• Greasy Spoons

    From Dave Drum@1:124/5016 to Ruth Haffly on Wed Mar 5 06:54:04 2025
    Ruth Haffly wrote to Dave Drum <=-

    Not everything called chilli is actually chilli. I was competing in a "district" cook-off (less than 20 cooks) some years ago and the #1
    bowl of red, according to the judges, was a cook who had put an entire regular sized bottlem of Hunt's Catsup into his pot just before "turn
    in". He may have won the trophy and the $$$$ but he didn't get a
    single "People's Choice" vote.

    Doesn't sound like anything I'd vote for. I'm not much of a ketchup
    eater to begin with, and knowing that there was a bottle of it in the
    pot of chili would have turned me off, fast!

    Unless you saw him doing it you'd not know. But he was seen - and ratted
    out. Chilli cooks are a big a bunch of gossips as a ladies knitting club.

    Greasy spoon chili in a not so greasy spoon eatery.

    8<----- Y'Know ----->8

    All of the chilli cook offs in this area get a visit from the health department. I got an attempted "ding" from aninspector for not having
    a thermometer present. So, I lifted the lid of the chilli pot to the
    stew bubbling merrily along and siad "What's boiling point?"

    She started to ask "What's that ... " which was as far as she got when
    I saw her "get it" and she turned and left. Bv)=

    Makes you wonder, sometimes, how they got to be food inspectors. The
    VFW post here runs a chuck wagon at community events as a fund raiser.
    All who are involved with running it in any form have to go thru the county food handler's certification class. AFAIK, it has never been "audited" but I'm sure it would pass.

    I have always had a food handlers certification when required. But never,
    in 82 years been asked to show it to an inspector or other food cop.

    If they look like there's a ground fog following them they're putting
    down ice melter.

    As they do in this area. I keep a monthly subscription at one between
    home and work. Hit it often for thew undercar wash to get ride of any
    salt build-up. Not to mentions the salty coating on the bodywork.

    We can't use a lot of the commercial washes because of the high cap on
    the back of the truck. So, it's usually a DIY project, awaiting a nice
    day without rain in the foreseeable forecast.

    How high is the cap? If it will fit under a drive-thru awning it will
    go nicely through most of the car washes around here. Most of them

    We don't do drive thru awnings. The truck and cap would probably fit
    but we've got radio antennas that would not fit. Having done the drive thru at the bank a few times, we know not to try it at a fast food
    place.

    All of the banks I've used in this are have covers over all but the
    drive-up window. But the covers are necessary because of the pneumatic
    tubing that shuffles the paparwork back and forth.

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    8<----- CUT ----->8

    Title: French Coil Pastry W/Spinach & Feta
    Categories: Greens, Cheese, Vegetables, Nuts, Pastry
    Yield: 6 servings

    It works--and looks interesting.

    The pixture accompanying the original recipe was nice. I'd probably
    enjoy eating it. Doubt I'll ever make it, though.

    I've come to that realisation with a lot of recipies. Went thru a stack
    of saved newspaper food sections over the past week or so, think I
    saved maybe a dozen recipies to try.

    One of the reasons I like Taste of Home recipoes is that they are by
    home cooks and doable in most kitchens. Even the T.O.H. Test Kitchen
    recipes are aimed at the home cook. I still collect stuff I might make
    in my kitchen from Saveur, New York Times, Simply Recipes, etc.

    And once in a while I hit a gem I've not made before that gets made
    right away ....

    Made this one yesterday and sent half of it home with my brother who
    spent the day Ubering his wife and daughter to various medical deals.
    Got requests for the recipe from both Vicky (S-I-L) and her daughter,
    Robin.

    I was sensitised to it by the similar recipe I posted to you earlier
    this week. Never had a bad shrimp dish. Bv)=

    MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06

    Title: Shrimp Etouffee
    Categories: Seafood, Vegetables, Citrus, Herbs, Rice
    Yield: 6 servings

    1/3 c A-P flour
    1/2 c Oil
    1 lg Bell pepper; chopped
    1 lg Onion, chopped
    1 c Chopped celery
    15 oz Can tomato sauce
    1 c Seafood stock or chicken
    - broth
    1 tb Worcestershire sauce
    1 1/2 ts Garlic powder
    1 1/2 ts Cajun seasoning *
    1 ts Paprika
    1 ts Lemon juice
    1 1/2 lb Uncooked U-40 shrimp; peeled
    - deveined
    Hot cooked rice
    Thin sliced green onions

    * I used Tony Chachere's (green can) which says "Creole
    Seasoning" but seems to double as "Cajun Seasoning".

    In a Dutch oven, whisk flour and oil until smooth. Cook
    over medium-high heat for 5 minutes, whisking
    constantly. Reduce heat to medium; cook and stir 10
    minutes longer or until mixture is reddish-brown.

    Add the green pepper, onion and celery; cook and stir
    for 5 minutes. Add the tomato sauce, stock,
    Worcestershire sauce, garlic powder, Cajun seasoning,
    paprika and lemon juice. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat;
    cover and simmer for 45 minutes.

    Stir in shrimp; cover and cook until shrimp turn pink,
    about 5 minutes . Serve with rice, garnish with green
    onions.

    Taste of Home Test Kitchen

    Makes: 6 servings

    RECIPE FROM: https://www.tasteofhome.com

    Uncle Dirty Dave's Kitchen

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  • From Ruth Haffly@1:396/45.28 to Dave Drum on Wed Mar 5 16:31:31 2025
    Hi Dave,

    regular sized bottlem of Hunt's Catsup into his pot just before "turn
    in". He may have won the trophy and the $$$$ but he didn't get a
    single "People's Choice" vote.

    Doesn't sound like anything I'd vote for. I'm not much of a ketchup
    eater to begin with, and knowing that there was a bottle of it in the
    pot of chili would have turned me off, fast!

    Unless you saw him doing it you'd not know. But he was seen - and
    ratted out. Chilli cooks are a big a bunch of gossips as a ladies
    knitting club.

    There had to have been somewhat of a ketchup taste, using that much of
    it. Plus, that much ketchup would have added extra sweetness, something
    else that doesn't really belong in chili, IMO.

    She started to ask "What's that ... " which was as far as she got when
    I saw her "get it" and she turned and left. Bv)=

    Makes you wonder, sometimes, how they got to be food inspectors. The
    VFW post here runs a chuck wagon at community events as a fund raiser.
    All who are involved with running it in any form have to go thru the county food handler's certification class. AFAIK, it has never been "audited" but I'm sure it would pass.

    I have always had a food handlers certification when required. But
    never, in 82 years been asked to show it to an inspector or other food cop.

    They probably just presume you have it, especially if they've seen you
    at various competitions. Better to have and not need than to not have
    and need.


    How high is the cap? If it will fit under a drive-thru awning it will
    go nicely through most of the car washes around here. Most of them

    We don't do drive thru awnings. The truck and cap would probably fit
    but we've got radio antennas that would not fit. Having done the drive thru at the bank a few times, we know not to try it at a fast food
    place.

    All of the banks I've used in this are have covers over all but the drive-up window. But the covers are necessary because of the pneumatic tubing that shuffles the paparwork back and forth.

    Yes, the bank one is usually high enough but it reminds us that not all
    places that have a cover are that high. We usually prefer to go in and
    sit down anyways, or go in, get it to go and eat in the camper,
    especially if the place is croweded.


    The pixture accompanying the original recipe was nice. I'd probably
    enjoy eating it. Doubt I'll ever make it, though.

    I've come to that realisation with a lot of recipies. Went thru a stack
    of saved newspaper food sections over the past week or so, think I
    saved maybe a dozen recipies to try.

    One of the reasons I like Taste of Home recipoes is that they are by
    home cooks and doable in most kitchens. Even the T.O.H. Test Kitchen recipes are aimed at the home cook. I still collect stuff I might make
    in my kitchen from Saveur, New York Times, Simply Recipes, etc.

    And once in a while I hit a gem I've not made before that gets made
    right away ....

    I've done that--pulled out from a cook book, stack of print outs or
    whatever, something that looks good, try it and it becomes something
    we'll re do on a semi regular basis. The spicy Moroccan chicken recipe
    was in a magazine at my in-laws house in Florida one time when we were visiting. It came home with us and I probably make it at least once a
    year, making enough to put extra into the freezer to enjoy a couple more
    times.

    Made this one yesterday and sent half of it home with my brother who
    spent the day Ubering his wife and daughter to various medical deals.
    Got requests for the recipe from both Vicky (S-I-L) and her daughter, Robin.

    I was sensitised to it by the similar recipe I posted to you earlier
    this week. Never had a bad shrimp dish. Bv)=


    Title: Shrimp Etouffee
    Categories: Seafood, Vegetables, Citrus, Herbs, Rice
    Yield: 6 servings

    Something I would definatly try. We had lunch with some of Steve's
    fellow hams today at a Thai restaurant. I had cashew chicken--would have
    been better with a lighter sauce and not cooking the chicken quite so
    long. Chicken pieces were quite dry and the brown sauce overpowered
    other tastes.


    ---
    Catch you later,
    Ruth
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  • From Dave Drum@1:124/5016 to Ruth Haffly on Fri Mar 7 05:43:09 2025
    Ruth Haffly wrote to Dave Drum <=-

    regular sized bottlem of Hunt's Catsup into his pot just before "turn
    in". He may have won the trophy and the $$$$ but he didn't get a
    single "People's Choice" vote.

    Doesn't sound like anything I'd vote for. I'm not much of a ketchup
    eater to begin with, and knowing that there was a bottle of it in the
    pot of chili would have turned me off, fast!

    Unless you saw him doing it you'd not know. But he was seen - and
    ratted out. Chilli cooks are a big a bunch of gossips as a ladies
    knitting club.

    There had to have been somewhat of a ketchup taste, using that much of
    it. Plus, that much ketchup would have added extra sweetness, something else that doesn't really belong in chili, IMO.

    A lot of chilli cooks put sugar in their chilli. White or brown. Or some
    will do molasses - which results in a barbeque sauce undertone. And I
    knew one lady who used honey. Bv)=

    She started to ask "What's that ... " which was as far as she got when
    I saw her "get it" and she turned and left. Bv)=

    Makes you wonder, sometimes, how they got to be food inspectors. The
    VFW post here runs a chuck wagon at community events as a fund raiser.
    All who are involved with running it in any form have to go thru the county food handler's certification class. AFAIK, it has never been "audited" but I'm sure it would pass.

    I have always had a food handlers certification when required. But
    never, in 82 years been asked to show it to an inspector or other food cop.

    They probably just presume you have it, especially if they've seen you
    at various competitions. Better to have and not need than to not have
    and need.

    Probably because the business is known for following the "rules".

    How high is the cap? If it will fit under a drive-thru awning it will
    go nicely through most of the car washes around here. Most of them

    We don't do drive thru awnings. The truck and cap would probably fit
    but we've got radio antennas that would not fit. Having done the drive thru at the bank a few times, we know not to try it at a fast food
    place.

    All of the banks I've used in this are have covers over all but the drive-up window. But the covers are necessary because of the pneumatic tubing that shuffles the paparwork back and forth.

    Yes, the bank one is usually high enough but it reminds us that not all places that have a cover are that high. We usually prefer to go in and
    sit down anyways, or go in, get it to go and eat in the camper,
    especially if the place is croweded.

    The drive-thru is a matter of convenience for me. I score my grub and take
    it either home or to work where it is eaten. Once in a very great while I'll drive thru Hardee's if I'm running late for work and score a couple of their nice biscuit sandwiches - eating them on the way to work.

    The pixture accompanying the original recipe was nice. I'd probably
    enjoy eating it. Doubt I'll ever make it, though.

    I've come to that realisation with a lot of recipies. Went thru a stack
    of saved newspaper food sections over the past week or so, think I
    saved maybe a dozen recipies to try.

    One of the reasons I like Taste of Home recipes is that they are by
    home cooks and doable in most kitchens. Even the T.O.H. Test Kitchen recipes are aimed at the home cook. I still collect stuff I might make
    in my kitchen from Saveur, New York Times, Simply Recipes, etc.

    And once in a while I hit a gem I've not made before that gets made
    right away ....

    I've done that--pulled out from a cook book, stack of print outs or whatever, something that looks good, try it and it becomes something
    we'll re do on a semi regular basis. The spicy Moroccan chicken recipe
    was in a magazine at my in-laws house in Florida one time when we were visiting. It came home with us and I probably make it at least once a year, making enough to put extra into the freezer to enjoy a couple
    more times.

    That's how I made my first "new to me" recipe. My mother gave me a New
    York Times cookbook and I was browsing through the page when BINGO. One
    jumped off the page into my lap and said "Let's go to the kitchen".

    And that's how I was introduced to fish Parmesan. Bv)=

    Made this one yesterday and sent half of it home with my brother who
    spent the day Ubering his wife and daughter to various medical deals.
    Got requests for the recipe from both Vicky (S-I-L) and her daughter, Robin.

    I was sensitised to it by the similar recipe I posted to you earlier
    this week. Never had a bad shrimp dish. Bv)=

    Title: Shrimp Etouffee
    Categories: Seafood, Vegetables, Citrus, Herbs, Rice
    Yield: 6 servings

    Something I would definatly try. We had lunch with some of Steve's
    fellow hams today at a Thai restaurant. I had cashew chicken--would
    have been better with a lighter sauce and not cooking the chicken quite
    so long. Chicken pieces were quite dry and the brown sauce overpowered other tastes.

    Here's that fish parm recipe in its original form:

    MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06

    Title: Baked Fish Parmigiana
    Categories: Five, Seafood, Cheese, Sauces
    Yield: 4 Servings

    4 Fish filets or steaks
    1 c Tomato sauce
    Salt & fresh black pepper
    1/2 c Grated Parmesan cheese
    2 tb Butter; melted

    Set oven @ 425ºF/220ºC.

    Place the fish in a shallow, buttered baking dish and
    season with salt and fresh ground pepper.

    Spread the tomato sauce over each filet/steak and
    sprinkle with the cheese. Drizzle with melted butter.

