Subj : Re: Tex-Mex [1] To : Ruth Haffly From : Dave Drum Date : Mon Jul 01 2024 06:45:52 -=> Ruth Haffly wrote to Dave Drum <=- DD> Oriental, especially Chinese, venues seem to do gargantuan sized DD> dinner and reasonable sized lunches. Even when I was younger and ate DD> heartily most of the time I could not finish my dinmer serving at DD> Tai Pan> or Golden Dragon. So I soon learned to just go during lunch DD> hours. RH> This place has one menu jacket for both lunch and supper; next time we RH> go, I'll check and see if the smaller size portions are available for RH> supper or just lunch hours. We've been going there off and on, on RH> Sundays after church with friends. They went on Mother's Day/Cinco de RH> Mayo this year; we got there and saw how crowded it was, took off for RH> another place where we got seated right away. Most of the venues around this area have the lunch menu available until 15:00. Which is good for me as I sometimes take a late lunch. DD> And now my appetite seems diminished. No more 3 meals a day. I have DD> a decent breakfast - usually eggs, meat, taters and toast/biscuit/ DD> pancake. I'm not hungry again until mid-afternoon or early evening. DD> And a light meal usually suffices. I've noticed that RH> I usually have a light breakfast (small bagel or half a regular sized RH> one), cup of yogurt, small piece of cheese and cup of tea. Lunch is RH> usually a light sandwich or bowl of soup; supper will vary from a slice RH> of pizza to small piece of meat with one or 2 vegetables and light RH> dessert. DD> my trousers aren't as tight as they used to be. A visit to my DD> cardiologist told me that I've lost 35# in the past couple of DD> moths - according to their scale. If this keeps up it could get RH> Good going! I need to up my exercise factor and try to shed a few RH> pounds. DD> expensive. There's a limit to how much pants can be "taken in." RH> I know, I've both taken them in and let them out as a seamstress RH> for hire. (G) I am not sempster (sempster (ess) found in: Thesaurus, Wikipedia. sempster (ess) also "sɛmpstrɪs" noun 1. (Knitting & Sewing) a rare word for seamstress 2. (Professions) a rare word for seamstress https://www.thefreedictionary.com/ Picked that word up from a Robert Heinlein Sci-Fi novel. 8<----- CUT ----->8 RH> I use the 6 quart one from time to time but it usually means a lot of RH> left overs (unless I'm doing chili for a cook off, then it usually RH> comes home empty or nearly so). Does your big crockpot have a locking lid? Mine doesn't and while I've used it to transport chilli (to work, to a gathering, etc.) I have to drive verrry carefully and not make any sudden moves lest I get chilli all over the floor/carpet in the Beemer. DD> Here's one that would work in the triple header. I'd leave off the DD> okra and substitute file' powder as the thickener. DD> Title: Sausage & Chicken Gumbo DD> Categories: Pork, Poultry, Vegetables, Herbs, Chilies DD> Yield: 6 Servings RH> I'd probably cut it into 1/2 or 1/3 recipe and use the baby crock pot. RH> Not sure about the okra; I like it but Steve doesn't. DD> Even though the African word for okra is "gumbo" which gave the dish DD> its name - I still call m'em "snot pods". Even battered and deep fried DD> they give me a slimy mouth feel.. RH> I like it best deep fried, used to order it all the time if we went RH> somewhere and it was on the menu. Now it's maybe half the time. (G) I hereby bequeath you my lifetime share of snot pods - in perpetuity. Bv)= Here it is - paired with another of my least favourite foods - grits, aka wallboard spackle. You probably couldn't serve this to Steve since grits is, at root, corn that has has unconscionable things done to it. MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06 Title: Okra-Grits Recipe Categories: Vegan, Vegetables, Herbs, Chilies Yield: 999 Servings 1 1/2 lb Fresh or frozen okra 28 oz Can tomatoes; or more (more - tomatoes = more tomatoey) 10 cl Fine chopped garlic 1 lg Vidalia-type onion; chopped 3 Turkish bay leaves 1/2 ts Cayenne pepper 1/8 ts Dry thyme 1 ts Dry oregano 1 ts Vegetarian Worcestershire - sauce (opt) Salt & pepper Tabasco Grits to serve it over Saute the okra, onions and garlic in a little water, stock or court-bouillonr until the okra begins to lose its stickiness and the onions are nice and translucent. Add the canned tomatoes (juice and all) squashing the tomatoes themselves with your hands or other device. Add all remaining spices and let simmer 1/2 hour (or a little more if you want it more done). Serve over the grits or what-have-you and you're all set ... goes well with cornbread! I am originally from the south... and I have always missed the hearty (and usually fat filled) fare. But this tasty dish is quick, easy, fat free and delicious. (sic) FROM: Franklin Fuller From: http://www.fatfree.com Uncle Dirty Dave's Archives MMMMM .... A piano stool? I thought pianos were housebroken! --- MultiMail/Win v0.52 * Origin: Outpost BBS * Johnson City, TN (1:18/200) .