Saw this in the New York Post this morning. I'd forgotten about _The
I Hate To Cook Book_ . YMMV, but AFAICS, it should have stayed
forgotten. I looked at the pages Amazon lets you preview (6 pages for
a forward and 4 pages for an introduction?) and it looks a lot like
some of the recipes my mother got from the backs of cans and boxes in
the 50s.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/19/bo..._r=1&th&emc=th

I looked at this before breakfast and just the "Beef a la King" recipe
was enough to kill my appetite.

Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd

--

"If the soup had been as warm as the wine,
if the wine had been as old as the turkey,
and if the turkey had had a breast like the maid,
it would have been a swell dinner." Duncan Hines


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Squeaks wrote:

> Saw this in the New York Post this morning. I'd forgotten about _The
> I Hate To Cook Book_ . YMMV, but AFAICS, it should have stayed
> forgotten. I looked at the pages Amazon lets you preview (6 pages for
> a forward and 4 pages for an introduction?) and it looks a lot like
> some of the recipes my mother got from the backs of cans and boxes in
> the 50s.
>
> http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/19/bo..._r=1&th&emc=th

My mom *had* that book. I inherited it, but I don't think I've ever cooked
anything from it.


> I looked at this before breakfast and just the "Beef a la King" recipe
> was enough to kill my appetite.

So it's a good dietary aid?

Bob

On Aug 19, 9:52 am, Terry Pulliam Burd > wrote:
> Saw this in the New York Post this morning. I'd forgotten about _The
> I Hate To Cook Book_ . YMMV, but AFAICS, it should have stayed
> forgotten. .....

It's a reminder that outside of this group there are a great many
people who cook because they have to, not because they want to and not
because they get any pleasure from it. Sad but true. My own thought,
unsupported by any research whatsoever, is that they don't
particularly enjoy eating, either. If they did they might be
interested in leariining how to produce something they liked. So
what's needid is not another basic cookbook, or fast and easy
cookbook, but a how to enjoy eating book. Then hope that one thing
leads to the other.

Now what would the table of contents look like for How To Enjoy
Eating? -aem

On Aug 19, 11:58 am, aem > wrote:
> On Aug 19, 9:52 am, Terry Pulliam Burd > wrote:
>
> > Saw this in the New York Post this morning. I'd forgotten about _The
> > I Hate To Cook Book_ . YMMV, but AFAICS, it should have stayed
> > forgotten. .....
>
> It's a reminder that outside of this group there are a great many
> people who cook because they have to, not because they want to and not
> because they get any pleasure from it. Sad but true. My own thought,
> unsupported by any research whatsoever, is that they don't
> particularly enjoy eating, either. If they did they might be
> interested in leariining how to produce something they liked. So
> what's needid is not another basic cookbook, or fast and easy
> cookbook, but a how to enjoy eating book. Then hope that one thing
> leads to the other.
>
> Now what would the table of contents look like for How To Enjoy
> Eating? -aem

Never mind, it occurs to me that MFK Fisher has already done this in
spades. "How To Cook A Wolf" among others, and one of her collections
is even called "The Art of Eating." -aem

On Thu, 19 Aug 2010 16:01:42 -0700, Christine Dabney
> wrote:

> On Thu, 19 Aug 2010 12:33:04 -0700 (PDT), aem >
> wrote:
>
> >Never mind, it occurs to me that MFK Fisher has already done this in
> >spades. "How To Cook A Wolf" among others, and one of her collections
> >is even called "The Art of Eating." -aem
>
> Speaking of MFK Fisher, this is one of the arguments I have in favor
> of cookbooks and food writing, vs just getting stuff off the internet.
> MFK Fisher's books did have recipes in them but so much more than
> that....They were literature as well. The recipes were so entwined
> in some of the stories she told...
>
> Can't get that from just getting a recipe from the internet..
>

And that's exactly why I don't own a single "cookbook" in that format.
I don't want anything "intertwined". I want clearly written recipes
with accompanying photos. Put the stories in your memoirs and I'll
buy the recipe books or go to the internet.

