I can and do make my own pasta but I have no machine. I have bought fresh
pasta twice from Whole Foods. It's super good but super expensive. I have
the ingredients but I don't know how to make the shapes. This particular one
is the Campanelle. And for anyone who cares, that was the last name of my
husband's maternal grandma.

http://pastafits.org/pasta-dictionary/

The problem I have when I make it is that I only know how to get the flat
noodles. They're thick like I want but since they are flat, any leftovers
just wind up as a solid lump in the fridge, even when coated with oil or
sauce. And they don't quite have the same tooth feel in eating them because
of the flatness.

The purchased ones very much remind me of Spaetzle, even though they contain
no eggs. But I'm not sure that dropping this dough from a spoon like I do
with Spaetzle would work either.

Does anyone know how to shape pasta by hand? Wouldn't necessarily have to be
exactly this shape. I do know how to shape a filled pasta like Tortellini
but that's not really what I'm after here. Oh and my dough is nothing more
than semolina, olive oil, salt and water.

Thanks!

"Julie Bove" wrote in message ...

I can and do make my own pasta but I have no machine. I have bought fresh
pasta twice from Whole Foods. It's super good but super expensive. I have
the ingredients but I don't know how to make the shapes. This particular one
is the Campanelle. And for anyone who cares, that was the last name of my
husband's maternal grandma.

http://pastafits.org/pasta-dictionary/

The problem I have when I make it is that I only know how to get the flat
noodles. They're thick like I want but since they are flat, any leftovers
just wind up as a solid lump in the fridge, even when coated with oil or
sauce. And they don't quite have the same tooth feel in eating them because
of the flatness.

The purchased ones very much remind me of Spaetzle, even though they contain
no eggs. But I'm not sure that dropping this dough from a spoon like I do
with Spaetzle would work either.

Does anyone know how to shape pasta by hand? Wouldn't necessarily have to be
exactly this shape. I do know how to shape a filled pasta like Tortellini
but that's not really what I'm after here. Oh and my dough is nothing more
than semolina, olive oil, salt and water.

Thanks!
-----------------------------------------------

Search youtube 'shaping pasta by hand' there are loads.


--
http://www.helpforheroes.org.uk

Julie Bove wrote:
>
> I can and do make my own pasta but I have no machine. I have bought fresh
> pasta twice from Whole Foods. It's super good but super expensive. I have
> the ingredients but I don't know how to make the shapes. This particular one
> is the Campanelle.

I make my own pasta about half the time. Fresh definitely tastes better
than dried and boxed. Even with a machine to roll and cut, you wouldn't
be able to make that shape except by hand.

I'm just wondering why you want to bother? Again, it must be a girl
thing. All my homemade pasta is like super-wide linguini. It's very long
egg noodles without silly ruffles on the edges. It all tastes the same.

On Tuesday, August 9, 2016 at 7:55:49 AM UTC-4, Gary wrote:
>
> I make my own pasta about half the time. Fresh definitely tastes better
> than dried and boxed. Even with a machine to roll and cut, you wouldn't
> be able to make that shape except by hand.
>
> I'm just wondering why you want to bother? Again, it must be a girl
> thing. All my homemade pasta is like super-wide linguini. It's very long
> egg noodles without silly ruffles on the edges. It all tastes the same.

The pasta does all taste the same. However, the shape and texture do determine how much sauce will cling to the pasta. Home made pasta tastes very good so it needs little sauce. Dried pasta has limited taste so I prefer the shapes with a large surface area.

http://www.richardfisher.com

On Tue, 9 Aug 2016 03:01:06 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:

> I can and do make my own pasta but I have no machine. I have bought fresh
> pasta twice from Whole Foods. It's super good but super expensive. I have
> the ingredients but I don't know how to make the shapes. This particular one
> is the Campanelle.

> Does anyone know how to shape pasta by hand?

Campanelle seems to be a rolled triangle with a ruffled edge. How
would you make the ruffle?

--

sf

In article >,
says...
>
> On Tue, 9 Aug 2016 03:01:06 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> > wrote:
>
> > I can and do make my own pasta but I have no machine. I have bought fresh
> > pasta twice from Whole Foods. It's super good but super expensive. I have
> > the ingredients but I don't know how to make the shapes. This particular one
> > is the Campanelle.
>
> > Does anyone know how to shape pasta by hand?
>
> Campanelle seems to be a rolled triangle with a ruffled edge. How
> would you make the ruffle?

with a pasta crimper, before you roll it up. It's a little fluted wheel
thing.

