I've had a couple of odd combinations to eat of late, both reminders
that my wife tells me I'd like baby food if they made a grown-up
version.

Two nights ago while looking for a snack in the refrigerator, I found
the end of a container of corn chowder - local store made and bought -
but was in the mood for something more substantial, and my solution was
to add the last hot dog roll before throwing away the bag. I broke the
bread up into roughly spoon-sized pieces, stirred it into my chowder,
and thorough enjoyed myself.

Last night's snack was weirder - three mini corn muffins, again local
store made and bought, and again to finish the package, broken up and
stirred into the end of a container of sour cream.

Both were very tasty and satisfying - to me, anyway, and I finished up
four things - soup, hot dog rolls, corn muffins, and sour cream - in the
process. I hate it that no one in my house but me seems to want to eat
the few-days-old end of a package or leftover.

But I'm not thinking that there are more sophisticated alternative to
the two mish-mashes above - suggestions?

-S-

In article >, says...
>
> I've had a couple of odd combinations to eat of late, both reminders
> that my wife tells me I'd like baby food if they made a grown-up
> version.
>
> Two nights ago while looking for a snack in the refrigerator, I found
> the end of a container of corn chowder - local store made and bought -
> but was in the mood for something more substantial, and my solution was
> to add the last hot dog roll before throwing away the bag. I broke the
> bread up into roughly spoon-sized pieces, stirred it into my chowder,
> and thorough enjoyed myself.
>
> Last night's snack was weirder - three mini corn muffins, again local
> store made and bought, and again to finish the package, broken up and
> stirred into the end of a container of sour cream.
>
> Both were very tasty and satisfying - to me, anyway, and I finished up
> four things - soup, hot dog rolls, corn muffins, and sour cream - in the
> process. I hate it that no one in my house but me seems to want to eat
> the few-days-old end of a package or leftover.
>
> But I'm not thinking that there are more sophisticated alternative to
> the two mish-mashes above - suggestions?

How about, obesity and type two diabetes.

Janet UK

Janet wrote:
> In article >, says...
>>
>> I've had a couple of odd combinations to eat of late, both reminders
>> that my wife tells me I'd like baby food if they made a grown-up
>> version.
>>
>> Two nights ago while looking for a snack in the refrigerator, I found
>> the end of a container of corn chowder - local store made and bought
>> - but was in the mood for something more substantial, and my
>> solution was to add the last hot dog roll before throwing away the
>> bag. I broke the bread up into roughly spoon-sized pieces, stirred
>> it into my chowder, and thorough enjoyed myself.
>>
>> Last night's snack was weirder - three mini corn muffins, again local
>> store made and bought, and again to finish the package, broken up and
>> stirred into the end of a container of sour cream.
>>
>> Both were very tasty and satisfying - to me, anyway, and I finished
>> up four things - soup, hot dog rolls, corn muffins, and sour cream -
>> in the process. I hate it that no one in my house but me seems to
>> want to eat the few-days-old end of a package or leftover.
>>
>> But I'm not thinking that there are more sophisticated alternative to
>> the two mish-mashes above - suggestions?
>
> How about, obesity and type two diabetes.
>
> Janet UK

If you're suggesting my meals weren't the healthiest, I'll agree, but
I'm in very good health and very good shape. Feel free to poke around
http://www.kbnj.com for more about me and those issues should you wish.
And if you don't, I weigh under 11 stone (that's under 154 lbs.) at 5'
7" and a few days ago deadlifted 305 lbs., which is twice what I weigh,
for 8 repetitions. I get called "young man" by people younger than me -
I'm delighted with that!

Monday I cooked my dinner and ate it in the space of 15 minutes - a ham
and cheese omlette. My soup-and-roll snack was at 10:30 that night
because I had just gotten home from standing up through all but a few
minutes of a 3-hour rehearsal, I was very hungry, and it was quick and
what was here.

I am a firm believer in not adhering to any diet religiously, and my
last two days have been very hectic with precious little time to eat,
and sometimes you have to just get some calories into your body. I'll
take both my above "meals" over McDonald's or similar any day, thank you
very much.

How about obesity and type II diabetes?

