Thursday, May 24, 2018

Digest for rec.food.cooking@googlegroups.com - 25 updates in 6 topics

jmcquown <j_mcquown@comcast.net>: May 24 10:09AM -0400

On 5/24/2018 9:27 AM, Gary wrote:
 
> I think those kits are silly and overpriced. If I was in a rush
> for time, I would just stock up with frozen dinners and there are
> many good ones available now.
 
Or make your own "freezer meals" when you have the time and stash them
in the freezer. I've been doing that for years, even before I had a
separate freezer.
 
$9.95 per person is the price breakdown in a lot of ads. That's (I
guess) after you get the $30 savings if you use a coupon code. Without
the coupon it figures out to be about $70 for a box of food for four
people. For one meal. YIKES!
 
I can cook an entire and delicious meal for four for much less than
(let's round it up) $10 per person. With quality ingredients.
 
Someone else, I think it was Wayne, mentioned what if you don't feel
like eating what they send? If you subscribe they're going to pick out
what they *think* you want to eat. I don't know about you, but I can
wake up in the morning thinking I might like to have a steak and baked
potato for dinner, then totally change my mind later in the day.
 
Jill
penmart01@aol.com: May 24 10:48AM -0400

On Thu, 24 May 2018 09:23:50 -0400, jmcquown <j_mcquown@comcast.net>
wrote:
 
>worth their while. These kits are for people who are (allegedly) rushed
>for time.
 
>Jill
 
And don't know how to cook... those kits are as much about cooking as
paint by numbers is about art. And those meal kits are a whole lot
more expensive than grocery shopping by about double... a lot of young
folks don't know how to grocery shop either.
penmart01@aol.com: May 24 10:57AM -0400


>I think those kits are silly and overpriced. If I was in a rush
>for time, I would just stock up with frozen dinners and there are
>many good ones available now.
 
Frozen dinners are very popular with those who don't know how to
cook... if they knew how to cook they would prepare their own frozen
dinners when they had time and fill their freezer. That's why I cook
many things in large amounts, I make my own frozen meals. I've tried
several of those commercially prepared frozen dinners, no thank you,
it's all mystery food, Read the ingredients list on those things,
lots of chems.
penmart01@aol.com: May 24 11:19AM -0400

On Thu, 24 May 2018 10:09:52 -0400, jmcquown <j_mcquown@comcast.net>
wrote:
 
>guess) after you get the $30 savings if you use a coupon code. Without
>the coupon it figures out to be about $70 for a box of food for four
>people. For one meal. YIKES!
 
For $70 I can feed 10 people a delicious beef stew, all they can eat.
 
>wake up in the morning thinking I might like to have a steak and baked
>potato for dinner, then totally change my mind later in the day.
 
>Jill
 
Two days ago I made a marinated roast beef but after working outside
all day yesterday neither of us felt like a big meal so I quickly put
together a tossed salad, we'll eat that roast tonight... and there
will still be enough for cold roastbeef sandwiches the following day.
I make largish (5 lb) roasts often, costs a lot less than cold cuts
and a lot more healthful. And roast beef/pork freezes well for
another meal. I don't light my oven for a 2 lb roast.
 
It costs a lot less to shop for your own groceries plus I don't want
anyone picking out my meats and produce.
"itsjoannotjoann@webtv.net" <itsjoannotjoann@webtv.net>: May 24 08:33AM -0700

On Thursday, May 24, 2018 at 8:24:02 AM UTC-5, Jill McQuown wrote:
 
> I'm pretty sure Publix offers the same sort of thing. Ah yes, but this
> is seafood:
 
> Jill
 
I don't think it's the same thing but my Kroger has offered a small
beef roast with potatoes, carrots, and onions, packaged in a tray.
All you have to do when you get home is cook it. I guess that saves
time not having to stop in the vegetables section and buying those
things but it couldn't save much time. I've noticed they also have
packages of chicken breasts with some sort of seasoning on them but
once again you have to actually cook those once you get home.
U.S. Janet B. <JB@nospam.com>: May 24 09:37AM -0600

On Thu, 24 May 2018 10:09:52 -0400, jmcquown <j_mcquown@comcast.net>
wrote:
 
>wake up in the morning thinking I might like to have a steak and baked
>potato for dinner, then totally change my mind later in the day.
 
>Jill
 
some people are so time committed that they don't have time to plan
what you are talking about. I know several couples, they travel
almost constantly with work, have 2-3 kids, a dog, a nanny a
housekeeper and lawn care person. They moved here from the big city
to live a more relaxed life style. I can't imagine what their life
was like before. They claim they are living a slower pace now.
Janet US
jmcquown <j_mcquown@comcast.net>: May 24 11:50AM -0400

>> the coupon it figures out to be about $70 for a box of food for four
>> people. For one meal. YIKES!
 
> For $70 I can feed 10 people a delicious beef stew, all they can eat.
 
Served with nice crusty bread. :) I don't know about all they can eat. Heh.
 