--

Carrot cake counts as a serving of vegetables.

On Thu, 19 Aug 2010 11:58:54 -0700 (PDT), aem >
wrote:

<snippidy>

> My own thought,
>unsupported by any research whatsoever, is that they don't
>particularly enjoy eating, either. If they did they might be
>interested in leariining how to produce something they liked. So
>what's needid is not another basic cookbook, or fast and easy
>cookbook, but a how to enjoy eating book. Then hope that one thing
>leads to the other.

Well, here's where your premise falls apart, at least as to me. I love
to cook. Really love everything about it: looking for a cool new
recipe (esp. if it's challenging and I have the time), gathering the
ingredients, choreographing the recipe with the rest of the meal and
certainly the payoff: watching friends and family enjoy my efforts.
BUT, I don't much like to eat, esp. not my own cooking. Cooking
actually will kill my appetite (awaiting cheap shots here). One of my
sons-in-law, who goes gaga for my desserts, especially, always shakes
his head when I dish out dessert, 'cause I never, ever eat it. Just
don't care for it. If I didn't have friends and family to cook for,
I'd likely exist on salad, sandwiches and cereal.

Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd

--

"If the soup had been as warm as the wine,
if the wine had been as old as the turkey,
and if the turkey had had a breast like the maid,
it would have been a swell dinner." Duncan Hines


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In article >,
Christine Dabney > wrote:

> On Thu, 19 Aug 2010 12:33:04 -0700 (PDT), aem >
> wrote:
>
> >Never mind, it occurs to me that MFK Fisher has already done this in
> >spades. "How To Cook A Wolf" among others, and one of her collections
> >is even called "The Art of Eating." -aem
>
> Speaking of MFK Fisher, this is one of the arguments I have in favor
> of cookbooks and food writing, vs just getting stuff off the internet.
> MFK Fisher's books did have recipes in them but so much more than
> that....They were literature as well. The recipes were so entwined
> in some of the stories she told...
>
> Can't get that from just getting a recipe from the internet..
>
> Christine

AMEN, SISTER!!! I look for cookbooks that give me information and ideas
rather than just recipes. As people have pointed out, some of the
recipes that exist on the net make Peg Bracken look like Julia Child. I
shudder when I remember some of the dreck my former students downloaded
for their recipe modification projects.

Cindy

--
C.J. Fuller

Delete the obvious to email me

"sf" > ha scritto nel messaggio
...
> On Thu, 19 Aug 2010 16:01:42 -0700, Christine Dabney
wrote:

>> Speaking of MFK Fisher, this is one of the arguments I have in favor>> of
>> cookbooks and food writing, vs just getting stuff off the internet.
>> MFK Fisher's books did have recipes in them but so much more than>>
>> that....They were literature as well. The recipes were so entwined
>> in some of the stories she told...
>>
>> Can't get that from just getting a recipe from the internet..
>>
>
> And that's exactly why I don't own a single "cookbook" in that format.> I
> don't want anything "intertwined". I want clearly written recipes
> with accompanying photos. Put the stories in your memoirs and I'll> buy
> the recipe books or go to the internet.

MFK did not write cookbooks, period. She wrote food oriented memoirs and
food literature. When a recipe popped up in her books it was like finding a
recipe in any novel, which I see once in a while.

On Fri, 20 Aug 2010 08:01:07 +0200, "Giusi" >
wrote:

>
> "sf" > ha scritto nel messaggio
> ...
> > On Thu, 19 Aug 2010 16:01:42 -0700, Christine Dabney
> wrote:
>
> >> Speaking of MFK Fisher, this is one of the arguments I have in favor>> of
> >> cookbooks and food writing, vs just getting stuff off the internet.
> >> MFK Fisher's books did have recipes in them but so much more than>>
> >> that....They were literature as well. The recipes were so entwined
> >> in some of the stories she told...
> >>
> >> Can't get that from just getting a recipe from the internet..
> >>
> >
> > And that's exactly why I don't own a single "cookbook" in that format.> I
> > don't want anything "intertwined". I want clearly written recipes
> > with accompanying photos. Put the stories in your memoirs and I'll> buy
> > the recipe books or go to the internet.
>
> MFK did not write cookbooks, period. She wrote food oriented memoirs and
> food literature. When a recipe popped up in her books it was like finding a
> recipe in any novel, which I see once in a while.
>

Which is why I don't own an MFK Fisher authored book.