Janet UK

On 8/9/16 11:30 AM, Sqwertz wrote:
> On Tue, 9 Aug 2016 03:01:06 -0700, Julie Bove wrote:
>
>> I can and do make my own pasta but I have no machine.
>
> I find this hard to believe considering you can't even cut your own
> melon "because it's so messy". I don't see you having any patience
> with making fresh pasta.
>
> -sw
>

I thought she was gluten intolerant

On Tuesday, August 9, 2016 at 1:17:28 PM UTC-6, ZZyXX wrote:
> On 8/9/16 11:30 AM, Sqwertz wrote:
> > On Tue, 9 Aug 2016 03:01:06 -0700, Julie Bove wrote:
> >
> >> I can and do make my own pasta but I have no machine.
> >
> > I find this hard to believe considering you can't even cut your own
> > melon "because it's so messy". I don't see you having any patience
> > with making fresh pasta.
> >
> > -sw
> >
>
> I thought she was gluten intolerant

That's about the only thing left that she isn't intolerant of...Ahahahahahaha
====

On Tue, 9 Aug 2016 19:10:48 +0100, Janet > wrote:

> In article >,
> says...
> >
> > On Tue, 9 Aug 2016 03:01:06 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> > > wrote:
> >
> > > I can and do make my own pasta but I have no machine. I have bought fresh
> > > pasta twice from Whole Foods. It's super good but super expensive. I have
> > > the ingredients but I don't know how to make the shapes. This particular one
> > > is the Campanelle.
> >
> > > Does anyone know how to shape pasta by hand?
> >
> > Campanelle seems to be a rolled triangle with a ruffled edge. How
> > would you make the ruffle?
>
> with a pasta crimper, before you roll it up. It's a little fluted wheel
> thing.
>
I have one of those but I don't remember it making my pasta ruffly (up
& down fluffy ruffles), like you'd find on a dress.
http://www.finecooking.com/assets/up...-pasta_sql.jpg


--

sf

"Ophelia" > wrote in message
...
> "Julie Bove" wrote in message ...
>
> I can and do make my own pasta but I have no machine. I have bought fresh
> pasta twice from Whole Foods. It's super good but super expensive. I have
> the ingredients but I don't know how to make the shapes. This particular
> one
> is the Campanelle. And for anyone who cares, that was the last name of my
> husband's maternal grandma.
>
> http://pastafits.org/pasta-dictionary/
>
> The problem I have when I make it is that I only know how to get the flat
> noodles. They're thick like I want but since they are flat, any leftovers
> just wind up as a solid lump in the fridge, even when coated with oil or
> sauce. And they don't quite have the same tooth feel in eating them
> because
> of the flatness.
>
> The purchased ones very much remind me of Spaetzle, even though they
> contain
> no eggs. But I'm not sure that dropping this dough from a spoon like I do
> with Spaetzle would work either.
>
> Does anyone know how to shape pasta by hand? Wouldn't necessarily have to
> be
> exactly this shape. I do know how to shape a filled pasta like Tortellini
> but that's not really what I'm after here. Oh and my dough is nothing more
> than semolina, olive oil, salt and water.
>
> Thanks!
> -----------------------------------------------
>
> Search youtube 'shaping pasta by hand' there are loads.

Yeah but I don't like watching videos. I did find how to make a few shapes.
Just not that one.

"Gary" > wrote in message ...
> Julie Bove wrote:
>>
>> I can and do make my own pasta but I have no machine. I have bought fresh
>> pasta twice from Whole Foods. It's super good but super expensive. I have
>> the ingredients but I don't know how to make the shapes. This particular
>> one
>> is the Campanelle.
>
> I make my own pasta about half the time. Fresh definitely tastes better
> than dried and boxed. Even with a machine to roll and cut, you wouldn't
> be able to make that shape except by hand.
>
> I'm just wondering why you want to bother? Again, it must be a girl
> thing. All my homemade pasta is like super-wide linguini. It's very long
> egg noodles without silly ruffles on the edges. It all tastes the same.

