Monday, June 1, 2020

Digest for rec.food.cooking@googlegroups.com - 25 updates in 11 topics

Hank Rogers <Nospam@invalid.com>: Jun 01 10:07PM -0500

Bruce wrote:
>> I'd forgotten they are rather crispy, I can't say squeaky though. But they
>> are good.
 
> Can beans become crispy from being steamed?
 
For your use Pruce, you need to leave them completely raw.
"Julie Bove" <juliebove@frontier.com>: Jun 01 08:13PM -0700

"Gary" <g.majors@att.net> wrote in message news:5ED53046.DF18C48A@att.net...
> was nothing to be salvaged in this nice meal. So I cleaned
> up all the mess then went into the bedroom and told the
> girls, "Change of plan...we're going out for pizza tonight"
 
My first bad thing was chicken salad with Soba noodles. I followed the
instructions but the noodles were hard and tough.
 
I think the next one was in NY. I was feeding the neighborhood kids as well.
I was making chicken and dumplings in the Crockpot. But I used dried
vegetables. The corn didn't cook! Thankfully I noticed this before I put the
dumplings on it. I had to dump it all out, then pick out all the corn.
Thankfully I got it all.
 
Then two potato disasters. Not sure which came first. Was making a cottage
pie but something came up (not sure what) and I had to make it quickly. I
grated the potatoes, then boiled them. They seemed done. I had a hard time
mashing them. End result was something gluey, starchy and not good.
 
Next was a faux pierogie casserole. It was pierogie filling stuffed into
large pasta shells then smothered with sautéed onions and butter then heated
through.
 
My potatoes were too runny. So I added instant potato flakes, but a little
too much. The potatoes were too thick and dry. Good flavor but bad mouth
feel.
"Julie Bove" <juliebove@frontier.com>: Jun 01 08:14PM -0700

"Sheldon Martin" <penmart01@aol.com> wrote in message
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> heating anything.
 
> I also have some very attractive glass serving pieces that say "Oven
> Proof" but they are never used for heating anything.
 
I have melted butter or chocolate in Pyrex, but in the microwave.
"Julie Bove" <juliebove@frontier.com>: Jun 01 08:16PM -0700

"Bruce" <bruce@null.null> wrote in message
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>>Teenage girls doing a sleepover want roast chicken, stuffing,
>>mashed potatoes, and green beans.
 
> Green beans seem to be huge in the US.
 
You're thinking of long beans. Green beans are one of my favorite foods!
dsi1 <dsi123@hawaiiantel.net>: Jun 01 08:21PM -0700

On Monday, June 1, 2020 at 4:44:31 PM UTC-10, graham wrote:
> used to grow them (scarlet runner) and my Sister raved about them. I
> grew the typical N.American types when I was married but after one
> taste, I let my then wife have 'em all.
 
I don't care for green beans either because most times it's that boiled stuff. If you stir-fry it with some black bean sauce and garlic it's quite presentable.
 
My kids seem to enjoy canned green beans though. My son is famous for his party sized tray of green bean casserole. The very thought of which, sends shivers down my spine.
Bruce <bruce@null.null>: Jun 02 01:21PM +1000

On Mon, 1 Jun 2020 20:16:55 -0700, "Julie Bove"
>>>mashed potatoes, and green beans.
 
>> Green beans seem to be huge in the US.
 
>You're thinking of long beans. Green beans are one of my favorite foods!
 
I've grown a fair bit of snake beans. Are snake beans long beans?
They're definitely long and they taste like green beans.
 
Snake beans:
<https://www.liveforless.com.au/app/uploads/2019/02/snake-beans-in-bowl.jpg>
"Julie Bove" <juliebove@frontier.com>: Jun 01 08:23PM -0700

"Bruce" <bruce@null.null> wrote in message
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> One of the standard American dinners could be dead animal, corn bread
> and green beans or so it would seem. Not to say there's anything wrong
> with green beans.
 
That's not a standard American dinner at all. Cornbread is commonly eaten in
the south and Midwest. But it's usually served with dried beans cooked with
ham. Stuff like that is rarely eaten up north and if it is, the people
eating it usually came from elsewhere.
"Julie Bove" <juliebove@frontier.com>: Jun 01 08:24PM -0700

"graham" <g.stereo@shaw.ca> wrote in message
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>> with green beans.
 
> Oh, there is!!!
> The flavour may be OK but I hate the usual squeaky on the teeth texture!
 
I hadn't noticed that until a friend pointed it out.
Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca>: Jun 01 11:25PM -0400

On 2020-06-01 10:44 p.m., graham wrote:
> used to grow them (scarlet runner) and my Sister raved about them. I
> grew the typical N.American types when I was married but after one
> taste, I let my then wife have 'em all.
 
