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Skriven 2010-09-06 16:03:06 av Janis Kracht (1:261/38)
    Kommentar till text 607 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
Ärende: Herbs and such                                           [2]
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Hi Ruth,

>> > Sure seems that way. Never thought a can of tomato paste, a few
>> herbs & > water could make a good sauce but it's the base for most of
>> my sauces > now.

There are a few Italian sauces (tomato, I mean) that I make that don't use
tomato paste.. like Chicken Cacciatore.  One normally would not want that sauce
thick like normal tomato marinara or meat sauce.

>> I sometimes make Tomato soup that way.. we're real lovers of Tomato
>> soup.  This is a great one for a 'rush job' :)

>> ===Tomato Soup:===
>> 1 6-ounce can tomato paste
>> 1 can water
>> 2 TBS butter
>> 3-4 cans beef broth
>> 1 tsp sugar
>> 1/4 tsp salt
>> 1 onion, minced
>> 1 stalk celery, chopped
>> dash black pepper.
>> Oregano, basil


> Suppose you could add a can of stewed tomatoes too.

Sure.. it would be great.  You might just skip the tomato paste in that case..
stewed tomatoes cooked covered as above would make great tomato soup.  I'd
probably not put in the water above, and still use 2 cups beef broth and the
rest up the recipe above, though to get the flavor I wanted.

>> Yes, that's so true.. Have you heard any more regarding Stephen's Mom?
>> Hope she's doing ok.

> She's improving, in rehab now.  She might get discharged as early as the
> end of the week.

I've been slow getting to echomail the last week or so.. hope she's been
discharged and is continuing to do better.

> cathaterisation she needs whenever the neurosurgeon gives the OK.
> Somebody (possibly one of my BILs) would drive their car down & fly back
> to NY.

Sounds good.  It's a bit of a drive to Tampa.. when we were younger, we make
trips like that in a day.. ouch.. not these days (vbg).

>> yeah, especially if they want to keep costs down at chain restaurant
>> like OG.

[red snapper saltimbocca]
>> > When I get a chance to make it, I will.

>> Sounds good :)

> It may take some time; I'm going to use up a lot of the pre dones in the
> freezer.

We did that essentially recently.  Found some interesting things like that huge
bag of basil burried there :) Generally I don't 'precook' so much though..
rather, if I'm making a leg of lamb, I'll cut off half and freeze it, that sort
of thing.. or buy several fresh chickens, cut them up and freeze the parts
individually.

Oh speaking of 'premades'.. this was terrible (g).  I made about 90 raviolis
the other night, figuring we'd eat about 20-30 and have leftovers for lunch the
next day.. Figured I'd freeze the other 60.. just for those days I don't feel
like fussing etc.. After I finished making them I sat down in the other room
for few minutes before I made marina sauce and cooked the ones I wanted to have
for dinner...You won't believe what my idiot puppy (Indy, the bigger of the
two) did.. he jumped up on the cat tower, from there on to the top of my small
center island that I have against the wall with the macaroni machine, and
polished off 50 some raviolis, and squashed a pile more :(  I'd blocked the
island so 'no one' (cats or pups) would bother the ravioli, but obviously NOT
enough.. and both Ron and I forgot that the silly cat tower was just a little
ways away :(  You'd think the dog would have gotten incredible agita from that
raw dough and ricotta cheese/eggs, etc.. he didn't though, and just carried on
as usual afterwards.. signs of labrador retriever stomach :) :) Nothing bothers
their guts.


>> One of my uncles spent quite a long time in Japan and then Korea, it
>> was neat because he always brought us great gifts from both those
>> places.

> Always something special, I'm sure.

Yes, beautiful things.. I remember lots of silk :)

>I remember my mom getting a doll
> from Japan that sat on one of the dressers in the bedroom I shared with
> my sisters.  Why, how she got it, I've no idea.

Perhaps a memento from someone who served there.. :)

>> I've visited a good number of states.. that was definitely
>> interesting.  Maine, CT, Mass., PA.,  born in NJ (bg)..  At one point,
>> we did some work for a company in Passaic NJ, and the people in the
>> office I talked with thought it was cool that I was born in that city
>> (g).  I've never gotten as far west as CA though.. Ohio, Ill., KY.
>> though :)

> I've visited or gone thru quite a few states; lived (longer than a
> month) in NC, NY, CA, TX, GA, HI, & AZ.

I imagine HI would be so neat to visit.. I'd love to do that someday :)

Take care,
Janis

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