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Skriven 2008-03-11 21:33:00 av JOAN MACDIARMID (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av CAROL SHENKENBERGER
Ärende: Cooking smells
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 Hi, Carol,

 >  I don't have much
 >  problem with cabbage cooking...I like it most ways
 >  I have prepared it except some red cabbage/apple dish
 >  with a sweet-sour sauce. I know that's a sort of
 >  classic, but just doesn't do it for me. But I am

 CS> Naw, I can do without the red cabbage and apple stuff.  Too sweet for
 CS> me even with no sugar added, to match.

 I don't remember what I objected to, but there was
 some flavor note that just didn't work for me. Maybe
 just the recommended spicing, as that was when I
 was very dependent on recipes, still learning to
 cook, really. I think it is one of the few dishes
 I didn't finish, on the "Eat it anyway" principle
 (I was a poverty-stricken graduate student!) I
 have no problem with sweets, except for guilt, as
 I am on the heavy side, and "hear" the criticizers
 thinking "SHE shouldn't be eating that cookie (or
 cake, or ice cream, etc.) in my mind, even when
 there are no witnesses! I have a few other sweet-sour
 recipes I like fine.

 >  I could have
 >  gotten a really good buy yesterday on corned beef,
 >  as well as some other meats and fruits, at a local
 >  market I frequent on Saturdays, but found myself
 >  snowed in by a late winter storm! I don't know the
 >  official total, but I think we got over a foot of
 >  snow, and it was still snowing Saturday. I cleared
 >  the car off, and had second thoughts about driving
 >  while doing so, and decided I had enough food to
 >  last, even though I would miss my "bargains".

 CS> Yuck! I'd have stayed home too. Not worth the bother!

 I think that was the most snow we'd gotten in one
 blow this winter! Probably a good thing it started on
 Friday and ended on Sunday, even if it messed up my
 shopping. At least hordes of M-F workers didn't have
 to risk themselves on the iced roads. And once our
 road crews can catch up with an ongoing storm, they
 can plow and salt main roads very efficiently.

 CS> Oh I make some serious 'mixed soups' but I seldom post them as they
 CS> seem too complex but really are:  grab everything from the fridge about
 CS> to go bad and put it on one side, then every leftover on the other
 CS> side.  Use the about to go bad then as much of the other as seems to
 CS> match.  Turn crockpot on with some broth (might be anything here as you
 CS> know).  Let cook for 2 hours then sniff and spice it.

 Right! I have a recipe somewhere for "Clean Out the
 Refrigerator Soup", though I don't think I MMed it.
 That might have been one of the main reasons for humans
 inventing soups, as well as the desire to stretch the
 makings to feed lots of people as cheaply as possible.

 >  CS> stocks but I do add things to them and have fun making them.  I'm
 >  CS> looking forward to duck stock from the duck carcass.

 CS> Yeah, it's just right for a pot. It will also hold another 3-4 days
 CS> if i dont want to start now.

 Well, may you be blessed with some fabulous cooking
 odors both during the stock-making and in the soups
 coming from it. Do you think if Americans ate duck
 more often, the price would come down a little? Or
 conversely, if the price came down, would Americans
 eat more duck? Or if we ventured down that lane,
 would cheap ducks become as tasteless as 3-pound
 mass-farmed broiler chickens?

 Joan

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