Subj : Tex-Mex [1]
To : Dave Drum
From : Ruth Haffly
Date : Sat Jun 29 2024 13:38:38
Hi Dave,
DD> Most places I'm a member of the "clean plate club". Except Sweet Basil
DD> Cafe. I proposed them for lunch one day and my friend, Les, declined.
DD> "Too much food." he said. He's right, the portions are huge. I began
DD> my Trip Advisor review with "You'd better come hungry." Bv)=
RH> Most of the time I automatically split my entree in half when it's
RH> served. Used to be, I could eat the whole thing at once but a
RH> combination of portions getting bigger and stomach getting smaller,
RH> that's not realistic any more. Same place does serve some of their menu
RH> as lunch (smaller) portions but that one is not in the lunch listings.
DD> Oriental, especially Chinese, venues seem to do gargantuan sized
DD> dinner and reasonable sized lunches. Even when I was younger and ate
DD> heartily
DD> most of the time I could not finish my diner serving at Ti Pan or
DD> Golden Dragon. So I soon learned to just go during lunch hours.
This place has one menu jacket for both lunch and supper; next time we
go, I'll check and see if the smaller size portions are available for
supper or just lunch hours. We've been going there off and on, on
Sundays after church with friends. They went on Mother's Day/Cinco de
Mayo this year; we got there and saw how crowded it was, took off for
another place where we got seated right away.
DD> And now my appetite seems diminished. No more 3 meals a day. I have
a DD> decent breakfast - usually eggs, meat, taters and DD>
toast/biscuit/pancake. I'm not hungry again until mid-afternoon to DD>
early evening. And a light DD> meal usually suffices. I've noticed that
I usually have a light breakfast (small bagel or half a regular sized
one), cup of yogurt, small piece of cheese and cup of tea. Lunch is
usually a light sandwich or bowl of soup; supper will vary from a slice
of pizza to small piece of meat with one or 2 vegetables and light
dessert.
my trousers aren't as tight DD> as they used to be. A visit to my
cardiologist told me that I've lost DD> 35# DD> in the past couple of
moths - according to their scale. If this keeps DD> up it could get
Good going! I need to up my exercise factor and try to shed a few
pounds.
expensive. There's a limit to how much pants can be DD> "taken in."
I know, I've both taken them in and let them out as a seamstress for
hire. (G)
DD> I gave my instant pot to my sister-in-law so I fake it using my Mom's
DD> old pressure cooker and the usual kitchn stuff.
RH> We have 2 non name brand instant pots, one for the camper, one for the
RH> house. The pulled pork looks like it would be a good thing to try,
RH> maybe make a batch to split between supper one night and freeze for
RH> taking camping. We've got a couple more trips planned this year, may
RH> try to do another one at some point.
DD> I recently received a triple crock pot as a birthday gift. I
DD> appreciated the thought. But it just doesn't fit my tiny kitchen, nor
DD> my non-existing dining room. I'm going to ask around to see if I can
DD> re-gift it to some feed the hungry program or soup kitchen.
RH> I saw those in the big box (Sam's and Costco) stores a few years ago,
RH> thought the idea was good for some applications but for my use, a full
RH> size crock pot was better. I've got (in addition to the "instant pots")
RH> a 6 quart crock pot, a 4 quart pot with a separate base (from my MIL)
RH> and a "baby" (1.5 quarts) crock pot. Smallest one gets the most use for
RH> just the 2 of us.
DD> I, too, have an assortment ... all with removable pots. 6 qt., 5 qt.,
DD> the casserole CrockPot, and the little guy (1 1/2 qt). The casserole
DD> pot and the small one get the most use.
I use the 6 quart one from time to time but it usually means a lot of
left overs (unless I'm doing chili for a cook off, then it usually comes
home empty or nearly so).
DD> Here's one that would work in the triple header. I'd leave off the
DD> okra and substitute file' powder as the thickener.
RH> I'd probably cut it into 1/2 or 1/3 recipe and use the baby crock pot.
RH> Not sure about the okra; I like it but Steve doesn't.
DD> Even though the African word for okra is "gumbo" which gave the dish
DD> its name - I still call m'em "snot pods". Even battered and deep fried
DD> they give me a slimy mouth feel..
I like it best deep fried, used to order it all the time if we went
somewhere and it was on the menu. Now it's maybe half the time. (G)
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Catch you later,
Ruth
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