http://www.ftupet.com/upload/blt.jpg

pepperoncinis were involved

On Sun, 5 Oct 2014 02:54:12 +0000 (UTC), tert in seattle wrote:

> http://www.ftupet.com/upload/blt.jpg
>
> pepperoncinis were involved

Mealy supermarket tomatoes.

"Spiro Weville" > wrote in message
...
> On Sun, 5 Oct 2014 02:54:12 +0000 (UTC), tert in seattle wrote:
>
>> http://www.ftupet.com/upload/blt.jpg
>>
>> pepperoncinis were involved
>
> Mealy supermarket tomatoes.

I have to agree. The tomatoes just are not right. You need vine ripe
tomatoes to make this sandwich work.



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On Saturday, October 4, 2014 7:54:12 PM UTC-7, tert in seattle wrote:

> http://www.ftupet.com/upload/blt.jpg
>
> pepperoncinis were involved

At the risk of precipitating a shitstorm -- what kind of lettuce did you
use? Romaine?

On Saturday, October 4, 2014 10:16:50 PM UTC-7, Paul M. Cook wrote:
> "Spiro Weville" > wrote in message
>
> ...
>
> > On Sun, 5 Oct 2014 02:54:12 +0000 (UTC), tert in seattle wrote:
>
> >> http://www.ftupet.com/upload/blt.jpg
>
> > Mealy supermarket tomatoes.
>
> I have to agree. The tomatoes just are not right. You need vine ripe
> tomatoes to make this sandwich work.
>

"It cannot be determined from the information given."

wrote:
> On Saturday, October 4, 2014 7:54:12 PM UTC-7, tert in seattle wrote:
>
>> http://www.ftupet.com/upload/blt.jpg
>>
>> pepperoncinis were involved
>
> At the risk of precipitating a shitstorm -- what kind of lettuce did you
> use? Romaine?

it is the green kind

and yes you are correct about the information given

the tomatoes are straight from yakima - the PICTURE is grainy i.e. my
foto sucks, like most of mine

deal with it

On Sun, 5 Oct 2014 05:32:06 +0000 (UTC), tert in seattle
> wrote:

> wrote:
> > On Saturday, October 4, 2014 7:54:12 PM UTC-7, tert in seattle wrote:
> >
> >> http://www.ftupet.com/upload/blt.jpg
> >>
> >> pepperoncinis were involved
> >
> > At the risk of precipitating a shitstorm -- what kind of lettuce did you
> > use? Romaine?
>
> it is the green kind
>
> and yes you are correct about the information given
>
> the tomatoes are straight from yakima - the PICTURE is grainy i.e. my
> foto sucks, like most of mine
>
> deal with it

How many times do you see spiro whoever when it's not trolling?

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tert in seattle wrote:
>
>http://www.ftupet.com/upload/blt.jpg
>pepperoncinis were involved

WTF is that BLUR supposed to be, hurt my eyes to look at it.

On 10/5/2014 9:42 AM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
> tert in seattle wrote:
>>
>> http://www.ftupet.com/upload/blt.jpg
>> pepperoncinis were involved
>
> WTF is that BLUR supposed to be, hurt my eyes to look at it.
>
You insist everyone take food pics then criticize, demean and insult
them. It's ridiculous.

Jill

wrote:
>
> On Sat, 4 Oct 2014 22:18:14 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
>
> >On Saturday, October 4, 2014 7:54:12 PM UTC-7, tert in seattle wrote:
> >
> >> http://www.ftupet.com/upload/blt.jpg
> >>
> >> pepperoncinis were involved
> >
> >At the risk of precipitating a shitstorm -- what kind of lettuce did you
> >use? Romaine?
>
> Iceberg

Iceberg is the best at least for a BLT, imo. You need the crunch.
Killer looking BLT too although looks like lots of extra tomato on
there. No worries though....tomato is good too.

G.

