I would rather date a fat and ugly chip designer, than a soc.men poster

[John Larkin]

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Me too, but tonight it's my treat: Ham and potato casserole.

Three layers of Yukon Gold potatoes skinned and sliced into 1/4"
rounds and laid out into a 2 qt buttered casserole dish, each layer
dusted with flour, salt and pepper, sprinkled with coarse juliennes
of Honey-baked ham and a few pats of butter.

Just the kind of warm we need in order to get over the gray days
that have settled over us recently.

Sounds good. I'll try it when Mo is out of town... she's not much of a
meat eater.

I just did this:

Get a salmon fillet and find a pyrex baking dish just a little bigger.
Get one of those boxed rolled-up pie crusts, roll it a bit squarish,
and line the pan with half flopping over one side.

Sautee some chopped leeks, celery, and mushrooms in butter, add a bit
of white wine and maybe a little chicken broth, maybe a bit of garlic,
season, reduce a bit.

Pour some of that into the pasrty shell, add salmon, add rest of the
gunk on top, then fold the loose pastry end over the top and tuck in.
Bake.

Came out pretty good.

Sun's out now, must have been the right thing to do.

Anyway, the last decision: Cheese on top? ... Naah.

Tried cheesey polenta? Just get the stuff in the plastic sausage tube.
Add some water and boil until it's smooth. Add various cheeses, like
parmesan+white cheddar+whatever. Works great with grits, too.

John

 

[John Fields]

By the grace of God, you might be right.

Jim

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Ecclesiastes 3: 1-8


For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under
heaven:
A time to be born, and a time to die;
a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted;

A time to kill, and a time to heal;
a time to break down, and a time to build up;

A time to weep, and a time to laugh;
a time to mourn, and a time to dance;

A time to throw away stones, and a time to gather stones together;
a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;

A time to seek, and a time to lose;
a time to keep, and a time to throw away;

A time to tear, and a time to sew;
a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;

A time to love, and a time to hate;
a time for war, and a time for peace.

 

[John Fields]

Sounds good. I'll try it when Mo is out of town... she's not much of a
meat eater.

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Oops... I left out three things:

1. Preheat the oven to 350F
2. When the thing is built, pour in enough whole milk to almost
cover everything.
3. Takes about an hour until it's done. (When the potatoes are
soft.)
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I just did this:

Get a salmon fillet and find a pyrex baking dish just a little bigger.
Get one of those boxed rolled-up pie crusts, roll it a bit squarish,
and line the pan with half flopping over one side.

Sautee some chopped leeks, celery, and mushrooms in butter, add a bit
of white wine and maybe a little chicken broth, maybe a bit of garlic,
season, reduce a bit.

Pour some of that into the pasrty shell, add salmon, add rest of the
gunk on top, then fold the loose pastry end over the top and tuck in.
Bake.

Came out pretty good.

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Sounds good. We get really good salmon filets from Sam's Club so
I'll try it this weekend. I'll probably make the shell from scratch
since those boxed mixes are over the top in sodium.

For me, anyway.
---

Tried cheesey polenta?

 

[Richard Henry]

Sure they do. And I just love it when something gets garnished with
mint leaves... but it draws stares from across the restaurant ;-)

Apparently you don't know the joke to that punchline.

 

[Jim Thompson]

Apparently you don't know the joke to that punchline.

I guess not. Please tell me the joke.

...Jim Thompson

 

[John Fields]

I guess not. Please tell me the joke.

 

[Jim Thompson]

Pussy has a more distinct flavor ?

...Jim Thompson

 

[Bobo The Chimp]

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** >>>>> ><punch line> *Nobody* eats parsley. </punch line> **
** ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ **
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Pussy has a more distinct flavor ?

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** NOBODY EATS PARSLEY, YOU DIMWIT!!! **
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Sheesh!

 

[Jim Thompson]

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** **
** >>>>> ><punch line> *Nobody* eats parsley. </punch line> **
** ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ **
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** NOBODY EATS PARSLEY, YOU DIMWIT!!! **
** **
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Sheesh!

Sheeeesh yourself Bobo. Italian parsley is great in many dishes and
salads.

