Subj : Re: Shrimp was: Chilies
To   : Ruth Haffly
From : Dave Drum
Date : Tue Dec 24 2024 05:20:00

-=> Ruth Haffly wrote to Dave Drum <=-

space is so scant that the tops of both the fridge and the
DD> freezer hold much stuff.

RH> Same here, we also have stuff on the tops of cabinets. (G)

DD> I can't do that. My cabinets are hung from the ceiling.

RH> I've had that in various places, was glad to see the open tops in this
RH> house when we were house hunting.

Even so, if the topds were "open" they'd have to be for "dead" storage
because I'd have to climb a ladder (or chair) tp reach anything up that
high.

DD>   Source: Pennsylvania Dutch Cook Book - Fine Old Recipes;
DD>   :       Culinary Arts Press, 1936.

RH> I've got a copy of that floating around somewhere in my cook book
RH> collection.

DD> The only 2 cookbooks I still own are the early 1960's New York Times
DD> Cookbook and the BH&G cookbook I bought in the early '70s. All the
DD> rest have found new homes and their contents are in my Meal Master.
DD> The last cookbook I bought - "Two Fat Ladies - Obsessions" is wrapped
DD> and will be gifted to my S-I-L as a holiday gift.

RH> I like picking them up, reading them and trying something new now and
RH> again. The shrimp recipe was from a cook book I picked up at the campus
RH> Sharing Shop--free thrift shop--I'll probably sort thru my books and
RH> make a donation at some point.

DD> Here's one of my favourite dishes that I discovered whilst browsing
DD> the NYT cookbook my Mom gave me: (both versions - original and my
DD> take)

DD>       Title: Baked Fish Parmigiana
DD>  Categories: Five, Seafood, Cheese, Sauces
DD>       Yield: 4 Servings

DD>       4    Fish filets or steaks
DD>       1 c  Tomato sauce
DD>            Salt & fresh black pepper
DD>     1/2 c  Grated Parmesan cheese
DD>       2 tb Butter; melted

RH> I think they're both in my saved recipe file on Steve's set up.

Loo and Weller both jumped on my case about fish w/tomato sauce. I did
serve it to Michael on one of his visits and he (grudgingly) admitted
that it was "the exception that proved the rule".  Bv)=

Here's a fishy tomato recipe that I made before I'd ever met a Wegman's
stupormarkup. It's right tasty.

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06

     Title: Wegman's Fish w/Tomatoes, Olives & Capers
Categories: Seafood, Vegetables
     Yield: 6 Servings

     6    Filets-Roughy, Trout, Sole
   1/2 c  Flour
   1/4 c  Extra Virgin Olive Oil

MMMMM---------------------------SAUCE--------------------------------
     1 ts Capers, drained
    12    Pitted kalamata olives;
          - halved
    12    Sun-dried tomatoes; drained,
          - cut up (olive oil packed)
    28 oz Can cut tomatoes w/basil
   1/3 c  Chopped parsley
          Salt & pepper

 Sprinkle fish lightly with salt and pepper and coat with
 flour.

 Preheat oil in large pan over medium heat. Add fish and
 cook for 1 1/2 minutes on each side. (A little longer [2 -
 2 1/2 minutes] for the Orange Roughy which is thicker and
 denser than the others, according to the demo man.)
 Transfer to paper towels to drain while preparing the
 sauce.

 Add capers, olives, sun-dried tomatoes and canned tomatoes
 to the frying pan. Simmer until heated through, about 2-3
 minutes.

 Add fish back into pan with sauce; simmer two minutes.
 Transfer to platter and garnish with parsley.

 Shirley and I had full servings of this at a demo at a
 local Wegman's Supermarket. It was superb. The demo guy
 agreed with Kathy Pitt's caution to be <very> careful
 about overcooking fish. Kathy, Chief Cook at Texas Red
 Lobster, wrote me once here about the best way to order
 fish: ask the waiter to slowly walk the raw fish on a
 platter through the hot kitchen and serve it.

 Typed and U/L to NCE by Burt Ford 3/97

 From: Burton Ford  -  Date: 15 Mar 97

 Uncle Dirty Dave's Kitchen

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