On Sunday, October 5, 2014 7:39:24 AM UTC-7, Gary wrote:

> wrote:
>
> > On Sat, 4 Oct 2014 22:18:14 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

> > >On Saturday, October 4, 2014 7:54:12 PM UTC-7, tert in seattle wrote:
>
> > >> http://www.ftupet.com/upload/blt.jpg
>
> > >> pepperoncinis were involved
>
> > >At the risk of precipitating a shitstorm -- what kind of lettuce did you
> > >use? Romaine?
>
> > Iceberg
>

> Iceberg is the best at least for a BLT, imo. You need the crunch.
> Killer looking BLT too although looks like lots of extra tomato on
> there. No worries though....tomato is good too.
>


When we make BLTs the tomato is the star, so we go light on the B.

jmcquown wrote:
> On 10/5/2014 9:42 AM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
>> tert in seattle wrote:
>>>
>>> http://www.ftupet.com/upload/blt.jpg
>>> pepperoncinis were involved
>>
>> WTF is that BLUR supposed to be, hurt my eyes to look at it.
>>
> You insist everyone take food pics then criticize, demean and insult
> them. It's ridiculous.
>
> Jill

being criticized by Sheldon is a good thing

On 10/5/2014 11:45 AM, tert in seattle wrote:
> jmcquown wrote:
>> On 10/5/2014 9:42 AM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
>>> tert in seattle wrote:
>>>>
>>>> http://www.ftupet.com/upload/blt.jpg
>>>> pepperoncinis were involved
>>>
>>> WTF is that BLUR supposed to be, hurt my eyes to look at it.
>>>
>> You insist everyone take food pics then criticize, demean and insult
>> them. It's ridiculous.
>>
>> Jill
>
> being criticized by Sheldon is a good thing
>
How so?

Jill

On Sun, 05 Oct 2014 09:52:12 -0400, jmcquown >
wrote:

> On 10/5/2014 9:42 AM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
> > tert in seattle wrote:
> >>
> >> http://www.ftupet.com/upload/blt.jpg
> >> pepperoncinis were involved
> >
> > WTF is that BLUR supposed to be, hurt my eyes to look at it.
> >
> You insist everyone take food pics then criticize, demean and insult
> them. It's ridiculous.
>
+1

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On 10/5/2014 12:28 PM, sf wrote:
> On Sun, 05 Oct 2014 09:52:12 -0400, jmcquown >
> wrote:
>
>> On 10/5/2014 9:42 AM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
>>> tert in seattle wrote:
>>>>
>>>> http://www.ftupet.com/upload/blt.jpg
>>>> pepperoncinis were involved
>>>
>>> WTF is that BLUR supposed to be, hurt my eyes to look at it.
>>>
>> You insist everyone take food pics then criticize, demean and insult
>> them. It's ridiculous.
>>
> +1
>
This is one of the reasons I don't often take food pics. The primary
reason is I'd rather eat what I've cooked than stand around trying to
get the "perfect" photographic shot while my food sits there and gets
cold. I don't cook so I can take photographs. I cook to eat.

Jill

On Saturday, October 4, 2014 7:32:06 PM UTC-10, tert in seattle wrote:
> wrote:
>
> > On Saturday, October 4, 2014 7:54:12 PM UTC-7, tert in seattle wrote:
>
> >
>
> >> http://www.ftupet.com/upload/blt.jpg
>
> >>
>
> >> pepperoncinis were involved
>
> >
>
> > At the risk of precipitating a shitstorm -- what kind of lettuce did you
>
> > use? Romaine?
>
>
>
> it is the green kind
>
>
>
> and yes you are correct about the information given
>
>
>
> the tomatoes are straight from yakima - the PICTURE is grainy i.e. my
>
> foto sucks, like most of mine
>

Yakama tomatoes are best when picked by scantily clad virgins, iceberg lettuce should only be handled by modest women of moderate experience. You should be using an iPhone 6 plus for all your Usenet food photo needs. Pepperoncini in a BLT? Now that's not a bad idea. 👼
>
>
> deal with it

That's a BLT? Looks more like a smoked salmon slab there.

