I'm sitting here at the computer eating the last bit of a batch of
"Portagee" bean soup, after portioning the bulk of it into single servings
to take to work and reheat in the microwave. This stuff is fragrant,
filling, and, yes, comforting. Cheap, too. I won't bother to post the
recipe. It's all over the net - just Google "Portuguese Bean Soup."
--


--Rich

"Rich" > wrote in message
...
> I'm sitting here at the computer eating the last bit of a batch of
> "Portagee" bean soup, after portioning the bulk of it into single servings
> to take to work and reheat in the microwave. This stuff is fragrant,
> filling, and, yes, comforting. Cheap, too. I won't bother to post the
> recipe. It's all over the net - just Google "Portuguese Bean Soup."
> --
>
>
> --Rich
>

My friend, Laurie, back on Maui used to make that all the time. I never
cared for it because I didn't like Pohtagee sausage, but it did smell good.
I keep planning on making something similar for my husband - maybe this
winter. Thanks for the reminder.

kili

kilikini wrote:
> "Rich" > wrote in message
> ...
>> I'm sitting here at the computer eating the last bit of a batch of
>> "Portagee" bean soup, after portioning the bulk of it into single
>> servings to take to work and reheat in the microwave. This stuff is
>> fragrant, filling, and, yes, comforting. Cheap, too. I won't bother
>> to post the recipe. It's all over the net - just Google "Portuguese
>> Bean Soup." --
>>
>>
>> --Rich
>>
>
> My friend, Laurie, back on Maui used to make that all the time. I
> never cared for it because I didn't like Pohtagee sausage, but it did
> smell good. I keep planning on making something similar for my
> husband - maybe this winter. Thanks for the reminder.
>
> kili

Kili doesn't like sausage of any kind, which I find strange but it won't
keep me from being her friend At least she doesn't eat SPAM which is
most popular in Hawaii, even in Maui. I may find the funds to send send her
a case of SPAM so she can slice it and cook SPAM and eggs for TFM for
breakfast!

Jill

kilikini wrote:
>
> My friend, Laurie, back on Maui used to make that all the time. I never
> cared for it because I didn't like Pohtagee sausage, but it did smell good.
> I keep planning on making something similar for my husband - maybe this
> winter. Thanks for the reminder.
>
> kili

Do you really not like any sausage types (as Jill says)? I make
something similar with a low-fat smoked turkey sausage and it's pretty
tasty. I can't tolerate a lot of oil/fat in my diet for a number of
reasons, and fatty meats are the worst.

-L.

"jmcquown" > wrote in message
.. .
> kilikini wrote:
> > "Rich" > wrote in message
> > ...
> >> I'm sitting here at the computer eating the last bit of a batch of
> >> "Portagee" bean soup, after portioning the bulk of it into single
> >> servings to take to work and reheat in the microwave. This stuff is
> >> fragrant, filling, and, yes, comforting. Cheap, too. I won't bother
> >> to post the recipe. It's all over the net - just Google "Portuguese
> >> Bean Soup." --
> >>
> >>
> >> --Rich
> >>
> >
> > My friend, Laurie, back on Maui used to make that all the time. I
> > never cared for it because I didn't like Pohtagee sausage, but it did
> > smell good. I keep planning on making something similar for my
> > husband - maybe this winter. Thanks for the reminder.
> >
> > kili
>
> Kili doesn't like sausage of any kind, which I find strange but it won't
> keep me from being her friend At least she doesn't eat SPAM which is
> most popular in Hawaii, even in Maui. I may find the funds to send send
her
> a case of SPAM so she can slice it and cook SPAM and eggs for TFM for
> breakfast!
>
> Jill
>
>

Honey, I don't know if TFM® would even eat SPAM! LOL

kili

"-L." > wrote in message
ups.com...
>
> kilikini wrote:
> >
> > My friend, Laurie, back on Maui used to make that all the time. I never
> > cared for it because I didn't like Pohtagee sausage, but it did smell
good.
> > I keep planning on making something similar for my husband - maybe this
> > winter. Thanks for the reminder.
> >
> > kili
>
> Do you really not like any sausage types (as Jill says)? I make
> something similar with a low-fat smoked turkey sausage and it's pretty
> tasty. I can't tolerate a lot of oil/fat in my diet for a number of
> reasons, and fatty meats are the worst.
>
> -L.
>

I have never liked sausage. Trust me, I've tried it all, being a member of
a German/Dutch family. I don't do brats, no hot dogs, no breakfast
sausages, no kielbasa, no Italian sausage, no Portuguese, no Lup Chuong
(sp?) and I don't care for those specialty sausages, either. By specialty
sausages I mean the ones that contain things like chicken and apple or
turkey and sun dried tomatoes.

