Subj : Re: Chicken Salad                                            [1]
To   : Ruth Haffly
From : Dave Drum
Date : Thu Jun 22 2023 06:35:13

-=> Ruth Haffly wrote to Dave Drum <=-

 DD> I have trouble using up a single heart before it gets so limber it's
 DD> only goot for soup.

 RH> We use it for various things, sometimes just cutting it into "sticks"
 RH> to go with a sandwich for lunch. It's also good, diced, with some
 RH> onion, and added to herb bread for stuffing & broth for a quick stove
 RH> top side to stretch out a supper meal.

 DD> I use it in salads (meat or traditional), in chilli (to add body),
 DD> stuffing/dressing, and soups. Also with peanut butter (yes, I know) or
 DD> cream/pimiento cheese in the trough as a snack.

 RH> You're cooking for one; I'm cooking for 2.

And I can always use the limber (but not rotten) celery for soup.

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 DD> Wally-World groceries are a RIP-OFF. Especially the "fresh" meat - all
 DD> of which has "up to 15% flavor enhancing solution added". I will be
 DD> forever damned (as in condemned to the pit) if I'll pay meat prices
 DD> for salt water.

 RH> I don't get meat or produce at W-M; usually get toiletries, some
 RH> foodstuffs (not their house brand canned goods), automotive/camper
 RH> needs, etc.

 DD> I don't care for their corporate culture since Sam Walton passed and
 DD> his heirs turned their largess over to the avaricious bean-counters.
 DD> So, I vote with my wallet and withhold my custom.

 RH> Sometimes they're the only place in town for something.

In which case I'll do without or order on-line.

 DD> They do quite well and they are employee owned and have a management
 DD> team that has its finger on the pulse of the times. They've jsut added
 DD> an "up-market" stupormarkup on the south-west corner of Spring-A-Leak
 DD> (out where the $$$$ lives) and it's doing wuite well.

 DD> https://www.goharvestmarket.com/locations/springfield-il/ and take a
 DD> look at their specials. The prices are not out of line with the rest
 DD> of my near-bys. But, like the C-F-A they're about as far from me as
 DD> they can get and still be in town.  Bv)=  They put me in mind of the
 DD> Wegman's "super" stores, w/mezzanine dining and live music sometimes.

 RH> We don't have the mezzanine dining and live music at our Wegman's, just
 RH> a lot of good foods. (G)

 RH> Our store isn't as big as the one in MD nor as small as the one in
 RH> Newark. Good sized--and busy all the time.

Weggies are no dummies. They size their stores according to the area's
demographics. I'm in a twn that is (currently) 120K bodies w/metro area
more than double that.

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06
 
      Title: Celery Potage
 Categories: Five, Soups, Vegetables, Poultry, Udd
      Yield: 8 Servings
 
      2 qt Chicken Broth
    1/2    Stalk (not rib) celery;
           - chopped small *
      1 lg Onion; chopped
      6 cl Garlic; peeled, squished
           Salt & Pepper
 
  Put two quarts of chicken broth (1 48 oz can and 1 16
  oz can) and add chopped celery, onion and garlic in the
  crock pot. Add salt and pepper.
  
  Turn unit on to low and go to work.
  
  When you come home get out the immersion blender (Cajun
  motorboat) and puree potage until as smooth as you like.
  Soup will be thick and creamy.
  
  Taste for seasoning and add S&P as needed.
  
  You can add a couple diced potatoes to this to stretch
  it out a bit, if you like. If you use tatties - add
  more salt.
  
  * I first built this dish when I had a half stalk
  (bunch) of celery in the ice box that was past using
  in salads or anything requiring crunch - but, was too
  good to bin.
  
  Dish, recipe and MM by Dave Drum - 12 June 2002
  
  Uncle Dirty Dave's Kitchen
 
MMMMM

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