On Fri, 6 May 2011 07:19:57 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:

> Oh jeez! Of course if you get you salad from the salad bar you can do it.
> But realistically how many salad bars are there? In this area not very many
> and they are very expensive.

Didn't you begin this thread by saying you made your salad with
components from the salad bar and complaining about how much you made?

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"sf" > wrote in message
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> On Fri, 6 May 2011 07:19:57 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> > wrote:
>
>> Oh jeez! Of course if you get you salad from the salad bar you can do
>> it.
>> But realistically how many salad bars are there? In this area not very
>> many
>> and they are very expensive.
>
> Didn't you begin this thread by saying you made your salad with
> components from the salad bar and complaining about how much you made?

No. I said I did *not* do that this time because I wasn't at the store with
a salad bar.

On Fri, 6 May 2011 12:39:49 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:

>
> "sf" > wrote in message
> ...
> > On Fri, 6 May 2011 07:19:57 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> > > wrote:
> >
> >> Oh jeez! Of course if you get you salad from the salad bar you can do
> >> it.
> >> But realistically how many salad bars are there? In this area not very
> >> many
> >> and they are very expensive.
> >
> > Didn't you begin this thread by saying you made your salad with
> > components from the salad bar and complaining about how much you made?
>
> No. I said I did *not* do that this time because I wasn't at the store with
> a salad bar.
>
So, you *do* use a salad bar from time to time and you still can't get
it right.

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Sometimes I even put it in the food.

"sf" > wrote in message
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> On Fri, 6 May 2011 12:39:49 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> > wrote:
>
>>
>> "sf" > wrote in message
>> ...
>> > On Fri, 6 May 2011 07:19:57 -0700, "Julie Bove"
>> > > wrote:
>> >
>> >> Oh jeez! Of course if you get you salad from the salad bar you can do
>> >> it.
>> >> But realistically how many salad bars are there? In this area not
>> >> very
>> >> many
>> >> and they are very expensive.
>> >
>> > Didn't you begin this thread by saying you made your salad with
>> > components from the salad bar and complaining about how much you made?
>>
>> No. I said I did *not* do that this time because I wasn't at the store
>> with
>> a salad bar.
>>
> So, you *do* use a salad bar from time to time and you still can't get
> it right.

Pay attention! This had morphed into making a green salad for one.

I also said when I *do* use a salad bar I can't always find what it is that
I want. So I am forced to buy more of something than I need for the salad.
Jeez. Can it be over already!?

On May 6, 5:52*pm, "Julie Bove" > wrote:
> "sf" > wrote in message
>
> ...
>
>
>
> > On Fri, 6 May 2011 12:39:49 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> > > wrote:
>
> >> "sf" > wrote in message
> . ..
> >> > On Fri, 6 May 2011 07:19:57 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> >> > > wrote:
>
> >> >> Oh jeez! *Of course if you get you salad from the salad bar you can do
> >> >> it.
> >> >> But realistically how many salad bars are there? *In this area not
> >> >> very
> >> >> many
> >> >> and they are very expensive.
>
> >> > Didn't you begin this thread by saying you made your salad with
> >> > components from the salad bar and complaining about how much you made?
>
> >> No. *I said I did *not* do that this time because I wasn't at the store
> >> with
> >> a salad bar.
>
> > So, you *do* use a salad bar from time to time and you still can't get
> > it right.
>
> Pay attention! *This had morphed into making a green salad for one.
>
> I also said when I *do* use a salad bar I can't always find what it is that
> I want. *So I am forced to buy more of something than I need for the salad.
> Jeez. *Can it be over already!?

Should never have been brought up in the first place. Why do you
bother to ask for advice? You reject every single suggestion offered,
for one reason or another.
A lot of people cook for one or two people.
You basically have 2 choices: eat a lot of leftovers in one form or
another; or eat out.

I don't understand the difficulty of making a pasta salad for one
person. Yes, if you want 5 or 6 items in the salad, you will probably
have leftover veggies, but except for lettuce and cucumbers... you are
not limited to eating them only in salads. Carrots can be steamed,
peppers and onions can be stir fried, tomatoes can be roasted,olives
can be chopped up (maybe with the peppers?) to make tapenade, leftover
beans can be mixed with vinaigrette of some type and they will last a
week in the fridge. Makes a nice lunch on its own. Or have rice and
beans for dinner. If you can't handle eating the same thing for days,
which comes along with having a small household, then you are just
going to have to learn to be creative and find novel ways to use up
the ingredients you buy.

