Thursday, March 7, 2019

Digest for rec.food.cooking@googlegroups.com - 25 updates in 8 topics

Janet <Janet@somewhere.com>: Mar 07 06:23PM

In article <q5rh0m$m5a$1@dont-email.me>, g.stereo@shaw.ca says...
 
> she could get a seat on the bus. She said that young women would look
> down or the other way rather than give up their seats. Men usually sat
> at the back of the bus and would offer
 
Not in my experience.
 
but in a crowded bus, she was
> stuck at the front.
 
If all seats are taken on the bus and someone gets on who needs one, I
get up and give them mine. Then I give the hard eye to some seated slob
younger than me, and sweetly ask them to please let me have their seat.
Never fails.
 
 
Janet UK
Bruce <bruce@invalid.invalid>: Mar 08 05:28AM +1100

>get up and give them mine. Then I give the hard eye to some seated slob
>younger than me, and sweetly ask them to please let me have their seat.
>Never fails.
 
I know a more efficient way to solve that.
Nancy2 <ellorysgirl@gmail.com>: Mar 07 10:44AM -0800

Dave, everyone knows about the TP: if there are cats in the house, the paper comes out underneath.
If no cats, it comes out over the top. ;-))
 
N.
Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca>: Mar 07 01:56PM -0500

> strap when the conductor reappeared downstairs and yelled at all the
> dockyard mateys 'One of you lot give this pregnant woman a seat' - one
> did very reluctantly and I could have died from embarrassment lol
 
You must have such a hard life with people all around you
disappointing and disgusting you!
Jinx the Minx <jinxminx2@yahoo.com>: Mar 07 07:05PM

>> middle of the night, no one want to be fiddling with seats.
 
> But anyone would think that it's an arduous task to lift or lower it.
> It's about as trivial as arguing over the right way to hang a toilet roll!
 
Well....it is much nicer not to look at toilet water, or drops on the rim,
so seat AND lid down is "best practice". Not to mention, when you flush
with the lid open, you're spreading plumes of bacteria and fecal matter
into the air, which then settle on your toothbrush, etc.
Jinx the Minx <jinxminx2@yahoo.com>: Mar 07 07:05PM

> There was never shit on the sit in the men's room like there often was
> in the women's washroom. No wonder women prefer to hover. They hover
> and then the miss the target, so the next one has to hover.
 
That's interesting. My time I spent cleaning the shitters in college taught
me men are worse overall with bathroom cleanliness. I mean, smearing their
crap and snot on the walls (farmer blows), peeing all around the toilets
and urinals (but not in). It was like cleaning up after monkeys at the
zoo, really.
dsi1 <dsi123@hawaiiantel.net>: Mar 07 11:46AM -0800

On Thursday, March 7, 2019 at 9:05:34 AM UTC-10, Jinx the Minx wrote:
> crap and snot on the walls (farmer blows), peeing all around the toilets
> and urinals (but not in). It was like cleaning up after monkeys at the
> zoo, really.
 
The great thing about cleaning up after monkeys at the zoo is that after that, cleaning college shitters could be seen as a dream job. I knew a guy that had to wade up to his neck in sewage because nobody else would do it. He was reluctant to do the job but it had to be done and the guy that should have done it refused. The great thing about wading up to your neck in shit, is that after that, cleaning up after monkeys at the zoo is a real snap.
Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca>: Mar 07 02:10PM -0500

On 2019-03-07 12:41 p.m., Cindy Hamilton wrote:
 
> The thought of moving makes me a little faint. I think when my
> husband dies I'm just going to burn down his workshop so I don't
> have to deal with it.
 
I should suggest that to my wife's friend. It has now been about 15
years since her mother died and she came down to clean out the house.
He mother was a bit of a back rate. As far as I know, rather than
clearing the place out and getting rid of the crap she has managed to
fill it with even more crap. A lot of it is old newspapers, books and
magazines, none of which will ever be read again. One time she came
down because there was some sort of assessor coming to see the house and
she had to clear out a passage down the hall for the guy.
 
A fire would save her a lot of work.
dsi1 <dsi123@hawaiiantel.net>: Mar 07 11:35AM -0800

On Wednesday, March 6, 2019 at 10:10:49 AM UTC-10, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
 
> I get the impression they buy stuff that the big stores pass on because
> it won't last as long, but at the right price, they move it. Good deal
> if you are going to use it up quickly.
 
One of our relatives had a papaya farm. He brought over some off-grade papaya. They were too large to sell so we got them. These were giant funny-looking fruits. They pretty tasty too. Unsalable mutant papayas are just fine with me.
Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca>: Mar 07 02:47PM -0500

On 2019-03-07 2:35 p.m., dsi1 wrote:
> off-grade papaya. They were too large to sell so we got them. These
> were giant funny-looking fruits. They pretty tasty too. Unsalable
> mutant papayas are just fine with me.
 
