http://www.recfoodcooking.com/

Vote now!

--
Cheers
Chatty Cathy

Chatty Cathy > wrote in message
...
> http://www.recfoodcooking.com/

There aren't many foods that SWMBO likes and I dislike... But on
those rare occasions that she requests avocados (or walnuts
<shudder>) I'll prep 'em and take my obligatory spoonful. She
realizes I consider both avocados and walnuts just this side of
cod liver oil so thankfully they're not a staple in Clan Ranger
dietary needs.

Unfortunately for me, all three daughter-units, Alpha, Beta, and
Spawn, have developed tastes in favor of avocados. It's a
trade-off with none of them liking walnuts.

The Ranger
--
Because of its texture, the hominy in posole is somewhat
reminiscent of chunks of candle wax floating around in there.
Bob Terwilliger, rfc, 02-26-07

On Feb 27, 9:31?am, Chatty Cathy > wrote:
> http://www.recfoodcooking.com/
>
> Vote now!

What's the difference between "Occasionally" and "Sometimes"?

Anyway, I voted "Never. The closest I come to cooking something I
don't partake of myself for someone else is tea, but that may not
qualify because I only boil the water, they get to prepare their own
pond water. I don't think it's possible to properly prepare something
that one does not eat themself.

Sheldon

Sheldon wrote:

.... I don't think it's possible to properly prepare something
> that one does not eat themself.

I have to agree with this... I like to taste as I go along - so how do I
know if its good or not?

--
Cheers
Chatty Cathy

Sheldon wrote:
> On Feb 27, 9:31?am, Chatty Cathy > wrote:
>> http://www.recfoodcooking.com/
>>
>> Vote now!
>
> What's the difference between "Occasionally" and "Sometimes"?

Sorry missed this first time round... to me "sometimes" is fiarly often
- "occasionally" means not as often... but maybe I should have used
"rarely"?
--
Cheers
Chatty Cathy

Chatty wrote on Tue, 27 Feb 2007 17:48:25 +0200:

CC> Sheldon wrote:
??>> On Feb 27, 9:31?am, Chatty Cathy
??>> > wrote:
??>>> http://www.recfoodcooking.com/
??>>>
??>>> Vote now!
??>>
??>> What's the difference between "Occasionally" and
??>> "Sometimes"?

CC> Sorry missed this first time round... to me "sometimes" is
CC> fiarly often - "occasionally" means not as often... but
CC> maybe I should have used "rarely"?

It's not really a criticism but I suggest that you would have
been bettter to have used numerical values like, "once a week",
"once a month", "less than once a month", "never".

James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

E-mail, with obvious alterations:
not.jim.silverton.at.comcast.not

James Silverton wrote:

>
> It's not really a criticism but I suggest that you would have been
> bettter to have used numerical values like, "once a week", "once a
> month", "less than once a month", "never".

Ahhh. BTDT. Somebody used "bi-weekly" once - even that was pooh-poohed,
LOL. Boils down to "pleasing some of the people, some of the time"

--
Cheers
Chatty Cathy

On Feb 27, 10:52�am, "James Silverton"
<not.jim.silverton.at.comcast.not> wrote:
> *Chatty *wrote *on Tue, 27 Feb 2007 17:48:25 +0200:
>
> *CC> Sheldon wrote:
>
> *??>> On Feb 27, 9:31?am, Chatty Cathy*??>> > wrote:
>
> *??>>>http://www.recfoodcooking.com/
> *??>>>
> *??>>> Vote now!
> *??>>
> *??>> What's the difference between "Occasionally" and
> *??>> "Sometimes"?
>
> *CC> Sorry missed this first time round... to me "sometimes" is
> *CC> fiarly often - "occasionally" means not as often... but
> *CC> maybe I should have used "rarely"?
>
> It's not really a criticism but I suggest that you would have
> been bettter to have used numerical values like, "once a week",
> "once a month", "less than once a month", "never".

I think "always", "often", "occasionally", and "never" work well and
leave plenty of room for personal extrapolation... but adding a
precise time element requires a whole nother survey and would probably
just confuse the frequency issue. My only query was in
differenciating between occasionally and sometimes, to me they are
synonymous.