But it's not all the same. I said why. For one thing, that sort of pasta
doesn't work well in a pasta salad or with a chunky sauce. And it tends to
compress and stick to itself when leftover.

"sf" > wrote in message
...
> On Tue, 9 Aug 2016 03:01:06 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> > wrote:
>
>> I can and do make my own pasta but I have no machine. I have bought fresh
>> pasta twice from Whole Foods. It's super good but super expensive. I have
>> the ingredients but I don't know how to make the shapes. This particular
>> one
>> is the Campanelle.
>
>> Does anyone know how to shape pasta by hand?
>
> Campanelle seems to be a rolled triangle with a ruffled edge. How
> would you make the ruffle?

That's what I want to know.

"Janet" > wrote in message
t...
> In article >,
> says...
>>
>> On Tue, 9 Aug 2016 03:01:06 -0700, "Julie Bove"
>> > wrote:
>>
>> > I can and do make my own pasta but I have no machine. I have bought
>> > fresh
>> > pasta twice from Whole Foods. It's super good but super expensive. I
>> > have
>> > the ingredients but I don't know how to make the shapes. This
>> > particular one
>> > is the Campanelle.
>>
>> > Does anyone know how to shape pasta by hand?
>>
>> Campanelle seems to be a rolled triangle with a ruffled edge. How
>> would you make the ruffle?
>
> with a pasta crimper, before you roll it up. It's a little fluted wheel
> thing.
>
> Janet UK

I don't think so. That just cuts the shape and doesn't ruffle it.

"Sqwertz" > wrote in message
...
> On Tue, 9 Aug 2016 03:01:06 -0700, Julie Bove wrote:
>
>> I can and do make my own pasta but I have no machine.
>
> I find this hard to believe considering you can't even cut your own
> melon "because it's so messy". I don't see you having any patience
> with making fresh pasta.

Melon is messy. It drips sticky juice and leaves me with rinds to dispose
of. Pasta isn't very messy at all. Neither are crackers and I make those
too. I've even made ravioli and potstickers. I have plenty of patience. I
just don't like having sticky juice dripping from my elbows, especially when
I have no interest in the food.

The first few years we were here, I canned apples and pears. Those were
indeed sticky and messy but there was a payoff in the end. Lots of jars of
fruit and fruit sauce. I just put on old clothes, tried to ignore the sticky
mess until it got too bad then half ass cleaned it up until we were done for
the day, then cleaned it up and took a shower.

Cutting a melon is nothing like that. My husband can eat melons faster than
I can cut them up and he has no patience whatever. For that reason, I
haven't bought any melons this season. I've bought oranges, peaches, plums,
grapes, cherries, berries and even a few pears although I am currently knee
deep in pears of my own. Both people who told me they wanted them, bailed on
me. Yes, I have to cut some of that stuff up but it is easily done. And not
a lot to dispose of.

"ZZyXX" > wrote in message
...
> On 8/9/16 11:30 AM, Sqwertz wrote:
>> On Tue, 9 Aug 2016 03:01:06 -0700, Julie Bove wrote:
>>
>>> I can and do make my own pasta but I have no machine.
>>
>> I find this hard to believe considering you can't even cut your own
>> melon "because it's so messy". I don't see you having any patience
>> with making fresh pasta.
>>
>> -sw
>>
>
> I thought she was gluten intolerant

Nope.

"Julie Bove" wrote in message ...


"sf" > wrote in message
...
> On Tue, 9 Aug 2016 03:01:06 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> > wrote:
>
>> I can and do make my own pasta but I have no machine. I have bought fresh
>> pasta twice from Whole Foods. It's super good but super expensive. I have
>> the ingredients but I don't know how to make the shapes. This particular
>> one
>> is the Campanelle.
>
>> Does anyone know how to shape pasta by hand?
>
> Campanelle seems to be a rolled triangle with a ruffled edge. How
> would you make the ruffle?

That's what I want to know.

---------------

The first vid I watched shows you, but you don't like vids.