--

Carrot cake counts as a serving of vegetables.

"sf" > ha scritto nel messaggio
...
> On Fri, 20 Aug 2010 08:01:07 +0200, "Giusi" >
> wrote:
>
>>
>> "sf" > ha scritto nel messaggio
>> ...
>> > On Thu, 19 Aug 2010 16:01:42 -0700, Christine Dabney
>> wrote:
>>
>> >> Speaking of MFK Fisher, this is one of the arguments I have in favor>>
>> >> of
>> >> cookbooks and food writing, vs just getting stuff off the internet.
>> >> MFK Fisher's books did have recipes in them but so much more than>>
>> >> that....They were literature as well. The recipes were so entwined
>> >> in some of the stories she told...
>> >>
>> >> Can't get that from just getting a recipe from the internet..
>> >>
>> >
>> > And that's exactly why I don't own a single "cookbook" in that format.>
>> > I
>> > don't want anything "intertwined". I want clearly written recipes
>> > with accompanying photos. Put the stories in your memoirs and I'll>
>> > buy
>> > the recipe books or go to the internet.
>>
>> MFK did not write cookbooks, period. She wrote food oriented memoirs and
>> food literature. When a recipe popped up in her books it was like
>> finding a
>> recipe in any novel, which I see once in a while.
>>
>
> Which is why I don't own an MFK Fisher authored book.

And I own all of them, but very few cookbooks!

Squeaks wrote:

>> My own thought,
>> unsupported by any research whatsoever, is that they don't
>> particularly enjoy eating, either. If they did they might be
>> interested in leariining how to produce something they liked. So
>> what's needid is not another basic cookbook, or fast and easy
>> cookbook, but a how to enjoy eating book. Then hope that one thing
>> leads to the other.
>
> Well, here's where your premise falls apart, at least as to me. I love
> to cook. Really love everything about it: looking for a cool new
> recipe (esp. if it's challenging and I have the time), gathering the
> ingredients, choreographing the recipe with the rest of the meal and
> certainly the payoff: watching friends and family enjoy my efforts.
> BUT, I don't much like to eat, esp. not my own cooking. Cooking
> actually will kill my appetite (awaiting cheap shots here). One of my
> sons-in-law, who goes gaga for my desserts, especially, always shakes
> his head when I dish out dessert, 'cause I never, ever eat it. Just
> don't care for it. If I didn't have friends and family to cook for,
> I'd likely exist on salad, sandwiches and cereal.

The premise was, "People who cook out of necessity and don't like cooking
don't like eating either." It wasn't, "People who don't like to eat don't
like to cook." They're not the same. The refutation would be if someone
cooked out of necessity, didn't like cooking, but *did* enjoy eating, even
if the food was made from _The I Hate To Cook Book_. Someone who would gorge
on SPAM, for example.

Bob

Giusi wrote:

> MFK did not write cookbooks, period. She wrote food oriented
> memoirs and food literature. When a recipe popped up in her books
> it was like finding a recipe in any novel, which I see once in a
> while.

There's a mystery subgenre called culinary mysteries. The detective
is a chef, caterer, or something else cooking-related. The book
includes recipes.

There's been a proliferation of mystery subgenres in recent times.
And also of romance subgenres -- though I haven't yet heard of
culinary romances.

--
Dan Goodman
"I have always depended on the kindness of stranglers."
Tennessee Williams, A Streetcar Named Expire
Journal dsgood.dreamwidth.org (livejournal.com, insanejournal.com)

Christine wrote:

> The classic The Gastronomical Me in The Art of Eating is just that..a
> classic. People who look down on this writing are looking down their
> noses on what is really good literature. It just happens to be about
> food and our relationship to food.

