Nп/п : 30 из 100
От : Ruth Haffly 1:396/45.28 29 июн 24 13:38:38
К : Dave Drum 29 июн 24 16:52:02
Тема : Tex-Mex [1]
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
@MSGID: 1:396/45.28 a7df39ff
@REPLY: 42632.fido-cooking@1:3634/12 2ae5cbe3
Hi Dave,
DD> Most places I`m a member of the "clean plate club". Except Sweet Basil
DD> Cafe. I proposed them for lunch one day and my friend, Les, declined.
DD> "Too much food." he said. He`s right, the portions are huge. I began
DD> my Trip Advisor review with "You`d better come hungry." Bv)=
RH> Most of the time I automatically split my entree in half when it`s
RH> served. Used to be, I could eat the whole thing at once but a
RH> combination of portions getting bigger and stomach getting smaller,
RH> that`s not realistic any more. Same place does serve some of their menu
RH> as lunch (smaller) portions but that one is not in the lunch listings.
DD> Oriental, especially Chinese, venues seem to do gargantuan sized
DD> dinner and reasonable sized lunches. Even when I was younger and ate
DD> heartily
DD> most of the time I could not finish my diner serving at Ti Pan or
DD> Golden Dragon. So I soon learned to just go during lunch hours.
This place has one menu jacket for both lunch and supper; next time we
go, I`ll check and see if the smaller size portions are available for
supper or just lunch hours. We`ve been going there off and on, on
Sundays after church with friends. They went on Mother`s Day/Cinco de
Mayo this year; we got there and saw how crowded it was, took off for
another place where we got seated right away.
DD> And now my appetite seems diminished. No more 3 meals a day. I have
a DD> decent breakfast - usually eggs, meat, taters and DD>
toast/biscuit/pancake. I`m not hungry again until mid-afternoon to DD>
early evening. And a light DD> meal usually suffices. I`ve noticed that
I usually have a light breakfast (small bagel or half a regular sized
one), cup of yogurt, small piece of cheese and cup of tea. Lunch is
usually a light sandwich or bowl of soup; supper will vary from a slice
of pizza to small piece of meat with one or 2 vegetables and light
dessert.
my trousers aren`t as tight DD> as they used to be. A visit to my
cardiologist told me that I`ve lost DD> 35# DD> in the past couple of
moths - according to their scale. If this keeps DD> up it could get
Good going! I need to up my exercise factor and try to shed a few
pounds.
expensive. There`s a limit to how much pants can be DD> "taken in."
I know, I`ve both taken them in and let them out as a seamstress for
hire. (G)
DD> I gave my instant pot to my sister-in-law so I fake it using my Mom`s
DD> old pressure cooker and the usual kitchn stuff.
RH> We have 2 non name brand instant pots, one for the camper, one for the
RH> house. The pulled pork looks like it would be a good thing to try,
RH> maybe make a batch to split between supper one night and freeze for
RH> taking camping. We`ve got a couple more trips planned this year, may
RH> try to do another one at some point.
DD> Title: Instant Pot Mexican Pulled Pork (Carnitas)
DD> Categories: Pork, Herbs, Chilies, Fruits
DD> Yield: 9 servings
DD> I recently received a triple crock pot as a birthday gift. I
DD> appreciated the thought. But it just doesn`t fit my tiny kitchen, nor
DD> my non-existing dining room. I`m going to ask around to see if I can
DD> re-gift it to some feed the hungry program or soup kitchen.
RH> I saw those in the big box (Sam`s and Costco) stores a few years ago,
RH> thought the idea was good for some applications but for my use, a full
RH> size crock pot was better. I`ve got (in addition to the "instant pots")
RH> a 6 quart crock pot, a 4 quart pot with a separate base (from my MIL)
RH> and a "baby" (1.5 quarts) crock pot. Smallest one gets the most use for
RH> just the 2 of us.
DD> I, too, have an assortment ... all with removable pots. 6 qt., 5 qt.,
DD> the casserole CrockPot, and the little guy (1 1/2 qt). The casserole
DD> pot and the small one get the most use.
I use the 6 quart one from time to time but it usually means a lot of
left overs (unless I`m doing chili for a cook off, then it usually comes
home empty or nearly so).
DD> Here`s one that would work in the triple header. I`d leave off the
DD> okra and substitute file` powder as the thickener.
DD> Title: Sausage & Chicken Gumbo
DD> Categories: Pork, Poultry, Vegetables, Herbs, Chilies
DD> Yield: 6 Servings
RH> I`d probably cut it into 1/2 or 1/3 recipe and use the baby crock pot.
RH> Not sure about the okra; I like it but Steve doesn`t.
DD> Even though the African word for okra is "gumbo" which gave the dish
DD> its name - I still call m`em "snot pods". Even battered and deep fried
DD> they give me a slimy mouth feel..
I like it best deep fried, used to order it all the time if we went
somewhere and it was on the menu. Now it`s maybe half the time. (G)
---
Catch you later,
Ruth
rchaffly{at}earthlink{dot}net FIDO 1:396/45.28
... Are you sure you really want to know that?
--- PPoint 3.01
* Origin: Sew! That`s My Point (1:396/45.28)
SEEN-BY: 10/0 1 19/75 75 50/109 102/401 103/1 705
106/1 1 987 987 124/5014
SEEN-BY: 124/5014 5016 5016 130/330 330 154/10
214/22 218/0 1 109 215 601 700
SEEN-BY: 218/700 720 810 840 850 860 870 880 900
930 940 221/1 6 229/426
SEEN-BY: 240/1120 301/1 113 335/364 341/66 387/21
21 25 25 396/45 45 450/1024
SEEN-BY: 463/68 467/888 712/848 3634/12 5001/100
5005/49 5019/40 5020/715 828
SEEN-BY: 5020/830 848 1042 4441 12000 5030/49 1081
5053/51 5054/8 5061/133
SEEN-BY: 5075/128 5083/444
@PATH: 396/45 218/700 301/1 5020/1042 4441