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Default Question - casserole seasoning?

On Mon, 12 Oct 2020 02:44:10 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
> wrote:

>On Sunday, October 11, 2020 at 3:35:19 PM UTC-4, dsi1 wrote:
>> On Sunday, October 11, 2020 at 9:18:05 AM UTC-10, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>> > On Sunday, October 11, 2020 at 2:25:15 PM UTC-4, dsi1 wrote:
>> > > On Sunday, October 11, 2020 at 12:53:00 AM UTC-10, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>> > > > On Saturday, October 10, 2020 at 4:23:55 PM UTC-4, dsi1 wrote:
>> > > > > On Saturday, October 10, 2020 at 10:00:54 AM UTC-10, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>> > > > > > On Saturday, October 10, 2020 at 3:19:42 PM UTC-4, dsi1 wrote:
>> > > > > > > On Saturday, October 10, 2020 at 1:05:41 AM UTC-10, Bryan Simmons wrote:
>> > > > > > > > On Saturday, October 10, 2020 at 4:06:14 AM UTC-5, dsi1 wrote:
>> > > > > > > > > On Friday, October 9, 2020 at 8:03:34 PM UTC-10, Julie Bove wrote:
>> > > > > > > > > > "Ed Pawlowski" > wrote in message
>> > > > > > > > > > ...
>> > > > > > > > > > > On 10/8/2020 6:52 PM, jmcquown wrote:
>> > > > > > > > > > >> On 10/8/2020 6:42 PM, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
>> > > > > > > > > > >>> On Thu, 8 Oct 2020 14:57:19 -0700 (PDT), Lenona >
>> > > > > > > > > > >>> wrote:
>> > > > > > > > > > >>>
>> > > > > > > > > > >>>> From page 37 of Stories and Recipes of the Great Depression of the
>> > > > > > > > > > >>>> 1930s, compiled by Rita van Amber:
>> > > > > > > > > > >>>>
>> > > > > > > > > > >>>> "In a buttered casserole arrange sliced potatoes and onion rounds. Fry
>> > > > > > > > > > >>>> pork sausage and pour off grease. Alternate with a can of whole kernel
>> > > > > > > > > > >>>> corn and seasoning. Pour a can of tomato soup on top. (Canned tomatoes
>> > > > > > > > > > >>>> were probably used also) Bake until done, depending on the size of the
>> > > > > > > > > > >>>> casserole."
>> > > > > > > > > > >>>>
>> > > > > > > > > > >>>> The question is, WHAT seasoning? I have no idea which herbs to use.
>> > > > > > > > > > >>>> Thanks.
>> > > > > > > > > > >>>>
>> > > > > > > > > > >>>>
>> > > > > > > > > > >>>> Lenona.
>> > > > > > > > > > >>>
>> > > > > > > > > > >>> basic minimum at the time would be salt and pepper
>> > > > > > > > > > >>>
>> > > > > > > > > > >> I don't know about the book Leona is referring to (or the author) but my
>> > > > > > > > > > >> parents grew up during the Great Depression. S&P was about the only
>> > > > > > > > > > >> "seasoning" used in cooking.
>> > > > > > > > > > >>
>> > > > > > > > > > >> Jill
>> > > > > > > > > > > I remember m mother having exotic seasonings like garlic powder and
>> > > > > > > > > > > paprika. Wild stuff back then.
>> > > > > > > > > >
>> > > > > > > > > > Oh! I forgot the paprika. My mom did put that on deviled eggs.
>> > > > > > > > > We never used paprika. Such a thing would be way too upscale. In fact, deviled eggs would be too fancy for us. We had to make do with dyed shrimp particles of red and green.
>> > > > > > > >
>> > > > > > > > I don't want Satan getting anywhere near my eggs. Why do folks feel the need to
>> > > > > > > > take a perfectly nice food and **** it up? Egg yolks are fine without mashing
>> > > > > > > > them up with mustard and wino beatoff.
>> > > > > > > >
>> > > > > > > > --Bryan
>> > > > > > > Not to be racist or anything, but that's such a white people thing to do. OTOH, I'd like to try eating one at least, before I kick the bucket. I suppose I could boil an egg, slice it in half, put a dollop of Japan mayo on it, and call it "done."
>> > > > > >
>> > > > > > If you did that, it wouldn't be the full effect. "Deviled" means with mustard in it. I
>> > > > > > also use a sprinkle of cayenne on top rather than paprika. Once in a while I add
>> > > > > > curry powder, and always salt and pepper.
>> > > > > >
>> > > > > > Cindy Hamilton
>> > > > > These eggs would only be slightly evil.
>> > > >
>> > > > And you would proclaim them "bland, white-people food", when in reality you made
>> > > > them that way.
>> > > >
>> > > > Cindy Hamilton
>> > > Deviled eggs are supposed to be bland, white-people food.
>> >
>> > No, they're supposed to be "devilish". That's why I sprinkle cayenne pepper on top of mine.
>> >
>> > Cindy Hamilton

>> If I made them, I wouldn't sprinkle cayenne pepper on them - just paprika, as God intended.

>
>Satan told me to use cayenne. After all, they're devilled eggs.
>
>Cindy Hamilton


That's where deviled eggs belong, in Hell!