Wayne Boatwright > wrote in
5.250 on Oct Sun 2009 08:42 pm

> On Sun 11 Oct 2009 06:29:56p, hahabogus told us...
>
>> Arri London > wrote in
>> on Oct Sun 2009 04:59 pm
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> hahabogus wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Arri London > wrote in
>>>> on Oct Sat 2009 07:20 pm
>>>>
>>>
>>> <snip>
>>>
>>>> >> Sounds good like it did last time you posted it. But I have a
>>>> >> question. Do you really use cheese cloth for the bouquet? I prefer
>>>> >> to use a Tea ball. I have a bitch of a time finding cheese cloth
>>>> >> that I feel is food friendly plus hate to make the little packages
>>>> >> and do the tying up bit. Also I feel GREENER going with the
>>>> >> reusuable tea ball even if it isn't. I can't seem to wash little
>>>> >> squares of used cheese cloth and have them not unravel or
>>>> >> disappear like my socks do.
>>>> >>
>>>> >> I don't want you to think I am being criticial as I do enjoy your
>>>> >> recipes, well some of them, you got several grits issues; you make
>>>> >> grits and you like grits. But other than that you is OK.
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > Why not use a leek leaf to wrap up the bouquet garni, as done in
>>>> > Mexico? Adds more flavour as well as looking rather nice.
>>>> >
>>>>
>>>> Well cause if I open 1 drawer in my kitchen I can get my tea ball,
>>>> but I'd only have a leek leaf if I happen to be cooking one. And I
>>>> wouldn't want to drive around looking for leeks if I only wanted one
>>>> leaf and I had a perfectly good tea ball in the house already.
>>>> Anyways since at least to me leeks look a lot like green onions on
>>>> steriods, I didn't know that the leaves could be used for such. Live
>>>> and learn. I only use leeks in braising stuff so far. Being a manly
>>>> man leeks strike me as a little as a little to feminine. I don't like
>>>> the boys at the office talkin funny about me so I stays away from
>>>> them leeks.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Try telling the next Welshman you meet that leeks are a little too
>>> 'feminine'. Take a look at the Welsh flag for the likely response:
>>> http://www.data-wales.co.uk/flag.htm
>>>
>>
>> I am 1/2 welsh and leeks are still a little ***.
>>
>
> WFT is "feminine" about a leek? It's a frinking vegetable.
>

Potato leek soup isn't a manly man kinda soup. Manly man type soup has got meat in it or beer.
To me a leek is a wanna be onion, just tastes like weak onion, no umph! Manly man soups gotta
have umph.

--
Is that your nose, or are you eatting a banana? -Jimmy Durante