I get a lot of my produce from Food Basics, a discount grocery store
with a name for good produce. They sell a lot of misshapen peppers.
They may not be perfectly symmetrical. They may have pointed ends
instead of nice round ones. You can't count on seeding and slicing them
easily by cutting into them flattening them and slicing off the ribs,
but they still taste the same. They cost about half as much.
jmcquown <j_mcquown@comcast.net>: Mar 07 01:36PM -0500

On 3/6/2019 7:19 PM, Leonard Blaisdell wrote:
> we're not alone in that.
> So...are we moving forward?
 
> leo
 
I used to live right near what was known as "Shelby Farms". It was a
working minimum security county prison. When I say working, I mean the
inmates maintained gardens and engaged in animal husbandry. It was a
self-sustaining county prison. They raised, picked, and slaughtered the
food they ate. And also prepared and served it.
 
A snippet about Shelby Farms:
 
"Penal farm:
 
From 1929 until 1964 Shelby Farms was used as a penal farm, in which
the prisoners of the Shelby County Corrections Center were involved in
agricultural labor to provide food for inmates and staff, or to sell
overproduction for profit on behalf of the state of Tennessee.[7]"
 
Parts of Shelby Farms are still used as a semipenal farm. Some inmates
of the Shelby County Corrections Center as well as individuals sentenced
to community service are required to do yard work to keep Shelby Farms
fields in shape or to pick up litter on nearby streets.
 
It was self-sustaining until some rights activists asserted it was
"cruel and unusual punishment" to require prisoners to actually work on
the farm. I guess now they just sit around and wait out their
sentences. Better? Heh.
 
Jill
Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca>: Mar 07 01:54PM -0500

On 2019-03-07 11:08 a.m., jmcquown wrote:
> anything but sit behind a desk processing paperwork... really?  Unless
> you're doing it in an active combat zone I fail to understand what is so
> damn stressful.
 
Some people will always be stressed. Sometimes it is a lack of training,
and sometimes it is just a personal trait. They aren't cut out for the
work. I have a friend who I have known since university. She has some
mental health issues. She suffers from anxiety. She has never worked.
She can't handle the stress. Just about everything caused anxiety for
her. She would be an extreme example, but there are lots of people out
there who just can't handle things the way other people. Some people can
go through a combat situation and come out of it feeling like a winner
while others are horrified by what they have just been through, and then
there are those who are just as stressed at having to deal with rude
customers.
Bruce <bruce@invalid.invalid>: Mar 08 06:04AM +1100

On Thu, 7 Mar 2019 13:54:03 -0500, Dave Smith
>> damn stressful.
 
>Some people will always be stressed. Sometimes it is a lack of training,
>and sometimes it is just a personal trait.
 
Thanks, Dave. Very informative.
graham <g.stereo@shaw.ca>: Mar 07 12:43PM -0700

On 2019-03-07 11:36 a.m., jmcquown wrote:
> the farm.  I guess now they just sit around and wait out their
> sentences.  Better? Heh.
 
> Jill
Canada used to have a prison farm that supplied the system with some
food and helped rehabilitate the prisoners. But it was closed by a
particularly vindictive and nasty primeminister.
tert in seattle <tert@ftupet.com>: Mar 07 06:16PM

technically hot pockets are on topic because they need to be microwaved
 
I am only very recently woke to hot pockets because I was reading an
interview with Jim Gaffigan and they had a youtube video of his hot pockets
routine embedded in the article
 
I asked my sister if she every tried them and she said they're good
 
but Jim Gaffigan describes them as "let's take a pop tart and fill it
with some nasty meat"
 
and "they make vegetarian hot pockets for people who don't eat meat
but still want the diarrhea"
 
so I'm just looking for other reviews here but I'm afraid I'll have
to try them myself because I'm really curious now
 
my sister says she likes the cheese hot pockets
Terry Coombs <snag_one@msn.com>: Mar 07 12:35PM -0600

On 3/7/2019 12:16 PM, tert in seattle wrote:
 
> so I'm just looking for other reviews here but I'm afraid I'll have
> to try them myself because I'm really curious now
 
> my sister says she likes the cheese hot pockets
 
  The ham-n-cheese ones were good . Haven't had one in years , they
might not be as good as they once were ...
 
--
Snag
Yes , I'm old
and crochety - and armed .
Get outta my woods !
jmcquown <j_mcquown@comcast.net>: Mar 07 01:47PM -0500

On 3/7/2019 1:16 PM, tert in seattle wrote:
 
> so I'm just looking for other reviews here but I'm afraid I'll have
> to try them myself because I'm really curious now
 
> my sister says she likes the cheese hot pockets
 
Jim Gaffigan is a hoot!
 
I used to buy the Ham & Cheddar Hot Pockets to microwave as a quick
lunch at work. IIRC they come with a crisping sleeve. I never did care
for the pepperoni ones that pretended to be pizza. I've heard of 'Lean
Pockets' (vegetables and sauce in a crust?) but have not tried them. No
interest.
 
I haven't bought a Hot Pocket in a very long time. I wouldn't recommend
you waste your money.
 
