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The discussion revolves around a vibrant exchange of food-related topics, with participants sharing favorite recipes, culinary experiences, and kitchen mishaps. A notable focus is on lentil recipes, with suggestions for dishes like chocolate lentil cake and lentil lasagna, as well as creative uses of lentils in various cuisines. Participants also share recipes for pasta with pesto, grilled shrimp marinades, and Indian dishes like dahl and gulab jamun. There’s a strong emphasis on improvisation in cooking, with many contributors discussing how they cook "by feel" rather than following strict measurements. The conversation also touches on cultural influences, such as the appreciation for Lebanese and South Indian cuisine, and the importance of traditional meals like the Indian sadya. Additionally, humorous anecdotes about kitchen disasters and the challenges of cooking techniques, like frying mozzarella sticks, add a lighthearted tone to the thread. Overall, the thread celebrates the joy of cooking and the communal sharing of food experiences.
  • #511
I cannot tell a lie. Today I bought a "ham and water product" that "possibly contains ground ham". :bugeye: 38% water added.

I think I may regret this.
 
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  • #512
Evo said:
I cannot tell a lie. Today I bought a "ham and water product" that "possibly contains ground ham". :bugeye: 38% water added.
What were you thinking??
 
  • #513
Astronuc said:
What were you thinking??
I don't know. It was on sale. :cry:

This is it.

http://www.farmlandfoods.com/products/boneless-smoked-ham-water-product.html
 
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  • #514
Evo said:
http://www.farmlandfoods.com/products/boneless-smoked-ham-water-product.html
Ummm -

Cooking Instructions
Oven: Heat oven to 325°F. Place ham in baking dish with 1/2 cup water.

OK - if this is a Ham & Water product, why do the cooking instruction suggest adding water? :rolleyes:


Ingredients
Cured with water, salt, dextrose, corn syrup solids, carrageenan, sodium phosphates, sodium erythorbate, sodium nitrite
Yum -
 
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  • #515
Ingredients
Cured with water, salt, dextrose, corn syrup solids, carrageenan, sodium phosphates, sodium erythorbate, sodium nitrite
:rolleyes: Don't let turbo see this, he'll lose all respect for me.
 
  • #516
Evo said:
:rolleyes: Don't let turbo see this, he'll lose all respect for me.
Not all respect, but perhaps a percentage of that respect that was left after you declared for TE. You simply HAVE to rent a copy of "Dead River Rough Cut"! As long as you ain't too prissy, I can have you hooked up in no time. I laid it out to you and Moonie before - if you can gut fish, process game, etc, you're in at par. If you're willing to pony up for a nice boat, motor, trailer, etc, you're prime marriagables. I need my normal fee up-front and a 50% share of your first moose and a standard remittance of 40# of brook trout and/or landlocked salmon payable in the first 5 years of your wedded bliss.
 
  • #517
turbo-1 said:
Not all respect, but perhaps a percentage of that respect that was left after you declared for TE. You simply HAVE to rent a copy of "Dead River Rough Cut"! As long as you ain't too prissy, I can have you hooked up in no time. I laid it out to you and Moonie before - if you can gut fish, process game, etc, you're in at par. If you're willing to pony up for a nice boat, motor, trailer, etc, you're prime marriagables. I need my normal fee up-front and a 50% share of your first moose and a standard remittance of 40# of brook trout and/or landlocked salmon payable in the first 5 years of your wedded bliss.
I'm saving up my money to buy the boat with motor, trailer, etc... I'm ready.

I had two types of homemade deer jerky this week. Very hot and spicy. All the guys around me hunt and are competing at making deer jerky. I am their test animal. :approve:
 
  • #518
Evo said:
I'm saving up my money to buy the boat with motor, trailer, etc... I'm ready.