    Bake, uncovered, until the fish flakes easily when
    tested with a fork, fifteen to twenty minutes.

    FROM: New York Times Cookbook, 1961 edition, page 263.
    : Edited by Craig Claiborne.

    Uncle Dirty Dave's Kitchen

    MMMMM

    And what it has grown into ---

    MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06

    Title: Dave's Fish Parmesan
    Categories: Seafood, Cheese, Sauces, Mushrooms
    Yield: 8 Servings

    2 lb Fish filets or steaks
    26 oz Jar Onofrio's Basilico sauce
    - or Marinara sauce *
    Salt & fresh black pepper
    1 lb Mozzarella or Provolone;
    - sliced or shredded
    1 lb Crimini/Swiss Brown button
    - mushrooms, cleaned, sliced
    - reserving 8 buttons
    Fresh grated or shaved
    - Parmesan cheese
    8 tb Butter; melted

    Set oven @ 425ºF/220ºC.

    Spread a thin layer of sauce over bottom of baking dish
    place a layer of firm whitefish filets on the sauce. Salt
    and pepper the fish. Sprinkle some sliced mushrooms over
    fish and place cheese in a layer over the mushrooms.
    Spread a layer of sauce over the cheese and repeat the
    fish, mushroom, cheese layers until the baking dish is
    near full or you run out of fish.

    Top the last layer with cheese, the remaining sauce in
    the jar and the 8 reserved mushroom buttons. Grate or
    shave Parmesan over until you are ashamed of yourself or
    until you run out of cheese.

    Drizzle the melted butter over the cheese and bake until
    fish is done - 15 to 20 minutes

    * Available from www.onofrios.com. Or you may use Rao's,
    Filippo Berio, Classico, etc.

    I like the addition of the basil in the Basilico sauce. If
    you don't care for basil with your fish use the straight
    marinara. - UDD

    Adapted from a NYT Cookbook recipe and served many times
    from Dirty Dave's Kitchen.

    MM Format by Dave Drum - 10 June 1997

    MMMMM


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  • From Ruth Haffly@1:396/45.28 to Dave Drum on Fri Mar 7 21:00:20 2025
    Hi Dave,


    There had to have been somewhat of a ketchup taste, using that much of
    it. Plus, that much ketchup would have added extra sweetness, something else that doesn't really belong in chili, IMO.

    A lot of chilli cooks put sugar in their chilli. White or brown. Or
    some will do molasses - which results in a barbeque sauce undertone.
    And I knew one lady who used honey. Bv)=

    I still don't like overly sweet tomato things. Some cooks put sugar in
    their marinara sauce, I don't. The original recipe given to me by my
    (Italian) MIL had no sugar, just tomato paste, water, salt, pepper,
    oregano, parsley, basil and garlic powder.


    All of the banks I've used in this are have covers over all but the drive-up window. But the covers are necessary because of the pneumatic tubing that shuffles the paparwork back and forth.

    Yes, the bank one is usually high enough but it reminds us that not all places that have a cover are that high. We usually prefer to go in and
    sit down anyways, or go in, get it to go and eat in the camper,
    especially if the place is croweded.

    The drive-thru is a matter of convenience for me. I score my grub and
    take it either home or to work where it is eaten. Once in a very great while I'll drive thru Hardee's if I'm running late for work and score
    a couple of their nice biscuit sandwiches - eating them on the way to work.

    Works for you, not us. But, we still get fed. We've driven into parking
    garages and had antennas scrape the ceiling so we try to remember to
    take them off before entering.

    The pixture accompanying the original recipe was nice. I'd probably
    enjoy eating it. Doubt I'll ever make it, though.

    I've come to that realisation with a lot of recipies. Went thru a stack
    of saved newspaper food sections over the past week or so, think I
    saved maybe a dozen recipies to try.

    One of the reasons I like Taste of Home recipes is that they are by
    home cooks and doable in most kitchens. Even the T.O.H. Test Kitchen recipes are aimed at the home cook. I still collect stuff I might make
    in my kitchen from Saveur, New York Times, Simply Recipes, etc.

    And once in a while I hit a gem I've not made before that gets made
    right away ....

    I've done that--pulled out from a cook book, stack of print outs or whatever, something that looks good, try it and it becomes something
    we'll re do on a semi regular basis. The spicy Moroccan chicken recipe
    was in a magazine at my in-laws house in Florida one time when we were visiting. It came home with us and I probably make it at least once a year, making enough to put extra into the freezer to enjoy a couple
    more times.

    That's how I made my first "new to me" recipe. My mother gave me a New York Times cookbook and I was browsing through the page when BINGO.
    One jumped off the page into my lap and said "Let's go to the
    kitchen".

    And that's how I was introduced to fish Parmesan. Bv)=

    We've come across some real winners that way. The echo here is what made
    me finally break away from the green can (Parmesain) and red can
    (Romano) cheese, going entirely to buying it by the chunk and grating
    out own. The echo also introduced me to balsamic vinegar; my original
    purchase was a "let's see if Steve will like this". Now it's a regular
    buy.


    ---
    Catch you later,
    Ruth
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  • From Dave Drum@1:2320/105 to Ruth Haffly on Tue Mar 11 06:22:00 2025
    Ruth Haffly wrote to Dave Drum <=-

    RH DD> Sugar in the pasta sauce seems to depend on which region of Italy the
    recipe came from. I've told the story here before of hitting sugar in
    a "daily special" at an Italian joint owned by a chilli cook of
    Italian ancestry. And his explanation. Neveer ordered red sauced pasta there again. Mostly stuck with my usual chilli-mac. Mardango was,
    after all, six time Illinois State chill champion.

    I remember reading your account of it. My MIL's ancestry is from
    Calabria, the toe of the boot--down near Sicily. She has put a carrot
    in her sauce as she claims that it absorbs some of the acid from the tomato in the sauce. I've not really noticed a difference in hers with
    the carrot and mine without. I think I'm a bit heavier with the spices (except salt) than she is.

    There seem to be as many regional variants in Italy as there are in the
    Unried States. My friend Joe (Guiseppe) Gallina and his brothers wound
    up here in Spring-A-Leak running restaurants. Joe's is in the middle of downtown. Mike's (Emilio) place is in nearby Riverton where 70% or so of
    the population is of Italian descent. And Marco had a very successful restaurant in a shopping center. Then it disappeared. I aked Joe about
    "What happened?" and was told the Marco got homesick and returned to the
    island of Sicily where he's "cleaning up" selling American-style pizza.
    Go figure. Bv)=

    8<----- SLIUCE ----->8

    My house mate spotted the cans of tuna I got at Hy-Vee and began a
    long reminiscence about his Aunt Joan's tuna salad and how it was the
    best he had ever had. He won't be expecting this:

    My mom's only uses for tuna were in a simple macaroni and tuna (with
    mayo) salad or just with mayo for a sandwich. I'll cut up an apple or
    two (depending on how much tuna I'm using) into the tuna and mayo. My
    MIL was skeptical of that when she saw me do it; now it's the way she likes her tuna. As a Tupperware dealer, she passed on the suggestion at some of the demos she did, giving me credit. (G)

    Hmmmmmmm ..... never tried an apple in tuna salad. I'll have to keep that
    in mind. I know applem works great in chicken salad.

    This is basically what I made. I've never been a fan of sweet pickles in
    my tuna salad - so I stock Heifitz or Vlasic or Mt. Olive dill relish.
    I use Duke's mayo as it is less sweet than Kraft or Hellman's. The "As
    Seen On TV" Vidalia Onion Chopper with the small (1/8") plate in place
    worked very nicely/quickly to make uniform chinks of the veggies.

    I did all the options except the eggs in this batch. Must have been a
    hit because I was asked this morning A: Is there any left? And B: When
    are you going to make some more?

    MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06

    Title: Dave's Tuna Salad
    Categories: Seafood, Vegetables, Sauces
    Yield: 4 Servings

    5 oz Can tuna in water; drained
    1 md Onion; diced fine
    2 sm (or 1 lg) Ribs celery; diced
    . - small

    MMMMM----------------------EYBALL MEASURES---------------------------
    DILL pickle relish
    Mayonnaise (Duke's)

    MMMMM--------------------------OPTIONAL-------------------------------
    2 lg Hard boiled eggs; chopped
    2 tb (or less) sunflower kernels
    1 sm Bell pepper; any color,
    . - cored, diced small

    Drain the tuna well, give the water to the cat and you'll
    have a friend for life. Put the tuna into a suitable bowl
    and break up any chunks with a fork.

    Add the onion and celery, stirring into the tuna with
    your fork. Then add as much DILL relish as you wish to
    suit your taste. Follow with enough mayonnaise to hold
    it all together without being too loose.

    If using chopped egg and/or sunflower kernels - now is
    the time to stir them in - just until incorporated.

    You are now ready to make sandwiches or stuff tomatoes.

    Uncle Dirty Dave's Kitchen

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  • From Ruth Haffly@1:396/45.28 to Dave Drum on Tue Mar 11 11:49:49 2025
    Hi Dave,

    a "daily special" at an Italian joint owned by a chilli cook of
    Italian ancestry. And his explanation. Neveer ordered red sauced pasta there again. Mostly stuck with my usual chilli-mac. Mardango was,
    after all, six time Illinois State chill champion.

    I remember reading your account of it. My MIL's ancestry is from
    Calabria, the toe of the boot--down near Sicily. She has put a carrot
    in her sauce as she claims that it absorbs some of the acid from the tomato in the sauce. I've not really noticed a difference in hers with
    the carrot and mine without. I think I'm a bit heavier with the spices (except salt) than she is.

    There seem to be as many regional variants in Italy as there are in
    the Unried States. My friend Joe (Guiseppe) Gallina and his brothers
    wound
    up here in Spring-A-Leak running restaurants. Joe's is in the middle
    of downtown. Mike's (Emilio) place is in nearby Riverton where 70% or
    so of the population is of Italian descent. And Marco had a very successful
    restaurant in a shopping center. Then it disappeared. I aked Joe about "What happened?" and was told the Marco got homesick and returned to
    the island of Sicily where he's "cleaning up" selling American-style pizza. Go figure. Bv)=

    Sounds like they all did well. Back in the early 70s, my younger (just
    below me in family order) did a school trip to Italy. She said in one
    place the kids ordered pizza and were quite disappointed when it came
    out. They were all expecting the American style; what they got was the
    Italian style.

    8<----- SLIUCE ----->8

    My house mate spotted the cans of tuna I got at Hy-Vee and began a
    long reminiscence about his Aunt Joan's tuna salad and how it was the
    best he had ever had. He won't be expecting this:

    My mom's only uses for tuna were in a simple macaroni and tuna (with
    mayo) salad or just with mayo for a sandwich. I'll cut up an apple or
    two (depending on how much tuna I'm using) into the tuna and mayo. My
    MIL was skeptical of that when she saw me do it; now it's the way she likes her tuna. As a Tupperware dealer, she passed on the suggestion at some of the demos she did, giving me credit. (G)

    Hmmmmmmm ..... never tried an apple in tuna salad. I'll have to keep
    that in mind. I know applem works great in chicken salad.

    Try it, you'll like it. (G)


    This is basically what I made. I've never been a fan of sweet pickles
    in my tuna salad - so I stock Heifitz or Vlasic or Mt. Olive dill
    relish.
    I use Duke's mayo as it is less sweet than Kraft or Hellman's. The "As Seen On TV" Vidalia Onion Chopper with the small (1/8") plate in place worked very nicely/quickly to make uniform chinks of the veggies.

    I use a small amount of sweet pickle relish if Steve isn't eating it,
    none if he is. The past few years we've been using an olive oil based
    mayo we've found at Costco, don't recall the name. I prefer Duke's but
    Steve doesn't like it as much.

    I did all the options except the eggs in this batch. Must have been
    a DD> hit because I was asked this morning A: Is there any left? And B:
    When DD> are you going to make some more?


    Title: Dave's Tuna Salad
    Categories: Seafood, Vegetables, Sauces
    Yield: 4 Servings

    Looks good to me; I'd probably go easier on the sunflower seeds as a
    little goes a long way with them.

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  • From Dave Drum@1:18/200 to Ruth Haffly on Thu Mar 13 11:37:00 2025
    Ruth Haffly wrote to Dave Drum <=-

    restaurant in a shopping center. Then it disappeared. I aked Joe about "What happened?" and was told the Marco got homesick and returned to
    the island of Sicily where he's "cleaning up" selling American-style pizza. Go figure. Bv)=

    Sounds like they all did well. Back in the early 70s, my younger (just below me in family order) did a school trip to Italy. She said in one place the kids ordered pizza and were quite disappointed when it came
    out. They were all expecting the American style; what they got was the Italian style.

    Probably got an authentic Pizza Margherita. My late brother, Robert, went
    with my folks on an It6alian trip and was really disappointed in the pizza.

    8<----- SLIUCE ----->8

    Hmmmmmmm ..... never tried an apple in tuna salad. I'll have to keep
    that in mind. I know applem works great in chicken salad.

    Try it, you'll like it. (G)

    No doubt. My mental taster tells me itsa deal.

    This is basically what I made. I've never been a fan of sweet pickles
    in my tuna salad - so I stock Heifitz or Vlasic or Mt. Olive dill
    relish. I use Duke's mayo as it is less sweet than Kraft or Hellman's.
    The "As Seen On TV" Vidalia Onion Chopper with the small (1/8") plate
    in place worked very nicely/quickly to make uniform chinks of the
    veggies.

    I use a small amount of sweet pickle relish if Steve isn't eating it,
    none if he is. The past few years we've been using an olive oil based
    mayo we've found at Costco, don't recall the name. I prefer Duke's but Steve doesn't like it as much.

    I like Duke's because it's not as sweet as the Big Guys.

    I did all the options except the eggs in this batch. Must have been
    a hit because I was asked this morning A: Is there any left? And B:
    When are you going to make some more?


    Title: Dave's Tuna Salad
    Categories: Seafood, Vegetables, Sauces
    Yield: 4 Servings

    Looks good to me; I'd probably go easier on the sunflower seeds as a little goes a long way with them.

