I threw my first few efforts out. Sometimes I threw whole meals out. I
was a shocker of a cook while I was learning.

"Storrmmee" > wrote in message
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> everyone on this earth i respect as a cook has tried to teach me the
> fine art of gravy, i am i think prohibited by law from making gravy,
> might even be a federal law... Lee
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>> "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
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>>>>> On Thu, 22 Sep 2011 11:47:14 +1000, Ozgirl wrote:
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>>>>>> What fat, lol? 2 tablespoons for a whole recipe isn't a lot.
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>>>>>> They would make a nice lunch with salad, yum. I know someone who
>>>>>> used to
>>>>>> make what Americans call "sausage" in muffin pans. He would make
>>>>>> a heap
>>>>>> on weekends and freeze them and reheat to have with eggs (any
>>>>>> which way)
>>>>>> for a quick breakfast. He added lots of low carb veggies to the
>>>>>> sausage
>>>>>> mix (mushroom, celery, peppers, zuchini etc) plus onion and
>>>>>> garlic plus
>>>>>> the egg binding and seasonings. My aunt makes frittata in muffin
>>>>>> pans
>>>>>> too.
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>>>>> That sounds good as well, I sometimes have the salmon cakes alone
>>>>> for a meal, but they are a great compliment to a salad or other
>>>>> vegetables.
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>>>>> basilisk
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>>>> My mother used to make the ones with the mashed potato but she used
>>>> canned mackerel. I never knew that til I was an adult, lol and saw
>>>> the can in the bin. I have since found out that mackerel is
>>>> nutritionally better than salmon.
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>>> If you use mashed potato do you have to use egg? I am thinking of
>>> using tuna. I hate salmon. Have never tried mackerel but not sure
>>> I would like that either.
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>> I think you do, its been a while since I made them because mine
>> always fall apart, no matter what. When i was a new bride at 17 and
>> learning to cook (if you could call what I did cooking, lol) a
>> neighbour told me to put no milk or butter in the mash potato and
>> chill it in the fridge first. My mother never did that and hers were
>> always a great success. mine have always been disasters... I told my
>> daughter how to make them and she makes wonderful ones, lol.
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