On May 14, 10:12 am, "kilikini" > wrote:
> I'm going to have to baby-sit my father-in-law, Bill, ,,,,

who doesn't like: ricotta,
mushrooms,
broccoli,
eggs,
fruit,
pasta,
things he can't chew,
chicken,
fish or any kind of shellfish.

Such lists are often not as strongly felt as they seem. For the
special occasion coming up, and if he's looking forward to a change,
he would probably accept some of the things on the list in small
quantities.

My family dish of ground pork and peas over rice comes to mind. It
has shiitake mushrooms but he could push them aside or he might eat
them because they're different from button mushrooms (which it sounds
like he only knows in their canned form). If that's of interest I
could post the recipe.

You could do that ground beef dish sometimes called American chop suey
(which is also better with a mixture of beef and pork): meat, onion,
garlic, peppers, tomatoes, cooked with rice or noodles, herbs of
choice. A version I've posted before adds a can of creamed corn, as
mentioned by MFK Fisher.

If you're going to make grits, may as well make biscuits and (sausage)
gravy, too.

But gosh what a long list of unavailable foods. If it were me I'd be
tempted to find some realy good example of each item on the list and
just keep throwing them at him until he had to admit he liked some of
them..... -aem

On May 14, 11:38*am, "kilikini" > wrote:
[snip]
> Yeah, post your recipe for the ground pork and peas, please. *

Here's what I posted a couple of years ago. The recipe reads very
long but it's mostly prep. Cooking is pretty fast. You will have to
adjust the amount of pork and peas for the number of people. -
aem


Pork and Peas

> Ingredients

> 1 lb. ground pork
> 2 TB garlic, chopped
> 2 TB ginger, chopped
> 4 scallions
> 11 medium-size dried shiitake mushrooms, soaked in hot water until soft
> 1 small can water chestnuts or 11 fresh, peeled and sliced
> 1 cup frozen peas (regular size work better than petite)
> soy sauce
> rice wine or dry sherry or dry vermouth
> fresh ground black pepper
> sesame oil
> 1 TB cornstarch mixed with 1 TB cold water


> Mise en place

> 1. Chop garlic and ginger. Set half of it aside.
> 2. Mix pork with remaining garlic and ginger and 1 TB each soy sauce
> and wine. Set aside.
> 3. Slice mushrooms, squeeze excess water from them. Set aside.
> Reserve soaking water.
> 4. Drain, rinse and drain water chestnuts. Set aside.
> 5. Microwave frozen peas for 2 minutes. Set aside.
> 6. Slice scallions including as much green as still crisp. Set aside.
> 7. Mix cornstarch slurry. Set aside.

> Process

> 1. Heat a wok or other heavy pan over high heat. Add 1 or 2 TB peanut
> oil. When the oil begins to produce wisps of smoke, add the reserved
> garlic and ginger, then the pork and the mushrooms and stirfry. Add a
> pinch of salt and a generous number of grinds of black pepper. The pan
> must stay very hot to fry, not steam, the meat.

> 2. When the pork has all browned (2 or 3 minutes) add the peas.
> Season with salt and pepper (and an optional pinch of sugar), then stir
> in. Keep the heat high.

> 3. Stir in the water chestnuts and scallions. Add the reserved
> mushroom water (but not the debris that settled to the bottom). Let it
> come to a boil. If there is less than at least 1 cup of liquid add
> more water or chicken broth. You want a soupy consistency at this
> point.

> 4. Make a well in center of wok and add 1/4 tsp sesame oil and the
> cornstarch slurry. Stir until it begins to thicken and glaze, then
> give it all another stir, lower heat to simmer for a couple of minutes,
> just until peas are fully cooked.

> 5. Serve over steamed white rice.
> --------------
> Notes: 1. For this recipe, the fattier pork you can find, the
> better. If you grind your own, use pork butt or shoulder and extra
> fat.
> 2. Canned water chestnuts are okay. Drain and rinse
> them well in fresh cold water, then drain again. Fresh water chestnuts
> are tedious to peel and slice but very much worth the effort. If you
> are lucky enough to see them at an Asian market, grab about eleven of
> them for this dish.
> 3. A few snowpeas, sliced in half diagonally if large,
> make a nice garnish. If using, fry them before step 1 for 20 - 30
> seconds, then remove from wok.

"kilikini" > wrote in message
...
> aem wrote:
>> On May 14, 10:12 am, "kilikini" > wrote:
>>> I'm going to have to baby-sit my father-in-law, Bill, ,,,,
>>
>> who doesn't like: ricotta,
>> mushrooms,
>> broccoli,
>> eggs,
>> fruit,
>> pasta,
>> things he can't chew,
>> chicken,
>> fish or any kind of shellfish.

>>> kili
>
>

How about haveing him help you in the kitchen. Then let him make some
suggestions.

