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Skriven 2013-01-28 20:31:33 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
  Kommentar till text 33087 av Dave Drum (63268.cooking)
Ärende: Mists - was pulling teef                                 [1]
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Hi Dave,

 RH> concentrate. On rare occaisions she bought grape--those times, as soon
 RH> as we finished drinking it, she would snatch up the glasses (plastic)
 RH> and rinse them. I guess she was afraid the grape juice would stain the
 RH> plastic.

 DD> Our glasses were more likely to have once contained peanut butter,
 DD> jams/jellies, or pimiento-cheese spread. Or been packed as a premium
 DD> in a detergent box.   Bv)=  I wish I had some of those back - as

I've no idea where Mom got those glasses; I can remember them forever.
She still has, and uses them. I think they used plastic because of the
breakage factor. Their regular drinking glasses were aluminum, until
they put the glasses in the dishwasher. The chemical reactions ruined
those glasses so we replaced them with thermal plastic, dishwasher safe.


 DD> Single Ruth will probably attest, they are worth young fortunes as
 DD> memorabilia/collector items.

I suspect some people do spend small fortunes acquiring sets of them.


 DD> juices I prefer unsweetened grapefruit ... and it specifically does
 DD> not interact with my blood pressure medicine. Other than that I could
 DD> drink a half-gallon of tomato juice a day and not feel overloaded on

 RH> I've switched to the vegetable juices--Knudsen if we buy it at Whole
 RH> Foods, V8 if bought most other places. Trader Joe's isn't bad but I
 RH> prefer the Knudsen, given a choice.

 DD> Never liked V8 style juices except as an ingredient in cooking. A good
 DD> tomato juice, now ... especially Red Gold brand, not from concentrate
 DD> - which I stock up on whenever it goes on special offer.

I like the V8 type better than straight tomato. I'd still rather have
orange juice but realise I had to adjust, and did so.


 RH> Sounds like it was a not so good day, good thing your BIL had a vehicle
 RH> you could borrow.

 DD> It wasn't and I do have a pretty good brother. My BIL wouldn't lend a
 DD> dime with a dollar bill for collateral.

 RH> Sorry, guess I need to get my eyes checked.

 DD> I don't think their is anything wrong with your eyes. Our minds
 DD> sometimes see things that we think are there. Which is how politicians
 DD> get elected and re-elected.   Bv)=

I need to slow down & read more carefully sometimes. I do, when I'm in
the voting booth, but enough others don't so we get politicians we don't
want from time to time.

 DD> Dennis got half the cheese and the chicken & noodles for helping out -
 DD> but, mostly because he's my friend.

 RH> And a fellow batchelor?

 DD> Well, yeah. Divorced, actually.

 RH> So nobody to cook for him & he appreciates not having to cook for
 RH> himself.

 DD> Actually, his son who lives with him is a pretty good cook and shares
 DD> the duties.

Big help there, and more fun cooking for two instead of just yourself.


 DD> Still, I encounter the occasional diner who can't take even a tiny
 DD> amount of "heat".

 RH> I've a friend who can't take anything hotter than a bell pepper. The
 RH> "regular" chili I make has a bit of heat in it, but not much. We toned
 RH> it down after making a batch that was too hot for most of our friends
 RH> in AZ once. That's why I like to do the other version from time to time
 RH> and figured (correctly) it would be a good competition one.

 DD> I never noticed that bell peppers had *any* heat at all. Just the
 DD> kerosene under-taste.

They don't have heat (unless crossed with a hotter pepper); that's the
point of it. She doesn't like any heat.


 DD> salsa (really pico di gallo), chile verde and traditional no-bean red
 DD> chilli. I judged salsa and green - picking the top three in salsa (not
 DD> in order though) and 1st and 3rd in verde ... although my 1st place
 DD> vote finished third and the second place vote won the contest.

 RH> And you had fun doing it, didn't you? (G)

 DD> If you can't have fun what's the point? If it isn't fun then it's
 DD> work.

 DD> It's as much fun as cooking in the competitions and not nearly so
 DD> expensive. Bv)=

 RH> I hear you on that one! I think I've got everything on hand for the
 RH> family friendly chili but need to pick up peppers and meat for the
 RH> other one. I've got some hot peppers in the freezer but will use fresh
 RH> for the cook off, just a personal quirk.

 DD> I tend to used dried, ground peppers, garlic, onions, etc. as the
 DD> strengths are known and repeatable. Fresh chilies come in a range in
 DD> the same type chile - as does garlic and onion. I've had jalapenos
 DD> that were barely discernible from a bell pepper for heat ... and other
 DD> jalapenos that would light up your life and make you run for a glass
 DD> of milk.

I generally use serranos, poblanos (or anaheims) and whatever looks
good in the pepper department. Then I'll use fresh onion, no garlic and
usually canned (home or commercial) tomatoes and tomato puree for the
competition style. The family friendly chili gets bell pepper (whatever
colors I have on hand), beans and corn in it, mild spicing so as not to
scare off chili wimps. Steve stirred in a small bar of semi sweet
chocolate last year but it was almost a bit too much chocolaty tasting
IMO.


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Catch you later,
Ruth
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