Subj : Bits & Bobs was:5 Ingredi To : Ruth Haffly From : Dave Drum Date : Sat Jan 04 2025 10:13:00 -=> Ruth Haffly wrote to Dave Drum <=- RH> I usually have plans for just about every bit of meat, again, thanks to RH> my up bringing. I did make the stock yesterday, both chicken and ham RH> for both soup (ham for lentil soup) and other uses. When I do a bit of RH> top of the stove dressing to go with chicken or cook kasha/rice to RH> otherwise stretch out a meal, I'll generally grab a jar of stock RH> instead of just water for more flavor. DD> I don't have plans for all that I "save". But, I do try to keep a DD> tally in my head of the possibles stashed in the reefer. Still, every RH> I have plans, but they're always subject to change. Thought we were RH> going to do lentil soup initially with the ham bone, ended up doing pea RH> soup. Then we realised there was more meat on the bone than we'd RH> thought, so ended up doing the lentil soup also. Did it yesterday, had RH> it for supper and put two boxes in the freezer, plus some in the RH> fridge. Space is tight enough in both the reefer and the freezer I have to take something out to make a dish so I'll have room to put something in. Bones not destined for the soup/stock pot become doggie treats - and watch out if you're wearing soft-soled slippers or bare/stocking feet. DD> once in a while I hold a "clean-out" session and get rid of the DD> science projects, especially those that have grown blue fur or ar DD> otherwise unrecognisable RH> I try to keep track of that as I pull other things out of the fridge. Oh, I do to. Sometimes it grates me when I pull out stuff destined for the bin and set it on the stove and I get distracted before taking it to the wheelie bin ... then come back to find that Dennis has put it all back in the fridge. Not that he has a "system" and it's all easi to ge at right up front. It just fries me a little. Or I'll pull something out to toss and he'll say "I was saving that". First I'll ask "What for?" Then I'll say "OK, use it up. But take it out of doors before you open it. Don't be stinking up my kitchen." DD> Yesterday was my "end of year clearance". In the pockets on the door DD> I found a shrink-wrapped package of sausage. The sticker from the DD> store DD> was faded - but I finally determined that it was Italian sausage from DD> last June. Since I knew I had not bought it I asked Dennis if he knew DD> anything about it. He said "Bought that by mistake. Thought it was DD> for breakfast." The dogs enjoyed the treat. Bv)= RH> Pups ended up with a treat! It may have still been edible for humans - but I didn't want to take a chance. And the mutts eat well. I call Jasper "super-mooch". If I'm at my desk when I have my meal I'll put the plate/bowl on the floor when I'm finished and Jasper or Isobel will pre-wash it for me. Bv)= Unless it's General Tso's Chicken. Something in the sauce that neither of them like. DD> I don't do stuffing/dressing unless it's part of the "traditional" DD> meal or entree. More likely to make soup. And besides the home-done DD> stock or broth I've been adding miso paste for a nice flavour kick. RH> We like it as an easy side, don't do a lot of potatoes. Other RH> alternatives are couscous or kasha. Dad was a meat and potatoes for RH> supper man; most often the potatoes were mashed, sometimes with gravy, RH> other times plain. He didn't really like rice but ate it the few times RH> Mom made chop suey, ate it more often when a Chinese restaurant opened RH> up in town (after I left). He and my mom did take out from there RH> probably every other month. DD> I've got a rice cooker/steamer that gets a fair amount of use. Bv)= RH> I don't use my rice cooker as much as I did a few years ago. Sometimes RH> I'll pull out the multi cooker pot instead, just depends on what else RH> I'm doing to go with the rice. I already had the rice cooker, crock pots, pressure cooker, etc. when the "Instant Pot"/multicooker craze took off - so I bought one and used it a few times before deciding that the things it was supposed to "replace' do a better job at their intended purpose than the lowest common denominator Instant Pot. So, my sister-in-law took it off my hands. DD> Except when my brother is coming over. He's not done rice since he got DD> out of the Army. He says he was to close to everything rice when he DD> was in the Army in Vietnam. RH> I think my dad's dislike of it came from being in the Pacific theater RH> of WWII. At one point our son in law bought a Mitsubishi Eclipse; my RH> dad saw it and was not happy with D's choice. Yet he owned a series of RH> Volkswagens. Mitsubishi built the Zero - one of the best fighter plances of WWII. And they make a decent car. VW didn't come to this country until well after the war. But the consortium which contributed to its founding included BMW - who built tanks for the Panzer Corps, Porsche who buily staff cars and trucks for the Wermacht, as well as Heinkel and Messerschmight (and others). DD> Good thing he wasn'y coming for dinner last night. This was supper: DD> Title: Turkey Enchiladas DD> Categories: Poultry, Breads, Cheese, Dairy, Chilies DD> Yield: 12 enchiladas DD> Uncle Dirty Dave's Kitchen RH> Looks good to me. It was. And the dogs pre-washed to dishes and cooking vessels. MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06 Title: Sauce for Fireside's General Tso Categories: Sauces, Oriental, Chilies Yield: 3 Ounce 1 tb Hosin sauce 1 tb Siracha sauce 1 ts Soy sauce 1/4 ts Chili garlic sauce 1/8 ts Ginger paste 1/8 ts Garlic paste This is a sauce we made by experiment to spice up the Riderwood's Fireside Restaurant's General Tso. It could be used on other Chinese dishes as well. It is sweet and hot spicy. Recipe by Dale Shipp Uncle Dirty Dave's Kitchen MMMMM .... "We make a living by what we get. We make a life by what we give"Sir inston --- MultiMail/Win v0.52 * Origin: Outpost BBS * Johnson City, TN (1:18/200) .