tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-604990465653925540.post7143289121219206865..comments2023-04-03T09:34:37.841-04:00Comments on Romantoes: Necessity is the mother of...a big (but tasty) messRosemaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10223441754197927551noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-604990465653925540.post-44713443602584651032009-08-18T12:16:54.761-04:002009-08-18T12:16:54.761-04:00I've had the same emergency in my house, and t...I've had the same emergency in my house, and though it doesn't have quite the same romance as shish kabob, you can marinade all your veggies in olive oil, salt, pepper, and herbs, then pop it in a tight foil pack and grill away. I've never tried this with meat in the packets, but I bet it'd work like a charm (separate foil packs might be even better -- plus it would trap in the Christyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14762814181349108405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-604990465653925540.post-11757311223926639342009-08-17T21:32:48.427-04:002009-08-17T21:32:48.427-04:00Erica, the sad part is I didn't even have spag...Erica, the sad part is I didn't even have spaghetti in the house, either. Clearly, my pantry is woefully unprepared for these emergencies! But if you try that (or anything else) out, I'd definitely be interested in knowing how your experiments go!<br /><br />@Ann--my favorite tip from this issue was the brilliant suggestion that, to keep one's coffee hotter, one could put warm waterRosemaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10223441754197927551noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-604990465653925540.post-21832291721751938742009-08-17T15:58:50.345-04:002009-08-17T15:58:50.345-04:00Ha-ha. Those tips for toads in Cooks magazine are...Ha-ha. Those tips for toads in Cooks magazine are written for people with sub-functional I.Q.s. Dr. Mister and I have a good laugh each time the new Cook's comes, and we vote on which of the "tips" are the assiest or the most boneheaded. (Or which, as you say, is the one that MUST have been written as a prank to see if it would get published.)<br /><br />Thanks for test-driving Historiannhttp://historiann.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-604990465653925540.post-85200320111503147612009-08-17T14:40:58.862-04:002009-08-17T14:40:58.862-04:00(Oh, and you may want to submit the noodle-skewer ...(Oh, and you may want to submit the noodle-skewer idea to <i>Cook's Illustrated</i> anyway... maybe they don't test them before printing them!)Ericahttp://www.mental-hygiene.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-604990465653925540.post-34479038084220600152009-08-17T14:36:24.767-04:002009-08-17T14:36:24.767-04:00Aw man, I was hoping the rice noodles would work! ...Aw man, I was hoping the rice noodles would work! (Maybe a handful of spaghetti -- not just one strand, that wouldn't have enough strength...)<br /><br />You may have started me on a dangerous trend of experimenting with food stuck on other food. Never tantalize an engineer/cook like this! Argh...Ericahttp://www.mental-hygiene.orgnoreply@blogger.com