I had two types of homemade deer jerky this week. Very hot and spicy. All the guys around me hunt and are competing at making deer jerky. I am their test animal. :approve:
Lightweight! If you are not jerking the venison and smoking it yourself, you are eye candy at the best and maybe even last-resort companionship, (I hope we don't have to go there!). Darn! I hoped I could hook you up with a real guy. You may have to settle. Good luck. :mad:
 
  • #519
turbo-1 said:
...maybe even last-resort companionship, (I hope we don't have to go there!). Darn! I hoped I could hook you up with a real guy. You may have to settle. Good luck. :mad:

uh oh. what exactly do you get in a "last-resort companionship"? It's a serious inquiry. I don't have any skills except for fishing and building home-made air conditioners.
 
  • #520
turbo-1 said:
Lightweight! If you are not jerking the venison and smoking it yourself, you are eye candy at the best and maybe even last-resort companionship, (I hope we don't have to go there!). Darn! I hoped I could hook you up with a real guy. You may have to settle. Good luck. :mad:
:cry: It was tasty!

Actually his butcher grinds the venison, then he mixes it with a jerky mix he buys at Walmart shoots the mixture out of a jerky gun and then dries it in his dehydrator. :frown:
 
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  • #521
Maybe one could salvage the Ham & Water product with some pineapple.

Don't forget the 'fixins'!
 
  • #522
Evo said:
:cry: It was tasty!

Actually his butcher grinds the venison, then he mixes it with a jerky mix he buys at Walmart shoots the mixture out of a jerky gun and then dries it in his dehydrator. :frown:
Wow! Dried, seasoned meat paste...yum! Doesn't anybody smoke and dry thin-sliced meat anymore? Is this the food thread? We need to start an "I wouldn't eat that on a bet" thread for Evo.
 
  • #523
Math Is Hard said:
uh oh. what exactly do you get in a "last-resort companionship"? It's a serious inquiry. I don't have any skills except for fishing and building home-made air conditioners.
Well, let's say that a lady can't fly-cast, can't (or won't) hunt, dress and butcher game, etc... That kind of limits the opportunities for spending time together, doesn't it? Not the basis for a long-lasting relationship. More conducive to an on-again/off-again arrangement... :wink:

You should ask your video rental store to get in a copy of "Dead River Rough Cut" or get one of your friends with a Netflix plan to put it on the list. It's not a well-known movie, but for those of us who grew up in this area, it's a REAL trip down memory lane.
 
  • #524
turbo-1 said:
Well, let's say that a lady can't fly-cast, can't (or won't) hunt, dress and butcher game, etc... That kind of limits the opportunities for spending time together, doesn't it? Not the basis for a long-lasting relationship. More conducive to an on-again/off-again arrangement... :wink:
oh.. oh dear!:redface: I have really got to get some skills. All this time and money I've spent at UCLA and they haven't taught me any of the basics I need for a happy life. :mad:

You should ask your video rental store to get in a copy of "Dead River Rough Cut" or get one of your friends with a Netflix plan to put it on the list. It's not a well-known movie, but for those of us who grew up in this area, it's a REAL trip down memory lane.

I will look for that. I'm looking for something 'different' to watch. Nothing at the video store was exciting last week.
 
  • #525
turbo-1 said:
Well, let's say that a lady can't fly-cast, can't (or won't) hunt, dress and butcher game, etc... That kind of limits the opportunities for spending time together, doesn't it? Not the basis for a long-lasting relationship. More conducive to an on-again/off-again

Math Is Hard said:
oh.. oh dear!:redface: I have really got to get some skills. All this time and money I've spent at UCLA and they haven't taught me any of the basics I need for a happy life. :mad:
No wonder I've never been able to hold onto a man. :cry:

Help me turbo-1 kenobe, you're my only hope.
 
  • #526
turbo-1 kenobe
:smile: Jack of all trades and matchmaker, among other things.
 