 
> Two days ago I made a marinated roast beef but after working outside
> all day yesterday neither of us felt like a big meal so I quickly put
> together a tossed salad, we'll eat that roast tonight...
 
I guess that is your way of saying sometimes you change your mind. :)
> another meal. I don't light my oven for a 2 lb roast.
 
I don't have to "light" my oven.
 
> It costs a lot less to shop for your own groceries plus I don't want
> anyone picking out my meats and produce.
 
These people don't want to be bothered. I don't enjoy shopping but I
definitely want to select my own groceries. I like to be able to touch,
smell and get the feel of it. I can tell when a vegetable is ripe. I
can tell if the meat is fresh. Don't send me something with a recipe
card and pre-measured ingredients that you assume will feed four. I'm
not interested.
 
Jill
jmcquown <j_mcquown@comcast.net>: May 24 11:54AM -0400

On 5/24/2018 11:37 AM, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
> to live a more relaxed life style. I can't imagine what their life
> was like before. They claim they are living a slower pace now.
> Janet US
 
Doesn't sound like a slower pace to me. I can see why they don't have
time to cook. If they can afford these delivered meal kits, more power
to them! I'm not sure I buy into the "more time together" ads when you
see the box show up and everyone in the family is there participating in
the cooking.
 
Jill
"itsjoannotjoann@webtv.net" <itsjoannotjoann@webtv.net>: May 24 09:04AM -0700

On Thursday, May 24, 2018 at 10:37:32 AM UTC-5, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
> to live a more relaxed life style. I can't imagine what their life
> was like before. They claim they are living a slower pace now.
> Janet US
 
They have a housekeeper, a nanny, and a lawn care person and still
can't put a meal on the table????
jmcquown <j_mcquown@comcast.net>: May 24 12:06PM -0400

> paint by numbers is about art. And those meal kits are a whole lot
> more expensive than grocery shopping by about double... a lot of young
> folks don't know how to grocery shop either.
 
They don't *want* to learn how to cook. Give them a box of ingredients
and a recipe card and they can pretend they came up with a great dinner
idea! No need to go to the grocery store or learn what the name of that
vegetable.
 
Most of these delivered meal kits are advertised as bringing families
together. Yeah, right. As if all children want to see their parents
unpack a box of stuff and then help them cook it.
 
Jill
jmcquown <j_mcquown@comcast.net>: May 24 12:22PM -0400

> things but it couldn't save much time. I've noticed they also have
> packages of chicken breasts with some sort of seasoning on them but
> once again you have to actually cook those once you get home.
 
Yes, the "stuff" (harking back to the subject) I've seen advertised at
Publix does have to be cooked once you get it home. They're sold in
"oven bags". The time saver, I suppose, is not having to chop veggies
and figure out the side dish. These oven bagged seafood things I've
seen advertised usually include rice or barley or some sort of grain
and vegetables. Pop them in the oven for 30 minutes. I've never
thought about buying one.
 
I couldn't tell you the price because the Publix web site actually wants
me to fill out an order form before it tells me what it will cost.
Sorry, not going to do that. Apparently these things are made to order.
I suppose that's good. Still not something I'd buy.
 
Jill
U.S. Janet B. <JB@nospam.com>: May 24 10:25AM -0600

On Thu, 24 May 2018 09:04:33 -0700 (PDT), "itsjoannotjoann@webtv.net"
>> Janet US
 
>They have a housekeeper, a nanny, and a lawn care person and still
>can't put a meal on the table????
 
they put meals on the table. They also attend soccer, swimming, PTA
and the kid things. But when one person is leaving or coming back
from the airport and the other is on the way out, it becomes difficult
to manage the shopping. To be fair, I never said they did all their
meals delivered. People our age can't really judge. These are not
employees with traditional 9 to 5 jobs that I am talking about, I'm
talking about running their own business or being director of a bunch
of people all across the US. The nanny takes the children to school,
picks them up and stays with them until the parents arrive home.
I believe you are thinking of the households in the old black and
white movies where these people live in. P.S. Most everyone of that
age in my area has those people to help them. Don't you have Merry
Maids and lawn care services where you live?
Janet US
penmart01@aol.com: May 24 10:00AM -0400

On Thu, 24 May 2018 08:47:56 -0400, jmcquown <j_mcquown@comcast.net>
wrote:
 
 
>Don't ask me how they do it. They stash food in trees to keep other
>predators away from their kill.
 
>Jill
 
I've seen Nat Geos where leopards drag large prey up a tree, they grab
it in their jaws and easily climb a tree, Cats are powerful
animals... feral/wild cats are a lot more powerful than house cats.
"itsjoannotjoann@webtv.net" <itsjoannotjoann@webtv.net>: May 24 08:57AM -0700

On Thursday, May 24, 2018 at 7:48:07 AM UTC-5, Jill McQuown wrote:
 
> Don't ask me how they do it. They stash food in trees to keep other
> predators away from their kill.
 
