"Polly Esther" > wrote in message
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> "dsi1" > wrote in message
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>> On 8/24/2012 2:57 PM, Polly Esther wrote:
>>> The authorities ( the nearest oil refinery, the ants and Mr. Esther) are
>>> all predicting that Isaac is aimed right for us. There's beautiful
>>> shrimp, a turkey roast and some fine pecans in the freezer that I need
>>> to use while I can. Considering the price of pecans, I've never
>>> attempted any of the recipes or methods of 'sugaring' or barbequing or
>>> spicing pecans. As decadent as it sounds I guess this is as good a time
>>> as any. Any experience with cooking pecans? Polly
>>
>> Good luck on this Isaac thing. To me, an approaching hurricane is an
>> exciting thing. Hopefully, it's not going to be too exciting.
>>
>> I've coated some nuts with brown and white sugar with butter. They are
>> good although eating some nuts coated with sugar probably is not good for
>> your health or your teeth. What the heck - a storm is approaching so it
>> might not be that bad of an idea. Don't forget to add a little salt. If
>> you have coarse salt that might be tasty. The salt doesn't go into
>> solution in the mix and you have small areas of intense saltiness when a
>> crystal hits your tongue. I like that although you may or may not.
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> I'm so glad you mentioned the salt. I really use very little salt in
> cooking but some things are awful with none at all. Comes to mind the
> time I tried a chocolate fudge recipe that didn't mention salt and it was
> truly boring. Imagine! Polly

I once made Mexican Wedding Cakes and forgot to put in the salt. They just
didn't taste right. I find that in some cases you can do with less salt.
But not no salt.