The Pillsbury company recently announced the death of their long time advertising icon, the Pillsbury doughboy, who died of a terminal yeast infection after being poked in the stomach too many times.
Stop.....you guys are making me laugh. The death of of P.doughboy is a tragedy.........any one collecting some bread for a flour arrangement....... or is that being too tacky?
No matter how rich I get, I can't picture spending more than a hundred bucks on a dinner -- let alone a couple hundred bucks just for some truffle shavings.
The wikipedia article on truffles is pretty interesting. Apparently there's an untapped market in truffle cultivation at the moment -- demand outstrips supply by a factor of 50.
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That story captures the essence of the Cantonese attitude to food.
Just think - they could have spend an hour with Paris Hilton instead...
WP - more garlic is a good thing.
Pretty huge dichotomy between Mr. Wu and the villagers of "Mud".
Roger A: I bet he'll turnover in his grave.
The Pillsbury company recently announced the death of their long time advertising icon, the Pillsbury doughboy, who died of a terminal yeast infection after being poked in the stomach too many times.
Stop.....you guys are making me laugh. The death of of P.doughboy is a tragedy.........any one collecting some bread for a flour arrangement....... or is that being too tacky?
I wonder if there's an expiration date stamped on his coffin?
No matter how rich I get, I can't picture spending more than a hundred bucks on a dinner -- let alone a couple hundred bucks just for some truffle shavings.
The wikipedia article on truffles is pretty interesting. Apparently there's an untapped market in truffle cultivation at the moment -- demand outstrips supply by a factor of 50.
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