On Sun, 05 Oct 2014 12:48:44 -0400, jmcquown >
wrote:

> On 10/5/2014 12:28 PM, sf wrote:
> > On Sun, 05 Oct 2014 09:52:12 -0400, jmcquown >
> > wrote:
> >
> >> On 10/5/2014 9:42 AM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
> >>> tert in seattle wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> http://www.ftupet.com/upload/blt.jpg
> >>>> pepperoncinis were involved
> >>>
> >>> WTF is that BLUR supposed to be, hurt my eyes to look at it.
> >>>
> >> You insist everyone take food pics then criticize, demean and insult
> >> them. It's ridiculous.
> >>
> > +1
> >
> This is one of the reasons I don't often take food pics. The primary
> reason is I'd rather eat what I've cooked than stand around trying to
> get the "perfect" photographic shot while my food sits there and gets
> cold. I don't cook so I can take photographs. I cook to eat.
>
> Jill

Okay, so you don't have a cell phone camera or a digital camera. I
like taking pictures of what I cook and have a folder of food photos
on my desktop.

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jmcquown wrote in rec.food.cooking:

> On 10/5/2014 12:28 PM, sf wrote:
> > On Sun, 05 Oct 2014 09:52:12 -0400, jmcquown >
> > wrote:
> >
> > > On 10/5/2014 9:42 AM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
> > > > tert in seattle wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > http://www.ftupet.com/upload/blt.jpg
> > > > > pepperoncinis were involved
> > > >
> > > > WTF is that BLUR supposed to be, hurt my eyes to look at it.
> > > >
> > > You insist everyone take food pics then criticize, demean and
> > > insult them. It's ridiculous.
> > >
> > +1
> >
> This is one of the reasons I don't often take food pics. The primary
> reason is I'd rather eat what I've cooked than stand around trying to
> get the "perfect" photographic shot while my food sits there and gets
> cold. I don't cook so I can take photographs. I cook to eat.
>
> Jill

Works for me Jill.

I was sure it was tomato on one view, not as sure on the other but
might be a rough cut one there. Looks like a meltilicous bit of cheese
and sauce at the drippy spot?

Carol


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On Sun, 05 Oct 2014 11:08:09 -0700, sf > wrote:
snip
>
>Okay, so you don't have a cell phone camera or a digital camera. I
>like taking pictures of what I cook and have a folder of food photos
>on my desktop.

Me too. All of my photos of anything are in my Windows Screen saver.
It rotates all photos over the screen at a speed I choose. That way I
actually get to see again and again those photos that I thought were
important enough to take in the first place. So, I see the grandkids
grow, the seasons change in my yard "garden", my husband, my dog and
foods that I have prepared. It beats the pants off any other screen
saver.
Janet US

On Sun, 5 Oct 2014 12:13:19 -0500, Sqwertz wrote:

> The notion that your food will get cold (or warm) doesn't hold water.
>
> -sw

> Omelet wrote:
>
>> He hates me 'cause I never slept with him...
>
> He hates himself because he is all he has to sleep with
> I don't know, sometimes he used to seem normal, then he went petty
> trough vindictive and now I just shun contact. I have enough crazies to
> deal with in my world without encouraging those who refuse to take their
> meds.

For the record, I never once even considered sleeping with you. And
you know that. You're the one who somehow got the idea that I was
going to move in with you - and you posted that to RFC just out of the
total blue.

After having met you twice at casual austin.food gatherings 2 or 3
years ago and not giving you any indication that there was any sort of
romantic interest in the least, you somehow twisted that into MY
MOVING IN WITH YOU?

That was just way too Psycho for me. I sat there at stared at the
screen for at least 15 minutes wondering, WTF? That was just way too
spooky. I've met weird, semi-psycho women before but you win, hands
down. Mapi of austin.general still holds the male title, but at least
he announced his psychosis right there lying on the floor of the bar
at B.D. Reilly's rather than romantically obsessing over me for 2
years.

Needless to say, you need to come to terms with what happened and why
your mind works that way and stop making up excuses for your fixation
and disappointment before we become the next Yoli and Michael. I'd
prefer you use a sniper rifle on me from a few hundred yards away.
There you go - a reason for you to buy yet another gun and ammo.

