[aaronatthedoublef]

Very cool! Thanks BA!

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Never heard the giving out brownie stories. I heard Famous Amos talk about bringing cookies to all of his business meetings. Neat ideas.

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I'm not sure that french fries count as a "potato dish". 🙂

I've had it in Canada. It's also becoming trendy in New England which is not surprising considering the French Canadian influence here. Surprised that it took so long to make it here, actually. But people started making artisan french fries and it is probably a part of that too.

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For pizzas for us the amount of sauce and cheese varies based on what is on top and who it is for.

I typically make five or six 12 inch pizzas depending on who is home and how much they are eating. We have two teenage boys and an almost six year old girl. She used to like to keep up with her big brothers until one night when she woke up sick. It had nothing to do with how much pizza she had eaten but she now blames that and has reduced her consumption.

Cheese pizzas have about three tablespoons of sauce and 5.2 ounces of cheese. I started weighing the cheese before I put it on.

Olive and veggie pizzas usually have more sauce (for my wife who likes extra sauce). This is a little tricky as the veggies tend to release water so I need to balance out what my wife likes with what won't become a soggy mess. These are lighter on cheese (about 4.7 ounces) because of my wife's taste.

Meatzzas have about three tablespoons of sauce and about 4.8 ounces of cheese.

Also the veggie and the last cheese pizza I have sometimes have extra sauce because they will have leftovers and go into the refrigerator. This dries them out so having extra sauce to begin with makes them taste better the next day.

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Interesting article. Also interesting to think that we tend to self-balance our sodium intake to a level between 3000-5000 milligrams.

Thanks

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Good idea!

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I've forgotten all about American Chop Suey. My kids would love it but might object to the name with their new age sensibilities.

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I picked fish sauce and soy sauce but then blew it with pickle relish! Should have known better.

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Been there myself. I know the feeling.

It is harder and harder to find jobs. Resume folks tell me not to put anything on my resume prior to 2000. So what was I doing between college and then? And I can't lie or erase 16 years of my life.

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Oh yes. This was some time in the 80s!Dad was conservative so he probably advised her to sell it and bank the profits.

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Speaking of secretaries my dad was writing a will for one who had worked at Sears for 50 and had ancient stock certificates. She had no idea how much she was worth until my dad told her.

I don't know how Google works. I have friends who have gone there but I'm not sure if they received options or not.

Slack really intrigues me. They've made an IM that is fun and that people like to use. I saw an article that I have to re-find that said they started out as a game.

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Mike, absolutely right. When I joined Microsoft it was mostly employee owned through stock options. That gave many employees an "ownership" mentality in how we thought about the company and how we used company resources. I believe Bill G and his leadership team controlled over 50% of the company stock. So without most of the employees and the leaders it would have been impossible for a larger company to take us over.

But over the years as the company stopped splitting every 18 months and people stopped becoming millionaires in short order the tone of the company changed and newer, senior managers treated long time employees differently because of the distortion of stock options. It led to many internal problems long before people started reading about Microsoft problems in the press.

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I brought a bunch of oreos over to Switzerland last summer and no one had any interest in any flavors other than the originals (and the double stuffed).

KAF is doing what they need to do to thrive and survive and how can anyone begrudge them that. They are continue to be a very gracious company that is generous with help and advice. But they are just becoming another Pillsbury which is not what they were. They'll probably be acquired pretty soon by a bigger food company looking to gain market share and credibility.

BRM has to compete too and I wish them luck.

The employee owned model usually starts out well but breaks down as the original employee-owners move on unless there is a good plan in place to buy out and pass on their shares.

I like BRM unbleached cake flour and the only difference I've noticed is it really needs to be sifted for cakes. I'll probably switch to one of the bleached brands.

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I've heard from BRM and they are discontinuing their unbleached cake flour in all sizes.

I guess I can load up on 25lb bags while they last but will probably just switch to a different brand.

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Thanks Mike. I'm surprised Walmart won't sell through Jet.com.

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