    It's listed under "Options" and the call is for 2 TB or less. Suit
    yourself. Bv)=

    The writer credit on this recipe has got to be a pseudonym.

    MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06

    Title: Lazy Girl Pizza Margherita
    Categories: Five, Breads, Sauces, Vegetables, Cheese
    Yield: 2 Servings

    2 Pocketless pita breads
    1/4 c Basil pesto
    1 c Shredded mozzarella cheese
    2 Roma tomatoes; sliced

    Preheat oven to 400ºF/205ºC.

    Place pita breads on a baking sheet.

    Bake in the preheated oven until lightly browned and
    slightly crisp, 8 to 10 minutes.

    Spread pesto onto each pita bread and top with
    mozzarella cheese and tomato slices.

    Bake in the oven until cheese is melted and tomatoes
    are tender, about 10 minutes more.

    Recipe by: Alexis Trebeck

    RECIPE FROM: http://allrecipes.com

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  • From Ruth Haffly@1:396/45.28 to Dave Drum on Thu Mar 13 12:10:59 2025
    Hi Dave,


    restaurant in a shopping center. Then it disappeared. I aked Joe about "What happened?" and was told the Marco got homesick and returned to
    the island of Sicily where he's "cleaning up" selling American-style pizza. Go figure. Bv)=

    Sounds like they all did well. Back in the early 70s, my younger (just below me in family order) did a school trip to Italy. She said in one place the kids ordered pizza and were quite disappointed when it came
    out. They were all expecting the American style; what they got was the Italian style.

    Probably got an authentic Pizza Margherita. My late brother, Robert,
    went with my folks on an It6alian trip and was really disappointed in
    the pizza.

    That sounds like it's what they got. But, high school kids from a small
    town in the mountains in the early 70s aren't sophisticated enough to
    realise there is such a thing.

    8<----- SLIUCE ----->8

    Hmmmmmmm ..... never tried an apple in tuna salad. I'll have to keep
    that in mind. I know applem works great in chicken salad.

    Try it, you'll like it. (G)

    No doubt. My mental taster tells me itsa deal.

    This is basically what I made. I've never been a fan of sweet pickles
    in my tuna salad - so I stock Heifitz or Vlasic or Mt. Olive dill
    relish. I use Duke's mayo as it is less sweet than Kraft or Hellman's.
    The "As Seen On TV" Vidalia Onion Chopper with the small (1/8") plate
    in place worked very nicely/quickly to make uniform chinks of the
    veggies.

    I use a small amount of sweet pickle relish if Steve isn't eating it,
    none if he is. The past few years we've been using an olive oil based
    mayo we've found at Costco, don't recall the name. I prefer Duke's but Steve doesn't like it as much.

    I like Duke's because it's not as sweet as the Big Guys.

    Agreed, it was all I bought once I discovered it when we lived in
    Swansboro. When we were stationed at Fort Hood, TX, one of my neighbors
    (from Georgia) brought me 3 jars of it when she returned from spending Christmas with her family.

    I did all the options except the eggs in this batch. Must have been
    a hit because I was asked this morning A: Is there any left? And B:
    When are you going to make some more?


    Title: Dave's Tuna Salad
    Categories: Seafood, Vegetables, Sauces
    Yield: 4 Servings

    Looks good to me; I'd probably go easier on the sunflower seeds as a little goes a long way with them.

    It's listed under "Options" and the call is for 2 TB or less. Suit yourself. Bv)=

    The writer credit on this recipe has got to be a pseudonym.


    Title: Lazy Girl Pizza Margherita
    Categories: Five, Breads, Sauces, Vegetables, Cheese
    Yield: 2 Servings


    Recipe by: Alexis Trebeck

    Most likely but it could be a Canadian relative.

    ---
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    Ruth
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  • From Dave Drum@1:396/45 to Ruth Haffly on Sat Mar 15 04:53:30 2025
    Ruth Haffly wrote to Dave Drum <=-

    Probably got an authentic Pizza Margherita. My late brother, Robert,
    went with my folks on an It6alian trip and was really disappointed in
    the pizza.

    That sounds like it's what they got. But, high school kids from a small town in the mountains in the early 70s aren't sophisticated enough to realise there is such a thing.

    8<----- SLIUCE ----->8

    I like Duke's because it's not as sweet as the Big Guys.

    Agreed, it was all I bought once I discovered it when we lived in Swansboro. When we were stationed at Fort Hood, TX, one of my neighbors (from Georgia) brought me 3 jars of it when she returned from spending Christmas with her family.

    I can buy Duke's at my local Sav-A-Lot. Never seen it in any of the other grocery stores. Which is sorta kinda odd as Sav-A-Lot is a no-frills
    "budget priced" place.

    I did all the options except the eggs in this batch. Must have been
    a hit because I was asked this morning A: Is there any left? And B:
    When are you going to make some more?

    Title: Dave's Tuna Salad
    Categories: Seafood, Vegetables, Sauces
    Yield: 4 Servings

    Looks good to me; I'd probably go easier on the sunflower seeds as a little goes a long way with them.

    It's listed under "Options" and the call is for 2 TB or less. Suit yourself. Bv)=

    The writer credit on this recipe has got to be a pseudonym.

    Title: Lazy Girl Pizza Margherita
    Categories: Five, Breads, Sauces, Vegetables, Cheese
    Yield: 2 Servings

    Recipe by: Alexis Trebeck

    Most likely but it could be a Canadian relative.

    Alex' twin sister? That could be a Jeopardy question if true.

    MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06

    Title: Jeopardy! Borscht
    Categories: Beef, Vegetables, Soups
    Yield: 8 Servings

    4 lg Beets; peeled, chopped
    4 lg Carrots; peeled, chopped
    1 lg Yellow onion; peeled,
    - chopped
    1 Beef soup bone
    10 c Beef stock
    1 lg White potato; peeled,
    - chopped (opt)

    Last year our terrific pal Tommy (who was such a delight
    to hang out with this Christmas, btw) brought his nice
    friend Ethan over for dinner and Catchphrase; we ate
    this soup and Ethan went on to be a guest on Jeopardy!.

    Peel and chop beets, carrots and onion; simmer in a rich
    beef stock. Also throw in the pot some type of flavorful
    soup-bone if you want. A cross-cut bone-in beef shank
    slice would be ideal, but one time I used pigs feet,
    which is completely non-traditional but lends a nice
    thick heartiness to the soup which otherwise is thinner
    and brothy.

    One thing to do alternatively is start the soup by
    sauteeing the chopped onion in the pot until it is
    transparent, then add half or more of the broth and
    the bone and simmer for awhile, THEN add the beets and,
    about twenty minutes later, the carrots.

    The beets will take at least a half an hour or so to
    become tender, so allow time for them to get mostly
    there before you add the carrots (and a potato if you
    want to), then let it go another 5 minutes or so and
    add 1-2 cups of chopped cabbage. Let all the veggies
    cook until tender.

    Periodically scrape off gross scum that collects on the
    surface of the soup from having the bone in there (you
    should start this early, but only have to do it a couple
    of times).

    Add: salt and pepper to taste; red-wine or another
    vinegar to taste which I recommend as 3 tablespoons
    or more depending how tangy you like it and I like it
    quite tangy (but remember, you can always add more later,
    or people can add splashes to individual servings, too).
    Now is also the time to add fresh dill if you like fresh
    dill. Russians like a lot of fresh dill on everything
    and keep a large bunch of it in foil in the the freezer
    for such occasions.

    Serve hot with big dollops of sour cream or cold with
    big dollops of yogurt and garnish with dill! Or mix and
    match!

    Or compare to a real recipe from an online resource!
    Makes good eatin'! Take out the bone before serving!
    Nice with pancakes, black bread or piroshki! Okay let
    me know how it goes!

    P.S. A few more things I would like to say about this
    soup before you ream me about it:

    1a. There are MANY DIFFERENT KINDS OF BORSCH.

    1b. From what I understand traditional Russian borshch
    is spelled with no "t" and is really more like meat soup
    that happens to have a few beets thrown in. Some recipes
    call for mushrooms, garlic, navy beans and many other
    ingredients not included in Jeopardy! Borscht.

    2. This "recipe" has its roots in The Joy of Cooking,
    I didn't just totally make it up.

    3. I believe the spelling with a "t" comes from Germany,
    or from second-generation German-Americans who passed
    recipes to Irma Rombauer early last century. Please
    comment if you happen to know about the etymology of
    "borscht."

    4. PLEASE comment if this soup gets you on Jeopardy!.

    Thanks.

    From: http://lucysspleen.blogs.com

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  • From Ruth Haffly@1:396/45.28 to Dave Drum on Tue Mar 18 13:17:21 2025
    Hi Dave,

    I can buy Duke's at my local Sav-A-Lot. Never seen it in any of the
    other grocery stores. Which is sorta kinda odd as Sav-A-Lot is a
    no-frills "budget priced" place.

    Interesting. I can get Duke's at most any of the local grocery stores
    now that I'm back in the south. Our older daughter's husband is from GA and a few years ago they requested that we bring some Duke's when we
    come to visit. He got her hooked on it; I think they usually get it via Amazon now.

    This just in. Hy-Vee carries Duke's in both regular and light. I was
    there picking up stuff for tonight's supper when I stumbled across it.

    And picked up a jar, I presume.


    The writer credit on this recipe has got to be a pseudonym.

    Title: Lazy Girl Pizza Margherita

    Recipe by: Alexis Trebeck

    Most likely but it could be a Canadian relative.

    Alex' twin sister? That could be a Jeopardy question if true.

    AFAIK, he wasn't a twin; I'm 99% sure it's not a daughter. Niece or cousin, maybe.

    Or no shared DNA at all. Just the same surname.

    True, don't know how common the name is in Canada. I still miss him
    hosting "Jeoparday"; Ken Jennings is an ok replacement but not Alex.
    Some of the guest hosts they had after Alex passed away were really bad
    but I can tolerate Ken.

    Title: Jeopardy! Borscht
    Categories: Beef, Vegetables, Soups
    Yield: 8 Servings

    Last year our terrific pal Tommy (who was such a delight
    to hang out with this Christmas, btw) brought his nice
    friend Ethan over for dinner and Catchphrase; we ate
    this soup and Ethan went on to be a guest on Jeopardy!.

    One of these days I may try out again. Did, and made the contestant
    pool when we were in HI but they only took folks that wore uniforms
    from that pool. Since I wasn't in the military, a doctor, fireman or whatever, they didn't call me. The in person tryout was fun, don't know
    if it would be so with it done on Zoom now.

    Good luck. This is what I needed parts from the grocery store to make.


    Title: Reuben Panini
    Categories: Beef, Cheese, Breads, Vegetables
    Yield: 2 servings

    Looks good; I did the traditional corned beef and cabbage, with boiled potatoes, carrots and parsnips yesterday. We also have a couple of
    corned beef cuts currently on the smoker turning into pastrami.

    ---
    Catch you later,
    Ruth
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  • From Shawn Highfield@1:229/452 to Ruth Haffly on Thu Mar 20 06:23:00 2025
    Hi Ruth,
    In a message to Dave Drum you wrote:

    hosting "Jeoparday"; Ken Jennings is an ok replacement but not Alex.
    Some of the guest hosts they had after Alex passed away were really
    bad but I can tolerate Ken.

    Alex hosted that show for so long, he really was the best. He had the
    exact right personality for it. I think a lot of long term viewers will
    always miss him.

    Looks good; I did the traditional corned beef and cabbage, with
    boiled potatoes, carrots and parsnips yesterday.

    One of my favorite boiled dinners. :)

    Shawn

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  • From Dave Drum@1:396/45 to Ruth Haffly on Thu Mar 20 05:20:30 2025
    Ruth Haffly wrote to Dave Drum <=-


    This just in. Hy-Vee carries Duke's in both regular and light. I was
    there picking up stuff for tonight's supper when I stumbled across it.

    And picked up a jar, I presume.

    Not this go as I have plenty of mayo for my immediate needs, But I filed
    that datum away for future reference.

    8<-----EDIT ----->8

    Last year our terrific pal Tommy (who was such a delight
    to hang out with this Christmas, btw) brought his nice
    friend Ethan over for dinner and Catchphrase; we ate
    this soup and Ethan went on to be a guest on Jeopardy!.

    One of these days I may try out again. Did, and made the contestant
    pool when we were in HI but they only took folks that wore uniforms
    from that pool. Since I wasn't in the military, a doctor, fireman or whatever, they didn't call me. The in person tryout was fun, don't know
    if it would be so with it done on Zoom now.

    Good luck. This is what I needed parts from the grocery store to make.

    Title: Reuben Panini
    Categories: Beef, Cheese, Breads, Vegetables
    Yield: 2 servings

    Looks good; I did the traditional corned beef and cabbage, with boiled potatoes, carrots and parsnips yesterday. We also have a couple of
    corned beef cuts currently on the smoker turning into pastrami.

    I don't think I'd make a successful Mick. Boiled cabbage is NOT one of
    my faves.

    I did make this in honour of St. Pat. Didn't have a shamrock waffle iron
    so I just used mt 4" round mini-waffle iron.

    I left out the caraway seeds - but they were needed. Next go I'll whiz
    the seeds to powderin my R2D2 grinder

    MMMMM---- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06

    Title: Waffle Reuben Sandwiches
    Categories: Breads, Beef, Vegetables, Cheese
    Yield: 4 servings

    1 1/2 c Pancake & waffle mix
    1/2 c Dark rye flour
    2 tb Caraway seeds (opt at UDDs)
    1 1/2 c Water
    1/2 c Green cabbage
    1/2 c Crisp bagged kraut
    2 tb Coarse-ground mustard
    1/4 c Thousand Island salad
    - dressing
    5 oz Sliced corned beef
    2 oz Sliced Ementhal (Swiss)
    - cheese

    Set oven @ 350ºF/175ºC.

    Whisk together pancake &amp; waffle mix, rye flour, and
    caraway seeds. Whisk in water; continue whisking until
    smooth.

    Heat shamrock mini waffle maker, or another mini waffle
    maker, according to manufacturer’s directions. Carefully
    lift cover; spray both cooking surfaces with nonstick
    cooking spray.