Jill
dsi1 <dsi123@hawaiiantel.net>: Mar 07 11:17AM -0800

On Thursday, March 7, 2019 at 8:20:04 AM UTC-10, tert in seattle wrote:
 
> so I'm just looking for other reviews here but I'm afraid I'll have
> to try them myself because I'm really curious now
 
> my sister says she likes the cheese hot pockets
 
You are curious about the world and that's a good thing. Don't listen to what other people have to say about Hot Pockets - find out for yourself. I like Patton Oswalt's shtick about KFC's Famous Bowl. I find that Famous Bowls suits my style - it's like a TV dinner piled in a plastic bowl.
 
https://www.esquire.com/food-drink/food/a17984/patton-oswalt-sadness-bowl/
Bruce <bruce@invalid.invalid>: Mar 08 05:17AM +1100

On Thu, 7 Mar 2019 13:10:01 -0500, jmcquown <j_mcquown@comcast.net>
wrote:
 
>> smothered with sautéed onions. Yummy but carby!
 
>If you like tuna, sure. I've never had pierogi's. Potatoes in pasta
>never made much sense to me.
 
I've had lots of pirogi, but never with a filling of potato. That
sounds a bit boring.
U.S. Janet B. <JB@nospam.com>: Mar 07 11:47AM -0700

On Thu, 7 Mar 2019 13:10:01 -0500, jmcquown <j_mcquown@comcast.net>
wrote:
 
 
>If you like tuna, sure. I've never had pierogi's. Potatoes in pasta
>never made much sense to me.
 
>Jill
I've only had them a couple of times but pretty tasty.
Janet US
Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca>: Mar 07 02:15PM -0500

On 2019-03-07 1:10 p.m., jmcquown wrote:
 
>> smothered with sautéed onions. Yummy but carby!
 
> If you like tuna, sure.  I've never had pierogi's.  Potatoes in pasta
> never made much sense to me.
 
You don't know what you are missing. They are delicious. It is not just
potato. They usually have cheese. I had a friend whose mother sometimes
made them with sauerkraut. I have a neigbhoour with a Polish and
Ukrainian background. She has a huge family and often hosts large
family parties and includes friends and neighbours. She will spend a day
or two preparing hundreds of those tasty little things.
Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca>: Mar 07 02:05PM -0500

On 2019-03-07 11:53 a.m., U.S. Janet B. wrote:
>> experts and food judges excel.
 
> it seems super tasters are pre-disposed to certain cancers as well as
> alcoholism.
 
I have to wonder if perhaps supertaster is a misnomer. I had assumed
that it meant that they had a superb sense of taste. Perhaps it is more
a matter of lack of tastes. If supertasters run a risk of cancer
because they don't eat enough greens because they find them too bitter
perhaps they have a deficit in the taste sensors for the compliments.
Perhaps they taste only the bitter because they don't sense the umami,
sour and/or sweet.
Terry Coombs <snag_one@msn.com>: Mar 07 12:31PM -0600

On 3/7/2019 10:39 AM, jmcquown wrote:
> prefer the bone-in variety, rather than having the bones cut off and
> tied back on.  I used the ribs as a cutting guide.  You get the
> ribeye, the strip and some nice meaty bones for roasting.
 
  This is an annual thing , and since I almost always buy big and
repackage it works out well for us .
 
> time I was shopping for beef.  I like a good steak with a baked potato
> from time to time.  Can't say the price was all that great but
> sometimes I like to treat myself. :)
 
  KCS and NYS are the same cut , just depends on which side of The Big
Muddy you're on ...
 
 
> Any sirloin I've ever bought was tough and required marinating or long
> braising.  Good thing you got new choppers! ;)
 
> Jill
 
  I always cook roasts slow , whether in the oven or the slow cooker .
Part of the one I bought today will be sliced up for stew/fajita/stir
fry meat before it's frozen . I still have 4 or 5 nice small roasts in
the freezer from the last sale .  I already had a ham (shank) defrosting
when my wife brought the meat sale to my attention . So the ham will
wait until tomorrow and tonight we're having steaks .
 
--
Snag
Yes , I'm old
and crochety - and armed .
Get outta my woods !
Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca>: Mar 07 01:58PM -0500

On 2019-03-07 11:50 a.m., jmcquown wrote:
 
> I'm not worried about cholesterol or fat (or gluten).  My cholesterol
> levels check out just fine according to my doctor.
 
My cholesterol level was fine 8 years ago, but it turned out that I had
an almost complete blockage in my left main coronary artery.
Just saying...
Terry Coombs <snag_one@msn.com>: Mar 07 12:33PM -0600

On 3/7/2019 11:38 AM, Bruce wrote:
> On Thu, 7 Mar 2019 07:41:29 -0800 (PST), jwaldfarm5@gmail.com wrote:
 
>> ??
> Just about anything.
 
  We like parsleyed potatoes (cubed , cooked , add butter and parsley
and salt) and glazed carrots .
 
--
Snag
Yes , I'm old
and crochety - and armed .
Get outta my woods !
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