On Thu, 20 Dec 2007 11:41:03 -0500, "kilikini"
> wrote:

>Nancy Young wrote:
>> "kilikini" > wrote
>>
>>> Melba's Jammin' wrote:
>>>> In article
>>>> >,
>>>> aem > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> * I don't like cheese and breadcrumb toppings for things like
>>>>> this. Cheddar and tuna are not a good match.
>>
>>>> You've never had a tuna melt sammich? Huh!
>>>
>>> I LOVE tuna melts - on whole wheat. I made one for my husband a few
>>> months ago and he thought it was the most disgusting thing he's ever
>>> had. He hadn't even heard of one before I brought it up. He said
>>> he'd never eat one again. I don't get it! What's wrong with a tuna
>>> melt?
>>
>> Ugh. (laugh) No offense, but ... tuna melts fall under the category
>> of Stop melting cheese all over my food! I don't want my tuna salad
>> hot and I certainly don't want a gob of cheese melted on it.
>>
>> nancy
>
>Do you ever make a grilled cheese with ham? Just curious.

Yummmmm... I like thinly slices tomatoes in there too.

Lou

On Dec 20, 6:04 am, "Nancy Young" > wrote:
> > Melba's Jammin' wrote:
> >> In article
> >> >,
> >> aem > wrote:
>
> >>> * I don't like cheese and breadcrumb toppings for things like
> >>> this. Cheddar and tuna are not a good match.
> >> You've never had a tuna melt sammich? Huh!
>
> Ugh. (laugh) No offense, but ... tuna melts fall under the category of
> Stop melting cheese all over my food!

I was struggling with how to word a response and you nailed it. Stop
melting cheese all over my food.

Think of Salade Nicoise as the apotheosis of tuna, an array of nice
complements to tuna. Would you add cheddar cheese to it? NOT! -
aem

On Thu, 20 Dec 2007 17:31:42 GMT, "Julie Bove" >
wrote:

>You could not PAY me to eat Cool Whip.

Are you joining Bryan in his Food Snob persona? I bet if you tasted
it by accident, you'd be surprised that it's not as awful as you think
it is.

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On Thu, 20 Dec 2007 07:22:39 -0800 (PST), "Bobo Bonobo(R)"
> wrote:

>"Big box restaurant." I like that phrase. I assume that you mean
>Applebees, Chili's, TGI Friday's, and the like. There's one
>particularly nasty one called O'Charley's.

And just exactly HOW is it that you became such a connoisseur, naming
names like that? Is it by eating in them? What a hypocrite.

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Oh pshaw, on Thu 20 Dec 2007 07:04:11a, Nancy Young meant to say...

>
> "kilikini" > wrote
>
>> Melba's Jammin' wrote:
>>> In article
>>> >,
>>> aem > wrote:
>>>
>>>> * I don't like cheese and breadcrumb toppings for things like
>>>> this. Cheddar and tuna are not a good match.
>
>>> You've never had a tuna melt sammich? Huh!
>>
>> I LOVE tuna melts - on whole wheat. I made one for my husband a few
>> months ago and he thought it was the most disgusting thing he's ever
had.
>> He hadn't even heard of one before I brought it up. He said he'd never
>> eat one again. I don't get it! What's wrong with a tuna melt?
>
> Ugh. (laugh) No offense, but ... tuna melts fall under the category of
> Stop melting cheese all over my food! I don't want my tuna salad hot
> and I certainly don't want a gob of cheese melted on it.
>
> nancy
>
>
>

I avoided eating tuna melts for years until a friend finely talked me into
trying one at a restaurant we used to frequent. I found they were
delicious!

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On Thu, 20 Dec 2007 06:17:19 -0800 (PST), "Bobo Bonobo(R)"
> wrote:

>That's more
>comparable to not having the time to make spaghetti and meatballs, and
>using Chef Boyardee instead.

Oh, good god! If you don't have time to make spaghetti and meatballs,
make a PB&J instead, DON'T open a freekin' can of spaghetti o's.
Whatta hypocrite.

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Oh pshaw, on Thu 20 Dec 2007 11:11:45a, meant to say...

> On Thu, 20 Dec 2007 17:31:42 GMT, "Julie Bove" >
> wrote:
>
>>You could not PAY me to eat Cool Whip.
>
> Are you joining Bryan in his Food Snob persona? I bet if you tasted
> it by accident, you'd be surprised that it's not as awful as you think
> it is.
>

It's not awful, but I don't really care for it. I will eat it if served to
me. I won't buy it.

