"Goomba38" > wrote in message
. ..
> Steve Wertz wrote:
>> On Sun, 08 Jul 2007 02:51:19 GMT, Little Malice wrote:
>>
>>> Oh my, I did some looking:
>>>
>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chorizo
>>>
>>> "The authentic Mexican style chorizo, either pork or beef consists of
>>> only lips and salivary glands rather than the muscle cuts."
>>>
>>> I'm sorry, I'm not eating anyone's lips...
>>
Sorry for butting in like this without reading the rest of the thread (I'm
just too tired tonight.) but I think the phrase "THE authentic Mexican
style chorizo..." is an unfair generalization. I agree that the cheap,
mass marketed, shrink wrapped excuse for chorizo (You know --the kind we
most often see.) is really disgusting, but you don't have to look too hard
to find something A LOT better. Any decent meat market in the "barrio" of a
large city will probably make their own chorizo. It will likely be much
leaner, (although still made of scraps) more mildly seasoned, and it will
probably contain identifiable chunks of pork. (As Sheldon says though, if
you don't grind it yourself, it's mystery meat.)

Although the chorizo I buy in the barrio is way better than the shrink
wrapped stuff dripping with annatto, by far the best I've ever tasted was
made by my friend Manny, a retired meat cutter. He buys pork butts and
shoulders, grinds them himself, and uses his own seasoning mix. Words fail
me to describe the flavor, but it's absolutely transcendent! I'm sure he
uses lots of allspice and cinnamon --but not as much red chile as I
expected. What's more, he's not sharing the recipe, and I'm too lazy to try
to replicate it. (I hope he doesn't take it to the grave with him!) And
then there's his pickled onions...

Pablo
(missing Tucson)

"Steve Wertz" > wrote in message
...
> On Sun, 08 Jul 2007 19:26:30 -0700, Terry Pulliam Burd wrote:
>
>> I've always found it amusing, as I do The Ranger's posts. Killfile
>> him, already, and get over the bitch-athon.
>
> Bitching about off-topic posts is a time-honored tradition on
> Usenet. And I'm here to save us all!
>
> -sw

Steve Wertz and Goomba38 - the Dynamic Duo of Usenet tradition!

On Jul 8, 6:28 pm, "Virginia Tadrzynski" > wrote:
> Ranger, you and half the known world in cyberspace refer to their offspring
> as something other than their given names. That someone else feels so
> compelled to blow a gasket over it, makes it more of their problem than
> anything else. I like hearing the ongoing adventures of the Ranger
> clan........as long as I don't offend you by referring to FBS (first born
> son) instead of typing out Joseph David Tadrzynski III...........who, if
> anyone gets their panties in a twist that his name doesn't belong in cooking
> food group......is trained as a chef by the USNavy. (he'll be so proud
> his name is now on the net)
> -ginny-

Maybe he wants his kids to have the choice to whether their real names
should be publicized to the world or not.

Karen

The Ranger wrote:
> You just can't stop reading whatever I post. I'm flattered. Truly.
> To have such power over another individual is refreshing.

Well I read all the stories about your offspring, but that is because I
enjoy them)

O

Terry Pulliam Burd wrote:
> Oh, and Daughter #2 is a twin and is pregnant with twins. She refers
> to them as "Tenant A" and "Tenant B," both of whom have eviction
> notices which are being served in early August.

I love it))

"Terry Pulliam Burd" > wrote in message
news
> On Sat, 7 Jul 2007 18:25:41 -0700, "The Ranger"
> > rummaged among random neurons and opined:
>
> <snip>
>
>>SFF5: "All girls: Are you going to try for a boy?" Me: "Girls are
>>great."
>>SFF5 "Yes, I know... But don't you want a boy?"
>>Me: "Not particularly. I have three practically perfect daughters;
>>I won my lotteries."
>
> <snip>
>
> The DH had 3 girls, all grown now and he did most of the raising of
> them (his ex essentially abandoned the family when the girls were in
> just into their teens and hadn't been much use before that). When
> Daughter #2 was married, the DH wanted to make a toast to the new
> couple. We were and are crazy about the SIL. To cut the toast short,
> what he essentially said was, "People often asked me if, having had 3
> girls, I didn't miss having had a son. I cannot imagine that there was
> anything a son could have done that my 3 daughters didn't put me
> through, but if I had had a son, I would hope he would turn out to be
> just like" SIL. There wasn't a dry eye in the house.
>
> Oh, and Daughter #2 is a twin and is pregnant with twins. She refers
> to them as "Tenant A" and "Tenant B," both of whom have eviction
> notices which are being served in early August.
>
> Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd
>
> --
> "If the soup had been as hot as the claret, if the claret had been as
> old as the bird, and if the bird's breasts had been as full as the
> waitress's, it would have been a very good dinner."
>
> -- Duncan Hines
>
> To reply, replace "spaminator" with "cox"


