It was delicious. My wife had picked up some nice big sea scallops and
some asparagus. The plan was to pan sear the scallops and to steam the
asparagus. She had not thought about a starch, so I thought that pasta
aioli would work. Even better, we had a few frozen shrimp left over from
last week, nice big ones. I thawed and shelled them and then fried them
in the pan with the oil and garlic.

I did a better job on the scallops than I usually do. I used a much
hotter pan and left them on long enough to give them a really good sear.
What a difference that made. It gave a much better texture to the sear,
and an amazing sweetness.

On 12/24/2020 6:54 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
> It was delicious. My wife had picked up some nice big sea scallops and
> some asparagus. The plan was to pan sear the scallops and to steam the
> asparagus. She had not thought about a starch, so I thought that pasta
> aioli would work. Even better, we had a few frozen shrimp left over from
> last week, nice big ones. I thawed and shelled them and then fried them
> in the pan with the oil and garlic.
>
> I did a better job on the scallops than I usually do. I used a much
> hotter pan and left them on long enough to give them a really good sear.
> What a difference that made. It gave a much better texture to the sear,
> and an amazing sweetness.
>
>

I made some chicken soup from the carcass of the chicken I baked
earlier this week . It was edible .
--
Snag
Illegitimi non
carborundum

On Thursday, December 24, 2020 at 7:23:31 PM UTC-6, Snag wrote:
>
> I made some chicken soup from the carcass of the chicken I baked
> earlier this week . It was edible .
> --
> Snag
> Illegitimi non
> carborundum
>
I had some chicken tenders and potato salad I bought at Walmart and
a popsicle. But I made sausage balls this morning when I got up.

wrote:

> On Thursday, December 24, 2020 at 7:23:31 PM UTC-6, Snag wrote:
> >
> > I made some chicken soup from the carcass of the chicken I baked
> > earlier this week . It was edible .
> > --
> > Snag
> > Illegitimi non
> > carborundum
> >
> I had some chicken tenders and potato salad I bought at Walmart and
> a popsicle. But I made sausage balls this morning when I got up.


I'm kinda snacking this eve...shrimp with cocktail sauce, some chèvre with water crackers, cashews, choco - covered cherries...tomorrow it's strip steak, baked tater, Bruxelles sprouts, pecan pie Ã* la mode...watching "Mildred Pierce" and "Young Man With a Horn" tonight, "The Best Years of Our Lives" and "White Christmas" tomorrow on xmas day...

--
Best
Greg

Dave Smith wrote:
> It was delicious. My wife had picked up some nice big sea scallops and
> some asparagus. The plan was to pan sear the scallops and to steam the
> asparagus. She had not thought about a starch, so I thought that pasta
> aioli would work. Even better, we had a few frozen shrimp left over
> from last week, nice big ones. I thawed and shelled them and then
> fried them in the pan with the oil and garlic.
>
> I did a better job on the scallops than I usually do. I used a much
> hotter pan and left them on long enough to give them a really good
> sear. What a difference that made. It gave a much better texture to
> the sear, and an amazing sweetness.
>
>

Sounds outstanding!Â* When I was young my parents would splurge for some
shrimp, or other seafood, for Christmas eve.

wrote:
> On Thursday, December 24, 2020 at 7:23:31 PM UTC-6, Snag wrote:
>> I made some chicken soup from the carcass of the chicken I baked
>> earlier this week . It was edible .
>> --
>> Snag
>> Illegitimi non
>> carborundum
>>
> I had some chicken tenders and potato salad I bought at Walmart and
> a popsicle. But I made sausage balls this morning when I got up.

Please post photos of your balls!

On Thursday, December 24, 2020 at 8:28:44 PM UTC-6, Alex wrote:
>
> wrote:
>
> > I had some chicken tenders and potato salad I bought at Walmart and
> > a popsicle. But I made sausage balls this morning when I got up.
>
> Please post photos of your balls!
>
Ummmmmmm, just key in sausage balls in your favorite search engine and then
click on 'images.' But here you go, I did it for you.

https://i.postimg.cc/MHhZvW7P/Balls-for-Alex.jpg

On Thursday, December 24, 2020 at 9:05:39 PM UTC-6, wrote:
> On Thursday, December 24, 2020 at 8:28:44 PM UTC-6, Alex wrote:
> >
> > wrote:
> >
> > > I had some chicken tenders and potato salad I bought at Walmart and
> > > a popsicle. But I made sausage balls this morning when I got up.
> >
> > Please post photos of your balls!
> >
> Ummmmmmm, just key in sausage balls in your favorite search engine and then
> click on 'images.' But here you go, I did it for you.
>
> https://i.postimg.cc/MHhZvW7P/Balls-for-Alex.jpg


Looks tasty...!!!