--
http://www.helpforheroes.org.uk

"Sqwertz" > wrote in message
...
> On Tue, 9 Aug 2016 16:01:15 -0700, Julie Bove wrote:
>
>> "Sqwertz" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> On Tue, 9 Aug 2016 03:01:06 -0700, Julie Bove wrote:
>>>
>>>> I can and do make my own pasta but I have no machine.
>>>
>>> I find this hard to believe considering you can't even cut your own
>>> melon "because it's so messy". I don't see you having any patience
>>> with making fresh pasta.
>>
>> Melon is messy. It drips sticky juice and leaves me with rinds to dispose
>> of. Pasta isn't very messy at all. Neither are crackers and I make those
>> too. I've even made ravioli and potstickers. I have plenty of patience.
>
> Maybe 20 years ago you did that. But not since you've started posting
> here. You would have told us about it.

I most certainly did. I even asked about docking the crackers. Sheldon made
icky comments.
>
> <snip rest unread - there's only so much you can take in at once>
>
> -sw

"Sqwertz" > wrote in message
...
> On Tue, 9 Aug 2016 16:01:41 -0700, Julie Bove wrote:
>
>> "ZZyXX" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> On 8/9/16 11:30 AM, Sqwertz wrote:
>>>> On Tue, 9 Aug 2016 03:01:06 -0700, Julie Bove wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I can and do make my own pasta but I have no machine.
>>>>
>>>> I find this hard to believe considering you can't even cut your own
>>>> melon "because it's so messy". I don't see you having any patience
>>>> with making fresh pasta.
>>>
>>> I thought she was gluten intolerant
>>
>> Nope.
>
> But you're frightened of eggs. And eggs go in all authentic fresh
> pasta. Surely you're not going to make this obscure pasta without
> eggs? <gasp>

I am not frightened of eggs. But they make me very sick to my stomach. Eggs
are not necessary for pasta.

In article >,
says...
>
> On 8/9/16 11:30 AM, Sqwertz wrote:
> > On Tue, 9 Aug 2016 03:01:06 -0700, Julie Bove wrote:
> >
> >> I can and do make my own pasta but I have no machine.
> >
> > I find this hard to believe considering you can't even cut your own
> > melon "because it's so messy". I don't see you having any patience
> > with making fresh pasta.
> >
> > -sw
> >
>
> I thought she was gluten intolerant

The intolerances change at the equinoxes, as do the diagnostic methods;
and the medical gurus rotate with the full moon. If you wait long enough
I'm sure the old favourites will come round again.

Janet UK

On 8/9/2016 7:01 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
> Cutting a melon is nothing like that. My husband can eat melons faster
> than I can cut them up and he has no patience whatever. For that reason,
> I haven't bought any melons this season.

Tell him to cut his own damn melons. Is he truly as helpless as you
describe?

Jill

On 8/10/2016 4:31 AM, Sqwertz wrote:
> On Tue, 9 Aug 2016 15:51:23 -0700, Julie Bove wrote:
>
>> "Ophelia" > wrote in message
>>
>>> Search youtube 'shaping pasta by hand' there are loads.
>>
>> Yeah but I don't like watching videos.
>
> <slapping knee and snorking>
>
> And Ophelia will continue to support Julie despite being shot down for
> 7 of the last 9 suggestions she's made to Julie.
>
> Ophelia is just plain witless.
>
> -sw
>
Ophelia would probably know how to make that pasta, though.

Jill

"Janet" > wrote in message
t...
> In article >,
> says...
>>
>> On 8/9/16 11:30 AM, Sqwertz wrote:
>> > On Tue, 9 Aug 2016 03:01:06 -0700, Julie Bove wrote:
>> >
>> >> I can and do make my own pasta but I have no machine.
>> >
>> > I find this hard to believe considering you can't even cut your own
>> > melon "because it's so messy". I don't see you having any patience
>> > with making fresh pasta.
>> >
>> > -sw
>> >
>>
>> I thought she was gluten intolerant
>
> The intolerances change at the equinoxes, as do the diagnostic methods;
> and the medical gurus rotate with the full moon. If you wait long enough
> I'm sure the old favourites will come round again.

I never had a gluten intolerance.

"jmcquown" > wrote in message
...
> On 8/9/2016 7:01 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>> Cutting a melon is nothing like that. My husband can eat melons faster
>> than I can cut them up and he has no patience whatever. For that reason,
>> I haven't bought any melons this season.
>
> Tell him to cut his own damn melons. Is he truly as helpless as you
> describe?

I don't even want to imagine the mess he would leave me if he did do this.

