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Skriven 2009-01-11 09:59:00 av MICHAEL LOO (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av RUTH HAFFLY
Ärende: soup 70
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 RH> Sigh! Better not to settle with Ms Not Quite Right tho.

Thank you. I think that's right, despite what some people here
on the echo have said to me.

 ML> obeyed willingly: but I hate having to ask.
 RH> If I need help, I'm not ashamed to ask.

Help is gratefully accepted if offered, which some of my
friends do; otherwise I won't ask unless I'm in extremis.

 Steve claims that Deborah
 RH> got her "I do it!" mind set from me. ("I do it!" was her first
 RH> sentence when she was 18 months old.)

Good for her, and for you.

  Some things I'd rather do myself
 RH> but have gotten to the point where help is appreciated with most--as
 RH> your help at the picnic with the meat balls and bracciole.  My wrists
 RH> would have been hurting big time if I'd not had the help & I wouldn't
 RH> have enjoyed the gathering as much.

I like to socialize while doing stuff - for me it beats
sitting around (others prefer the overt conviviality of
talking at the table), and in fact my brain probably works
better when I'm actually doing something.

 -=> Ruth Haffly said to Jim Weller <=-

 JW>       Title: Kasha Varnishkes (Rose Levy Beranbaum)
 JW>     1/4 c  Plus 1 tb goose fat
 RH> a bit surprised that goose, not chicken fat is specified

One can substitute one rendered poultry fat for another.
Harder to substitute poultry fat for nonpoultry fat.

I'm guessing that Rose Beranbaum is writing for the well-heeled,
for whom goose fat is a more standard item then it is for us.

 RH> Some of the spicings in here are not what I would have expected.
 JW>       1 tb Dried oregano

Betting this is what you're talking about. Looks a little
out of place or at least out of the ordinary.

Here's an out-of-the-ordinary use for soup:

Oriental Chicken Noodle Salad
Cat: noodles, chicken, salad, main
Serves: 8

3 oz pk Ramen noodle soup mix
2 Tb butter
1/2 c sunflower seeds
1/2 c pinon (pine) nuts
3 c shredded bok choy or leaf lettuce
5 green onions, thinly sliced
1 c cooked breast of chicken, cubed
3 oz canned water chestnuts
12 snow peas
h - Soy-Vinegar Dressing
1/2 c lite oil
1/4 c rice vinegar
1 Tb lite soy sauce
1/4 c sugar
1/2 lemon - juice of

Combine all dressing ingredients and shake well in
covered jar. Set aside for use later.

Crumble noodles fine (discard flavoring packet if
included in package). Put butter in cake pan in
350-degree oven until melted. Remove pan, add noodles,
nuts, and seeds; salt and pepper to taste and toss to
coat in butter. Oven bake until noodles are light brown,
approximately 7 minutes. Cool.

In a large salad bowl combine balance of ingredients.
Toss with prepared soy-vinegar dressing. Add the baked
noodle mix and combine together.

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