Subj : Re: Greasy Spoons To : Ruth Haffly From : Dave Drum Date : Mon Mar 31 2025 06:43:00 -=> Ruth Haffly wrote to Dave Drum <=- DD> Things are beginning to settle down .... finally. It's sort of scary DD> when you mgo to an appointment with your doctor and he says "I want DD> you to go to the Emergency Room right new. I'll cal and let them know DD> what's going on." RH> That would scare me. No idea why? I would have asked what/why. His prefacing comment was "Your lungs sound like pneumonia". My temp was 98.1. But even with the O2 set at 6 litres per minute my oxymeter was running only in the upper 70s. DD> Would have been nice if he's put me "in the lop" as well. Then the DD> E.R. told me I'd be in hospital overnight for observation. Which DD> stretched to a week. RH> Must have had a lot to look at. (G) Hopefully nothing major planned for RH> the week so that the time in the hospital didn't conflict with much. I quickly went from "observation" to inmate status. They shot a wad of antibiotics into me in the ER and that helped with the breathing. Then the pulmonologists scheduled my for a CAT scan, found a "spot" on my right lung (damned cigarettes) and set me up for a bronchoscopy. They were making noises after the procedure about biopsy, etc. Turned out to not need biopsy so no cancer (phew). But I gat a script for a new puff dragon (inhaler) in addition to the two I already have. And they dropped my diabetes meds from my daily list. DD> 8<-----SNIPPETY------>8 DD> Corned beef, now. With a good slather of zippy horseradish and some DD> boiled potatoes coateed w/melted butter. Yuuuuuuummmmm. RH> Actually, I prefer a spicy brown mustard with corned beef. DD> That or a nice zippy Dijon mustard are my second choice, Bv)= RH> There were 2 in the pack, cooked them on Monday and been eating off of RH> them all week. Started the second one yesterday, decided we're never RH> going to buy corned beef from Lidl again. Both of them have been tough, RH> even with gentle simmering. Brisket isn't the tenderest of cuts on a beef animal. Use your microtome and shave it very thinly. Bv)= DD> 8<-----AGAIN----->8 DD> Title: Waffle Reuben Sandwiches DD> Categories: Breads, Beef, Vegetables, Cheese DD> Yield: 4 servings RH> It is something different; don't know if I could eat a whole one in one RH> sitting. DD> Have faith. The recipe makes 4 servings - and a single serve is 4" DD> across. The equivalent of a half-sized BLT sandwich (or thereabouts) RH> Still, my appetite has greatly diminished over the years. We went to DD> My appetite has lessened as I age. Last night I was going to hit up DD> the Star 66 cafe at the local truck-stop for the AYCE "walleye" and a DD> bowl DD> of their really nice brocolli-cheese soup. But, inertia took over and DD> I nuked up a Healty Choice frozen entree (9 3/4 oz) and a Coke Zero. RH> Sounds like the way I get sometimes, especially if we've been out most RH> of the day. Even a couple of hours in the afternoon can really tire me RH> out--lingering effects of the radiation? RH> I'd go for a home made whole grain waffle and sliced "real" bacon. A RH> friend of Steve's was, last night, telling us of a fruit waffle he had RH> in Europe--waffle batter cooke a bit, then fruit put on it and then RH> more batter. The waffle enclosed the fruit when cooked. Sounds good, RH> maybe with strawberries, blueberries or peaches. DD> Dat sounds good as well. RH> Indeed! DD> Title: Soccer Mom Fast Broccoli Cheese Soup DD> Categories: Soups, Pork, Cheese, Dairy, Vegetables DD> Yield: 4 Servings DD> 1 bn Broccoli; chopped DD> +=OR=+ DD> 10 oz Pkg frozen broccoli DD> 1 c Water DD> 4 tb Butter DD> Salt & pepper DD> 1 c Cheddar cheese soup DD> 1 1/2 c Velveeta cheese; diced * DD> 2 c Milk; or more, to desired DD> - consistency DD> 8 sl Cooked bacon; chopped or DD> - crumbled DD> * I used "Cheez Wiz" instead of Velveeta. Neither is DD> real cheese - but, then, they work well in this recipe. DD> ~- UDD RH> Throw a handful of chicken in it and use bacon crumbles. I bought a RH> small bag of the latter on one of our Vermont trips, found that the RH> Sam's Club and Costco versions are nothing but bacon so now we keep a RH> bag on hand for convenient "toss ins". I make my own "crumbles". Gordon Food Service puts their 3# packages of bocan on special often enough that I never run out. Typically I'll but a 3# of thick cut (10 slices/lb) and a 3# regular (20 slices/lb) and cook the thick cut in the nuker ASAP. Store the meat in my nice Tupper storage box that seems to have been designed with my personal needs in mind. It's crispy-cooked so it's easy to make crumbles (or larger pieces) as needed. The thin/regular goes in the drawer in the ice box to use as needed. And the dripping for all of that goes into a crock to use for frying eggs or haash browns, etc. Or where a recipe calls for bacon grease. MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06 Title: Stuffed Bell Peppers Categories: Vegetables, Pork, Rice, Beef, Cheese Yield: 6 Servings 6 md Bell peppers; cored, seeded 1 lb Pork smoked sausage; removed - from casings 1/2 lb Ground beef 1 lg Onion; chopped 1 tb Celery; chopped 1 cl Garlic; minced 1/2 ts Salt 1/2 ts Black pepper 5 oz (1/2 cn) Rotel tomatoes; - smashed 2 sl Bacon; fried, chopped; fat - reserved 1 c Rice; cooked Green onions; chopped Bread crumbs 2 tb Parmesan cheese Butter Set oven @ 350oF/175oC. In a pot of boiling water, place the bell peppers and boil for 5 minutes. Remove the peppers from the water and drain. In a skillet, saute the meats, onion, celery, garlic, and the dry seasonings in the bacon grease. Add the tomatoes and fried bacon and simmer for 2 minutes. Add the green onions and cooked rice. Simmer for 2 more minutes. Stuff each of the bell peppers with the mixture. Sprinkle the top of each now stuffed pepper with the bread crumbs and Parmesan cheese. Dot with butter. In a baking pan, place the peppers. Bake in the preheated oven for 20 to 25 minutes. Recipe from: "Roger's Cajun Cookbook" by Vernon Roger, published 1987 Uncle Dirty Dave's Kitchen MMMMM .... "A cheapskate won't tip a server. I'm just careful with my money" Dave Drum --- MultiMail/Win v0.52 * Origin: capitolcityonline.net * Telnet/SSH:2022/HTTP (1:2320/105) .