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Team Challenge: Cat. Connect 4
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CC4: Member Sign-Up & Discussion Thread
here in canada cheese corn is cheetos cheese puffs or there is Hawkins cheezies.....@Erato...love the idea of the theme for the tunes...
Who is on drink duty? I'll be making Margaritas on the rocks with a float of Amaretto on top ....any one care to join me?
Zina, something a little lighter for me it's only 11am here. LOLOK, cheese puffs I understand (Cheetos here) but caramel cheese puffs????
Sandra it is caramel popcorn with cheese....it is made in chicago ....walgreens nationwide carry it.....sounds strange but it is soooo good...the fresh stuff is so very addictive...my SIL lives in chicago and brings a tub with her when she visits....book I just finished reading they were drinking grapefruit juice mixed with ginger ale....could be a light refreshing drink....i have never tried that....
I thought light was like Bacardi and Diet Coke. I was wrong? No?The cheese corn I eat is just super-cheEezy popcorn. (Never heard of the cheese-corn/Cheetos thing. Learn something new every day!) I bet the carmel-cheese popcorn is actually good though. Like the concept behind salted caramels.....yuuummmm!
What is with Chicago and freaky food combos/prep? Didn't the deep-fried Twinkie come from there?
I love anything deep-fried but then again i'm from Texas. We have deep-fried bacon
Zina wrote: "here in canada cheese corn is cheetos cheese puffs or there is Hawkins cheezies.....@Erato...love the idea of the theme for the tunes...
Who is on drink duty? I'll be making Margaritas on t..."
i just got a margaritaville machine! i can blend them for you!!!
❥☪LIZZ☪❥ wrote: "I love anything deep-fried but then again i'm from Texas. We have deep-fried bacon"hey! i am in TN where they had to make it legal to eat roadkill!
an old man told me once he hit a raccoon on Halloween & was running down the road in a superman costume. He was laughing because he was in the costume, and I was laughing because he stopped for the roadkill!! Ewwwww!
I love the south! Superman Stew made with carrots, potatoes, celery, and ??????I love you, but I can't understand anything you say. The spouse and I flew into Knoxville and then drove to Ashville in NC...we asked for directions 5 times and never understood anything that was said to us. I told him it would be horribly ego-bruising to get lost in our own country because we didn't speak the language! ;P
Of course, I sound like an anchorwoman on the 7 o'clock news. Those of us in the Pacific NW have no accent and my g-ma taught English for 40 years so enunciation is BIG in my family.
I would be great on those phone menus...
...for customer service, press 3...
❥☪LIZZ☪❥ wrote: "I love anything deep-fried but then again i'm from Texas. We have deep-fried bacon"Is that animal fat fried in vegetable oil? Go Texas! (How does that taste BTW?)
I think ya'll are having so much fun with the pacin' party that we should just skip CC4, what cha think? LMAO!! J/K! I'm still waiting on Miss Kristen. Once I get her confirmation, I will get Mr. Randomizer to shuffle everyone up and put cha into teams.
NOTE: Inga had to pass. She has some awesome wilderness trips planned for the summer and would be without internet access. So, Nici is playing in her stead.
@Rebecca ~ Sorry, but we'd already reached our cut-off for this round. I can put you on the back-up list, if you'd like. Be sure to cheer everyone on though. :)
@Lily, Sarah & Daffodil ~ LOL! I see how dangerous ya'll can be when you gang up. ;) And how much fun!
@Michelle ~ Congrats on your upcoming wedding anniversary!
@Lethal ~ I hope so. We can help each other out if we find the categories challenging.
@Dana ~ Love the music playlist.
I think I covered everyone's questions. If I missed one, please let me know.
I'll try to hunt down Kristen. Hopefully, I'll have the team lists up very soon. :D
@Erato I really don't know.I never had it :( but i'm going to soon@Sassy That is funny and eww at the sametime
Sassy wrote: "Zina wrote: "here in canada cheese corn is cheetos cheese puffs or there is Hawkins cheezies.....@Erato...love the idea of the theme for the tunes...
Who is on drink duty? I'll be making Ma..."
I want to get my mom that
@ Zina - grapefruit juice (Ruby Red) with ginger ale.....would probably be good if you added some rum or Southern Comfort.
Erato wrote: "I love the south! Superman Stew made with carrots, potatoes, celery, and ??????I love you, but I can't understand anything you say. The spouse and I flew into Knoxville and then drove to Ashville..."
ROTFLMAO! I am originally from California! My husband is from Seattle!! I had to learn to lip read when I got here, because I could not understand anyone! EVEN their names! I totally understand!! People used to say I sound like the people on TV! GEEEEZ! Just funny thinking about it!! You are very right, in all your observations!