And Jeremy, I was just tired of your decade of bullshit and visions of
grandeur about all these things you're "working on" or have not done
in the past. Even posting a call for meetings with imaginary people
about imaginary projects of yours at "the normal time and place", as
if you are somebody important with a life. I'm pretty sure you're
manic depressive mixed with habitual liar.

Sorry I don't fit either of your Ideal Psycho Pal Profiles.

-sw

On Sun, 5 Oct 2014 12:13:19 -0500, Sqwertz >
wrote:

>On Sun, 05 Oct 2014 12:48:44 -0400, jmcquown wrote:
>
>> This is one of the reasons I don't often take food pics. The primary
>> reason is I'd rather eat what I've cooked than stand around trying to
>> get the "perfect" photographic shot while my food sits there and gets
>> cold. I don't cook so I can take photographs. I cook to eat.
>
>It takes me less than 30 seconds to snap a couple shots - and that
>includes walking it out to the back deck for better lighting. Yes -
>there are people that spend much more time doing that, and then even
>more time photoshopping it, but it's not necessary.
>
>The notion that your food will get cold (or warm) doesn't hold water.

Very true. Most people here only talk a good meal but what they
actually eat is Spaghettios (shoveled cold from the can) washed down
with a five liter box of wine.
I didn't cook today, I mowed lawns from 9 AM till 5:30 PM (hopefully
last time this year), dinner was a nuked container of cabbage and egg
noodles and cherry coke with Crystal Palace vodka. I'll cook
tomorrow, have an eyeround defrosting... thinking stir fried string
beans with spicy blackbean sauce... maybe some fly lice.
Yesterday was burgers... with caramelized onions:
http://i62.tinypic.com/xaszn8.jpg
http://i58.tinypic.com/aoqcmc.jpg

Brooklyn1 wrote:
> On Sun, 5 Oct 2014 12:13:19 -0500, Sqwertz >
> wrote:
>
>>On Sun, 05 Oct 2014 12:48:44 -0400, jmcquown wrote:
>>
>>> This is one of the reasons I don't often take food pics. The primary
>>> reason is I'd rather eat what I've cooked than stand around trying to
>>> get the "perfect" photographic shot while my food sits there and gets
>>> cold. I don't cook so I can take photographs. I cook to eat.
>>
>>It takes me less than 30 seconds to snap a couple shots - and that
>>includes walking it out to the back deck for better lighting. Yes -
>>there are people that spend much more time doing that, and then even
>>more time photoshopping it, but it's not necessary.
>>
>>The notion that your food will get cold (or warm) doesn't hold water.
>
> Very true. Most people here only talk a good meal but what they
> actually eat is Spaghettios (shoveled cold from the can) washed down
> with a five liter box of wine.

This is the answer to Jill's question about why it's good when Sheldon
criticizes you. It's because he's King of the Boneheads.

On Sun, 05 Oct 2014 09:42:35 -0400, Brooklyn1
> wrote:

>tert in seattle wrote:
>>
>>http://www.ftupet.com/upload/blt.jpg
>>pepperoncinis were involved
>
>WTF is that BLUR supposed to be, hurt my eyes to look at it.

I liike BLATs!

Bacon
Lettuce
Avocado
Tomato

;-)

John Kuthe...

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"John Kuthe" > wrote in message
...
> On Sun, 05 Oct 2014 09:42:35 -0400, Brooklyn1
> > wrote:
>
>>tert in seattle wrote:
>>>
>>>http://www.ftupet.com/upload/blt.jpg
>>>pepperoncinis were involved
>>
>>WTF is that BLUR supposed to be, hurt my eyes to look at it.
>
> I liike BLATs!
>
> Bacon
> Lettuce
> Avocado
> Tomato
>
> ;-)

No avocado for me but I do like turkey on there. And onion.

