Subj : Re: Gravy was: Crampers [1] To : Ruth Haffly From : Dave Drum Date : Wed May 17 2023 06:38:42 -=> Ruth Haffly wrote to Dave Drum <=- RH> I know; there's one in Brockport, NY near the Wegman's we visit fairly RH> often while in western NY. Never stopped into TH before the trip last RH> summer tho. DD> just another doughnut shop - decent but not spectacular. My really DD> farvorite expoerts from Canadia are poutine and some of their DD> RH> musicians. I'll miss miss Gordon Lightfoot nearly as much as Osacar DD> RH> Peterson.. RH> Agreed about Gordon Lightfoot; he was good. Don't know about Osacar RH> Peterson tho. Oscar was a piano picker of great talent. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_Peterson DD> 8<----- JUMP SHIFT ----->B DD> Since I am not a fan of gingersnaps as a cookie I am not a fan of them DD> in my gravy. I *do* have some German ancestry and have been served DD> both ginger cookies and lebkuchen at various relatives. RH> OTOH, I like a good gingersnap cookie. I've seen various recipies for RH> them but they're usually a soft cookie, not the hard one of a real RH> 'snap. My mom used to call the soft ones "Mother Hubbard cookies", us RH> kids would add "Old" to the beginning of the name. (G) DD> I was offered a pizelle during the winter holiday season once. As I am DD> not a fan of the trasaditional aniseused to flavour pizelles and these DD> were tan rather than chocolate brown I asked if they had anise in DD> them. DD> Turns out - no anise but loads of ginger. FEH! RH> They come in all sorts of flavors, never heard of ginger ones however. RH> Orange, chocolate, lemon and traditionally anise are the most common. DD> Here's my pan gravy recipe (such as it is). As Emeril says "First you DD> make a roux". Bv)= RH> We do this one without a roux, just the pan juices, cookies and a bit RH> of sugar. DD> the cookies thincken the gravy just as the roux would. RH> Exactly! RH> BTW,just a head's up; I don't want you to get concerned. I'll be "off RH> air" starting next Saturday until June 1 or 2. Planned event, details RH> to come later. (G) DD> Thanks for letting us know. I saw onn Doc's the other day when I was DD> checking message propagation a notice in his General Chatter echo DD> "BBS GOING DOWN SOON - My latest love and i are splitting up. I'm DD> living with her and we have a rift ongoing. I might go to Maryland to DD> visit a DD> friend and will land somewhere down here when I get back. I can be DD> reached at fidosysop@gmail.com" DD> Which means we'll lose Single Ruth and Weller if they ever deign to DD> re- visit the cooking echo. Doc's was their single source BBS. RH> Sigh! Maybe they'll pick up some other source. Meanwhile, it's getting RH> quieter and quieter around here. I may be absent myelf. I'm running a 102ยบ feverand having trouble breeathing. Gonna have my brother Uber me to Urget care .... first to see if its Co-Vid (even though I'm vaxxed (twice) and have had all the booster available. It may be somethingn else entirely - which is why I go to the pros. MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06 Title: First Aid Lunch Kit Categories: Poulltry, Yield: 2 servingvegetables, Breads, Cheese, Grens 12 1/2 oz Can chicken breast chunks - drained 1 Celery rib; diced 1 Green onion; thin sliced 2 tb Mayonnaise; to taste 1 (7") whole wheat tortilla 4 Cheese squares; as needed Heart toothpicks 2 Cheese squares w/heart - toothpicks 1 tb Italian dressing Vial 1/2 c Mixed salad greens 1 Red bell pepper; cut in the - shape of a red cross 1/3 lg Jicama; in matchsticks 10 Round 7-grain crackers 1/2 (6 oz) pkg fruit-flavored - gelatin snacks, in 1" cubes 2 (3/4 oz) pca fruit snack roll 2 tb Yellow candy-coated milk - chocolate candies Dinosaur-shaped magic grow - capsules Mix chicken, celery, green onion, and mayonnaise together in a bowl to make chicken salad. Slice tortilla into pieces that resemble bandages; place cheese squares over the middle of each bandage. Pour Italian dressing into a vial to represent peroxide. Lay salad greens over the bottom of a container that resembles a first aid kit. Lay the bell pepper red cross on top. Place chicken salad in its own compartment. Arrange bandages, cheese squares with heart toothpicks, peroxide, splints (jicama), eye patches (round crackers), swabs soaking in iodopovidone (gelatin cubes), and gauze (fruit rolls) in the container. Place aspirin (yellow candies) and magic grow capsules in mini silicone muffin cups; add to the kit. RECIPE FROM: https://www.allrecipes.com Uncle Dirty Dave's Archives MMMMM .... "Nothing is said that has not been said before" -- Terence --- MultiMail/Win * Origin: Outpost BBS * Johnson City, TN (1:18/200) .