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Oh pshaw, on Thu 20 Dec 2007 11:17:43a, kilikini meant to say...

> aem wrote:
>> On Dec 20, 6:04 am, "Nancy Young" > wrote:
>>>> Melba's Jammin' wrote:
>>>>> In article
>>>>> >,
>>>>> aem > wrote:
>>>
>>>>>> * I don't like cheese and breadcrumb toppings for things like
>>>>>> this. Cheddar and tuna are not a good match. You've never had a
>>>>>> tuna melt sammich? Huh!
>>>
>>> Ugh. (laugh) No offense, but ... tuna melts fall under the category
>>> of Stop melting cheese all over my food!
>>
>> I was struggling with how to word a response and you nailed it. Stop
>> melting cheese all over my food.
>>
>> Think of Salade Nicoise as the apotheosis of tuna, an array of nice
>> complements to tuna. Would you add cheddar cheese to it? NOT! -
>> aem
>
> No, sadly, I'd probably want to add parmesan. LOL. Call me crazy. :~)
>
> kili
>
>
>

Okay, you're crazy, but I love you anyway!

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On 20 Dec 2007 16:52:06 GMT, Ken Knecht > wrote:

>sf wrote in :
>
>> Oh, did you cook your noodles in salted water? That may be the root
>> of your problem if you didn't.
>>
>
>No I didn't. Thank you.

Try that first. You'll be surprised how some salt in the water (the
Italians say "salty as the sea") perks up the flavor of your noodles.
Once they aren't so bland, everything else may fall into place for
you. If not, you have a lot of other suggestions to try later.

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On Thu, 20 Dec 2007 09:00:09 -0500, "kilikini"
> wrote:

>I LOVE tuna melts - on whole wheat. I made one for my husband a few months
>ago and he thought it was the most disgusting thing he's ever had. He
>hadn't even heard of one before I brought it up. He said he'd never eat one
>again. I don't get it!

Just put it down to his upbringing. He likes grits, you like tuna
melts. The bright side of it is now you know what you can make for
yourself and not have it disappear while your back is turned. LOL

>What's wrong with a tuna melt?

Absolutely nothing is wrong with them. I love them too - open faced
to be exact.



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On Thu, 20 Dec 2007 11:40:19 -0500, "kilikini"
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>Another favorite is an open-faced
>crab melt on an English muffin. Yum.

Try your tuna melt that way.... it's delish.

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American cheese is referred to as 'plastic cheese' here. The salt
in those canned condensed soups is awful.
Taria


>
> Americans like them because the TV commercials tell us to like them,
> and we generally do what the TV commercials tell us to do. This is
> the land of Cool Whip and American "cheese."
>
> --Bryan

Oh pshaw, on Thu 20 Dec 2007 11:29:31a, meant to say...

> On Thu, 20 Dec 2007 11:40:19 -0500, "kilikini"
> > wrote:
>
>>Another favorite is an open-faced crab melt on an English muffin.
>>Yum.
>
> Try your tuna melt that way.... it's delish.
>

Believe it or not, tuna melts are really good using raisin bread.

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Wayne Boatwright > wrote in
3.184:

> Believe it or not, tuna melts are really good using raisin bread.
>

Now you're grossing me out. Cooked raisins do not appeal to me in the
slightest. From the box they're fine but cooked no way...it's a texture
thing.

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On Thu, 20 Dec 2007 18:34:21 GMT, Wayne Boatwright
> wrote:

>Oh pshaw, on Thu 20 Dec 2007 11:29:31a, meant to say...
>
>> On Thu, 20 Dec 2007 11:40:19 -0500, "kilikini"
>> > wrote:
>>
>>>Another favorite is an open-faced crab melt on an English muffin.
>>>Yum.
>>
>> Try your tuna melt that way.... it's delish.
>>
>
>Believe it or not, tuna melts are really good using raisin bread.

I don't think I would have put the two together unless it was the only
bread in the house.... but now that you mention it, it sounds good.

Hmmm. Maybe I'll make a tuna melt for lunch.

