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Topic Started: Feb 7 2009, 08:27 PM (988 Views)
dumblonde
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This is a bad paella?! :yikes: Man, you have to send a photo of a good one. On second thought that might be too mean. What's that big thing in the middle? Some sort of rock lobster? Geez, now it's hard for me to get excited about my pork chops.
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DaisyLover

Wow - that looks DELICIOUS!

I decided to NOT have paella until I could have it in Spain first. So, we went to Valencia and had paella - where it was invented. It had rabbit, escargot, mussels and whatever else was authentic. It was ok but nothing to rave about.

YOURS looks much much better than the so-called authentic! Damn Gringa that looks outrageous!
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Feb 8 2009, 06:40 PM
LOL - no, no cat. But it was a 3 strike dinner....

They didn't put enough or any saffron in.... that makes or breaks Paella. It was good but not "to die for".

Strike one

She was so proud, she found chocolate clams at the market. So, she used those and because they are so big she shorted the dish on the mussels and the small clams she usually uses. I don't really care for clams THAT much and here I have these big honking clams.

Strike Two

Dinner guests were dear finds I have made at my building. I thought they were the sanest of the group there. He is one of the richest people I have ever been close friends with, owned his own successful business plus was a CEO of one the the largest international firms in the world. So, of course, the conversation turns into the upcoming meeting and they turn into MORONS. I am stuck in a fricking restaurant - Paella takes about 45 minutes to MAKE - with people that are ranting and raving and not allowing me to speak....then she got really mad and refused to speak for one hour..... ridiculous.

Strike Three

I am still not over it....I keep telling myself it is only a few more days (next Saturday) and this too shall pass........ here's the photo plus to change the subject, the view out my window of the cruise ship leaving town.

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Yum, that dish looks great! Rich liberal MORONs I know the feeling...

Is that ship your getaway from the compound?

Edited by Hello again, Feb 8 2009, 08:22 PM.
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that's Gringa's little panga... you should really kiss up because she does live in a paradise of sorts, and it is always nice to have connections


READ: Think and Grow Rich..
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Gringa
Feb 8 2009, 06:40 PM
LOL - no, no cat. But it was a 3 strike dinner....

They didn't put enough or any saffron in.... that makes or breaks Paella. It was good but not "to die for".

Strike one

She was so proud, she found chocolate clams at the market. So, she used those and because they are so big she shorted the dish on the mussels and the small clams she usually uses. I don't really care for clams THAT much and here I have these big honking clams.

Strike Two

Dinner guests were dear finds I have made at my building. I thought they were the sanest of the group there. He is one of the richest people I have ever been close friends with, owned his own successful business plus was a CEO of one the the largest international firms in the world. So, of course, the conversation turns into the upcoming meeting an
I think you need a burrito from El Rio to remind you how good you got it. Damn!!! That is a fine looking dinner.

What exactly is it that they all want or want to do that has you lumping them into the moron catagory? Sorry I meant MORON. Do they own the building or are they all renting?
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UGH! El Rio is the armpit of Mexican Food - YICK!
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Feb 8 2009, 09:49 PM
UGH! El Rio is the armpit of Mexican Food - YICK!
Oh. Is that what it is supposed to be?Posted Image
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DaisyLover

Your guess is as good as mine Mainman. GROSS!
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Yeah - that's a rock lobster..... yeah, I am frickin' spoiled. I have fabulous restaurants all around me - I can eat like that every night for next to nothing - That dish feeds 2 people and it is $18. Oh poor me........ but it DID need more saffron, it wasn't even yellow - the owner is from Barcelona and she also makes a killer Sangria. And, Mtnman is right, it's nice to have connections, so you all better be nice to me :gringa:

OK - I had an epiphany last night and I am backing away from the MORONS. I am not going to host or put up the forum, I am not going to serve on the Board. I am not taking any more phone calls, I may not even go to the annual HOA meeting Saturday..... it is a condo building and 2 of the joint owners, the President and the Treasurer of the Board of Directors of the HOA got into a power struggle last year...... so, they have been fighting and acting like 2 year olds....... but, then they dragged the entire building into their fight by screwing with the budgets, the help, the legal representative (that is required by law) one does one thing and the other one undermines it and so it goes. They are calling all the owners to get them on their sides, causing tremendous tension and accusations and lies are flying and if you dare pick a side or EVEN voice your option, then you become the enemy and the shit starts flying around about you, too..... so they are fucking with our homes and our lives - it's all about power - nothing more, nothing less..... I'm done, let them tear the building apart, I'll go to the beach and drink beer all day while they roll around in the mud.... MORONS
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You know - Colorado is a paradise, too IMO. The ultimate is to have my home here and my home in Bailey. Stay in Bailey June through October and head here for the remainder.
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