"dsi1" > wrote in message
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On Monday, October 6, 2014 9:43:46 AM UTC-10, Gary wrote:
> Brooklyn1 wrote:
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> > Very true. Most people here only talk a good meal but what they
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> > actually eat is Spaghettios (shoveled cold from the can)
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I brought 4 cans of canned spaghetti yesterday. I'm on the lookout for cheap
food and these cans were an offer I couldn't refuse at a buck each. I got an
assortment - two cans of spaghetti with large and small meatballs and two
cans of ravioli with regular and mini sized ravioli. I did not get the
Beef-a-roni because I don't find the name appealing. I thought canned
spaghetti was alright when I was a kid but these days they can be considered
cheap filler material for my guts. If I can eat for really cheap, I'm
semi-happy.
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Beef-A-Roni is by far one of the worst things ever. We had it a few times
when I was a kid. Has a weird, almost chalky taste to it, probably from the
beef that is chopped so finely it's almost like paste.
As a kid, I would doctor my Ravioili (and I had that a lot) with parmesan
cheese (green can) and parsley. Had I known about oregano or any Italian
seasonings back then I would have surely used those. But parsley was the
only green herb we had in the house back then.
I think I tried the spaghetti once. Although it wasn't bad enough for me to
want to spit it out, I also didn't want to have it ever again. And pass on
those meatballs. Weird taste and rubbery.
These days if I am after something cheap in can I will go for Dinty Moore
beef stew or some kind of chili. I prefer the Albertsons brand or Hormel.
I don't eat those often. They are just okay meals. For sure I can make
better myself. But they are cheap and good to keep for emergency food.
I also look for canned soup when it is cheap but I only eat a very few kinds
of that and again it would never be my first choice of a meal.
Heck, I have the bean burrito down pat now. It rivals Taco Bell and no, I
do not think that is real Mexican food.
Put a slice of white onion on a paper plate. Chop it. Set tortilla on the
plate. Do like you would with a frittata. Put your hand on the tortilla,
holding it to the plate and flip it over. Be sure not to use too big of a
tortilla or you'll risk getting taco sauce on your keyboard!
I like the
Don Pancho tortillas. Put some canned refried beans (or home cooked if you
prefer) down the middle. Do not put too much or you could have a mess. Add
a nice stripe of a good taco sauce. Roll up and nuke for 1 to 1.5 minutes,
depending on the starting temp. of your beans. If they came from the fridge
or a cold garage, you'll need more time. Oh! You can add cheese to this.
I can't eat it so I don't. And you can use a regular plate. It works just
as well.
Note that I did not turn the ends under. I don't pick this up. I eat it
with knife and fork. If you want the pick-upable kind, you'll have to heat
your beans and tortilla separately. Tortilla only needs about 10-15 seconds
if in the microwave. And it helps if you have a paper wrapper or a piece of
foil to put it in to help catch any drips while eating.
If I want to change this up a bit I will vary the beans or make it wet by
using additional taco sauce, enchilada sauce or even tomato sauce on top.
Better still, some strips of white onion, green pepper or even some
cilantro, chopped tomatoes, whatever I have and want to use up. You can
even do a little salad on the side. And I might add a little seasoned
(chili powder) cooked ground beef if I have any leftover.