On 8/13/2017 7:06 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
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>>> Aside from you, who cares?
>>
>> Mr Bove, Miss Bove, and the garden guy.
>
> Well, Mr. Bove, the garden guy and his helper certainly loved my chicken
> salad, cheese biscuits and blackberry bars. Miss Bove ate elsewhere.


Good for you!


> I have been cooking for 50 years now and there have been very few
> complaints about my cooking. I once oversalted some fresh green beans
> and had a terrible flop of a soba noodle salad. For some reason, the
> soba noodles were so hard, you couldn't chew them. Then there was the
> time I tried to rush the potatoes for the cottage pie. Tried to shred
> then boil. No good. Also when I made a pierogie casserole and my from
> scratch mashed potatoes were too runny. Tried to fix with some potato
> flakes and added too many. Or when I put dried corn in the chicken stew
> and it was hard as a rock. Accidents do happen. But if they do, I am
> usually able to catch them in time and either not serve the dish or in
> the case of the stew, carefully pick the corn out before serving.

If you never had a failure, you are not trying very hard. I don't
recall ever tossing anything, but I've had less that stellar results at
times. Just look at the cake I posted today, but it is edible. Would I
serve it to company? Sure, I like a good laugh. Looks nasty but tastes
Ok and won't make you sick.