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zxcvbob wrote:
> ellen wickberg wrote:
>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> zxcvbob wrote:
>>>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
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>>>>> Thanks, Barb, for the tips.
>>>>>
>>>>> That inspired me to get creative yesterday, Sat. afternoon. Has a
>>>>> recipe for a lentil soup with lentils (duh), ham chunks, (and
>>>>> everything following from my dehydrated stores) onion, green
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> pepper,
>>>
>>>>> mushrooms, plum tomatoes, celery, and assorted herbs and spices.
>>>>>
>>>>> Slowly simmered all afternoon.
>>>>>
>>>>> Tasted, fooled with a bit more, simmered a bit more, added some
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> other
>>>
>>>>> veggies.
>>>>> Tasted again.
>>>>>
>>>>> Then decided to throw it all out.
>>>>>
>>>>> Why did I buy that fancy dehydrator?
>>>>>
>>>>> Or, I just decide to give up on doing anything with lentils.
>>>>>
>>>>> Made dinner from a box of tuna helper.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I vote for, "you just doen't like lentils". Try it again sometime
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> with
>>>
>>>> Great Northern beans or small red beans.
>>>>
>>>> Bob
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I think you may be right, zv. I've had lentils eating out, or from
>>> canned soups, but never success whenever I pick up a bag on a whim (or
>>> on a shopping cart) and thry to cook them myself. I use red beans many
>>> different ways. Great Northern -- are those the small white beans,
>>> like in the famous Senate dining room soup recipe? Had that recipe
>>> around here long ago, always thought I might try it.
>>>
>>> Or perhaps because those lentils are so small they cook too fast and
>>> become mushy. I like the long, slow simmer for soups and stews. In
>>> fact, the only thing that's preserving my sanity this long end to
>>> winter is it's still the season for soups and stews. The only mushy
>>> ones I'll tolerate are split green peas. hmmm .... that's an idea.
>>>
>> You might try some of the other lentils. The split orangey ones cook
>> to a mush very fast, but some of the others do not. Especially some of
>> the small rounder ones.
>> Ellen
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>
>
> I like the concept of lentils, but I've never tasted any that were
> really good. They taste kind of like split peas, but a little more
> dirt-like.
>
> They are an OK addition (in small quantities) to vegetable soup. I used
> them to make hummus once and it was edible.
>
> Bob

Heathern! You supposed to use chick peas to make hummos, little lemon
juice, little juice from the can of chick peas, put some extra virgin
olive oil around the bowl, warm up some round bread, tear it apart, eat
a lot of hummos, make a lot of gas, go outside and expel. <VBG>

George, feeling a lot better today for some reason, maybe it's the
drizzling rain and the norther that blew in