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Post by Phalon on Aug 19, 2014 6:04:40 GMT -6
Mushy beets? I can say with all honesty, I've never eaten a mushy beet. Cooked too long, maybe?
Fresh out of the garden food of the day....and probably for weeks afterward: parsley. I'm not sure what Hubs was thinking when he picked two plastic-not-paper grocery bags of parsley the other day - what the hell does one do with that much parsley?!
Make parsley pesto apparently, cuz that's what I ended up doing with it. Very good on nearly everything...sandwiches, burgers, chicken, pasta, and anything else I can think of because there's so much of it. I hope it freezes well.
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Post by Mini Mia on Aug 19, 2014 17:49:08 GMT -6
Dry it out? Pass it out to friends and neighbors?
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Post by stepper on Aug 20, 2014 17:20:58 GMT -6
{Me too!}But the reason I can say it is that I don't eat beets! It's so nice when we find new common ground! I don't think so. I'd rather that I was still welcome in the neighborhood.
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Post by Mini Mia on Aug 20, 2014 17:41:11 GMT -6
That was directed at Phalon's parsley.
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Post by stepper on Aug 20, 2014 17:55:07 GMT -6
Ah - but it's still the appropriate reply! Well, from me it is. I get no closer to Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme than Simon and Garfunkel.
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Post by Phalon on Aug 21, 2014 6:30:14 GMT -6
I've dried parsley before, but usually just throw the leaves in the food processor and freeze it. I used all the parsley that Hubs picked for pesto though, and I'm not sure it'll freeze well - I'm thinking the oil might separate? I'll have to two-minute drill later. Meanwhile, still using it on everything - threw a couple of heaping tablespoons into spaghetti sauce the other night, and the girls raved about how good the sauce was this time around.
Your food must be awful bland then, Stepper, without herbs. Not to mention all that nutritional good stuff you're missing out on. Did you know for example, that parsley is an extremely good source of vitamins A (for healthy bones and eye-sight) and K (blood); just a a teaspoon of parsley contains over 50% of the daily recommendation of vitamin K.
It smells good too! I love the smell of parsley.
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Post by stepper on Aug 21, 2014 21:01:54 GMT -6
Ah! You're talking about 'herbs'! See, that's not meat - or potatoes - and that's the problem! Parsley = green, green = mold, mold = bad. "I've seen this color before; it's the color of disease." I learnd from Xena that green is bad! And smells good doesn't mean it's good for you. I've known several women who smelled good but...well...you know what I mean.
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Post by Phalon on Feb 7, 2015 13:37:34 GMT -6
I DID IT!!!
Remember not too long ago I was whining about not being able to cook a decent roast anymore? I figured it out last night. I took the roast out of the crock when I sliced into the center and saw it with still red and oozing blood, then put it on a separate dish to rest. It continued cooking in its juices even though it was out of the crock, and ended up being perfect. I left the gravy the pot - turned off and unplugged - and it was still so hot, almost to the point of bubbling, even after the roast had rested a bit. I think that's it - my new ceramic crock is so heavy and insulated, and the heating element shell-thingy that it fits into remains so hot that the meat ends up being overcooked unless it's completely removed from it.
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Post by Mini Mia on Feb 7, 2015 19:24:21 GMT -6
Glad you figured it out. You can just turn it off sooner than you normally do. I think crock pots & slow cookers are like ovens . . . no two cook in the same amount of time.
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Post by stepper on Feb 7, 2015 21:23:03 GMT -6
Congratulations Phalon! Does the pot have a keep warm setting? The one I use has a cook setting and a "low" setting that is still pretty hot - I use that for heating Lil’ Smokies in my favorite sauce for pot luck meals at work. Anyway, good job on the roast - I'm sure everyone was pleased.
There was an interesting news report recently – they said that restaurateurs, especially BBQ places, have seen a marked up-tic in theft of meat from their freezers. The BBQ places already have a slim profit margin because meat costs so much now days. Brisket is the favored BBQ meat and it’s amazing how much it costs.
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Post by Phalon on Apr 3, 2015 6:08:33 GMT -6
Upon sitting down to the dinner I lovingly created last night, Hubs said, "This looks like it's cooked maggots."