Let us know when the little 'squatters' are evicted.
-ginny

Ophelia > wrote in message
...
> The Ranger wrote:
>> You just can't stop reading whatever I post.
>> I'm flattered. Truly. To have such power over
>> another individual is refreshing.
>>
> Well I read all the stories about your offspring, but
> that is because I enjoy them)

So does swert. He simply can't get me to post often enough. That's
why I asked how many books I could put him down for.

He'll come out soon enough.

The Ranger

"Terry Pulliam Burd" > wrote in message
news
>
> Oh, and Daughter #2 is a twin and is pregnant with twins. She refers
> to them as "Tenant A" and "Tenant B," both of whom have eviction
> notices which are being served in early August.

Cute! Best of luck to her!

Another one with three daughters here <raising hand>. I have a 4.5-year-old
and 9.5-month-old twins. We often get the "Oh, man, you do realize that's
THREE weddings, and THREE proms..." and "Aren't you going to try for a boy?"
(My brother and SIL had a singleton daughter and twin girls and then
actually did try for a son--and were successful.) Like we can't possibly be
happy without a son.

Mary

MareCat > wrote in message
. ..
> "Aren't you going to try for a boy?" (My brother
> and SIL had a singleton daughter and twin girls
> and then actually did try for a son--and were
> successful.) Like we can't possibly be happy
> without a son.

It's almost like these people that make such comments are under
the impression you can order up the sex of a child like pizza from
the store... From a young child, you can address this easily
enough. An adult, with very few exceptions, should know --
especially if they've had children -- it's not that simple.

BTW: Congrats on the double eagle. Two sets in the same family...
That's extraordinary.

The Ranger

Terry Pulliam Burd > wrote in message
news [SNIP]
> "People often asked me if, having had 3girls, I didn't
> miss having had a son. I cannot imagine that there was
> anything a son could have done that my 3 daughters
> didn't put me through, but if I had had a son, I would
> hope he would turn out to be just like" SIL. There
> wasn't a dry eye in the house.
[SNIP]

I use the line, "Why would I attempt to improve on perfection? I
won the state lotto with my three."

The Ranger

MareCat wrote:
> "Terry Pulliam Burd" > wrote in message
> news
>> Oh, and Daughter #2 is a twin and is pregnant with twins. She refers
>> to them as "Tenant A" and "Tenant B," both of whom have eviction
>> notices which are being served in early August.
>
> Cute! Best of luck to her!
>
> Another one with three daughters here <raising hand>. I have a 4.5-year-old
> and 9.5-month-old twins. We often get the "Oh, man, you do realize that's
> THREE weddings, and THREE proms..." and "Aren't you going to try for a boy?"
> (My brother and SIL had a singleton daughter and twin girls and then
> actually did try for a son--and were successful.) Like we can't possibly be
> happy without a son.
>
> Mary

US folks don't yet expose baby girls on the rocks but they often don't
value them much.

--
Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com

"The Ranger" > wrote in message
...
> MareCat > wrote in message
> . ..
>> "Aren't you going to try for a boy?" (My brother
>> and SIL had a singleton daughter and twin girls
>> and then actually did try for a son--and were
>> successful.) Like we can't possibly be happy
>> without a son.
>
> It's almost like these people that make such comments are under the
> impression you can order up the sex of a child like pizza from the
> store... From a young child, you can address this easily enough. An adult,
> with very few exceptions, should know -- especially if they've had
> children -- it's not that simple.
>
> BTW: Congrats on the double eagle. Two sets in the same family... That's
> extraordinary.

