"Tommy Joe" > wrote in message
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> Mr. Joseph Littleshoes Esq. wrote:
>> Tommy Joe wrote:
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>> > 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
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>> 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.
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>> 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.
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>> 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.
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> 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


I like your style, Tommy Joe. My name is Miss Popularity. Welcome to my
private club.



Kidding. I like your ideas about cooking and agitators. I love simple,
wholesome food.