"WTF?!!!!"
"What?"
"What did you say?!"
"I said this looks like it could be in a magazine."
"Oh. Nevermind."
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Post by stepper on Apr 3, 2015 17:03:25 GMT -6
BOLL! That’s priceless! (They say hearing is the first thing to go.)
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Post by Mini Mia on Apr 3, 2015 17:44:29 GMT -6
I think someone knows how to redirect.
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Post by stepper on Apr 4, 2015 19:57:38 GMT -6
Nope. I just observe and ask.
BTW: right now my response to this thread is "hard boiled eggs Easter Eggs."
What makes them Easter eggs as opposed to normal eggs? Color. And Steppet likes colored eggs so we now have several of them in several colors. Wanna take bets on whether or not I'm having egg salad in the near future?
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Post by Phalon on Apr 5, 2015 8:32:37 GMT -6
I will take that bet, and raise it by saying I bet that you will have egg salad but it won't contain chopped spinach like the devil eggs that BP's making.
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Post by stepper on Apr 5, 2015 13:46:07 GMT -6
I'll raise you that no one around here would even consider polluting our deviled eggs with that, um, stuff. Next you'll be wanting relish and mustard! BLUCK BLUCK and YUCK!
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Post by Phalon on Apr 8, 2015 4:54:31 GMT -6
Definitely mustard, but relish doesn't go with spinach, silly. Relish is for the times I make deviled eggs; when BP makes them, it's spinach.
And bacon.
Not even that will tempt you?
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Post by stepper on Apr 8, 2015 17:56:43 GMT -6
The bacon would tempt me...to rinse off all the other stuff and pray that it wasn't overly affected by the bad things the nasty people did to it.
If I want something green - there's always Granny Smith Apples. Or raw bell peppers, string beans, or lima beans. It will never, ever, ever, be spinach.
Okay, I tend to spit out and/or throw away anything that includes mouseturd – even cheeseburgers which I like - and while I’m not overly fond of relish in deviled egg filling it’s not occasion, on its own, for destructive actions. I regard mouseturd with the same distaste that many people associate with second hand smoke, in an elevator that’s been stalled between floors for four hours, and the offending person is a chain smoker. If you can smell it, it’s at least one house too close.
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Post by Mini Mia on Apr 8, 2015 22:36:13 GMT -6
A Stuffed Bread Sandwich, (Sausage, Ham, Pepperoni & Provolone), Marinara Sauce, Potato Chips, Pickle & Coke.
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Post by stepper on Apr 10, 2015 15:52:18 GMT -6
KFC Original
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Post by Mini Mia on Apr 10, 2015 17:33:04 GMT -6
Sesame Chicken & Fried Rice . . . Lemon Oreo Cookies . . . Granny Smith Apples & Caramel Sauce.
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Post by stepper on Apr 11, 2015 18:01:34 GMT -6
OOO! Lemon Oreos! And chicken & rice. I may come calling some day if that's what you're cooking!
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Post by Mini Mia on Apr 11, 2015 18:47:24 GMT -6
I didn't cook it. I got it at the mall while killing time for the 4 hours Mom was undergoing dialysis.
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Post by stepper on Apr 11, 2015 20:06:36 GMT -6
So any of us can come sit with you to keep you company and have something decent to eat too! Cool!
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Post by Mini Mia on Apr 11, 2015 21:08:36 GMT -6
Yeppers. And watch me blow money on 5 new dresses. And discover just how overweight I am when posing in front of the full length mirror. My sister swore I didn't look as bad as I thought I did.
Today I had leftover ham from last Sunday . . . Chips and an RC. And lemon Oreo cookies. Then I got out some exercise books and tried to plot out a 3 day routine for the days I'm not with Mom. M-W-F
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Post by Phalon on Apr 12, 2015 7:44:20 GMT -6
Stepper, you make me laugh - I don't think I know of any other adult with as limited of a palette as yours; even the girls when they were little weren't as picky (and yet you like lima beans? That is just gross.) You'd probably starve at my house....