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On 19 Dec 2007 15:33:00 GMT, Ken Knecht > wrote:

>I made my usual tuna casserole yesterday. An old recipe I got somewhere.
>
>1 can water-pack tuna
>1 can low-fat cream of mushroom soup
>1 15 oz can peas
>1/4 C milk
>2 C cooked whole-wheat egg noodles
>
>
>Mix everything in casserole dish. Top with 1/4 C shredded cheddar and
>bread crumbs. Bake 30 minutes at 350.
>
>I decided this really needs some help to improve it. It's edible but not
>very tasty. Use oil-packed rather than water-packed tuna? Real cream of
>mushroom soup? Maybe cream of chicken/mushroom soup? Some spices? Some
>salt?
>
>As you can see I'm trying to keep it low fat, low sodium and high fiber
>but perhaps I've gone too far.

For starters, substitute a cup of frozen baby peas for the canned
ones... canned peas have too much salt and I can't imagine them
standing up to an extra thirty minutes baking time without going grey!
Then add a can of sweetcorn for some extra flavour...

On Thu, 20 Dec 2007 18:16:36 GMT, Wayne Boatwright
> wrote:

>Oh pshaw, on Thu 20 Dec 2007 07:04:11a, Nancy Young meant to say...
>
>>
>> "kilikini" > wrote
>>
>>> Melba's Jammin' wrote:
>>>> In article
>>>> >,
>>>> aem > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> * I don't like cheese and breadcrumb toppings for things like
>>>>> this. Cheddar and tuna are not a good match.
>>
>>>> You've never had a tuna melt sammich? Huh!
>>>
>>> I LOVE tuna melts - on whole wheat. I made one for my husband a few
>>> months ago and he thought it was the most disgusting thing he's ever
>had.
>>> He hadn't even heard of one before I brought it up. He said he'd never
>>> eat one again. I don't get it! What's wrong with a tuna melt?
>>
>> Ugh. (laugh) No offense, but ... tuna melts fall under the category of
>> Stop melting cheese all over my food! I don't want my tuna salad hot
>> and I certainly don't want a gob of cheese melted on it.
>>
>> nancy
>>
>>
>>
>
>I avoided eating tuna melts for years until a friend finely talked me into
>trying one at a restaurant we used to frequent. I found they were
>delicious!

A restaurant is how I found out I liked them too. Growing up my
experience with tuna was the casserole similar to the recipes with
cans posted here. So I hated it. Reading this thread this morning
got me thinking I might like the casserole made with better
ingredients. I had almost a full pound of mushrooms and lots of
celery, so I've got soup going. Who knows what I'll end up doing with
it, but at least we'll have some soup. <g> A also added finely
chopped carrot and a big beautiful shallot. Maybe the soup will be
enough. I dunno.

Lou

On Thu, 20 Dec 2007 10:50:55 -0500, Larry LaMere >
wrote:

>On Thu, 20 Dec 2007 15:01:06 GMT, Lou Decruss > wrote:
>
>>On Thu, 20 Dec 2007 14:47:21 GMT, "Michael \"Dog3\""
> wrote:
>>
>>>"Bobo Bonobo(R)" > dropped this
:
>>>in rec.food.cooking
>>>
>>>> Americans like them because the TV commercials tell us to like them,
>>>> and we generally do what the TV commercials tell us to do. This is
>>>> the land of Cool Whip and American "cheese."
>>>
>>>I draw the line at Cool Whip. If I don't have cream on hand to make
>>>whipped cream whatever I'm topping just doesn't get it. I don't like the
>>>taste of Cool Whip. For lack of a better word it tastes artificial or
>>>chemically to me. And this from a person that always has a block of
>>>Velveeta in the fridge
>>
>>Velveeta is one of my secret sins too. I don't use it much but
>>there's always some here. I made beans last week and mixed some of
>>them up with Velveeta to dip chips in. Yum.. I wish I could remember
>>what I put in the beans because they were awesome. <sigh>
>>
>>Lou <----not even embarrassed
>To get back to the topic
>
>Here's mine
>
>1 pound noodles
>! can cream of mushroom soup
>1can cream of celery soup
>2 cans tuna
>1/2 cup milk
>Potato chips
>
>Cook the noodles 'till they're about half done ( you'll have to experiment and find
>what works for you) mix in the soupand milk and flake the tuna into the mix dump into
>a caseroll dish sprinkle crushed potato chipsot top put in a 400 degree oven untill
>hot and bubbly.
>
>I don't find it bland at all
>
>Velveta or processed american slices sometimes with a slice of swiss to make grilled
>cheese sandwiches. My most unhealthy dinner as I usually eat 3 to 5 of the suckers

I won't eat potato chips or Doritos, But keep me away from grilled
cheese with fake cheese. <g> I love the stuff. But I couldn't cut a
piece off and eat it. YUK!

