Nancy finally found the Asian brand wasabi rice crackers
that she'd talked about. These were pretty decent but
rather salty, as most such are. They tasted okay and
had a crunch not so objectionable as the hard crackers
one usually gets nor so suave as the ones I love but
almost never find.

If you find the sort you love, you should bring some for the rest of us
to try.... :)

OK ... where possible. I can't wander the world with my
suitcase crammed with stuff that would risk my Global
Entriness, though.

Tasteoff: Voortman (Canadian) vs. Osem (Israeli) wafers
In the shortest possible precis: Voortmans vile; Osem okay.

I almost went back to the cookie/cracker aisle to look for Nabisco's
version to add to the selection... but decided against it...

We know what the Nabisco ones taste like, sost of us, so no
major loss, The Ozem were nice to try, though.

Just a little clarification... our contributions were made mostly on
picnic day, and brought the next day (Sunday) to church... And it's a
monthly deal, not a weekly one.... :) Apparently some people love the
brunch theme... it's not my favorite, either...

Interesting what can excite people.

Our contributions were pear french toast casserole from
the Shipps and pear Waldorf salad from the Hafflys (guess
why no apples in these dishes), cherry almond and maple
pecan rollups with frostings from Lydia. These were along
with my spicy cumin meatballs the hits of the table.

We did ourselves proud.... ;) No leftovers on any of our offerings, either... :)

I sort of wish I'd have had another meatball, though
I can get them any time I'm near a kitchen I guess.

I had a link sausage (commercial) and a patty sausage
(from Edith); these were okay. Also a gluten-free pancake,
which was truly wretched especially with fake maple syrup,
an apple cider doughnut hole (storebought), exceedingly
strange tasting and bad,

We do occasionally get some duds.... I generally avoid the pancakes at
the brunches anyway, both gluten and non-gluten... And mostly save the gluten-free for others, even though most of the homemade ones are pretty decent... :)

I'm pretty sure them as wanted them got them by the time
I, wishing to fill my belly, tried one.

and a baked oatmeal with chocolate
chips. I was peering at this last mess wondering what it
was, and some nice lady chimed in saying it was good, and
she had made it, so I was backed into a corner. It was not
good at all. Stephen discovered that putting some of Lydia's
maple frosting on it improved it a great deal, so I tried
that. He was right.

I missed that altogether.... ;)

You can thank your lucky stars, about the oatmeal part,
anyway.

I had half of one of my meatballs, to give the multitude
a chance but secretly hoping that they would be too spicy
for middle America. Unfortunately, when I went back for
seconds, there were just a couple tablespoonsful of sauce
left, so I actually left the feast with an unfull stomach.

You should have had at least a few, first time around... ;) We aren't exactly a good representation of middle America... plenty of us enjoy a
good spicy food... :)

Shoulda, coulda, dinta.

For drinks there were coffee and tea, apple and orange
juices, cider, and some kind of nonapple juice from Nancy.

White grape peach... ;)

Was it peachy enough?

---------- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.05

Title: Peachy Yogurt Breakfast Sundae
Categories: Breakfast, Low-fat, why on earth bother
Yield: 1 Servings

1/2 c Sliced peaches; fresh,
-frozen or canned
1/2 c Low-fat vanilla yogurt
2 tb Wheat germ

----------------------------------OPTIONAL----------------------------------
1 Raspberries or blueberries;
-fresh or frozen

Place peaches in small bowl; top with yogurt and wheat germ. Garnish
with
raspberries or blueberries.

Per Serving: About 190 cal, 11 g pro, 31 g car, 3 g fat, 14% cal from
fat,
5 mg chol, 75 mg sod.

Source: Woman's Day 'Low-Fat Meals' (Volume IV, Number 3)

Yield: 1 servings

Source: Mike Stock, The Dinner Table

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Quoting Michael Loo to Nancy Backus on 09-26-18 09:52 <=-

Nancy finally found the Asian brand wasabi rice crackers
that she'd talked about. These were pretty decent but
rather salty, as most such are. They tasted okay and
had a crunch not so objectionable as the hard crackers
one usually gets nor so suave as the ones I love but
almost never find.

If you find the sort you love, you should bring some for the rest of
us to try.... :)

OK ... where possible. I can't wander the world with my
suitcase crammed with stuff that would risk my Global
Entriness, though.

No, just a package of crackers shouldn't jeopardize it, should it...?

Tasteoff: Voortman (Canadian) vs. Osem (Israeli) wafers
In the shortest possible precis: Voortmans vile; Osem okay.

I almost went back to the cookie/cracker aisle to look for Nabisco's
version to add to the selection... but decided against it...

We know what the Nabisco ones taste like, most of us, so no
major loss, The Ozem were nice to try, though.

I haven't had the Nabisco ones in ages, though... it might have been
reasonable to have that comparison... Besides, what triggered having it
for the picnic was the thread reminiscing about them, and our not having
had them for so long.... ;) Also... I noted last shopping day that
there are packaged Voortmans (in an assortment of flavors) that aren't sugarfree... maybe some picnic they should have a chance to redeem
themselves from vileness...?

Just a little clarification... our contributions were made mostly on
picnic day, and brought the next day (Sunday) to church... And it's a monthly deal, not a weekly one.... :) Apparently some people love the brunch theme... it's not my favorite, either...

Interesting what can excite people.

True. I generally prefer the regular potlucks, with more dinner-type
foods... :)

Our contributions were pear french toast casserole from
the Shipps and pear Waldorf salad from the Hafflys (guess
why no apples in these dishes), cherry almond and maple
pecan rollups with frostings from Lydia. These were along
with my spicy cumin meatballs the hits of the table.

We did ourselves proud.... ;) No leftovers on any of our offerings, either... :)

I sort of wish I'd have had another meatball, though
I can get them any time I'm near a kitchen I guess.

Just should have taken a bit more when you first had the chance... those
might not be all that easily duplicated... they were quite nice... :)

I had a link sausage (commercial) and a patty sausage
(from Edith); these were okay. Also a gluten-free pancake,
which was truly wretched especially with fake maple syrup,
an apple cider doughnut hole (storebought), exceedingly
strange tasting and bad,

We do occasionally get some duds.... I generally avoid the pancakes at
the brunches anyway, both gluten and non-gluten... And mostly save the gluten-free for others, even though most of the homemade ones are pretty decent... :)

I'm pretty sure them as wanted them got them by the time
I, wishing to fill my belly, tried one.

We did have lots of offerings at that end of the table... :) Much more
than those that needed them would have been able to eat... :)

and a baked oatmeal with chocolate
chips. I was peering at this last mess wondering what it
was, and some nice lady chimed in saying it was good, and
she had made it, so I was backed into a corner. It was not
good at all. Stephen discovered that putting some of Lydia's
maple frosting on it improved it a great deal, so I tried
that. He was right.

I missed that altogether.... ;)

You can thank your lucky stars, about the oatmeal part,
anyway.

I generally like oatmeal.... ;)

For drinks there were coffee and tea, apple and orange
juices, cider, and some kind of nonapple juice from Nancy.

White grape peach... ;)

Was it peachy enough?

Pretty much... although it could have been even better if some of
Lydia's peaches/juice had been added to it to enhance the peach
flavor... of course, those were either at the house or altogether
finished off.....

ttyl neb

... Experience is a good teacher, but her fees are high.

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