Friday, July 24, 2020

Digest for rec.food.cooking@googlegroups.com - 25 updates in 10 topics

Ed Pawlowski <esp@snet.xxx>: Jul 24 12:50PM -0400

On 7/24/2020 8:12 AM, Snag wrote:
 
>   I usually guesstimate the cost of meat portions when I divide it up
> into portions for 2 people . We try to keep it under a buck a serving -
> the cost of the other ingredients is negligible .
 
I don't waste money on food but rarely ever price thing out per serving.
If I want something, I buy it and often pay a silly price. I buy
chicken at BJ's because it is much cheaper than the supermarket. But I
have my son and family for dinner tonight and the dessert I bought comes
out to $10+ a serving, plus the cost of whipped cream yet to be made.
 
If you go through my pantry I can show you some bargains I got to also
some things, well, maybe a bit silly.
Sheldon Martin <penmart01@aol.com>: Jul 24 02:33PM -0400


>It was a busy work day with lots of briefs.
 
Aren't briefs scanty panties?
Sheldon Martin <penmart01@aol.com>: Jul 24 02:36PM -0400


> I usually guesstimate the cost of meat portions when I divide it up
>into portions for 2 people . We try to keep it under a buck a serving -
>the cost of the other ingredients is negligible .
 
At a buck for two people you have to be making up portions with
measuring spoons.
Sheldon Martin <penmart01@aol.com>: Jul 24 02:46PM -0400

>out to $10+ a serving, plus the cost of whipped cream yet to be made.
 
>If you go through my pantry I can show you some bargains I got to also
>some things, well, maybe a bit silly.
 
I'll check the price per pound to help me decide on which cut is a
better deal but I've never seen pork chops at 50¢ a serving.
The only 50¢ a serving meats are those 3 oz cans of Meow Mix...and
those are actually 53¢ a can when bought by the case at Chewys.
 
Anyone limiting their dinner to 50¢ a serving is on a starvation diet.
Snag <Snag_one@msn.com>: Jul 24 01:47PM -0500

On 7/24/2020 11:50 AM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> out to $10+ a serving, plus the cost of whipped cream yet to be made.
 
> If you go through my pantry I can show you some bargains I got to also
> some things, well, maybe a bit silly.
 
We don't obsess about it , and we seldom worry about the cost of food
. But we don't waste money either . We no longer even worry about
budgeting , we know how much is coming in and we know how much the bills
are going to be for the most part . Like I just a few minutes ago
brought in today's mail , which was our monthly power bill . And it was
within a couple of buck of what we expected for this time of year and
the number of AC units we have running .
--
Snag
Illegitimi non
carborundum
Bruce <bruce@null.null>: Jul 25 04:58AM +1000


>I don't waste money on food but rarely ever price thing out per serving.
> If I want something, I buy it and often pay a silly price. I buy
>chicken at BJ's because it is much cheaper than the supermarket.
 
Industry chicken. Embarrassing.
Cindy Hamilton <angelicapaganelli@yahoo.com>: Jul 24 09:51AM -0700

On Friday, July 24, 2020 at 11:51:30 AM UTC-4, Silvar Beitel wrote:
 
> Pics: https://photos.app.goo.gl/kRXYcKZgNHASoDsQ8
 
> Prunes:
 
> Not paying close attention because, basically, IDGAF, but some time ago the dried fruit industry decided to stop calling them prunes (associated with constipated old people, I guess) and started calling them dried plums, which of course is what they are, to appeal to a wider demographic. But apparently they have became prunes again. Just bought a can, being old and constipated (or maybe just remembering that I like them as is or in various grain and fruit bars). Perhaps old people didn't know what dried plums were. :-)
 
Could be. I eat a dozen of those "bite size" prunes every day. I like
them, too. They're good as pierogi filling.
 
Can't stand prune juice. Bottling (cooking) it takes away all the tartness
and complexity, leaving just sweet and iron tastes.
 
Cindy H amilton
Sheldon Martin <penmart01@aol.com>: Jul 24 01:51PM -0400

On Fri, 24 Jul 2020 09:51:21 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
 
>Can't stand prune juice. Bottling (cooking) it takes away all the tartness
>and complexity, leaving just sweet and iron tastes.
 