On 10/5/2014 12:32 AM, tert in seattle wrote:
> wrote:
>> On Saturday, October 4, 2014 7:54:12 PM UTC-7, tert in seattle wrote:
>>
>>> http://www.ftupet.com/upload/blt.jpg
>>>
>>> pepperoncinis were involved
>>
>> At the risk of precipitating a shitstorm -- what kind of lettuce did you
>> use? Romaine?
>
> it is the green kind
>
> and yes you are correct about the information given
>
> the tomatoes are straight from yakima - the PICTURE is grainy i.e. my
> foto sucks, like most of mine
>
> deal with it

That looks good, Tert, I would not mind having that for lunch, today.

Becca

Becca EmaNymton wrote:
> On 10/5/2014 12:32 AM, tert in seattle wrote:
>> wrote:
>>> On Saturday, October 4, 2014 7:54:12 PM UTC-7, tert in seattle wrote:
>>>
>>>> http://www.ftupet.com/upload/blt.jpg
>>>>
>>>> pepperoncinis were involved
>>>
>>> At the risk of precipitating a shitstorm -- what kind of lettuce did you
>>> use? Romaine?
>>
>> it is the green kind
>>
>> and yes you are correct about the information given
>>
>> the tomatoes are straight from yakima - the PICTURE is grainy i.e. my
>> foto sucks, like most of mine
>>
>> deal with it
>
> That looks good, Tert, I would not mind having that for lunch, today.
>
> Becca


thanks Becca - I looked at it again to see what all the fuss was about -
it made me hungry

On 2014-10-05, tert in seattle > wrote:

> the tomatoes are straight from yakima - the PICTURE is grainy i.e. my
> foto sucks, like most of mine
>
> deal with it

YOU fsckin' deal with it!

It's yer photo. How am I supposed to "deal with it"?

Sorry, but there's jes too many cheap digital cameras on the mkt,
today. Heck, my cheapo tracfone cellphone takes a better picture than
that. Not only is yer photo atrocious, but from what I can make out
from it, yer sandwich looks pretty crappy, too.

Come back when you've learned to take photos and cook.

nb

"tert in seattle" > wrote in message
...

>> the tomatoes are straight from yakima - the PICTURE is grainy i.e. my
>> foto sucks, like most of mine
>>
>> deal with it


I thought your pic was fine, and I know your BLT was good too.

Cheri

notbob wrote:
> On 2014-10-05, tert in seattle > wrote:
>
>> the tomatoes are straight from yakima - the PICTURE is grainy i.e. my
>> foto sucks, like most of mine
>>
>> deal with it
>
> YOU fsckin' deal with it!
>
> It's yer photo. How am I supposed to "deal with it"?
>
> Sorry, but there's jes too many cheap digital cameras on the mkt,
> today. Heck, my cheapo tracfone cellphone takes a better picture than
> that. Not only is yer photo atrocious, but from what I can make out
> from it, yer sandwich looks pretty crappy, too.
>
> Come back when you've learned to take photos and cook.
>
> nb

Okay I'll tell you what -- you stop with the "jes" and other offences
against a defenseless language that never did anything to you, and I'll
consider your needs for visual prettiness.

Deal?

Brooklyn1 wrote:
>
> Very true. Most people here only talk a good meal but what they
> actually eat is Spaghettios (shoveled cold from the can)

I think you are correct in one case. One person posts about cooking
fancy things constantly but I really suspect he/she is only looking at
recipes and not really cooking them. It's a little too much and too
often for me to believe.

PS - way back when I was early 20's, I never cooked much and I did eat
canned spaghettios occasionally. They are much better eaten cold right
out of the can....they are thicker. Heat them up and it's like watery
spaghetti soup. :-D

g.

On Mon, 06 Oct 2014 15:43:46 -0400, Gary > wrote:

> I think you are correct in one case. One person posts about cooking
> fancy things constantly but I really suspect he/she is only looking at
> recipes and not really cooking them. It's a little too much and too
> often for me to believe.

Don't be such a chickensh*t. Name names.


