Subj : Sauces [1]
To : Dave Drum
From : Ruth Haffly
Date : Tue Feb 04 2025 14:32:53
Hi Dave,
RH> We don't have Onofrio's in our stores so I can't start with it. The
RH> Rao's was a "hmmmm, let's see if it lives up to its hype" purchase.
RH> We've tried different ones from time to time; up in Vermont, we tried
RH> the Hanniford's house brand and it was pretty decent. Not as good as
RH> the Rao's but worked well with the additon of more Itailan herbs and
RH> spices, plus some ground meat (didn't have time to do meat balls).
DD> If I'm just doing "non-special" spaghetti I generally am going to opt
DD> for a ground meat sauce ... mostly using Humphrey's Italian sausage
DD> and just a little grouynd beef. That lets me get away with a
DD> straight-from-the-
DD> jar Classico or Prego red sauce (whichever is on "special". Bv)=
If I do a fast and easy sauce, I'll use ground beef, tomato paste,
tomato sauce, water and herbs/spices. For really fast sauce, I'll omit
the tomato paste, use the sauce and a can of diced tomatoes. Don't do
that very often but it's a "5 o'clock and need something for supper and
have to be out the door by 6:30 or so" last resort.
DD> Most people around here automatically put catsup on their French
DD> fries. I might do soome malt vinegar. And if I'm at Long John Silver's
DD> I might dab on a bit of tartar sauce or catsup-based cocktail sauce.
RH> I'll do malt vinegar if it's available.
DD> Nosy parket that I am I'd ask what's "off-putting" about the sriracha.
RH> Probably the vinegar, now that I think about it.
DD> Life is too short to eat stuff you don't care for
RH> That's why I don't do peanut butter, coffee, coconut or cranberry
RH> sauce. (G)
DD> And you juist hit on three of my regular noshes.
So enjoy all you want of them, just don't offer them to me.
DD> I was planning this for supper. But Dennis came back from his son's
DD> with two shrimp tacos for me. There went that plan. Maybe for lunch
DD> tomorrow.
RH> I'd go for the shrimp tacos in a heart beat. (G) A new to us fast food
RH> place opened up in town this past week; we tried it for lunch today.
RH> Cook Out's main claim to fame is that they have 40 flavors of milk
RH> shakes but otherwise it's a poor excuse of a combination of Taco Bell,
RH> Chick-Fil-A and McDonald's. I had a grilled chicken breast sandwich
DD> You'll know better next time. If you have a Hardee's/Carl's Junior
DD> near you I can recommend their hand-breadedc chicken sandwich. Or, of
DD> course, the King of Chicken sandwiches - Popeyes.
Closest Hardee's is probably down in Raleigh now. Had one in town but it
closed without warning several years ago. Building has stood there,
still signage on it. Good location but so far, nobody has done anything
with it yet.
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Catch you later,
Ruth
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