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Skriven 2012-08-02 15:41:00 av NANCY BACKUS (1:261/1381)
     Kommentar till en text av RUTH HAFFLY
Ärende: Re: nibbling  was: potpie
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-=> Quoting Ruth Haffly to Nancy Backus on 07-28-12  22:34 <=-

 NB>> If I'm making it up as I go along, and/or I'm not quite sure what
 NB>> I want it to end up as, I for sure will be tasting as I go.  The
 NB>> nibbling is usually on the tedious jobs, where a bit of whatever
 NB>> just finds its way to the mouth... or where there is some sort of
 NB>> question that nibbling would answer... (G)

 RH> Sounds logical; I was not brought up to taste as I go (nor cook
 RH> creatively) so I guess that's why I never started.

Dunno... I don't remember being taught to taste as I go... and I think
I might have been the most creative cook in the house, at least for a
while...  I was given some cookbooks when I was 11 or younger (don't
remember now from whom, but probably at least one was from my parents,
and at least one from grandparents...), which I was allowed to make some
recipes from.  For my twelfth birthday, I got to plan the menus for all
three meals, and cook them all... Daddy took me to the store to get the
ingredients I needed that we didn't have in the kitchen.  It was fun,
exhilerating, and totally exhausting... I didn't repeat quite that
effort for many years (like when I was grown and on my own, and had
to... [g])  As for tasting... that was how I discovered that my parents
way of fixing liver simply went too far...  We seared the liver, and
then put it in a pressure cooker with flour and onions to make its own
gravy... always rather dry and overcooked...  But I discovered, by
tasting right after searing the liver, that liver could be very nice
tasting, at that stage of things...  :)  When I got out on my own, I'd
cook the onions first, and then sear the liver...  Much Better...  :)

 RH> I do a basic sauce and varients on it quite often. After supper, I put
 RH> the sauce into a couple of quart containers & into the fridge. The
 RH> next day in Kingston I picked up some smaller containers, intending to
 RH> transfer the sauce to them for meal size portions. Got home and found
 RH> my mom had just put the bigger ones into the freezer. Hopefully when
 RH> she thaws it, the left overs won't sit in the fridge and go bad.

At least a quart of sauce might only need to go for two meals or so...
that could be used before things go bad...  Or maybe they could invite
your brother over to help eat...?  :)

 RH> We had a good Italian/fish fry meal Friday night (July 20) with
 RH> Steve's sister and brother in law. They reccommended a place called
 RH> Alfano's (at Lee and Ridgeway). It's a small place, half is a (noisy,
 RH> busy) bar but there's a restaurant also. We started with a full plate

Never been there... and never really noticed it, either.... I'll have to
look for it next time I'm at that corner...

 RH> of gnocci, split 4 ways--the tenderest I've ever eaten and a good
 RH> marinara sauce. Then we all got the fish. It was all big pieces, well
 RH> cooked, not dry, some sort of tender white fish. Steve got his broiled,
 RH> Patty's was fried (a very light crumb coat) and Mike & I got ours
 RH> French style. The latter was baked (?) with a light egg wash & parm
 RH> cheese and a white wine, lemon, garlic & I don't know what else sauce.
 RH> If you've never gone there, go! The original owner (grandma) was on
 RH> vacation in Italy but her family cooks as well as she does. Steve's
 RH> sister & her family have been there before and never disappointed in a
 RH> meal. All the fish came with a good creamy cole slaw and a choice of
 RH> sides; I got a baked potato but fries, broccoli, pasta and escarole
 RH> garlic oilve oil (as printed on the menu) were also available. They
 RH> have about a dozen Italian dishes, a steak choice and several
 RH> sandwiches. If you haven't gone by the time we come up to the area
 RH> again, that's where we're going. 

Sounds good...  We don't usually think of going out to Italian type
restaurants, so there's a good chance that we might not have gone yet by
the next time you're up...  But it does sound like a very nice place. :) 

ttyl          neb

... Are cranberries healthy?  I've never heard one complain.

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