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Post by stepper on Nov 8, 2015 18:10:21 GMT -6
Earlier today, and for the past several days, it’s been tangerines which are right up there with Pumpkin Delights. This evening it’s pumpkin pie – I was in a local grocery story and one was calling me. I obliged.
Or you could cook the pound of bacon and then just eat it that way.
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Post by Mini Mia on Nov 8, 2015 21:59:45 GMT -6
Yeppers, you most certainly could.
I had another bowl of tater soup. I don't think the cat's are going to get any of it.
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Post by stepper on Nov 9, 2015 20:25:35 GMT -6
You'll get tired of it in a while, but I'm glad you were able to reintroduce it into your list of good to eat stuff.
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Post by Mini Mia on Nov 9, 2015 22:26:40 GMT -6
It's gone now. Gotta think of something else to make.
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Post by stepper on Nov 10, 2015 18:28:03 GMT -6
Spaghetti!
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Post by Mini Mia on Nov 11, 2015 3:20:48 GMT -6
Too late. I thought I'd try my hand at tuna fish again.
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Post by stepper on Nov 11, 2015 15:08:07 GMT -6
You can go with an un-tuned fish is you want, but you're on your own unless Phalon chimes in.
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Post by Mini Mia on Nov 11, 2015 23:34:23 GMT -6
The cans are recently outdated, so thought I'd finish them off and just not bother buying anymore, since I can't make it taste good anymore. I have never used tuna in a casserole, or any other kind of dish.
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Post by Phalon on Nov 12, 2015 7:00:13 GMT -6
When we were kids, Mom would on occasion make tuna casserole. Warm tuna - although I haven't had it since I was a kid, even the thought of it now, makes me gag.
She also used to make tuna and macaroni salad though, which I love, and still make.
Finished off the roasted chicken last night by making rice with chicken and veggies (green beans, shredded carrots, and portabella mushrooms) - there was just enough left for Hubs to take to work for lunch. Can't beat a roasted chicken for its versatility - there was the white chili one night, Sunday chicken dinner with green beans and potato sides and left-overs of that Monday, chicken sandwiches on crusty Italian rolls on Tuesday, and then chicken and rice last night.
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Post by Mini Mia on Nov 12, 2015 19:28:26 GMT -6
I think I figured out what is wrong with the tuna. We never add salt to it, ever. But I sprinkled a little salt on it, and it was better. It's gone now, so I have to figure out what to make next.
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Post by stepper on Nov 12, 2015 20:19:31 GMT -6
Sorry Joxcee. I suspect sista Q would have several suggestions, but I haven't seen her post for quite a while. Again. -- Salted Tuna? Who’d a thunk it? What about breakfast for supper? Pancakes or French toast?
Steppet used to do that, and some other kind of tuna salad thing, but I've never liked tuna in any form. Now days she'll make some kind of tuna sandwich once in a while but even that is a rare occasion. But I remember that she liked both versions of the salad when she made it.
They were saying on the news this evening that turkey's are more expensive this year because of the number of turkey's they had to put down when they had an avian influenza break out earlier this year.
I'll pay it.
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Post by Mini Mia on Nov 12, 2015 23:11:18 GMT -6
That might just work out for us, since it seems we're having Chili for Thanksgiving. I used to get a free frozen turkey from my employers at my old job. One year we ended up with three turkeys. My sister and her hubby both got a free turkey from their employers too.
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Post by stepper on Nov 13, 2015 20:01:09 GMT -6
Dad used to get a free turkey from the bowling league. He was a decent bowler and always rolled a "turkey" - three strikes in a row. Right before T-Day the owner of the lanes put up a turkey for anyone who "rolled a turkey" during league games. I don't know how many years in a row he got one, but I think it was pretty much as long as he was in the league.
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Post by Mini Mia on Nov 13, 2015 22:39:56 GMT -6
Mom was on a bowling league in MO. I would love to have my own bowling lanes. And, maybe one day I will. The manual, do-it-yourself kind. Like they had back before electricity.