Thanks. Add to that hubby's sister also has a set of twin girls...

Hard to believe that twins do NOT run in our families (both sets of our twin
nieces are identical, and we had "assistance" conceiving our fraternal
twins).

Mary

MareCat wrote:
> Hard to believe that twins do NOT run in our families (both sets of
> our twin nieces are identical, and we had "assistance" conceiving our
> fraternal twins).

Well they might not have run in you family, but they do now)

"Ophelia" > wrote in message
...
> MareCat wrote:
>> Hard to believe that twins do NOT run in our families (both sets of
>> our twin nieces are identical, and we had "assistance" conceiving our
>> fraternal twins).
>
> Well they might not have run in you family, but they do now)

LOL. Yeah, they run all over the place.

But, really, the kids in our families aren't more likely to have twins than
people in any other family are. Every couple has the same amount of chance
of having identical twins, as they're just a fluke of nature and not
genetically linked.

Mary

One time on Usenet, Goomba38 > said:
> Steve Wertz wrote:
> > On Sun, 08 Jul 2007 18:40:30 GMT, Little Malice wrote:>
> >> Looks tasty! I told Buddy (DS-9) about what goes into authentic
> >> chorizo and we decided we might try making something similar out
> >> of bulk pork sausage.
> >
> > You can make a very decent chorizo from regular pork flesh with
> > about 40% fat (which is what most commercial sausages contain).
> >
> >> Rich's recipe looks good, although I don't
> >> think I've ever had Mexican oregano. Sounds like something one
> >> would smoke... ;-)
> >
> > It does smoke very well, nice and mild and a great smoke aroma.
> > The cops will think you've got real thing.
> >
> > -sw
>
> I've often thought that same thing when roasting (charring!) red peppers
> directly on my gas burner. My kids once came in thinking Mom was
> smokin'.... LOL

That's something I really miss about having an electric stove, is
being able to roast a pepper...

--
Jani in WA

Little Malice wrote:

> That's something I really miss about having an electric stove, is
> being able to roast a pepper...
>
You can roast peppers very easily on a gas burner. I just plop it down
and turn it once in a while as it chars. I don't know that an electric
burner could do it any better???

Goomba38 wrote:
> Little Malice wrote:
>
>> That's something I really miss about having an electric stove, is
>> being able to roast a pepper...
>>
> You can roast peppers very easily on a gas burner. I just plop it down
> and turn it once in a while as it chars. I don't know that an electric
> burner could do it any better???

Ummmmmm that is what she said????

She *can't* roast a pepper... oh never mind

One time on Usenet, Goomba38 > said:
> Little Malice wrote:
>
> > That's something I really miss about having an electric stove, is
> > being able to roast a pepper...
> >
> You can roast peppers very easily on a gas burner. I just plop it down
> and turn it once in a while as it chars. I don't know that an electric
> burner could do it any better???

No, I mean I miss having access to a gas stove -- I'm stuck with an
electric...

--
Jani in WA

Little Malice wrote:
> One time on Usenet, Goomba38 > said:
>> Little Malice wrote:
>>
>>> That's something I really miss about having an electric stove, is
>>> being able to roast a pepper...
>>>
>> You can roast peppers very easily on a gas burner. I just plop it down
>> and turn it once in a while as it chars. I don't know that an electric
>> burner could do it any better???
>
> No, I mean I miss having access to a gas stove -- I'm stuck with an
> electric...
>
Ahhhhhhhhh <slaps head> I read it to mean you had a gas burner now but
missed your electric burners! Duh. <eye roll at self>

One time on Usenet, Goomba38 > said:
> Little Malice wrote:
> > One time on Usenet, Goomba38 > said:
> >> Little Malice wrote:
> >>
> >>> That's something I really miss about having an electric stove, is
> >>> being able to roast a pepper...
> >>>
> >> You can roast peppers very easily on a gas burner. I just plop it down
> >> and turn it once in a while as it chars. I don't know that an electric
> >> burner could do it any better???
> >
> > No, I mean I miss having access to a gas stove -- I'm stuck with an
> > electric...
> >
> Ahhhhhhhhh <slaps head> I read it to mean you had a gas burner now but
> missed your electric burners! Duh. <eye roll at self>

No problem, I really didn't express it well. I've never owned a gas
stove, but my grandmother had one and I like them much better. So does
DH -- one of these days we'll get one...

