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Default What are you trying to make?

On Sun, 14 Jan 2018 03:58:19 -0800 (PST), 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:
>>
>> >Julie Bove wrote:
>> >
>> >> Perhaps, but I want to make hominy ones.
>> >
>> >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:


><quote>


>It took me quite a while to divine that "I used to make" means "I want to
>make again".


cshenk replied to this:

>Perhaps, but I want to make hominy ones.


Seems clear to me.

>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.


That show what a friendly, helpful lot rfc is. 696 replies! 696 ways
to make eggless hominy croquettes!