--
Best
Greg

GM wrote:
> On Thursday, December 24, 2020 at 9:05:39 PM UTC-6, wrote:
>> On Thursday, December 24, 2020 at 8:28:44 PM UTC-6, Alex wrote:
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I had some chicken tenders and potato salad I bought at Walmart and
>>>> a popsicle. But I made sausage balls this morning when I got up.
>>> Please post photos of your balls!
>>>
>> Ummmmmmm, just key in sausage balls in your favorite search engine and then
>> click on 'images.' But here you go, I did it for you.
>>
>> https://i.postimg.cc/MHhZvW7P/Balls-for-Alex.jpg
>
> Looks tasty...!!!
>
> --
> Best
> Greg
>

Those are beautiful balls!Â* Sorry, I deleted Joan's message before I
could reply to it.Â* As a kid in IL I used to really enjoy these balls:

http://www.popscorncrib.com/

On 12/24/2020 7:54 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
> It was delicious. My wife had picked up some nice big sea scallops and
> some asparagus. The plan was to pan sear the scallops and to steam the
> asparagus. She had not thought about a starch, so I thought that pasta
> aioli would work. Even better, we had a few frozen shrimp left over from
> last week, nice big ones. I thawed and shelled them and then fried them
> in the pan with the oil and garlic.
>
> I did a better job on the scallops than I usually do. I used a much
> hotter pan and left them on long enough to give them a really good sear.
> What a difference that made. It gave a much better texture to the sear,
> and an amazing sweetness.
>
>
You're really going crazy on the asparagus lately. Sounds like a
nice dinner.

Jill

On 2020-12-24 11:06 p.m., jmcquown wrote:
> On 12/24/2020 7:54 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
>> It was delicious. My wife had picked up some nice big sea scallops and
>> some asparagus. The plan was to pan sear the scallops and to steam the
>> asparagus. She had not thought about a starch, so I thought that pasta
>> aioli would work. Even better, we had a few frozen shrimp left over
>> from last week, nice big ones. I thawed and shelled them and then
>> fried them in the pan with the oil and garlic.
>>
>> I did a better job on the scallops than I usually do. I used a much
>> hotter pan and left them on long enough to give them a really good
>> sear. What a difference that made. It gave a much better texture to
>> the sear, and an amazing sweetness.
>>
>>
> You're really going crazy on the asparagus lately. Â* Sounds like a
> nice dinner.

I don't do the shopping, and if she brings home asparagus I am not
likely to complain because I like it. It might be a different matter if
she tried it with Swiss chard or turnips.

On 12/24/2020 11:12 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2020-12-24 11:06 p.m., jmcquown wrote:
>> On 12/24/2020 7:54 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
>>> It was delicious. My wife had picked up some nice big sea scallops
>>> and some asparagus. The plan was to pan sear the scallops and to
>>> steam the asparagus. She had not thought about a starch, so I thought
>>> that pasta aioli would work. Even better, we had a few frozen shrimp
>>> left over from last week, nice big ones. I thawed and shelled them
>>> and then fried them in the pan with the oil and garlic.
>>>
>>> I did a better job on the scallops than I usually do. I used a much
>>> hotter pan and left them on long enough to give them a really good
>>> sear. What a difference that made. It gave a much better texture to
>>> the sear, and an amazing sweetness.
>>>
>>>
>> You're really going crazy on the asparagus lately. Â* Sounds like a
>> nice dinner.
>
> I don't do the shopping, and if she brings home asparagus I am not
> likely to complain because I like it. It might be a different matter if
> she tried it with Swiss chard or turnips.

I hear that, and I love asparagus. Just seems it's appeared in a lot of
dinners lately. I wouldn't have a problem with that! I would have a
problem if someone brought me chard or turnips. LOL

Jill

On Thursday, December 24, 2020 at 9:51:55 PM UTC-6, Alex wrote:
> GM wrote:
> > On Thursday, December 24, 2020 at 9:05:39 PM UTC-6, wrote:
> >> On Thursday, December 24, 2020 at 8:28:44 PM UTC-6, Alex wrote:
> >>> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> I had some chicken tenders and potato salad I bought at Walmart and
> >>>> a popsicle. But I made sausage balls this morning when I got up.
> >>> Please post photos of your balls!
> >>>
> >> Ummmmmmm, just key in sausage balls in your favorite search engine and then
> >> click on 'images.' But here you go, I did it for you.
> >>
> >> https://i.postimg.cc/MHhZvW7P/Balls-for-Alex.jpg
> >
> > Looks tasty...!!!
> >
> > --
> > Best
> > Greg
> >
> Those are beautiful balls! Sorry, I deleted Joan's message before I
> could reply to it. As a kid in IL I used to really enjoy these balls:
>
> http://www.popscorncrib.com/

Look at my hairy balls.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/155222...posted-public/
Admit it. You want to put my balls in your mouth.