-S-

In article >, says...
> Subject: Non-Breakfast Porridge/Gruel (Baby Food for Grown-Ups)
> From: Steve Freides >
> Newsgroups: rec.food.cooking
>
> Janet wrote:
> > In article >, says...
> >>
> >> I've had a couple of odd combinations to eat of late, both reminders
> >> that my wife tells me I'd like baby food if they made a grown-up
> >> version.
> >>
> >> Two nights ago while looking for a snack in the refrigerator, I found
> >> the end of a container of corn chowder - local store made and bought
> >> - but was in the mood for something more substantial, and my
> >> solution was to add the last hot dog roll before throwing away the
> >> bag. I broke the bread up into roughly spoon-sized pieces, stirred
> >> it into my chowder, and thorough enjoyed myself.
> >>
> >> Last night's snack was weirder - three mini corn muffins, again local
> >> store made and bought, and again to finish the package, broken up and
> >> stirred into the end of a container of sour cream.
> >>
> >> Both were very tasty and satisfying - to me, anyway, and I finished
> >> up four things - soup, hot dog rolls, corn muffins, and sour cream -
> >> in the process. I hate it that no one in my house but me seems to
> >> want to eat the few-days-old end of a package or leftover.
> >>
> >> But I'm not thinking that there are more sophisticated alternative to
> >> the two mish-mashes above - suggestions?
> >
> > How about, obesity and type two diabetes.
> >
> > Janet UK
>
> If you're suggesting my meals weren't the healthiest, I'll agree, but
> I'm in very good health and very good shape. Feel free to poke around
> http://www.kbnj.com for more about me
>

I did , and take my post back :-) You're really fit
Interesting bio .

Janet UK

Janet wrote:
> In article >, says...
>> Subject: Non-Breakfast Porridge/Gruel (Baby Food for Grown-Ups)
>> From: Steve Freides >
>> Newsgroups: rec.food.cooking
>>
>> Janet wrote:
>>> In article >,
>>> says...
>>>>
>>>> I've had a couple of odd combinations to eat of late, both
>>>> reminders that my wife tells me I'd like baby food if they made a
>>>> grown-up version.
>>>>
>>>> Two nights ago while looking for a snack in the refrigerator, I
>>>> found the end of a container of corn chowder - local store made
>>>> and bought - but was in the mood for something more substantial,
>>>> and my solution was to add the last hot dog roll before throwing
>>>> away the bag. I broke the bread up into roughly spoon-sized
>>>> pieces, stirred it into my chowder, and thorough enjoyed myself.
>>>>
>>>> Last night's snack was weirder - three mini corn muffins, again
>>>> local store made and bought, and again to finish the package,
>>>> broken up and stirred into the end of a container of sour cream.
>>>>
>>>> Both were very tasty and satisfying - to me, anyway, and I finished
>>>> up four things - soup, hot dog rolls, corn muffins, and sour cream
>>>> - in the process. I hate it that no one in my house but me seems
>>>> to want to eat the few-days-old end of a package or leftover.
>>>>
>>>> But I'm not thinking that there are more sophisticated alternative
>>>> to the two mish-mashes above - suggestions?
>>>
>>> How about, obesity and type two diabetes.
>>>
>>> Janet UK
>>
>> If you're suggesting my meals weren't the healthiest, I'll agree, but
>> I'm in very good health and very good shape. Feel free to poke
>> around http://www.kbnj.com for more about me
>>
>
> I did , and take my post back :-) You're really fit
> Interesting bio .
>
> Janet UK

Thank you very much, Janet.

