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Well, I would shy away from adding olive oil to a fruit salad Guy, you should give this a try! I'm serious - just don't use too much and take care that it is a mild fruity brand. I have one from Sicily that's perfect for this. Strawberries with just a little old balsamico and this is delicious! p.s. Where's the place in Paris with the Olive ice cream? Mike, absolutely on the strawberries! An all time favorite it is.

My grandmother used to make this for me when I was a young. There are a few different variations. My great Aunt Lena used to put salt and pepper, parsley, and sometimes an onion. Good stuff, but for me I had them hold the onions. B-)

Congrats to you and your wife. B-)

MM, great post and thanks for sharing with us. As Mr. Sangrey just said, keep the faith. Hopefully you will be home soon and posting more often. Best wishes to you and the whole 24th MEU.

Made a seven layer dip lastnight. One of the layers is guacamole, made with cilantro of course. B-)

See there, I could have put you on the list of the ones I know, but you took yourself out of the running.

I'm with you, brownie. I use olive oil for almost everything.

Ditto!

Woid!

Have a great birthday, Jeff! B-)

Welcome! I have plans to be in the Boston area this spring. I will definitely come to the store with cash in hand!

Sorry I'm so late to the party. Had to have an emergency root canal done and it's still giving me problems, so my attention span has been shorter than normal. Al, thanks man, this disc was fun stuff, I enjoyed it very much. 1. It Had to Be You - Definitely some Warner Brothers Looney Tunes stuff. B-) 2. Don't know the tune or the band, but a real nice sound going on here. 3. A real sweet arrangement and performed beautifully. Not sure who all is playing here though. Adams or Mulligan? Byrd? A toned down Sonny Red? Strozier? Great sound quality. I look forward to the answer. 4. I should shoot myself for no idea on this. It sounds so familiar, but I've got no clue. Something by Charlie Barnet maybe????? 5. This one I got! Kind Dukish/Rockin' In Rhythm Duke abnd his bad ass band doing a magnificent job. This one if from "Piano in the Background" 6. Sure seems like Count Basie to me, take a wild guess and say this is with Prez. 7. Also sounds like Basie. Maybe something by Wess or Paul Quinichette?? 8. A foot mover for sure. Don't know it. Costa? Castro? Guaraldi? 9. When first hearing this track, I was instantly reminded of track 1 from BFT#4. Not the same tune of course, but some similar lines, at least for my ears. This be track #4 from this one! 10. Like it very much, can't place it, but I'd say that is Kenny Dorham on trumpet. 11. Don't know. Flute could be Spaulding, Moody, Richardson, oh hell I just don't know. 12. Nice piece of easy listening. Like it very much. 13. I never can get these organ lead groups down. 14. ???? 15. This one I've heard maybe six or seven times on the XM radio real jazz channel, sadly I can't remember who the hell it is. 16. Very Greeeezy, but no idea. 17. Very familiar sounds to it. I'd say McLean and Morgan are on,I'm not so sure from there. I was thinking Sonny Clark, but don't think so. My guess this is a BN date that everyone has or should have. Unfortunately, I do not. Hopefully I can change that if it can still be found.

Hell yes!

Get some what?

Just breakin' balls, cooltrane. I believe the Irish reference comes from this line in one of your posts. The mocking shadows play allot of Macey o parker, and James brown. As for the original topic of this thread. I for one have never heard the band, so I am unable to say whether or not I like them.

You forgot the bagpipes.

It's not just for funerals anymore.

I thought you did.

I hear ya. I very much enjoy liner notes done well.

I believe in the jazz world it's pronounced "sammich." How right you are.

I like it when they mention who ate canned soup for lunch and who had a sandwich.

it's a breed of cat, what else did you expect? Some elaboration, I guess. There is a band from Calgary named Mocking Shadows that uses the maine coon cat as their mascot. Heeeyyyy,.....wait a minute!

and for that matter, the Irish! hahaha

My Fantasy order arrived yesterday. Only one problem. They sent me a Junior Mance cd (one I already have) instead of the Junior Cook. Must be having trouble keeping up with the volume in the shipping room.

hehe