    Pour 1/4 cup batter into waffle maker; close lid and
    cook 5 to 7 minutes or until golden brown and cooked
    through. Cook 7 more waffles using remaining batter,
    spraying waffle maker with nonstick spray between
    waffles.

    Stir together shredded green cabbage and sauerkraut.
    Place half of the waffles on a baking sheet. Spread one
    side of waffles with smoked porter coarse-ground
    mustard, then Thousand Island salad dressing. Top with
    corned beef, sliced Swiss cheese, and cabbage mixture.
    Bake for 8 to 10 minutes or until cheese is melted and
    meat is heated through. Place remaining waffles on top
    heated sandwiches.

    Servings: 4

    RECIPE FROM: https://www.hy-vee.com

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  • From Ruth Haffly@1:396/45.28 to Shawn Highfield on Thu Mar 20 12:27:04 2025
    Hi Shawn,

    hosting "Jeoparday"; Ken Jennings is an ok replacement but not Alex.
    Some of the guest hosts they had after Alex passed away were really
    bad but I can tolerate Ken.

    Alex hosted that show for so long, he really was the best. He had the exact right personality for it. I think a lot of long term viewers
    will always miss him.

    Agreed, he was really good as a host. When I tried out, they did the try
    outs over 2 days; I was booked for the second day. Alex made guest
    appearances at the try outs on the first day but on the second day, he
    was out at the various military installations on Oahu so I didn't get to
    meet him.


    Looks good; I did the traditional corned beef and cabbage, with
    boiled potatoes, carrots and parsnips yesterday.

    One of my favorite boiled dinners. :)

    I usually don't have parsnips on hand but did, this time so added them
    to the pot. We had a good meal, with enough left overs to put into a
    container to freeze for an "on the road" meal. We were at Lidl
    yesterday, bought another corned beef to cook up for slicing so we can
    have sandwichs. Also bought some country ham; Steve made biscuits this
    morning to go with it. Yummy!


    ---
    Catch you later,
    Ruth
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  • From Ruth Haffly@1:396/45.28 to Dave Drum on Thu Mar 20 12:40:14 2025
    Hi Dave,

    This just in. Hy-Vee carries Duke's in both regular and light. I
    was DD> there picking up stuff for tonight's supper when I stumbled
    across it.

    And picked up a jar, I presume.

    Not this go as I have plenty of mayo for my immediate needs, But I
    filed that datum away for future reference.

    Hopefully in a place in your mind where you will remember it when
    needed. (G)

    this soup and Ethan went on to be a guest on Jeopardy!.

    One of these days I may try out again. Did, and made the contestant
    pool when we were in HI but they only took folks that wore uniforms
    from that pool. Since I wasn't in the military, a doctor, fireman or

    Good luck. This is what I needed parts from the grocery store to make.

    Title: Reuben Panini
    Categories: Beef, Cheese, Breads, Vegetables
    Yield: 2 servings

    Looks good; I did the traditional corned beef and cabbage, with boiled potatoes, carrots and parsnips yesterday. We also have a couple of
    corned beef cuts currently on the smoker turning into pastrami.

    I don't think I'd make a successful Mick. Boiled cabbage is NOT one of
    my faves.

    Not really one of mine but I make a once a year exemption. I also make
    sure I'm NOT wearing any green (or orange). We picked up a marked down
    corned beef yesterday to cook, then slice up for sandwichs.


    I did make this in honour of St. Pat. Didn't have a shamrock waffle
    iron so I just used mt 4" round mini-waffle iron.

    Whatever works for you. (G)

    I left out the caraway seeds - but they were needed. Next go I'll whiz
    the seeds to powderin my R2D2 grinder

    Same kind of grinder I have--a repurposed Oster coffee grinder? Does a
    great job and Steve has a different grinder for his coffee beans. He
    didn't question me when I told him I wanted to repurpose his coffe
    grinder, gave him a reason to upgrade.

    Title: Waffle Reuben Sandwiches
    Categories: Breads, Beef, Vegetables, Cheese
    Yield: 4 servings

    It is something different; don't know if I could eat a whole one in one sitting.

    ---
    Catch you later,
    Ruth
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  • From Shawn Highfield@1:229/452 to Ruth Haffly on Sat Mar 22 07:54:00 2025
    Hi Ruth,
    On <Fri, 20 Mar 25>, you wrote me:

    try outs over 2 days; I was booked for the second day. Alex made
    guest appearances at the try outs on the first day but on the second
    was out at the various military installations on Oahu so I didn't get
    to meet him.

    That's a shame, would have been cool to meet him even just for a minute
    or two. At least it was a good reason he wasn't there.

    I usually don't have parsnips on hand but did, this time so added
    them to the pot. We had a good meal, with enough left overs to put
    into a container to freeze for an "on the road" meal. We were at

    My daughter loves parsnips and always has them. I like them, but no one
    else does here (I don't know why) so I don't bother with them either.

    have sandwichs. Also bought some country ham; Steve made biscuits
    this morning to go with it. Yummy!

    Nice!

    Shawn

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  • From Ruth Haffly@1:396/45.28 to Shawn Highfield on Mon Mar 24 17:06:18 2025
    Hi Shawn,


    My mom never bought (nor dad never grew) parsnips. I didn't start
    buying them until a few years ago, bought them as a needed
    ingredient. Found out we like them in stews and such like so I've
    bought them more often.

    I like them as well, but for some reason Andrea says they smell or
    taste like feet, I can't remember which but she's not a fan at all.

    No complaints here. (G)

    They go well with carrots as a side dish.

    Agreed.

    I'm cooking up the last corned beef today. It'll be mostly sliced up for sandwiches but we're doing a meal of it, some potatos and a bit of red
    cabbage I had in the fridge. It'll be interesting to see how the last
    one works out cooked with the corned beef, usually I do it German style.

    Very much so! I had a bit of chicken in the fridge so made chicken
    and gravy over biscuits for lunch. There are still a few biscuits
    some ham so it'll either be breakfast or supper tomorrow.

    We have 6 hunks of lasguna in the fridge (I made one on Saturday) and Andrea for some reason picked up a chicken from walmart today so lots
    of food to eat. :)

    Sounds good to me. My MIL gave me a good lasagne recipe when I married
    into the family. I'd been raised on a poor imitation so have really
    appreciated being able to make a good one. OTOH, my brothers think (one thought, now deceased) that Mrs. Stouffer makes a good one.

    ---
    Catch you later,
    Ruth
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  • From Shawn Highfield@1:229/452 to Ruth Haffly on Tue Mar 25 17:13:00 2025
    Hi Ruth,
    On <Tue, 24 Mar 25>, you wrote me:


    I'm cooking up the last corned beef today. It'll be mostly sliced up
    for sandwiches but we're doing a meal of it, some potatos and a bit cabbage I had in the fridge. It'll be interesting to see how the last
    one works out cooked with the corned beef, usually I do it German
    style.

    I would think it would work fine. However I don't worry too much about
    what "goes together" and if it sounds good to me I try it. :)

    married into the family. I'd been raised on a poor imitation so have really appreciated being able to make a good one. OTOH, my brothers
    think (one thought, now deceased) that Mrs. Stouffer makes a good one.

    Ewwwww. I have eaten the frozen ones but I wouldn't say they are good.
    I really like the one I make, I use "veggie crumble" or TVP instead of
    ground meat.

    Shawn

    ... Conistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative.


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  • From Dave Drum@1:2320/105 to Ruth Haffly on Wed Mar 26 18:21:00 2025
    Ruth Haffly wrote to Dave Drum <=-

    This just in. Hy-Vee carries Duke's in both regular and light. I
    was there picking up stuff for tonight's supper when I stumbled
    across it.

    And picked up a jar, I presume.

    Not this go as I have plenty of mayo for my immediate needs, But I
    filed that datum away for future reference.

    Hopefully in a place in your mind where you will remember it when
    needed. (G)

    this soup and Ethan went on to be a guest on Jeopardy!.

    One of these days I may try out again. Did, and made the contestant
    pool when we were in HI but they only took folks that wore uniforms
    from that pool. Since I wasn't in the military, a doctor, fireman or

    You didn't haver your "mommy" suit non? Vc)=

    Good luck. This is what I needed parts from the grocery store to make.

    Title: Reuben Panini
    Categories: Beef, Cheese, Breads, Vegetables
    Yield: 2 servings

    Looks good; I did the traditional corned beef and cabbage, with boiled potatoes, carrots and parsnips yesterday. We also have a couple of
    corned beef cuts currently on the smoker turning into pastrami.

    You had me up to the boiled cabbage. Not one of my favourites. Although I
    enjoy cole slaw, stuffed cabbabe leaves, even S & S cabbage soup. Just not
    big on boiled cabbage. <SHRUG> See previous comment.

    I don't think I'd make a successful Mick. Boiled cabbage is NOT one of
    my faves.

    Not really one of mine but I make a once a year exemption. I also make sure I'm NOT wearing any green (or orange). We picked up a marked down corned beef yesterday to cook, then slice up for sandwichs.

    Corned beef, now. With a good slather of zippy horseradish and some boiled potatoes coateed w/melted butter. Yuuuuuuummmmm.

    I did make this in honour of St. Pat. Didn't have a shamrock waffle
    iron so I just used mt 4" round mini-waffle iron.

    Whatever works for you. (G)

    I left out the caraway seeds - but they were needed. Next go I'll whiz
    the seeds to powderin my R2D2 grinder

    Same kind of grinder I have--a repurposed Oster coffee grinder? Does a great job and Steve has a different grinder for his coffee beans. He didn't question me when I told him I wanted to repurpose his coffe grinder, gave him a reason to upgrade.

    Title: Waffle Reuben Sandwiches
    Categories: Breads, Beef, Vegetables, Cheese
    Yield: 4 servings

    It is something different; don't know if I could eat a whole one in one sitting.

    Have faith. The recipe makes 4 servings - and a sin gle serve is 4" across.
    The equivalent of a half-sized BLT sandwich (or thereabouts)

    Here's a sorta-kinda McWaffle. If In were making this for Uncle Dirty Dave
    I'd 86 the scallion in favour of the optional tomato.

    MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06

    Title: Waffle Sandwich
    Categories: Five, Pork, Breads, Cheese
    Yield: 1 servings

    1 sl Canadian bacon
    1 lg Egg
    1 Green onion, chopped
    2 Frozen multigrain waffles
    1 tb Shredded Cheddar cheese
    Sliced tomato; opt

    In a nonstick skillet, cook Canadian bacon over
    medium-high heat 1-2 minutes on each side or until
    lightly browned. Remove and keep warm.

    In a small bowl, whisk egg and green onion; add to the
    same pan. Cook and stir until egg is thickened and no
    liquid egg remains.

    Meanwhile, prepare waffles according to package

    Directions. Place 1 waffle on a plate. Top with Canadian
    bacon, scrambled egg, cheese and, if desired, tomato.
    Top with remaining waffle.

    Michele McHenry, Bellingham, Washington

    Makes: 1 serving

    RECIPE FROM: https://www.tasteofhome.com

    Uncle Dirty Dave's Archives

    MMMMM

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  • From Ruth Haffly@1:396/45.28 to Shawn Highfield on Wed Mar 26 16:06:36 2025
    Hi Shawn,

    I'm cooking up the last corned beef today. It'll be mostly sliced up
    for sandwiches but we're doing a meal of it, some potatos and a bit cabbage I had in the fridge. It'll be interesting to see how the last
    one works out cooked with the corned beef, usually I do it German
    style.

    I would think it would work fine. However I don't worry too much
    about what "goes together" and if it sounds good to me I try it. :)

    It did work out well. Tasted like cooked green cabbage but turned the
    water reddish. I'd turned some of the head into cole slaw but it was a
    bit strong tasting for that. But, all the red cabbage is now used,
    from a 5 pound plus (Wegman's didn't have any smaller) that we got.

    married into the family. I'd been raised on a poor imitation so
    have RH> really appreciated being able to make a good one. OTOH, my
    brothers RH> think (one thought, now deceased) that Mrs. Stouffer makes
    a good one.

    Ewwwww. I have eaten the frozen ones but I wouldn't say they are
    good. I really like the one I make, I use "veggie crumble" or TVP
    instead of ground meat.

    Michel Angelo makes a pretty good frozen lasagne. We bought some when
    our local Sam's Club carried them and we needed a quick and easy (with
    bagged salad and garlic bread) meal for our small group at church. Sam's
    has stopped carrying them but I've seen them at Publix (grocery store).


    I usually don't add any meat to mine. Using whole wheat noodles with the ricotta cheese makes a complete protein so we don't need the meat. I've
    made a meat or spinach version once in a while but my "standard" version
    is meat free, meat balls and possibly Italian sausage or brachole on the
    side.

    ---
    Catch you later,
    Ruth
    rchaffly{at}earthlink{dot}net FIDO 1:396/45.28


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  • From Shawn Highfield@1:229/452 to Ruth Haffly on Thu Mar 27 17:27:00 2025
    Hi Ruth,
    On <Thu, 26 Mar 25>, you wrote me:

    Michel Angelo makes a pretty good frozen lasagne. We bought some when
    our local Sam's Club carried them and we needed a quick and easy
    (with bagged salad and garlic bread) meal for our small group at
    church. Sam's has stopped carrying them but I've seen them at Publix

    There are some that are okay, but I don't find it a hard dish to make,
    I can make the pasta in my sleep at this point and that's really the
    most time consuming part.

    made a meat or spinach version once in a while but my "standard"
    version is meat free, meat balls and possibly Italian sausage or
    brachole on the side.

    I have done those as well. I like them all. :)

    Shawn

    ... A clean desk is a sign of a cluttered desk drawer.


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  • From Ruth Haffly@1:396/45.28 to Dave Drum on Thu Mar 27 11:57:18 2025
    Hi Dave,

    Good to "see your face" again.

    this soup and Ethan went on to be a guest on Jeopardy!.

