In article >,
Je?us > wrote:

> On Wed, 02 Jun 2010 05:33:30 -0500, Omelet >
> wrote:
>
> >In article >,
> > Je?us > wrote:
> >
> >> On Mon, 31 May 2010 21:47:56 +0200, ChattyCathy
> >> > wrote:
> >>
> >> >OK, here's a start:
> >> >
> >> >r.f.c.-ers generally *abhor* canned soups of any kind and you won't find
> >> >a single one in any of their larders/stock cupboards/kitchens.
> >>
> >> No canned soup in my pantry... and hasn't been in years!
> >
> >I rarely stock it because it's too salty, and too expensive! It's too
> >easy to make inexpensive cream sauces.
>
> I agree. Too salty and really - as you say - how long does it take to
> make a nice soup from the raw ingredients?

Bring the stock up to a rolling boil, stir in starch slurry...

all done.

Add creaminess as desired.

It is usually time consuming to make the base stock, unless you use a
pressure cooker.<g> Then it only takes about an hour and you can go do
something else while it's cooking.

Depends somewhat tho'. If it's beef or pork, my personal preference is
to prepare the base the day ahead of time so I can refrigerate it over
night for proper defatting.

The process is still very simple. And it freezes or cans well.


I have pics. ;-)
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In article >,
"Giusi" > wrote:

> "Charlotte L. Blackmer" > ha scritto nel messaggio
> BT definitely has huge problems with going off
> > the rails into fight club land but I'm not really seeing why you're >
> > singling him out.
>
> Because he cares about food, I had higher expectations. Many vulgar
> dirtmouths I just killfile, but I didn't want to killfile BT.

Neither did I, but he finally got to be too vulgar.
I did not need that in my life...

There are too many other good cooks here to read so he lost any real
value he used to have.
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In article >,
"Ophelia" > wrote:

> "Bob Terwilliger" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Ophelia wrote:
> >
> >>> I hope you are proud of yourself.
> >>>
> >>> Bob (who is no longer here)
> >>
> >> I doubt it. We have been here before. Proud of myself? We are not
> >> talking
> >> about me, but about your nasty actions.
> >>
> >> Because I declined your offers, you attacked me personally via email and
> >> in the group!
> >>
> >> Don't you DARE lay it on me!!!!!!!!! I <know> I am not the only one you
> >> treated in this way
> >
> > How do you think I knew about the status of BM's marriage?
> Well, I know absolutely nothing about his marriage, but I do know I am not
> the only one he has treated like this.
>
> > BM likes to believe he's the victim in all this. Of course, he's the only
> > one who holds that belief.
>
> Oh it is never his fault... and he is God's gift you know! We are all bad
> because we don't want to be his 'Best Friend'. Well, enough is enough!
>

Perhaps... but Bob Terwillinger's obsession with child molestation
accusations was also way the hell over the top. I was not the only one
that was terminally offended.

I think he lives to collect killfiles. He thinks he wins or some such
crap. Well, more power to him.
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In article >,
blake murphy > wrote:

