"Wayne Boatwright" > wrote in message
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> Yesterday we stopped at a friend's house just after lunchtime. She had
> bought a very nice tri-tip roast, but she is self-admittedly not much of a
> cook, and had never made a pot roast before. Cupboards were fairly bare,
> so I took inventory to see how we might put this together. She had fresh
> Idaho potatoes, fresh carrots, and fresh garlic, but no fresh onion.
> Virtually herbs and few spices, In the cupboard I found a packet of pot
> roast seasoning, a box of onion soup mix, a container of brown gravy mix,
> and a jar of paprika. Eek!
>
> I cleaned the roast and gave David and our friend the task of peeling
> potatoes and carrots. I pulverized a packet of onion soup mix and
> combined
> it with the packet of pot roast seasoning and a half cup of gravy mix. I
> added a generous teaspoon of paprika and a teaspoon of black pepper. Then
> combined the dry ingredients with 1-1/2 cups water and 1 cup of red wine.
> Surrounded the roast with the potatoes, carrots, and several garlic cloves
> in an oven roasting bag, then poured the seasoned liquid over all. Last
> of
> all, I plucked several fresh bay leaves from her backyard plant (God knows
> why she had it). Roasted for about 2-1/2 hours. Surprisingly the roast
> was delicious, as was the gravy.
>
> Who'd a thunk it! :-)

Sounds like cooking to me. Making something tasty from what you have.

Steve

"Wayne Boatwright" > wrote in message
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> On Mon 01 Mar 2010 09:17:12p, Steve B told us...
>
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>> "Wayne Boatwright" > wrote in message
>> 5.250...
>>> Yesterday we stopped at a friend's house just after lunchtime. She had
>>> bought a very nice tri-tip roast, but she is self-admittedly not much of
> a
>>> cook, and had never made a pot roast before. Cupboards were fairly
> bare,
>>> so I took inventory to see how we might put this together. She had
> fresh
>>> Idaho potatoes, fresh carrots, and fresh garlic, but no fresh onion.
>>> Virtually herbs and few spices, In the cupboard I found a packet of pot
>>> roast seasoning, a box of onion soup mix, a container of brown gravy
> mix,
>>> and a jar of paprika. Eek!
>>>
>>> I cleaned the roast and gave David and our friend the task of peeling
>>> potatoes and carrots. I pulverized a packet of onion soup mix and
>>> combined it with the packet of pot roast seasoning and a half cup of
> gravy
>>> mix. I added a generous teaspoon of paprika and a teaspoon of black
>>> pepper. Then combined the dry ingredients with 1-1/2 cups water and 1
> cup
>>> of red wine. Surrounded the roast with the potatoes, carrots, and
> several
>>> garlic cloves in an oven roasting bag, then poured the seasoned liquid
>>> over all. Last of all, I plucked several fresh bay leaves from her
>>> backyard plant (God knows why she had it). Roasted for about 2-1/2
> hours.
>>> Surprisingly the roast was delicious, as was the gravy.
>>>
>>> Who'd a thunk it! :-)
>>
>> Sounds like cooking to me. Making something tasty from what you have.
>>
>> Steve
>
> I'm used to having a lot of ingredients and seasonings at my disposal. I
> guess it surprised me that it turned out so tasty. :-)

I can remember a lot more than one dish that was cooked that way and that I
could never duplicate. Must be like camping. Everything tastes better when
camping. And I've thrown together some varied recipes there, too. Some of
this. Some of that. What's this? Dunno. Oh, well, put a little anyway.

Steve

On Mar 1, 10:17*pm, "Steve B" > wrote:
> "Wayne Boatwright" > wrote in message
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> 5.250...
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> > Yesterday we stopped at a friend's house just after lunchtime. *She had
> > bought a very nice tri-tip roast, but she is self-admittedly not much of a
> > cook, and had never made a pot roast before. *Cupboards were fairly bare,
> > so I took inventory to see how we might put this together. *She had fresh
> > Idaho potatoes, fresh carrots, and fresh garlic, but no fresh onion.
> > Virtually herbs and few spices, *In the cupboard I found a packet of pot
> > roast seasoning, a box of onion soup mix, a container of brown gravy mix,
> > and a jar of paprika. *Eek!
>
> > I cleaned the roast and gave David and our friend the task of peeling
> > potatoes and carrots. *I pulverized a packet of onion soup mix and
> > combined
> > it with the packet of pot roast seasoning and a half cup of gravy mix. *I
> > added a generous teaspoon of paprika and a teaspoon of black pepper. *Then
> > combined the dry ingredients with 1-1/2 cups water and 1 cup of red wine.
> > Surrounded the roast with the potatoes, carrots, and several garlic cloves
> > in an oven roasting bag, then poured the seasoned liquid over all. *Last
> > of
> > all, I plucked several fresh bay leaves from her backyard plant (God knows
> > why she had it). *Roasted for about 2-1/2 hours. *Surprisingly the roast
> > was delicious, as was the gravy.
>
> > Who'd a thunk it! :-)
>
> Sounds like cooking to me. *Making something tasty from what you have.

No, it's further proof of how full of shit Wayne is.......he could
have made pot roast just fine without the crapola packets.

On Mar 1, 10:30*pm, Wayne Boatwright >
wrote:
> On Mon 01 Mar 2010 09:17:12p, Steve B told us...
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> > "Wayne Boatwright" > wrote in message
> 85.250...
> >> Yesterday we stopped at a friend's house just after lunchtime. *She had
> >> bought a very nice tri-tip roast, but she is self-admittedly not much of
> a
> >> cook, and had never made a pot roast before. *Cupboards were fairly
> bare,
> >> so I took inventory to see how we might put this together. *She had
> fresh
> >> Idaho potatoes, fresh carrots, and fresh garlic, but no fresh onion.
> >> Virtually herbs and few spices, *In the cupboard I found a packet of pot
> >> roast seasoning, a box of onion soup mix, a container of brown gravy
> mix,
> >> and a jar of paprika. *Eek!
>
> >> I cleaned the roast and gave David and our friend the task of peeling
> >> potatoes and carrots. *I pulverized a packet of onion soup mix and
> >> combined it with the packet of pot roast seasoning and a half cup of
> gravy
> >> mix. *I added a generous teaspoon of paprika and a teaspoon of black
> >> pepper. *Then combined the dry ingredients with 1-1/2 cups water and 1
> cup
> >> of red wine. Surrounded the roast with the potatoes, carrots, and
> several
> >> garlic cloves in an oven roasting bag, then poured the seasoned liquid
> >> over all. *Last *of all, I plucked several fresh bay leaves from her
> >> backyard plant (God knows why she had it). *Roasted for about 2-1/2
> hours.
> >> *Surprisingly the roast was delicious, as was the gravy.
>
> >> Who'd a thunk it! :-)
>
> > Sounds like cooking to me. *Making something tasty from what you have..
>
> > Steve
>
> I'm used to having a lot of ingredients and seasonings at my disposal. I
> guess it surprised me that it turned out so tasty. :-)

So what do you want, a ****ing medal or something? Bragging about how
you ruined a piece of meat with onion soup mix and "pot roast
seasoning" (whatever the hell that is), and packet gravy. One would
think that with all of your blowing and bragging you could have
whipped up a tasty pot roast with the from scratch ingredients and
instructed your "friend" to throw away the stupid packets and stop
buying them. You're full of shit. LOL!