I know I'm weird.

Lou

On Thu, 20 Dec 2007 09:04:11 -0500, "Nancy Young" >
wrote:

>
>"kilikini" > wrote
>
>> Melba's Jammin' wrote:
>>> In article
>>> >,
>>> aem > wrote:
>>>
>>>> * I don't like cheese and breadcrumb toppings for things like
>>>> this. Cheddar and tuna are not a good match.
>
>>> You've never had a tuna melt sammich? Huh!
>>
>> I LOVE tuna melts - on whole wheat. I made one for my husband a few
>> months ago and he thought it was the most disgusting thing he's ever had.
>> He hadn't even heard of one before I brought it up. He said he'd never
>> eat one again. I don't get it! What's wrong with a tuna melt?
>
>Ugh. (laugh) No offense, but ... tuna melts fall under the category of
>Stop melting cheese all over my food! I don't want my tuna salad hot
>and I certainly don't want a gob of cheese melted on it.
>
>nancy
>
yeah, it's the warm tuna salad idea i can't get past. but a tuna
salad sandwich with cheese sounds dicey, too.

your pal,
blake

On Wed, 19 Dec 2007 20:07:28 -0800, "Mike"
> wrote:

>
>"Tracy" > wrote in message ...
>>
>> And a gentle squirt of Franks Hot Sauce isn't a bad addition either!
>
>Back in the day I thaught Franks was a good hot sauce. Now that I make
>my own sauce I truly understand how awfull it actually is.
>

so how do you make yours?

your pal,
blake

"Taria" > wrote

> American cheese is referred to as 'plastic cheese' here.

I don't know where here is, but if you're referring to those
singles, that is not American cheese.

nancy

sf wrote:
> On Thu, 20 Dec 2007 07:22:39 -0800 (PST), "Bobo Bonobo(R)"
> > wrote:
>
>> "Big box restaurant." I like that phrase. I assume that you mean
>> Applebees, Chili's, TGI Friday's, and the like. There's one
>> particularly nasty one called O'Charley's.
>
> And just exactly HOW is it that you became such a connoisseur, naming
> names like that? Is it by eating in them? What a hypocrite.
>

To be fair you do have to try something to see what it is about. I think
I have been dragged into most of the big box restaurants and I don't
care for them either. People are simply programmed to think those places
are fabulous because of the massive marketing.

Wayne Boatwright wrote:
> Oh pshaw, on Thu 20 Dec 2007 11:11:45a, meant to say...
>
>> On Thu, 20 Dec 2007 17:31:42 GMT, "Julie Bove" >
>> wrote:
>>
>>> You could not PAY me to eat Cool Whip.
>> Are you joining Bryan in his Food Snob persona? I bet if you tasted
>> it by accident, you'd be surprised that it's not as awful as you think
>> it is.
>>
>
> It's not awful, but I don't really care for it. I will eat it if served to
> me. I won't buy it.
>

Same here, you certainly won't die from cool whip but I don't care for
the taste. Same thing with those similar formulation "coffee whiteners".

sf wrote:
> On Thu, 20 Dec 2007 06:35:10 -0800 (PST), "Bobo Bonobo(R)"
> > wrote:
>
>> Americans like them because the TV commercials tell us to like them,
>> and we generally do what the TV commercials tell us to do. This is
>> the land of Cool Whip and American "cheese."
>
> That's just a bunch of BS and you know it.
>

Actually it is right on target. Most buying decisions are based on what
people hear and are told by marketing. Companies spend billions to tell
people what to buy, eat and drive. It is a proven thing that if you
reduce your marketing that sales will immediately fall off because your
now former customers will do what they are told by your competitor.