On 8/10/2016 2:36 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>
> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
> ...
>> On 8/9/2016 7:01 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>> Cutting a melon is nothing like that. My husband can eat melons faster
>>> than I can cut them up and he has no patience whatever. For that reason,
>>> I haven't bought any melons this season.
>>
>> Tell him to cut his own damn melons. Is he truly as helpless as you
>> describe?
>
> I don't even want to imagine the mess he would leave me if he did do this.

So, he can't wipe juice off a surface, either? Wow. That's just sad.

Jill

In article > ,
says...
>
> In article >,
> says...
> >
> > On 8/9/16 11:30 AM, Sqwertz wrote:
> > > On Tue, 9 Aug 2016 03:01:06 -0700, Julie Bove wrote:
> > >
> > >> I can and do make my own pasta but I have no machine.
> > >
> > > I find this hard to believe considering you can't even cut your own
> > > melon "because it's so messy". I don't see you having any patience
> > > with making fresh pasta.
> > >
> > > -sw
> > >
> >
> > I thought she was gluten intolerant
>
> The intolerances change at the equinoxes, as do the diagnostic methods;
> and the medical gurus rotate with the full moon. If you wait long enough
> I'm sure the old favourites will come round again.

Do you have a life of your own? You should try it. It's fun!

On 2016-08-10 1:41 PM, jmcquown wrote:
> On 8/9/2016 7:01 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>> Cutting a melon is nothing like that. My husband can eat melons faster
>> than I can cut them up and he has no patience whatever. For that reason,
>> I haven't bought any melons this season.
>
> Tell him to cut his own damn melons. Is he truly as helpless as you
> describe?
>
Maybe the questions is how slowly she cuts and how much he eats. I
cannot imagine someone being able to scarf down a piece of melon faster
than it takes to make a cut. Based on good she his at piling up the
bullshit, I would expect her to be fast enough with a knife.

On 2016-08-10 3:01 PM, jmcquown wrote:
> On 8/10/2016 2:36 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>
>> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> On 8/9/2016 7:01 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>>> Cutting a melon is nothing like that. My husband can eat melons faster
>>>> than I can cut them up and he has no patience whatever. For that
>>>> reason,
>>>> I haven't bought any melons this season.
>>>
>>> Tell him to cut his own damn melons. Is he truly as helpless as you
>>> describe?
>>
>> I don't even want to imagine the mess he would leave me if he did do
>> this.
>
> So, he can't wipe juice off a surface, either? Wow. That's just sad.
>
>
Give her a break. He was apparently the best she could find to support her.

On 8/10/2016 3:16 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2016-08-10 3:01 PM, jmcquown wrote:
>> On 8/10/2016 2:36 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>>
>>> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>> On 8/9/2016 7:01 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>>>> Cutting a melon is nothing like that. My husband can eat
>>>>> melons faster than I can cut them up and he has no patience
>>>>> whatever. For that reason, I haven't bought any melons this
>>>>> season.
>>>>
>>>> Tell him to cut his own damn melons. Is he truly as helpless as
>>>> you describe?
>>>
>>> I don't even want to imagine the mess he would leave me if he did
>>> do this.
>>
>> So, he can't wipe juice off a surface, either? Wow. That's just
>> sad.
>>
> Give her a break. He was apparently the best she could find to
> supporther.

It's that, or perhaps bove was/is the best (cough-cough!) he could find
to play nanny and support all his whims, various appetites, and apparent
"incapabilities" (NOT disabilities!). Bove must be the ultimate
pushover since she's enabled him (dang, there's that cough-cough,
again!) to get away with such (imagined?) helplessness. Heh, he has her
pegged, literally and figuratively, doesn't he!?!

Sky

================================
Kitchen Rule #1 - Use the timer!
Kitchen Rule #2 - Cook's choice!
================================

On Wed, 10 Aug 2016 15:01:52 -0400, jmcquown >
wrote:

>On 8/10/2016 2:36 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>
>> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> On 8/9/2016 7:01 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>>> Cutting a melon is nothing like that. My husband can eat melons faster
>>>> than I can cut them up and he has no patience whatever. For that reason,
>>>> I haven't bought any melons this season.
>>>
>>> Tell him to cut his own damn melons. Is he truly as helpless as you
>>> describe?
>>
>> I don't even want to imagine the mess he would leave me if he did do this.
>
>So, he can't wipe juice off a surface, either? Wow. That's just sad.
>
>Jill

