Are they aware the Statue of Liberty comes from... France??

Also, I was under the impression Jesus was actually a big fan of the tired, the poor, and the huddled masses.

Yikes!

NAPLES, Italy - A 74-year-old Italian grandmother who bought a sack of potatoes at her local market found a live grenade among the spuds.

“I found a bomb in the potatoes,” Olga Mauriello said.

“I went to the market to buy some potatoes, and that’s where the bomb was. But this bomb was covered in dirt, and I put it in water and got all dirt off. And then I realized, ‘It’s a bomb!’”

Police said the pine cone-shaped grenade, which had no pin and was still active, was the same type used by U.S. soldiers in Europe in World War II. Authorities believe the mix-up happened at a farm in France, where the grenade was plucked from the ground along with potatoes.

To the woman’s relief, police and explosives experts in the small town of San Giorgio a Cremano, near Naples, recovered the grenade and safely detonated it on Wednesday.

::rethinks plan to make hash browns for dinner::

Just take the sack of potatoes and hurl them one at a time into an empty lot. No explosions? You're good. You might want to yell Incoming!

And if there is an explosion, probably saves some time grating.

Imagine that in a potato gun.

Those use air pressure, right?

thwoopBANG!

Anyone here use agave as a sweetener? Any tips?

Yeah, I do. What application?

I use it instead of sugar or honey in beverages, generally. About a third less of it than I'd use of the other. Haven't tried it for anything but that yet, though.

Has anyone here ever had foie gras? Is it tasty? or just desired because of its exclusive reputation?

Very tasty. Have you never had liverwurst? It's fancy, gussied up goose liverwurst.

Daisy Jane! They've got a caviar bar in the Ferry Building. You can get a variety of caviars in a variety of ways and a glass of champagne. It's a very deluxe experience.

What application?

Baking mostly, perhaps sweetening drinks such as lemonade (don't sweeten much else).

From poking around, it seems clear that you have to alter the amount of liquids in the recipe to compensate for it being fluid. But what does using agave mean for the standard "beat sugar and butter until light and fluffy" step? Does the agave get combined with the liquids? Or is there any point in beating its non-crystallised self with the butter?

The Smoking Gun put up some of the complaint letters sent to the FCC about the Superbowl.

It was obscene to show Prince, a HOMOSEXUAL person through a sheet, as to show his siluette while his guitar showed a very phalic symbol coming from his below-midriff section. I am very offended and would preffer not to have showed it to my 4 children who love football. One of them has hoped to be a quarterback and now he will turn out gay. I am actually considering to check him for HIV. Thanks CBS for turning my son GAY.

All very much [sic].

The closing is great, but I think my favorite part is "below-midriff section."

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