On Sun, 29 Jan 2017 08:53:31 -0800 (PST), dsi1 >
wrote:

>On Saturday, January 28, 2017 at 6:25:26 PM UTC-10, koko wrote:
>> On Sat, 28 Jan 2017 17:52:22 -0800 (PST), dsi1 <dsi1yahoo.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> >On Saturday, January 28, 2017 at 9:26:58 AM UTC-10, koko wrote:
>> >> On Sat, 28 Jan 2017 09:23:24 -0800, "Cheri" >
>> >> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> >"Gary" > wrote in message ...
>> >> >> Janet wrote:
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> The other day I was making braised red cabbage and couldn't find the
>> >> >>> sultanas, so I used chopped fresh dates instead. Good combination.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Interesting. I've never used them in a recipe. Just had them plain along
>> >> >> with something else. I'm thinking to eat them combined with dry roasted
>> >> >> peanuts. Seriously, it's been so many years, I forget the companion to
>> >> >> dates that I liked so long ago.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Will be fun to try them again after forever.
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >My mom, and just about everyone else back then, stuffed them with some kind
>> >> >of nut, almond, cashew, pecan, walnut etc., and then dusted them with
>> >> >powdered sugar. I like them stuffed with the nuts, but not so much the
>> >> >powdered sugar on them.
>> >> >
>> >> >Cheri
>> >>
>> >> This is one of my favorite ways to fix dates.
>> >> http://www.kokoscornerblog.com/mycor...re _dish.html
>> >> or
>> >> http://tinyurl.com/c5kwxux
>> >>
>> >> They are always well received and was a required dish at our rfc
>> >> cookins'
>> >>
>> >> koko
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> When you acknowledge, as you must, that there is no perfect food,
>> >> only the idea of it, then the real purpose of striving toward perfection
>> >> becomes clear; to make people happy, That's what cooking is all about
>> >> Thomas Keller: The French Laundry
>> >
>> >Very interesting dish! Thanks. Here's what I had this for breakfast. The sausages are Filipino longanisa. This is a sweet sausage flavored with vinegar and garlic. Great stuff! Like chorizo, it's probably a good idea to not know what's in it.
>> >
>> >https://www.amazon.com/photos/share/...0sNVlDfCE8MJeJ
>> >
>> >I saw this at the same place at the mall. It made me laugh.
>> >
>> >https://www.amazon.com/photos/share/...H7LExMNgHF6JT4
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>> Thank you for that, it made me laugh too. I just might have to try
>> making something like that. ;-)
>>
>> koko
>>
>> --
>> When you acknowledge, as you must, that there is no perfect food,
>> only the idea of it, then the real purpose of striving toward perfection
>> becomes clear; to make people happy, That's what cooking is all about
>> Thomas Keller: The French Laundry
>
>Corned beef hash on top of fried rice topped with eggs - that's a little crazy. The Vienna sausage and Spam take it over the top.
>
>I picked up some good luck food at the Chinese stand at the mall yesterday. Jin dui and gau. Gau is an important food during the lunar new year. It is a brown steamed mochi cake with sesame seeds topped with a red date. The seeds symbolize fertility which I don't need and the red date is for luck. I picked the cake with the biggest date - we need all the luck we can get! The roast pork is not especially lucky but I always get Chinese roast pork when I see it.
>
>https://www.amazon.com/photos/share/...502LRwIs4deenp

I love corned beef hash with rice and eggs, but using the Vienna
sausage and Spam will be new to me, but heck, I'm always up for a
challenge. ;-)

I'll be hitting up the Asian market tomorrow. My list has been growing
but no way was I going to an Asian market before Chinese New Year.
Been there, done that, no thank you.

koko

--
When you acknowledge, as you must, that there is no perfect food,
only the idea of it, then the real purpose of striving toward perfection
becomes clear; to make people happy, That's what cooking is all about
Thomas Keller: The French Laundry