> On Wed, 02 Jun 2010 14:26:30 -0400, Bob Muncie wrote:
>
> > On 6/2/2010 12:58 PM, Ophelia wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >> "Bob Muncie" > wrote in message
> >> ...
> >>> On 6/2/2010 11:50 AM, Ophelia wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> "Bob Muncie" > wrote in message
> >>>> ...
> >>>>> On 6/2/2010 10:55 AM, Charlotte L. Blackmer wrote:
> >>>>>> Personally, I felt uncomfortable (e.g. ever so slightly creeped
> >>>>>> out) by
> >>>>>> BM's attention to me - which really seemed to come out of nowhere -
> >>>>>> even
> >>>>>> before I got the additional information. Which does help explain the
> >>>>>> behavior, not excuse it. If I'd known before, at least I would have
> >>>>>> known
> >>>>>> exactly where my "eww" came from, and I would have had the answer to
> >>>>>> the
> >>>>>> eternal question, "WTF?".
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>> What has happened to you?
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Vulgarity used to be a spotty thing here. It seems to be creeping
> >>>>>>> over
> >>>>>>> the
> >>>>>>> whole group lately like mildew.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Lately? Only lately? The active alcoholics (etc.) have been
> >>>>>> "processing"
> >>>>>> all over the ng for some time now. Now we apparently have Muncie
> >>>>>> working
> >>>>>> out his marriage issues. BT definitely has huge problems with going
> >>>>>> off
> >>>>>> the rails into fight club land but I'm not really seeing why you're
> >>>>>> singling him out.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> I'm all for Talking About Food and wish that both Bobs would get back
> >>>>>> on
> >>>>>> that wagon.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> ObFood: First peaches of the season from the farm stand. YUM YUM.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Charlotte
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Not an issue Charlotte - the fact you are uncomfortable, is something I
> >>>>> understand.
> >>>>> You and BT are likely the same. I am not willing to go further. But I
> >>>>> would want the rest of the folks that post here to know that you are
> >>>>> what
> >>>>> you are. and that BT is you.
> >>>>
> >>>> I am with Charlotte here. You made me very uncomfortable too You
> >>>> really
> >>>> need to learn to take a refusal nicely. Attacking someone because they
> >>>> are
> >>>> not interested in you is just nasty.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>> Ophelia -
> >>>
> >>> Thanks for your input.
> >>>
> >>> I have no where further to go.
> >>>
> >>> I hope that many of you that have been here fore ever continue to be
> >>> happy
> >>> to be here.
> >>>
> >>> I will not be here. Your lack of companionship, has inspired me to not be
> >>> here in the future. The BT person angered me. But you? You cause me to
> >>> not
> >>> be here again. You just make me sad.
> >>>
> >>> I honest injun, wanted to be a participant.
> >>>
> >>> Honest Injun...
> >>>
> >>> I hope you are proud of yourself.
> >>>
> >>> Bob (who is no longer here)
> >>
> >> I doubt it. We have been here before. Proud of myself? We are not talking
> >> about me, but about your nasty actions.
> >>
> >> Because I declined your offers, you attacked me personally via email and
> >> in the group!
> >>
> >> Don't you DARE lay it on me!!!!!!!!! I <know> I am not the only one you
> >> treated in this way
> >>
> >
> > Thank-you.
> >
> > And I don't dare.
> >
> > I know.
> >
> > I may have been somewhat wierdy six months ago. But days without sleep
> > will cause that.
> >
> > *If* I was not nice to you back than, I am sorry for that. I am not that
> > way today.
> >
> > That does not give you the right to act as you are today. And yet, I
> > understand.
> >
> > If I caused you to be that upset back then, I am sorry.
> >
> > If you want to hear my apologies, I honestly don't remember, but please
> > forgive me. i know you to be a nice person.
> >
> > Please give me another chance.
> >
> > I am sorry Ophelia. I really am.
> >
> > Can we shake hands and forget the past? I really was not me back than. I
> > still dislike BT, (and the larry person), but you I am sorry about
> > having upset.
> >
> > If you have concerns with what I say, take time to reply. I understand.
> >
> > I would still like to be your pal.
> >
> > And yes, I know I'll hear from others... and that's okay.
> >
> > Bob
>
> i thought you were gone.
>
> blake

Bob Muncie, my best advice to you is to just be you and stop trying to
be everybody's "Pal".

It creeps people out and makes you look like a stalker.
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"blake murphy" > wrote in message
...
> On Thu, 03 Jun 2010 13:01:35 -0500, Lou Decruss wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 3 Jun 2010 18:49:04 +0100, "Ophelia" >
>> wrote:
>>
>>>>>
>>>>> And yes, I know I'll hear from others... and that's okay.
>>>>>
>>>>> Bob
>>>>
>>>> i thought you were gone.
>>>
>>>Oh, he never is
>>
>> Gone from my screen.
>>
>> Lou
>
> god help me, i find that kinda shit entertaining.
>
> i'm just afraid i missed the 'you won't have bob muncie to kick around
> anymore' speech.

