ProVarinati Diner & Saloon and Beyond

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@Kn0ttYFive closed the Deep Thoughts, & Inner Weirdom thread :cry:
Now I have no where to express my Inner Weirdom :(

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The Kinks
"Destroyer"

Met a girl called Lola and I took her back to my place
Feelin' guilty, feelin' scared, hidden cameras everywhere
Stop! Hold on. Stay in control

Girl, I want you here with me
But I'm really not as cool as I'd like to be
'Cause there's a red, under my bed
And there's a little yellow man in my head
And there's a true blue inside of me
That keeps stoppin' me, touchin' ya, watchin' ya, lovin' ya

Paranoia, the destroyer.
Paranoia, the destroyer.

Well I fell asleep, then I woke feelin' kinda' queer
Lola looked at me and said, "ooh you look so weird."
She said, "man, there's really something wrong with you.
One day you're gonna' self-destruct.
You're up, you're down, I can't work you out
You get a good thing goin' then you blow yourself out."

Silly boy ya' self-destroyer. Silly boy ya' self-destroyer

Silly boy you got so much to live for
So much to aim for, so much to try for
You blowing it all with paranoia
You're so insecure you self-destroyer

(And it goes like this, here it goes)
Paranoia, the destroyer
(Here it goes again)
Paranoia, the destroyer

Doctor, Doctor help me please, I know you'll understand
There's a time device inside of me, I'm a self-destructin' man
There's a red, under my bed
And there's a little green man in my head
And he said, "you're not goin' crazy, you're just a bit sad
'Cause there's a man in ya, gnawin' ya, tearin' ya into two."

Silly boy ya' self-destroyer.
Paranoia, the destroyer

Self-destroyer, wreck your health
Destroy friends, destroy yourself
The time device of self-destruction
Light the fuse and start eruption

(Yea, it goes like this, here it goes)
Paranoia, the destroyer
(Here's to paranoia)
Paranoia, the destroyer
(Hey hey, here it goes)
Paranoia, the destroyer
(And it goes like this)

Paranoia, the destroyer
(And it goes like this.)
Lola
The Kinks
I met her in a club down in North Soho
Where you drink champagne and it tastes just like cherry cola
C-O-L-A cola
She walked up to me and she asked me to dance
I asked her name and in a dark brown voice she said, "Lola"
L-O-L-A Lola, lo lo lo lo Lola
Well, I'm not the world's most physical guy
But when she squeezed me tight she nearly broke my spine
Oh my Lola, lo lo lo lo Lola
Well, I'm not dumb but I can't understand
Why she walk like a woman and talk like a man
Oh my Lola, lo lo lo lo Lola, lo lo lo lo Lola
Well, we drank champagne and danced all night
Under electric candlelight
She picked me up and sat me on her knee
And said, "Little boy won't you come home with me?"
Well, I'm not the world's most passionate guy
But when I looked in her eyes
Well, I…
 

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Lola
The Kinks
I met her in a club down in North Soho
Where you drink champagne and it tastes just like cherry cola
C-O-L-A cola
She walked up to me and she asked me to dance
I asked her name and in a dark brown voice she said, "Lola"
L-O-L-A Lola, lo lo lo lo Lola
Well, I'm not the world's most physical guy
But when she squeezed me tight she nearly broke my spine
Oh my Lola, lo lo lo lo Lola
Well, I'm not dumb but I can't understand
Why she walk like a woman and talk like a man
Oh my Lola, lo lo lo lo Lola, lo lo lo lo Lola
Well, we drank champagne and danced all night
Under electric candlelight
She picked me up and sat me on her knee
And said, "Little boy won't you come home with me?"
Well, I'm not the world's most passionate guy
But when I looked in her eyes
Well, I…
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@Kn0ttYFive closed the Deep Thoughts, & Inner Weirdom thread :cry:
Now I have no where to express my Inner Weirdom :(

Bummer...

I was disappointed to see that also, it was one of my daily threads I read everyday. :(

KAS

I never entered that thread, but I always thought about it. I express my "inner weirdom" everyplace I go though.... My filter keeps breaking. I'm considering duct tape. LOL.

Now, of course, I wish I had :(

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Thirty years ago in 1988 and somewhere in the Med. Hanging with my shipmates from Combat Data (CD) division onboard USS Bainbridge CGN-25. We had Harpoon missile systems, SM-1's, CIWS and those are ASROC (Anti-Submarine ROCket) tubes in the lower left. We were also NUC missile capable but whether or not any were onboard was classified. All that and no vape !!! We could smoke anywhere on the ship except the mess decks during meal hours and in berthing, only the common areas. No more smoking on ships except in designated topside areas away from other crew. Vape is treated the same as smoking last I was in. Bainbridge was the first of four ships I would serve aboard during my Naval career.