When I drink or get really mad my Texas twang comes out and it is very hard to understand me sometimes.
See? This is why I am afraid to travel in my own land. Stranger in the 'strangest' land. :) It's the word united. It does it every time.United Nations: Whole bunch of different countries/languages come together.
United States: Whole bunch of states/dialects come together. (Same thing smaller scale.)
United Kingdom: See U.S. description above. (We yanks used the UK as a pattern apparently!)
*Only DUDE! The Scots totally wins this. Gaelic is monster tough to understand and WTF with the pronounciations???
Red...easy, right? rrrr-eh-duh = red
Oh, NOOOO! Not in Scots Gaelic.
Dearg (if memory serves) = red
You would think duh-eahhh-rrrr-guh, right? NO!
Instead it is something like...djar-rahck...seriously? djar-rahck = dearg?
No wonder I'm not a linguist! ;)
Zina wrote: "Sandra it is caramel popcorn with cheese....it is made in chicago ....walgreens nationwide carry it.....sounds strange but it is soooo good...the fresh stuff is so very addictive...my SIL lives in ..."Loved caramel popcorn as a kid, sadly they stopped making it 20 yrs ago or so. Don't think I could cope with cheese on it as well. *ugh*
Love all this talk of accents, cause I sure don't have one ... g'day mate!!!!! LOL
It's 4.30pm now time to crank up those margaritas girls. *slurp* thanks ....
Lets clarify. Not caramel popcorn with cheese, but with cheese flavored popcorn. Like a mix.[image error]
And has anyone had actual ginger ale, like not the Canada dry stuff (which I love, don't get me wrong), but the real stuff actually tastes like ginger which was trippy for me who has only known of the fake stuff all my life.
and Erato, tried finding the missing superman stew ingredient for you, but :gasp: Google failed me!
That is just so wrong wrong wrong!!!!Yep, on the ginger ale, we get the real stuff here as well as the fake one.
And I love how we sometimes get subtitles on tv for people whose english is so bad no-one can understand it. LOL.
Vivian wrote: "and Erato, tried finding the missing superman stew ingredient for you, but :gasp: Google failed me!"Not to worry! I'm fairly sure I saw it on the side of the freeway today. ;P
If not, oppossum and muskrat taste just like chicken, right?
I've never had the real stuff. Does the ginger clear your sinuses and zap your tongue? I bet it's tasty!
Vivian wrote: "Lets clarify. Not caramel popcorn with cheese, but with cheese flavored popcorn. Like a mix.And has anyone had actual ginger ale, like not the Canada dry stuff (which I love, don't get me wrong..."
Thanks for posting the pic of the popcorn...*busy wiping drool from my chin*....
I get a brand of ginger ale from Jamaica....oh momma stop the presses that is the bomb diggity.....
Cindy (eclecticfirefly) wrote: "@ Zina - grapefruit juice (Ruby Red) with ginger ale.....would probably be good if you added some rum or Southern Comfort."That sounds like a good drink.....I ll have to give that a try this weekend and report back after my campout..
All this talk of accents...Up here in Canada we are known for saying eh every so often....I am sure y'all know....Hows it going eh? The great white north with bob and doug Mckenzie started it all if my memory serves me....What I end up doing when I spend a bunch of time with people with accents I start talking like them....When I get mad I end up talking very British....
I didnt think that Canadians had an accent until I worked in the US....oh my goodness I was teased about how I would say roof, garage, about...just to name a few.....
Well time to get ready for work and keep on with my reading.....
I am sure will need that Margarita this evening...
Erato wrote: "See? This is why I am afraid to travel in my own land. Stranger in the 'strangest' land. :) It's the word united. It does it every time.United Nations: Whole bunch of different countries/language..."
I am laughing so hard! I can't stop! It is so true!
Zina wrote: "Margaritas on the rocks with a float of Amaretto on top"I will have 3 or 4 MINUS the Amaretto, please.
What is the lap count??
I go home for some sleep and the party exploded!Way to go, girls!!
ohh can't wait for tacos! and i got the pickle wraps!
Erato wrote: "See? This is why I am afraid to travel in my own land. Stranger in the 'strangest' land. :) It's the word united. It does it every time.United Nations: Whole bunch of different countries/language..."
Now I am Scottish and I really can't disagree with that! :)
Vivian, the Caramel & Cheese corn looks pretty good. But. . . I'm still partial to kettle corn. Indiana Corn puts out a wonderfully delicious Cinnamon & Sugar Kettle Corn. I managed to hook one of my co-workers on it.
