Text 12261, 83 rader
Skriven 2008-08-18 20:47:14 av Carol Shenkenberger (18588.cooks)
  Kommentar till text 12247 av Janis Kracht (1:261/38)
Ärende: cooking echo Picnic Fri. night Dinner out on the town?
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 > > Never noticed it!
 > 
 > Understand.. there was a lot going on in both kitchens :) :)

I just perused the pics. I had no idea some of those were taken!

(on squid cleaning andf making)

 > Yup, I've never felt like it was a bother at all.. even when my daughter beg
 > me to make stuffed squid 'on the fly', it's no big deal :)    Alex, my grand
 > is a trip.. you know he watches most of the cooking shows and loves to cook
 > already.. he's the one that told me about Alton-what's-his-name (g) idea tha
 > instead of using toothpicks to close stuffed squid, if you turn them inside 
 > and stuff them, the squid close all by themselves.. and it really does work
 > great for stuffed squid :)

I had not tried that!  All our versions are made with whole ones, preferred
12 inch body cavity (hard to find stateside but our local place has them) and
a 'Don Special'.

 > >> > (Cash=pup in the meantime has laid claim to the sofa in the sunroom. Cu
 > >> > up and snoozing, Daisy is on a pillow above him surveying the new room 
 > > changes).
 > >>
 > >> Quite the picture  :)   Over here, we've noticed poor Priscilla is gettin
 > >> additional lumps around the chest area.. not good.  I'll get her to the v
 > >> this week and see what's up with them... but it makes me nervous about th
 > >> just in how quickly they showed up.
 > 
 > > Oh I hope all is well!
 > 
 > Well, I decided to delay taking her.  The lumps are  not around her mouth ar
 > where she did have cancer once.  The Vet told me that if she should get
 > anything near the mouth area, most likely that would be cancer again and I
 > should bring her in right away - the other lump she has in her chest area wa
 > not cancerous when he checked it last year.  If these new ones are cancer, I
 > guess I don't want to hear him say, 'well, she's so old, any treatments woul
 >  cost a fortune, do you really want to do that?'. And these new lumps will
 > not be inexpensive to remove ... poor dog..  argh.. I'll probably take her s
 > though, just so I know what's going on. At least get her tested.

Yes, hope all is well.

(On shimenji)
 > >> > A funky looking mushroom, a bit like a cauliflour in shape but about 1/
 > >> > size.  A deep shroomy-earthy taste.
 > >>
 > >> Ok, at least I'll know what to look for :)
 > 
 > > Distinctly Japanese I think, so might not be around your area.
 > 
 > That's true.. but you get suprised around here now and then..

Found it here at last, might be a seasonal import? Was smaller but might be
just fine stuff.

 > 
 > Here's the recipe for the eggplant I made - I don't think I posted it yet
 > - been running around a lot again (g):


;-)

 > ===Chinese Shrimp stuffed eggplant===

Looks quite fancy!  I just do a basic brish with olive old and some sprinkled
seasoning.

 > > Yes, much better than the bigger ones.  Those are easy to grow too if you
 > > want to try next year?
 > 
 > Heh.. how did you know.. geez, I'm laughing because I've tried a few differe
 > years to get eggplant going in my garden beds without succss.. If I can find
 > the seeds I sure will give it a try.. the flavor is incredible compared to
 > regular eggplant.. I was honestly surprised.  :)  Thanks again for bringing 
 > :) :)

Were any of the small bell peppers left?  I didnt get to taste one so do not
know if same as the smaller japanese more intense ones.
             xxcarol
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