The cretin probably rings a bell in the terlit and Julie comes a
running with the Charmin and the Wet Ones! LOL

On Wed, 10 Aug 2016, Dave Smith wrote:

> On 2016-08-10 1:41 PM, jmcquown wrote:
>> On 8/9/2016 7:01 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>> Cutting a melon is nothing like that. My husband can eat melons faster
>>> than I can cut them up and he has no patience whatever. For that reason,
>>> I haven't bought any melons this season.
>>
>> Tell him to cut his own damn melons. Is he truly as helpless as you
>> describe?
>>
> Maybe the questions is how slowly she cuts and how much he eats. I cannot
> imagine someone being able to scarf down a piece of melon faster than it
> takes to make a cut. Based on good she his at piling up the bullshit, I would
> expect her to be fast enough with a knife.

Unless she's cubing it up for him, how hard is it to cut a slice or two of
a melon?

"jmcquown" > wrote in message
news
> On 8/10/2016 2:36 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>
>> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> On 8/9/2016 7:01 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>>> Cutting a melon is nothing like that. My husband can eat melons faster
>>>> than I can cut them up and he has no patience whatever. For that
>>>> reason,
>>>> I haven't bought any melons this season.
>>>
>>> Tell him to cut his own damn melons. Is he truly as helpless as you
>>> describe?
>>
>> I don't even want to imagine the mess he would leave me if he did do
>> this.
>
> So, he can't wipe juice off a surface, either? Wow. That's just sad.

Well, he certainly wouldn't!

"Dave Smith" > wrote in message
...
> On 2016-08-10 3:01 PM, jmcquown wrote:
>> On 8/10/2016 2:36 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>>
>>> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>> On 8/9/2016 7:01 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>>>> Cutting a melon is nothing like that. My husband can eat melons faster
>>>>> than I can cut them up and he has no patience whatever. For that
>>>>> reason,
>>>>> I haven't bought any melons this season.
>>>>
>>>> Tell him to cut his own damn melons. Is he truly as helpless as you
>>>> describe?
>>>
>>> I don't even want to imagine the mess he would leave me if he did do
>>> this.
>>
>> So, he can't wipe juice off a surface, either? Wow. That's just sad.
>>
>>
> Give her a break. He was apparently the best she could find to support
> her.

FOAD, Dave. FOAD quickly!

"Dave Smith" > wrote in message
...
> On 2016-08-10 1:41 PM, jmcquown wrote:
>> On 8/9/2016 7:01 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>> Cutting a melon is nothing like that. My husband can eat melons faster
>>> than I can cut them up and he has no patience whatever. For that reason,
>>> I haven't bought any melons this season.
>>
>> Tell him to cut his own damn melons. Is he truly as helpless as you
>> describe?
>>
> Maybe the questions is how slowly she cuts and how much he eats. I cannot
> imagine someone being able to scarf down a piece of melon faster than it
> takes to make a cut. Based on good she his at piling up the bullshit, I
> would expect her to be fast enough with a knife.

He has been known to eat two entire melons and rapidly. I could not cut them
up quickly enough. He is trying to lose weight. Stuff like that won't help.
He is of the mind that if something is good for you or low in calories, then
you should eat a lot of it, provided that you like it. Just another reason I
dislike bringing melons home. He seems to eat other fruits at a slower rate,
but not always. I've had entire bags of cherries and grapes disappear before
anyone else got a shot at them. And sometime between when she bought it and
this morning, he ate an apple that Angela bought for herself. She didn't
hide it because he said that kind of apples (red Delicious) were disgusting
and he wouldn't touch them. This after those being the only kind of apple he
would touch. I can't explain it but I know she won't be happy when she comes
home. She only bought the one and took her time picking it out.

barbie gee wrote:
>Dave Smith wrote:
>>jmcquown wrote:
>>>Julie Bove wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Cutting a melon is nothing like that. My husband can eat melons faster
>>>> than I can cut them up and he has no patience whatever. For that reason,
>>>> I haven't bought any melons this season.
>>>
>>> Tell him to cut his own damn melons. Is he truly as helpless as you
>>> describe?
>>>
>> Maybe the question is how slowly she cuts and how much he eats. I cannot
>> imagine someone being able to scarf down a piece of melon faster than it
>> takes to make a cut. Based on good she his at piling up the bullshit, I would
>> expect her to be fast enough with a knife.
>
>Unless she's cubing it up for him, how hard is it to cut a slice or two of
>a melon?