-S-

"Steve Freides" > wrote in message
...
> I've had a couple of odd combinations to eat of late, both reminders that
> my wife tells me I'd like baby food if they made a grown-up version.
>
> Two nights ago while looking for a snack in the refrigerator, I found the
> end of a container of corn chowder - local store made and bought - but was
> in the mood for something more substantial, and my solution was to add the
> last hot dog roll before throwing away the bag. I broke the bread up into
> roughly spoon-sized pieces, stirred it into my chowder, and thorough
> enjoyed myself.
>
> Last night's snack was weirder - three mini corn muffins, again local
> store made and bought, and again to finish the package, broken up and
> stirred into the end of a container of sour cream.
>
> Both were very tasty and satisfying - to me, anyway, and I finished up
> four things - soup, hot dog rolls, corn muffins, and sour cream - in the
> process. I hate it that no one in my house but me seems to want to eat
> the few-days-old end of a package or leftover.
>
> But I'm not thinking that there are more sophisticated alternative to the
> two mish-mashes above - suggestions?
>


I took out some tail ends of a tenderloin I had cut into filets, and some
left over demiglace. I added the last bit of fresh thyme and a couple
mushrooms to the demi, poured it over the pan seared tenderloin, and ate it
with the heal of a really good French bread. I washed it down with the last
glass of a good red wine to finish off the bottle.

On Wed, 23 Oct 2013 10:07:39 -0400, Steve Freides wrote:

> I've had a couple of odd combinations to eat of late, both reminders
> that my wife tells me I'd like baby food if they made a grown-up
> version.
>
> Two nights ago while looking for a snack in the refrigerator, I found
> the end of a container of corn chowder - local store made and bought -
> but was in the mood for something more substantial, and my solution was
> to add the last hot dog roll before throwing away the bag. I broke the
> bread up into roughly spoon-sized pieces, stirred it into my chowder,
> and thorough enjoyed myself.
>
> Last night's snack was weirder - three mini corn muffins, again local
> store made and bought, and again to finish the package, broken up and
> stirred into the end of a container of sour cream.
>
> Both were very tasty and satisfying - to me, anyway, and I finished up
> four things - soup, hot dog rolls, corn muffins, and sour cream - in the
> process. I hate it that no one in my house but me seems to want to eat
> the few-days-old end of a package or leftover.
>
> But I'm not thinking that there are more sophisticated alternative to
> the two mish-mashes above - suggestions?

I might have used the hot dog roll to make bread sticks or cheese sticks
to accompany the corn chowder.

Maybe one could crumble corn muffins, moisten them with sour cream, and
use as a topping for baked vegetables, casseroles, or fish. Or the crumb
mixture would be worth a try in a stuffed vegetable.

As Peg Bracken warns, all this cooking with leftovers just leads to more
leftovers!

q5SkEzoAlaMqmUzxS3hDaEsV4EhRcw wrote:
> On Wed, 23 Oct 2013 10:07:39 -0400, Steve Freides wrote:
>
>> Last night's snack was weirder - three mini corn muffins, again local
>> store made and bought, and again to finish the package, broken up and
>> stirred into the end of a container of sour cream.
>
> Ummm... weirder... ummm... yeah....
>
> Ummm.. just how in the world did you come up with that ? ?

It's just what was left in the kitchen that needed to get finished.
I've never done that particular combination before and likely won't
again, but it tasted good enough that I wouldn't mind repeating it,
either. Part of my job in our house, it seems, is to be the person to
finish the leftovers and other unwanted-by-anyone-else food; I had
bought the mini corn muffins from the day old shelf, most of them had
gotten eaten, but the last few had been languishing untouched in the
package, which was just taking up space on the kitchen counter.

> 'Hi I am a sour cream addict.'.... Yes I could eat it right out of the
> container by the spoonful... but I prefer it with chips, pretzels, yes
> pretzels - sticks, rods, those rock hard bar ones etc..., baked
> potatoes, etc.... but with a corn muffin(s) ?? ? With some butter or
> heaping piles of honey... sure... sour cream? ? ? Is this a
> childhood thing or something? ?

I do eat it right out of the container. My mother did, too (and again,
for those reading along, she didn't have a weight problem, either).
Sour cream and bananas would be my favorite.

> I guess the closet I can come to this is what I call sugar toast and
> milk...
>
> Basically take 3-4 pieces of bread, toast, break in to a bowl, cover
> in sugar, add warm milk. Voilla! A little cinnamon and/or nutmeg is
> good too... Lets just say that the proportion of sugar v. other
> ingredients combined is 10:1 hence /sugar/ toast & milk.

I like this - sounds like a quick version of bread pudding, which I also
love. I tend to treat such sweet things as desert rather than a meal,
though.

-S-