--
Jani in WA

You know, you can do it under the broiler in an electric oven.

On Sun, 8 Jul 2007 21:28:37 -0400, "Virginia Tadrzynski"
> rummaged among random neurons and opined:

>Ranger, you and half the known world in cyberspace refer to their offspring
>as something other than their given names.

<snip>

Due to a dramatic adolesence of truly Wagnerian proportions, I often
refer to my daughter as the Princess of Darkness.

Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd

--
"If the soup had been as hot as the claret, if the claret had been as
old as the bird, and if the bird's breasts had been as full as the
waitress's, it would have been a very good dinner."

-- Duncan Hines

To reply, replace "spaminator" with "cox"

One time on Usenet, merryb > said:

> You know, you can do it under the broiler in an electric oven.

I hadn't thought of that. To be honest, I read about the process
in "The World According to Garp", many years ago. I tried it on
my grandmother's gas stove, but she moved and went with electric.
Anyway, that's a good idea, I may have to try that soon...

--
Jani in WA

"Steve Wertz" > wrote in message
...
> On Sun, 8 Jul 2007 23:33:02 -0400, pablo wrote:
> Mine comes from Fiesta Mart - made in-house in their butcher
> dept. Almost as greasy as the mass marketed stuff, and the same
> I'd get from the other 3 Mexican markets in town.
>
Sorry man -- that sucks. If there are enough Latinos in your community,
maybe you could find someone who makes it and sells it out of their home.
Failing that, you could grind your own, or go to a reputable meat counter
and get them to grind some pork for you. Then you could mix it with your
own spice concoction and a little red wine vinegar. If it were me, I would
do that or do without until I found a decent source. It's one of those
things that's easy to take for granted until you find yourself without.

(We met the owner of a Mexican restaurant in Paris about 10 years ago. She
said it was impossible to find reliable sources for fresh ingredients. She
had to learn to make a lot of things in-house --like tortillas and
chorizo --that she normally would have purchased.)

Pablo

Terry Pulliam Burd wrote:
> On Sun, 8 Jul 2007 21:28:37 -0400, "Virginia Tadrzynski"
> > rummaged among random neurons and opined:
>
>> Ranger, you and half the known world in cyberspace refer to their offspring
>> as something other than their given names.
>
> <snip>
>
> Due to a dramatic adolesence of truly Wagnerian proportions, I often
> refer to my daughter as the Princess of Darkness.

Good one! I also think most parents have nickname(s) for their children,
in cyberspace or in RL. For some reason (I have no clue why) we often
call our daughter "Tweets" (among other endearments). I cannot remember
who started calling her that first - think it was DH - but it stuck.
When she is in a "mood" we call her "Madam" (as in Little Miss Madam).
Mind you, she is only three and a half y/o - I am sure we will think up
a few more when she gets older... And my mother used to call me
"Chookie" when I was in her "good books". If either of my parents
addressed me by my full given name of Catherine, I just *knew* I was in
deep trouble. LOL.
--
Cheers
Chatty Cathy

In article >,
says...
> Sorry man -- that sucks. If there are enough Latinos in your community,
> maybe you could find someone who makes it and sells it out of their home.
> Failing that, you could grind your own, or go to a reputable meat counter
> and get them to grind some pork for you. Then you could mix it with your
> own spice concoction and a little red wine vinegar. If it were me, I would
> do that or do without until I found a decent source. It's one of those
> things that's easy to take for granted until you find yourself without.
>
> (We met the owner of a Mexican restaurant in Paris about 10 years ago. She
> said it was impossible to find reliable sources for fresh ingredients. She
> had to learn to make a lot of things in-house --like tortillas and
> chorizo --that she normally would have purchased.)
>

I found some excellent Portuguese chorizo at the local Harris Teeter.

