This is a copy and paste of what I just pasted there; I’m going to have to go back and harvest a few things before it’s gone.
Good times! I’m going to have to find my favorite threads from the good old days. The meatball thread, the tuna salad thread, the macaroni and cheeses thread, the Thanksgiving blow by blow, coming back every year for the beginning of the SF crab season, and Melanie’spost about steaming Dungeness crab. My annual preserved lemon, spiced nuts, and whole preserved fig experiments. The “Just got braces and everything hurts” thread! I’m glad there’s HO. I’ve posted links there in the past, but I’m guessing they won’t work.
And don’t forget the Mooch and Hooch thread from JanetfromRichmond, @shrinkrap. Janet is a friend of mine, so that thread was a fun one, since I knew the restaurants she was talking about. (Thankfully I never mer Mooch and Hooch!) Janet had another one that was a total WTF? thread, but I can’t remember the topic.
I do! Although much less frequently during these 2 years of the pandemic. Only two or three times during 2021, if I recall correctly. Definitely NOT enough! I’ve actually been craving their warmth and hospitality, and am hoping to get in there in the next week or so.
We are friends with two other couples. Nearly every Friday night, we go to dinner with one of the couples and often with both. There is another couple who shows up at our watering hole and expects to be included. In the past we have, but it is always an added stress to the evening.
Last Friday I just pretended they were not at our watering hole and avoided them and therefore the subject and the woman asked why I am mad at her/them. I’m not angry, I just don’t want to go to dinner with them.
In the past they have gone so far to ask the bartenders where we are having dinner if they arrive after we’ve left the bar and headed to dinner elsewhere. We also have a newer watering hole and they followed us there. I am not good at tactful confrontations and would prefer not to be a full out bitch this coming Friday. Any advice is welcomed.
The thread is long (SEVENTEEN CH pages long!) and jfood is credited with coming up with the Mooch and Hooch names. Although he never did copyright the name! LOL
I can’t seem to copy a whole thread discussion easily. For now, here’s my post on a custard vs bechamel macaroni and cheese thread
Custard. But I do a hybrid.My Aunt Helen meets Cooks Illustrated meets Alton Brown meets Patti LaBelle meets John Thorne. And uncooked elbows, stirred intermittently. Lately I am leaning toward shorter baking times for a looser finish.
That was a great thread! I love how the whole community came to her defense with some clever ways to get her out of the sticky situation. Was Janet ever able to ditch Mooch and Hooch? If yes, what method did she use? Sorry, I didn’t have a chance to read all 17 pages to see if the issue was ever resolved
She did. They worked with the bartenders at several of their restaurants who let them know when M&H were in looking for Janet and her husband the night before. IIRC, there eventually was an occasion when Janet’s party of 4 was having drinks pre-dinner when M&H came in. The bartender immediately told Janet “Your table of 4 is ready for your group!” And hustled them to their table. And then there was another instance where Janet and her group were able to avoid having M&H join them. They got the idea after that.
I was SO disappointed when CH removed the April 1st Banana thread instead of just locking it after everyone had their fun. I forget the premise, but it was a GREAT thread.
I was going to mention the Banana board as a great thread created by a CH employee back when they were allowed to have a sense of humor\whimsy. I think there was a subsequent Spatula board started by some mischievous hounds (I was not, of course, among them
Great! I’m glad that worked out without any further bloodshed I hope she left those wonderful bartenders a nice tip It always pays to be nice to your servers
Definitely NOT enough! I’ve actually been craving their warmth and hospitality, and am hoping to get in there in the next week or so. 
I hope she left those wonderful bartenders a nice tip 