Well it was something like that. I am sure you can find it if you want to
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In article >,
Omelet > wrote:

> In article >,
> Lou Decruss > wrote:
>
> > On Wed, 02 Jun 2010 07:38:51 -0500, George Leppla
> > > wrote:
> >
> > >On 6/1/2010 11:42 PM, Julian Vrieslander wrote:
> > >
> > >> I lived in various southron states for half my life (FL, GA, NC) and I
> > >> thought that Dr. Pepper tasted like carbonated cough syrup. Never liked
> > >> Mt. Dew, either. Or "sweet tea". All of them tasted way too
> > >> over-the-top sugary to me.
> > >>
> > >> But I love pecan pie. Most people say that stuff is way too sweet.
> > >>
> > >> Go figger...
> > >
> > >
> > >When I moved south, I was amazed at how popular Dr. Pepper is. I can't
> > >stand it.
> > >
> > >Pecan pie is something else I'm not fond of but I might have been the
> > >only person in PA who did not like Shoo-fly pie. Both of them are way
> > >too sweet.
> >
> > I like pecan bars because you can have a little piece. Like maybe two
> > small bites. A slice of pie is just too much sweet. But I'm the same
> > way with cheesecake. 2-3 bites is all I want.
> >
> > Lou
>
> I started to pity him too... then I permanently killfiled him as a waste
> of screenspace.

Nevermind, sorry! I replied to the wrong post dammit!
I was referring to BT.
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Om wrote:

> Perhaps... but Bob Terwillinger's obsession with child molestation
> accusations was also way the hell over the top. I was not the only one
> that was terminally offended.
>
> I think he lives to collect killfiles. He thinks he wins or some such
> crap. Well, more power to him.

You're stupid and your father dresses you funny.

Bob, with more power

Om wrote:

>> BT definitely has huge problems with going off
>> > the rails into fight club land but I'm not really seeing why you're >
>> > singling him out.
>>
>> Because he cares about food, I had higher expectations. Many vulgar
>> dirtmouths I just killfile, but I didn't want to killfile BT.
>
> Neither did I, but he finally got to be too vulgar.
> I did not need that in my life...
>
> There are too many other good cooks here to read so he lost any real
> value he used to have.

The first problem here is the blatant double standard, which is pretty
obvious to everyone who compares my vulgarity to that of clueless AOL newbie
Sheldon "Pussy" Katz.

The second problem here is that Om has nothing of culinary value to
contribute to this forum.

Bob

Om wrote:

>> > wrote:
>>
>> >On 6/1/2010 11:42 PM, Julian Vrieslander wrote:
>> >
>> >> I lived in various southron states for half my life (FL, GA, NC) and I
>> >> thought that Dr. Pepper tasted like carbonated cough syrup. Never
>> >> liked
>> >> Mt. Dew, either. Or "sweet tea". All of them tasted way too
>> >> over-the-top sugary to me.
>> >>
>> >> But I love pecan pie. Most people say that stuff is way too sweet.
>> >>
>> >> Go figger...
>> >
>> >
>> >When I moved south, I was amazed at how popular Dr. Pepper is. I can't
>> >stand it.
>> >
>> >Pecan pie is something else I'm not fond of but I might have been the
>> >only person in PA who did not like Shoo-fly pie. Both of them are way
>> >too sweet.
>>
>> I like pecan bars because you can have a little piece. Like maybe two
>> small bites. A slice of pie is just too much sweet. But I'm the same
>> way with cheesecake. 2-3 bites is all I want.
>>
>> Lou
>
> I started to pity him too... then I permanently killfiled him as a waste
> of screenspace.


This is the ENTIRETY of Om's post. Does it make sense, or is she back in
drugged-out zombieland?

Bob

Omelet wrote:
> In article >,
> notbob > wrote:
>
>> On 2010-06-02, Goomba > wrote:
>>
>>> I'm tellin' you- Dr Pepper and Captain Morgan makes a damn nice drink.
>> What's it called? ....Gag-a-Maggot Martini?
>>
>> nb
>
> She's a cheap date. <g>

Hey, at least *I* can get a date. <g>

In article >,
Omelet > wrote:

> > On Wed, 02 Jun 2010 07:38:51 -0500, George Leppla
> > > wrote:
> >
> > >On 6/1/2010 11:42 PM, Julian Vrieslander wrote:
> > >
> > >> I lived in various southron states for half my life (FL, GA, NC) and I
> > >> thought that Dr. Pepper tasted like carbonated cough syrup.

