Subj : Re: Tex-Mex To : Ruth Haffly From : Dave Drum Date : Wed Jul 03 2024 06:04:00 -=> Ruth Haffly wrote to Dave Drum <=- DD> Most of the venues around this area have the lunch menu available DD> until 15:00. Which is good for me as I sometimes take a late lunch. RH> That's as good as a late breakfast for those of us that don't like it RH> at the crack of dawn. Nearly all of the breakfast & lunch places around here offer "breakfast all day". Sometimes and omelet or bacon 'n eggs make a nice lunch. 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. Working it retail I am on my feet and move abot a lot. 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) DD> I am not sempster (sempster (ess) found in: Thesaurus, Wikipedia. DD> sempster (ess) also "s¨mpstr¨s" noun DD> 1. (Knitting & Sewing) a rare word for seamstress DD> 2. (Professions) a rare word for seamstress DD> https://www.thefreedictionary.com/ DD> Picked that word up from a Robert Heinlein Sci-Fi novel. RH> I picked up the term from Alison Weir/Philippa Gregory, both British RH> authors writing a lot about the pre thru post Henry VIII era. Our older RH> daughter got me interested in those books when I borrowed one of hers RH> and she said "keep it". I've quite a number of them on my Nook. I've a couple from the days of King Chas the 1st on my Kindle. DD> 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). DD> Does your big crockpot have a locking lid? Mine doesn't and while I've DD> used it to transport chilli (to work, to a gathering, etc.) I have to DD> drive verrry carefully and not make any sudden moves lest I get chilli DD> all over the floor/carpet in the Beemer. RH> Yes, it has a locking lid; we make sure it's locked down before RH> transporting and usually put it in a box, lined with towels as well. We RH> also put a lightweight bungee cord over the top as extra insurance. Would that mine had the lock-down lid. I do all that you do including a "spider bungee" and carry the pot in the foot well od the passenger seat. Then I drive very gingerly to my destination. With (hopefully) no abrupt moves caused by drivers buried in their cell phones. 8<----- You Know ----->8 DD> Here it is - paired with another of my least favourite foods - grits, DD> aka wallboard spackle. You probably couldn't serve this to Steve since DD> grits is, at root, corn that has has unconscionable things done to it. DD> Title: Okra-Grits Recipe DD> Categories: Vegan, Vegetables, Herbs, Chilies DD> Yield: 999 Servings RH> No, he's not that fond of grits anyway, but again, I like them. At one RH> of our favorite seafood restaurants, my usual order is their shrimp and RH> grits, half size portion so I have room for clam chowder or seafood RH> bisque (just a cup) as well. I think my dislike for grits stems from my dislike for its parent - hominy. Hominy has a little flavour of its own and a texture/mouthfeel that puts me right off of it. Grits is about as appetising as the gravy they used to serve with school lunches in the 1950s. Almost as tasty as library paste. Bv)= Corn, from with they make hominy, now that's a different story. MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06 Title: Can Opener Corn Chowder Categories: Five, Vegetables, Chilies, Dairy Yield: 3 Servings 16 oz Bag corn niblets 21 1/2 oz (2 cans) cream of potato - soup; undiluted 4 oz Can chopped green chilies 1 Soup can milk Fresh ground pepper Open the soup and dump into your crockpot. Add the corn and milk and stir. Add the chilies and stir again. Set the cooker on low and let it do its thing for about four hours. Just before serving grind pepper (to taste) into the soup and give it another stir to combine. Ladle into bowls and dig in. Refrigerate leftovers (if any) and nuke back to life for supper the next day. Uncle Dirty Dave's Kitchen MMMMM .... Humour is just another defense against the universe. --- MultiMail/Win v0.52 * Origin: SouthEast Star Mail HUB - SESTAR (1:3634/12) .