Mr. Joseph Littleshoes Esq. wrote:
> Tommy Joe wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks for that. I have an 80 year old female friend who lives in
> > a not so nice assisted living place and she can't afford better. I
> > might wind up there myself one day, but I'm only 62 and have a feeling
> > I'll probably be dead before I need the services of such a place.
> > Anyway, I don't see why some people are so opposed to creating the
> > base, as you put it, or as I interpreted it. Sure, like beans for
> > example. You make them and there they sit in the fridge for a long
> > time. You can put anything in them. Almost. You can broil meat and
> > add it one day, another eat it meatless or with cheese. You can have
> > fragile veggies in the fridge that cook quick and can be thrown in to
> > cook with the beans while they are being reheated. I used that as an
> > example. But setting the base and that altering a bit each day is not
> > only creative but also makes sense financially and for saving time.
> > And I wouldn't do it if it wasn't good. That's first and foremost.
> >
> > Tommy Joe
>
> I completely agree, i like to do the Italian style beans with just
> enough stock to cover so that when they are done cooking the cooking
> liquid is absorbed & all you have is cooked beans and not a lot of extra
> broth.
>
> I can then turn the cooked beans into a pate or spread, highly seasoned,
> for bread, or use them in soup or salad or some other way. I
> particularly like the 'black eyed peas' this way.
>
> Your comments about cooking the meats separately is something i have
> only come to recently, i accidentally made a vegetarian soup a month or
> so ago , i just forgot to put any meat in it. And i was shocked! just
> shocked at how much better the vegetarian soup tasted, all the flavors
> of the herbs & spices & veggies came through in the finished soup so
> very strongly, so much more flavorful than if i had, as usual, cooked
> the meat with the veggies.
>
> I have now taken to making the meat & soup separately and only add the
> cooked meat as i warm up the soup.
>
> And just FYI in case you have not already noticed it, there are 'some
> people' here who harshly criticize any and everything. Its an
> unmoderated newsgroup phenomena, we have our share of anti social
> curmudgeons here, one learns to ignore them after a while
>
> --
> Mr. Joseph Littleshoes Esq.


Thanks for that. Only recently did I realize how good mushrooms
are for replacing meat, not that I have anything against meat, because
I don't. But if things get rough in life I'm ready to give up some
things. Might even be good to have a little starvation now and then
(just a little, and only 'now and then'.) But mainly, my response is
to your comments about newsgroup agitators. As long as they stick to
the subject, whatever it is at that time, I don't mind it, and in fact
welcome it. I enjoy a little arguing now and then. But I'm also a
very honest person who would make a great judge. Not the gavel-
wielding jail-sentencing type, just the type who looks for and finds
the truth. So, if someone like Bonobo (for example), wishes to call
me names, such as "scum" for instance, I don't mind that, as long as
he does it on the basis of thinking I'm scum because I spoke in favor
of microwave cooking, not on the basis of my shoplifting stories. But
hey, being a great judge and all, I can see now how maybe my
shoplifting does factor into the topic afterall. If shoplifting makes
the price of groceries go up, then people who like to experiment with
cooking could be held back by the prices. So maybe Bonobo was on
target when he called me scum. And it's true, I am scum. I am the
scum that will never leave his pot no matter how many times he cleans
it.

Tommy Joe