    One of these days I may try out again. Did, and made the contestant
    pool when we were in HI but they only took folks that wore uniforms
    from that pool. Since I wasn't in the military, a doctor, fireman or

    You didn't haver your "mommy" suit non? Vc)=

    IIRC, I was in good jeans and a button down shirt. My "mommy suit" was
    usually more worn out jeans and a tee shirt or sweat shirt, depending on
    the time of year. Also, we didn't have either of the girls with us in
    HI; Rachel was married with a 2 year old and Deborah was active duty
    with the AZ National Guard, 2 years after returning from deployment.


    Good luck. This is what I needed parts from the grocery store to make.

    Title: Reuben Panini
    Categories: Beef, Cheese, Breads, Vegetables
    Yield: 2 servings

    Looks good; I did the traditional corned beef and cabbage, with boiled potatoes, carrots and parsnips yesterday. We also have a couple of
    corned beef cuts currently on the smoker turning into pastrami.

    You had me up to the boiled cabbage. Not one of my favourites.
    Although I enjoy cole slaw, stuffed cabbabe leaves, even S & S cabbage soup. Just not big on boiled cabbage. <SHRUG> See previous comment.

    I don't think I'd make a successful Mick. Boiled cabbage is NOT one of
    my faves.

    Not really one of mine but I make a once a year exemption. I also make sure I'm NOT wearing any green (or orange). We picked up a marked down corned beef yesterday to cook, then slice up for sandwichs.

    Corned beef, now. With a good slather of zippy horseradish and some
    boiled potatoes coateed w/melted butter. Yuuuuuuummmmm.

    Actually, I prefer a spicy brown mustard with corned beef.


    I did make this in honour of St. Pat. Didn't have a shamrock waffle
    iron so I just used mt 4" round mini-waffle iron.

    Whatever works for you. (G)

    I left out the caraway seeds - but they were needed. Next go I'll whiz
    the seeds to powderin my R2D2 grinder

    Same kind of grinder I have--a repurposed Oster coffee grinder? Does a great job and Steve has a different grinder for his coffee beans. He didn't question me when I told him I wanted to repurpose his coffe grinder, gave him a reason to upgrade.

    Title: Waffle Reuben Sandwiches
    Categories: Breads, Beef, Vegetables, Cheese
    Yield: 4 servings

    It is something different; don't know if I could eat a whole one in one sitting.

    Have faith. The recipe makes 4 servings - and a sin gle serve is 4" across. The equivalent of a half-sized BLT sandwich (or thereabouts)

    Still, my appetite has greatly diminished over the years. We went to
    Cook Out for lunch yesterday; I had half of a chicken, lettuce and
    tomato with mayo (skipped the honey mustard) sandwich, a small (maybe
    1/3 cup) of cole slaw and 4 onion rings. The shake was more like
    softened ice cream in a foam cup; I could only get a few sips of it.
    Finished maybe about 1/4 of it in an hour so stuck the cup in the
    fridge. By supper time it was still quite frozen so I grabbed a spoon to
    finish it, with the other sandwich half, a small piece (about 4"x 1")
    and a slice of Swiss cheese.

    Here's a sorta-kinda McWaffle. If In were making this for Uncle
    Dirty DD> Dave I'd 86 the scallion in favour of the optional tomato.


    Title: Waffle Sandwich
    Categories: Five, Pork, Breads, Cheese
    Yield: 1 servings

    1 sl Canadian bacon
    1 lg Egg
    1 Green onion, chopped
    2 Frozen multigrain waffles
    1 tb Shredded Cheddar cheese
    Sliced tomato; opt

    I'd go for a home made whole grain waffle and sliced "real" bacon. A
    friend of Steve's was, last night, telling us of a fruit waffle he had
    in Europe--waffle batter cooke a bit, then fruit put on it and then more batter. The waffle enclosed the fruit when cooked. Sounds good, maybe
    with strawberries, blueberries or peaches.

    ---
    Catch you later,
    Ruth
    rchaffly{at}earthlink{dot}net FIDO 1:396/45.28


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  • From Dave Drum@1:3634/12 to Ruth Haffly on Sat Mar 29 05:05:00 2025
    Ruth Haffly wrote to Dave Drum <=-

    Good to "see your face" again.

    Things are beginning to settle down .... finally. It's sort of scary
    when you mgo to an appointment with your doctor and he says "I want you
    to go to the Emergency Room right new. I'll cal and let them know what's
    going on."

    Would have been nice if he's put me "in the lop" as well. Then the E.R.
    told me I'd be in hospital overnight for observation. Which stretched
    to a week.

    8<-----SNIPPETY------>8

    I don't think I'd make a successful Mick. Boiled cabbage is NOT
    one of my faves.

    Not really one of mine but I make a once a year exemption. I also make sure I'm NOT wearing any green (or orange). We picked up a marked down corned beef yesterday to cook, then slice up for sandwichs.

    Corned beef, now. With a good slather of zippy horseradish and some
    boiled potatoes coateed w/melted butter. Yuuuuuuummmmm.

    Actually, I prefer a spicy brown mustard with corned beef.

    That or a nice zippy Dijon mustard are my second choice, Bv)=

    8<-----AGAIN----->8

    Title: Waffle Reuben Sandwiches
    Categories: Breads, Beef, Vegetables, Cheese
    Yield: 4 servings

    It is something different; don't know if I could eat a whole one in one sitting.

    Have faith. The recipe makes 4 servings - and a sin gle serve is 4" across. The equivalent of a half-sized BLT sandwich (or thereabouts)

    Still, my appetite has greatly diminished over the years. We went to
    Cook Out for lunch yesterday; I had half of a chicken, lettuce and
    tomato with mayo (skipped the honey mustard) sandwich, a small (maybe
    1/3 cup) of cole slaw and 4 onion rings. The shake was more like
    softened ice cream in a foam cup; I could only get a few sips of it. Finished maybe about 1/4 of it in an hour so stuck the cup in the
    fridge. By supper time it was still quite frozen so I grabbed a spoon
    to finish it, with the other sandwich half, a small piece (about 4"x
    1") and a slice of Swiss cheese.

    My appetite has lessened as I age. Last night I was going to hit up the
    Star 66 cafe at the local truck-stop for the AYCE "walleye" and a bowl
    of their really nice brocolli-cheese soup. But, inertia took over and I
    nuked up a Healty Choice frozen entree (9 3/4 oz) and a Coke Zero.

    Here's a sorta-kinda McWaffle. If In were making this for Uncle
    Dirty DD> Dave I'd 86 the scallion in favour of the optional tomato.


    Title: Waffle Sandwich
    Categories: Five, Pork, Breads, Cheese
    Yield: 1 servings

    1 sl Canadian bacon
    1 lg Egg
    1 Green onion, chopped
    2 Frozen multigrain waffles
    1 tb Shredded Cheddar cheese
    Sliced tomato; opt

    I'd go for a home made whole grain waffle and sliced "real" bacon. A friend of Steve's was, last night, telling us of a fruit waffle he had
    in Europe--waffle batter cooke a bit, then fruit put on it and then
    more batter. The waffle enclosed the fruit when cooked. Sounds good,
    maybe with strawberries, blueberries or peaches.

    Dat sounds good as well.

    MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06

    Title: Soccer Mom Fast Broccoli Cheese Soup
    Categories: Soups, Pork, Cheese, Dairy, Vegetables
    Yield: 4 Servings

    1 bn Broccoli; chopped
    +=OR=+
    10 oz Pkg frozen broccoli
    1 c Water
    4 tb Butter
    Salt & pepper
    1 c Cheddar cheese soup
    1 1/2 c Velveeta cheese; diced *
    2 c Milk; or more, to desired
    - consistency
    8 sl Cooked bacon; chopped or
    - crumbled

    * I used "Cheez Wiz" instead of Velveeta. Neither is
    real cheese - but, then, they work well in this recipe.
    ~- UDD

    Cook broccoli, water, butter, salt and pepper until
    tender. Add soup and cheese and milk. Heat until cheese
    melts, but do not boil. Add chopped bacon.

    Flinchbaugh's Orchard & Farm Market

    From: http://www.flinchbaughsorchard.com

    Uncle Dirty Dave's Kitchen

    MMMMM

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  • From Ruth Haffly@1:396/45.28 to Shawn Highfield on Fri Mar 28 14:06:09 2025
    Hi Shawn,


    Michel Angelo makes a pretty good frozen lasagne. We bought some when
    our local Sam's Club carried them and we needed a quick and easy
    (with bagged salad and garlic bread) meal for our small group at
    church. Sam's has stopped carrying them but I've seen them at Publix

    There are some that are okay, but I don't find it a hard dish to make,
    I can make the pasta in my sleep at this point and that's really the
    most time consuming part.

    In this instance, it was actually more economical time wise to buy the
    frozen. I would have spent a lot of time and money to do it from scratch
    for the size of the group at that time. Usually I did cook something
    from scratch but it was something more basic that scaled up in quantity
    well.


    made a meat or spinach version once in a while but my "standard"
    version is meat free, meat balls and possibly Italian sausage or
    brachole on the side.

    I have done those as well. I like them all. :)

    My MIL taught me all of that, then I turned around and gave the basic
    sauce, meat balls and lasagne recipies to my mom. She tried making it
    all in one pan--she'd done her version with cottage cheese and ground
    beef that way--and couldn't understand why it wasn't working out. I had
    to give her a lesson in how to do it the way my MIL taught me.


    ---
    Catch you later,
    Ruth
    rchaffly{at}earthlink{dot}net FIDO 1:396/45.28


    ... Gone crazy, be back later. leave a message at the Beep!

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  • From Ruth Haffly@1:396/45.28 to Dave Drum on Mon Mar 31 13:46:52 2025
    Hi Dave,


    Things are beginning to settle down .... finally. It's sort of scary
    when you mgo to an appointment with your doctor and he says "I want
    you to go to the Emergency Room right new. I'll cal and let them know what's going on."

    That would scare me. No idea why? I would have asked what/why.

    His prefacing comment was "Your lungs sound like pneumonia". My temp
    was 98.1. But even with the O2 set at 6 litres per minute my oxymeter
    was running only in the upper 70s.

    Sounds like he had good reason for you to hike yourself over to the
    hospital. Back in 2001 when I broke my elbow on a Saturday afternoon,
    the plan was to put it back together Sunday morning. My O2 level was in
    the mid 80s so the pulmonolgy doctor vetoed it, pumped me full of O2 and albuterol over the next 24 hours and surgery was done on Monday morning.
    They kept me on O2 and albuterol round the clock (got woken up at 2 am
    for breathing treatments) for several more days until they were happy
    with the numbers.

    Would have been nice if he's put me "in the lop" as well. Then the
    E.R. told me I'd be in hospital overnight for observation. Which
    stretched to a week.

    Must have had a lot to look at. (G) Hopefully nothing major planned for the week so that the time in the hospital didn't conflict with much.

    I quickly went from "observation" to inmate status. They shot a wad of antibiotics into me in the ER and that helped with the breathing. Then
    the pulmonologists scheduled my for a CAT scan, found a "spot" on my
    right lung (damned cigarettes) and set me up for a bronchoscopy. They
    were making noises after the procedure about biopsy, etc. Turned out
    to not need biopsy so no cancer (phew). But I gat a script for a new
    puff
    dragon (inhaler) in addition to the two I already have. And they
    dropped my diabetes meds from my daily list.

    Good to hear that the diabetes meds were dropped, not so good to hear
    about needing another inhaler. I was switched from Advair (generic)
    daily and albuterol as needed to Trelegy last fall, still albuterol as
    needed and use a nebuliser at least once a day. It took a while but I'm
    doing better than I was last year, even tho I've had a couple of minor bronchitis flare ups.

    8<-----SNIPPETY------>8

    Corned beef, now. With a good slather of zippy horseradish and some
    boiled potatoes coateed w/melted butter. Yuuuuuuummmmm.

    Actually, I prefer a spicy brown mustard with corned beef.

    That or a nice zippy Dijon mustard are my second choice, Bv)=

    There were 2 in the pack, cooked them on Monday and been eating off of them all week. Started the second one yesterday, decided we're never
    going to buy corned beef from Lidl again. Both of them have been tough, even with gentle simmering.

    Brisket isn't the tenderest of cuts on a beef animal. Use your
    microtome and shave it very thinly. Bv)=

    We found that steaming it to reheat it does make it more tender. Took a
    while to discover it but that will be our "go to" for the rest of the
    brisket. The briskets we bought from Sam's Club (one for corned beef &
    cabbage, 2 for pastrami) were quite tender.


    Still, my appetite has greatly diminished over the years. We went to

    My appetite has lessened as I age. Last night I was going to hit up
    the Star 66 cafe at the local truck-stop for the AYCE "walleye" and a
    bowl
    of their really nice brocolli-cheese soup. But, inertia took over and
    I nuked up a Healty Choice frozen entree (9 3/4 oz) and a Coke Zero.

    Sounds like the way I get sometimes, especially if we've been out most
    of the day. Even a couple of hours in the afternoon can really tire me out--lingering effects of the radiation?

    I'd go for a home made whole grain waffle and sliced "real" bacon. A friend of Steve's was, last night, telling us of a fruit waffle he had
    in Europe--waffle batter cooke a bit, then fruit put on it and then
    more batter. The waffle enclosed the fruit when cooked. Sounds good,
    maybe with strawberries, blueberries or peaches.

    Dat sounds good as well.

    Indeed!

    Title: Soccer Mom Fast Broccoli Cheese Soup
    Categories: Soups, Pork, Cheese, Dairy, Vegetables
    Yield: 4 Servings

    1 bn Broccoli; chopped
    +=OR=+
    10 oz Pkg frozen broccoli
    1 c Water
    4 tb Butter
    Salt & pepper
    1 c Cheddar cheese soup
    1 1/2 c Velveeta cheese; diced *
    2 c Milk; or more, to desired
    - consistency
    8 sl Cooked bacon; chopped or
    - crumbled

    * I used "Cheez Wiz" instead of Velveeta. Neither is
    real cheese - but, then, they work well in this recipe.
    ~- UDD

    Throw a handful of chicken in it and use bacon crumbles. I bought a
    small bag of the latter on one of our Vermont trips, found that the
    Sam's Club and Costco versions are nothing but bacon so now we keep a
    bag on hand for convenient "toss ins".

