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Julie Bove[_2_] Julie Bove[_2_] is offline
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Default What are you trying to make?


"cshenk" > wrote in message
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> 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).


I did try the search engine. I even posted the recipe that I used. All
recipes for such croquettes contain egg.