Subj : Shrimp
To   : Dale Shipp
From : Ruth Haffly
Date : Tue Jul 26 2022 11:54:09

Hi Dale,


 RH> Take out the cilantro and it's a "go' here. Last night Steve took me
 RH> to our favorite seafood place in Raleigh for a one day after my
 RH> birthday dinner. I had a seafood chowder for starters--very thick,
 RH> loaded with seafood and a good bacony side note. Entree was shrimp and
 RH> grits--presentation was in a bowl with a scoop of grits on the side,
 RH> not very pretty but the taste was good. Coould have used some more
 RH> shrimp; I only had 5. Steve started with a red pepper bisque, again
 RH> very good. His entree was shrimp scampi--said it was lacking in lemon
 RH> and garlic but he had 6 shrimp. His came with a couple of pieces of
 RH> garlic bread, (mine could have used some) said it also had black pepper
 RH> on it. We will be back, however, the food is good.

 DS> In the restaurants here it seems that every shrimp dish has exactly
 DS> six shrimp.  They are moderately good sized and so that does make a
 DS> good

Six isn't that bad a number but I like shrimp and would be happier with
more. (G) Some of the best shrimp we ever had was 10 years ago when we
went to New Orleans for the Southern Baptist Convention. One night we
ate at a place called "Mothers"; it looked like one of these "add a room
here & there, no logical layout" to the place but there was a waiting
line. I forget what Steve ordered but I ordered the steamed shrimp and
got a good sized bowl of them, so big that he had to help me finish it.
(G) Nice and tender, just about melt in your mouth with minimal
seasoning--yummy!

 DS> meal.  I have had their shrimp and grits in a restaurant and enjoyed
 DS> it, both for the shrimp and for the grits.  BUT, we are on quarantine

I'd never had it before moving to Savannah but I do enjoy it now that I
know about it.


 DS> for
 DS> Covid for the past ten days and are thus getting meals delivered to
 DS> the apartment.  One of the choices is shrimp and grits.  I ordered
 DS> that once and it was not good.  The shrimp were decent, but the grits
 DS> lacked
 DS> something.  They were not fresh because of being prepared hours
 DS> earlier and had turned into paste.

One of the down sides to institutional cooking--you lose something,
somewhere.

 DS>       Title: Cracked Wheat
 DS>  Categories: Bread, Machine, D/g
 DS>       Yield: 1 servings

 DS>   For rolls.

I think I'd do the rolls more than the bread. I tend to make dough for
rolls, pizza, etc in the bread machine but if I'm making bread, I pull
out the Kitchen Aide mixer so I can do 2 loaves' worth.


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Catch you later,
Ruth
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