    I make my own "crumbles". Gordon Food Service puts their 3# packages
    of bocan on special often enough that I never run out. Typically I'll
    but
    a 3# of thick cut (10 slices/lb) and a 3# regular (20 slices/lb) and
    cook the thick cut in the nuker ASAP. Store the meat in my nice Tupper storage box that seems to have been designed with my personal needs in mind. It's crispy-cooked so it's easy to make crumbles (or larger
    pieces) as needed. The thin/regular goes in the drawer in the ice box
    to use as needed. And the dripping for all of that goes into a crock
    to use for
    frying eggs or haash browns, etc. Or where a recipe calls for bacon grease.

    Sounds good but I don't think (know of) anything like Gordon's Food
    Service around here. Might be something to look into. And yes,
    Tupperware has what they call a "bacon keeper" in their assortment of
    storage boxes. They also have a "cold cut keeper" which would work for
    larger quantities of bacon.


    ---
    Catch you later,
    Ruth
    rchaffly{at}earthlink{dot}net FIDO 1:396/45.28


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  • From Dave Drum@1:18/200 to Ruth Haffly on Wed Apr 2 10:15:00 2025
    Ruth Haffly wrote to Dave Drum <=-

    Things are beginning to settle down .... finally. It's sort of scary
    when you go to an appointment with your doctor and he says "I want
    you to go to the Emergency Room right now. I'll cal and let them know what's going on."

    That would scare me. No idea why? I would have asked what/why.

    I was having trouble breathing even with the portable O2 pump and didn't
    have enough energy to suck soda thru a straw.

    His prefacing comment was "Your lungs sound like pneumonia". My temp
    was 98.1. But even with the O2 set at 6 litres per minute my oxymeter
    was running only in the upper 70s.

    Sounds like he had good reason for you to hike yourself over to the hospital. Back in 2001 when I broke my elbow on a Saturday afternoon,
    the plan was to put it back together Sunday morning. My O2 level was in the mid 80s so the pulmonolgy doctor vetoed it, pumped me full of O2
    and albuterol over the next 24 hours and surgery was done on Monday morning. They kept me on O2 and albuterol round the clock (got woken up
    at 2 am for breathing treatments) for several more days until they were happy with the numbers.

    After the roun d of antibiotics (six hypos in 6 minutes) they fired
    into me I was breathjing much easier.

    Would have been nice if he's put me "in the lop" as well. Then the
    E.R. told me I'd be in hospital overnight for observation. Which
    stretched to a week.

    Must have had a lot to look at. (G) Hopefully nothing major planned for the week so that the time in the hospital didn't conflict with much.

    At 82 I don't make long-range plans. Bv)=

    I quickly went from "observation" to inmate status. They shot a wad of antibiotics into me in the ER and that helped with the breathing. Then
    the pulmonologists scheduled me for a CAT scan, found a "spot" on my
    right lung (damned cigarettes) and set me up for a bronchoscopy. They
    were making noises after the procedure about biopsy, etc. Turned out
    to not need biopsy so no cancer (phew). But I gat a script for a new
    puff dragon (inhaler) in addition to the two I already have. And they dropped my diabetes meds from my daily list.

    Good to hear that the diabetes meds were dropped, not so good to hear about needing another inhaler. I was switched from Advair (generic)
    daily and albuterol as needed to Trelegy last fall, still albuterol as needed and use a nebuliser at least once a day. It took a while but I'm doing better than I was last year, even tho I've had a couple of minor bronchitis flare ups.

    My main guy is Advair (2 puffs twice a day) with Albuterol as a "rescue" (two puffs as needed) And now the Atrovent (2 puffs daily) to complete the trilogy BTW - I found that Albuterol is adrenaline based which is why they don't use
    it as a routine thing but as a "rescue".

    I'll see Dr. Bakir (pulmonologist) next Tuesday for a follow-up. I think
    he'll probably put me on nebulkiser treatments at that time.

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    Title: Dog Breath Chilli
    Categories: Pork, Beef, Chilies, Vegetables, Stews
    Yield: 3 Quarts

    6 oz Regular breakfast sausage
    2 ts Wesson Oil
    3 lb Tri-tip beef; in sm pieces
    - or coarse ground
    1 md Onion; fine chopped
    14 1/2 oz Can Swanson's beef broth
    1/4 ts Oregano
    3 tb Ground cumin
    7 cl Gilroy garlic
    2 tb Gebhardt chilli spice
    1 tb Hot chile powder
    1 tb Mild chile power
    5 tb Red chile powder
    8 oz Can Hunt’s Tomato Sauce
    10 oz Can Ro*Tel® Diced Tomatoes
    - and Green Chilies
    3 Dried California chilies;
    - boiled & pureed
    1 Dried New Mexico chile;
    - boiled & pureed
    5 Dried Cascabel chilies;
    - boiled & pureed
    1/2 ts Ground cayenne
    14 1/2 oz Can Swanson's chicken broth
    1 ts Tabasco Pepper Sauce
    1 ts Brown sugar
    Juice of one lime
    Salt

    2005 winning recipe - $30,000 - Omaha, Nebraska

    Brown the sausage, dry, and set aside. Heat oil in a pot,
    and brown the beef. Add the cooked sausage to the pot. Add
    the onion and beef broth to cover the meat. Boil for 15
    minutes. Add oregano and half of the cumin.

    Reduce heat to a light boil, and then add the garlic.
    Combine the chile powders into a mixture, then add half of
    that mixture, and cook 15 minutes.

    Add the tomato sauce and Ro*Tel with the puree from the
    dried peppers. Add the chicken broth for the desired
    consistency.

    Cook for one hour, stirring often. Add the remaining chile
    powder mixture and the remaining cumin, and simmer for
    another 25 minutes on low to medium heat.

    Turn up the heat to a light boil, and add the Tabasco®,
    cayenne pepper, brown sugar, lime juice and salt.

    From: http://www.chilicookoff.com

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  • From Dave Drum@1:18/200 to Ruth Haffly on Wed Apr 2 10:38:00 2025
    Ruth Haffly wrote to Dave Drum <=-

    Corned beef, now. With a good slather of zippy horseradish and some
    boiled potatoes coateed w/melted butter. Yuuuuuuummmmm.

    Actually, I prefer a spicy brown mustard with corned beef.

    That or a nice zippy Dijon mustard are my second choice, Bv)=

    There were 2 in the pack, cooked them on Monday and been eating off of them all week. Started the second one yesterday, decided we're never
    going to buy corned beef from Lidl again. Both of them have been tough, even with gentle simmering.

    Brisket isn't the tenderest of cuts on a beef animal. Use your
    microtome and shave it very thinly. Bv)=

    We found that steaming it to reheat it does make it more tender. Took a while to discover it but that will be our "go to" for the rest of the brisket. The briskets we bought from Sam's Club (one for corned beef & cabbage, 2 for pastrami) were quite tender.


    Still, my appetite has greatly diminished over the years. We went to

    My appetite has lessened as I age. Last night I was going to hit up
    the Star 66 cafe at the local truck-stop for the AYCE "walleye" and a
    bowl of their really nice brocolli-cheese soup. But, inertia took
    over and I nuked up a Healty Choice frozen entree (9 3/4 oz) and
    a Coke Zero.

    Sounds like the way I get sometimes, especially if we've been out
    most of the day. Even a couple of hours in the afternoon can really
    tire me out--lingering effects of the radiation?

    I wasn't tired, as such. Just lazy. And those Healty Choice deals are
    the trifecta, esay, tasty, inexpensive.

    I'd go for a home made whole grain waffle and sliced "real" bacon. A friend of Steve's was, last night, telling us of a fruit waffle he had
    in Europe--waffle batter cooke a bit, then fruit put on it and then
    more batter. The waffle enclosed the fruit when cooked. Sounds good,
    maybe with strawberries, blueberries or peaches.

    Dat sounds good as well.

    Indeed!

    Title: Soccer Mom Fast Broccoli Cheese Soup
    Categories: Soups, Pork, Cheese, Dairy, Vegetables
    Yield: 4 Servings

    1 bn Broccoli; chopped
    +=OR=+
    10 oz Pkg frozen broccoli
    1 c Water

    8<----- Y'KONW ----->8

    I make my own "crumbles". Gordon Food Service puts their 3# packages
    of bocan on special often enough that I never run out. Typically I'll
    but

    Sounds good but I don't think (know of) anything like Gordon's Food Service around here. Might be something to look into. And yes,
    Tupperware has what they call a "bacon keeper" in their assortment of storage boxes. They also have a "cold cut keeper" which would work for larger quantities of bacon.

    Gordon's has two locations in North Carolina. Concord and Kannapolis.
    Probably neither is convenient to you. My Gordon's is just across town.

    Plus they've taken to selling rotisserie chickens after 4 in the afternoon
    for just U$3 each. And they have Minor's soup bases (branded GFS but the USDA number tells the tale)

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    Title: Turkey & Bacon Au Gratin
    Categories: Poultry, Pork, Potatoes, Cheese, Vegetables
    Yield: 8 Servings

    1 Pan Potatoes Au Gratin *
    1 lb Turkey Breast
    1 lb Bacon
    1/2 c Scallions
    1 1/2 c Panko
    2 c Mild Cheddar

    * separate recipe

    Wash hands. Wash all fresh produce under cool, running
    water. Drain well.

    Preheat oven to 375ºF/190ºC.

    Chop 1/2 cup of scallions, set aside.

    In a frying pan, cook 1 lb. of bacon, drain well. Chop
    bacon, then dice 1 lb. of turkey meat. Add potatoes au
    gratin, bacon, and turkey to a large mixing bowl and
    combine thoroughly.

    Place mixture into a 2" half pan, and bake for 55-65
    minutes. Remove pan from oven, and evenly coat with
    cheddar cheese, then top with panko bread crumbs.

    Place pan back in oven on broil until cheese is melted,
    and panko is lightly browned. Top with scallions, and
    serve immediately.

    Makes eight servings

    RECIPE FROM: http://www.gfsstore.com

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  • From Ruth Haffly@1:396/45.28 to Dave Drum on Wed Apr 2 14:02:26 2025
    Hi Dave,


    Things are beginning to settle down .... finally. It's sort of scary
    when you go to an appointment with your doctor and he says "I want
    you to go to the Emergency Room right now. I'll cal and let them know what's going on."

    That would scare me. No idea why? I would have asked what/why.

    I was having trouble breathing even with the portable O2 pump and
    didn't have enough energy to suck soda thru a straw.

    That is some serious breathing issue! Good thing you were already at the doctor's office.

    His prefacing comment was "Your lungs sound like pneumonia". My temp
    was 98.1. But even with the O2 set at 6 litres per minute my oxymeter
    was running only in the upper 70s.

    Sounds like he had good reason for you to hike yourself over to the hospital. Back in 2001 when I broke my elbow on a Saturday afternoon,
    the plan was to put it back together Sunday morning. My O2 level was in

    After the roun d of antibiotics (six hypos in 6 minutes) they fired
    into me I was breathjing much easier.

    Any steroids mixed in with the antibiotics? After having trouble with
    them about 25 years ago, I avoid them as much as possible, usually no
    longer than a 10 day burst, tapering down each day.

    Would have been nice if he's put me "in the lop" as well. Then the
    E.R. told me I'd be in hospital overnight for observation. Which
    stretched to a week.

    Must have had a lot to look at. (G) Hopefully nothing major planned for the week so that the time in the hospital didn't conflict with much.

    At 82 I don't make long-range plans. Bv)=

    But sometimes plans for even a week out can raise conflicts. I've got to
    call and reschedule an appointment for me in June as Steve has one an
    hour earlier--both local but don't know if he would be done before mine
    was to start.

    to not need biopsy so no cancer (phew). But I gat a script for a new
    puff dragon (inhaler) in addition to the two I already have. And they dropped my diabetes meds from my daily list.

    Good to hear that the diabetes meds were dropped, not so good to hear about needing another inhaler. I was switched from Advair (generic)
    daily and albuterol as needed to Trelegy last fall, still albuterol as needed and use a nebuliser at least once a day. It took a while but I'm

    My main guy is Advair (2 puffs twice a day) with Albuterol as a
    "rescue" (two puffs as needed) And now the Atrovent (2 puffs daily) to complete the trilogy BTW - I found that Albuterol is adrenaline based which is why they don't use it as a routine thing but as a "rescue".

    Getting the "jitters" from albuterol? I did, when it was a (very)
    occaisional use thing, again when I restarted with the nebuliser a few
    weeks ago. Now that it's routine, they've stopped.

    I'll see Dr. Bakir (pulmonologist) next Tuesday for a follow-up. I
    think he'll probably put me on nebulkiser treatments at that time.


    Title: Dog Breath Chilli
    Categories: Pork, Beef, Chilies, Vegetables, Stews
    Yield: 3 Quarts

    Some how I think that actual dog's breath would be worse smelling.
    Deborah used to brush Sam's teeth from time to time but I don't recall
    him ever having really bad breath. OTOH, I've smelled some really bad
    breath from other dogs. (G)

    ---
    Catch you later,
    Ruth
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  • From Ruth Haffly@1:396/45.28 to Dave Drum on Wed Apr 2 14:14:43 2025
    Hi Dave,

    Still, my appetite has greatly diminished over the years. We went to

    My appetite has lessened as I age. Last night I was going to hit up
    the Star 66 cafe at the local truck-stop for the AYCE "walleye" and a
    bowl of their really nice brocolli-cheese soup. But, inertia took
    over and I nuked up a Healty Choice frozen entree (9 3/4 oz) and
    a Coke Zero.

    Sounds like the way I get sometimes, especially if we've been out
    most of the day. Even a couple of hours in the afternoon can really
    tire me out--lingering effects of the radiation?

    I wasn't tired, as such. Just lazy. And those Healty Choice deals are
    the trifecta, esay, tasty, inexpensive.

    Probably still a bit wiped out from your time in the hospital. Lying
    around doing a lot of nothing interspersed with bursts of activity can
    be tiring.