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On Monday, October 6, 2014 9:43:46 AM UTC-10, Gary wrote:
> Brooklyn1 wrote:
>
> >
>
> > Very true. Most people here only talk a good meal but what they
>
> > actually eat is Spaghettios (shoveled cold from the can)
>

I brought 4 cans of canned spaghetti yesterday. I'm on the lookout for cheap food and these cans were an offer I couldn't refuse at a buck each. I got an assortment - two cans of spaghetti with large and small meatballs and two cans of ravioli with regular and mini sized ravioli. I did not get the Beef-a-roni because I don't find the name appealing. I thought canned spaghetti was alright when I was a kid but these days they can be considered cheap filler material for my guts. If I can eat for really cheap, I'm semi-happy.

>
>
> I think you are correct in one case. One person posts about cooking
>
> fancy things constantly but I really suspect he/she is only looking at
>
> recipes and not really cooking them. It's a little too much and too
>
> often for me to believe.
>
>
>
> PS - way back when I was early 20's, I never cooked much and I did eat
>
> canned spaghettios occasionally. They are much better eaten cold right
>
> out of the can....they are thicker. Heat them up and it's like watery
>
> spaghetti soup. :-D
>
>
>
> g.

"Gary" > wrote in message ...
> Brooklyn1 wrote:
>>
>> Very true. Most people here only talk a good meal but what they
>> actually eat is Spaghettios (shoveled cold from the can)
>
> I think you are correct in one case. One person posts about cooking
> fancy things constantly but I really suspect he/she is only looking at
> recipes and not really cooking them. It's a little too much and too
> often for me to believe.
>
> PS - way back when I was early 20's, I never cooked much and I did eat
> canned spaghettios occasionally. They are much better eaten cold right
> out of the can....they are thicker. Heat them up and it's like watery
> spaghetti soup. :-D
>
> g.

I don't think that we had Spaghettios often when I was a kid. When we were
allowed to get them, my mom insisted that we get the ones with meatballs for
the protein and the meatballs were bad.

In my mind, the things were good. Angela only ever had them once at a
neighbor's house and they were served cold. I think she was 2 at the time
so didn't remember it.

Then when she needed a gluten free diet, I found some little cans of pasta
from Australia that were gluten free. I had tasted some and thought that it
tasted like spaghettios. So I kept a few cans here just in case because
neither my husband nor my parents could ever figure out what was safe for
her to eat.

But she kept refusing to eat them saying that they were just horrible. I
guess because she wasn't brought up eating processed foods like that, she
never developed a taste for sickly sweet things like that.

So finally, rather than let them go to waste, I opened a can to eat, myself.
And oh my was it ever bad. I just couldn't do it. I can cook up pasta and
toss it with some canned tomato sauce with little more than oregano, pepper
and parsley in it. I do like that. I did not like this. Oddly sweet mush,

"sf" > wrote in message
...
> On Mon, 06 Oct 2014 15:43:46 -0400, Gary > wrote:
>
>> I think you are correct in one case. One person posts about cooking
>> fancy things constantly but I really suspect he/she is only looking at
>> recipes and not really cooking them. It's a little too much and too
>> often for me to believe.
>
> Don't be such a chickensh*t. Name names.
>
Yes! Who?

"dsi1" > wrote in message
...
On Monday, October 6, 2014 9:43:46 AM UTC-10, Gary wrote:
> Brooklyn1 wrote:
>
> >
>
> > Very true. Most people here only talk a good meal but what they
>
> > actually eat is Spaghettios (shoveled cold from the can)
>

I brought 4 cans of canned spaghetti yesterday. I'm on the lookout for cheap
food and these cans were an offer I couldn't refuse at a buck each. I got an
assortment - two cans of spaghetti with large and small meatballs and two
cans of ravioli with regular and mini sized ravioli. I did not get the
Beef-a-roni because I don't find the name appealing. I thought canned
spaghetti was alright when I was a kid but these days they can be considered
cheap filler material for my guts. If I can eat for really cheap, I'm
semi-happy.

---

Beef-A-Roni is by far one of the worst things ever. We had it a few times
when I was a kid. Has a weird, almost chalky taste to it, probably from the
beef that is chopped so finely it's almost like paste.

As a kid, I would doctor my Ravioili (and I had that a lot) with parmesan
cheese (green can) and parsley. Had I known about oregano or any Italian
seasonings back then I would have surely used those. But parsley was the
only green herb we had in the house back then.