Even cubing melon takes mere seconds... maybe she deseeds his
watermelon too... or the low life skank eats and spits the seeds at
her and then she sweeps them up.

The honeydews I planted this year are doing beautifully, must be two
dozen huge beauties out there warming in the sun... I worry when the
sun sets that they may get a chill, it's all I can do to stop myself
from spending the night in my garden cuddling melons. It really
bothers me having to slice them... I agonize over having to pick them,
you'd think by now some horticulturist would've developed melons with
thick turgid nipples so I could suckle their sweetness on the vine.

"barbie gee" > wrote in message
hcrg.pbz...
>
>
> On Wed, 10 Aug 2016, Dave Smith wrote:
>
>> On 2016-08-10 1:41 PM, jmcquown wrote:
>>> On 8/9/2016 7:01 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>>> Cutting a melon is nothing like that. My husband can eat melons faster
>>>> than I can cut them up and he has no patience whatever. For that
>>>> reason,
>>>> I haven't bought any melons this season.
>>>
>>> Tell him to cut his own damn melons. Is he truly as helpless as you
>>> describe?
>>>
>> Maybe the questions is how slowly she cuts and how much he eats. I cannot
>> imagine someone being able to scarf down a piece of melon faster than it
>> takes to make a cut. Based on good she his at piling up the bullshit, I
>> would expect her to be fast enough with a knife.
>
> Unless she's cubing it up for him, how hard is it to cut a slice or two of
> a melon?

Of course I was cubing it up. Which is not hard but messy. I hate drippy
fruit juice. And rinds. It's not like I can throw that stuff in the trash. I
can't. Has to be put in a Biobag and in my yard waste. Much easier to cut a
peach or plum in bite sized pieces or even to pit a cherry. Less sticky and
less to dispose of. Also much cheaper in the long run because he'll eat far
less of those than he will melon.

"Julie Bove" > wrote in message
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>
> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
> news
>> On 8/10/2016 2:36 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>>
>>> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>> On 8/9/2016 7:01 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>>>> Cutting a melon is nothing like that. My husband can eat melons faster
>>>>> than I can cut them up and he has no patience whatever. For that
>>>>> reason,
>>>>> I haven't bought any melons this season.
>>>>
>>>> Tell him to cut his own damn melons. Is he truly as helpless as you
>>>> describe?
>>>
>>> I don't even want to imagine the mess he would leave me if he did do
>>> this.
>>
>> So, he can't wipe juice off a surface, either? Wow. That's just sad.
>
> Well, he certainly wouldn't!

Julie, do you really think it's fair to keep posting disparaging remarks
about your husband? None of us have ever heard his side of the story, which
I imagine would be totally different, at any rate I'm sure you wouldn't
appreciate him doing the same to you. JMO

Cheri

On 8/10/2016 8:20 PM, Cheri wrote:
>
> "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
> ...
>>
>> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
>> news
>>> On 8/10/2016 2:36 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>>>
>>>> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
>>>> ...
>>>>> On 8/9/2016 7:01 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>>>>> Cutting a melon is nothing like that. My husband can eat melons
>>>>>> faster
>>>>>> than I can cut them up and he has no patience whatever. For that
>>>>>> reason,
>>>>>> I haven't bought any melons this season.
>>>>>
>>>>> Tell him to cut his own damn melons. Is he truly as helpless as you
>>>>> describe?
>>>>
>>>> I don't even want to imagine the mess he would leave me if he did do
>>>> this.
>>>
>>> So, he can't wipe juice off a surface, either? Wow. That's just sad.
>>
>> Well, he certainly wouldn't!
>
> Julie, do you really think it's fair to keep posting disparaging remarks
> about your husband? None of us have ever heard his side of the story,
> which I imagine would be totally different, at any rate I'm sure you
> wouldn't appreciate him doing the same to you. JMO
>
> Cheri
>


I can only assume that he is a saint, if he even exists.