Catmandy (Sheryl) wrote:
> On May 6, 5:52 pm, "Julie Bove" > wrote:
>> "sf" > wrote in message
>>
>> ...
>>
>>
>>
>>> On Fri, 6 May 2011 12:39:49 -0700, "Julie Bove"
>>> > wrote:
>>
>>>> "sf" > wrote in message
>>>> ...
>>>>> On Fri, 6 May 2011 07:19:57 -0700, "Julie Bove"
>>>>> > wrote:
>>
>>>>>> Oh jeez! Of course if you get you salad from the salad bar you
>>>>>> can do it.
>>>>>> But realistically how many salad bars are there? In this area not
>>>>>> very
>>>>>> many
>>>>>> and they are very expensive.
>>
>>>>> Didn't you begin this thread by saying you made your salad with
>>>>> components from the salad bar and complaining about how much you
>>>>> made?
>>
>>>> No. I said I did *not* do that this time because I wasn't at the
>>>> store with
>>>> a salad bar.
>>
>>> So, you *do* use a salad bar from time to time and you still can't
>>> get it right.
>>
>> Pay attention! This had morphed into making a green salad for one.
>>
>> I also said when I *do* use a salad bar I can't always find what it
>> is that I want. So I am forced to buy more of something than I need
>> for the salad. Jeez. Can it be over already!?
>
> Should never have been brought up in the first place. Why do you
> bother to ask for advice? You reject every single suggestion offered,
> for one reason or another.

That is clearly not true. Several people gave me helpful answers and I
thanked them.

> A lot of people cook for one or two people.
> You basically have 2 choices: eat a lot of leftovers in one form or
> another; or eat out.

Sure they do. And I can. But pasta salad is difficult for two people.>
>
> I don't understand the difficulty of making a pasta salad for one
> person. Yes, if you want 5 or 6 items in the salad, you will probably
> have leftover veggies, but except for lettuce and cucumbers... you are
> not limited to eating them only in salads. Carrots can be steamed,
> peppers and onions can be stir fried, tomatoes can be roasted,olives
> can be chopped up (maybe with the peppers?) to make tapenade, leftover
> beans can be mixed with vinaigrette of some type and they will last a
> week in the fridge. Makes a nice lunch on its own. Or have rice and
> beans for dinner. If you can't handle eating the same thing for days,
> which comes along with having a small household, then you are just
> going to have to learn to be creative and find novel ways to use up
> the ingredients you buy.

I don't put lettuce in a pasta salad. Leftover carrots are not a problem.
I don't eat any vegetables steamed. I eat most vegetables raw. I don't do
stir fries or any other things in a salad dressing. And I don't have a
problem eating the same thing day after day but the rest of the people
living here do.

"Julie Bove" wrote:
>Catmandy (Sheryl) wrote:
>>"Julie Bove" wrote:
>>> Oh jeez! Of course if you get you salad from the salad bar you
>>> can do it.
>>> But realistically how many salad bars are there? In this area not
>>> very many and they are very expensive.
>>
>> Didn't you begin this thread by saying you made your salad with
>> components from the salad bar and complaining about how much you
>> made?
>>
>>> No. I said I did *not* do that this time because I wasn't at the
>>> store with a salad bar.
>>>
>> So, you *do* use a salad bar from time to time and you still can't
>> get it right.
>>
>>> I also said when I *do* use a salad bar I can't always find what it
>>> is that I want. So I am forced to buy more of something than I need
>>> for the salad. Jeez. Can it be over already!?
>>
>> Should never have been brought up in the first place. Why do you
>> bother to ask for advice? You reject every single suggestion offered,
>> for one reason or another.
>
>That is clearly not true. Several people gave me helpful answers and I
>thanked them.
>
>> A lot of people cook for one or two people.
>> You basically have 2 choices: eat a lot of leftovers in one form or
>> another; or eat out.
>
>Sure they do. And I can. But pasta salad is difficult for two people.

