Subj : Re: Red Gravy
To : Ruth Haffly
From : Dave Drum
Date : Fri Aug 22 2025 07:41 am
-=> Ruth Haffly wrote to Dave Drum <=-
DD> That would work except that's where he puts the potzen pans that
DD> usually arestored on the stove for lack of vupboard space.
RH> Can't win! Do you have a grill with a side burner? We've cooked strong
RH> smelling stuff (collards) or long cooking (canning, especially in the
RH> summer) things on that.
I've never had collard greens in my house. And, having tried them down
Aunt Lou's Soul Food - I'm not likely to. I did learn that "Soul food"
is just po' folks country cooking. Not a black/white thing.
DD> Classico and Bertolli's are both superior (IMO) to Prego.
RH> Sauce was one thing my mom never bought, even tho hers was more like a
RH> sort of chili, with Italian seasoning and no beans. Told Steve when we
RH> first got married, I'd make his mom's sauce, then my mom's and we'd
RH> decide which to go with. My mom's version is what we use for a
RH> beef-a-roni type meal. (G)
DD> My mother learned her sauce from ladies in the neighbourhood who
DD> either recent immigrants or second generation. We had a lot of various
DD> ethnic cuisines represented in the families of coal miners.
RH> We're going to do tortillini tonight with a sage/butter sauce. One of
RH> the farmers at the market gave us the basic recipe some years
RH> ago...melt some butter in a fry pan, add several sage leaves and let
RH> them brown. Remove leaves and pour butter over cooked tortillini.
RH> Optional--add fresh grated parmesan cheese to taste. Easy to do as I'm
RH> fighting bronchitis again.
I'll have to try that sauce sometime. I do a garlic-butter sauce to drizzle
over diced hash browns.
See below for my favourite tortellini recipe.
DD> If you enjoy cops 'n' robbers books that are well written or just well
DD> written/plotted/presented stories I do recommend James Lee Burke
RH> My favorite genre is historic fiction, 3 of the 4 above named authors
RH> are (were) major writers of that, Wier and Gregory writing a lot about
RH> Henry VIII and relatives.
DD> Heinlein wrote "science fiction" and it's amazing how much ofthe stuff
DD> he "blue skyed" in his work had come to pass. Asimov wrote both
DD> science fiction and mysteries and won the top award in both
DD> categories. The top award for mysteries/detective stories (the EDGAR)
DD> in novel, serialized
DD> novel and short story categories. Louis Lamour won multiple SPUR
DD> awards as well as Oscars for his writings. And James Lee Burke has
DD> more than one EDGAR for his output.
RH> Not my cuppa tea, tried sci-fi around junior high school but never
RH> developed an interest in it. Might try Louis Lamour one of these days.
DD> Another good Westerns/Frontier author is Elmer Kelton - also a
DD> multiple "Spur award" winner from the Western Writers of America.
RH> I met him when we were stationed in San Angelo in spring of 1984.
RH> Bought one of his books and got it autographed right away.
Lucky you. Elmer was a working newspaperman for his 9 to 5 job. He
wrote a good stick.
8<-----SNIP ----->8
DD> TV for me is just a "babble box". It does keep Dennis entertained
DD> though. He seems to have one or the other of the "Talking Head"
DD> channels pouring out their soporific drivel droning away formuch of
DD> the day. Or re-runs of "F Troop".
RH> By not having cable and other Sunday committments, we avoid most of the
RH> talking head shows and channels. We can get MeTV that shows a lot of
RH> the oldies but we choose just to keep the tv off for the most part.
RH> Last night was the first live performance night on AGT so tonight we'll
RH> see who was voted off, who continues. One contestant is an
RH> undertaker/comedian;--good, clean, funny!!!
The boob tube in the front room gets more use as a 32" monitor for Dennis'
confuser than as a telly.
19 oz Bag cheese-filled
- tortellini
10 oz Box broccoli florets; thawed
26 oz Jar Onofrio's Basilico Sauce
32 oz Italian sausage; sweet or
- hot
1 ts Garlic granules
1/4 ts Black pepper
Grated/shredded Parmesan
In a skillet over high heat cook and stir the sausage,
breaking up any lumps. When no pink remains in the
meat add the tortellini andreduce heat to medium.
Put sausage and tortellini into a 4 - 5 quart crockpot
set to low. Pour in the basilico sauce.
Add broccoli, garlic and pepper to sauce and stir
gently; let it heat/cook until warmed through.
Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese just before serving.
Serve with a nice side salad and garlic bread.
Uncle Dirty Dave's Kitchen
MMMMM
... Invention of broth: This water is vegan? Bring me some meat water!
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