>Cindy H amilton
 
We always have a big bag of Dried Plums, Dried Figs, and Dried Dates
too. Prune Danish is a favorite.
https://www.bakersauthority.com/products/lekvar-prune-butter
Taxed and Spent <nospamplease@nonospam.com>: Jul 24 11:18AM -0700

On 7/24/2020 8:51 AM, Silvar Beitel wrote:
 
> God:
 
> Just a teaser in the subject line. Ignore.
 
kids must have started saying "eeew!" to "dried plums", so they had to
change the name again.
Bruce <bruce@null.null>: Jul 25 04:56AM +1000

On Fri, 24 Jul 2020 09:51:21 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
 
>> Prunes:
 
>> Not paying close attention because, basically, IDGAF, but some time ago the dried fruit industry decided to stop calling them prunes (associated with constipated old people, I guess) and started calling them dried plums, which of course is what they are, to appeal to a wider demographic. But apparently they have became prunes again. Just bought a can, being old and constipated (or maybe just remembering that I like them as is or in various grain and fruit bars). Perhaps old people didn't know what dried plums were. :-)
 
>Could be. I eat a dozen of those "bite size" prunes every day.
 
Aha! Slowly the truth comes out.
Bruce <bruce@null.null>: Jul 25 04:56AM +1000

On Fri, 24 Jul 2020 13:51:52 -0400, Sheldon Martin <penmart01@aol.com>
wrote:
 
 
>>Cindy H amilton
 
>We always have a big bag of Dried Plums, Dried Figs, and Dried Dates
>too. Prune Danish is a favorite.
 
Are you sure it's not prune Swedish?
jmcquown <j_mcquown@comcast.net>: Jul 24 01:36PM -0400

> trying to get away with faking it. If meat wasn't so tasty then they'd
> not struggle to make their meals taste as if it was actually meat.
 
> E A T M E A T
 
I saw an ad on TV the other day for plant-based (vegan) dog food. I
didn't pay attention to the brand but apparently there are a few of them
out there. Fer cryin' out loud! People can choose to be vegan if they
want but why inflict a vegan diet on your poor dog? Dogs are obligate
carnivores. I wonder what chemicals they have to add to make it meet (I
almost typed "meat"!) a dog's dietary needs.
 
Same thing with those faux burgers, etc. Check the ingredients lists.
Loaded with chemicals to make them taste like meat. Doesn't sound at
all healthful.
 
Jill
Hank Rogers <Nospam@invalid.com>: Jul 24 12:47PM -0500

jmcquown wrote:
> lists. Loaded with chemicals to make them taste like meat.  Doesn't
> sound at all healthful.
 
> Jill
 
Healhful? Iz dat yoose Popeye?
Bruce <bruce@null.null>: Jul 25 04:53AM +1000

On Fri, 24 Jul 2020 13:36:16 -0400, jmcquown <j_mcquown@comcast.net>
wrote:
 
 
>Same thing with those faux burgers, etc. Check the ingredients lists.
>Loaded with chemicals to make them taste like meat. Doesn't sound at
>all healthful.
 
Funny how meat eaters suddenly care about the ingredients of faux
meat, whereas they have no problem stuffing themselves with all kinds
of crap on a daily basis :)
Sheldon Martin <penmart01@aol.com>: Jul 24 02:30PM -0400

>> skirt is called a "lava-lava."
 
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ar8PVeOgRQg
 
>That's a classic form of wrap-skirt.
 
That guy wrapping himself in a skirt has to be a faggot.
 
Anyway that youtube is a fake... the islander women wear grass skirts
and no tops.
jmcquown <j_mcquown@comcast.net>: Jul 24 02:21PM -0400

On 7/21/2020 9:15 PM, John Kuthe wrote:
 
> https://i.postimg.cc/j2b1hhq6/7-21-2020-Kuthe-Creek-wet-1.jpg
 
> https://i.postimg.cc/KjDHpg46/7-21-2020-Kuthe-Creek-wet-2.jpg
 
> John Kuthe
 
"Creek"? It's couldn't even reasonably be called a ditch. Are you
*trying* to give your neighborhood something else to complain about?
 
Jill
jmcquown <j_mcquown@comcast.net>: Jul 24 02:30PM -0400

On 7/22/2020 2:59 AM, Je�us wrote:
 
>> https://i.postimg.cc/zfmSw-20V/7-19-2020-Kuthe-Creek-dug.jpg
 
>> Bring on the floods! :-)
 
> And I thought the Panama Canal was an impressive feat.
 
LOL! It kind of looks like one of the roofers' truck tires ran off the
cement on one side and created a short, shallow rut in the yard. It
sure isn't a "creek" or even a respectable drainage ditch. I do hope he
doesn't ever encounter actual flooding because that little trough would
be useless.
 
