDee's, Harveys, Swiss Chalet, Wendy's, virtually all of the little diners... . ..

It's eveywhere. :unsure::rolleyes:

However, I eat a plate of this stuff and I can hear my veins cracking afterward. AND, my blood sugar spikes.

AND, I'll have to undo my pants for a while -- the mailman is back to his lunchtime delivery schedule, so I could well have another unplanned, embarrassing meeting with him.

So.... . . ....may not. :lol:

I loved how that Canadienne tart said, in that video, that poutine looks like "the stuff that comes out of yer nose." :lol:

That's Mitsou, our Francophone one-hit wonder. Her song, Mon Cowboy, is maddening in its base, amateurish kitchiness, but one canna stop singing it once it is heard......

<*I have always maintained that BUGAR is spelled like SUGAR, but most choose the more common BOOGER. since childhood I have felt this is not right> :lol:

I suppose it all lies in its pro-nun-see-ay-shun........I actually say "BOO-ger" (um....not very often, upon reflection). . ....... :huh::lol:

Although they have, on occassion, been referred to as monkey feet, cuz I can pick up most anything with 'em, and can spread all the toes apart. :P

Ha! Me, too.....I'm quite monkey-ish, as I can spread 'em apart and pull back the big toe so that it is close to touching the top of me foot. Quite sick, actually. Or Cirque de Soleil, p'raps. . . . ..... <_<

Welcome, Kaki! Whot in hell? The phone....troubled animals?. . ......Call centre for the SPCA? . ... ... ..... :huh:

elye Community Regular
Um, I need to remember to keep my clothes on when we meet again. No point in causing excessive jealousy among other men. :ph34r::lol::lol::lol:

OMG.....phorgot this. . .. ... :lol::rolleyes::lol::rolleyes:

Darn210 Enthusiast
I suppose it all lies in its pro-nun-see-ay-shun........I actually say "BOO-ger" (um....not very often, upon reflection). . ....... :huh::lol:

. . . because when she watches herself in the mirror when she says "BOO-ger", she is not at all pleased with how it looks . . . :P

nikki-uk Enthusiast

<-----------THE FOOT!!!!!!!!!!!! :lol:

My feet are ugly - toes are like fingers :ph34r:, second toe longer - skinny, skinny feet that build up stupid amounts of hard skin (because it protects them?)

Anyhoo, I need a fat implant (got plenty elsewhere) and a toe shortening op ........... actually I've watched a programME about cosmetic surgery for feet - :o:unsure::o ............<scared!..hold me!!...hate pain!!> actually, I think I'll put up wiv wot I've got :unsure:

I suppose it all lies in its pro-nun-see-ay-shun........I actually say "BOO-ger" (um....not very often, upon reflection). . ....... :huh::lol:

Ah, now, I can see that 'Buger' spelling might make sense to Soozle - but not to Em

'We' however do not use this word. Our word for nasal matter is Bogie (Boe- ghee..hard G)

I'm not even sure how you're supposed to spell it! :lol:

Good to know Soozles painting the cock cRockpot - can't wait to see it!!!!!!

POUTINE FOR ALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ( I too want my veins to 'crack' :lol: )

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      Welcome to the forum, @Cathijean90! I went 13 years from the first laboratory evidence of celiac disease onset before I was diagnosed. But there were symptoms of celiac disease many years before that like a lot of gas. The first laboratory evidence was a rejected Red Cross blood donation because of elevated liver enzymes. They assume you have hepatitis if your liver enzymes are elevated. But I was checked for all varieties of hepatitis and that wasn't it. Liver enzymes continued to slowly creep up for another 13 years and my PCP tested me for a lot of stuff and it was all negative. He ran out of ideas. By that time, iron stores were dropping as was albumin and total protein. Finally, I took it upon myself to schedule an appointment with a GI doc and the first thing he did was test me for celiac disease. I was positive of course. After three months of gluten free eating the liver enzymes were back in normal range. That was back in about 1992. Your story and mine are more typical than not. I think the average time to diagnosis from the onset of symptoms and initial investigation into causes for symptom is about 10 years. Things are improving as there is more general awareness in the medical community about celiac disease than there used to be years ago. The risk of small bowel lymphoma in the celiac population is 4x that of the general population. That's the bad news is.  The good news is, it's still pretty rare as a whole. Yes, absolutely! You can expect substantial healing even after all these years if you begin to observe a strict gluten free diet. Take heart! But I have one question. What exactly did the paperwork from 15 years ago say about your having celiac disease? Was it a test result? Was it an official diagnosis? Can you share the specifics please? If you have any celiac blood antibody test results could you post them, along with the reference ranges for each test? Did you have an endoscopy/biopsy to confirm the blood test results?
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