Michelle wrote: "Erato wrote: "See? This is why I am afraid to travel in my own land. Stranger in the 'strangest' land. :) It's the word united. It does it every time.United Nations: Whole bunch of different co..."
Do you speak Gaelic? If so, my hat is off to you! Hard stuff Maynard.
And I must say, the accent there takes some tongue dexterity. Just give me one minute. I'll have a beverage (or 3) over at Zina and Sassy's cocktail lounge and then my tongue will be up to the challenge.
Of course, after 3 beverages, if I start rolling my 'r's I may get stuck and not be able to stop. I'll sound like a purring tiger! *grin*
Erato wrote: "Michelle wrote: "Erato wrote: "See? This is why I am afraid to travel in my own land. Stranger in the 'strangest' land. :) It's the word united. It does it every time.United Nations: Whole bunch ..."
Lol! I don't speak Gaelic although sometimes it might sound like it. I'm from Glasgow so we have a tendency to speak Glaswegian which is a language all on it's own with lots of half spoke words. Takes some getting used to! :)
Where are the teams?????? I thought surely by NOW we would know what our colors were. Must prepare the correct colored bookmark, clothes, jammies, snacks, adult beverages.....all must match! Perhaps even the cover of the book. Wait - that might be taking it a bit too far.....especially if I end up pink! I only see 1 pink title - some Shopaholic book that I do NOT care to reread......Tacos???? I'll bring the nachos!
Explain these pickle wraps! I've had pickles on tacos - which is amazingly good, so strange. And Zina - I'm with you on the accents. Once, I was watching a movie that took place in the South, and ended up drawling for a little afterwards, lol. But I can't roll my R's, which I've always been very sad about :(
We have gone sooo off topic! But only a couple more days til the game starts, huzzah!
Thank you Vivian for posting the picture. This Chicago girl was getting more and more freaked out, the further she read on this thread. Imaging people picturing cheetos with caramel, or caramel corn with gooey nacho cheese on it. Lol.It's all popcorn--the cheese corn is just popcorn with orange cheese powder on it, similar to the cheetos "orange fingers" cheese. Then they mix the cheese corn with caramel corn. It is an awesome "sweet & savory" combo.
It was even one of Oprah's "Favorite Things" last year. :)
And here's where you get the best popcorn in the entire world. Truly, their caramel corn is amazing. Which in turn, makes the Chicago mix crazy amazing. ;)
http://www.garrettpopcorn.com
And no, deep fried Twinkies aren't a Chicago thing. The actual Twinkie was invented in a Chicago suburb, but deep frying them was introduced for the first time at the Texas State Fair.
Vivian wrote: "Explain these pickle wraps! I've had pickles on tacos - which is amazingly good, so strange. And Zina - I'm with you on the accents. Once, I was watching a movie that took place in the South, ..."
In Texas we all have different accents like in east texas talk different from people in south and so on
I'm with you Laura, not from Chicago, but I just pictured everyone picturing caramel popcorn with nacho cheese and it freaked me out a little too, lol.
Team list is up!! Check post #2 in this thread to find your color. Find your team threads here. Now, go get your chat on and pick a team name! :D First two categories will be announced Sunday, 5 June by mid-day Japan time.
Eeks! :squeaks and claps...not unlike a seal...
Vivian wrote: "I'm with you Laura, not from Chicago, but I just pictured everyone picturing caramel popcorn with nacho cheese and it freaked me out a little too, lol."Yep, that's how I was imagining it. Glad to know I was wrong. Seem to remember Oprah and Garrett popcorn in giant buckets?
Yay! Only a couple days away from Go Time!
I wish GR would fix its email! Look at all the conversation I missed and the teams are up!
pickle wraps are so so good! cut a dill pickle in half and spread cream cheese on it and wrap it in ham. i know, it sounds really really odd, but ohhh it is good!
Awww! Look, I got yellow! Off to the yellow thread, good luck everyone!
Wow, that's so appropriate Daffodil :)
I took a day of to read Kiss of Snow and missed the whole friggin' party! I CANNOT believe it. Well, much as I love ya all, Hawke was more than fine enough company to make up for it. (And the fam was glad I stopped imitating Jaws in my living room circuits as I muttered under my breath about CC4 and teams and books and do I have enough books on hand to sail through the game...maybe I should go order a dozen more..)But now, all is almost right with the world. Sunday mid-day, Steph said....that's roughly 36 hours from NOW (midnight Friday in Steph's corner of the world~mine, too!)...YAY!
LOL Judithe. You might find a few crumbs scattered around here somewhere.
Hand me chocolate while I pace ..... ooohh, definitely easier with the tunes .....
And WTH is cheese corn?