This or That

[Kaneohegirlinaz]

I did the same thing, up until most recently. I had been buying small 8-inchers for our morning eggs and I found that I was replacing it maybe every 6 months or so. Even from Walmart at less than $4USD per, that adds up, not to mention that the bottoms were not flat enough for my Electric Glass-top cooktop. So most recently, I purchased a T-Fal brand 8-incher for about eight bucks... that was about 6 months ago and it's still holding up.

But I digress from the topic...

I've only owned three Cast Iron Pans in my entire life.
The first one I had was handed down to me by my Great Grandmother and like a very foolish young women, I had put it away in storage for single years. When I got married and was putting together our first home, I pulled it out and it was so badly rusted by the Hawaiian Salt Air, that I gave it to GoodWill and bought a new non-seasoned pan and kept that one until we moved to the 'mainland' and gave it to a friend, `cuz I had a fully equipped kitchen waiting for me. WELL! To make a long story longer
I didn't have one and went out and bought one of those new-fangled pre-seasoned Lodge Cast Iron Skillets, I don't care for it at all! But I'm too "tight" to buy a new one

SO... Non-seasoned Cast Iron Pan please


Talkin' about breakfast...

This or That?
Sunday Brunch : Cook at home or Go out and let someone else cook for you

 

[Sir_Loin_of_Beef]

I have 5 or 6 regular Sunday brunch menus that I love to serve with mimosas, bellinis, or Jennifer's Kisses and I don't drive if I have had any alcohol, so lets go with COOK AT HOME!

Regular eat-out breakfast; Bacon and eggs, or pancakes and sausages?

 

[Kaneohegirlinaz]

YUM! Bacon and (basted) eggs please, mainly because I don't make bacon that often... which brings me to the next this or that question...

Cooking Bacon : Stove top or in the Oven

 

[Sir_Loin_of_Beef]

In the oven, two pounds at a time. then drain and put in plastic freezer bags.

Breakfast snausages: Links or patties?

 

[Kaneohegirlinaz]

I can only fit about 1 1/2 pounds of bacon on a half sheet tray...
"snausages" ? HA!

I'll have links, turkey links if you please

Asian Take out Food : Chinese or Korean?

 

[Sir_Loin_of_Beef]

Chinese

sauerkraut or kimchee?

 

[Kaneohegirlinaz]

Kim chee (I don't care for Sauerkraut), cucumber if you please? I LOVE Korean food, we just found a place next to DH new Doctor's office, next time he has to go, we're having lunch there... it's WAY far away from our place ....

Holidays we celebrate : Christmas Day or New Year's Eve (and why)

 

[Sir_Loin_of_Beef]

The lunar New Year, because I am a Buddhist (and because it's 15 days long!)


Ford or Chevy?

 

[Kaneohegirlinaz]

... bump ...

 

[GotGarlic]

Ford.

Car or SUV?

 

[Sir_Loin_of_Beef]

Car. Unless it has 4-wheel drive, it's not an SUV (sport utility vehicle), It's a BSW (big station wagon)

sedan or convertible?

 

[GotGarlic]

(Mine is actually a little one - a Ford Escape Hybrid.)

Convertible! (My mom had a Fiat Spyder when I was in high school.)

Christmas cookies - chocolate or gingerbread?

 

[Sir_Loin_of_Beef]

Gingerbread

I owned a 1981 Fiat Spyder, and I just found out that Fiat will be offering them in the US again in 2017!

Wrapped and shipped gifts for out of town relatives, or gift cards?

 

[Kaneohegirlinaz]

Gift cards, for sure!

Two years in a row now, I've mailed a carefully wrapped Rum Cake to my Sister, who lives in a suburb of the greater Los Angeles area and they have rampant "Porch-Package-Theft", so I send her packages to her office in the next town over.
Here's the rub, the mail carrier for her business just CHUCKS packages over the fence, `cuz his delivery time is after business hours! Her birthday cake as well as Christmas cakes have been left out in the rain (isn't that a song? ) ! $#!| !!
So, this year I sent a nice handmade card and a gift card to her favorite store.
Now, I know that's not very festive, but USPS is not always the best. $#!| !!

Cable or Satellite TV?

 

[Sir_Loin_of_Beef]

Satellite

Basic package or add-on channels?

 

[Kaneohegirlinaz]

Basic, local channels only (we watch alot online)

New Years Eve:

Stay at home and party or Go out and really whoop it up?

 

[HolyCanoli]

when we lived in CT, we went to NYC every new years eve...not one for the party scene but loved doing that so i have to go with going out.

Chinese or Japanese food?

 

[Sir_Loin_of_Beef]

Chinese.

Chinese food from a chain, or a local place?

 

[Kaneohegirlinaz]

Oh My Gravy!! LOCAL! ALWAYS!



I went next door to were I worked downtown (Chinatown Honolulu)
EVERY DAY!
We'd have jook for breakfast and come back at lunch for dim sum
*sigh*
I miss Honolulu, very much!
*sigh*

 

[Sir_Loin_of_Beef]

And...?