--Bryan

"Snag" wrote in message ...

On 12/24/2020 6:54 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
> It was delicious. My wife had picked up some nice big sea scallops and
> some asparagus. The plan was to pan sear the scallops and to steam the
> asparagus. She had not thought about a starch, so I thought that pasta
> aioli would work. Even better, we had a few frozen shrimp left over from
> last week, nice big ones. I thawed and shelled them and then fried them
> in the pan with the oil and garlic.
>
> I did a better job on the scallops than I usually do. I used a much
> hotter pan and left them on long enough to give them a really good sear.
> What a difference that made. It gave a much better texture to the sear,
> and an amazing sweetness.
>
>

I made some chicken soup from the carcass of the chicken I baked
earlier this week . It was edible .
--
Snag
Illegitimi non
carborundum

===

I am very sure it was

On Thu, 24 Dec 2020 23:12:18 -0500, Dave Smith
> wrote:

>On 2020-12-24 11:06 p.m., jmcquown wrote:
>> On 12/24/2020 7:54 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
>>> It was delicious. My wife had picked up some nice big sea scallops and
>>> some asparagus. The plan was to pan sear the scallops and to steam the
>>> asparagus. She had not thought about a starch, so I thought that pasta
>>> aioli would work. Even better, we had a few frozen shrimp left over
>>> from last week, nice big ones. I thawed and shelled them and then
>>> fried them in the pan with the oil and garlic.
>>>
>>> I did a better job on the scallops than I usually do. I used a much
>>> hotter pan and left them on long enough to give them a really good
>>> sear. What a difference that made. It gave a much better texture to
>>> the sear, and an amazing sweetness.
>>>
>> You're really going crazy on the asparagus lately. * Sounds like a
>> nice dinner.
>
>I don't do the shopping, and if she brings home asparagus I am not
>likely to complain because I like it. It might be a different matter if
>she tried it with Swiss chard or turnips.

We like chard, we grow a lot and quite a few people like it... it's
very good in a tossed salad, also slice out the central rib and dice
for soups/stews. One neighbor likes chard in her green smoothies.
We haven't had luck growing turnips, we don't use insecticide so the
larve like to tunnel into it.
Why can't you do shopping too, then you can buy what you like.
We both do the shopping. I do better buying meats and produce, my
wife buys most everything else because she's willing to drive further
to the stores that have better prices on cleaning products... plus
those stores are near to where she goes to her hair dresser, her
doctors, and where she buys clothing.
We buy a lot of canned foods on line, costs less and since we buy by
the case it can be heavy, easier shipped right to our door. I don't
have the local stores deliver because I prefer to pick meats and
produce myself... canned goods don't matter who picks, it's all the
same. All the cat food is delivered by the case, that's heavy too,
Chewy does a very good job and the UPS driver brings it right into our
garage. Chewy uses brown paper as packing material, I flatten and
fold it, makes good weed block in our garden. I break down the heavy
cartons and tape them so they don't open and they fit into the trash
can. It's a shame to throw away all those brand new heavy corrogated
cartons but no one wants them.

Bryan Simmons wrote:
> On Thursday, December 24, 2020 at 9:51:55 PM UTC-6, Alex wrote:
>> GM wrote:
>>> On Thursday, December 24, 2020 at 9:05:39 PM UTC-6, wrote:
>>>> On Thursday, December 24, 2020 at 8:28:44 PM UTC-6, Alex wrote:
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I had some chicken tenders and potato salad I bought at Walmart and
>>>>>> a popsicle. But I made sausage balls this morning when I got up.
>>>>> Please post photos of your balls!
>>>>>
>>>> Ummmmmmm, just key in sausage balls in your favorite search engine and then
>>>> click on 'images.' But here you go, I did it for you.
>>>>
>>>> https://i.postimg.cc/MHhZvW7P/Balls-for-Alex.jpg
>>> Looks tasty...!!!
>>>
>>> --
>>> Best
>>> Greg
>>>
>> Those are beautiful balls! Sorry, I deleted Joan's message before I
>> could reply to it. As a kid in IL I used to really enjoy these balls:
>>
>> http://www.popscorncrib.com/
> Look at my hairy balls.
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/155222...posted-public/
> Admit it. You want to put my balls in your mouth.
>
> --Bryan

In a heartbeat!

Alex wrote:

> Bryan Simmons wrote:
>> Look at my hairy balls
>> Admit it. You want to put my balls in your mouth.

> In a heartbeat!

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