I wish I did like them, because I could vary my menu. Part of the problem
is, well, yeah, I don't care for the flavor, but the other part is that it
bothers my stomach to *no* end. Maybe it's the fat, I don't know.
Meatballs bother me, too, though.

I'm just staying away from meat these days and going full blown carbs,
seafood and veggies - while my husband is more the Atkins advocate. He
doesn't understand how I don't gain weight eating what I'm eating and I
can't imagine eating nothing but meat. We're Mr. & Mrs. Jack Sprat, I tell
ya. :~)

kili

kilikini wrote:
> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
> .. .
>> kilikini wrote:
>>> "Rich" > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>> I'm sitting here at the computer eating the last bit of a batch of
>>>> "Portagee" bean soup, after portioning the bulk of it into single
>>>> servings to take to work and reheat in the microwave. This stuff is
>>>> fragrant, filling, and, yes, comforting. Cheap, too. I won't bother
>>>> to post the recipe. It's all over the net - just Google "Portuguese
>>>> Bean Soup." --
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --Rich
>>>>
>>>
>>> My friend, Laurie, back on Maui used to make that all the time. I
>>> never cared for it because I didn't like Pohtagee sausage, but it
>>> did smell good. I keep planning on making something similar for my
>>> husband - maybe this winter. Thanks for the reminder.
>>>
>>> kili
>>
>> Kili doesn't like sausage of any kind, which I find strange but it
>> won't keep me from being her friend At least she doesn't eat
>> SPAM which is most popular in Hawaii, even in Maui. I may find the
>> funds to send send her a case of SPAM so she can slice it and cook
>> SPAM and eggs for TFM for breakfast!
>>
>> Jill
>>
>>
>
> Honey, I don't know if TFM® would even eat SPAM! LOL
>
> kili

Good, 'cause I don't have the money for it! LOL

Jill

Aunty May's Amazing Healthy Cookbook has a recipe for this soup using
diced cooked ham, and not very much of it, just for flavor. (This
cookbook, which you can buy at Longs Drugs, takes a lot of traditional
Hawaiian foods and adapts them to be lower in fat, sugar and sodium. If
you care about healthy cooking, I can recommend it but you need to pick
and choose the recipes.)

kilikini wrote:
> "-L." > wrote in message
> ups.com...
>>
>> kilikini wrote:
>>>
>>> My friend, Laurie, back on Maui used to make that all the time. I
>>> never cared for it because I didn't like Pohtagee sausage, but it
>>> did smell good. I keep planning on making something similar for my
>>> husband - maybe this winter. Thanks for the reminder.
>>>
>>> kili
>>
>> Do you really not like any sausage types (as Jill says)? I make
>> something similar with a low-fat smoked turkey sausage and it's
>> pretty tasty. I can't tolerate a lot of oil/fat in my diet for a
>> number of reasons, and fatty meats are the worst.
>>
>> -L.
>>
>
> I have never liked sausage. Trust me, I've tried it all, being a
> member of a German/Dutch family. I don't do brats, no hot dogs, no
> breakfast sausages, no kielbasa, no Italian sausage, no Portuguese,
> no Lup Chuong (sp?) and I don't care for those specialty sausages,
> either. By specialty sausages I mean the ones that contain things
> like chicken and apple or turkey and sun dried tomatoes.
>
> I wish I did like them, because I could vary my menu. Part of the
> problem is, well, yeah, I don't care for the flavor, but the other
> part is that it bothers my stomach to *no* end. Maybe it's the fat,
> I don't know. Meatballs bother me, too, though.
>
> I'm just staying away from meat these days and going full blown carbs,
> seafood and veggies - while my husband is more the Atkins advocate.
> He doesn't understand how I don't gain weight eating what I'm eating
> and I can't imagine eating nothing but meat. We're Mr. & Mrs. Jack
> Sprat, I tell ya. :~)
>
> kili

And yet kili eats raw (okay, rare... well, no, blue!) hamburgers. Go figure


Oooh, I forgot to mention getting a *rare* burger up in Minnesota. Once
again the food police weren't in force and we each had a lovely mushroom
burger with swiss cheese cooked rare, per our specifications. YUM!

Jill

kilikini wrote:
> I have never liked sausage. Trust me, I've tried it all, being a member of
> a German/Dutch family. I don't do brats, no hot dogs, no breakfast
> sausages, no kielbasa, no Italian sausage, no Portuguese, no Lup Chuong
> (sp?) and I don't care for those specialty sausages, either. By specialty
> sausages I mean the ones that contain things like chicken and apple or
> turkey and sun dried tomatoes.

