Subj : Re: Greasy Spoons To : Ruth Haffly From : Dave Drum Date : Thu Apr 10 2025 05:41:00 -=> Ruth Haffly wrote to Dave Drum <=- RH> Follow up to the follow up? After I had an overnight in the hospital DD> Not exactly a follow up to a follow up. Different hospital stay. The DD> first part of the follow-up was, as usual, with an intern/resident/ DD> newmy minted physician. SIU Family Practice is part of Souther DD> Illinois University School of Medicine. So, there are lots of baby/ DD> beginner docs around. The doctor I'm seeing Thursday is also a DD> professor of Internal Medicine. RH> Sounds like you're in an area with lots of good care. We've debated RH> moving out west when my MIL is no longer with us but haven't fully RH> decided yet. One reason for staying in this area is that we're well RH> established with good medical care and a lot of specialised care RH> available in the area if needed. DD> At 82 I don't make long-range plans. Bv)= Quite so. We even have the Simmons Cancer Institute. DD> 8<----- CLIP ----->8 DD> Depends on what poochy-pup had been eating for the most part. RH> For the most part his diet was Purina One, dry dog food. He liked RH> popcorn and a lot of "people foods" but didn't get much of those. One RH> thing he didn't like was green peas but he did go for most everything RH> else. He had those big brown eyes that would look so appealing--"feed RH> me, please" that Steve and the girls often snuck him bits of table RH> food. DD> The three living here get a can of Gravy Train every evening and can DD> eat from the well-stocked kibble otherwise. And Jasper and Isobel are DD> AK "Super Mooches" which Dennis encourages. Izzy also licks my DD> plate/bowl if I set it down for her - cleanere than had I washed it in DD> the sink for the most part. Unless I've had General Tso's Chicken. DD> Something in that she turns up her nose at. RH> Does she push the dish away? The last cat we had did that when the vet No, she just sniffs it and goes into another room. Jasper does the same. He doesn't get the dishes as clean as Izzy. But, he's 15 years old and that's pretty ancient for a mutt. RH> put her on a lamb and rice diet. Out of curiosity I bought a bag of RH> Purina Lamb and Rice kibble for Sam; he didn't care for it--ate it RH> reluctantly--so I went back to his usual kibble. As he got older, he RH> liked it with a bit of liquid (gravy, if we had it on hand, water if RH> not) added. We gave him a small scoop of canned dog food as well; that RH> dog ate quite well. Cats are a different class of moocher. I had a cat once that followed me around like a dog and demonstrated several dog-like traits. So much so that I named her "Spot". One time I shared some leftover on the plate spaghetti w/meat sauce. Spot licked the sauce from the hamburger and the noodles and left them behind. I really hated it when she contracted feline aids and I had to tell the vet to do the obvious. DD> Title: Sauce for Fireside's General Tso DD> Categories: Sauces, Oriental, Chilies DD> Yield: 3 Ounce RH> I've never ordered General Tso's chicken, prefer other dishes. Steve RH> has, from time to time, but thinking back, don't think he has in the RH> past few years. Maybe losing his heat tolerance? Regular spicy stays with you .... which is all that Tso usually has. But really spicy/hot/incendiary requires training/maintenance. I don't go for stuff as hot as I used to - for that very reason. But I still put a glug of Frank's in my tomato juice. MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06 Title: Chile Crisp Categories: Chilies, Herbs, Vegetables Yield: 1 1/4 cups 1/2 c Oil 1/4 c Dried, minced onion 1 ts Granulated sugar 1 1/2 ts Kosher salt 1/3 c Fine crushed dried small red - chilies 3 tb Sesame seeds 1 ts Coarse ground Sichuan - peppercorns Combine the oil, onion, 1/2 teaspoon sugar and 1/2 teaspoon salt in a small saucepan. Cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until the onion becomes evenly golden brown, 3 to 5 minutes. Add the chilies, sesame seeds and Sichuan peppercorns, if using, and sizzle, stirring, for 1 minute, then stir in the remaining 1/2 teaspoon sugar and 1 teaspoon salt. Use immediately or refrigerate in an airtight container for up to 2 weeks. Spoon over everything. It adds big flavor to milder bases, such as eggs, tofu, noodles, rice, vegetables, white fish, lean pork and chicken breast. By: Genevieve Ko Yield: About 1 1/4 cups RECIPE FROM: https://cooking.nytimes.com Uncle Dirty Dave's Archives MMMMM .... Chicken is the only animal we eat before it's born and after it's dead. --- MultiMail/Win v0.52 * Origin: capitolcityonline.net * Telnet/SSH:2022/HTTP (1:2320/105) .