Subj : Real Deal To : Dave Drum From : Ruth Haffly Date : Mon Apr 22 2024 12:06:44 Hi Dave, DD> My house-mate also claims he can't eat onions because they give him for a DD> giggle I made calves liver w/bacon and onions and smothered it in a DD> nice gravy. He always claimed that he "hated" liver sonce his Navy DD> days. But he did second helpings on this. Bv)= RH> Neither of our daughters are fans of liver; I served it a fair amount RH> left home, she discovered baby beef liver was much more tender than RH> regular beef (probably from an older cow or steer) liver. DD> I grew up with liver 'n onions a common thing at our house. Lerned DD> about liver 'n bacon at a local restaurant run by Isidro Valadaz and I think Steve grew up with liver and onions but we'll do it both ways. Years ago, on our move from Fort Devens, MA to Fort Huachuca, AZ (we drove cross country), we stopped somewhere in the mid west (IIRC, Indianna) for the night. There was a restaurant associated with the motel so we went there for supper--Steve ordered the liver. The next morning we went back there for breakfast and he noticed buckwheat pancakes were on the menu so ordered them. When they came out, looking grey-ish from the buckwheat flour, the girls thought he'd ordered liver pancakes. That's become the running joke in our family any time buckwheat pancakes were served. DD> his American wife. After my dad died and Mom moved back to Springfield DD> she asked me to come live with her so she wouldn't be alone. That's DD> where I met the worst liver I've ever experienced. Ma got a "deal" on DD> liver at the stupormarkup and was going to make liver for dinner. That DD> produced one of the foulest odors I have ever had the misfortune to DD> get up my nose. Seems it was pork liver, from a boar that was in ryt. DD> We DD> opened all the doors and windows, turned the fans on high and went to DD> a restaurant for our supper. These days I leave the pork liver where DD> found. We tried pork liver once, when we were living on $500./month (early 80s, pre army) and food stamps. Once was enough; it wasn't as bad as your experience but just too strong for our tastes. Baby beef, calf's or chicken liver are our preferred choices now. Chicken/poultry liver is a favourite. And I've tried sheep DD> liver more than once. But never again pork liver. We've never tried sheep's liver, never had the opportunity. DD> O. G. does have some decent dishes - but most of their stuff is on DD> the profitable path of "Hey Diddle Diddle, Straight Up The RH> Middle". RH> I'm less and less enamored of it, the more I eat there. Best things on RH> the menu are the tossed salad, breadsticks and chocolate lasagne, IMO. DD> I find that most times that you ask an Italian "Where's the best DD> Italian food in this town/area?" you'll get an answer very close to DD> "My mother's kitchen!" Bv)= RH> I'd probably have answered "my mother in law's kitchen" followed by "my RH> kitchen", then depends on where we were living. We've encountered some DD> But, you're not an Italian. Bv)= RH> No, but when I cooked Italian for Steve's folks about 9 months after we RH> were married, his mom said that I cook "like a good little dago". (G) RH> Knocked her socks off one time a few years later with a lasagne (her RH> recipe) but with home made noodles. DD> I made pasta one time - more as a challenge to myself after watching DD> Mario Batali on the Fod Network make it look so easy. At home, on my DD> own and without video tape editing (or experience) it proved somewhat DD> more problematic. And it's just like (almost) my recipe for egg DD> noodles I got from my grandmother ... using different flour and DD> finishing steps. We had the attachment with our Oster Kitchen Center, also got it for the Kitchen Aide but have bought it more than making it. Partly stems from the fact that I don't have the space to dry it, counter space is limited, table space even more so. Used to have a chest freezer and washer/dryer in the kitchen that could be used as extra flat surfaces but freezer is now an upright, laundry stuff in in a hallway alcove. DD> I gave the pasta roller to my sister-in-law and now buy pre-made from DD> the store. Bv)= So much easier, especially now that whole wheat pasta is more readily available than it was when we first started using it in the mid 70s. Had to buy it in GNC (stateside) or Reformhaus (health food store) in Germany. --- Catch you later, Ruth rchaffly{at}earthlink{dot}net FIDO 1:396/45.28 .... Are you sure you really want to know that? --- PPoint 3.01 * Origin: Sew! That's My Point (1:396/45.28) .