Merriam Webster

oc�ca�sion�al�ly
adverb
: on occasion : NOW AND THEN
---

some�times
adverb
: at times : now and then : OCCASIONALLY
--

Sheldon

Sheldon wrote:


> I think "always", "often", "occasionally", and "never" work well and
> leave plenty of room for personal extrapolation... but adding a
> precise time element requires a whole nother survey and would probably
> just confuse the frequency issue. My only query was in
> differenciating between occasionally and sometimes, to me they are
> synonymous.

Point taken... but to me "sometimes" is is sort of in-between "often"
and "occasionally" heh heh heh heh
--
Cheers
Chatty Cathy - about to eat her chicken curry

"Chatty Cathy" > wrote in message
...
> Sheldon wrote:
>
> ... I don't think it's possible to properly prepare something
>> that one does not eat themself.
>
> I have to agree with this... I like to taste as I go along - so how do I
> know if its good or not?
>
> --
> Cheers
> Chatty Cathy

used to have to cook pumpkin (roast, steamed, whatever) for my ex and rest
of family...I can't stand the stuff except in pumpkin soup

they must have liked it...kept asking for more <s>

In article >,
Chatty Cathy > wrote:

> http://www.recfoodcooking.com/
>
> Vote now!
>
> --
> Cheers
> Chatty Cathy

Always have, always will. :-)

It's no big deal to me to cook two separate meals.
--
Peace, Om

Remove _ to validate e-mails.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a Son of a bitch" -- Jack Nicholson

"Chatty Cathy" > wrote in message
...
> http://www.recfoodcooking.com/

I voted "never" but I did do it once. Sort of. I was in Montana visiting
relatives. They wanted me to make the potato salad. They use <shudder>
Miracle Whip there and not mayo. I told them I'd be happy to put it
together, but they would have to test it to get the seasonings correct.

Friends don't let friends eat Miracle Whip!

I think if one has a live-in family, it's more likely that one is going to
cook to suit others. I have a housemate. I take care to not put anything
in food that I know she dislikes, but I don't cook things for her that I
don't like and don't expect her to do that for me. When I cook, she eats
what I eat or she makes her own dinner! I would treat a spouse similarly in
this regard.

TammyM

"Chatty Cathy" > wrote in message
...
> http://www.recfoodcooking.com/
>
> Vote now!
>
> --
> Cheers
> Chatty Cathy

I voted never but only because I don't think there is any thing I dislike
that hubby likes. It's always the other way around.


Ms P

"ms_peacock" > wrote

> "Chatty Cathy" > wrote

>> http://www.recfoodcooking.com/

> I voted never but only because I don't think there is any thing I dislike
> that hubby likes. It's always the other way around.

I also voted never, and it sounds so ... selfish or something.

Fact is, it's just not an issue. Only thing I could think would be a
problem would be liver ... I am not cooking liver and I am serious
that I don't even want it cooked in the house. This has not come
up yet, if he's got a hankering for liver that would be a new one
on me.

nancy

Nancy Young wrote:
> "ms_peacock" > wrote
>
>> "Chatty Cathy" > wrote
>
>>> http://www.recfoodcooking.com/
>
>> I voted never but only because I don't think there is any thing I
>> dislike that hubby likes. It's always the other way around.
>
> I also voted never, and it sounds so ... selfish or something.
>
> Fact is, it's just not an issue. Only thing I could think would be a
> problem would be liver ... I am not cooking liver and I am serious
> that I don't even want it cooked in the house. This has not come
> up yet, if he's got a hankering for liver that would be a new one
> on me.
>
> nancy

I voted always, because, heck, I'm even making gumbo this weekend for the
cook-along and I won't touch it. Hubby loves it.

kili

Nancy Young wrote:

> Fact is, it's just not an issue. Only thing I could think would be a
> problem would be liver ... I am not cooking liver and I am serious
> that I don't even want it cooked in the house. This has not come
> up yet, if he's got a hankering for liver that would be a new one
> on me.

You are not alone. A lot of people don't like livers - I assume you are
talking calves livers? I don't mind them occasionally, but they must be
tender... However, I love chicken livers sauteed with garlic, onions and
(homemade) tomato sauce
--
Cheers
Chatty Cathy

"kilikini" > wrote

> Nancy Young wrote:

>> that I don't even want it cooked in the house. This has not come
>> up yet, if he's got a hankering for liver that would be a new one
>> on me.