I think I tried the spaghetti once. Although it wasn't bad enough for me to
want to spit it out, I also didn't want to have it ever again. And pass on
those meatballs. Weird taste and rubbery.

These days if I am after something cheap in can I will go for Dinty Moore
beef stew or some kind of chili. I prefer the Albertsons brand or Hormel.
I don't eat those often. They are just okay meals. For sure I can make
better myself. But they are cheap and good to keep for emergency food.

I also look for canned soup when it is cheap but I only eat a very few kinds
of that and again it would never be my first choice of a meal.

Heck, I have the bean burrito down pat now. It rivals Taco Bell and no, I
do not think that is real Mexican food.

Put a slice of white onion on a paper plate. Chop it. Set tortilla on the
plate. Do like you would with a frittata. Put your hand on the tortilla,
holding it to the plate and flip it over. Be sure not to use too big of a
tortilla or you'll risk getting taco sauce on your keyboard! I like the
Don Pancho tortillas. Put some canned refried beans (or home cooked if you
prefer) down the middle. Do not put too much or you could have a mess. Add
a nice stripe of a good taco sauce. Roll up and nuke for 1 to 1.5 minutes,
depending on the starting temp. of your beans. If they came from the fridge
or a cold garage, you'll need more time. Oh! You can add cheese to this.
I can't eat it so I don't. And you can use a regular plate. It works just
as well.

Note that I did not turn the ends under. I don't pick this up. I eat it
with knife and fork. If you want the pick-upable kind, you'll have to heat
your beans and tortilla separately. Tortilla only needs about 10-15 seconds
if in the microwave. And it helps if you have a paper wrapper or a piece of
foil to put it in to help catch any drips while eating.

If I want to change this up a bit I will vary the beans or make it wet by
using additional taco sauce, enchilada sauce or even tomato sauce on top.
Better still, some strips of white onion, green pepper or even some
cilantro, chopped tomatoes, whatever I have and want to use up. You can
even do a little salad on the side. And I might add a little seasoned
(chili powder) cooked ground beef if I have any leftover.

On Mon, 06 Oct 2014 15:43:46 -0400, Gary > wrote:

>Brooklyn1 wrote:
>>
>> Very true. Most people here only talk a good meal but what they
>> actually eat is Spaghettios (shoveled cold from the can)
>
>I think you are correct in one case. One person posts about cooking
>fancy things constantly but I really suspect he/she is only looking at
>recipes and not really cooking them. It's a little too much and too
>often for me to believe.
>
>PS - way back when I was early 20's, I never cooked much and I did eat
>canned spaghettios occasionally. They are much better eaten cold right
>out of the can....they are thicker. Heat them up and it's like watery
>spaghetti soup. :-D

Some condensed Campbell's soups aren't bad eaten from the can.

On Mon, 6 Oct 2014 14:17:59 -0700 (PDT), dsi1 >
wrote:

>On Monday, October 6, 2014 9:43:46 AM UTC-10, Gary wrote:
>> Brooklyn1 wrote:
>>
>> >
>>
>> > Very true. Most people here only talk a good meal but what they
>>
>> > actually eat is Spaghettios (shoveled cold from the can)
>>
>
>I brought 4 cans of canned spaghetti yesterday. I'm on the lookout for cheap food and these cans were an offer I couldn't refuse at a buck each. I got an assortment - two cans of spaghetti with large and small meatballs and two cans of ravioli with regular and mini sized ravioli. I did not get the Beef-a-roni because I don't find the name appealing. I thought canned spaghetti was alright when I was a kid but these days they can be considered cheap filler material for my guts. If I can eat for really cheap, I'm semi-happy.

Not really cheap considering how much more you get cooking a pound of
sgettis from scratch... and I often see large jars of assorted sauces
for a buck each... for two bucks you can make the equivalent of 12 of
those cans. Ronzoni pasta is on sale this week, 10 boxes/$10... don't
have to buy ten but I did, stocked up on smalls for winter soups.