  • #527
Evo said:
No wonder I've never been able to hold onto a man. :cry:

Help me turbo-1 kenobe, you're my only hope.
Think of it from the guy's point of view. The perfect lady (not in the etiquette sense perhaps) will share interests and want to share the favorite activities of her mate. My cousin loves to fish and hunt, and is a tough contender at archery competitions, and she uses her days off during October bowhunting for deer. She is a great shot with firearms, and she is also perhaps the sweetest person I have ever known. She might be 120# soaking wet and and has a great figure after raising 3 kids. If something should happen to her husband, I could get her married off without a boat easy! Though if Steve died, she'd have several nice boats/canoes/his-and-hers snowmobiles, a 4WD pickup and all kinds of guns, archery equipment (both competition and hunting) and fishing gear. Hell, I'd have to set up a lottery system with a stiff buy-in fee just to limit the number of applicants who'd want to meet her.
 
  • #528
Math Is Hard said:
oh.. oh dear!:redface: I have really got to get some skills. All this time and money I've spent at UCLA and they haven't taught me any of the basics I need for a happy life. :mad:
Some of the stuff that makes for a happy life in no particular order:

1. Knowing how to handle a canoe and how to tie flies that are good enough to fool the trout, and how to present those flies to feeding fish in a way that is realistic. This leads to the supreme ecstasy of fighting a wild brookie on a light fly rod, and although I release many, a badly-hooked fish or one that appears stressed might get a quick neck-snap, leading to ecstasy #2 - pan-fried brookie served with some steamed fiddleheads on the side and maybe some potatoes fried in bacon-fat.

2. Knowing the behavior of animals, so you can see and enjoy them. Very necessary is skill at marksmanship, if you want to hunt animals for food. If I can't cleanly kill an animal with a single shot, I don't shoot. I only hunt with either a single shot rifle or a lever-action loaded with a single cartridge. The most sobering part of a hunt is the kill and the period of reflection on the life of the animal afterward. My native-american ancestors would point out that all life is connected, and that if we are to eat animals, we have a responsibility to respect and honor them. This leads to the ecstasy of pan-fried venison tenderloins, once again served with sides of potatoes and fiddleheads.

3. Knowing how to tend to the soil so that it tends to you. Soil is not some dirt to grow a lawn on. That is a perversion of land stewardship and a waste of resources. Learn to amend the soil with organic fertilizers, manure, peat moss, compost, etc, so that you can grow your own vegetables and fruits. There are too many ecstasies to list here, but some are: biting into a fresh vine-ripened tomato still warm from the sun, eating string beans raw from the plant (they are a great source of "crispyness" in a green salad), making bread-and-butter pickles, salsas, etc. There's nothing like a larder full of great condiments and sauces that you just can't get from a store. Best of all is the peace of mind that comes with knowing that your food is healthy, without pesticides, herbicide residue, etc.

4. Learning the night sky. There is perhaps nothing more humbling and mind-opening than recognizing that we are just little individuals living on a minor planet in orbit around a plain-vanilla sun in a non-descript spiral galaxy. There are (OOM) probably as many galaxies in our visible universe as there are stars in our home galaxy, and if the universe is infinite (it may well be!) our insignificance is staggering.

5. Recognizing that there are times when we can do very little to change a particular situation, and that there are times when a little bit of leverage can make a big difference so we can be a positive influence. This one is particularly valuable for your peace of mind and mental stability.

I could go on and on, but these are things that have made me happy (ier?) and might apply to others, too.
 
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  • #529
turbo-1 said:
Think of it from the guy's point of view. The perfect lady (not in the etiquette sense perhaps) will share interests and want to share the favorite activities of her mate. My cousin loves to fish and hunt, and is a tough contender at archery competitions, and she uses her days off during October bowhunting for deer. She is a great shot with firearms, and she is also perhaps the sweetest person I have ever known. She might be 120# soaking wet and and has a great figure after raising 3 kids. If something should happen to her husband, I could get her married off without a boat easy! Though if Steve died, she'd have several nice boats/canoes/his-and-hers snowmobiles, a 4WD pickup and all kinds of guns, archery equipment (both competition and hunting) and fishing gear. Hell, I'd have to set up a lottery system with a stiff buy-in fee just to limit the number of applicants who'd want to meet her.