I'm guessing that Fisher's concept of "relationship to food" is very
different than our little sitophiliac-in-residence, Brian Anasta, a.k.a.
"Nasty". He REALLY likes to play with his food! (Nasty thought "The Naked
Chef" sounded like a good idea for a dinner party.)

Bob, who thinks this is the first time "sitophiliac" has been posted on RFC

On 08/19/2010 09:52 AM, Terry Pulliam Burd wrote:
> Saw this in the New York Post this morning. I'd forgotten about _The
> I Hate To Cook Book_ . YMMV, but AFAICS, it should have stayed
> forgotten. I looked at the pages Amazon lets you preview (6 pages for
> a forward and 4 pages for an introduction?) and it looks a lot like
> some of the recipes my mother got from the backs of cans and boxes in
> the 50s.
>
> http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/19/bo..._r=1&th&emc=th
>
> I looked at this before breakfast and just the "Beef a la King" recipe
> was enough to kill my appetite.

Oh, but it was such a fun cookbook! She cracked me up so much. I loved
the thing when I was a teenager, so it gets my vote.

Serene

--
http://www.momfoodproject.com
New post: Follow Friday: Michael Procopio’s Food for the Thoughtless

On Aug 20, 4:33*am, Christine Dabney > wrote:
> On Fri, 20 Aug 2010 08:52:37 +0200, "Giusi" >
> wrote:
>
>
>
> >"sf" > ha scritto nel messaggio
> >>> MFK did not write cookbooks, period. *She wrote food oriented memoirs and
> >>> food literature. *When a recipe popped up in her books it was like
> >>> finding a
> >>> recipe in any novel, which I see once in a while.
>
> >> Which is why I don't own an MFK Fisher authored book.
>
> >And I own all of them, but very few cookbooks!
>
> I think I have most of her books. *And lest folks think we are talking
> off topic, MFK Fisher is/was one of the premier food writers of all
> time. * *
>
> The classic The Gastronomical Me in The Art of Eating is just that..a
> classic. *People who look down on this writing are looking down their
> noses on what is really good literature. * It just happens to be about
> food and our relationship to food. *
>
> One of the classic sayings about food, socialization and maybe cooking
> comes from her. *I can't quote it right now, cause I don;t have her
> books here with me. *I did find a snippet of it when I was Googling
> for her writing:
>
> "There is a communion of more than bodies when bread is broken and
> wine is drunk. And that is my answer when people ask me, Why do you
> write about hunger, and not wars or love?"

Talking about food is like talking about sex or music. It's better
to do it than to talk about it.

Cindy Hamilton

"Terry Pulliam Burd" > wrote in message
...
> On Thu, 19 Aug 2010 11:58:54 -0700 (PDT), aem >
> wrote:
>
> <snippidy>
>
>>unsupported by any research whatsoever, is that they don't
>>particularly enjoy eating, either. If they did they might be
>>interested in leariining how to produce something they liked. So
>>what's needid is not another basic cookbook, or fast and easy
>>cookbook, but a how to enjoy eating book. Then hope that one thing
>>leads to the other.
>
> Well, here's where your premise falls apart, at least as to me. I love
> to cook. Really love everything about it: looking for a cool new
> recipe (esp. if it's challenging and I have the time), gathering the
> ingredients, choreographing the recipe with the rest of the meal and
> certainly the payoff: watching friends and family enjoy my efforts.
> BUT, I don't much like to eat, esp. not my own cooking. Cooking
> actually will kill my appetite (awaiting cheap shots here).
(snippage)
>
> Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd
>

I love to cook. And I can't say I hate to eat. But by the time I get done
cooking I'm often not hungry. I suspect it has something to do with the
scents making me feel "full".

Jill

Terry Pulliam Burd > wrote in
:

> I looked at this before breakfast and just the "Beef a la King" recipe
> was enough to kill my appetite.

Ack...that was disgusting...