When I was a kid my father always had a vegetable garden and grew lots
of green beans. We would be sent out to pick them every day. Some were
for supper that night and my mother would blanch and freeze the rest. We
always had enough frozen home grown beans to have them a couple times a
week. I loved them. I still like nice fresh green beans. For a lot time
it was hard to find nice green beans out of season. I find it hard to
resist buying beans if they look good.
"Julie Bove" <juliebove@frontier.com>: Jun 01 08:26PM -0700

"dsi1" <dsi123@hawaiiantel.net> wrote in message
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---
 
I love roasted green beans.
ChristKiller@deathtochristianity.pl: May 27 03:53PM -0500

On Wed, 27 May 2020 10:59:12 -0700 (PDT), Silvar Beitel
 
>I screwed up.
 
Let me ask you a question. Is horseradish like ginger? Can I just
stick a piece of horseradish in the ground and a few weeks later it
will sprout up?
 
 
--
 
____/~~~sine qua non~~~\____
Sheldon Martin <penmart01@aol.com>: May 28 10:21AM -0400

On Wed, 27 May 2020 19:24:28 -0700 (PDT), "itsjoannotjoann@webtv.net"
 
>> Silvar Beitel
 
>NOt that I plan on planting any, but can it be grown in a pot to contain
>those runners?
 
Horseradish is invasive, it's wise to contain it, use a length of clay
chimney flue buried deeply in the ground.
ChristKiller@deathtochristianity.pl: May 27 03:50PM -0500

>those after being told to stay home.
 
>I've seen many news reports showing long lines waiting to get
>in a crowded store and many long lines for checkout.
 
This is where the news lies and does not tell the entire story. The
reason there was long lines for one or two days is because they
limited the number of people inside a store...
 
>the occasional running, bike rides and even surfing once the
>ocean warms up a bit more. I also go out and hang out in
>my van early every morning to see the pre-sunrise sky.
 
yeah' cause you live in a van down by the river!
 
 
--
 
____/~~~sine qua non~~~\____
jmcquown <j_mcquown@comcast.net>: May 28 12:03PM -0400

On 5/28/2020 11:31 AM, Sheldon Martin wrote:
 
>> Jill
 
> Those numerals are plenty big from 15' away in a darkened bedroom, and
> ours is set in the dim mode.
 
Whatever. I have a digital electric alarm clock large numbers with
battery backup. It sits on the night stand on the other side of the
bed. When needed I set the alarm, it goes off. I wake up, get out of
bed and turn it off. It's not rocket science and it doesn't require an
Amazon Prime account to buy electric alarm clock.
 
Jill
Sheldon Martin <penmart01@aol.com>: May 28 11:24AM -0400


>> John Kuthe...
 
>Target is the devil!  Chinese crap.  Go buy a 100 year old grandfather
>clock made in Mother Germany!
 
Our grandpa clock was made in Switzerland... We don't usually keep it
wound as it's noisy.
Bruce <bruce@null.null>: May 28 09:06PM +1000

>wear one occasionally. I keep one in the glove compartment
>of my van so I always have one handy whenever I drive anywhere.
>Every little bit of precaution is a good thing.
 
You're constantly contradicting yourself, depending how your mood
swings.
Sheldon Martin <penmart01@aol.com>: May 27 08:37AM -0400

On Tue, 26 May 2020 21:25:09 -0700, Leo <leoblaisdell@sbcglobal.net>
wrote:
 
>Otherwise, I worked six days a week for ten hours a day and later worked
>seven days a week for eight hours a day.
 
>leo
 
Where I worked we worked 8 hour days at straight time but very often
we also worked 12 hours on Tuesdays and Thursdays, those extra 8 hours
were at time and a half. We were also asked to work Saturdays and
sometimes Sundays, those were for double time. There were times when
we worked three shifts, I liked the midnight shift, from midnight to 6
AM but were paid for 8 hours and from 5 AM til 6 AM we did clean up,
cleaned off the machines and swept the floors of metal chips... was
great pay for what amounted to custodial work... but worked out well
as it saved them from having to hire a crew who would hang around
leaning on their brooms for eight hours and being in the way.
jmcquown <j_mcquown@comcast.net>: May 27 09:16PM -0400

On 5/27/2020 4:14 PM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> whether it's 1980s vintage rn or the latest, slickest app with all the
> bells and whistles.
 
> Cindy Hamilton
 
You're 100% correct. The interface really doesn't matter, the content
remains the same.
 
Jill
Gary <g.majors@att.net>: May 28 07:16AM -0400

"U.S. Janet B." wrote:
 
> >If you consider NBC and ABC fake news, you're no different
> >than Trump. He's always said the same thing about them.
 
> You forgot CNN.
 
Also CBS, MSNBC, PBS news (according to Trump's definition).
I just mentioned the two that I had watched about the
VB holiday weekend.
 
> Have you seen the latest? He says he's going to shut
> down all social media unless they stop being mean to him (Twitter fact
> checked his post and indicated that it was misleading - lie)
 
Never a dull moment with our current leader.
 
