Subj : Re: Tex-Mex [1]
To : Ruth Haffly
From : Dave Drum
Date : Mon Jul 01 2024 06:45:52
-=> Ruth Haffly wrote to Dave Drum <=-
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 most of the time I could not finish my dinmer serving at
DD> Tai Pan> or Golden Dragon. So I soon learned to just go during lunch
DD> hours.
RH> This place has one menu jacket for both lunch and supper; next time we
RH> go, I'll check and see if the smaller size portions are available for
RH> supper or just lunch hours. We've been going there off and on, on
RH> Sundays after church with friends. They went on Mother's Day/Cinco de
RH> Mayo this year; we got there and saw how crowded it was, took off for
RH> another place where we got seated right away.
Most of the venues around this area have the lunch menu available until
15:00. Which is good for me as I sometimes take a late lunch.
DD> And now my appetite seems diminished. No more 3 meals a day. I have
DD> a decent breakfast - usually eggs, meat, taters and toast/biscuit/
DD> pancake. I'm not hungry again until mid-afternoon or early evening.
DD> And a light meal usually suffices. I've noticed that
RH> I usually have a light breakfast (small bagel or half a regular sized
RH> one), cup of yogurt, small piece of cheese and cup of tea. Lunch is
RH> usually a light sandwich or bowl of soup; supper will vary from a slice
RH> of pizza to small piece of meat with one or 2 vegetables and light
RH> dessert.
DD> my trousers aren't as tight as they used to be. A visit to my
DD> cardiologist told me that I've lost 35# in the past couple of
DD> moths - according to their scale. If this keeps up it could get
RH> Good going! I need to up my exercise factor and try to shed a few
RH> pounds.
DD> expensive. There's a limit to how much pants can be "taken in."
RH> I know, I've both taken them in and let them out as a seamstress
RH> for hire. (G)
I am not sempster (sempster (ess) found in: Thesaurus, Wikipedia.
sempster (ess) also "sɛmpstrɪs" noun
1. (Knitting & Sewing) a rare word for seamstress
2. (Professions) a rare word for seamstress
https://www.thefreedictionary.com/
Picked that word up from a Robert Heinlein Sci-Fi novel.
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RH> I use the 6 quart one from time to time but it usually means a lot of
RH> left overs (unless I'm doing chili for a cook off, then it usually
RH> comes home empty or nearly so).
Does your big crockpot have a locking lid? Mine doesn't and while I've
used it to transport chilli (to work, to a gathering, etc.) I have to
drive verrry carefully and not make any sudden moves lest I get chilli
all over the floor/carpet in the Beemer.
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.
DD> Title: Sausage & Chicken Gumbo
DD> Categories: Pork, Poultry, Vegetables, Herbs, Chilies
DD> Yield: 6 Servings
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..
RH> I like it best deep fried, used to order it all the time if we went
RH> somewhere and it was on the menu. Now it's maybe half the time. (G)
I hereby bequeath you my lifetime share of snot pods - in perpetuity.
Bv)=
Here it is - paired with another of my least favourite foods - grits,
aka wallboard spackle. You probably couldn't serve this to Steve since
grits is, at root, corn that has has unconscionable things done to it.
MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06
Title: Okra-Grits Recipe
Categories: Vegan, Vegetables, Herbs, Chilies
Yield: 999 Servings
1 1/2 lb Fresh or frozen okra
28 oz Can tomatoes; or more (more
- tomatoes = more tomatoey)
10 cl Fine chopped garlic
1 lg Vidalia-type onion; chopped
3 Turkish bay leaves
1/2 ts Cayenne pepper
1/8 ts Dry thyme
1 ts Dry oregano
1 ts Vegetarian Worcestershire
- sauce (opt)
Salt & pepper
Tabasco
Grits to serve it over
Saute the okra, onions and garlic in a little water, stock
or court-bouillonr until the okra begins to lose its
stickiness and the onions are nice and translucent.
Add the canned tomatoes (juice and all) squashing the
tomatoes themselves with your hands or other device.
Add all remaining spices and let simmer 1/2 hour (or a
little more if you want it more done).
Serve over the grits or what-have-you and you're all set
... goes well with cornbread!
I am originally from the south... and I have always missed
the hearty (and usually fat filled) fare. But this tasty
dish is quick, easy, fat free and delicious. (sic)
FROM: Franklin Fuller
From:
http://www.fatfree.com
Uncle Dirty Dave's Archives
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... A piano stool? I thought pianos were housebroken!
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