    Title: Soccer Mom Fast Broccoli Cheese Soup
    Categories: Soups, Pork, Cheese, Dairy, Vegetables
    Yield: 4 Servings

    I make my own "crumbles". Gordon Food Service puts their 3# packages
    of bocan on special often enough that I never run out. Typically I'll
    but

    Sounds good but I don't think (know of) anything like Gordon's Food Service around here. Might be something to look into. And yes,
    Tupperware has what they call a "bacon keeper" in their assortment of storage boxes. They also have a "cold cut keeper" which would work for larger quantities of bacon.

    Gordon's has two locations in North Carolina. Concord and Kannapolis. Probably neither is convenient to you. My Gordon's is just across
    town.

    Concord is over by Charlotte, about 3 hours away. Kannapolis is a bit
    north of that, not sure how much so but out of the local weather
    forecaster's range. Need to find something closer.


    Plus they've taken to selling rotisserie chickens after 4 in the
    afternoon for just U$3 each. And they have Minor's soup bases (branded
    GFS but the USDA number tells the tale)

    Good deal! The advantages of living in a bigger city! Wake Forest is
    nice but doesn't have (but in pockets) the small town feel it had when
    we first moved here. Raleigh keeps encroaching and more & more trees are
    being cut down for housing. Town may have to change its name to Wake
    Deforested soon.

    ---
    Catch you later,
    Ruth
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  • From Dave Drum@1:2320/105 to Ruth Haffly on Sat Apr 5 07:22:00 2025
    Ruth Haffly wrote to Dave Drum <=-

    Things are beginning to settle down .... finally. It's sort of scary
    when you go to an appointment with your doctor and he says "I want
    you to go to the Emergency Room right now. I'll cal and let them know what's going on."

    That would scare me. No idea why? I would have asked what/why.

    I was having trouble breathing even with the portable O2 pump and
    didn't have enough energy to suck soda thru a straw.

    That is some serious breathing issue! Good thing you were already at
    the doctor's office.

    Especially since it was a follow-up visit for a hospital stay. I'm back
    to see him a week from Thursday as a follow up from this past visit.0

    His prefacing comment was "Your lungs sound like pneumonia". My temp
    was 98.1. But even with the O2 set at 6 litres per minute my oxymeter
    was running only in the upper 70s.

    Sounds like he had good reason for you to hike yourself over to the hospital. Back in 2001 when I broke my elbow on a Saturday afternoon,
    the plan was to put it back together Sunday morning. My O2 level was in

    After the roun d of antibiotics (six hypos in 6 minutes) they fired
    into me I was breathjing much easier.

    Any steroids mixed in with the antibiotics? After having trouble with
    them about 25 years ago, I avoid them as much as possible, usually no longer than a 10 day burst, tapering down each day.

    They didn't say. There was no prednisone though. They gave me that after
    I was admitted which I learned after my blood sugar read 326 at the mid- afternoon stick. Prednisone really messes with my BP and glucose readings.

    Would have been nice if he'd put me "in the lop" as well. Then the
    E.R. told me I'd be in hospital overnight for observation. Which
    stretched to a week.

    Must have had a lot to look at. (G) Hopefully nothing major planned for the week so that the time in the hospital didn't conflict with much.

    At 82 I don't make long-range plans. Bv)=

    But sometimes plans for even a week out can raise conflicts. I've got
    to call and reschedule an appointment for me in June as Steve has one
    an hour earlier--both local but don't know if he would be done before
    mine was to start.

    Need your hand held? Or some other reason like different locationss?

    to not need biopsy so no cancer (phew). But I gat a script for a new
    puff dragon (inhaler) in addition to the two I already have. And they dropped my diabetes meds from my daily list.

    Good to hear that the diabetes meds were dropped, not so good to hear about needing another inhaler. I was switched from Advair (generic)
    daily and albuterol as needed to Trelegy last fall, still albuterol as needed and use a nebuliser at least once a day. It took a while but I'm

    My main guy is Advair (2 puffs twice a day) with Albuterol as a
    "rescue" (two puffs as needed) And now the Atrovent (2 puffs daily) to complete the trilogy BTW - I found that Albuterol is adrenaline based which is why they don't use it as a routine thing but as a "rescue".

    Getting the "jitters" from albuterol? I did, when it was a (very) occaisional use thing, again when I restarted with the nebuliser a few weeks ago. Now that it's routine, they've stopped.

    No jitters from the albuterol. But it does help me breate easier. And the
    new inhaler guy is already makiong a noticable difference. I do the Advair morning and evening (with my meds) and the Atrovent mid-day. I also rinse my mouth after the Atrovent - not because the directions say to do as with some inhalers - but, because of the nasty, bitter aftertaste.

    I'll see Dr. Bakir (pulmonologist) next Tuesday for a follow-up. I
    think he'll probably put me on nebulkiser treatments at that time.

    Title: Dog Breath Chilli
    Categories: Pork, Beef, Chilies, Vegetables, Stews
    Yield: 3 Quarts

    Some how I think that actual dog's breath would be worse smelling.
    Deborah used to brush Sam's teeth from time to time but I don't recall
    him ever having really bad breath. OTOH, I've smelled some really bad breath from other dogs. (G)

    Depends on what poochy-pup had been eating for the most part.

    MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06

    Title: Jitterbug Drink
    Categories: Five, Beverages, Chocolate, Dairy
    Yield: 1 Sipper

    3/4 c Chocolate milk
    1 oz Env No Sugar Added Rich Milk
    - Chocolate Flavor Nestle'
    - Hot Cocoa Mix
    1 1/2 ts Nescafe Tasters Choice House
    - Blend 100% Pure Instant
    - Coffee Granules

    Place milk, cocoa mix, coffee granules and ice in
    blender; cover. Blend until smooth. Drink

    RECIPE FROM: https://eatwithureyes.com

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  • From Ruth Haffly@1:396/45.28 to Dave Drum on Tue Apr 8 11:47:04 2025
    Hi Dave,


    Follow up to the follow up? After I had an overnight in the hospital

    Not exactly a follow up to a follow up. Different hospital stay. The
    first part of the follow-up was, as usual, with an
    intern/resident/newmy minted physician. SIU Family Practice is part of Souther Illinois University
    School of Medicine. So there are lots of baby/beginner docs around.
    The doctor I'm seeing Thursday is also a professor of Internal
    Medicine.

    Sounds like you're in an area with lots of good care. We've debated
    moving out west when my MIL is no longer with us but haven't fully
    decided yet. One reason for staying in this area is that we're well
    established with good medical care and a lot of specialised care
    available in the area if needed.


    At 82 I don't make long-range plans. Bv)=

    But sometimes plans for even a week out can raise conflicts. I've got
    to call and reschedule an appointment for me in June as Steve has one
    an hour earlier--both local but don't know if he would be done before
    mine was to start.

    Need your hand held? Or some other reason like different locationss?

    Different locations, cross town. I was able to move mine to the same
    day, just a couple of hours later. We've been trying to schedule appointments around our planned travel time so it was inevitable we'd
    end up with a conflict eventually. Easily resolved tho.

    You have your priorities, they have theirs. When the mesh it's known
    as serendipity. Bv)=

    Yes, quite nice. It's not that major a trip but I'd still be
    significantly late for my appointment had I kept the original one.

    8<----- CLIP ----->8

    Depends on what poochy-pup had been eating for the most part.

    For the most part his diet was Purina One, dry dog food. He liked
    popcorn and a lot of "people foods" but didn't get much of those. One thing he didn't like was green peas but he did go for most everything else. He had those big brown eyes that would look so appealing--"feed
    me, please" that Steve and the girls often snuck him bits of table
    food.

    The three living here get a can of Gravy Train every evening and can
    eat from the well-stocked kibble otherwise. And Jasper and Isobel are
    AK "Super Mooches" which Dennis encourages. Izzy also licks my
    plate/bowl if I set it down for her - cleanere than had I washed it in
    the sink for the most part. Unless I've had General Tso's Chicken. Something in that she turns up her nose at.

    Does she push the dish away? The last cat we had did that when the vet
    put her on a lamb and rice diet. Out of curiosity I bought a bag of
    Purina Lamb and Rice kibble for Sam; he didn't care for it--ate it reluctantly--so I went back to his usual kibble. As he got older, he
    liked it with a bit of liquid (gravy, if we had it on hand, water if
    not) added. We gave him a small scoop of canned dog food as well; that
    dog ate quite well.


    Title: Sauce for Fireside's General Tso
    Categories: Sauces, Oriental, Chilies
    Yield: 3 Ounce

    I've never ordered General Tso's chicken, prefer other dishes. Steve
    has, from time to time, but thinking back, don't think he has in the
    past few years. Maybe losing his heat tolerance?


    ---
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  • From Dave Drum@1:2320/105 to Ruth Haffly on Thu Apr 10 05:41:00 2025
    Ruth Haffly wrote to Dave Drum <=-

    Follow up to the follow up? After I had an overnight in the hospital

    Not exactly a follow up to a follow up. Different hospital stay. The
    first part of the follow-up was, as usual, with an intern/resident/
    newmy minted physician. SIU Family Practice is part of Souther
    Illinois University School of Medicine. So, there are lots of baby/ beginner docs around. The doctor I'm seeing Thursday is also a
    professor of Internal Medicine.

    Sounds like you're in an area with lots of good care. We've debated
    moving out west when my MIL is no longer with us but haven't fully
    decided yet. One reason for staying in this area is that we're well established with good medical care and a lot of specialised care
    available in the area if needed.

    At 82 I don't make long-range plans. Bv)=

    Quite so. We even have the Simmons Cancer Institute.

    8<----- CLIP ----->8

    Depends on what poochy-pup had been eating for the most part.

    For the most part his diet was Purina One, dry dog food. He liked
    popcorn and a lot of "people foods" but didn't get much of those. One thing he didn't like was green peas but he did go for most everything else. He had those big brown eyes that would look so appealing--"feed
    me, please" that Steve and the girls often snuck him bits of table
    food.

    The three living here get a can of Gravy Train every evening and can
    eat from the well-stocked kibble otherwise. And Jasper and Isobel are
    AK "Super Mooches" which Dennis encourages. Izzy also licks my
    plate/bowl if I set it down for her - cleanere than had I washed it in
    the sink for the most part. Unless I've had General Tso's Chicken. Something in that she turns up her nose at.

    Does she push the dish away? The last cat we had did that when the vet

    No, she just sniffs it and goes into another room. Jasper does the same.
    He doesn't get the dishes as clean as Izzy. But, he's 15 years old and
    that's pretty ancient for a mutt.

    put her on a lamb and rice diet. Out of curiosity I bought a bag of
    Purina Lamb and Rice kibble for Sam; he didn't care for it--ate it reluctantly--so I went back to his usual kibble. As he got older, he
    liked it with a bit of liquid (gravy, if we had it on hand, water if
    not) added. We gave him a small scoop of canned dog food as well; that
    dog ate quite well.

    Cats are a different class of moocher. I had a cat once that followed me around like a dog and demonstrated several dog-like traits. So much so
    that I named her "Spot". One time I shared some leftover on the plate
    spaghetti w/meat sauce. Spot licked the sauce from the hamburger and the noodles and left them behind. I really hated it when she contracted feline
    aids and I had to tell the vet to do the obvious.

    Title: Sauce for Fireside's General Tso
    Categories: Sauces, Oriental, Chilies
    Yield: 3 Ounce

    I've never ordered General Tso's chicken, prefer other dishes. Steve
    has, from time to time, but thinking back, don't think he has in the
    past few years. Maybe losing his heat tolerance?

    Regular spicy stays with you .... which is all that Tso usually has. But
    really spicy/hot/incendiary requires training/maintenance. I don't go for
    stuff as hot as I used to - for that very reason. But I still put a glug
    of Frank's in my tomato juice.

    MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06

    Title: Chile Crisp
    Categories: Chilies, Herbs, Vegetables
    Yield: 1 1/4 cups

    1/2 c Oil
    1/4 c Dried, minced onion
    1 ts Granulated sugar
    1 1/2 ts Kosher salt
    1/3 c Fine crushed dried small red
    - chilies
    3 tb Sesame seeds
    1 ts Coarse ground Sichuan
    - peppercorns

    Combine the oil, onion, 1/2 teaspoon sugar and 1/2
    teaspoon salt in a small saucepan. Cook over medium
    heat, stirring occasionally, until the onion becomes
    evenly golden brown, 3 to 5 minutes.

    Add the chilies, sesame seeds and Sichuan peppercorns,
    if using, and sizzle, stirring, for 1 minute, then stir
    in the remaining 1/2 teaspoon sugar and 1 teaspoon salt.
    Use immediately or refrigerate in an airtight container
    for up to 2 weeks.

    Spoon over everything. It adds big flavor to milder
    bases, such as eggs, tofu, noodles, rice, vegetables,
    white fish, lean pork and chicken breast.

    By: Genevieve Ko

    Yield: About 1 1/4 cups

    RECIPE FROM: https://cooking.nytimes.com

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  • From Ruth Haffly@1:396/45.28 to Dave Drum on Fri Apr 11 14:45:10 2025
    Hi Dave,

    beginner docs around. The doctor I'm seeing Thursday is also a
    professor of Internal Medicine.

    Sounds like you're in an area with lots of good care. We've debated
    moving out west when my MIL is no longer with us but haven't fully
    decided yet. One reason for staying in this area is that we're well established with good medical care and a lot of specialised care
    available in the area if needed.

    At 82 I don't make long-range plans. Bv)=

    Quite so. We even have the Simmons Cancer Institute.

    Not heard of that one but I presume a top tier one.

    8<----- CLIP ----->8

    plate/bowl if I set it down for her - cleanere than had I washed it in
    the sink for the most part. Unless I've had General Tso's Chicken. Something in that she turns up her nose at.

    Does she push the dish away? The last cat we had did that when the vet

    No, she just sniffs it and goes into another room. Jasper does the
    same. He doesn't get the dishes as clean as Izzy. But, he's 15 years
    old and
    that's pretty ancient for a mutt.

