Text 9452, 110 rader
Skriven 2014-02-02 22:48:30 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
   Kommentar till text 9370 av Dave Drum (1:18/200.0)
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Hi Dave,

RH>  DD> I've found that most bouillons and "soup base" have a *lot* of
RH>  DD> salt. I see that "Better Than" lists salt in the #2 position

RH> That's why I diluted it so much. I didn't have any home made beef
RH> stock on hand and wanted to give the soup some flavor. I don't use
RH> the cubes or powdered bullion. Also, haven't seen the Minor's, have

 DD> Minor's (indeed, most things) can be bought from Amazon - if you buy

I've never looked for it there, but again, not really into food shopping
thru them either.

 DD> over $25 in merch (easy to do with a bit of planning given the wide
 DD> variety of things available) shipping is free and you don't get
 DD> whacked for sales tax unless Amazon has a brick & mortar facility in
 DD> your state.

Sigh! They're now charging sales tax in NC (as of Feb. 1) and planning a
brick & mortar facility in the state.

 DD> Your Better Than and my Minor's/GFS bases definitely have less salt
 DD> than Wyler's, Knorr, or OXO. But they still have plenty.

Best to go easy on them then, which I do.

RH>  DD> I got one of those several years ago from an on-line
RH>  DD> sweepstakes at Electronic Gourmet Guide (an early pre-blog web
RH>  DD> site). It came with a matching pepper mill (pocket size) and a
RH>  DD> large barrel pepper mill to keep in the food prep area. I

RH> We've got grinders for the coarser salt and the ono seasoning. Also
RH> have one for the mixed peppercorns we use and a repurposed coffee
RH> grinder as an all around spice grinder.

 DD> My R2D2 (the white one) is used for chilies and chilli spice mixes.
 DD> The black R2D2 is still used for coffee. If someone is over and wants
 DD> to
 DD> grind something - I advise them to use the sniff test before using one
 DD> of the grinders - if I cannot see which one they are selecting. If I
 DD> hear a sneeze or snort I know they have sniffed the chile grinder.
 DD> Bv)=

Spicing up their lives? Tonight was our annual church Super Bowl chili
cook off--Steve spiced up mine while I was doing something else--and I
sneezed. Don't know what he was using at the time. I made both a family
friendly (with beans, ground beef, corn, tomatoes, onions, spices & bell
peppers) and competition style (meat chunks; onion; anaheim, serrano,
poblano peppers; tomato and spices) this year. Neither won, a non chili
took top place (very sweet with pineapple and keilbasa type--but
milder--sausage). But, one friend said that my competition syle had
moved beyond (above) a cook off of this type; I should take it to an ICS
competition. He and another chili head really enjoyed it, as also did
Steve & I. A neighbor of ours liked the two mixed together. Brought down
about 4 quarts of that one, came home with about 3 cups. The family
friendly one was made in our 6 quart crock pot (very full); I brought
home about a quart and a half of that one.

 DD> I also use the white grinder for herbs, etc. as I do not mind a whiff
 DD> of chile in anything I am fixing ... except coffee.

Steve has a separate coffee grinder. Any time we use the herb/spice one,
I give it a good brush out when I'l done so we don't have too much carry
over.


RH> I keep the small bottles of shampoo, body wash and tubes of
RH> toothpaste, among other stuff, in with my travel gear. The dentist
RH> gives us the sample tubes of paste & a brush every time we have a
RH> cleaning so we stay stocked on those.

 DD> I have my last squeezer of Ultrabrite (can't find a re-supply around
 DD> here) in the travel bag and a nice toothbrush in its plastic tube. And
 DD> a 4 oz bottle of Nizoral shampoo. I never liked the hotel/motel
 DD> shampoos.

I'll refill the small bottles sometimes with supply from home. Kinda
hard to do with toothpaste tho--and I don't remember the last time I saw
Ultrabrite was. Then too, I've not looked for it in over 30 years.


RH> RH> I know how to do it; it's just a matter of getting the lard so I
RH> RH> can do so.

RH>  DD> Farmer's Market???

RH> Haven't seen it, guess I ought to ask a couple of the farmers that
RH> sell meats.

 DD> If the farmers don't offer it they can likely point you to someone or
 DD> somewhere which does offer leaf lard for rendering. Is there a pork
 DD> processor near to you. I have the big Cargill plant in Beardstown
 DD> where I can score all manner of pork products .... and which keeps the
 DD> price
 DD> of pork at the stupormarkups down to a reasonable level in this area.

Got some fatback yesterday, will try rendering it in the (baby) crock
pot tomorrow.

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Ruth
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