I cooked chicken and rice for dinner last night too...well sort of; I had ground turkey, so that's what I used. It was kind of a hodge-podge casserole actually, of what I had on hand. Mexican rice, ground turkey, white beans, with shredded, melted cheddar cheese on top. And oh....about a quarter bag of baby spinach thrown in at the very end so it wilted just to perfection before I added the cheese on top.
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Post by stepper on Apr 12, 2015 18:36:23 GMT -6
Why would you say that? You're teasing me because there's only red, orange, yellow, blue, green, and violet? Really, that's it. But on the few occasions I've done any painting, I used all the available colors. Raw - fresh out of the garden. Especially the little ones. They're quite yummy that way. Naw. I'm not sure about the white beans - I'd probably have to forego those - and there's no way I'd let you spoil an otherwise decent dish with that green crud you keep mentioning - but all that's necessary is a few minor adjustments. Like knock off that cr@p! But as with all things there are exceptions. We're having trash stew this evening. An entire package of stew meat cooked in Au Jus, in a separate deep pan cook corn, peas, sliced potatoes, carrots, onions, and celery. When the meat is cooked add about half of it to the trash and let it simmer a while. The flavor of the meat makes everything edible. I put a few hunks of meat on the plate first and then top with stew. See? I eat cooked veggies.
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Post by Phalon on Apr 13, 2015 6:35:34 GMT -6
See, that's your problem. Your color palette is as limited as your taste palate. (eye-roll at myself not reading through what I previously wrote) STEPPER!!! Not only are lima beans gross, they make the perfect murder weapon. A seemingly innocent scene opens as a wife serves her husband dinner: "Here, honey. Eat your lima beans; they're good for you." Later at the coroner's office with the CSI guys hovering over the dead husband's body: "It was death by cyanide poisoning." Later still at the courthouse...Prosecutor: "Is it true you fed your husband lima beans?" Defendant: "Yes, but..." Prosecutor: "And isn't true that those lima beans were undercooked?" Defendant: "Yes, but NOWHERE on the package was a warning label stating raw and undercooked lima beans are poisonous." Courtroom: "GASP!!!!" Judge: "Case dismissed!" Outside the courthouse: The defendant is seen on the steps with the slightest, nearly undetectable smirk on her face. Even later still: The "grieving" widow jet-sets around the world with her young lover, spending excess amounts of wealth obtained from a multi-trillion dollar lawsuit against the Lima Bean Council of America, Bird's Eye Frozen Foods, the big factory lima bean farms, and all cookbook publishers whose books contain recipes for lima beans for not putting warning labels on the gross little buggers, as well as the USDA for not excluding lima beans from the "Food Plate" and every nutritionist who ever stated lima beans were good for you. Meanwhile statewide: The sleezeball class action law firms get into the act and the general public is bombarded with television commercials: "If you or a loved one have suffered permanent mental anguish for being forced to eat the grossest vegetable known to man, or have suffered illness or permanent death, you may be entitled to monetary compensation. Call the law offices of Blah, Blah-Blah, and Blah-Blah-Blah..." Seriously, raw lima beans can contain lethal amounts of cyanide. www.mnn.com/food/healthy-eating/photos/8-poisonous-foods-we-commonly-eat/1-lima-beans
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Post by stepper on Apr 13, 2015 17:46:00 GMT -6
This was quite inventive and I enjoyed reading it, especially “The sleezeball class action law firms” which I’m afraid is so accurate it would qualify as one of Phalon’s New Years Predictions if she’d made any, so please let me clear up a little confusion. More people have gagged - probably to their death - on the "S" stuff, than have passed from lethal amounts of cyanide in lima beans. I'm sure you could get this published is you'd correct those few bits of misinformation. But I'd agree that when cooked, lima beans should be completely avoided - they give people lethal doses of, uh, super pressurized internal gasses. That can be lethal I'm sure.
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Post by Phalon on Apr 17, 2015 6:32:23 GMT -6
Well, then...when you die from eating cyanide-laden raw lima beans, don't come whining to me that I didn't warn you....because generally I have a problem with dead people whining at me; it kinda makes me a bit uncomfortable.
Last night - baked chicken, roasted herbed potatoes, and green beans.
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