Subj : Bits & Bobs was:5 Ingredi
To : Ruth Haffly
From : Dave Drum
Date : Sat Jan 04 2025 10:13:00
-=> Ruth Haffly wrote to Dave Drum <=-
RH> I usually have plans for just about every bit of meat, again, thanks to
RH> my up bringing. I did make the stock yesterday, both chicken and ham
RH> for both soup (ham for lentil soup) and other uses. When I do a bit of
RH> top of the stove dressing to go with chicken or cook kasha/rice to
RH> otherwise stretch out a meal, I'll generally grab a jar of stock
RH> instead of just water for more flavor.
DD> I don't have plans for all that I "save". But, I do try to keep a
DD> tally in my head of the possibles stashed in the reefer. Still, every
RH> I have plans, but they're always subject to change. Thought we were
RH> going to do lentil soup initially with the ham bone, ended up doing pea
RH> soup. Then we realised there was more meat on the bone than we'd
RH> thought, so ended up doing the lentil soup also. Did it yesterday, had
RH> it for supper and put two boxes in the freezer, plus some in the
RH> fridge.
Space is tight enough in both the reefer and the freezer I have to take
something out to make a dish so I'll have room to put something in. Bones
not destined for the soup/stock pot become doggie treats - and watch out
if you're wearing soft-soled slippers or bare/stocking feet.
DD> once in a while I hold a "clean-out" session and get rid of the
DD> science projects, especially those that have grown blue fur or ar
DD> otherwise unrecognisable
RH> I try to keep track of that as I pull other things out of the fridge.
Oh, I do to. Sometimes it grates me when I pull out stuff destined for
the bin and set it on the stove and I get distracted before taking it to
the wheelie bin ... then come back to find that Dennis has put it all
back in the fridge. Not that he has a "system" and it's all easi to ge
at right up front. It just fries me a little.
Or I'll pull something out to toss and he'll say "I was saving that".
First I'll ask "What for?" Then I'll say "OK, use it up. But take it out
of doors before you open it. Don't be stinking up my kitchen."
DD> Yesterday was my "end of year clearance". In the pockets on the door
DD> I found a shrink-wrapped package of sausage. The sticker from the
DD> store
DD> was faded - but I finally determined that it was Italian sausage from
DD> last June. Since I knew I had not bought it I asked Dennis if he knew
DD> anything about it. He said "Bought that by mistake. Thought it was
DD> for breakfast." The dogs enjoyed the treat. Bv)=
RH> Pups ended up with a treat!
It may have still been edible for humans - but I didn't want to take a
chance. And the mutts eat well. I call Jasper "super-mooch". If I'm at
my desk when I have my meal I'll put the plate/bowl on the floor when I'm
finished and Jasper or Isobel will pre-wash it for me. Bv)= Unless it's
General Tso's Chicken. Something in the sauce that neither of them like.
DD> I don't do stuffing/dressing unless it's part of the "traditional"
DD> meal or entree. More likely to make soup. And besides the home-done
DD> stock or broth I've been adding miso paste for a nice flavour kick.
RH> We like it as an easy side, don't do a lot of potatoes. Other
RH> alternatives are couscous or kasha. Dad was a meat and potatoes for
RH> supper man; most often the potatoes were mashed, sometimes with gravy,
RH> other times plain. He didn't really like rice but ate it the few times
RH> Mom made chop suey, ate it more often when a Chinese restaurant opened
RH> up in town (after I left). He and my mom did take out from there
RH> probably every other month.
DD> I've got a rice cooker/steamer that gets a fair amount of use. Bv)=
RH> I don't use my rice cooker as much as I did a few years ago. Sometimes
RH> I'll pull out the multi cooker pot instead, just depends on what else
RH> I'm doing to go with the rice.
I already had the rice cooker, crock pots, pressure cooker, etc. when the
"Instant Pot"/multicooker craze took off - so I bought one and used it a
few times before deciding that the things it was supposed to "replace' do
a better job at their intended purpose than the lowest common denominator
Instant Pot. So, my sister-in-law took it off my hands.
DD> Except when my brother is coming over. He's not done rice since he got
DD> out of the Army. He says he was to close to everything rice when he
DD> was in the Army in Vietnam.
RH> I think my dad's dislike of it came from being in the Pacific theater
RH> of WWII. At one point our son in law bought a Mitsubishi Eclipse; my
RH> dad saw it and was not happy with D's choice. Yet he owned a series of
RH> Volkswagens.
Mitsubishi built the Zero - one of the best fighter plances of WWII. And
they make a decent car. VW didn't come to this country until well after the
war. But the consortium which contributed to its founding included BMW - who
built tanks for the Panzer Corps, Porsche who buily staff cars and trucks
for the Wermacht, as well as Heinkel and Messerschmight (and others).
DD> Good thing he wasn'y coming for dinner last night. This was supper:
This is a sauce we made by experiment to spice up the
Riderwood's Fireside Restaurant's General Tso. It could
be used on other Chinese dishes as well.
It is sweet and hot spicy.
Recipe by Dale Shipp
Uncle Dirty Dave's Kitchen
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