"Bruce" wrote in message ...

On Mon, 20 Jan 2020 21:47:29 -0000, "Ophelia"
> wrote:

>"dsi1" wrote in message
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>On Monday, January 20, 2020 at 9:31:16 AM UTC-10, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>> On Monday, January 20, 2020 at 1:42:31 PM UTC-5, dsi1 wrote:
>> > On Monday, January 20, 2020 at 7:59:07 AM UTC-10, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>> > > On Monday, January 20, 2020 at 11:17:39 AM UTC-5, dsi1 wrote:
>> > > > On Monday, January 20, 2020 at 12:59:50 AM UTC-10, Cindy Hamilton
>> > > > wrote:
>> > > > > 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
>> > > > > > > > > ...
>> > > > > > > > >
>> > > > > > > > > On Sunday, January 19, 2020 at 3:36:59 AM UTC-10, Ophelia
>> > > > > > > > > wrote:
>> > > > > > > > > > "Bruce" wrote in message
>> > > > > > > > > > ...
>> > > > > > > > > >
>> > > > > > > > > > On Sun, 19 Jan 2020 10:05:58 -0000, "Ophelia"
>> > > > > > > > > > > wrote:
>> > > > > > > > > >
>> > > > > > > > > > >"Jeßus" wrote in message
>> > > > > > > > > > .. .
>> > > > > > > > > > >
>> > > > > > > > > > >On Sat, 18 Jan 2020 20:34:33 -0800 (PST), John Kuthe
>> > > > > > > > > > > wrote:
>> > > > > > > > > > >
>> > > > > > > > > > >>https://i.postimg.cc/htKhqY7v/Masala-Para-YUM.jpg
>> > > > > > > > > > >>
>> > > > > > > > > > >>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.
>> > > > > > > > > > >
>> > > > > > > > > > >==
>> > > > > > > > > > >
>> > > > > > > > > > > We don't like even a little bit of spice
>> > > > > > > > > >
>> > > > > > > > > > Were you always like that, also when you had absconded
>> > > > > > > > > > to distant
>> > > > > > > > > > lands?
>> > > > > > > > > >
>> > > > > > > > > > ===
>> > > > > > > > > >
>> > > > > > > > > > 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
>> > > > > > > > >
>> > > > > > > > > ===
>> > > > > > > > >
>> > > > > > > > > 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
>> > > >
>> > > > What the heck is wrong with trying to recreate an old timey recipe?
>> > > > Ain't yoose interested in food and culture?
>> > >
>> > > Interested in learning about it, yes. I ate enough of that shit in
>> > > the
>> > > 1960s. I don't need to eat it now.
>> > >
>> > > > No, of course not, the only thing you're interested in is eating
>> > > > but
>> > > > I want to also learn how people were back in the old days. Rest
>> > > > assured that I'm not interested in this kind of cooking as a
>> > > > general
>> > > > practice - not that it's any of your business.
>> > >
>> > > You made it my business by posting it to Usenet.
>> > >
>> > > Cindy Hamilton
>> >
>> > You only believe that because you've been pulling that shit on Usenet
>> > for far too long. Try living in the real world for a change. Congrats
>> > on
>> > being a part of the Eternal September mob.
>>
>> How long have you been on Usenet?
>>
>> Cindy Hamilton
>
>Why do you want to know? Quid pro quo.
>
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>
> I think you can see how long people have been on usenet. Can you see
>when I started???

This is the archive:

https://groups.google.com/forum/#!fo...c.food.cooking

It doesn't work well since Google took it over. You can search for
"Ophelia" and sort by date. But it will start with 2020 and before
you've gone back a couple of years, the day will be over. Unless
there's a way to sort starting with the furthest back.

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LOL I am not that bothered I know it is over 20 years