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Default What are you trying to make?

On Sun, 14 Jan 2018 11:00:19 -0500, Gary > wrote:

>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).

>
>Dave wins here and by many years. He got yelled at forever but he
>spotted it way back then. :-D


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