> > >When I moved south, I was amazed at how popular Dr. Pepper is. I can't
> > >stand it.

> I started to pity him too... then I permanently killfiled him as a waste
> of screenspace.

You killfiled Dr Pepper? How cruel!

:-)

--
Dan Abel
Petaluma, California USA

In article >,
Goomba > wrote:

> Omelet wrote:
> > In article >,
> > notbob > wrote:
> >
> >> On 2010-06-02, Goomba > wrote:
> >>
> >>> I'm tellin' you- Dr Pepper and Captain Morgan makes a damn nice drink.
> >> What's it called? ....Gag-a-Maggot Martini?
> >>
> >> nb
> >
> > She's a cheap date. <g>
>
> Hey, at least *I* can get a date. <g>

You have no idea how many people on the usenet lists hit on me babe...
<g> You do know that all it takes is saying "yes"? ;-D
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In article
>,
Dan Abel > wrote:

> In article >,
> Omelet > wrote:
>
> > > On Wed, 02 Jun 2010 07:38:51 -0500, George Leppla
> > > > wrote:
> > >
> > > >On 6/1/2010 11:42 PM, Julian Vrieslander wrote:
> > > >
> > > >> I lived in various southron states for half my life (FL, GA, NC) and I
> > > >> thought that Dr. Pepper tasted like carbonated cough syrup.
>
> > > >When I moved south, I was amazed at how popular Dr. Pepper is. I can't
> > > >stand it.
>
> > I started to pity him too... then I permanently killfiled him as a waste
> > of screenspace.
>
> You killfiled Dr Pepper? How cruel!
>
> :-)

<snork> Somehow I managed to click on the wrong damned message to
answer! ;-) Sorry.
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In article >,
Bob Terwilliger > wrote:
>Om wrote:
>
>>> BT definitely has huge problems with going off
>>> > the rails into fight club land but I'm not really seeing why you're >
>>> > singling him out.
>>>
>>> Because he cares about food, I had higher expectations. Many vulgar
>>> dirtmouths I just killfile, but I didn't want to killfile BT.
>>
>> Neither did I, but he finally got to be too vulgar.
>> I did not need that in my life...
>>
>> There are too many other good cooks here to read so he lost any real
>> value he used to have.
>
>The first problem here is the blatant double standard, which is pretty
>obvious to everyone who compares my vulgarity to that of clueless AOL newbie
>Sheldon "Pussy" Katz.
>
>The second problem here is that Om has nothing of culinary value to
>contribute to this forum.

Well, actually, she has made some contributions, and negating them makes
you look bad. I fully realize that some people learned to fight in their
families of origin with "You always X, you never Y, you're the worst Z"
but that shit won't fly here, in this audience. Keep it in the family if
that's how you fight. In this audience, it makes you look like a liar.

Lately OM seems to be more interested in getting attention for herself.

And she's got a grudge against you, so of course she would put her oar in.

There's also a huge problem when one of these threads that features 1-2
people happens. The other people on RFC who are compulsive attention
seekers and really want RFC to be all about ME ME ME MEEEEEEE tend to
really stick their oars in and try to, surprise surprise, get attention
for themselves. This is, not surprisingly, not happening on this thread.

obFood: The yellow peaches I got from Pedrick Produce in Dixon were
really amazingly good, so I got some on my way back from Davis yesterday.
I'll miss my stops at PP when I stop taking quite so many trips up into
the Valley because the produce is excellent, the bulk selection
astonishing, the gourmet groceries (Cajun mixes, local honey, that sort of
thing) impressive, and the prices are easy on my wallet.

I will also be making another apricot pie with Pedrick apricots Real Soon
Now.