"Cheri" > wrote in message
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>
> "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
> ...
>>
>> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
>> news
>>> On 8/10/2016 2:36 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>>>
>>>> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
>>>> ...
>>>>> On 8/9/2016 7:01 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>>>>> Cutting a melon is nothing like that. My husband can eat melons
>>>>>> faster
>>>>>> than I can cut them up and he has no patience whatever. For that
>>>>>> reason,
>>>>>> I haven't bought any melons this season.
>>>>>
>>>>> Tell him to cut his own damn melons. Is he truly as helpless as you
>>>>> describe?
>>>>
>>>> I don't even want to imagine the mess he would leave me if he did do
>>>> this.
>>>
>>> So, he can't wipe juice off a surface, either? Wow. That's just sad.
>>
>> Well, he certainly wouldn't!
>
> Julie, do you really think it's fair to keep posting disparaging remarks
> about your husband? None of us have ever heard his side of the story,
> which I imagine would be totally different, at any rate I'm sure you
> wouldn't appreciate him doing the same to you. JMO

I'm to the point of not even caring. In case you haven't noticed, the
majority here are posting disparaging remarks about him and other family
members and they don't even know them at all! I also know that you have no
clue what sorts of things he does to me! I know that people here think I
post every little detail of my life. I don't. Not even close. But it also
seems that it doesn't matter what I post. Someone will say that I am lying,
making it up, etc.

On 8/10/2016 11:16 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
> On Wed, 10 Aug 2016 02:46:33 -0700, Julie Bove wrote:
>
>> "Sqwertz" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> On Tue, 9 Aug 2016 16:01:15 -0700, Julie Bove wrote:
>>>
>>>> "Sqwertz" > wrote in message
>>>> ...
>>>>> On Tue, 9 Aug 2016 03:01:06 -0700, Julie Bove wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I can and do make my own pasta but I have no machine.
>>>>>
>>>>> I find this hard to believe considering you can't even cut your own
>>>>> melon "because it's so messy". I don't see you having any patience
>>>>> with making fresh pasta.
>>>>
>>>> Melon is messy. It drips sticky juice and leaves me with rinds to dispose
>>>> of. Pasta isn't very messy at all. Neither are crackers and I make those
>>>> too. I've even made ravioli and potstickers. I have plenty of patience.
>>>
>>> Maybe 20 years ago you did that. But not since you've started posting
>>> here. You would have told us about it.
>>
>> I most certainly did. I even asked about docking the crackers. Sheldon made
>> icky comments.
>
> Pasta is not crackers.
>
> -sw
>

anyone who posts responses to this gal is as crackers as she is.

"Sqwertz" > wrote in message
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> On Wed, 10 Aug 2016 02:46:33 -0700, Julie Bove wrote:
>
>> "Sqwertz" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> On Tue, 9 Aug 2016 16:01:15 -0700, Julie Bove wrote:
>>>
>>>> "Sqwertz" > wrote in message
>>>> ...
>>>>> On Tue, 9 Aug 2016 03:01:06 -0700, Julie Bove wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I can and do make my own pasta but I have no machine.
>>>>>
>>>>> I find this hard to believe considering you can't even cut your own
>>>>> melon "because it's so messy". I don't see you having any patience
>>>>> with making fresh pasta.
>>>>
>>>> Melon is messy. It drips sticky juice and leaves me with rinds to
>>>> dispose
>>>> of. Pasta isn't very messy at all. Neither are crackers and I make
>>>> those
>>>> too. I've even made ravioli and potstickers. I have plenty of patience.
>>>
>>> Maybe 20 years ago you did that. But not since you've started posting
>>> here. You would have told us about it.
>>
>> I most certainly did. I even asked about docking the crackers. Sheldon
>> made
>> icky comments.
>
> Pasta is not crackers.

Correct but it's not that much different to make than crackers. I know that
I did post about making the pot stickers before and yes, that was many years
ago. I also made heart shaped ravioli for a Valentine's day potluck and
square ravioli for my in-laws. My MIL told me it was good but it wasn't
Italian because Italians don't put meat in their ravioli. Of course we know
that isn't true. I've also made countless batches of noodles. I made them so
often as a kid that I didn't even need to refer to the recipe. And yes, I
put eggs in there then.

I did look at the Youtube videos but the only one I saw that showed how to
make this shape was using a machine. So perhaps this is out of the question
by hand. Looks like I may be stuck with Farfalle because using a pencil
skeeves me out.