On Thu, 19 Aug 2010 18:52:55 -0700, Terry Pulliam Burd wrote:

> On Thu, 19 Aug 2010 11:58:54 -0700 (PDT), aem >
> wrote:
>
> <snippidy>
>
>> My own thought,
>>unsupported by any research whatsoever, is that they don't
>>particularly enjoy eating, either. If they did they might be
>>interested in leariining how to produce something they liked. So
>>what's needid is not another basic cookbook, or fast and easy
>>cookbook, but a how to enjoy eating book. Then hope that one thing
>>leads to the other.
>
> Well, here's where your premise falls apart, at least as to me. I love
> to cook. Really love everything about it: looking for a cool new
> recipe (esp. if it's challenging and I have the time), gathering the
> ingredients, choreographing the recipe with the rest of the meal and
> certainly the payoff: watching friends and family enjoy my efforts.
> BUT, I don't much like to eat, esp. not my own cooking. Cooking
> actually will kill my appetite (awaiting cheap shots here).

that happens to me from time to time, too.

your pal,
blake

On Fri, 20 Aug 2010 06:22:09 -0700, Serene Vannoy wrote:

> On 08/19/2010 09:52 AM, Terry Pulliam Burd wrote:
>> Saw this in the New York Post this morning. I'd forgotten about _The
>> I Hate To Cook Book_ . YMMV, but AFAICS, it should have stayed
>> forgotten. I looked at the pages Amazon lets you preview (6 pages for
>> a forward and 4 pages for an introduction?) and it looks a lot like
>> some of the recipes my mother got from the backs of cans and boxes in
>> the 50s.
>>
>> http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/19/bo..._r=1&th&emc=th
>>
>> I looked at this before breakfast and just the "Beef a la King" recipe
>> was enough to kill my appetite.
>
> Oh, but it was such a fun cookbook! She cracked me up so much. I loved
> the thing when I was a teenager, so it gets my vote.
>
> Serene

you have to look at it for what it is. some of the stuff was kinda tasty,
and it was easy - i.e., for people who hate to cook. not aimed at the sort
of people who read this group. and i'm sure it made bracken a nice piece
of change.

your pal,
blake

"jmcquown" > wrote in message
...
> "Terry Pulliam Burd" > wrote in message
> ...
>> On Thu, 19 Aug 2010 11:58:54 -0700 (PDT), aem >
>> wrote:
>>
>> <snippidy>
>>
>>>unsupported by any research whatsoever, is that they don't
>>>particularly enjoy eating, either. If they did they might be
>>>interested in leariining how to produce something they liked. So
>>>what's needid is not another basic cookbook, or fast and easy
>>>cookbook, but a how to enjoy eating book. Then hope that one thing
>>>leads to the other.
>>
>> Well, here's where your premise falls apart, at least as to me. I love
>> to cook. Really love everything about it: looking for a cool new
>> recipe (esp. if it's challenging and I have the time), gathering the
>> ingredients, choreographing the recipe with the rest of the meal and
>> certainly the payoff: watching friends and family enjoy my efforts.
>> BUT, I don't much like to eat, esp. not my own cooking. Cooking
>> actually will kill my appetite (awaiting cheap shots here).
> (snippage)
>>
>> Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd
>>
>
> I love to cook. And I can't say I hate to eat. But by the time I get
> done cooking I'm often not hungry. I suspect it has something to do with
> the scents making me feel "full".

Yes I am the same. I do like the food I cook, but I am never hungry when it
is ready.

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On Aug 19, 11:58*am, aem > wrote:
> On Aug 19, 9:52 am, Terry Pulliam Burd > wrote:
>
> > Saw this in the New York Post this morning. *I'd forgotten about _The
> > I Hate To Cook Book_ . *YMMV, but AFAICS, it should have stayed
> > forgotten. .....
>
> It's a reminder that outside of this group there are a great many
> people who cook because they have to, not because they want to and not
> because they get any pleasure from it. *Sad but true. *My own thought,
> unsupported by any research whatsoever, is that they don't
> particularly enjoy eating, either. *If they did they might be
> interested in leariining how to produce something they liked. * So
> what's needid is not another basic cookbook, or fast and easy
> cookbook, but a how to enjoy eating book. *Then hope that one thing
> leads to the other.