Charlotte


--

On Sat, 5 Jun 2010 16:00:31 +0000 (UTC),
(Charlotte L. Blackmer) wrote:

>obFood: The yellow peaches I got from Pedrick Produce in Dixon were
>really amazingly good, so I got some on my way back from Davis yesterday.
>I'll miss my stops at PP when I stop taking quite so many trips up into
>the Valley because the produce is excellent, the bulk selection
>astonishing, the gourmet groceries (Cajun mixes, local honey, that sort of
>thing) impressive, and the prices are easy on my wallet.
>
>I will also be making another apricot pie with Pedrick apricots Real Soon
>Now.
>
>Charlotte

Oh, that sounds so good!

I will be so excited to get back to the land of good RIPE fruit! Can
you say apricots, and maybe even the rare Blenheim apricot? I will be
far enough south, so I might get a chance of seeing some. I am gonna
make the journey to the Santa Monica farmers market one day, and I
think there is a vendor there that does have them. I may be wrong on
this, but I think they are one of the late apricot varieties.

Oh, and peaches!

I wish some of you were near enough to where I am going to be for 3
months... I can see some great fruit in my future and maybe even some
good baking!

Speaking of the that general area, does anyone know what is available
around there? I know Basque food is in that region. But I don't
know much else..

Christine

On Fri, 04 Jun 2010 14:27:58 -0700, sf wrote:

> On Fri, 4 Jun 2010 16:48:32 -0400, blake murphy
> > wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 3 Jun 2010 16:48:16 -0700, Bob Terwilliger wrote:
>>
>>> Chatty Cathy wrote about Iraq:
>>>
>>>> I hafta ask, what's the chow like?
>>>
>>> It's typical military-cafeteria fa canned vegetables and overcooked
>>> proteins. Fortunately, there's a salad bar at lunch and dinner, although
>>> it's not elaborate. In the oppressive heat, there's little else that
>>> appeals.
>>
>> <suspiciously>
>>
>> who's military?
>>
> who's not whose? Just checking.

you caught me there, sf.

you're pal,
blake

On Sat, 05 Jun 2010 06:38:03 -0700, Dan Abel wrote:

> In article >,
> Omelet > wrote:
>
>>> On Wed, 02 Jun 2010 07:38:51 -0500, George Leppla
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>> >On 6/1/2010 11:42 PM, Julian Vrieslander wrote:
>>> >
>>> >> I lived in various southron states for half my life (FL, GA, NC) and I
>>> >> thought that Dr. Pepper tasted like carbonated cough syrup.
>
>>> >When I moved south, I was amazed at how popular Dr. Pepper is. I can't
>>> >stand it.
>
>> I started to pity him too... then I permanently killfiled him as a waste
>> of screenspace.
>
> You killfiled Dr Pepper? How cruel!
>
> :-)

he kept coming on to r.c. cola. it was gross.

your pal,
blake

In article >,
Christine Dabney > wrote:
>On Sat, 5 Jun 2010 16:00:31 +0000 (UTC),
>(Charlotte L. Blackmer) wrote:
>
>>obFood: The yellow peaches I got from Pedrick Produce in Dixon were
>>really amazingly good, so I got some on my way back from Davis yesterday.
>>I'll miss my stops at PP when I stop taking quite so many trips up into
>>the Valley because the produce is excellent, the bulk selection
>>astonishing, the gourmet groceries (Cajun mixes, local honey, that sort of
>>thing) impressive, and the prices are easy on my wallet.
>>
>>I will also be making another apricot pie with Pedrick apricots Real Soon
>>Now.

>Oh, that sounds so good!

Someone put out the beacon ... "Fresh Local Apricots" ... couldn't resist.
The .99/lb was just gravy.

I finally found where the shortening is in the new BB, so I've got my
butter-flavor Crisco (don't judge, maaaan) sticks chilling away. (AND, $1
less than at previous source. SCORE!)

>I will be so excited to get back to the land of good RIPE fruit! Can
>you say apricots, and maybe even the rare Blenheim apricot? I will be
>far enough south, so I might get a chance of seeing some. I am gonna
>make the journey to the Santa Monica farmers market one day, and I
>think there is a vendor there that does have them. I may be wrong on
>this, but I think they are one of the late apricot varieties.
>
>Oh, and peaches!
>
>I wish some of you were near enough to where I am going to be for 3
>months... I can see some great fruit in my future and maybe even some
>good baking!

