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Skriven 2009-03-14 22:53:48 av Janis Kracht (1:261/38)
  Kommentar till text 21915 av Carol Shenkenberger (28463.cooks)
Ärende: Dang, it aint italian!
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Hi Carol,

> Needed.  He likes to cook at 2pm them leave it in the fridge to be nuked
> later (horrors!).

Aha.. :)

> Email best (grin).  DNS servers aint the topic here by any stretch!

Definitely.

>> > I'll have to dig up his 'burtwich' a signature samwich we MM'ed on him aft
>> > he posted it.
>>
>> Mmm.. bet it's a monster sammich being it's from a NY'er :) :)

> That it is!  Looks like he emptied the fridge on the counter, sliced it up
> and stuck it between layers of bread and called it good ;-)  It actually does
> look pretty good but i'll have to export it later.

hehe.. sounds great :)

>> > 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.
>>
>> Understand.. Italian cheeses are varied.. some are really strong. Some like
>> parmesean are pretty darn mild.. I used to hate it (laugh)..

> I love stronger ones, but not always for cooking if you catch the difference
> there.

Yep, know what you mean..

>> > 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.
>>
>> Yep, I know it's nice there (smile).. Hey, it's gonna be 50F Saturday (or so
>> "they" say [vbg]) and 50F on Sunday as well.. Time to get ready to plant the
>> peas on March 17th hehe :) :) I'm hoping to do it then.. I'll just plunk the
>> seeds down in the bed right through whatever.. Not going to mess with the di
>> yet otherwise..the snow is gone now, but if we get any between now and then
>> (which I can't imagine) it won't matter at all :)

> We;ve had spates of low 70's already.  Thats why when we were talking a
> picnic here this year, we had to make it earlier in the year than most have
> been.  May is still temperate here.  June, to *us* is but it's pressing the
> limits of those from up north by then (cool days mixed with 90's).  Since

Yeah, I know :)  You're in a much warmer "zone".  If you stand out in the sun
here, it will feel like the 90's in June/July, but the temp will only be about
80's .. maybe it's the elevation.. it's something up here (g). Then by Aug. 1
it's starting to cool down already somewhat like when we had the picnic here
last summer.  When I work on my garden in the summer months I have to do it
early in the AM or late at night or forget it.. no mid-day or afternoon stuff..
haha.. I'd be "toast" so to speak :)

> mine has to be an outdoor sorta thing, mostly at least (covered screened
> porch).  Wont work too late in the year for any but southern folks used to
> heat and happy with just a fan at 100F ;-)

Yowch :) :) :)  Wouldn't work for the likes of me (grin)


> Yeah, but my Hari Kojima is a limited edition sort of thing.  Dunno he ever
> made more than 3,000 if that.  That one and one that translated the hawaiian
> fish names for me when new to Hawaii, are hard to find.  The rest?  Probably
> all but one of the japanese ones are replacable.

Yeah, I see that when I do a search for them.. very hard to find.. :)

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

> It's got a slight variation on trout hemingway written in from a magazine or
> a show of his in one of the notes pages.  Taped to another page is Don's
> Mom's Oyster Stew (dictated over the phone when we were about to get
> married).  No ISBN etc information at all but back says 1987.

That is so cool :) Makes you want to put it in shrinkwrap "just in case" to
protect it, or something...

>> > 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 othe
>> > things and good adaptions.
>>
>> That's neat.. my joy of cooking cookbook is like that.. ragged and thumb ear
>> (g)

> I just thought of another though it's still hiding from the move.  It's a
> 'pan-hellenic' meat cook book.  Tons of 4-7 ingredient ideas just for meats.

Sounds neat :) Greek? sounds really good :)  That Middle-Eastern cookbook I
mentioned to you, the real big one, has sections in it for Greece, Iraq, Iran,
etc.. it's very interesting reading _and_ cooking (grin).   Can't go get it
now, but tomorrow I'll get this pudding recipe from it, it was fantastic. This
one I do remember though:

==Rice and Vermicelli Spaghetti== eh... isn't this Rice-a-roni?? :)
1 1/2 cups uncooked long grain rice 1 cup uncooked, broken up vermicelli
spaghetti 3 1/2 cups chicken broth or chicken bouillion cubes dissolved 1/2 cup
Italian flat-leaf parsley, chopped 1 Tablespoon olive oil
1 teaspoon salt

Heat olive oil in a 10 inch skillet.  Add the vermicelli pieces and saute until
golden (about 5 minutes).  Add the rice and saute until glistening.