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Post by Phalon on Nov 14, 2015 7:12:53 GMT -6
Hey, Mom was on a bowling league too - from during the fifties in Detroit before she married Dad, up until the the time we were very little kids before my youngest brother was born. I can still remember her loading us up for the drive into the city, and being in a caged room in the alley with all the other little kids while our Moms bowled - a very early version of daycare; the "cage" was a baby gate, but because I was so little, the gate was taller than I was. On the way home, sometimes we'd stop at McDonald's - back when there was only one arch! A couple of the things of hers I kept was her bowling shirt from the 50s that is embroidered with "Capt'n Katie" on the collar, and two gold charms from a charm bracelet - one is a set of pins, and the other is a single pin with a bowling ball attached by a chain.
My boss usually drops a turkey off at the house....when she gets around to it! Last year, it was a day or two before Thanksgiving, and the thing was still frozen rock-solid. It was a good thing I'd already bought a fresh turkey!
Hubs out-of-the-blue the other day, suggested we buy an already cooked bird along with the rest of the meal. Not sure how I feel about that - actually, I am; I'm pretty dead set against it.
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Post by stepper on Nov 14, 2015 16:45:01 GMT -6
You'd have to have a person on staff at the end of each of the alleys to reset the pins and people cost. That's one of the reasons for automated pin setters - they're much cheaper. When I was young my parents bowled in one of those manual alleys - I have vague memories of being there. As a matter of fact, dad used to tell a story about helping the owner of where they moved the lanes to when they automated. Something about putting the A/C on the roof and the chains to the crane weren't secure enough - and, oops.
It sounds like it might be fun, but it takes a lot of people in leagues bowling every week to be able to make a living at it. One of the secrets is to have a good snack bar. Not just machines, but someone who cooks up hot stuff too. When we went TDY I always checked for a bowling alley and a golf course club house. Both usually had good food at a decent price, and the alley was often open late so you could eat later.
When I worked for Lockheed Martin, they'd give everyone a pre-paid grocery store credit card. It was enough to cover a turkey dinner if you were judicious with your purchases, and it was very much appreciated.
He's probably afraid you'll insist on including kale, and 's' word stuff, and after the summer he's had, he's tired of being experimented on. (Sorry, couldn't resist. It was a dangling participle I couldn't ignore.)
One of the squadrons on base had a guy who was a genius when it came to BBQ and smoked meats. Every year they raised funds for their Christmas party by using the big covered BBQ pit in the on-base park and they'd smoke turkeys. You buy and thaw it, they'd smoke it. Hams too. It was VERY popular, but as with all things, the real movers and shakers - or in this case the real chef - moved on, and those who were left were not sufficiently knowledgeable or motivated to keep it going. Now days those who are still interested take their meats to the town of Cibolo where there's a BBQ restaurant where they'll do your meats for you.
I suspect then, you'll be cooking. Can't say as I blame you any. I like smoked and BBQ'ed, but I like it better when stuffed with my traditional (albeit rather plain) stuffing, I like smelling it cooking, I like having all those left overs, and really, it's not all that complicated. About the strangest thing I do when it comes to cooking over the holidays is that I add a wax rutabaga to the mashed potatoes - it changes the flavor and makes them orangey colored. I'm not sure how mom got me into that but I'm sure it was her.
And I'm sure hubs was simply trying to suggest a way of making things easier for you.
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Post by Mini Mia on Nov 14, 2015 18:33:48 GMT -6
Yeah. As much as I love to go to town on Mondays & Thursdays to get Chicken/Turkey & Dressing ... it just isn't the same as homemade.
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Post by Mini Mia on Nov 14, 2015 18:41:30 GMT -6
You'd have to have a person on staff at the end of each of the alleys to reset the pins and people cost. That's one of the reasons for automated pin setters - they're much cheaper. When I was young my parents bowled in one of those manual alleys - I have vague memories of being there. As a matter of fact, dad used to tell a story about helping the owner of where they moved the lanes to when they automated. Something about putting the A/C on the roof and the chains to the crane weren't secure enough - and, oops.
