Monday, June 8, 2020

Digest for rec.food.cooking@googlegroups.com - 14 updates in 7 topics

U.S. Janet B. <JB@nospam.com>: Jun 08 12:46PM -0600

On Mon, 8 Jun 2020 12:29:00 -0400, Dave Smith
 
>Pickled herring with sour cream and a beer.... one of the world's great
>flavour combinations. Right up there alongside it is smoked ell
>smorsbrot with beer and a shot of Akkavit.
 
It is difficult these days to get decent herring -- creamed or plain
Janet US
Sheldon Martin <penmart01@aol.com>: Jun 08 03:52PM -0400

On Mon, 08 Jun 2020 12:46:56 -0600, U.S. Janet B. <JB@nospam.com>
wrote:
 
>>smorsbrot with beer and a shot of Akkavit.
 
>It is difficult these days to get decent herring -- creamed or plain
>Janet US
 
Very true and beer is the wrong drink for pickled herring, vodka is
far better.
Because of over fishing true herring has become a rare commodity.
These days Del Monte has stopped calling their oval can tomato
herring, now they are called sardines in tomato sauce... there's no
type of fish known as a sardine... a sardine is any immature fish.
"Ophelia" <ophelia@elsinore.me.uk>: Jun 08 08:04PM +0100

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On Sunday, June 7, 2020 at 11:22:08 PM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
 
> https://www.amazon.com/photos/shared/6jmpJ5jbTyGOnl0GlmBg6A.ql3K_7D117rbEgCTZiSBLC
 
> I take it is not spicy? :))) So, tell me, what is it all
> please?:))))
 
This was a hamburger steak - it's a very popular dish in Hawaii and Japan. I
don't know how popular it is on the mainland but we can get the dish in most
fast food places. It's pretty mild stuff. I didn't even add any garlic to
it. I did add some oyster sauce to the mix. These days, I use oyster sauce
instead of MSG when I want to supercharge the flavor. Of course, I always
want to supercharge the flavor of things. Don't add too much though.
 
That is good to know about the oyster sauce! Heh I don't really
know what many of these sauces actually do:)))
 
I did not add any bread crumbs because I wanted to maximize the amount of
dripping for a better gravy. This resulted in a rather tough burger. In the
hamburger steak world, you either get a good gravy or a tough burger - pick
one. It's a fairly complex issue. The simple solution, of course, is to buy
a big container of brown gravy mix. I need to do that pronto.
 
Oh heck! I don't have that! What is it called??
Sheldon Martin <penmart01@aol.com>: Jun 08 03:28PM -0400

On Mon, 8 Jun 2020 09:40:06 -0700 (PDT), dsi1 <dsi123@hawaiiantel.net>
wrote:
 
 
>> I take it is not spicy? :))) So, tell me, what is it all
>> please?:))))
 
>This was a hamburger steak - it's a very popular dish in Hawaii and Japan. I don't know how popular it is on the mainland but we can get the dish in most fast food places. It's pretty mild stuff. I didn't even add any garlic to it. I did add some oyster sauce to the mix. These days, I use oyster sauce instead of MSG when I want to supercharge the flavor. Of course, I always want to supercharge the flavor of things. Don't add too much though.
 
Hamburger steak is extremely popular at NYC diners... I make them all
the time, my 12-14 ounce burgers. In fact we finished the last of them
from the freezer and my wife has been bugging me to prepare more...
only I can't see well enough to drive yet. I keep telling her to go
to the market in town and buy about 20 pounds of top round roasts for
me to grind, but she's too ascared to buy meat other than preground
mystery meat. A week ago she came home with a package of 4 ounce
burgers... they didn't look good but I cooked four anyway. After
frying they were in the pan drowning in deep fat and didn't smell very
good. I told her she can have mine. We ate none, the outside
critters got them, our cats wouldn't go near those nasty things...
they looked very disappointed, they love my burgers, probably thought
I was punishing them. How people can buy/eat preground mystery meat
is beyond TIAD.
dsi1 <dsi123@hawaiiantel.net>: Jun 08 12:35PM -0700

On Monday, June 8, 2020 at 9:04:45 AM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
> one. It's a fairly complex issue. The simple solution, of course, is to buy
> a big container of brown gravy mix. I need to do that pronto.
 
> Oh heck! I don't have that! What is it called??
 
 
Here's a brand that's pretty good. There are others. I could probably get a bucket of the stuff from a restaurant supply store.
 
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004V0D3DQ/
Dilbert <dilbert@unitedsyndicates.com>: Jun 08 02:05PM -0500

On Thu, 04 Jun 2020 04:52:55 +1000, Bruce wrote:
 
> that's feral pythons. But if they bite they can bite good. Tetanus
> shot good. We have a resident python, but I don't see him or her
> often. I don't go out after dark.
 
Mommy doesn't let you?
Sqwertz <sqwertzme@gmail.invalid>: Jun 08 01:42PM -0500

On Mon, 8 Jun 2020 13:33:12 -0500, Sqwertz wrote:

> Pinewood derby.
 