--
Peter Aitken

On Mon, 09 Jul 2007 20:00:15 -0700, Terry Pulliam Burd
> wrote:

>On Sun, 8 Jul 2007 21:28:37 -0400, "Virginia Tadrzynski"
> rummaged among random neurons and opined:
>
>>Ranger, you and half the known world in cyberspace refer to their offspring
>>as something other than their given names.
>
><snip>
>
>Due to a dramatic adolesence of truly Wagnerian proportions, I often
>refer to my daughter as the Princess of Darkness.
>
Because my daughter was so slow.... getting up, getting dressed,
eating, etc when she was little, I called her Molasses and her
nickname is still "Mo".

--

History is a vast early warning system
Norman Cousins

On Tue, 10 Jul 2007 11:23:20 +0200, Chatty Cathy
> wrote:

>Good one! I also think most parents have nickname(s) for their children,
>in cyberspace or in RL. For some reason (I have no clue why) we often
>call our daughter "Tweets" (among other endearments).

Niece is married to a Texan. She calls her younger daughter "Bubba
Lou".
--

History is a vast early warning system
Norman Cousins

On Mon, 09 Jul 2007 19:03:23 GMT, unge (Little
Malice) wrote:

>One time on Usenet, Goomba38 > said:
>> Steve Wertz wrote:
>> > On Sun, 08 Jul 2007 18:40:30 GMT, Little Malice wrote:>
>> >> Looks tasty! I told Buddy (DS-9) about what goes into authentic
>> >> chorizo and we decided we might try making something similar out
>> >> of bulk pork sausage.
>> >
>> > You can make a very decent chorizo from regular pork flesh with
>> > about 40% fat (which is what most commercial sausages contain).
>> >
>> >> Rich's recipe looks good, although I don't
>> >> think I've ever had Mexican oregano. Sounds like something one
>> >> would smoke... ;-)
>> >
>> > It does smoke very well, nice and mild and a great smoke aroma.
>> > The cops will think you've got real thing.
>> >
>> > -sw
>>
>> I've often thought that same thing when roasting (charring!) red peppers
>> directly on my gas burner. My kids once came in thinking Mom was
>> smokin'.... LOL
>
>That's something I really miss about having an electric stove, is
>being able to roast a pepper...

it's a bitch, ain't it? don't even mention woks.

your pal,
blake

One time on Usenet, blake murphy > said:
> On Mon, 09 Jul 2007 19:03:23 GMT, unge (Little
> Malice) wrote:
> >One time on Usenet, Goomba38 > said:

> >> I've often thought that same thing when roasting (charring!) red peppers
> >> directly on my gas burner. My kids once came in thinking Mom was
> >> smokin'.... LOL
> >
> >That's something I really miss about having an electric stove, is
> >being able to roast a pepper...
>
> it's a bitch, ain't it? don't even mention woks.

True, I don't even own one anymore. I used to have an electric
one that was great for deep fried won tons (stuffed with cream
cheese, green onion, and garlic powder), but was otherwise pretty
useless...

--
Jani in WA

sf wrote:


> Niece is married to a Texan. She calls her younger daughter "Bubba
> Lou".

LOL

Chatty Cathy wrote:

> Good one! I also think most parents have nickname(s) for their
> children, in cyberspace or in RL. For some reason (I have no clue
> why) we often call our daughter "Tweets" (among other endearments). I
> cannot remember who started calling her that first - think it was DH
> - but it stuck. When she is in a "mood" we call her "Madam" (as in
> Little Miss Madam). Mind you, she is only three and a half y/o - I am
> sure we will think up a few more when she gets older... And my
> mother used to call me "Chookie" when I was in her "good books". If
> either of my parents addressed me by my full given name of Catherine,
> I just *knew* I was in deep trouble. LOL.

My name is Mary but my family calls me Becca. My oldest son calles me
Maynard and my youngest son calls me Moose (isn't that lovely!). Why
couldn't they just call me Mom? LOL

Becca

On Jul 10, 3:23?pm, Becca > wrote:
>
> My name is Mary but my family calls me Becca. My oldest son calles me
> Maynard and my youngest son calls me Moose (isn't that lovely!). Why
> couldn't they just call me Mom? LOL

Consider yourself lucky they call you.

