Text 8349, 137 rader
Skriven 2008-06-04 20:23:07 av Carol Shenkenberger (14459.cooks)
   Kommentar till text 8323 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
Ärende: Meat Balls, Mamma Mia!                                   [1]
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 > For commercially put up veggies, my mom used the frozen instead of the
 > canned. I do the same as canned usually don't have the texture I like.
 > My mom didn't add her home canned veggies to the soup but I have, when I
 > had them.
 > 
 >  CS> though.  Just fresh (often slightly wilting) ones.  If i use frozen,
 >  CS> it's from the soup bag of what was wilting and wasnt ready to use yet
 >  CS> so ended in the freezer baggie.
 > 
 > I probably ought to start buying more fresh and using a soup bag as
 > well. Then, too, I'm so used to doing the bulk of my shopping once a
 > month..........it's easy to toss in several bags of frozen stuff. I have
 > ben buying a bit more fresh here & there, using it first, then going
 > with the frozen. The housing fridge doesn't give us very big crisper
 > drawers tho, another down side to buying a lot of fresh stuff.

Yes, I too shop less often now and am relying more on cans or frozen.  In
Sasebo I was biking or walking by a market every day to get to/from work.

 >  >  CS> Not that famcy, but it wasnt bad at all.  Mostly today when I look
 >  >  CS> back at it, i would have said 'add more spice'.  Then again, of the 
 > 
 >  > Tetrazzini isn't really fancy--basically turkey (or chicken), noodles,
 >  > bell pepepr, onion, and cream soup.
 > 
 >  CS> Ok, she had the basics there.  She'd serve it over pasta of whatever
 >  CS> type were handy.  Spagetti, egg, shells etc.
 > 
 > It usually has noodles mixed in so could be your mom's adaptation.

Possibly!  I think she did that some times too with a cassarole cookery.

(woof woof, workers just showed up for the back room).

 > My mom is over a day's drive from us.  She's quite computer phobic so
 > doesn't do too much on it. She still cooks like she did when we were
 > home, tho reduced quantities, and more reliance on convenience foods
 > than she used to. She hasn't gone the instant mashed potato route
 > totally yet but I don't think it will be too much longer before she
 > does.
Well Mom doesnt have a phone line or a computer, but she uses the local
library access with internet.  It's free and she's happy to get out of the
house for a bit.

 > kid might get both wings or 2 of us a wing and drum stick, the two
 > thighs would go one apiece to a kid. Some times when we were younger, it

Hehehe I can see this.  Lots of filler on the sides.

 > seconds.  Times were really lean when we were growing up; even after my
 > mom started work, the amount of food she cooked didn't increase very
 > much. What did help was first my older brother, then me, leaving home
 > for college and/or work.  That increased portion sizes for the kids left

Mom just scaled down how much she made when my sister moved to California to
live with Dad when i was about 14.  

 > Sounds about the same. Only seasoning would be salt and pepper as a
 > general rule.

Skip the pepper for our house <g>.

 >  > If they were the maraschino cherries, I'd have left all of them for her.
 >  > Even as a kid I never liked them but had to eat them to be polite a lot
 >  > of the time.  Today I usually give them away or ask that they not be put
 > 
 >  CS> Oh I liked them but Mom really loved them so I'd limit myself on them
 >  CS> and grab a higher share of the bannana bits (which she didnt like as
 >  CS> much as me).
 > 
 > I'd probably have gone for the peach pieces.  More likely, it was dished
 > out and we had to take whatever we got, no trades or complaining.

This was a citrus blend and i don't recall peaches in there.  I do recall the
bannanas though.  Grapefruit, oranges, bannana and marashino.  Not sure if
there was anything else in there?  Maybe a few bits of pear?

 >  CS> I am prone to one jar only here too, but am not upset to see two
 >  CS> different types open.  I tend to give a stern look at 2 grape jelly
 >  CS> jars at once though
 > 
 > I know; I would too. We generally have a couple of different varieties
 > open now.  Haven't bought grape jelly for years. (G)

I was thinking to make some but that one time the work doesnt really match
the cost and fun has it's limits.
              
 



 

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      Title: Apple Country Chicken
 Categories: Main dish, Low-cal, Apples, Chicken
      Yield: 5 Servings
 
      1 ts Curry powder
      1 lg Golden Delicious apple,
           Cored and chopped
      1 lg Yellow onion, finely chopped
      1 tb Lemon juice
      4 oz Mushrooms, sliced
      1 ts Chicken bouillon
      2 c  Apple juice or cider
  3 1/2 lb Chicken thigh, skinned
      1 tb Flour
 
  Place curry powder in a wide frying pan and stir over medium heat
  until slightly darker in color (3-4 minutes). Add apple, yellow
  onion, lemon juice, mushrooms, bouillon, and 1 1/2 C. of the apple
  juice; bring to a boil.
  
  Rinse chicken and pat dry; add to pan. Reduce heat, cover, and simmer
  until meat near bone is no longer pink; cut to test (about 30
  minutes). Lift chicken from pan; arrange on a warm platter. Keep warm.
  
  Blend flour and remaining 1/2 C. apple juice. Gradually add to sauce
  in pan, stirring; increase heat to high and cook, stirring until
  sauce is thickened. Pour over chicken. The sauce also tastes good
  poured over baked potato or rice. 305 calories 7g fat Pat Empson
  05/24 11:10 am
         FOOD AND WINE BB TOPIC: FOOD SOFTWARE TIME: 05/24 11:25 AM
  
  TO:      PAT EMPSON   (PFXX29A) FROM: PAT EMPSON (PFXX29A) SUBJECT:
  MM-MORE APPLES
  
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               xxcarol
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