> I voted always, because, heck, I'm even making gumbo this weekend for the
> cook-along and I won't touch it. Hubby loves it.

Oh, I forgot, that's this weekend. I have to find a recipe.
Saturday, right? Sunday's no good for me.

nancy

Nancy Young wrote:
> "kilikini" > wrote
>
>> Nancy Young wrote:
>
>>> that I don't even want it cooked in the house. This has not come
>>> up yet, if he's got a hankering for liver that would be a new one
>>> on me.
>
>> I voted always, because, heck, I'm even making gumbo this weekend
>> for the cook-along and I won't touch it. Hubby loves it.
>
> Oh, I forgot, that's this weekend. I have to find a recipe.
> Saturday, right? Sunday's no good for me.
>
> nancy

I think I'll be cooking it all day. I haven't heard a starting time from
anyone, though.

kili

On Tue, 27 Feb 2007 13:50:25 -0500, "Nancy Young" >
wrote:

>
>"kilikini" > wrote

>> I voted always, because, heck, I'm even making gumbo this weekend for the
>> cook-along and I won't touch it. Hubby loves it.
>
>Oh, I forgot, that's this weekend. I have to find a recipe.
>Saturday, right? Sunday's no good for me.
>
>nancy
>

Yes, it's this weekend on Saturday. Kili and I were discussing the
starting time a few days ago.

Want to go for about 4pm EST for the starting time? Gumbo takes a
while to cook, even after you get your roux made and the veggies and
meats/seafood added. So figure on eating a few hours from when it is
started.

Christine

Christine Dabney wrote:
> On Tue, 27 Feb 2007 13:50:25 -0500, "Nancy Young" >
> wrote:
>
>>
>> "kilikini" > wrote
>
>>> I voted always, because, heck, I'm even making gumbo this weekend
>>> for the cook-along and I won't touch it. Hubby loves it.
>>
>> Oh, I forgot, that's this weekend. I have to find a recipe.
>> Saturday, right? Sunday's no good for me.
>>
>> nancy
>>
>
> Yes, it's this weekend on Saturday. Kili and I were discussing the
> starting time a few days ago.
>
> Want to go for about 4pm EST for the starting time? Gumbo takes a
> while to cook, even after you get your roux made and the veggies and
> meats/seafood added. So figure on eating a few hours from when it is
> started.
>
> Christine

4pm works for me. I'm doing stock now, so all I have to really concentrate
on on Saturday is the roux. Well, then adding the sausage, seafood and
veggies, of course. :~)

kili

Christine Dabney said...

> On Tue, 27 Feb 2007 13:50:25 -0500, "Nancy Young" >
> wrote:
>
>>
>>"kilikini" > wrote
>
>>> I voted always, because, heck, I'm even making gumbo this weekend for
the
>>> cook-along and I won't touch it. Hubby loves it.
>>
>>Oh, I forgot, that's this weekend. I have to find a recipe.
>>Saturday, right? Sunday's no good for me.
>>
>>nancy
>>
>
> Yes, it's this weekend on Saturday. Kili and I were discussing the
> starting time a few days ago.
>
> Want to go for about 4pm EST for the starting time? Gumbo takes a
> while to cook, even after you get your roux made and the veggies and
> meats/seafood added. So figure on eating a few hours from when it is
> started.
>
> Christine


Christine,

Speaking for myself and my zero gumbo skills, 4pm EST sounds a bit late.
I'll probably start working on my gumbo at around 12pm. Food prep, browning
meats, making roux (leaving time for tossing a burnt roux or two), cooking
and finish times, I don't eat late and that would put me squarely behind
the 8-ball, where the finished AndyGumbo #1 would go straight into the
fridge for leftovers. I can't have THAT happen. I just need more time than
others, I've got a feeling.

Andy

"Christine Dabney" > wrote

> On Tue, 27 Feb 2007 13:50:25 -0500, "Nancy Young" >
> wrote:

>>Oh, I forgot, that's this weekend. I have to find a recipe.
>>Saturday, right? Sunday's no good for me.

> Yes, it's this weekend on Saturday. Kili and I were discussing the
> starting time a few days ago.
>
> Want to go for about 4pm EST for the starting time?

