Text 21881, 137 rader
Skriven 2009-03-13 16:19:25 av Carol Shenkenberger (28427.cooks)
  Kommentar till text 21880 av Janis Kracht (1:261/38)
Ärende: Dang, it aint italian!
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 > >> > The problem is a natural what!  Grin, other than a few dishes (mostly
 > >> > southern) I dont cook anything 'authentic' to one quisine I think?
 > 
 > I can make southern fried chicken, but ONLY by Pierre Franey's directions LO
 > Does that count??  I really do try :) :) He's such an imaginative cook.. but
 > sometimes it's overkill, you know?

Most cooking is.  Don did dinner tonight.  (hush, he overcooks the pork loin
but I rescued 2 from the pan for me and Charlotte).

 > > I dont have any chinese or Thai ones.  In fact, my only asian ones happen 
 > > be Japanese. (I have 3 japan ones).
 > 
 > That's neat.. 3 is good :)  It's the same way I decided to learn how to prog
 > in C years and years ago.. I bought books from different authors because one

I need 2 for work.  2 Bind books.  The one with the raven and something else
like 'bind for dummies' (grin).

 > > Most of us!  Burt might be the exception there (hehehe).
 > 
 > Oh I don't know about that.. I think Ol' Burt hides his trials and experimen
 > haha :) :) but that's ok :)

I'll have to dig up his 'burtwich' a signature samwich we MM'ed on him after
he posted it.

 > >> > Looking (once Don wakes up from his nap, dont want to disturb him) to s
 > >> > what sort of chicken parts we have handy.  I will probably defrost some
 > >> > toss them in a cassarole dish then cover with this sauce and add a touc
 > 
 > > I skipped the hot sauce, used montery pepper jack cheese, and added more
 > > black pepper.  Baked it til tender.  Got more left if ya want some!
 > 
 > Oh that's not fair hahahaha.. I'm a total loser for chicken with tomato sauc
 > slobbered over it and this sound close enough :) :)  my favorite fast dinner
 > chicken parm..;)  I grab some sauce in the frige, and some parmeseasean (alw
 > have that!!) a bit of mozarella and more parmesean and voila (g)... Ok.. in
 > desperation, I've even used mexican meltin cheese but ok, it's not the same 
 > any means!

It was good!  I'm not as much in into the harder cheeses.  Not that I dont
like them, more like 'not familiar turf' sort of thing.

(rosemary bush)

 > > This one is about 3ft tall right now.I'm thinking if it's that happy here,
 > > use it for landscaping in a few more spots!
 > 
 > Aw, that's so neat.. I was really hoping mine would have made it..Lauren bou
 > it for me for a mother's day present.. would have been neat.. but I was born
 > feb. 1st, just too cold that year.. killed that guy.. ouch .. (g)

It's much warmer here some 500 miles south of you.  More temperate as well
due to being close to the ocean so we are warmer than inland VA of our
latitude.

 > > You mentioned there was another one, but I didnt see it so cant compare.  
 > > local one here has more fresh veggies than yours but tht may well be relat
 > > to climate and shipping.  I think they grow most of the produce locally in
 > > shop.  I know for a fact they grow some of it.
 > 
 > This other one is much like the one I took you to, but maybe more green
 > things.. didn't know that at the time though :)

Each then has it's special.  The one you took us too was high on china
products and seemed low on Thai and Philipennes.  The other one probably goes
the other way.  Filipeno products seem to me to be less apt to contain
anything 'unlisted' and be lower sodium.  They may not be rich people there,
but they tend to a higher quality overseas sales product from my take on it. 
Then again, I've been indoctrinated by many a filipa on this ;-)

 > >> Hehe.. you should have spoken up.. I gave Ruth one :)  I don't mind givin
 > >> books away.. I can always get more.
 > 
 > > Ohhh!  But some cookbooks just can not be replaced.  My Hari Kojima one fo
 > 
 > Sure, know what you mean.. but there are some you know you don't mind sharin
 > and giving away.. most of mine are like that because I don't get 'away' like
 > you do :)

Come to think of it, I have a few taking up space in my shelves that would be
happy in a new home.  Some baking ones for sweets mostly that Don got me.  I
guess he was hinting but i aint taking the hint!  A Paula Deen one (she's not
bad but there was nothing in there I cant make without a recipe and before it
wanders, need to edit the margins with how to make her stuff better).

 > > example on simple Hawaiian cookery (real stuff, I dont think a single one
 > > uses pinapple though several use spam).  Lots of notes in the margins now
 > > after so many years.
 > 
 > Yeah like that :)

That book is not replacable.  It's thumb eared and even if many things in
there I have never made, it doesnt matter.  It get's me a'thinkin' of other
things and good adaptions.


 > >> Kinda.. long story short, she has this serious thing labs get where they 
 > >> breathe because their larynx is paralyzed off and on.  She panics when it
 > >> hits.. (who wouldn't).. then she got hit with vertigo the same week which
 > >> vet thinks could be a middle ear infection or a growth in her ear.  waiti
 > >> end the antibiotics to see... Poor baby. The vertigo is better though so 
 > >> is good. rough week for everybody..
 > 
 > > Sounds like it.  I wonder what she and Toby would make of Cash if they met
 > > him? He's like short legged but not too far off body sized version with
 > > floppy ears.
 > 
 > Yeah.. and tina died the same week.. absolutely crap week.. we don't even kn
 > why she died.. she must have eaten something outside is all we can figure.. 
 > days and she was gone.. we noticed she was sick and should get to the vet wh
 > priscilla was panicing etc.. figured we'd have to get her to the vet Monday.
 > but she was gone by then.. I was destroyed.. we both were.. we all were.

Oh no!  Tina the Cat?  Happy fuzzy thing?  So sorry to hear that. Cats are
odd in that they can go really fast with no warning.  2 days not eating can
be all it takes and in a multi-cat house, that can be hard to tell.

 > > Hard to do.  We had at last to trim back Cash's food a bit.  Nothing radic
 > > he still gets 1/2 can wet at night, lots of treats.  He just gets 1 scoup 
 > > in morning and night vice 2.
 > 
 > I know.. I think she's GAININING.. ouch..

uhoh...

 > > Tagged and Bagged I am!
 > 
 > Lol :)  well that's good Mom :)

In a bit, I'll make coleslaw.  Southern style but not the sugar type.  Oniony
type is what we like here.
             xxcarol
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