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Skriven 2008-01-11 11:02:10 av hap newsom (1:124/311)
     Kommentar till en text av Ruth Haffly
Ärende: RE: Soupy weather
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Aloha Ruth!
-> 
-> ->  hn> I knew very little myself, but figured I'd have to
-> ->  hn> take care of myself since it became obvious
-> 
-> -> As long as you could make cookies to attract the girls...............is
-> -> that how Anne found you?
-> 
->  hn> By the time I met Anne, I had been on my own
->  hn> for almost 6 years...I could cook a whole meal!
->  hn> But yeah...one of the first things I did for her
->  hn> was make dinner (grin)!
-> 
-> And she said "if you keep it up............." (G)
-> 

And here we are, some 100 pounds later (grin)

-> ->  hn> Same here, although I have several Microwave
-> ->  hn> cookbooks, I don't really see it as a "cooking"
-> 
-> -> I've got a few too.  Steve says I need to really start thinking about
-> -> thinning out stuff this year so maybe those will find a new home.  He
-> -> let me get Paula Deen's first cookbook the other night tho.  Figure if I
-> -> thin out some of the microwave (and maybe a few other) cook 
books.....
-> -> I can put a list "for grabs" up here probably.
-> 
->  hn> I should do the same really there are a bunch of cookbooks I
->  hn> seldom even look in anymore!
-> 
-> I could probably clear a small (24") shelf of mine, then reload it with
-> others.
-> 

I still have fun looking through them, but I don't 
think I have ever really used any of those 
recipes.

 ->  hn> Well, that's the thing that makes it so workable for retiree's...your
 ->  hn> schedule is a lot more flexible when you don't have a job to report
 ->  hn> back to in 10 days!
-> 
-> -> But he will work for a number of years after retiring from the military.
-> 
->  hn> (grin) Have you told him this yet? (chuckle)
-> 
-> He knows--the military is just a detour on the road to an active
-> pastorate.  The retirement money will let a small church have a full
-> time pastor but only have to pay him what they would a part time.
-> 

Small churches are fun! Big huge 
churches are not as much fun!
My grandfather worked both in 
his career, and I always liked 
the smaller churches  best!

-> I'm sending what looks to be a duplicate recipe but there are subtle
-> varients from sister to brother. This is what we had (in a smaller
-> amount) the other night, served with multi color tortilla chips.
-> 
-> SHORE IS GOOD SEAFOOD DIP II
-> (Uncle Bubba's recipe)
-> 
-> 1 tbsp butter, plus extra for the baking dish
-> 1 medium green bell pepper, finely chopped
-> 1 medium yellow onion, finely chopped (I'm surprised neither he nor
-> Paula use Vidalia onions.)

Vidalia's are just yellow onions for the most part. 
they probably do use them but why put them 
in the cookbook if most people can't get "vidalias"?
Out here the big winner is the "Walla Walla Sweet"
which (depending on who you ask) is reportedly 
sweeter than the vidalia. 

-> 2 stalks celery, finely chopped
-> 1 10.75 oz can condensed cream of mushroom soup

Here's where they lose me. TOOO MUCH SALT!
I'd probably saute the mushrooms with teh 
celery and bell pepper and add a bit 
of heavy cream instead of the soup.

-> 1 cup mayonnaise
-> 2 8 oz packages cream cheese, softened
-> 2 cups grated Parmesan cheese
-> 8 oz crabmeat, picked clean of shells
-> 1/2 lb shrimp, boiled, peeled, deveined and tails removed, chopped
-> Salt and pepper
-> 1 1/2 cups shredded cheddar cheese (6 oz)
-> 
-> Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Grease well a 13x9 inch baking pan. Melt
-> the butter in a medium saute pan; saute the pepper, onion and celery
-> until vegetables are soft and onion is translucent. Set aside to cool.
-> 
-> While vegetables are cooling, in a large bowl combine the soup,
-> mayonnaise, cream cheese and Parmesan cheese.  Gently mix in the crab
-> and shrimp, season to taste with salt & pepper.  Mix in sauteed
-> vegetables.
-> 
-> Pour mixture into prepared pan, top with shredded cheese. Bake for 15-20
-> minutes, until cheese is melted and sides are bubbly.  Serve with
-> tortilla chips, bread rounds or celery. Serves 10-12 people.
-> 
-> Uncle Bubba's Savannah Seafood, Earl "Bubba" Hiers with Polly Powers
-> Stramm, c2007, Simon and Schuster. ISBN-13: 978-0-7432-9283-2,
-> ISBN-10:0-7432-9283-9
-> 
man thar recipe packs enough salt in it for 4 days I'll bet!
Looks good though (grin)!
chat with you soon
hap 
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