Subj : A COOKING echo poll
To : Carol Shenkenberger
From : Lee Lofaso
Date : Mon Aug 15 2022 14:54:13
Hello Carol,
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CS> Lee, the name of the echo is not in question.
This is a general chat echo devoted to cooking. The name noted
on every BBS that I use and have used is COOKING. Of course, sysops
are free to call it whatever they want on their own boards ...
CS> It can and does have people from all over the world at various times.
Of course it does. The COOKING echo is available in all zones,
worldwide. Far from being a "national" echo of any kind.
CS> It's main members are in Canada and the USA (especially since I moved back
CS> from Japan and som OZ folks moved in to other hobbies.
The participants own the echo, regardless of where they are from.
As you and others know, and have publicly stated, participants are
from everywhere, both sysops and non-sysops.
CS> You have a reputation from other echos which doesn't matter here but talk
CS> about cooking and folks will be happy to see what recipes you like and
CS> make.
The focus is (and should be) COOKING. After all, that is the name of
this echo, as listed on most BBSes. That does not mean anybody should
have to limit their own Fidonet experience to this echo alone, as
most people have various interests.
I did post a handful of recipes. But cooking is far more than just
a collection of recipes found online or from magazines and books.
Perhaps you should learn how to taste and smell before deciding what
recipes you want to add to your digital collection.
CS> Today at my house is a simple dish learned in Japan. Yup, eating out of the
CS> ricemaker with steamer pot on top!
Why use a ricemaker with steamer pot on top, when there are easier
and better ways to prepare rice? And what kind of rice is preferred
in Japan, and how is that rice prepared by Japanese?
Japanese ricemakers and Korean ricemakers are very different.
And let's not even talk about Chinese ricemakers, which are bascially
junk. But enough about ricemakers.
If you know what you are doing, you do not even need a recipe to
prepare foods. But those who do not know any better will just continue
doing what others who also do not know any better tell them to do.
CS> I used 1.5 cups dry medium grain rice with 3 cups water. This will give us
CS> 1 cup each and enough to make riceball treats for munchies.
Why? What kind of rice, and how did you prepare that rice before
you cooked it? Or did you prepare it at all? There is more to cooking
rice than throwing it into a pot and cooking or steaming it in a pot.
CS> Steamer to got last of my Gai Lan (Chinese broccoli) but I saved the leaves
CS> (it has leaves. not western type that has the flower tops) so was stems. 6
CS> 'fishball', 4 large shrimp (with heads and tail as they are a delicacy for
CS> the cat and dog), and 2 baby dim sum filled with sweetbean (aduki).
We all have our own favorite foods and how to cook them. Much of
what we eat are cultural, being where we are from or live. Others
like foods from other parts of the world, in addition to regular
fare. And then there are those who live by eating junk food from
fast food joints ...
CS> I of course committed virtual adultery to an Asian as the rice was served
CS> with butter vice shoyu (soy sauce) but hey, that's how we like it!
And that is the way food should be. A feast, and celebration.
CS> The saved Gai Lan leaves are going in a Dashi Udon soup for tomorrow with
CS> small sausage balls and riceball at the side.
I find recipes can be useful as a guide, but not so much as to depend
on recipes in order to prepare foods. Much can be accomplished by
experimenting, although admittedly sometimes those experiments do not
turn out quite as one would hope.
CS> Riceballs are just that. I have figs out for the centers and will roll in a
CS> sweet firikake mix (rice seasoning).
A Cajun favorite is boudin, which is basically a spicy rice dressing
that comes in two flavors, boudin blanc and boudin rouge.
CS> So, what are you eating?
A beef stew that had more carrots than beef, and way too much salt.
Not my own concoction ...
For Life,
Lee
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