Right now I'll just say that's fine. It'll work out one way or
another.

nancy

On Tue, 27 Feb 2007 13:43:30 -0600, Andy <q> wrote:


>
>Speaking for myself and my zero gumbo skills, 4pm EST sounds a bit late.
>I'll probably start working on my gumbo at around 12pm. Food prep, browning
>meats, making roux (leaving time for tossing a burnt roux or two), cooking
>and finish times, I don't eat late and that would put me squarely behind
>the 8-ball, where the finished AndyGumbo #1 would go straight into the
>fridge for leftovers. I can't have THAT happen. I just need more time than
>others, I've got a feeling.
>
>Andy

That's fine!!
I was talking to Cathy in chat last night, and I suggested that if she
wanted to play along, she could do so at a time more convenient for
her.

And in fact, if anyone else wants to play along with making gumbo with
us, you are more than welcome to join us. Even if your time zone is
not in sync with those of us in the US, you can make gumbo at a time
convenient to you. If so, let us know how it turned out, and so
forth. Take pics.

Christine

On Feb 27, 8:31 am, Chatty Cathy > wrote:
> http://www.recfoodcooking.com/
>
> Vote now!
>
> --
> Cheers
> Chatty Cathy

Mine was a "never" vote because there isn't anything my wife likes
that I don't. The trick around here comes when I get a craving for
something that I know she historically doesn't like. I usually save
those dishes for nights when she's on Girls' Night Out, then I can
have any leftovers for lunch.

Her tastes over the years have changed somewhat, though, since I'm a
better cook than her mom was/is (something both of them readily admit)
and I can show her a different way to make a dish she thought she
didn't like.

David

On Feb 27, 12:49 pm, Chatty Cathy > wrote:
> Nancy Young wrote:
> > Fact is, it's just not an issue. Only thing I could think would be a
> > problem would be liver ... I am not cooking liver and I am serious
> > that I don't even want it cooked in the house. This has not come
> > up yet, if he's got a hankering for liver that would be a new one
> > on me.
>
> You are not alone. A lot of people don't like livers - I assume you are
> talking calves livers? I don't mind them occasionally, but they must be
> tender.

I'm with you there. I grew up hating liver because my mom would cook
it to the shoe leather stage, and the only taste left were the
purines. Or uric acid. Later in life, I worked overseas and got to
know gently-cooked lamb's liver. Good stuff, so I tried calves liver
again when I came home. Sure enough, it was tasty just gently cooked.
Hard to find it in grocery stores now, though, where I live.

>However, I love chicken livers sauteed with garlic, onions and
> (homemade) tomato sauce

Over pasta?

> --
> Cheers
> Chatty Cathy

David

"Chatty Cathy" > wrote in message
...
> http://www.recfoodcooking.com/
>
> Vote now!
>
> --
> Cheers
> Chatty Cathy


I had to say "occasionally" because there are some things that I just don't like
(shrimp, for example) that I will make for my family (my husband and son love it).
There are also things I make that not everyone else likes, but I love. I also make
adjustments for myself, due to diabetes, that I don't necessarily make for everyone
else.

kimberly

TammyM > wrote in message
...
[snip]
> I was in Montana visiting relatives. They wanted me
> to make the potato salad. They use <shudder> Miracle Whip there
> and not mayo. I told them I'd
> be happy to put it together, but they would have to
> test it to get the seasonings correct.
>
> Friends don't let friends eat Miracle Whip!

Shush ya heretic! Miracle Whip is the nectar, the ambrosia of the
Church Lady sandwiches and salads.

The Ranger
---
"May you be seated at an all-you-can-eat buffet where sandwiches
of JIF peanut butter and Miracle Whip on Wonder Bread are the only
item being served and where Musak is piped in at Blue Oyster Cult
levels with the mantra of "I love Miracle Whip" to the "Jingle
Bell Rock" tune is being played..."

On Tue, 27 Feb 2007 13:09:57 -0800, "The Ranger"
> wrote:

>Shush ya heretic! Miracle Whip is the nectar, the ambrosia of the
>Church Lady sandwiches and salads.

Another reason not to use it.

Lou

> Anyway, I voted "Never. The closest I come to cooking something I
> don't partake of myself for someone else is tea, but that may not
> qualify because I only boil the water, they get to prepare their own
> pond water. I don't think it's possible to properly prepare something
> that one does not eat themself.