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Order up in the diner ...
* Take it off *
Pork Shumai Meatballs with Ponzu Dipping Sauce and Snap Peas.
Shumai are technically pork dumplings, but take off the wrapper and we can appreciate the uninterrupted glory of ginger-soy-infused pork. The meatballs are seared to give a smoky char, then finished off in the oven. They’re served up with a side of Jasmine rice and garlic-sautéed snap peas for a fresh, healthier take on classic pork shumai. Bon Appetit :)

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... here's the level of "from scratch" ;)

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Order up in the diner ...
* Take it off *
Pork Shumai Meatballs with Ponzu Dipping Sauce and Snap Peas.
Shumai are technically pork dumplings, but take off the wrapper and we can appreciate the uninterrupted glory of ginger-soy-infused pork. The meatballs are seared to give a smoky char, then finished off in the oven. They’re served up with a side of Jasmine rice and garlic-sautéed snap peas for a fresh, healthier take on classic pork shumai. Bon Appetit :)

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... here's the level of "from scratch" ;)

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I'll be right over.
 

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Order up in the diner ...
* Take it off *
Pork Shumai Meatballs with Ponzu Dipping Sauce and Snap Peas.
Shumai are technically pork dumplings, but take off the wrapper and we can appreciate the uninterrupted glory of ginger-soy-infused pork. The meatballs are seared to give a smoky char, then finished off in the oven. They’re served up with a side of Jasmine rice and garlic-sautéed snap peas for a fresh, healthier take on classic pork shumai. Bon Appetit :)

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... here's the level of "from scratch" ;)

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That looks like a great high quality service company you are dealing with. I love the whole idea of it, they do pretty much all of the prep, portioning, and package it up for a quick and easy cook. They have the buying power of a commercial kitchen which is huge and put in the labor to get everything in a ready to fire it up mode. I'd love to see the kitchen setup they have.
 

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Yep, it's just ideal for me E !!! ... no waste and no extra ingredients to store and rack my brain how to use up before an expiration date. Oh, and no grocery list and no bouncing up and down aisles all over town TRYING to find some of the rarer ingredients. Home Chef has actual Chefs on staff who plan these meals. They've been tried, tested and proven before a meal is ever shipped. But beyond all that ... I could never have eaten home cooked meals this varied and this good and it's a 6 days out of the week thing now. I can live with it ;)

EDIT: And the cost ... I spend $59.70 a week, FedEx shipping included for 3 different meals. Each meal serves 2 people, so most of the time I cook one day and eat a left-over plate the next. Sometimes they're so good the left-over doesn't make it past midnight snack LOL. Honestly, a couple of the pics I've posted here every day were from previous weeks. Made this today though. So good I almost left myself a tip :D
 
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If I had not had the good fortune to have been chased all over Kentucky by the lovely Mrs CMD (who is a good cooker) until I wore out, I would be very interested in this idea. I have heard and seen advertisements but you are the first person who was a consumer/buyer. I think it is great.

Yep, it's just ideal for me E !!! ... no waste and no extra ingredients to store and rack my brain how to use up before an expiration date. Oh, and no grocery list and no bouncing up and down aisles all over town TRYING to find some of the rarer ingredients. Home Chef has actual Chefs on staff who plan these meals. They've been tried, tested and proven before a meal is ever shipped. But beyond all that ... I could never have eaten home cooked meals this varied and this good and it's a 6 days out of the week thing now. I can live with it ;)
 

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My son has been taking the frugal but healthy bachelor route. He makes a big batch or two of fresh stuff every weekend and breaks it into meal sized portions and freezes them. It helps that he's in his first apartment waiting to get married next month, while his fiance is far away in school. All the shiny new kitchen appliances from her shower are lined up for him to play with. He seems to like the hot pot cooker most.

He's saving up for a house and is much smarter and healthier than his old man was at 22. I was deeply involved with fast food, fast women and Jack Daniels at his age.
 

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You can pick which day of the week you want delivery of Home Chef (that FedEx delivers on). Default was Tuesday when I signed up and I haven't messed with it. They ship on Monday and I have it on Tuesday. I've wondered when they get the groceries into them and if having a late week delivery would make a difference ... I'll never know. No complaints with freshness at all, so Tuesday it is.

If I were to go on vacation or just decide to suspend service for a period of time as long as I'd like ... it's just a matter of ticking a check box once on the member preference page and they won't ship until I ask them to again ... I'm told.
 

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That looks like a great high quality service company you are dealing with.
Apparently not all home services like this are created equal. There are several and I shopped them all, closely examining cost, options and reviews before picking Home Chef. Not the cheapest (but close to it) and not the most expensive. Just right :)

EDIT: One last thing I'll say about Home Chef before I need to start a separate thread or something DOH !!! ... They accept PayPal. All my banking information and routing is "hidden" behind that. Home Chef has none of my financial info. Weekly payments are digital, painless and hardly noticeable. I just know to have funds in checking for the service and that's it. Couldn't be easier.
 
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