You're definitely in peach country down there. When I was hauling out to
Fresno on a regular basis, I would pass a lot of peach and nectarine
orchards. Apricots will probably be played out but the pluots and
plums will be in. Grapes (table/raisin) are also a big crop.

>Speaking of the that general area, does anyone know what is available
>around there? I know Basque food is in that region. But I don't
>know much else..

I've changed the subject line to try to help. All I know about B'field is
that my parents usually stop at the Mimi's Cafe there when they are doing
SoCal runs if they are not eating with my uncle up in Fraisneaux.
Fraisneaux has a lot of good Armenian food as well; maybe some of those
folks live further south.

I'm sure they have some equivalent to the Farmer's Wife out in Carmichael,
though; you will need to ask when you get there. Maybe the Cal State
campus has a farm store like CSU Fresno does.

Charlotte

--

On Sat, 5 Jun 2010 17:13:18 +0000 (UTC),
(Charlotte L. Blackmer) wrote:

>I finally found where the shortening is in the new BB, so I've got my
>butter-flavor Crisco (don't judge, maaaan) sticks chilling away. (AND, $1
>less than at previous source. SCORE!)

When I am making pastry, I use a small bit of either that, or good
lard along with butter. I think it adds to the flakiness of the crust.

Christine

In article >,
Omelet > wrote:

> In article
> >,
> Dan Abel > wrote:
>
> > In article >,
> > Omelet > wrote:
> >
> > > > On Wed, 02 Jun 2010 07:38:51 -0500, George Leppla
> > > > > wrote:

> > > > >When I moved south, I was amazed at how popular Dr. Pepper is. I
> > > > >can't
> > > > >stand it.
> >
> > > I started to pity him too... then I permanently killfiled him as a waste
> > > of screenspace.
> >
> > You killfiled Dr Pepper? How cruel!
> >
> > :-)
>
> <snork> Somehow I managed to click on the wrong damned message to
> answer! ;-) Sorry.

I thought it was kind of funny. I gave up soda many decades ago, so I
guess I've killfiled Dr Pepper also!

--
Dan Abel
Petaluma, California USA

In article
>,
Dan Abel > wrote:

> In article >,
> Omelet > wrote:
>
> > In article
> > >,
> > Dan Abel > wrote:
> >
> > > In article >,
> > > Omelet > wrote:
> > >
> > > > > On Wed, 02 Jun 2010 07:38:51 -0500, George Leppla
> > > > > > wrote:
>
> > > > > >When I moved south, I was amazed at how popular Dr. Pepper is. I
> > > > > >can't
> > > > > >stand it.
> > >
> > > > I started to pity him too... then I permanently killfiled him as a
> > > > waste
> > > > of screenspace.
> > >
> > > You killfiled Dr Pepper? How cruel!
> > >
> > > :-)
> >
> > <snork> Somehow I managed to click on the wrong damned message to
> > answer! ;-) Sorry.
>
> I thought it was kind of funny. I gave up soda many decades ago, so I
> guess I've killfiled Dr Pepper also!

Same here. <g> Soft drinks have not been a menu item (at least for me)
for a very long time. Dad likes Dr. Pepper so I get him the diet stuff
to keep him off the sugar.

Ironically, sugar free cool-aid is! I love mostly the Black cherry
flavor and the fruit punch. Orange and lemon are also acceptable and in
fact, lemon cool-aid makes a fantabulous low calorie margarita mix!

I never buy any of the other flavors.