> Jill
 
Mountain lions and leopards have tremendous neck and shoulder muscles
that enable them to lift, drag, and climb trees to stash their dinner
in trees out of other ground dwelling predators reach. All that rend-
ing and tearing of flesh is done after the animal is killed. Killing
is done by suffocating their prey with a bite to the front of the neck
and cutting off oxygen.
tert in seattle <tert@ftupet.com>: May 24 03:53PM

>6) If you're not carrying a gun, kiss your ass goodbye.
 
>No human has a chance against a 100 lb mountain lion. Imagine a
>600lb tiger or lion. Goodbye!
 
good advice for something that I'm sure happens regularly to most of
the people reading this
U.S. Janet B. <JB@nospam.com>: May 24 10:05AM -0600

On Wed, 23 May 2018 21:41:37 -0500, Sqwertz <swertz@cluemail.compost>
wrote:
snip
>and never seen them eating in trees. Or having a appetizer before
>dragging it off.
 
>-sw
 
I've seen it documentaries. They just drag it up there. They are
very strong.
Janet US
Cindy Hamilton <angelicapaganelli@yahoo.com>: May 24 07:12AM -0700

On Thursday, May 24, 2018 at 9:52:40 AM UTC-4, Sheldon wrote:
> >them up. I either eat them as they come from the can or I make my own. I
> >prefer my own. No real recipe. I do them to taste.
 
> Much quicker than dried beans, plus canned are perfectly cooked.
 
Perfectly overcooked. That's fine in soup, but not desirable
in salad. Which is why I use frozen black-eyed peas for
Texas Caviar.
 
Cindy Hamilton
"Julie Bove" <juliebove@frontier.com>: May 24 04:19AM -0700

"John Kuthe" <johnkuthern@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:891872fe-6791-4ce7-8819-1d87ed5fdaaa@googlegroups.com...
 
> OMG! You must be a SuperTaster like Bryan is.
 
> I am NOT! Most are not FYI.
 
> John Kuthe...
 
I thought I was but I'm not. I do love bacon in baked beans though. And tons
of onions and black pepper.
"itsjoannotjoann@webtv.net" <itsjoannotjoann@webtv.net>: May 24 08:51AM -0700

On Thursday, May 24, 2018 at 7:53:16 AM UTC-5, Gary wrote:
 
> I've never made a sandwich out of baked beans but I see the
> appeal.
 
Me neither and I can't see the appeal.
 
My mother made lip-smacking baked beans and I've yet to produce
anything close although I watched her many times make them. She
always used leftover white beans (which for some reason weren't
cooked that often in our house). White sugar, chopped onion,
ketchup and/or a bit of barbecue sauce, and bacon on top of the
beans.
 
Maybe that's what I need as I don't keep ketchup in the house.
Anyway, everyone in the family still remembers her baked beans
and they were just a bit 'saucy' not runny but not dry either.
penmart01@aol.com: May 24 10:07AM -0400

On Wed, 23 May 2018 21:59:50 -0500, Sqwertz <swertz@cluemail.compost>
wrote:
 
 
>If you don't eat yer meat, you can't have any pudding.
>How can you have any pudding if you don't eat yer meat?
 
>And that goes for cake, too!
 
I thought that went if you don't eat your veggies. . .
Kathy Katz <nope@nope.invalid>: May 24 11:07AM -0400


> I've never posted anything negative about someone's spouse... yoose
> are a bunch of sickos. However the Janets are a pair of dumbest
> twats, not a whole brain between both
 
Were you born a faggot or did you get sucked into it?
Kathy Katz <nope@nope.invalid>: May 24 11:11AM -0400

Tawana Horne formulated the question :
 
> Why are you always stalking people here Gregory Morrow?!? And you
> don't even have the cajones to use your real name trying to blame it
> on somebody else.
 
He's the gratest hog!
 
https://imgur.com/a/BbBLI LOL!
Kathy Katz <nope@nope.invalid>: May 24 11:12AM -0400

>> How can you have any pudding if you don't eat yer meat?
 
>> And that goes for cock, too!
 
> I thought that went if you don't eat your vaginal warts. . .
 
Is that kosher, kikey?!
nymphfisher@gmail.com: May 24 07:57AM -0700

> the microswitch. Success! as the motor spun.
 
> Monday I will try to order a new bean hopper, and perhaps a new
> microswitch, direct from Capresso.
 
The microswitch on the bean hopper is there so the grinder won't run if the hopper is improperly installed. It is not necessary if you pay attention when installing the bean hopper. You can remove it and connect the two wires, properly insulate the connection with electrical tape and you are good to go.
Cindy Hamilton <angelicapaganelli@yahoo.com>: May 24 07:10AM -0700

On Thursday, May 24, 2018 at 9:14:17 AM UTC-4, Gary wrote:
> in a tourist town that caters to americans. If I lived near a
> large city that has a "china town" I could probably experience
> some real chinese cuisine.
 
I'm quite happy with Americanized Chinese food. My tolerance
for fat and gristle is nil.
 
There's an interesting documentary on Chinese food in America
called "The Search for General Tso":
 
<https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3576038/>
 
I streamed it from Netflix a couple of years ago.
 
Cindy Hamilton
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