On May 12, 9:18*am, Dan Abel > wrote:
> In article >,
> *Mr. Bill > wrote:
>
>
>
> > On Tue, 12 May 2009 09:17:55 -0400, "Jean B." > wrote:
>
> > >Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> > >> Here you go, Bryan:
>
> > >Heh! *Interesting alternate ingredients there...
>
> > Here's another yummy one!!!
>
> > SPAM CASSEROLE * * *
>
> > 1 c. Spam, cut up
> > 1 sm. Velveeta cheese, cut up
> > 1 sm. can green peas
> > 1 sm. can kernel corn
> > 2 c. cooked egg noodles
> > 4 boiled eggs, chopped
> > 1 stick melted MARGARINE
> > 1 can cream of mushroom soup
> > 1 can cream of celery soup
>
> > Mix all ingredients together. Put in casserole dish. Bake at 350
> > degrees until cheese bubbles and slightly golden.
>
> > ...AND MY ALL TIME FAVORITE
>
> > .................................(DRUMROLL)....... ...........
>
> > SWEET AND SOUR SPAM * * * *
>
> > 1/3 c. brown sugar
> > 3 tbsp. cornstarch
> > 3 tbsp. vinegar
> > 2 tbsp. catsup
> > 2 tbsp. soy sauce
> > 1 sm. onion, chopped
> > 1 green pepper, chopped
> > 1 c. Spam, diced
> > 20 oz. can pineapple chunks (reserve juice)
>
> > Mix brown sugar and cornstarch in 10 inch skillet. Add enough water to
> > pineapple juice to measure 2 1/4 cups. Stir juice mixture, vinegar,
> > catsup and soy sauce into skillet.
>
> > Cook over medium heat until mixture boils and thickens. Stir in
> > pineapple chunks, onion and green pepper and diced Spam. Reduce heat
> > and simmer until heated. Serve over rice.
>
> > Geesh....that recipe doesn't even have MARGARINE in it!! *
>
> No green onion either. *For some reason Bryan has reserved the lowest
> level of Hell for recipes (and the cooks who call for them) with green
> onions.

I can't recall ever condemning a recipe for green onions alone, nor
for the use of any other perfectly reasonable ingredient that *I* just
happen not to like. It often happens that slop recipes do include
green onion. It's like air freshener spray. For some folks it covers
up the icky smells/tastes.
>
> --
> Dan Abel

--Bryan

"I don't doubt that given a choice between my personality and your
[ ]
recipe, that a sizable portion of regulars would favor the latter.
Now, if they actually had to *eat* the concoction, I think there'd be
a few quiet defections."