I do know my mom got goddamn sick and tired of having to dish up a
meal every night, night after night without a break, although she
enjoyed food. She would try new recipes from the newspaper once a
week, though we kids were always suspicious of new dishes. A cookbook
with simple, tasty, nutritious, and economical dishes would have been
right up her alley, but she never bought one (other than Betty C., all
her recipes were clipped or hand-copied in her recipe box). And my
father would never have gotten her one as a gift, because she might
have shyed a brick at him.

"spamtrap1888" > wrote in message
...
> I do know my mom got goddamn sick and tired of having to dish up a
> meal every night, night after night without a break, although she
> enjoyed food. She would try new recipes from the newspaper once a
> week, though we kids were always suspicious of new dishes. A cookbook
> with simple, tasty, nutritious, and economical dishes would have been
> right up her alley, but she never bought one (other than Betty C., all
> her recipes were clipped or hand-copied in her recipe box). And my
> father would never have gotten her one as a gift, because she might
> have shyed a brick at him.

lol

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In article
>,
spamtrap1888 > wrote:

> I do know my mom got goddamn sick and tired of having to dish up a
> meal every night, night after night without a break, although she
> enjoyed food.

I'm with her.

--
Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
Holy Order of the Sacred Sisters of
St. Pectina of Jella
"Always in a jam, never in a stew;
sometimes in a pickle."
Where are my pearls, Honey?

Jill wrote:

> I love to cook. And I can't say I hate to eat. But by the time I get done
> cooking I'm often not hungry. I suspect it has something to do with the
> scents making me feel "full".

I have that same reaction if I cook straight through for 45 minutes or so,
but if I take a break in the proceedings my appetite remains intact. So I'll
do all the prep and then leave the kitchen for half an hour: I take the dog
for a walk, watch TV, read RFC, or whatever, then resume cooking until the
meal is ready AND I'm hungry. I don't know if that would work for anybody
else, but it works for me.

Bob

"Melba's Jammin'" > wrote in message
...
> In article
> >,
> spamtrap1888 > wrote:

>> I do know my mom got goddamn sick and tired of having to dish up a
>> meal every night, night after night without a break, although she
>> enjoyed food.

> I'm with her.
> Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ

Me too! There were nights when I got so bored I just wanted to scream "Will
someone please invent a new food?"

Felice

"Felice" > wrote in message
...
>
> "Melba's Jammin'" > wrote in message
> ...
>> In article
>> >,
>> spamtrap1888 > wrote:
>
>>> I do know my mom got goddamn sick and tired of having to dish up a
>>> meal every night, night after night without a break, although she
>>> enjoyed food.
>
>> I'm with her.
>> Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
>
> Me too! There were nights when I got so bored I just wanted to scream
> "Will someone please invent a new food?"

I can remember running out of animals....
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"Felice" > ha scritto nel messaggio
> "Melba's Jammin'" barbschaller-
>> spamtrap1888 > wrote:
>
>>> I do know my mom got goddamn sick and tired of having to dish up a>>>
>>> meal every night, night after night without a break, although she
>>> enjoyed food.
>
>> I'm with her.
>> Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
>
> Me too! There were nights when I got so bored I just wanted to scream
> "Will someone please invent a new food?"

And lo and behold, there came the Kiwi.

Felice wrote:

>>> I do know my mom got goddamn sick and tired of having to dish up a
>>> meal every night, night after night without a break, although she
>>> enjoyed food.
>
>> I'm with her.
>> Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
>
> Me too! There were nights when I got so bored I just wanted to scream
> "Will someone please invent a new food?"

That's what magazines and newspapers were for! I post a pseudo-Moroccan
recipe for macaroni with spicy lamb ragout here from time to time; I got
that recipe out of a magazine. I got my favorite recipe for brownies from a
newspaper article, though the article mentioned that the recipe was
published earlier in a magazine.