    I know, the last dog my folks had was well up in his years. Problem was,
    my parents were also, so he didn't get the care he needed. At the end,
    Dad was going to load him in the car (with help from Deborah when she
    came up) to take to the vet; dog pased away before she got there. A
    neighbor with a back hoe dug the grave and laid the dog in it, dad
    wasn't able to do even that.


    put her on a lamb and rice diet. Out of curiosity I bought a bag of
    Purina Lamb and Rice kibble for Sam; he didn't care for it--ate it reluctantly--so I went back to his usual kibble. As he got older, he
    liked it with a bit of liquid (gravy, if we had it on hand, water if
    not) added. We gave him a small scoop of canned dog food as well; that
    dog ate quite well.

    Cats are a different class of moocher. I had a cat once that followed
    me around like a dog and demonstrated several dog-like traits. So much
    so
    that I named her "Spot". One time I shared some leftover on the plate

    Wasn't that the name of Data's (from Star Trek, The Next Generation) cat
    also? My youngest sister just adopted a rescue kitten, part Bengal name
    Larry.


    spaghetti w/meat sauce. Spot licked the sauce from the hamburger and
    the noodles and left them behind. I really hated it when she
    contracted feline aids and I had to tell the vet to do the obvious.

    It's never easy; we had to give up our last cat because of health
    issues. Folks that adopted her specialised in taking cats with health challenges so I hope she lived to a ripe old age. Never knew how old she
    was; she was abused as a kitten and adopted out of a German animal
    shelter.

    Title: Sauce for Fireside's General Tso
    Categories: Sauces, Oriental, Chilies
    Yield: 3 Ounce

    I've never ordered General Tso's chicken, prefer other dishes. Steve
    has, from time to time, but thinking back, don't think he has in the
    past few years. Maybe losing his heat tolerance?

    Regular spicy stays with you .... which is all that Tso usually has.
    But really spicy/hot/incendiary requires training/maintenance. I don't
    go for stuff as hot as I used to - for that very reason. But I still
    put a glug of Frank's in my tomato juice.

    I've come way down on my heat tolerance level. It was a high medium in
    AZ and first part of HI, now down to mild with a bit of a kick.

    ---
    Catch you later,
    Ruth
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  • From Ruth Haffly@1:396/45.28 to Dave Drum on Sun Apr 13 16:17:42 2025
    Hi Dave,


    Quite so. We even have the Simmons Cancer Institute.

    Not heard of that one but I presume a top tier one.

    Accordig to their on-line blurb: "Simmons Cancer Institute offers comprehensive cancer care, research and education at SIU School of Medicine." The doctor who did my gall bladder surgery is based there.

    Still, doesn't have a name I recognise.

    8<----- CLIP ----->8

    Cats are a different class of moocher. I had a cat once that followed
    me around like a dog and demonstrated several dog-like traits. So much
    so that I named her "Spot". One time I shared some leftover on the plate

    Wasn't that the name of Data's (from Star Trek, The Next Generation)
    cat also? My youngest sister just adopted a rescue kitten, part Bengal name Larry.

    Yes, it was. A fact I learned post naming. I really don't waqtch much Babble Box .... except when I managed the satellite shop,

    It was one of Steve's favorite shows when it ran. Since we only had the
    one tv and it was in the living room, I was pretty much a captive
    audience (tho I didn't watch, just heard) and picked up quite a bit
    about it.

    spaghetti w/meat sauce. Spot licked the sauce from the hamburger and
    the noodles and left them behind. I really hated it when she
    contracted feline aids and I had to tell the vet to do the obvious.

    It's never easy; we had to give up our last cat because of health
    issues. Folks that adopted her specialised in taking cats with health challenges so I hope she lived to a ripe old age. Never knew how old
    she was; she was abused as a kitten and adopted out of a German animal shelter.

    go for stuff as hot as I used to - for that very reason. But I still
    put a glug of Frank's in my tomato juice.

    I've come way down on my heat tolerance level. It was a high medium in
    AZ and first part of HI, now down to mild with a bit of a kick.

    Popeyes spicy chicken is fairly mild. But if I want to get stupid they offer a Ghost Pepper spiced sandwich or wings.

    I go for the mild white; I like the taste of it better than spicy, dark.
    It's a few pennies more but worth it, IMO.


    ---
    Catch you later,
    Ruth
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  • From Dave Drum@1:18/200 to Ruth Haffly on Thu Apr 17 10:15:00 2025
    Ruth Haffly wrote to Dave Drum <=-

    Quite so. We even have the Simmons Cancer Institute.

    Not heard of that one but I presume a top tier one.

    Accordig to their on-line blurb: "Simmons Cancer Institute offers comprehensive cancer care, research and education at SIU School of Medicine." The doctor who did my gall bladder surgery is based there.

    Still, doesn't have a name I recognise.

    Itsa regional facility, unlike the Mayo Clinic or Cancer Centers of
    America.

    8<----- CLIP ----->8

    go for stuff as hot as I used to - for that very reason. But I still
    put a glug of Frank's in my tomato juice.

    I've come way down on my heat tolerance level. It was a high medium in
    AZ and first part of HI, now down to mild with a bit of a kick.

    Popeyes spicy chicken is fairly mild. But if I want to get stupid they offer a Ghost Pepper spiced sandwich or wings.

    I go for the mild white; I like the taste of it better than spicy,
    dark. It's a few pennies more but worth it, IMO.

    Other than the "Tuesday Special" which is dark meat there is no price difference between the fron to the bird and back of the bird pieces...3

    They (Popeyes) have come up with another new "special" flavour for their chicken sandwiches .... according to their e-mail solicitation "Make it
    tangy too with our NEW Pickle Glaze." I'll give it a shot today or
    tomorrow. Doing two doctor appointments today - regular croaker in the
    morning then the pulmonologist this afternoon for a pro-op check before
    they remove something from my right lung.

    So, if I miss lunch today I'll do it tomorrow. Plus Popeyes is offering
    their chicken sandwiches for U$4.20 through April 20.

    MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06

    Title: DIY Popeyes Chicken Sandwich
    Categories: Poultry, Dairy, Herbs, Chilies
    Yield: 4 Servings

    MMMMM----------------------CHICKEN MARINADE---------------------------
    2 Boned, skinned chicken
    - breasts
    1 c Buttermilk
    1 ts (EA) paprika, garlic powder
    - black pepper, salt

    MMMMM--------------------------BREADING-------------------------------
    1 c Flour
    1/2 c Corn starch
    1 tb (EA) paprika, garlic powder
    - onion powder, ground
    - cayenne pepper
    1 ts (EA) salt & pepper

    MMMMM-------------------------SPICY MAYO------------------------------
    1/2 c Mayo
    1 ts Hot sauce
    1 ts Paprika or cajun seasoning
    1/2 ts Garlic powder

    MMMMM--------------------------ASSEMBLY-------------------------------
    4 md Brioche buns
    Mayonnaise
    Sliced dill pickles
    4 c Oil; for frying

    TO MARINATE CHICKEN: Pound chicken breasts in between
    two pieces of parchment paper or plastic wrap. Cut each
    chicken breast in half crosswise to make 2 small pieces
    of chicken about the same size as the bun.

    In a large bowl, buttermilk, paprika, garlic powder,
    salt & black pepper. Add the chicken to the mix and
    place in the fridge to marinate up to 24 hours or use
    right away.

    TO COOK CHICKEN: Heat oil in a large heavy-duty skillet
    or pot on medium temperature or until the temperature
    reaches 350ºF/175ºC.

    In a medium shallow bowl, whisk the flour, cornstarch,
    and spices. Drizzle 2-3 tablespoons of the buttermilk
    batter into the flour mixture and mix it through with a
    fork.

    Working with 1 piece at a time, dredge chicken the flour
    mixture and press flour on the top chicken to form a
    thick crust. Transfer chicken to hot oil and fry for 3-5
    minutes per side or until the outside is crispy and
    golden and the internal temperature reaches 165F.

    TO ASSEMBLE: Melt 1 tablespoon butter in a large
    saucepan and toast buns face down until golden and
    crisp. Whisk all the ingredients for the mayo in a small
    bowl and spread a generous layer of mayo on each bun.
    Top with pickles and chicken. Enjoy hot!

    Serves: 4 sandwiches

    RECIPE FROM: https://gimmedelicious.com

    Uncle Dirty Dave's Archives

    MMMMM

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  • From Ruth Haffly@1:396/45.28 to Dave Drum on Thu Apr 17 17:13:12 2025
    Hi Dave,

    Accordig to their on-line blurb: "Simmons Cancer Institute offers comprehensive cancer care, research and education at SIU School of Medicine." The doctor who did my gall bladder surgery is based there.

    Still, doesn't have a name I recognise.

    Itsa regional facility, unlike the Mayo Clinic or Cancer Centers of America.

    Which is why I never heard of it. My sister that lived in Champaign for
    several years probably knew the name, even tho she had no dealings (that
    I know of) with them.

    8<----- CLIP ----->8

    Popeyes spicy chicken is fairly mild. But if I want to get stupid they offer a Ghost Pepper spiced sandwich or wings.

    I go for the mild white; I like the taste of it better than spicy,
    dark. It's a few pennies more but worth it, IMO.

    Other than the "Tuesday Special" which is dark meat there is no price difference between the fron to the bird and back of the bird
    pieces...3

    I've noticed some franchises do have a price differential between white
    and dark. Probably a regional directive or something of that sort.



    They (Popeyes) have come up with another new "special" flavour for
    their chicken sandwiches .... according to their e-mail solicitation
    "Make it tangy too with our NEW Pickle Glaze." I'll give it a shot

    Sweet pickle or dill? Neither one sounds appealing to me, tho I do like
    the B&B pickles Chick-Fil-A puts on their sandwiches. Sometimes when I
    order the tenders, I'll ask for a side of pickles for them. Some places
    charge a (minimal) amount, other places, they're free. Those and a bit
    of mayo give me a meal without the extra carbs of the bun.

    today or
    tomorrow. Doing two doctor appointments today - regular croaker in the morning then the pulmonologist this afternoon for a pro-op check
    before they remove something from my right lung.

    I saw my primary care doctor today, had some blood work done last week
    that she looked at. Saw some improvement in some numbers, always a good
    thing.


    So, if I miss lunch today I'll do it tomorrow. Plus Popeyes is
    offering their chicken sandwiches for U$4.20 through April 20.

    Sounds good, might be worth a trip to Raleigh.


    ---
    Catch you later,
    Ruth
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  • From Dave Drum@1:396/45 to Ruth Haffly on Sat Apr 19 05:28:30 2025
    Ruth Haffly wrote to Dave Drum <=-

    Accordig to their on-line blurb: "Simmons Cancer Institute offers comprehensive cancer care, research and education at SIU School of Medicine." The doctor who did my gall bladder surgery is based there.

    Still, doesn't have a name I recognise.

    It's a regional facility, unlike the Mayo Clinic or Cancer Centers of America.

    Which is why I never heard of it. My sister that lived in Champaign for several years probably knew the name, even tho she had no dealings
    (that I know of) with them.

    She was in the base of operations of the University of Illinois. It's
    odd, though. U of I's medical school is affiliated/located with their
    Chicago campus/school. And S.I.U. whose main campus is in Carbondale a
    long way from their medical campus in Springfield.

    According to U.S. News & World Report to rank SIU in the top 10 medical schools in the country for primary care.[

    8<----- CLIP ----->8

    Popeyes spicy chicken is fairly mild. But if I want to get stupid they offer a Ghost Pepper spiced sandwich or wings.

    I go for the mild white; I like the taste of it better than spicy,
    dark. It's a few pennies more but worth it, IMO.

    Other than the "Tuesday Special" which is dark meat there is no price difference between the fron to the bird and back of the bird
    pieces...3

    I've noticed some franchises do have a price differential between white and dark. Probably a regional directive or something of that sort.

    As their e-mail "specials" say at the bottom - "prices may vary". I've
    been taking advantage of the Eaqster/4-20 special of a #1 in the US
    rated chicken sandwich for U$4.20. Monday the price goes back to U$5.

    They (Popeyes) have come up with another new "special" flavour for
    their chicken sandwiches .... according to their e-mail solicitation
    "Make it tangy too with our NEW Pickle Glaze." I'll give it a shot

    Sweet pickle or dill? Neither one sounds appealing to me, tho I do like the B&B pickles Chick-Fil-A puts on their sandwiches. Sometimes when I order the tenders, I'll ask for a side of pickles for them. Some places charge a (minimal) amount, other places, they're free. Those and a bit
    of mayo give me a meal without the extra carbs of the bun.

    I tried it yesterday at the currently discounted price. Along with a side
    of fried pickles (think fried tomatoes). I'll order the fried pickles in
    the future - but not the pickle glazed chicken sandwich. The dill pickle slicesd and the zippy mayo are all I need/want/desire on my chicken
    sandwich .... unless there is a slice of tomato laying about.

    tomorrow. Doing two doctor appointments today - regular croaker in the morning then the pulmonologist this afternoon for a pro-op check
    before they remove something from my right lung.

    I saw my primary care doctor today, had some blood work done last week that she looked at. Saw some improvement in some numbers, always a good thing.

    And I learned that this next deal is not removal but a biopsy. Dr. Taylor described the procedure and the possible outcomes. And what the oprions
    are if the biopsy comes back with the Big C. I present myself to Special Procedures at 05:15 next Wednesday for what shoud be an out-patient deal.

    MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06

    Title: Fried Tomatoes
    Categories: Five, Vegetables, Breads
    Yield: 8 Servings

    2 c A-P flour
    1 1/2 c Water
    1 tb Seasoned salt
    6 md Firm tomatoes; in 1/4"
    - slices
    2 1/2 c Saltine crackers; crushed
    - to fine crumbs
    Oil to fry

    In a shallow bowl, whisk together the flour, water,
    and salt until smooth. In a separate shallow bowl,
    place the cracker crumbs. Dip tomato slices first
    into the flour mixture and then into the crumbs,
    coating evenly.

    In a large skillet, heat about 1/8" of oil. Add the
    tomatoes. Cook the tomatoes for 2 minutes on each
    side or until golden brown, turning once.

    Makes 8 servings.

    Uncle Dirty Dave's Kitchen

    MMMMM


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