DANGEROUS: here seakdivers, have some of my salty pickle

Aww Kagen - how sweet of you to offer. Just close your eyes - I promise it won't hurt too bad.

Now the pickled herring? Ooooh yeah - I love the stuff!!

:worried:

the lady loves milk try

I once came home after talking to Mrs Elspode on the phone while driving there, opened the door to the office, and threw in a large bag of peanut M&Ms.

I was later told that it may have been the single smartest relationship move I'd ever made with her.

I would also take pickled herring over chocolate.

all I can say is chocolate and sex have saved my life more times than I can count under those circumstances.. yeah I know it can bea little messy... but don't deny a woman under those circumstances.. and chocolate dipped strawberries are easy to make and can pull ones proverbial buns from the fire.

Oh yeah. Any kind of smoked or pickled or salty anything is good for me. Anchovies, oysters, chips, fish, ribs, salt-cured ham, pickled eggs, pickled veggies. My MIL knows all these old-world pickling recipes and whenever she visits, I buy a case of mason jars and a bag of pickling salt and leave them in the kitchen. In the way.

If I could cook worth a damn I'd buy a smoker.

dont you run the risk of backfire when you so obviously attempt to manipulate a female's mood by applying chocolate? It is my experience that women resent having their mood acknowledged in any way while they are under the sway of Aunt Flo. They can joke about it when they're not, but during?.....I think it's better to pretend it doesnt exist.

you can notice it and give chocolate without acknowledging it.

(makes a mental note: keep some chocolates not only in the disaster survival bag but have a mobile supply ready too. )

Beestie - yep, that's my kind of food! I am getting a smoker, and it should be here right after we get back from Australia. I can't wait!!
I've been making batches of bbq sauce & tonight I am making a sauce from George Herter's cookbook which is basically the original Heinz 57 sauce. I can't wait to try it!!

I will take you advice here. I guess you're pretty selective when sharing your yule log with a girl.

I'd take pickled onions over chocolate...

But compliments and stroking my hair over them both

Personally, I've found that aside from a favorite "sweet" A flower for no reason, especially one picked from mother earth, goes infinitely farther.