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Skriven 2013-08-30 09:24:28 av Dave Drum (1:261/38)
   Kommentar till text 4037 av Ruth Hanschka (1:123/140)
Ärende: Circling
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RUTH HANSCHKA Said to DAVE DRUM about Circling


->  -> NONE of the "dollar" stores are truly "dollar" stores. Except
->  -> "DEALS - Nothing Over A Dollar" of which we have one somewhere in
->  -> town cheap trinkets and schlock.

->  SR> Once upon a time they were.  They'd have closeouts and
->  SR> days I get some of the same things in a job lot chain.

-> Ocean State? Or Big/Odd Lots? We have a Big Lots closeout place
-> here in one of

SR> Ocean State is the big one here; there's a Big Lots in another
SR> shopping mall, but I've never been in it.  Too far to walk after
SR> doing the store I actually need to hit in the same area.

I've never been in an Ocean State (living FAR from the ocean). From
descriptions and business model there seems to be not a lot to choose between
them and Odd/Big Lots.

-> the strip malls. I've scored some really nifty bargains there.
-> Such as the 28 quarts (all they had) of Trappey's Red Devil
->Hot Sauce for a dollar a bottle.

-> Or the 46 cans (once again I cleaned the shelf) of Polar Crab
-> Meat in Water for 75c/can.

SR> ((slurp))  I could get into that.

Not good for crab cakes - but good in crabmeat stuffing or in soups. And, at
that price less expensive than Krab.

-> I'm going to sound like an old fart here - but, when I was in
-> school, swapping recipes for dirt with Moses and Aaron, girls
-> didn't start to "sprout" until high school - except in rare
-> cases, Like Annette Funicello from the Mickey Mouse Club.

-> Now it's not uncommon to see third graders with a full rack.

RH> Can't say I've ever seen that.  Most girls when I was in school were
RH> about 12 or 13.

The time period I was talking about was in the 1950s.

You are somewhat younger than I and the effect had already taken root by the
time you were a late pre-teen or early teen.

-> was raised on the family farm or near by. The people worse off
-> didn't eat beef except on very rare occasions. Then came cattle
-> feeder operations, low cost beef and McDonald's with hamburger
-> beef from Zoroaster only knows where and how raised.

-> Anyway, Dan wrote a grant proposal and got a million or more
-> pazuzas to study the subject and my W.A.G. was proved correct.
-> Now he's working on whether that same estrogen in beef inhibits
-> puberty in boys. (Another grant - your tax dollar$ at work.)

RH> Well, if it's inhibited that's a good thing.  The poor girls get a
RH> chance to grow up a bit before the boys bother them.

The ancient barnyard dance has always been with us, and always will be with us.
World without end. So be it. (Amen, IOW)

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

      Title: 1950s Style Salisbury Steak
 Categories: Beef, Herbs, Vegetables, Wine, Cheese
      Yield: 4 servings

  1 1/4 lb Ground Chuck
    1/4 c  Fresh Parsley; minced
      2 tb Scallions; minced
      1 ts Salt
    1/2 ts Black pepper
      2 tb All-purpose Flour
      2 tb Olive Oil
      2 c  Onions; sliced
      1 ts Sugar
      1 tb Garlic; minced
      1 tb Tomato paste
      2 c  Beef Broth
    1/4 c  Dry Red Wine
    3/4 ts Salt
    1/2 ts Thyme
      4 ts Fresh parsley; minced
      4 ts Parmesan cheese; shredded

MMMMM-----------------------CHEESE TOASTS----------------------------
      4 sl French or Italian baguette;
           - cut diagonally (1/2")
      2 tb Butter; softened
    1/2 ts Garlic; minced
        pn Paprika
    1/4 c  Emmenthaler cheese; grated
      1 tb Parmesan; grated

  Combine ground meat, parsley, scallion, salt and pepper.
  Divide evenly into 4 portions and shape each into 3/4?-1?
  thick oval patties. Place 2 tablespoons flour in a shallow
  dish; dredge each patty in flour. Reserve 1 teaspoon
  flour.

  Heat 1 tablespoon oil in a saute pan over medium-high
  heat. Add patties and saute 3 minutes on each side or
  until browned. Remove from pan.

  Add onions and sugar to pan; saute 5 minutes. Stir in
  garlic and tomato paste; saute 1 minute, or until paste
  begins to brown. Sprinkle onions with reserved flour; cook
  1 minute. Stir in broth and wine, then add the salt and
  thyme.

  Return meat to pan and bring soup to a boil. Reduce heat
  to medium-low, cover and simmer 10 minutes. Meanwhile make
  the cheese toasts.

  For the Cheese Toasts

  Preheat oven to 400øF/205øC.

  Place bread on baking sheet.

  Combine butter, garlic and paprika and spread on one side
  of each slice of bread. Combine cheeses and sprinkle
  evenly over butter. Bake until bread is crisp and cheese
  is bubbly, 10-15 minutes.

  Serve steaks on Cheese Toasts with onion soup ladled over.
  Garnish with parsley and Parmesan.

  Adapted from Cuisine At Home

  By: Reeni from Cinnamon Spice & Everything Nice

  FROM: http://www.recipelion.com

  MM Format by Dave Drum - 14 April 2013

  Uncle Dirty Dave's Archives

MMMMM

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