Huh? There is no other ingredient as simple to apportion as pasta...
if your eyeballs are broken use a cheapo scale, or a measuring cup
will do. I make pasta salads very often, I always use the entire one
pound box (unless it's a 12 oz box). I used the remains from the
green salad I made a couple days ago; split it into two salad bowls
and added a half the pound rotelle to each, last night's with a can of
red kidneys and the one for tonight has a can of garbanzos, all I
gotta do is mix up the dressing. And since my second salad bowl is
big for the fridge I used a six qt ss pot w/lid... tonight's dinner is
done. And no law says one has to use all the produce they buy all at
once, pick off how many leaves of lettuce, ribs of celery, and so on.
Julie, you're really not a picky eater... from your queries it's very
evident that you want *everything* done for you (Salad Bar Julie),
you're simply a very *lazy* individual, not only are you too lazy to
think, thinking is totally foreign to you. "Pasta salad is
difficult", indeed! And you don't thank folks here except in a
perfunctory/insincere way *after* you've been reminded. Julie you
don't participate here, you offer nothing useful, you're strictly a
taker... you use RFC like your own personal salad bar... only here you
don't pay.

On May 7, 11:54*pm, "Julie Bove" > wrote:
> Catmandy (Sheryl) wrote:
> > On May 6, 5:52 pm, "Julie Bove" > wrote:
> >> "sf" > wrote in message
>
> . ..
>
> >>> On Fri, 6 May 2011 12:39:49 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> >>> > wrote:
>
> >>>> "sf" > wrote in message
> m...
> >>>>> On Fri, 6 May 2011 07:19:57 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> >>>>> > wrote:
>
> >>>>>> Oh jeez! Of course if you get you salad from the salad bar you
> >>>>>> can do it.
> >>>>>> But realistically how many salad bars are there? In this area not
> >>>>>> very
> >>>>>> many
> >>>>>> and they are very expensive.
>
> >>>>> Didn't you begin this thread by saying you made your salad with
> >>>>> components from the salad bar and complaining about how much you
> >>>>> made?
>
> >>>> No. I said I did *not* do that this time because I wasn't at the
> >>>> store with
> >>>> a salad bar.
>
> >>> So, you *do* use a salad bar from time to time and you still can't
> >>> get it right.
>
> >> Pay attention! This had morphed into making a green salad for one.
>
> >> I also said when I *do* use a salad bar I can't always find what it
> >> is that I want. So I am forced to buy more of something than I need
> >> for the salad. Jeez. Can it be over already!?
>
> > Should never have been brought up in the first place. Why do you
> > bother to ask for advice? You reject every single suggestion offered,
> > for one reason or another.
>
> That is clearly not true. *Several people gave me helpful answers and I
> thanked them.
>
> > A lot of people cook for one or two people.
> > You basically have 2 choices: eat a lot of leftovers in one form or
> > another; or eat out.
>
> Sure they do. *And I can. *But pasta salad is difficult for two people.>
>
>
>
> > I don't understand the difficulty of making a pasta salad for one
> > person. Yes, if you want 5 or 6 items in the salad, you will probably
> > have leftover veggies, but except for lettuce and cucumbers... you are
> > not limited to eating them only in salads. Carrots can be steamed,
> > peppers and onions can be stir fried, tomatoes can be roasted,olives
> > can be chopped up (maybe with the peppers?) to make tapenade, leftover
> > beans can be mixed with vinaigrette of some type and they will last a
> > week in the fridge. Makes a nice lunch on its own. Or have rice and
> > beans for dinner. If you can't handle eating the same thing for days,
> > which comes along with having a small household, then you are just
> > going to have to learn to be creative and find novel ways to use up
> > the ingredients you buy.
>
> I don't put lettuce in a pasta salad. *Leftover carrots are not a problem.
> I don't eat any vegetables steamed. *I eat most vegetables raw. *I don't do
> stir fries or any other things in a salad dressing. *And I don't have a
> problem eating the same thing day after day but the rest of the people
> living here do.

Oh for heaven's sake! I don't know what you eat or don't eat. I don't
care. I was giving you EXAMPLES of being creative with ingredients.
Are you too stupid to realize that the specifics don't matter, I was
trying to show you that you can use ingredients in other ways.... use
them in ways that work for you. I honestly am beginning to think you
do this on purpose to get a rise out of people.