Only queers/fairies/leftist-weenies keep changing their nom de plume
to avoid filters ;-)

...Jim Thompson

 

[SaPeIsMa]

I love parsley but worry that what is added as a garnish at
restaurants is not clean, because they didn't expect anybody
to eat it. But I eat it, anyway. I just added some seed to
pots I will grow tomatoes in.

Basil is the better companion plant, it repels insects attracted to
tomatoes, plus provides an excellent groundcover stemming weeds and
moisture loss.

[I've also noticed turtles and birds don't care for it much]

Also fresh (basil, tomatoes and mozarella) and balsamic vinegar make a GREAT
summer salad.

Another plant worth growing is Lavender
It's a natural bug repellent

 

[SaPeIsMa]

---
Ecclesiastes 3: 1-8


For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under
heaven:
A time to be born, and a time to die;
a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted;

A time to kill, and a time to heal;
a time to break down, and a time to build up;

A time to weep, and a time to laugh;
a time to mourn, and a time to dance;

A time to throw away stones, and a time to gather stones together;
a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;

A time to seek, and a time to lose;
a time to keep, and a time to throw away;

A time to tear, and a time to sew;
a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;

A time to love, and a time to hate;
a time for war, and a time for peace.

The Byrds did a GREAT version of that in song about 30 years ago.

 

[John Larkin]

Let me first say that I have nothing against homosexuality. But I know for a fact that those soc.men posters are homosexuals in disguise. On top of that they have no money and are very whiney. I would prefer to date fat and ugly chip designers. That a soc.man posters. Those people are just worthless freaks with no brains. Chip designers, have no social skills either but at least are not as whiney and mean spirited.

You're out of luck. There are no fat and ugly chip designers.

Sorry.

John

 

[Jim Thompson]

You're out of luck. There are no fat and ugly chip designers.

Sorry.

John

Well, I don't know ;-) I'm certainly ugly and certainly not skinny.

...Jim Thompson

 

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On Wed, 11 Apr 2007 11:47:11 -0500, John Fields

"pastry" in a roll?

polenta in a tube?

Salmon from Sam's?

You folks are sick, and have no concept of what food can be.

How hard is it to make polenta? Pastry takes skill. Farm raised
salmon is the best of the bunch - but no winner if you are trying to
meet or exceed the "cuisine" of a good (American) restaurant.

And one of you brags about spending 2K/mo on fine dining? Take a
cooking course with the money from a single month.

 

[RST Engineering \(jw\)]

As are marigolds.

Jim

 

[RST Engineering \(jw\)]

Taken directly from the Pete Seeger version of 50 years ago.

Jim

 

[John Fields]

Eeyore wrote:

I was just looking at planting some actually. I fancy the flat leaved
Italian
variety.

I love parsley but worry that what is added as a garnish at
restaurants is not clean, because they didn't expect anybody
to eat it. But I eat it, anyway. I just added some seed to
pots I will grow tomatoes in.

Basil is the better companion plant, it repels insects attracted to
tomatoes, plus provides an excellent groundcover stemming weeds and
moisture loss.

[I've also noticed turtles and birds don't care for it much]

Also fresh (basil, tomatoes and mozarella) and balsamic vinegar make a GREAT
summer salad.

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Yum!

For light, every once in a while, we like a quarter of a head, each,
of Iceberg lettuce with a sauce made from Pico de Gallo (finely
diced tomatoes, yellow onions, scallions, garlic, Jalapeno and
Serrano peppers, lemon juice, salt and vinegar) mixed with sour
cream, crumbled Feta, and a little milk mixed in just to make it
pourable over the lettuce.

 

[John Fields]

The Byrds did a GREAT version of that in song about 30 years ago.

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About 40 years ago.

"For every season, turn, turn, turn, there is a reason..."

Pete Seeger was the author, neglecting the biblical reference.

 

[Jim Thompson]

On Wed, 11 Apr 2007 17:24:42 -0500, John Fields

[snip]

For light, every once in a while, we like a quarter of a head, each,
of Iceberg lettuce with a sauce made from Pico de Gallo (finely
diced tomatoes, yellow onions, scallions, garlic, Jalapeno and
Serrano peppers, lemon juice, salt and vinegar) mixed with sour
cream, crumbled Feta, and a little milk mixed in just to make it
pourable over the lettuce.

Yep. My favorite salad.

...Jim Thompson

 

[John Fields]

Well, I don't know ;-) I'm certainly ugly and certainly not skinny.