My local library carried Gourmet, Southern Living, and Better Homes &
Gardens. (They carried more than those, but I remember those as being
particular treasure troves of recipes.) I read them all, and copied down
recipes I wanted to try.

Bob

"Giusi" > wrote in message
...
>
> "Felice" > ha scritto nel messaggio
>> "Melba's Jammin'" barbschaller-
>>> spamtrap1888 > wrote:
>>
>>>> I do know my mom got goddamn sick and tired of having to dish up a>>>
>>>> meal every night, night after night without a break, although she
>>>> enjoyed food.
>>
>>> I'm with her.
>>> Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
>>
>> Me too! There were nights when I got so bored I just wanted to scream
>> "Will someone please invent a new food?"
>
> And lo and behold, there came the Kiwi.

Well, yeah, but it was pretty hard to build a meal around!

Felice

"Bob Terwilliger" > wrote in message
...
> Felice wrote:
>
>>>> I do know my mom got goddamn sick and tired of having to dish up a
>>>> meal every night, night after night without a break, although she
>>>> enjoyed food.
>>
>>> I'm with her.
>>> Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
>>
>> Me too! There were nights when I got so bored I just wanted to scream
>> "Will someone please invent a new food?"
>
> That's what magazines and newspapers were for! I post a pseudo-Moroccan
> recipe for macaroni with spicy lamb ragout here from time to time; I got
> that recipe out of a magazine. I got my favorite recipe for brownies from
> a
> newspaper article, though the article mentioned that the recipe was
> published earlier in a magazine.
>
> My local library carried Gourmet, Southern Living, and Better Homes &
> Gardens. (They carried more than those, but I remember those as being
> particular treasure troves of recipes.) I read them all, and copied down
> recipes I wanted to try.
>
> Bob

But, but, I didn't want new recipes. They all used the same foods, and I
wanted a new FOOD. A new meat, perhaps?

Felice

On Aug 20, 11:36*am, "Felice" > wrote:
> "Bob Terwilliger" > wrote in message
>
> ...
>
>
>
> > Felice wrote:
>
> >>>> I do know my mom got goddamn sick and tired of having to dish up a
> >>>> meal every night, night after night without a break, although she
> >>>> enjoyed food.
>
> >>> I'm with her.
> >>> Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
>
> >> Me too! There were nights when I got so bored I just wanted to scream
> >> "Will someone please invent a new food?"
>
> > That's what magazines and newspapers were for! I post a pseudo-Moroccan
> > recipe for macaroni with spicy lamb ragout here from time to time; I got
> > that recipe out of a magazine. I got my favorite recipe for brownies from
> > a
> > newspaper article, though the article mentioned that the recipe was
> > published earlier in a magazine.
>
> > My local library carried Gourmet, Southern Living, and Better Homes &
> > Gardens. (They carried more than those, but I remember those as being
> > particular treasure troves of recipes.) I read them all, and copied down
> > recipes I wanted to try.
>
> > Bob
>
> But, but, I didn't want new recipes. They all used the same foods, and I
> wanted a new FOOD. A new meat, perhaps?
>

When I got to that point, I started cooking with lamb. (Had been beef,
pork, and chicken up to that point.) Halal markets sell goat, too.

On Aug 20, 10:46*am, "Giusi" > wrote:
> "Felice" > ha scritto nel messaggio
>
> > "Melba's Jammin'" barbschaller-
> >> spamtrap1888 > wrote:
>
> >>> I do know my mom got goddamn sick and tired of having to dish up a>>>
> >>> meal every night, night after night without a break, although she
> >>> enjoyed food.
>
> >> I'm with her.
> >> Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
>
> > Me too! There were nights when I got so bored I just wanted to scream
> > "Will someone please invent a new food?"
>
> And lo and behold, there came the Kiwi.

Who remembers the Ugli fruit?