I am very weird about sausages as well. I don't like any of those you
mentioned above, nor bologna either. I like the skin of the kielbasa
but not the filling. I will eat Italian sausage *in* things like
lasagne. Those chicken-apple things are atrocious. But I have found a
turkey sausage I actually like - it doesn't taste fake like so many
sausages do.

>
> I wish I did like them, because I could vary my menu. Part of the problem
> is, well, yeah, I don't care for the flavor, but the other part is that it
> bothers my stomach to *no* end. Maybe it's the fat, I don't know.
> Meatballs bother me, too, though.

The fat kills me, too. I not only get intestinal problems but I gag
from it. I make some killer meatballs using ground turkey, though.
They aren't fatty at all.

>
> I'm just staying away from meat these days and going full blown carbs,
> seafood and veggies - while my husband is more the Atkins advocate. He
> doesn't understand how I don't gain weight eating what I'm eating and I
> can't imagine eating nothing but meat. We're Mr. & Mrs. Jack Sprat, I tell
> ya. :~)

LOL...cute!

I eat very little meat as well. I have been trying to eat more since I
joined Weight Watchers, but it's hard because I don't really like meat.

-L.

"jmcquown" > wrote in message
...
> kilikini wrote:
> > "-L." > wrote in message
> > ups.com...
> >>
> >> kilikini wrote:
> >>>
> >>> My friend, Laurie, back on Maui used to make that all the time. I
> >>> never cared for it because I didn't like Pohtagee sausage, but it
> >>> did smell good. I keep planning on making something similar for my
> >>> husband - maybe this winter. Thanks for the reminder.
> >>>
> >>> kili
> >>
> >> Do you really not like any sausage types (as Jill says)? I make
> >> something similar with a low-fat smoked turkey sausage and it's
> >> pretty tasty. I can't tolerate a lot of oil/fat in my diet for a
> >> number of reasons, and fatty meats are the worst.
> >>
> >> -L.
> >>
> >
> > I have never liked sausage. Trust me, I've tried it all, being a
> > member of a German/Dutch family. I don't do brats, no hot dogs, no
> > breakfast sausages, no kielbasa, no Italian sausage, no Portuguese,
> > no Lup Chuong (sp?) and I don't care for those specialty sausages,
> > either. By specialty sausages I mean the ones that contain things
> > like chicken and apple or turkey and sun dried tomatoes.
> >
> > I wish I did like them, because I could vary my menu. Part of the
> > problem is, well, yeah, I don't care for the flavor, but the other
> > part is that it bothers my stomach to *no* end. Maybe it's the fat,
> > I don't know. Meatballs bother me, too, though.
> >
> > I'm just staying away from meat these days and going full blown carbs,
> > seafood and veggies - while my husband is more the Atkins advocate.
> > He doesn't understand how I don't gain weight eating what I'm eating
> > and I can't imagine eating nothing but meat. We're Mr. & Mrs. Jack
> > Sprat, I tell ya. :~)
> >
> > kili
>
> And yet kili eats raw (okay, rare... well, no, blue!) hamburgers. Go
figure
>
>
> Oooh, I forgot to mention getting a *rare* burger up in Minnesota. Once
> again the food police weren't in force and we each had a lovely mushroom
> burger with swiss cheese cooked rare, per our specifications. YUM!
>
> Jill
>
>

Add bacon, lettuce, and tomato and I'd be all over one of those burgers!

kili

"-L." > wrote in message
ups.com...
>
> kilikini wrote:
> > I have never liked sausage. Trust me, I've tried it all, being a member
of
> > a German/Dutch family. I don't do brats, no hot dogs, no breakfast
> > sausages, no kielbasa, no Italian sausage, no Portuguese, no Lup Chuong
> > (sp?) and I don't care for those specialty sausages, either. By
specialty
> > sausages I mean the ones that contain things like chicken and apple or
> > turkey and sun dried tomatoes.
>
> I am very weird about sausages as well. I don't like any of those you
> mentioned above, nor bologna either. I like the skin of the kielbasa
> but not the filling. I will eat Italian sausage *in* things like
> lasagne. Those chicken-apple things are atrocious. But I have found a
> turkey sausage I actually like - it doesn't taste fake like so many
> sausages do.
>
> >
> > I wish I did like them, because I could vary my menu. Part of the
problem
> > is, well, yeah, I don't care for the flavor, but the other part is that
it
> > bothers my stomach to *no* end. Maybe it's the fat, I don't know.
> > Meatballs bother me, too, though.
>
> The fat kills me, too. I not only get intestinal problems but I gag
> from it. I make some killer meatballs using ground turkey, though.
> They aren't fatty at all.
>
> >
> > I'm just staying away from meat these days and going full blown carbs,
> > seafood and veggies - while my husband is more the Atkins advocate. He
> > doesn't understand how I don't gain weight eating what I'm eating and I
> > can't imagine eating nothing but meat. We're Mr. & Mrs. Jack Sprat, I
tell
> > ya. :~)
>
> LOL...cute!
>
> I eat very little meat as well. I have been trying to eat more since I
> joined Weight Watchers, but it's hard because I don't really like meat.
>
> -L.
>