It sounds like it might be fun, but it takes a lot of people in leagues bowling every week to be able to make a living at it. One of the secrets is to have a good snack bar. Not just machines, but someone who cooks up hot stuff too. When we went TDY I always checked for a bowling alley and a golf course club house. Both usually had good food at a decent price, and the alley was often open late so you could eat later.
I meant a couple of 'personal' lanes. Like two, or four, inside or outside. (basement/barn/shed) And I'd get my exercise by running up and down setting the pins and retrieving the ball.
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Post by stepper on Nov 16, 2015 19:50:50 GMT -6
Oh! Personal lanes in your home! Yeah, that'd be fun. Except I'd still want an auto-reset. A fantasy (real but completely unaffordable) home I found on line was on the east coast and included it's own mini move theater outside of which there was mini restaurant done up in the 50's style (red and silver/metallic), horse barn, golf course, and a two lane bowling alley. Very cool.
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Post by Mini Mia on Nov 16, 2015 21:48:05 GMT -6
I've seen images of that. Would love to be able to live like that. No money worries.
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Post by stepper on Nov 17, 2015 19:29:42 GMT -6
I know what you mean - it'd be nice to live in circumstances where we have enough and know we have enough so we don't have to spend more just because we're making more.
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Post by Phalon on Dec 4, 2015 7:03:10 GMT -6
Oh! I did it!!! Since we were talking in another thread about German food, I got the idea stuck in my head that I'd make schnitzel for dinner one night. I've never tried making it, or for that matter, haven't even eaten it since I lived in Germany in the early 80s - but I clearly remember how good it was. Not to mention, making schnitzel involves using a meat mallet: Meat mallets = fun in the kitchen! I made it last night using this recipe: www.daringgourmet.com/2014/03/12/traditional-german-pork-schnitzel/Mine looked just like the picture! And it tasted wonderful! I served it as suggested, with a green salad, and spatzel...well not really spatzel, because the grocery store didn't have it, and no way was I making my own. Instead buttered and herbed egg noodles was an acceptable substitution. BP and Hubs loved it - Hubs "this isn't just dinner, it's a five-star meal!" Not to hard to make; definitely something I'll do again.
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Post by stepper on Dec 4, 2015 18:16:02 GMT -6
Congratulations Phalon - Schnitzel is wonderful! If I'm ever in the area - that'd be perfect. Just say'in.
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Post by Mini Mia on Dec 4, 2015 23:34:45 GMT -6
I tried beating chicken breasts flat once. They were still thick in the center, but very good. Mom approved. Got the idea from 'Eat Street.'
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Post by stepper on Dec 5, 2015 11:26:24 GMT -6
I wonder if it's considered a good way to expend aggression and frustration?
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Post by Mini Mia on Dec 5, 2015 21:19:41 GMT -6
I'm sure it is.
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Post by Phalon on Dec 6, 2015 8:12:51 GMT -6
It's a deal! Should I mention though, that I used olive oil and a handful of fresh thyme sprigs when heating it for added flavor. Or that the green salad was baby spinach leaves. Or that mixed in with the spinach leaves were chunks of Gouda.
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Post by stepper on Dec 6, 2015 15:09:01 GMT -6
You know, it won't hurt if one time, this time, you forget the thyme. As for the greenery, like the red berries on a holly leaf, it's best as a pretty Christmas display. Look but don't eat. Mini Mia Unfortunately it's embarrassing to discuss this. After all, I can't very well go to work and tell the guys that I spent the weekend pounding my meat and it worked so well that I think they should give it a try too. Ya know, that is just not a water cooler type of conversation that I'm going to have, with anyone, ever.
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Post by Mini Mia on Dec 6, 2015 22:09:40 GMT -6
Stepper: I think that would depend on who's hanging out at the water cooler.
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Post by stepper on Dec 7, 2015 20:25:18 GMT -6
Hey mom, let me 'splain how I spent my weekend!
I don't think so. With the possible exception of Phalon because she'd have some sarcastic reply. Naw...not even then.
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