Laundry and Linguine. I think that we have the makings of a fine business there, my boy!!! I'll wash the clothes, PB can cook, you can be the host, SC will tell the jokes, DC will be the guy who everyone slips money to in order to get their clothes faster or whiter or maybe a better table away from the fabric softener, TIS makes sure everyone's content (How's your pasta? Did you ever have such soft, fluffy towels?), and Beth can be the bouncer.

We need a wait staff and some folders, though. Any volunteers?

I'm in!

How do would you like that, red or white?

We offer both!

As long as you can get the red stains out

I'm good at folding towels. And if you are nice to me and give me a nice tip I'll even put the creases in your pants.

Hey SB, i'd be up for sunday brunch... not sure about this weekend with the weather mess... but definitely up for it, anyone else interested in meeting up in that area??

As for the Old Homestead, its ironically across the street from Del Posto where I was last Saturday... (around 14th street & 10th ave) i heard its really good also. Not sure about $41 for a burger, the place "21" had a $21 burger... that was years ago. Even in Vegas at the top of the Stratosphere (which I believe is taller than the Empire State Building and rotates a full 360degrees in an hour giving you a view of Area 51, etc), their kobe burger was $16 if memory serves me correctly. THAT was the best burger I ever had, what I can tell you for sure is for 3 of us lunch was roughly $100 with drinks and dessert. So, I really cannot see the justification for a $41 burger even if you have the money to blow. How much is it with fries?? lol.

As for tonite's dinner, had asparagus & penne pasta in garlic & olive oil, and, some bone marrow on toast... beef isnt as tasty as the veal bone marrow

Here we go again......

Besides the FACT that there are NO *REAL* KOBE burgers in the USA... *sigh*... let me just remind everyone that quality has NOTHING to do with PRICE. And, the FACT that there's no *real* (official) Kobe in the US unless you're prepared to pay $100+ for a BURGER while living in The Freshman during some clandestine illegal dinner... So stuff it already.

"Kobe-Style" a.k.a. Wagyu -- is NOT TRUE Kobe!

As I was reading JR's post, I was wondering how long it would take JG to hop on that particular Kobe beef bandwagon.

Mig, you're welcome to fold at Linguine and Laundry. And, JG, I haven't met a stain yet that I can't get out, as long as the clothes haven't been dried (that is the secret, you know. The stain will eventually come out, as long as you don't put the item in the dryer before it's completely removed and it's entirely possible that I am far too obsessed with this subject).

Geoff, you ate Linguine with Clam sauce for dinner last night (Thursday)? Now don't let me see you post that you ate a steak or a burger tonight! You should have saved the linguine and clam sauce dinner for tonight!





Thank you Don Malta!

My wife has been ordering stuff from Omaha Steaks and at first I wasn't impressed, but ship has been ordering a variety of things from them. I guess the more you order the better the discount? They have some pretty good selections. Their hot dogs are awesome and the have a great stuffed bread. Has anyone else bought from them? What are your thoughts,does it really save you money?

One of their stores is a few miles away from me. I've tried their steaks and hamburgers, and wasn't totally thrilled (although they're not bad). If you get the stuff when they have a sale its not too bad, although they are generally over-priced (IMO).

I agree they are overpriced. I've bought the filets on a few occasions when they were offering deals. They were good, but no better than the ones I could get locally. I get emails from them regularly, but don't often buy from them.

I never had their hot dogs. I'm sure they're very good.

Ya,I'm starting to accumulate those big styrofoam cooler's they send the stuff in. Maybe I can build myself an Igloo.

I actually did save half of it -- maybe I won't forget to abstain today!

Well, no promises if I happen to come across a Kobe burger.....

This past summer I recieved a cooler full of Omaha products as a gift from someone.

I really enjoyed their burgers and their hotdogs. Their burgers were really juicy and the hot dogs have an excellent taste to them, especially when BBQed. Their Potatoes au Gratin are awesome.

As for the steaks, specifically the filet mignons, I was really disappointed in them. I thought that they were on the tuff side and lacked taste.

Was it the steak or was it the chef who cooked them?

I've been invited out to Dinner tonight to a place that several of us here on the BB went to one time for one of our get togethers. I know that Signor Vitelli loved the dish that I will most likely order tonight ;

Tortellini Baronessa. I think that Vitelli picked up the dish when all the tortellini was gone, and drank the Baronessa sauce that was left in it! And I don't blame him! It's simply out of this world!

While all of their food is good, their Baronessa is my favorite dish.

I've never had Omaha Steaks, but we did buy steaks for my mother-in-law and her husband once for Christmas. She was rather disappointed and said that they were rather chewy. She said that the packaging was rather nice, though.

I called them to let them know, and they refunded my money, less taxes and shipping (which was almost as much as the steaks themselves), which is the sign of a quality company.

JG, don't feel bad. We made a huge breakfast this morning and I indulged in bacon, ham and sausage. I totally forgot that it was Friday.

I have some blue crabs in the freezer form last summer. I'm gonna make a nice crab sauce tonight with linguini.

Caught off of the Manahattan Beach side of Sheepshead Bay?

Long Branch, NJ!

They're from my trip last summer to see my aunt.

They make great sauce. I remember my grandmother bought a whole basket of them one summer. They got out in the kitchen and were running all over the kitchen chasing my dog. She then told me that she once bought lobsters after work and was bringing them home on the train when they got out of the bag and were running all over the place. Can you imagine lobsters loose on a NYC subway car???

Well, from having ridden in the subway just about every day of my adult life, I hate to say, yes.

I've seen and smelled worse in a NYC subway car! A lobster would have been a treat!

My grandmother said that the car was so crowded that she couldn't chase them, and they were scuttling around nipping at people. That must have been some sight.

LMAO I was waiting for that too... you gotta get over it Don Malta, just like there is no such thing as American Champagne, thats FRENCH law not US law... so you call it wagu or kobe or whatever you want, but the rest of us know what we were talking about... d-:

...and your smilies are backwards.

Call it whatever you want. I'm sure American ranchers don't massage their cattle like the Japanese do (which is bizarre enough, but still... lol)


I screwed up again. Unbelievable!

I knew a guy who once caught crabs from a subway seat.