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Skriven 2014-04-05 09:18:02 av Dave Drum (1:18/200.0)
     Kommentar till en text av Nancy Backus
Ärende: food factories
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-=> Nancy Backus wrote to Dave Drum <=-

 NB>> I'd agree that goulash is tasty, but we didn't have goulash, either...
 NB>> and I think my first experience with sloppy joes was at camp... (G)  I
 NB>> don't even remember mac and cheese growing up...  Lots of variety, but

 DD> YIKES - no Mac & Cheese? Not even from a box?

 NB> The boxed version was too expensive to Daddy's eyes, I suppose.  He
 NB> would have had to buy lots of boxes to make enough for our large
 NB> family...  I'm sure that making a proper cheese sauce wasn't one of the
 NB> options either...  nor using up the amount of cheese it would take.
 NB> Cheese was for sandwiches...  :)  Or for putting on saltines and
 NB> toasted in the open toaster for part of Sunday supper.

When I got married (1966) store-brand/generic boxed Mac & Cheese(oid) was 10c a
box at the local Eisner's or Kroger. One box would feed two people. And with
the addition of a pound of hamburger or can of tuna it became a real treat.
Then a can of cream of mushroom (also generic/store brand) could move the
hamburger laced M&C into budget-gourmet status. Still, if you had 10 people to
feed 5 boxes of store brand could feed 'em ... and with a bit of garlic salt
and some pepper would have been pretty good.
 
 DD> And when I was 10 I raised my own market garden and sold the produce
 DD> from a push cart. Made more money (during the season) than my dad did
 DD> working at the mines. Even after the cost of seed and gasoline to
 DD> haul me back and forth to town was taken out.

 NB> Good deal.  :)  Interestingly, many of my siblings ended up putting in
 NB> some sort of veggie (and flower) garden, once they were off on their
 NB> own...  :)  Some still do...  :)

Now that I'm older - I realise that I was let slide on rent of the land, use of
the equipment, and the push cart, etc. Still, it was a good deal. And since it
was a ca$h business - no taxes paid. And no nosy-Parkers from the health
department (which didn't even exist in that time and place). The main reason
that it flew so well was that in that era most women did not work outside the
home. Today a push-cart peddler as I was would get plenty of exercise, probably
harrassed by the busies (cops), and not much else - including money.
 
 NB> I remember that when we lived in the Philly area, the backyard already
 NB> had some fruit trees planted, so we did harvest apples and cherries
 NB> from them in season...  :)

 And you allergic to apples. Or did that develop later in your life?
 
 DD> So, I got tomatoes fresh from the vine, corn, green beans, peas,
 DD> asparagus, berries of several sorts, May apples, turnips and potatoes
 DD> that I dug myself, carrots, radishes (red globe and white "icicle"),
 DD> watermelons, cantaloupe, and four or five varieties of squash
 DD> (including their close cousin cucumber).

 NB> Nice selection.  :)  Tomatoes and a (turned out to be futile) try at
 NB> rhubarb was as far as I ever got with edibles on my own.  Did a bit
 NB> more flower gardening, though...

IIRC a black walnut tree's roots did for your rhubarb patch. Other than that
sort of thing rhubarb is a very hardy plant.
 
 DD> I also learned that radishes left to go to seed produce some really
 DD> nice, radishy-tasting salad fixins.

 NB> True.  :)

 DD> Our "Chinese" was from Chun King (very, very similar to LaChoy). And
 DD> very, very seldom. The best thing about it was the crispy chow mein
 DD> noodles.

 NB> I thought that Chun King and LaChoy were just different names for the
 NB> same thing... probably the same company now, if they weren't then.  :)
 NB> And yes, the best part was the crispy noodles..  :)

Chun King was owned/founded by Jeno Paulucci of Jeno's Pizza Rolls and
Michelina's. My favourite thing about Chun King (other than the noodles) were
the Stan Freberg adverts. Reynolds Metals (RJR/Nabisco) owned it for a while
before selling it to a Singaporean company to help pay the nut on a leveraged
buyout. Eventually they were sold (in the mid-90s) to Hunt-Wesson whose masters
CON-Agra (owners of La Choy) closed down the factories and phased out the
brand. So, you're (sorta) right about La Choy and Chun King being under the
same umbrella.
 
 DD> Title: Sloppy Jose'

 NB> That does look like a mighty tasty varient...  :)

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06

      Title: Pizza Rolls
 Categories: Snacks, Pizza, Vegetables, Cheese, Beef
      Yield: 12 servings
 
      1 lb Frozen Italian bread dough;
           - thawed
      8 oz Cream cheese w/herb & garlic
  1 1/2 c  Shredded Mozzarella cheese;
           - part-skim, low moisture
    3/4 c  Pepperoni; chopped
    1/3 c  Bell pepper; fine chopped
      1 tb Olive oil
    1/2 ts Italian seasoning
 
  Roll the dough to 15" X 20" rectangle on a floured
  surface. Spread the cream cheese over the dough to within
  1" of the edges.
   
  Sprinkle the mozzarella cheese, pepperoni, and the peppers
  over the cream cheese and roll the dough from the LONG
  sides, pressing the edges together to seal. Brush the top
  and sides with the olive oil and sprinkle with the Italian
  seasoning.

  Cover and let rise in a warm place for 1 hour and preheat
  your oven to 350oF/175oC.

  Bake 30 to 35 min or until golden brown.

  Slice and serve.

  From: http://www.recipesource.com

  Uncle Dirty Dave's Archives

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