Nancy Young wrote:
> "Taria" > wrote
>
>> American cheese is referred to as 'plastic cheese' here.
>
> I don't know where here is, but if you're referring to those
> singles, that is not American cheese.
>
> nancy
>
>

I think they have to call it "cheese food" because it isn't real cheese.
I also read that the big box markets were lobbying to be able to call
almost anything cheese in the same fashion they want to sell adulterated
chocolate labeled as chocolate.

kilikini wrote:
> Melba's Jammin' wrote:
>> In article
>> >,
>> aem > wrote:
>>
>>> * I don't like cheese and breadcrumb toppings for things like
>>> this. Cheddar and tuna are not a good match.
>>> -aem
>> You've never had a tuna melt sammich? Huh!
>
> I LOVE tuna melts - on whole wheat. I made one for my husband a few months
> ago and he thought it was the most disgusting thing he's ever had. He
> hadn't even heard of one before I brought it up. He said he'd never eat one
> again. I don't get it! What's wrong with a tuna melt?
>
> kili
>
>

Your husband. He eats haggis but won't eat a tuna melt? Kick his ass.

-dk

On Fri, 21 Dec 2007 01:07:16 GMT, "Michael \"Dog3\""
> wrote:

>I normally drink my coffee black with sometimes a bit of sugar. I did try
>some of those coffee whiteners when I was working. I didn't much care for
>them but then as I said, I usually drink my coffee black.

I drink mine "light", with real cream. I will use the powdered stuff
if I ever run out, which isn't very often. What happens is, I run out
and buy both. The next time I need the powdered stuff, it's all cakey
and icky so I throw it out.... ah, the never ending cycle of
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On Fri, 21 Dec 2007 01:13:12 GMT, "Michael \"Dog3\""
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>The food is just okay
>in about all that I have tried. The service varies from chain to chain. I
>think the only one I go back to (twice a year) is Olive Garden.

I go to Olive Garden for TGIF drinks at the bar with people from work.
OG's martinis are bathtub sized, so that's why I join them.... I have
standards, ya know. LOL! The group also appreciates that our local
OG also has alcoves which double as private rooms. We can get loud
and rowdy and not disturb anyone. The sound dampening acoustics are
very good in that area.

My opinion of Olive Garden's food? Stay away - stay far, far away...
if that's the only reason you want to patronize them.

Additionally, OG should be ashamed of the wines they are pushing by
giving free tastes (in California, of all places). Those wines could
double as drain cleaners. I haven't tasted one that was any good You
know how your taste buds dull after a couple of drinks, so even
vinegar would taste good? Their selected wines make vinegar a
preferable beverage. Go for the bar drinks, not the food or the wine.
"Nuff" said.

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On Fri, 21 Dec 2007 01:15:12 GMT, "Michael \"Dog3\""
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>I'm puzzled too. Her husband is like a food vacume sweeper. I can't
>understand him not inhaling a tuna melt and not caring for it

More importantly - noticing what it tasted like. He chews? I thought
he inhaled.

I'm also surprised by his sudden gastronomic pickiness. Maybe he has
a texture problem with it, maybe she forgot to serve it with a side of
chips.... and a kosher dill.

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Oh pshaw, on Thu 20 Dec 2007 07:43:02p, meant to say...

> On Fri, 21 Dec 2007 01:07:16 GMT, "Michael \"Dog3\""
> > wrote:
>
>>I normally drink my coffee black with sometimes a bit of sugar. I did try
>>some of those coffee whiteners when I was working. I didn't much care for
>>them but then as I said, I usually drink my coffee black.
>
> I drink mine "light", with real cream. I will use the powdered stuff
> if I ever run out, which isn't very often. What happens is, I run out
> and buy both. The next time I need the powdered stuff, it's all cakey
> and icky so I throw it out.... ah, the never ending cycle of
> cream/creamer.
>

I drink mine "light", too. We buy fat-free dairy made half and half. In
coffee I can't tell it from the full-fat half and half. In a pinch I will
use the dry creamer, but it's not my preference. I absolutely *hate* milk
in coffee. I never use sugar.

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<sf> wrote in message ...
> On Thu, 20 Dec 2007 17:31:42 GMT, "Julie Bove" >
> wrote:
>
>>You could not PAY me to eat Cool Whip.
>
> Are you joining Bryan in his Food Snob persona? I bet if you tasted
> it by accident, you'd be surprised that it's not as awful as you think
> it is.

Considering I don't like pudding, whipped cream, ice cream or anything else
with that sort of texture, I highly doubt I would like Cool Whip.

Oh pshaw, on Thu 20 Dec 2007 10:06:01p, Julie Bove meant to say...