Of course it is! I'm told I make a killer lemon meringue pie. However, I'd
never eat it since it is one of my very few dislikes. Oh, that and
walnuts..........

elaine

>>Speaking for myself and my zero gumbo skills, 4pm EST sounds a bit late.
>>I'll probably start working on my gumbo at around 12pm. Food prep,
>>browning
>>meats, making roux (leaving time for tossing a burnt roux or two), cooking
>>and finish times, I don't eat late and that would put me squarely behind
>>the 8-ball, where the finished AndyGumbo #1 would go straight into the
>>fridge for leftovers. I can't have THAT happen. I just need more time than
>>others, I've got a feeling.
>>
>>Andy
>
> That's fine!!
> I was talking to Cathy in chat last night, and I suggested that if she
> wanted to play along, she could do so at a time more convenient for
> her.
>
> And in fact, if anyone else wants to play along with making gumbo with
> us, you are more than welcome to join us. Even if your time zone is
> not in sync with those of us in the US, you can make gumbo at a time
> convenient to you. If so, let us know how it turned out, and so
> forth. Take pics.

Sounds good. I've never made gumbo and I don't think I've ever even eaten
it!
I'll do a search. For some reason I think there is pasta in it. Will have
to check.

elaine

"The Ranger" > wrote in message
...
> TammyM > wrote in message
> ...
> [snip]
>> I was in Montana visiting relatives. They wanted me
>> to make the potato salad. They use <shudder> Miracle Whip there and not
>> mayo. I told them I'd
>> be happy to put it together, but they would have to
>> test it to get the seasonings correct.
>>
>> Friends don't let friends eat Miracle Whip!
>
> Shush ya heretic! Miracle Whip is the nectar, the ambrosia of the Church
> Lady sandwiches and salads.
>
> The Ranger
> ---
> "May you be seated at an all-you-can-eat buffet where sandwiches of JIF
> peanut butter and Miracle Whip on Wonder Bread are the only item being
> served and where Musak is piped in at Blue Oyster Cult levels with the
> mantra of "I love Miracle Whip" to the "Jingle Bell Rock" tune is being
> played..."

I know I could suck you into this conversation! Yer so easy, ya bum!! :-)

TammyM, Miracle Whip will never pass these lips I tell ya!!

"elaine" > wrote in message
...
> Sounds good. I've never made gumbo and I don't think I've ever even eaten
> it!
> I'll do a search. For some reason I think there is pasta in it. Will
> have to check.

I have a book a friend brought back from New Orleans for me, _Jambalaya,
Craw Fish Pie and File Gumbo_. I've never cooked from it, but this is a
great reason to give it a shot. Several terrific sounding gumbos in the
book.

TammyM

On Tue, 27 Feb 2007 13:53:39 -0800, "TammyM" >
wrote:

>
>"The Ranger" > wrote in message

>> ---
>> "May you be seated at an all-you-can-eat buffet where sandwiches of JIF
>> peanut butter and Miracle Whip on Wonder Bread are the only item being
>> served and where Musak is piped in at Blue Oyster Cult levels with the
>> mantra of "I love Miracle Whip" to the "Jingle Bell Rock" tune is being
>> played..."
>
>I know I could suck you into this conversation! Yer so easy, ya bum!! :-)
>
>TammyM, Miracle Whip will never pass these lips I tell ya!!
>

Hmm...I guess I had better hide my Miracle Whip...... I do use Mayo a
lot more than Miracle Whip though. Now I get to retry that old
southern brand of mayo, called Dukes.

Christine, getting excited to eat southern for a few months.

TammyM said...

> Yer so easy, ya bum!! :-)


Well said, TammyM.

Warms my heart!

Andy
The BUM!!!!

One time on Usenet, Chatty Cathy > said:
> Sheldon wrote:
>
> .... I don't think it's possible to properly prepare something
> > that one does not eat themself.
>
> I have to agree with this... I like to taste as I go along - so how do I
> know if its good or not?

I make stuff for DH & DS (plain white rice, for example, or spaghetti
with jarrred [yuk] sauce) that I don't care for -- I don't need to
taste it to know if it's cooked properly. OTOH, a real recipe could
be more difficult...