Jill
jmcquown <j_mcquown@comcast.net>: Jul 24 02:04PM -0400

On 7/23/2020 10:08 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
> dried beans. So... I shall  be living off of those things for the time
> being. Might make a tuna or chicken casserole or a grilled cheese. That
> will be pretty much the extent of my cooking.
 
You said it's due to two things. Lack of available meat is one. What's
the other thing?
 
Jill
Sheldon Martin <penmart01@aol.com>: Jul 24 02:24PM -0400

On Thu, 23 Jul 2020 19:08:43 -0700, "Julie Bove"
 
>This is due to two things. Lack of available meat. I don't want pork or fake
>meats. I do have a pound of ground beef to use up and a raw beef roast in
>the freezer.
 
This week Tops Market has a good sale on all beef cuts, including nice
steaks; BOGO!
I bought two large Top Round Steaks and one large Boneless Chuck...
cut em into strips and sent em through my grinder this morning and
made up eight 12 oz burgers for the freezer... two are in the fridge
for dinner tonight on Kaiser rolls. Go to Topsmarket.com and check it
out.
I've noticed no shortage on meats or anything else. Just like any
other time not every cut is available or on sale. The livestock
farmers up here are all having good sales on meats; beef/pork... thing
is you need to buy a quarter or a half, too much for us. Chickens went
on sale last week. Turkeys will be available shortly. Meats from the
livestock farmers are all free range grass fed.
Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca>: Jul 24 01:40PM -0400


> Coconut Milk, Coriander Create 'Chicken Wonder'
> Mail Tribune - May 14, 2020
 
> -- https://mailtribune.com/lifestyle/the-whole-dish/coconut-milk-coriander-create-chicken-wonder
 
I make a Thai Chicken Curry with coconut milk and plenty of cilantro.
It is delicious.
Bryan Simmons <bryangsimmons@gmail.com>: Jul 24 10:48AM -0700

On Thursday, July 23, 2020 at 9:56:39 AM UTC-5, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
> 1 cup shredded coconut
> 1 cup sour cream
> Mix, chill and serve.
 
My mother made that crap.
 
 
--Bryan
Sheldon Martin <penmart01@aol.com>: Jul 24 01:43PM -0400


>> -sw
 
>I don't know how you can call that "pizza". It's a baked open-face
>Reuben, bearing only a passing resemblance to a true pizza.
 
I think that looks pretty good, I'd eat it. There is no such thing
as "true pizza". These days there are so many versions of what's
called pizza there should be a Pizza Encyclopedia. The worst by far
has to be Ukelele Pizza, SPAM and pineapple seems weird.... I don't
even want a normal ham and Swiss hero with pineapple. I'm not a big
fan of pineapple anyway unless in a Hoboken.
Hank Rogers <Nospam@invalid.com>: Jul 24 12:45PM -0500

Sheldon Martin wrote:
> has to be Ukelele Pizza, SPAM and pineapple seems weird.... I don't
> even want a normal ham and Swiss hero with pineapple. I'm not a big
> fan of pineapple anyway unless in a Hoboken.
 
Yoose sure liked eating all those navy pineapples!
dsi1 <dsi123@hawaiiantel.net>: Jul 24 09:55AM -0700

> That could be for the kids. Otherwise, a good raw fish (sashimi) and nihonshu liquor bar would be great for the fans. You know, where you could get addicted to quickly mixing that green horseradish (wasabi) up with soy sauce (shoyu) before dipping a raw cut of fish in. I always wondered what those pink shavings were... pickled ginger or something?
 
That pink stuff is indeed pickled ginger. It's always a welcome sight when served with sashimi or sushi or any raw fish.
 
I haven't been eating any sashimi because we haven't been eating any rice. I suppose we could eat it with a green salad. Ha ha, that would be funny. We had air fried ono (wahoo) the other day. It's kind of tasteless but perhaps it would be good raw. The next time I cook it, it's going to be seared with ginger, shoyu, and sugar. That would be a great improvement.
 
https://www.amazon.com/photos/shared/Wp9Jc2EkQCGqXxNLiv6_wg.uBfYfkucXBu8_tn1q-3Ifd
John Kuthe <johnkuthern@gmail.com>: Jul 24 09:44AM -0700

https://i.postimg.cc/KjQm4mwp/Mycelial-Growth-on-coffee-grounds.jpg
 
Isn't Mother Gaia's Growing Things fascinating?
 
I tried growing majic mushrooms in high school but only got Mason jars full of sterilized rye grains white covered in white mycelial growth, but NO fruiting bodies!
 
John Kuthe, Climate Anarchist, Suburban Renewalist and Vegetarian
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