What are you trying to make?
U.S. Janet B. wrote:
> 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.
Dunno, according to her most recent post she wants to know how to make
Homminy croquettes with no egg.
According to Julie, the meatloaf isnt what she was asking for. Then
again, I'm happy to go with the flow but the non-sequitor answers she
gives tend to be difficult to figure out.
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