>
> <sf> wrote in message ...
>> On Thu, 20 Dec 2007 17:31:42 GMT, "Julie Bove" >
>> wrote:
>>
>>>You could not PAY me to eat Cool Whip.
>>
>> Are you joining Bryan in his Food Snob persona? I bet if you tasted
>> it by accident, you'd be surprised that it's not as awful as you think
>> it is.
>
> Considering I don't like pudding, whipped cream, ice cream or anything
> else with that sort of texture, I highly doubt I would like Cool Whip.
>
>
>

I"d never expect anyone to actually like Cool Whip, but not to like either
pudding, whipped cream, or ice cream seems very odd indeed, Julie. :-)))

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"Wayne Boatwright" > wrote in message
3.184...
> Oh pshaw, on Thu 20 Dec 2007 10:06:01p, Julie Bove meant to say...
>
>>
>> <sf> wrote in message ...
>>> On Thu, 20 Dec 2007 17:31:42 GMT, "Julie Bove" >
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>You could not PAY me to eat Cool Whip.
>>>
>>> Are you joining Bryan in his Food Snob persona? I bet if you tasted
>>> it by accident, you'd be surprised that it's not as awful as you think
>>> it is.
>>
>> Considering I don't like pudding, whipped cream, ice cream or anything
>> else with that sort of texture, I highly doubt I would like Cool Whip.
>>
>>
>>
>
> I"d never expect anyone to actually like Cool Whip, but not to like either
> pudding, whipped cream, or ice cream seems very odd indeed, Julie. :-)))
>
> --
> Wayne Boatwright


I've seen little kids squiggling this (Cool whip, pudding, whipped cream)
around in their mouths for minutes trying to decide whether to swallow it --
not ice cream though.
Dee Dee

Julie Bove wrote:
> <sf> wrote in message ...
>
>>On Thu, 20 Dec 2007 17:31:42 GMT, "Julie Bove" >
>>wrote:
>>
>>
>>>You could not PAY me to eat Cool Whip.
>>
>>Are you joining Bryan in his Food Snob persona? I bet if you tasted
>>it by accident, you'd be surprised that it's not as awful as you think
>>it is.
>
>
> Considering I don't like pudding, whipped cream, ice cream or anything else
> with that sort of texture, I highly doubt I would like Cool Whip.
>
>
Anybody tried the chocolate cool whip yet? i was almost tempted once but
as much of a chocolate addict as i am.....
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"kilikini" > wrote in
:

> Melba's Jammin' wrote:
>> In article
>> >,
>> aem > wrote:
>>
>>> * I don't like cheese and breadcrumb toppings for things like
>>> this. Cheddar and tuna are not a good match.
>>
>>> -aem
>>
>> You've never had a tuna melt sammich? Huh!
>
> I LOVE tuna melts - on whole wheat. I made one for my husband a few
> months ago and he thought it was the most disgusting thing he's ever
> had. He hadn't even heard of one before I brought it up. He said
> he'd never eat one again. I don't get it! What's wrong with a tuna
> melt?
>
> kili
>
>

I love them made with provolone on an onion roll... mmmmm, tuna melts...

"kilikini" > wrote in
:

> Julie Bove wrote:
>> "kilikini" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> Melba's Jammin' wrote:
>>>> In article
>>>> <1c657baf-1b26-4dae-a1b8-
>,
>>>> aem > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> * I don't like cheese and breadcrumb toppings for things like
>>>>> this. Cheddar and tuna are not a good match.
>>>>
>>>>> -aem
>>>>
>>>> You've never had a tuna melt sammich? Huh!
>>>
>>> I LOVE tuna melts - on whole wheat. I made one for my husband a few
>>> months ago and he thought it was the most disgusting thing he's ever
>>> had. He hadn't even heard of one before I brought it up. He said
>>> he'd never eat one again. I don't get it! What's wrong with a tuna
>>> melt?
>>
>> In Jr. High, we had a speaker come and demonstrate how to make pizza
>> in Home Ec class. She made a tuna pizza with cheddar cheese on it.
>> It was really good!
>
> Okay, you're braver than I am on the pizza end. :~)

There is a kosher pizza place (they have no meat, just analogues) here
in Detroit that makes a felafel pizza; tehina for the sauce instead of
tomato sauce. It is really, really good. (I order it with spinach and
onions)

