On Sun, 14 Jan 2018 09:55:08 -0600, "cshenk" > wrote:

>Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>
>> On Saturday, January 13, 2018 at 6:35:45 PM UTC-5, Bruce wrote:
>> > On Sat, 13 Jan 2018 17:29:43 -0600, "cshenk" >
>> > wrote:
>> > > Ok, I'm over it. Start over and tell folks what you are tryng to
>> > > make.
>> > >
>> > > Hominy
>> > > Grits
>> > > Croquets
>> > >
>> > > Which one of the 3?
>> >
>> > RFC person: I want to make potato croquettes.
>> > cshenk: Be clear! Do you want to cook potatoes or make croquettes!
>>
>> Apparently, we were supposed to guess from this text in her original
>> post:
>>
>> > Now I am Jonesing for croquettes after seeing that in the subject.
>> > The problems? I need a recipe for baked ones with no egg. I used to
>> > make some with hominy (perhaps grits?) and cheese. They were rolled
>> > in bread crumbs and baked. I served them with tomato sauce on top.
>> > I think I no longer have the cookbook that that the recipe was in
>> > though. It did contain egg but I think if I put enough cheese in,
>> > it might be enough to bind it all together.
>>
>> It took me quite a while to divine that "I used to make" means "I
>> want to make again".
>>
>> Googling for "croquettes hominy cheese" turned up some hits. If I
>> were Julie and hadn't received a satisfactory reply after the thread
>> had reached 696 posts in 11 days, I think I would just abandon the
>> effort on rec.food.cooking and try a search engine.
>>
>> Cindy Hamilton
>
>Works for me Cindy. It got so convoluted that by the end I couldnt
>tell where she started. Then again, as others added side topics, Julie
>was responding as if it was to her original (they weren't, we seeged
>off to Meatloaf and other things as normal for here).

the meatloaf was pertinent to the conversation. You just needed to
read the postings. Potato croquettes were the result of Julie asking
how they were made. There was no drift.