Sheldon

Sheldon wrote:
> On Jul 10, 3:23?pm, Becca > wrote:
>
>>My name is Mary but my family calls me Becca. My oldest son calles me
>>Maynard and my youngest son calls me Moose (isn't that lovely!). Why
>>couldn't they just call me Mom? LOL
>
>
> Consider yourself lucky they call you.
>
> Sheldon

You are right, Sheldon, I am very lucky.

Becca

On Tue, 10 Jul 2007 20:17:16 -0500, Becca > wrote:

>Sheldon wrote:
>> On Jul 10, 3:23?pm, Becca > wrote:
>>
>>>My name is Mary but my family calls me Becca. My oldest son calles me
>>>Maynard and my youngest son calls me Moose (isn't that lovely!). Why
>>>couldn't they just call me Mom? LOL
>>
>>
>> Consider yourself lucky they call you.
>>
>> Sheldon
>
>You are right, Sheldon, I am very lucky.
>
The eternal question is *why* do they call you? If they are still in
college, they are probably asking for money.
--

History is a vast early warning system
Norman Cousins

Koko wrote:

> Hi Rich,
> Have you been posting and I missed it?
> How are you all doing, fine I hope.
> Getting geared up for the cookin' at Christine's in ABQ are you all
> going to make it?
>
> Koko

Hi Koko

I don't post much, only when I feel my input might add something
of value to a thread. I do, however, read the rfc newsgroup
regularly looking for interesting food related info and recipes.

Patti and I spent last summer traveling through Alaska and western
Canada, so we missed cook-in events that occurred during that time
and haven't seen any mention of current plans. If there's something
planned this summer in the SoCal area that I'm not aware of, could
you please let me know when and where.

Thanks...

Rich

On Tue, 10 Jul 2007 22:11:45 -0700, Rich McCormack
> wrote:

>Koko wrote:
>
>> Hi Rich,
>> Have you been posting and I missed it?
>> How are you all doing, fine I hope.
>> Getting geared up for the cookin' at Christine's in ABQ are you all
>> going to make it?
>>
>> Koko
>
>Hi Koko
>
>I don't post much, only when I feel my input might add something
>of value to a thread. I do, however, read the rfc newsgroup
>regularly looking for interesting food related info and recipes.
>
>Patti and I spent last summer traveling through Alaska and western
>Canada, so we missed cook-in events that occurred during that time
>and haven't seen any mention of current plans. If there's something
>planned this summer in the SoCal area that I'm not aware of, could
>you please let me know when and where.
>
>Thanks...
>
>Rich

Nothing is planned this summer in SoCal. Hopefully someone will host
one next year.

Wow, Alaska and Canada. What a great trip. Glad you were able to do
it.

I'll keep you posted of any SoCal doings.

Koko
---
http://www.kokoscorner.typepad.com
updated 7/08

"There is no love more sincere than the love of food"
George Bernard Shaw

On Wed, 11 Jul 2007 16:16:37 -0700, Koko wrote:

>On Tue, 10 Jul 2007 22:11:45 -0700, Rich McCormack
> wrote:

>>> Getting geared up for the cookin' at Christine's in ABQ are you all
>>> going to make it?

>>Hi Koko

>>Patti and I spent last summer traveling through Alaska and western
>>Canada, so we missed cook-in events that occurred during that time
>>and haven't seen any mention of current plans.

The only current plan is for one here in Albuquerque NM. It will be
during the height of Hatch Chile season, on Labor Day weekend.

You sure you don't want to come out and get your fill of Hatch chiles?
The roasters will be set up all over town..

Christine

sf wrote:

>>>Consider yourself lucky they call you.
>>>
>>>Sheldon
>>
>>You are right, Sheldon, I am very lucky.
>
> The eternal question is *why* do they call you? If they are still in
> college, they are probably asking for money.

I can tell you have been there, done that. LOL

Becca

"Peter A" > wrote in message
...
>
> I found some excellent Portuguese chorizo at the local Harris Teeter.
>
At Harry Tweeters? Really? Well, stranger things have been know to happen,
I'm sure. I'll bet you're glad you kept your eyes open that day. (Too
often, I'm bananas-bread-milk-home without ever checking to see if there are
any surprises waiting for me.)

Pablo