Have you ever watched "Newsy?"
They advertise, "Be informed — not influenced — with Newsy's
straightforward, opinion-free approach to news.
Get the facts without pundits and opinions."
 
I've just started watching them occasionally. What they
claim seems to be true (so far as I've seen).
 
One thing I like is that they do report more world news
than the others do.
Sheldon Martin <penmart01@aol.com>: May 27 02:43PM -0400

On Wed, 27 May 2020 08:26:51 -0700 (PDT), GM
 
>> Note to Bruce: The above was a true Dave-like story. :)
 
>Yes, but it was also an *interesting* story, unlike Dave's lengthy maudlin tales...
 
>What kind of crabs, BTW...???
 
Those itchy litle buggers on his privates. LOL
jmcquown <j_mcquown@comcast.net>: May 28 10:20AM -0400

On 5/23/2020 2:40 PM, cshenk wrote:
 
> Apparently very salty and the meat is very well ground so has the
> texture almost of a pate? Reviews are mixed and most who like it, like
> it for the fast time factor.
 
I'd never heard of Hormel meatloaf, either, so I looked it up.
 
I'll save Bruce the trouble:
 
Caramel Color Added Ingredients: Beef and Pork, Tomato Sauce (Tomato
Paste, Vinegar, Water, Seasoning [Sugar, Salt, Flavoring, Soy
Lecithin]), Seasoning (Cracker Meal [Bleached Wheat Flour], Beef Stock,
Whey Protein Concentrate [from Milk], Dextrose, Textured Vegetable
Protein [Soy Protein Concentrate, Caramel Color], Dehydrated Onion,
Encapsulated Salt [Salt, Hydrogenated Soybean Oil], Hydrolyzed Soy
Protein, Dehydrated Bell Peppers, Caramel Color, Worcestershire Sauce
Solids [Distilled Vinegar, Molasses, Corn Syrup, Salt, Caramel Color,
Garlic Powder, Sugar, Spices, Tamarind, Natural Flavoring on
Maltodextrin], Parsley, Flavoring), Water.
 
Jill
jmcquown <j_mcquown@comcast.net>: May 28 11:49AM -0400


> If TOPS market stocks the frozen Newman's Own, try one of those. But it will
> require the use of your oven. Save it for winter though if you don't want to
> heat up the kitchen.
 
I don't know why he's so concerned about heating up the kitchen. He's
got AC. He never opens the windows to let fresh air in. 12-15 minutes
to bake a frozen pizza is a problem?
 
He's just bitching because he never heard of the Newman's Own brand. He
admittedly bought and heated in the microwave at the convenience store a
cheap crappy pizza. Can't say I've ever done that. If I had, I surely
wouldn't expect it to be good by the time I got it home. Sounds like it
would be a soggy steamed mess in a cardboard box.
 
Jill
Sheldon Martin <penmart01@aol.com>: May 27 04:34PM -0400

On Wed, 27 May 2020 11:37:54 -0700 (PDT), "itsjoannotjoann@webtv.net"
 
>The local Kroger offers many of Newman's Own products. Spaghetti sauce, salad
>dressings, cookies, frozen pizzas, and other items. The frozen pizzas are
>outstanding, at least they are to me.
 
We don't have any pizza place here, the closest is a Pizza Hut some 15
miles away. Last week we felt like having pizza for lunch so bought
one from a convenience store, no brand, just a small frozen pie, 6
tiny slices, for $8 heated in their microwave... the cardboard box it
came in was worth more than that pie... first and last time... I could
have done much better at home from scratch but didn't feel like it. We
used to have a very good Italian restaurant in town but they are gone
for more than 8 years and that store is still empty. They had great
pizza and fantastic calzone. We ate dinner there about once a week
and suddenly they were gone. They served a fantastic half a roast
chicken with a half rack of ribs. for like $7. The motorcycle people
hung out there as there was a full bar in the back. They served great
food. I've no idea why they left but I miss their food and the hefty
bosomed biker chicks.
Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca>: May 27 10:06PM -0400

We had quite a bit of leftover lamb from last night so I made curry with
it. We usually have it with rice, but we also had leftover Vietnamese
spicy beef noodles. Steamed broccoli rounded it out.
Sheldon Martin <penmart01@aol.com>: May 27 08:48AM -0400

On Tue, 26 May 2020 20:00:03 -0700 (PDT), dsi1
 
>> >https://www.amazon.com/photos/shared/_P_JYpUYRpip-yKn_D5wQw.N0ILKIuIJv1sv2kkLYVyc0
 
>> I've had very good Japanese eggplant too.
 
>I only buy Japanese eggplant. The American variety is way too big. I suppose I should try doing something with those monsters.
 
We grow both types, the Japanese ones are long and thin, we slice them
lengthwise, season, oil, and grill them. We do the same with the
large bulbous ones only we slice them into 1/2" thk round slabs...
excellent in a bun with a burger and a grilled onion slice.
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