You sound like me!!!!!!! :~)

kili

kilikini wrote:
> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
> ...
>> kilikini wrote:
>> And yet kili eats raw (okay, rare... well, no, blue!) hamburgers.
>> Go figure
>>
>> Oooh, I forgot to mention getting a *rare* burger up in Minnesota.
>> Once again the food police weren't in force and we each had a lovely
>> mushroom burger with swiss cheese cooked rare, per our
>> specifications. YUM!
>>
>> Jill
>>
>>
>
> Add bacon, lettuce, and tomato and I'd be all over one of those
> burgers!
>
> kili

John added lettuce & tomato, no bacon The only problem was the smallest
burger (this was at the Timber Lodge Steak House again) was 1/2 a pound!
And it came with fries. No way either one of us could eat it all. But it
was very nice to have it cooked to order for a change

Jill

On Fri, 22 Sep 2006 12:23:45 GMT, "kilikini"
> wrote:

>
>"jmcquown" > wrote in message
. ..
>> Kili doesn't like sausage of any kind, which I find strange but it won't
>> keep me from being her friend At least she doesn't eat SPAM which is
>> most popular in Hawaii, even in Maui. I may find the funds to send send
>her
>> a case of SPAM so she can slice it and cook SPAM and eggs for TFM for
>> breakfast!
>>
>> Jill

>Honey, I don't know if TFM® would even eat SPAM! LOL

I'm almost but not quite ashamed to confess that I recently bought a
can of Spam. I have no idea what possessed me, other than my sister
mentioned how our mother (my best friend, a cool chick, and a truly
lousy cook) used to make glazed Spam. I got all misty-eye for the old
days. WTF? I liked it as a kid but then again, I liked a lot of
things as a kid that I wouldn't touch with a 10-foot pole now :-) I
wrote the date of purchase on the can (thank you, Barb, I routinely do
that now, thanks to you). I'm guessing whoever empties my cupboards
when I go paws up will find that can still in there.

:-)

TammyM

-L wrote:

> I am very weird about sausages as well. I don't like any of those you
> mentioned above, nor bologna either. I like the skin of the kielbasa
> but not the filling. I will eat Italian sausage *in* things like
> lasagne. Those chicken-apple things are atrocious. But I have found a
> turkey sausage I actually like - it doesn't taste fake like so many
> sausages do.


For some reason, this thread reminded me of a post I wrote just over a year
ago:

| I had a mango-flavored sausage in my fridge, left over from a cookout a
| week ago. I sliced it lengthwise and cooked it in my cast-iron pan until
| it started to brown. Then I took it out of the pan and cut it into four
| pieces (one of which I immediately ate). I toasted a sesame-seed bun in
| my toaster oven and quickly scrambled an egg in the still-hot pan. The
| sausage and egg went onto the bun, with a slice of papaya on top, and
| then a tiny drizzle of white wine vinegar. It was GOOD. The vinegar made
| it tangy, the papaya added a little cool fruitiness and the toasted
| sesame seeds enhanced it nicely.

I saw those sausages in the store a few days ago, but I couldn't remember
what I'd done with them, just that they were good. Now I'm going to have to
buy them again. :-)

Bob

Tammy wrote:

> I'm almost but not quite ashamed to confess that I recently bought a
> can of Spam. I have no idea what possessed me, other than my sister
> mentioned how our mother (my best friend, a cool chick, and a truly
> lousy cook) used to make glazed Spam. I got all misty-eye for the old
> days. WTF? I liked it as a kid but then again, I liked a lot of
> things as a kid that I wouldn't touch with a 10-foot pole now :-) I
> wrote the date of purchase on the can (thank you, Barb, I routinely do
> that now, thanks to you). I'm guessing whoever empties my cupboards
> when I go paws up will find that can still in there.

It's been a few years since I bought a can of Spam. It was so salty I
couldn't eat it. I might buy some of the low-sodium stuff now, though, since
I recently had an idea about using it to doctor up ramen. (My idea was to
add seared Spam cubes, baby corn, and coconut milk.)

Bob