Oh, and the dog is no
> longer fed dog-food because my MIL's dog passed last year from the dog
> food poisoning, so I have to make my MIL's new pooch a hamburger every
> night, too. I'm going to be busy.
>
> kili
>

if the dog is only fed a hamburger each night,he's not going to be around
very long, or he's gonna have a few health problems :-(

<hoping he's getting something else in addition to that!>

On May 14, 7:54*pm, "kilikini" > wrote:

>
> Bill wouldn't know his way around a kitchen, period. *He's elderly and has
> never had to lift a finger to help himself. *No offense to him, I really
> enjoy his company, but he's helpless and clueless when it comes to the
> culinary arts. *:~)
>
> I think we've nailed the menu, thanks to you all.
>
> Day 1 - Hamburger patty for the dog, Tara.
>
> Day 2 - Hamburger patty for the dog, Tara.
>
> Day 3 - Lunch. > Hamburger patty for the dog, Tara.
>
> Day 4 - Lunch. * Hamburger patty for the dog, Tara.

Okay everyone, can we help out poor Tara now? The poor dog is
getting the same treatment Bill was getting.


John Kane Kingston ON Canada

On Thu, 15 May 2008 09:56:44 -0700 (PDT), John Kane
> wrote:

>> Day 1 - Hamburger patty for the dog, Tara.
>>
>> Day 2 - Hamburger patty for the dog, Tara.
>>
>> Day 3 - Lunch. > Hamburger patty for the dog, Tara.
>>
>> Day 4 - Lunch. * Hamburger patty for the dog, Tara.
>
>Okay everyone, can we help out poor Tara now? The poor dog is
>getting the same treatment Bill was getting.

It's okay, I like hamburger patties. But don't call me a dog!

Tara

On Thu, 15 May 2008 13:26:11 -0400, "kilikini"
> wrote:

>John Kane wrote:
>> On May 14, 7:54 pm, "kilikini" > wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Bill wouldn't know his way around a kitchen, period. He's elderly
>>> and has never had to lift a finger to help himself. No offense to
>>> him, I really enjoy his company, but he's helpless and clueless when
>>> it comes to the culinary arts. :~)
>>>
>>> I think we've nailed the menu, thanks to you all.
>>>
>>> Day 1 - Hamburger patty for the dog, Tara.
>>>
>>> Day 2 - Hamburger patty for the dog, Tara.
>>>
>>> Day 3 - Lunch. > Hamburger patty for the dog, Tara.
>>>
>>> Day 4 - Lunch. Hamburger patty for the dog, Tara.
>>
>> Okay everyone, can we help out poor Tara now? The poor dog is
>> getting the same treatment Bill was getting.
>>
>>
>> John Kane Kingston ON Canada
>
>LOL, I know! My mother-in-law lost her dog last year to the tainted food
>thing and now that she acquired Tara, (a LARGE rottweiler puppy) she's not
>taking chances. She makes a hamburger or two for Tara every night with some
>rice, and gives her vitamin doggy supplements from the vet. Tara's healthy
>and her coat is really shiny, so it seems to work. (This is partly why Bill
>gets stuck with hamburgers, too. If she's going to make it for the dog,
>that's what Bill gets.)
>
>kili
>

i hope bill has a shiny coat as well.

your pal,
blake

On Thu, 15 May 2008 19:56:43 -0400, Tara >
wrote:

>On Thu, 15 May 2008 09:56:44 -0700 (PDT), John Kane
> wrote:
>
>>> Day 1 - Hamburger patty for the dog, Tara.
>>>
>>> Day 2 - Hamburger patty for the dog, Tara.
>>>
>>> Day 3 - Lunch. > Hamburger patty for the dog, Tara.
>>>
>>> Day 4 - Lunch. * Hamburger patty for the dog, Tara.
>>
>>Okay everyone, can we help out poor Tara now? The poor dog is
>>getting the same treatment Bill was getting.
>
>It's okay, I like hamburger patties. But don't call me a dog!
>
>Tara

bitch.

your pal,
blake

On May 15, 7:56*pm, Tara > wrote:
> On Thu, 15 May 2008 09:56:44 -0700 (PDT), John Kane
>
> > wrote:
> >> Day 1 - Hamburger patty for the dog, Tara.
>
> >> Day 2 - Hamburger patty for the dog, Tara.
>
> >> Day 3 - Lunch. > Hamburger patty for the dog, Tara.
>
> >> Day 4 - Lunch. * Hamburger patty for the dog, Tara.
>
> >Okay everyone, can we help out poor Tara now? *The poor dog is
> >getting the same *treatment Bill was getting.
>
> It's okay, I like hamburger patties. *But don't call me a dog!
>
> Tara

Good girl! I'd never do that.

John Kane Kingston ON Canada

On Fri, 16 May 2008 18:35:05 GMT, blake murphy
> wrote:

>On Thu, 15 May 2008 19:56:43 -0400, Tara >
>wrote:
>
>>On Thu, 15 May 2008 09:56:44 -0700 (PDT), John Kane
> wrote:
>>
>>>> Day 1 - Hamburger patty for the dog, Tara.
>>>>
>>>> Day 2 - Hamburger patty for the dog, Tara.
>>>>
>>>> Day 3 - Lunch. > Hamburger patty for the dog, Tara.
>>>>
>>>> Day 4 - Lunch. * Hamburger patty for the dog, Tara.
>>>
>>>Okay everyone, can we help out poor Tara now? The poor dog is
>>>getting the same treatment Bill was getting.
>>
>>It's okay, I like hamburger patties. But don't call me a dog!
>>
>>Tara
>
>bitch.

Well, that much is true.

Tara