--
Jani in WA

TammyM > wrote in message
...
> "The Ranger" > wrote in message
> ...
>> TammyM > wrote in message
>> ...
>> [snip]
>>> I was in Montana visiting relatives. They wanted me
>>> to make the potato salad. They use <shudder>
>>> Miracle Whip there and not mayo. I told them I'd
>>> be happy to put it together, but they would have to
>>> test it to get the seasonings correct.
>>>
>>> Friends don't let friends eat Miracle Whip!
>>
>> Shush ya heretic! Miracle Whip is the nectar, the
>> ambrosia of the Church Lady sandwiches and salads.
>>
>> The Ranger
>> ---
>> "May you be seated at an all-you-can-eat buffet
>> where sandwiches of JIF peanut butter and Miracle
>> Whip on Wonder Bread are the only item being served and where
>> Musak is piped in at Blue
>> Oyster Cult levels with the mantra of "I love
>> Miracle Whip" to the "Jingle Bell Rock" tune is
>> being played..."
>>
> I kn[e]w I could suck you into this conversation!

Didn't...

> Yer so easy, ya bum!! :-)

And cheap but we're not talking about my better characteristics
here.

> TammyM, Miracle Whip will never pass these lips
> I tell ya!!

<sigh> Another Pretty Pity. Y'all're gonna burn in lukewarm waters
fer such thoughts.

Oh well. More for me and mine.

The Ranger
--
"I'm not allowed to kill you; that's against the rules. But you'd
be amazed at what you can survive."
-- Jafar, Aladdin 2

Andy <q> wrote in message
...
> TammyM said...

>> Yer so easy, ya bum!! :-)
>
> Well said, TammyM.
>
> Warms my heart!
>
> Andy
> The BUM!!!!

May your can opener break during your stay at the resting place of
warmer climate...

The "I'm surrounded by Heretics" Ranger

elaine wrote:
>>> Speaking for myself and my zero gumbo skills, 4pm EST sounds a bit
>>> late. I'll probably start working on my gumbo at around 12pm. Food
>>> prep, browning
>>> meats, making roux (leaving time for tossing a burnt roux or two),
>>> cooking and finish times, I don't eat late and that would put me
>>> squarely behind the 8-ball, where the finished AndyGumbo #1 would
>>> go straight into the fridge for leftovers. I can't have THAT
>>> happen. I just need more time than others, I've got a feeling.
>>>
>>> Andy
>>
>> That's fine!!
>> I was talking to Cathy in chat last night, and I suggested that if
>> she wanted to play along, she could do so at a time more convenient
>> for her.
>>
>> And in fact, if anyone else wants to play along with making gumbo
>> with us, you are more than welcome to join us. Even if your time
>> zone is not in sync with those of us in the US, you can make gumbo
>> at a time convenient to you. If so, let us know how it turned out,
>> and so forth. Take pics.
>
> Sounds good. I've never made gumbo and I don't think I've ever even
> eaten it!
> I'll do a search. For some reason I think there is pasta in it.
> Will have to check.
>
> elaine

No pasta, but it's usually served with rice. If you're on a low carb kick,
I'll bet you can leave it out.

kili

The Ranger said...

> Andy <q> wrote in message
> ...
>> TammyM said...
>
>>> Yer so easy, ya bum!! :-)
>>
>> Well said, TammyM.
>>
>> Warms my heart!
>>
>> Andy
>> The BUM!!!!
>
> May your can opener break during your stay at the resting place of
> warmer climate...
>
> The "I'm surrounded by Heretics" Ranger


The Ranger,

Heh, heh, heh, heh, heh!

Since you mentioned it earlier... with your daughter units leaning towards
a love of avocados, do you get a sense that you're slowly being run outta
town??? <VBG>

Andy

On Feb 27, 4:42 pm, "kilikini" > wrote:
> elaine wrote:

> > Sounds good. I've never made gumbo and I don't think I've ever even
> > eaten it!
> > I'll do a search. For some reason I think there is pasta in it.
> > Will have to check.
>
> > elaine
>
> No pasta, but it's usually served with rice. If you're on a low carb kick,
> I'll bet you can leave it out.

Sure you can leave the rice out. I serve it in those wide, cheap,
white with blue fishes painted on them, Chinese bowls, with a mound of
rice in the middle and the gumbo ladeled around the rice. Good stuff,
but it would be almost as good without the rice. Maybe. ;-)

David