On Sunday, January 19, 2020 at 4:51:03 PM UTC-5, dsi1 wrote:
> On Sunday, January 19, 2020 at 11:35:12 AM UTC-10, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> > On Sunday, January 19, 2020 at 4:16:27 PM UTC-5, dsi1 wrote:
> > > On Sunday, January 19, 2020 at 10:17:42 AM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
> > > > "dsi1" wrote in message
> > > > ...
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> > > > On Sunday, January 19, 2020 at 3:36:59 AM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
> > > > > "Bruce" wrote in message
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> > > > > On Sun, 19 Jan 2020 10:05:58 -0000, "Ophelia"
> > > > > > wrote:
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> > > > > >"Jeßus" wrote in message
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> > > > > >On Sat, 18 Jan 2020 20:34:33 -0800 (PST), John Kuthe
> > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > >>https://i.postimg.cc/htKhqY7v/Masala-Para-YUM.jpg
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> > > > > >>My Indian housemate did some grocery shopping today at the Indian food
> > > > > >>store and bought some Indian junk food! Spicy crispy wheat chips! YUM!
> > > > > >>Bet
> > > > > >>you can't eat just one!
> > > > > >
> > > > > >Bet I couldn't stomach even one. NO THANKS.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >==
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> > > > > > We don't like even a little bit of spice
> > > > >
> > > > > Were you always like that, also when you had absconded to distant
> > > > > lands?
> > > > >
> > > > > ===
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> > > > > Yes, I never had any spice growing up and even when I lived in India I
> > > > > was very lucky because our cook never used any. Heh he knew better)
> > > > >
> > > > > When I lived in Malta, I learned to love Italian cooking, but
> > > > > fortunately
> > > > > I don't remember any spice.
> > > >
> > > > I made an American style meat pie with no spice last night. It was breakfast
> > > > this morning and made with hamburger and canned cream of mushroom soup. I
> > > > didn't add any salt because the soup was plenty salty. No black pepper
> > > > either. It was topped with an egg, milk, and cheese, mix. It was pretty good
> > > > but kind of boring.
> > > >
> > > > https://www.amazon.com/photos/shared...G7kglG-WublRF9
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> > > > ===
> > > >
> > > > That neither sounds nor look boring!!! I must admit I wouldn't use canned
> > > > soup, but so what? That is just me
> > >
> > > I don't cook with canned soup either but we had a box of cream of mushroom soup and my goal was a American style dish. You can't get more American than canned soup! When I was cooking the hamburger, the temptation was great to just add some flour to the pan and make a roux but I decided that it was going to be balls to the walls and full speed ahead. My wife and I enjoyed the pie but I'll probably never make anything with canned soup again.
> > >
> > > The "Memories with Recipes" book is a good sampler of American style cooking.
> >
> > It's a sampler of American cooking of the past. I'll stick with the
> > lighter, fresher, bolder flavors of the present.
> >
> > Your view of American cooking is analogous to boiling Hawaiian cooking
> > down to "Add pineapple to it and it's Hawaiian".
> >
> > Cindy Hamilton
>
> That is absolutely correct and that was absolutely my intention. My kids can do modern American cooking. Stuff like Mediterranean pasta salad. I'm not interested in cooking that way.

Yet you are interested in cooking that bland shit from the 1950s and calling
it "American style"?

Cindy Hamilton