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If you get a chance' date=' try the Little Sumpin' Wild - it's probably my favorite Lagunitas beer, the Westmalle "wild" Belgian yeast takes it to another level. More complex than their others. Right now I'm having a Smuttynose "Rhye" IPA - very hoppy rye IPA at 6.8% ABV, well-balanced, malty but dry, nice yeasty flavors. I'm never fond of the Smuttynose aroma, but they're solid. Do you get them out in SLC?[/quote'] Just started getting Lagunitas stuff out here, but it's limited so far. Wasn't impressed with the first couple I had from them, but the last couple have been good. Sent from my HTC PH39100 using Tapatalk 2
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It went over pretty well except James (8yrs) asked if we were too poor to order real pizza :lol:
Ouch. :lol: It never occurred to me to ask my dad if we were too poor to not have quiche. Both of my parents fall over themselves to have quiche but my brother and I hate it.
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Yesterday' date=' for the first time , I made (english) muffin pizzas for my boys. I remember loving them when I was younger and thought they might too. It went over pretty well except James (8yrs) asked if we were too poor to order real pizza :lol:[/quote'] My girlfriend from college told me that, when she was growing up, her parents would order pizza at night after she and her sister had gone to bed, and cut the crusts off. In the morning they'd send them to school with the crusts, and say "here you go, girls, we got you pizza!" Their deception wasn't discovered until the girls were invited to a birthday party where they had pizza, and when they opened the boxes, my gf said that she asked, "what's all that stuff attached to the pizza?"
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Quiche, yum! I can see how that might seem yucky to kids though. James was the only one that didn't like it hence his response. I told him I just wanted to try something different and now we know he doesn't like it. His opinion on the food "it's not that I don't like it, I just didn't like the taste". Hahaha Growing up I never spoke up about what we were fed. We either ate what was served or starve.

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My girlfriend from college told me that' date=' when she was growing up, her parents would order pizza at night after she and her sister had gone to bed, and cut the crusts off. In the morning they'd send them to school with the crusts, and say "here you go, girls, we got you pizza!" Their deception wasn't discovered until the girls were invited to a birthday party where they had pizza, and when they opened the boxes, my gf said that she asked, "what's all that stuff attached to the pizza?"[/quote'] Wtf! Why bother giving them anything. That sounds like something my parents would do. Ugh....
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My girlfriend from college told me that' date=' when she was growing up, her parents would order pizza at night after she and her sister had gone to bed, and cut the crusts off. In the morning they'd send them to school with the crusts, and say "here you go, girls, we got you pizza!" Their deception wasn't discovered until the girls were invited to a birthday party where they had pizza, and when they opened the boxes, my gf said that she asked, "what's all that stuff attached to the pizza?"[/quote'] Omg that is just evil!
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My girlfriend from college told me that' date=' when she was growing up, her parents would order pizza at night after she and her sister had gone to bed, and cut the crusts off. In the morning they'd send them to school with the crusts, and say "here you go, girls, we got you pizza!" Their deception wasn't discovered until the girls were invited to a birthday party where they had pizza, and when they opened the boxes, my gf said that she asked, "what's all that stuff attached to the pizza?"[/quote'] Evil very evil
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Nope, I haven't tried those. We eat pizza sometimes, but there are quite a few good pizza places within walking distance, so eating frozen seems like a waste. We do get some frozen dumplings and similar things at trader Joe's, for quick meals while we're taking care of the kid. In general, we're trying to keep up with grocery shopping and cooking at home. Seems like even normal things like that take too much time and energy, here.

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