Cool-aid also is good for flavoring knox gelatin for making knox blox.
I'm considering those as christmas gifts this year.
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On Sat, 05 Jun 2010 01:28:43 -0500, Omelet >
wrote:

>In article >,
> Je?us > wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 02 Jun 2010 05:33:30 -0500, Omelet >
>> wrote:
>>
>> >In article >,
>> > Je?us > wrote:
>> >
>> >> On Mon, 31 May 2010 21:47:56 +0200, ChattyCathy
>> >> > wrote:
>> >>
>> >> >OK, here's a start:
>> >> >
>> >> >r.f.c.-ers generally *abhor* canned soups of any kind and you won't find
>> >> >a single one in any of their larders/stock cupboards/kitchens.
>> >>
>> >> No canned soup in my pantry... and hasn't been in years!
>> >
>> >I rarely stock it because it's too salty, and too expensive! It's too
>> >easy to make inexpensive cream sauces.
>>
>> I agree. Too salty and really - as you say - how long does it take to
>> make a nice soup from the raw ingredients?
>
>Bring the stock up to a rolling boil, stir in starch slurry...
>
>all done.
>
>Add creaminess as desired.
>
>It is usually time consuming to make the base stock, unless you use a
>pressure cooker.<g> Then it only takes about an hour and you can go do
>something else while it's cooking.

I make my own stocks - always have a good supply of chicken stock on
hand, also have a good amount of venison stock at the moment, and so
haven't bothered making a new batch of beef stock. So, making soup is
even easier for me - just as long as I want a chicken or beef/venison
stock, that is

>Depends somewhat tho'. If it's beef or pork, my personal preference is
>to prepare the base the day ahead of time so I can refrigerate it over
>night for proper defatting.

Yeah, I always refrigerate mine overnight, to skim off the excess fat.

>The process is still very simple. And it freezes or cans well.
>
>
>I have pics. ;-)

Post away

In article >,
Je?us > wrote:

> >It is usually time consuming to make the base stock, unless you use a
> >pressure cooker.<g> Then it only takes about an hour and you can go do
> >something else while it's cooking.
>
> I make my own stocks - always have a good supply of chicken stock on
> hand, also have a good amount of venison stock at the moment, and so
> haven't bothered making a new batch of beef stock. So, making soup is
> even easier for me - just as long as I want a chicken or beef/venison
> stock, that is
>
> >Depends somewhat tho'. If it's beef or pork, my personal preference is
> >to prepare the base the day ahead of time so I can refrigerate it over
> >night for proper defatting.
>
> Yeah, I always refrigerate mine overnight, to skim off the excess fat.

But veggie or seafood stocks don't require that as they are fat free.
Shrimp shell stock or asparagus stem stock can be used right away.

>
> >The process is still very simple. And it freezes or cans well.
> >
> >
> >I have pics. ;-)
>
> Post away

Ok, tinypic just became too much of a pain in the ass to use. They are
asking for those idiotic text codes that are almost unreadable, and a
popup ad is blocking the codes so I can't see them, and I can't close
the mf'er...

So here is a quick picasa stock series!:

<http://picasaweb.google.com/OMPOmelet/MakingStock#>
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"Bob Terwilliger" > ha scritto nel messaggio
>
>>> BT definitely has huge problems with going off
>>> > the rails into fight club land but I'm not really seeing why you're
>>> > >>>> > singling him out.
>>>
>>> Because he cares about food, I had higher expectations. Many vulgar>>>
>>> dirtmouths I just killfile, but I didn't want to killfile BT.

> The first problem here is the blatant double standard, which is pretty >
> obvious to everyone who compares my vulgarity to that of clueless AOL
> newbie Sheldon "Pussy" Katz.

Since said pseudo person does not exist in my world, you are still on the
high end of that double standard, if it exists. Others have slipped in and
out, Katz stays.

I wrote:

> a local dessert-maker has made his bacon moon pies available online.

Here's a link to what I was talking about:

http://www.uncrate.com/men/culture/food/bacon-moon-pie/

The web site to the dessert-maker is

http://sucre7.com/

Bob

On Sun, 6 Jun 2010 22:08:07 -0700, Bob Terwilliger wrote:

> I wrote:
>
>> a local dessert-maker has made his bacon moon pies available online.
>
> Here's a link to what I was talking about:
>
> http://www.uncrate.com/men/culture/food/bacon-moon-pie/
>
> The web site to the dessert-maker is
>
> http://sucre7.com/
>
> Bob

dear god.

your pal,
blake