"Felice" > ha scritto nel messaggio >
> "Bob Terwilliger" >> My local library carried Gourmet, Southern Living,
> and Better Homes &
>> Gardens. (They carried more than those, but I remember those as being>>
>> particular treasure troves of recipes.) I read them all, and copied down
>> recipes I wanted to try.
>
> But, but, I didn't want new recipes. They all used the same foods, and I >
> wanted a new FOOD. A new meat, perhaps?

I was introduced in 1973 (against my will) to dog and iguana. Is that what
you had in mind?
Remember the Shmoo?

"Giusi" > wrote in message
...
>
> "Felice" > ha scritto nel messaggio >
>> "Bob Terwilliger" >> My local library carried Gourmet, Southern Living,
>> and Better Homes &
>>> Gardens. (They carried more than those, but I remember those as being>>
>>> particular treasure troves of recipes.) I read them all, and copied down
>>> recipes I wanted to try.
>>
>> But, but, I didn't want new recipes. They all used the same foods, and I
>> > wanted a new FOOD. A new meat, perhaps?
>
> I was introduced in 1973 (against my will) to dog and iguana. Is that
> what you had in mind?
> Remember the Shmoo?

Ah, the Shmoo! An Al Capp creation, IIRC, that not only laid eggs and gave
milk, but tasted like anything you wanted it to taste like! Yep, I could
have used a Shmoo!

But I would draw the line at dog and iguana. Please don't tell us they
tasted like chicken.

Felice

"Felice" > ha scritto nel messaggio >
> "Giusi" > wrote in message
>> I was introduced in 1973 (against my will) to dog and iguana. Is that >>
>> what you had in mind?
>> Remember the Shmoo?
>
> Ah, the Shmoo! An Al Capp creation, IIRC, that not only laid eggs and gave
> > milk, but tasted like anything you wanted it to taste like! Yep, I could
> have used a Shmoo!
>
> But I would draw the line at dog and iguana. Please don't tell us they >
> tasted like chicken.

They were new (to me) meats!

My shmoo tastes like Maine lobster. Including the tamalley.

Melba's Jammin' wrote:
> In article
> >,
> spamtrap1888 > wrote:
>
>> I do know my mom got goddamn sick and tired of having to dish up a
>> meal every night, night after night without a break, although she
>> enjoyed food.
>
> I'm with her.
>



AY-MEN! That's why God made restaurants.

gloria p

jmcquown wrote:
>
> I love to cook. And I can't say I hate to eat. But by the time I get done
> cooking I'm often not hungry. I suspect it has something to do with the
> scents making me feel "full".

This seems to be one of those mysterious differences between men and
woman. I've heard so many women claim this they can't be lying. if
I've heard one man state this in my entire life if was in a
halucination. Smelling food makes men hungry. Venus and Mars.

Ophelia wrote:
> "Felice" > wrote:
>
>> Me too! There were nights when I got so bored I just wanted to scream
>> "Will someone please invent a new food?"
>
> I can remember running out of animals....

Vint Cert invented the Internet so www.exoticmeats.com could ensure that
would never happen again. E-mail and such were a nice side effect of
his invention.

Giusi wrote:
> "Felice" > ha scritto nel messaggio
>> "Melba's Jammin'" barbschaller-
>>> spamtrap1888 > wrote:
>>>> I do know my mom got goddamn sick and tired of having to dish up a>>>
>>>> meal every night, night after night without a break, although she
>>>> enjoyed food.
>>> I'm with her.
>>> Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
>> Me too! There were nights when I got so bored I just wanted to scream
>> "Will someone please invent a new food?"
>
> And lo and behold, there came the Kiwi.
>
>


The fruit or (gasp) the bird?

gloria p

spamtrap1888 wrote:
> On Aug 20, 11:36 am, "Felice" > wrote:

>> But, but, I didn't want new recipes. They all used the same foods, and I
>> wanted a new FOOD. A new meat, perhaps?
>>
>
> When I got to that point, I started cooking with lamb. (Had been beef,
> pork, and chicken up to that point.) Halal markets sell goat, too.




There's nothing wrong with fish and, if you don't keep Kosher, shrimp.

gloria p