"Wayne Boatwright" > wrote in message
3.184...
> Oh pshaw, on Thu 20 Dec 2007 10:06:01p, Julie Bove meant to say...
>
>>
>> <sf> wrote in message ...
>>> On Thu, 20 Dec 2007 17:31:42 GMT, "Julie Bove" >
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>You could not PAY me to eat Cool Whip.
>>>
>>> Are you joining Bryan in his Food Snob persona? I bet if you tasted
>>> it by accident, you'd be surprised that it's not as awful as you think
>>> it is.
>>
>> Considering I don't like pudding, whipped cream, ice cream or anything
>> else with that sort of texture, I highly doubt I would like Cool Whip.
>>
>>
>>
>
> I"d never expect anyone to actually like Cool Whip, but not to like either
> pudding, whipped cream, or ice cream seems very odd indeed, Julie. :-)))

My brother and I are very much into food textures. The only thing I can
think of in my case is that I have a dairy allergy. It could be my natural
defenses were kicking in and telling me not to eat this stuff. I don't
know.

"Joseph Littleshoes" > wrote in message
...
> Julie Bove wrote:
>> <sf> wrote in message ...
>>
>>>On Thu, 20 Dec 2007 17:31:42 GMT, "Julie Bove" >
>>>wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>You could not PAY me to eat Cool Whip.
>>>
>>>Are you joining Bryan in his Food Snob persona? I bet if you tasted
>>>it by accident, you'd be surprised that it's not as awful as you think
>>>it is.
>>
>>
>> Considering I don't like pudding, whipped cream, ice cream or anything
>> else with that sort of texture, I highly doubt I would like Cool Whip.
> Anybody tried the chocolate cool whip yet? i was almost tempted once but
> as much of a chocolate addict as i am.....

My friend eats it by the tub.

Oh pshaw, on Thu 20 Dec 2007 11:30:36p, Julie Bove meant to say...

>
> "Wayne Boatwright" > wrote in message
> 3.184...
>> Oh pshaw, on Thu 20 Dec 2007 10:06:01p, Julie Bove meant to say...
>>
>>>
>>> <sf> wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>> On Thu, 20 Dec 2007 17:31:42 GMT, "Julie Bove"
>>>> > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>You could not PAY me to eat Cool Whip.
>>>>
>>>> Are you joining Bryan in his Food Snob persona? I bet if you tasted
>>>> it by accident, you'd be surprised that it's not as awful as you
>>>> think it is.
>>>
>>> Considering I don't like pudding, whipped cream, ice cream or anything
>>> else with that sort of texture, I highly doubt I would like Cool Whip.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>> I"d never expect anyone to actually like Cool Whip, but not to like
>> either pudding, whipped cream, or ice cream seems very odd indeed,
>> Julie. :-)))
>
> My brother and I are very much into food textures. The only thing I can
> think of in my case is that I have a dairy allergy. It could be my
> natural defenses were kicking in and telling me not to eat this stuff.
> I don't know.

I'm very much into textures when it comes to food, too. I especially like
things tht are crisp, crunchy, etc. I prefer ice cream that has pieces of
things in it, fruit, nuts, chocolate chips, etc. OTOH, I also like smooth
textures; however, the texture of instant pudding I find revolting, but I
love the texture of cooked pudding, even the boxed stuff. As far as
whipped cream is concerned, I like it whipped to the point where it is
*very* stiff, almost to the point of turning to butter.

--
Wayne Boatwright

Date: Thursday, December 20th,2007

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"Michael \"Dog3\"" > wrote in
6.121:

> George > dropped this
> news:efadncV8Df- : in
> rec.food.cooking
>
>> To be fair you do have to try something to see what it is
>> about. I think I have been dragged into most of the big
>> box restaurants and I don't care for them either. People
>> are simply programmed to think those places are fabulous
>> because of the massive marketing.
>
> I call them chain restaurants and I've tried just about all
> of them. I don't like chain restaurants and probably never
> will. The food is just okay in about all that I have tried.
> The service varies from chain to chain. I think the only
> one I go back to (twice a year) is Olive Garden.

unfortunately, in less citified areas, there are few choices
besides the chain restaurants (at least in my area). i don't
know what Concord was like, but Manchester had plenty of
small, good restaurants before the Mall & the chains came in.
now there's virtually nothing but the chains. i can think of
one good Tex-Mex restaurant in Concord & a really good family
owned Chinese one in Manchester.
there used to be a few Greek, a Korean, & some good ol'
American types, but no more. just crap chains.
lee