Stir in the broth, the parsley and the salt.  Cover tightly.  Simmer about 10
minutes or until all the liquid is absorbed.
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>> > 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 ca
>> > be all it takes and in a multi-cat house, that can be hard to tell.
>>
>> Yeah :(  poor little girl.. I made sure Alana kept Tazi upstairs as soon as
>> noticed Tina wasn't well though.  I told her I thought Tina was sick and was
>> sure what was going on so she should make sure Tazi stayed up there until we
>> got Tina to the Vet.. just in case it was something she could pass on to Taz
>> though they were both up on their shots, I still worried it could be some we
>> crap.. and the thing with Priscilla was totally freaking me out. Anyway, Taz
>> is fine and walking around like she owns the place.. ain't that just like a
>> (sigh).

> Well, sorry to hear it.  We lost our cat face tragically when she (being
> senile a bit) broke a glass off the counter then later ingested glass bits
> from her food bowl.  We got her to the vet before any worse than cut tounge
> and scrapes on the throat lining but it was too late to do more than put her
> to sleep to prevent a rather nasty death.  Happened in the middle of the
> night and we got up to see her just bleeding from the mouth going 'what
> happened?'.  Roscoe followed about 6 months later, not being able to get over
> his lifemate's loss.  They were both about 14.

That is so sad but he felt lonely no doubt.. Still haven't figured out what
happened but Tina must have eaten something outside.  Silly fuzzbucket.. I
can't believe someone did anything to her in the neighborhood so maybe she just
ate some plant or something.. we just can't figure it out. No idea. Someone
suggested maybe a heartattack.. could be, but it was over those 3 days.. just
didn't eat or drink. No interest in life at all. She had one day when we
thought she was getting over it..

>> Yeah .. I gotta get this dog to lose weight.. this problem with her larynx i
>> often seen in "overweight" dogs :(  Now she's been on 'diet' dog food for ag
>> and can't lose weight.. so now what? diet of bread and water? (g) Maybe the
>> will have some ideas, have an app't next week again. He wants to see Priscil
>> before he fills her antivert prescription again (anti-dizzy pill).
> You've stopp freefeeding totally right?  That seems like a 'gotta' in this
> case and Toby will adapt.  Put catfood up where they can reach it but she
> cant ;-)

Oh yeah, Matt is feeding Toby upstairs separately now, has been for a while.
That way I only feed Priscilla "one dish" (her dish) with her food that I'm
making for her.. she was never "free fed".  It was more like, they each got two
cups of dog food twice a day. Toby is no slouch.. he weighs about 98lbs even
though he looks so incredibly skinny :) :)  Priscilla only weighs 115.. not
that much more.. but enough more to make a difference obviously.  So now I'm
going to go over this mix I'm making for her with the vet to see if he thinks
it will help her lose weight or if he's got any better ideas :) :)

>> Sounds good :)  Got a recipe?  Lots of Onion and carrot I take it?

> No carrot normally but here's one of them:

> MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.05

> Title: Xxcarol's Japan Coleslaw
> Categories: Salads, Xxcarol, Japan
> Yield: 3 Servings

> 3 c  Nappa cabbage, shredded
> 1 c  Brussels sprouts

Wow.. ron will love this one :)  Thanks :)

> 1/2 c  Daikon radish; grated

.... and me too :)

> 1 lg Carrot; grated
> 1/2 c  Celery
> 1/4 c  Minced onion
> 3 tb Hot/Sweet Mustard or Mirin
> 5 tb Mayonnaise

> I love coleslaw and here is a slight variation based on what is
> available in Japan.  Note you can make it with hot-sweet mustard or
> Mirin.

> Mix it all together after chopping the ingredients finely or grating
> them. Let set for an hour so so to let it develop.

> From the Sasebo Kitchen of:  xxcarol

> MMMMM

> That one dates to around NOV2001 I think.  Others are basic and rather german
> looking (no sugar added, I hate sweet coleslaw) except i MM'ed one I use
> today and will post it later, that uses a bit of brown sugar or honey to
> offset tart apples added.
> xxcarol

Sounds fantastic, thanks :)  Now I can't wait for my garden to get going :)
Well, Wegmans should have some Nappa cabbage :)

Take care,
Janis

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