It looks like Pinewood Derby is a spinoff of Soap Box Races.
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinewood_derby
 
Dammit - Tungsten carbide is a better secret [smacking forehead]. I
want a rematch!
 
-sw
Sqwertz <sqwertzme@gmail.invalid>: Jun 08 01:47PM -0500

On Sun, 7 Jun 2020 18:32:38 -0000 (UTC), Mike Duffy wrote:
 
 
>> Yes, just one set of my spice racks. Test image.
 
> You have more? Here are my '57 varieties':
 
> http://mduffy.x10host.com/photogallery.htm#quickIDX1
 
Pbbbt. Amateurs. Here's mine - 154 varieties.
 
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sqwertz/10214772056/lightbox/
 
-sw
Sqwertz <sqwertzme@gmail.invalid>: Jun 08 01:58PM -0500

On Sat, 06 Jun 2020 16:26:17 -0500, cshenk wrote:
 
>> Thanks for the idea.
>> Janet US
 
> I thought it looked terrible. Sorry but not at all my style.
 
Just add some curry powder <rolling eyes>
 
-sw
Sqwertz <sqwertzme@gmail.invalid>: Jun 08 02:03PM -0500

On Sun, 07 Jun 2020 10:48:16 -0600, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
 
 
>>-sw
> O.K.,, I will footnote to try the cream cheese at least once
> Janet US
 
I made it again last night and winged it. I didn't have everything
I needed.
 
2.5 hours is way too long unless you're a crock pot, which is
unnecessary since you already dirtied up a skillet.
 
Half bottle of Italian salad dressing with 1/2ts of baking soda to
neutralize the vinegar. Cream of broccoli instead of cream of
mushroom. Add 3/4 head of broccoli florets 20 minutes before taking
it off heat (after mushrooms). And more milk to thin it out, or use
a pint of cream instead of cream cheese as it is kinda rich feeling.
 
-sw
dsi1 <dsi123@hawaiiantel.net>: Jun 08 11:47AM -0700


> > You certainly don't have to. I don't care if you do or not. If you're a self-centered asshole, there's not much chance of that happening. Who the heck is "we" anyway. Are you part of some royal family? 🤴
 
> Possibly. But you're the one passing out your opinion of what people should
> do when pronouncing a word.
 
If it offends you and the people of the "we", I can't say that I'm sorry. It wasn't my opinion anyway. That was Mr. Strunk's opinion way back in 1918. If you and your people get personally offended by his opinion, all y'alls got major issues.
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Elements_of_Style
dsi1 <dsi123@hawaiiantel.net>: Jun 08 11:52AM -0700

On Monday, June 8, 2020 at 7:37:09 AM UTC-10, Boron Elgar wrote:
 
> >>"In Hertford, Hereford, and Hampshire, hurricanes hardly ever happen"
 
> >Lol haven't heard that in zonks.
 
> Wonderful lyrics and beautiful score.
 
Mr. Armstrong was overwhelmed to be able to work with John Barry and thanked him profusely, with tears streaming. A few weeks later, he was dead.
Sheldon Martin <penmart01@aol.com>: Jun 08 02:46PM -0400

>> weeds. We leave the weed barrier cloth stapled down all winter too.
 
>Why do you leave them down in winter? Don't you till your
>garden each spring?
 
Birds poop seeds. We roll up the cloth in spring, till, ammend, and
put the cloth back... that cloth comes in 50' x 3' rolls, perfect for
a 50' foot garden, a quick job rolling and unrolling. Added
nutrients go right through that porus cloth. We have some two yards
of cow manure from a neighbor's herd that's composting right now at
the side of our gardening shed. We get all the manure we want for
free, delivered from less than 1/4 mile away by tractor with a front
loader bucket. Cow manure doesn't stink, cows are vegetarian... we
compost it to kill the weed seeds.
 
>"weed" your garden each morning or two. I did that when
>I had a real garden. I enjoyed doing that and it was
>something enjoyable to do at dawn each day.
 
If you think a 50' X 50' garden is small then you've never weeded a
garden. When removing most weeds if a small bit of root remains the
weed grows right back and stronger than ever. The best organic method
to weed is by smothering... landscaping cloth covered with a layer of
pine bark mulch works best. Covering with newspaper/brown paper is
the worst method, it doesn't allow water to penetrate and makes a
perfect habitat for moles/voles... voles gorge on plant roots, nothing
will grow. Rodents are the reason we encourage the feral cats, they
hunt all night and decimate the rodent population.
U.S. Janet B. <JB@nospam.com>: Jun 08 12:42PM -0600

On Mon, 8 Jun 2020 10:02:39 -0700 (PDT), "itsjoannotjoann@webtv.net"
>knowledge or experience with. I have it, have had it all my life, and
>if there is a lense that will correct that problem I will try my best
>to get it when the time comes.
 
I also have had astigmatism all my life. I got the special lenses for
both eyes. No more halos around people's heads or around street
lights. They will probably want you to pay for the special lenses up
front. Around $1000-1500.
Janet US
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