Subj : Re: Mandoline
To   : Ruth Haffly
From : Dave Drum
Date : Fri Jul 05 2024 07:00:00

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

 DD> My "go-to" all purpose knife is an Old Hickory by Ontario Kife Co. I
 DD> got it at a hardware store when I set up housekeeping  back in the
 DD> 1960s. It cost me U$3.95 at that time. The same knife from Amazon,
 DD> today, is U$47. Yikes. Here's a link
 DD> https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000KKIT8U with a good pixture.

 RH> Sounds like it has been around a while, which is a good thing in
 RH> today's disposable world.

I really like that I can keep a good edge on it with my "steel" and 
the occasional use of a whetstone.. Unlike the stainless steel blades
which are a real pain to sharpen/re-sharpen.

     8<----- SLICE ----->8

 RH> You can tell it's hand made, not machine processed and extruded when
 RH> you see there's no two exactly alike. I'll grab a scoop for doing
 RH> cookies or meat balls but give them a finishing roll with my hands.
 RH> They'll still look fairly uniform but not quite precisely so. (G)

 RH> One time for a family reunion one of my sisters in law made chocolate
 RH> chip cookies, using a scoop to form them. She worked in food services
 RH> so knew how to get them precise. She also had a commercial plastic
 RH> disposable cookie box that she put them in. At the gathering, a brother
 RH> in law initially didn't take any as he thought they were store bought.
 RH> We convinced him that they weren't, as I was able to tell him that I
 RH> saw her making them.

Store bought is not necessarily bad. The B-I-L's assumption is both an
insult and a compliment depending on which way it's taken.  Bv)=

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06

      Title: Dirty Dave's Hobo Skillet
 Categories: Pork, Potatoes, Vegetables, Eggs
      Yield: 1 serving

      2    Breakfast sausage patties;
           - cooked
      3 sl Bacon; cooked crisp
    1/2 md Onion; coarse chopped
      1 sm (or medium) bell pepper;
           - any color, cored, chopped
      2 c  Shredded or diced hashbrown
           - potatoes    
      4 oz Can chopped green chilies;
..       - drained. opt.
      2 sl Yellow cheese
      2 lg Eggs
           Salt and fresh ground pepper
           - on the side.

  Gather your ingresients and do the prep work, slicing,
  dicing, etc.

  Fry the sausage patties and the bacon to your desired 
  "doneness". Set aside to drain on paper towels. 

  In the fat left in the skillet saute' the potatoes with
  the oinins and peppers amd chilies (if using)until the 
  potatoes are done to  your liking. The onions should 
  be translucent and the pepper chunks softened.

  Add the potato/vegetable mixture to your serving vessel
  and top with the slices of cheese. Place the sausage and
  bacon on the cheese.

  In the fat remaining in the skillet cook the eggs to 
  your liking and slide them onto the meat to top the
  dish, sit down and dig in.

  Serves 1 (or two)

  Uncle Dirty Dave's Kitchen

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