Pffft I ride motorcycles, love pretty much anything with an engine, I can shoot and love "roughing it" in the outdoors and it hasn't helped me at all. I mention my hobbies to some of my guy friends and their eyes get all big and they ask me "but isn't that dangerous!?" :smile: :rolleyes: No either I look in the wrong places or guys want some girl that loves pink and does nothing for fear of breaking a nail *Rant mode off* :-p :blushing:
 
  • #530
scorpa said:
Pffft I ride motorcycles, love pretty much anything with an engine, I can shoot and love "roughing it" in the outdoors and it hasn't helped me at all. I mention my hobbies to some of my guy friends and their eyes get all big and they ask me "but isn't that dangerous!?" :smile: :rolleyes: No either I look in the wrong places or guys want some girl that loves pink and does nothing for fear of breaking a nail *Rant mode off* :-p :blushing:
You sound pretty good to me. I was never one of those foo-foo women with the fake nails. I love gardening and I was always always rooting around in the dirt with manure, blood meal, and other aromatic soil enhancers.
 
  • #531
Hmmm, this looks good. I'm trying to find new foods to eat.

This is a Welsh cheese.

"Red Dragon, also known as Y-Fenni. This smooth, firm, tasty Cheddar is made with Welsh brown ale and mustard seeds. Red Dragon is a buttery and spicy cheese with plenty of bite, but is not too hot. Not only do the mustard seeds give Red Dragon its marvelous flavor, but also its texture. The brown ale makes the cheese moist and tangy."

http://www.cheesesupply.com/product_info.php/products_id/368
 
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  • #532
turbo-1 kenobe said:
The perfect lady (not in the etiquette sense perhaps) will share interests and want to share the favorite activities of her mate.
Probably should read - the perfect mate . . . will share . . . .

A healthy relationship has to be mutual/reciprocal. It doesn't have to be the same interests all of the time, but it helps to share interests that allow for mutual enjoyment.

turbo-1 kenobe said:
1. Knowing how to handle a canoe . . .
2. Knowing the behavior of animals, . . .
3. Knowing how to tend to the soil so that it tends to you. . . . . That is a perversion of land stewardship and a waste of resources.
4. Learning the night sky. . . . .
5. Recognizing that there are times when we can do very little to change a particular situation, and that there are times when a little bit of leverage can make a big difference so we can be a positive influence. This one is particularly valuable for your peace of mind and mental stability.
Same here. :approve: :smile:

scorpa said:
I ride motorcycles, love pretty much anything with an engine, I can shoot and love "roughing it" in the outdoors and it hasn't helped me at all.
Sounds great to me! :-p

Evo said:
I love gardening and I was always always rooting around in the dirt with manure, blood meal, and other aromatic soil enhancers.

I'm trying to find new foods to eat.
:!) o:) That Red Dragon sounds really good! :-p I like Monterrey Jack with jalapeño or habanero.
 
  • #533
"Red Dragon" sounds great! Something to eat with hot mustard and sliced chiles on crackers!:-p
 
  • #534
scorpa said:
Pffft I ride motorcycles, love pretty much anything with an engine, I can shoot and love "roughing it" in the outdoors and it hasn't helped me at all. I mention my hobbies to some of my guy friends and their eyes get all big and they ask me "but isn't that dangerous!?" :smile: :rolleyes: No either I look in the wrong places or guys want some girl that loves pink and does nothing for fear of breaking a nail *Rant mode off* :-p :blushing:

Where DO you live?:!)
 
  • #535
Wise words, turbo!
 
  • #536
Math Is Hard said:
Wise words, turbo!
Not so much wise as practical. I try to keep some perspective about the times I have been truly happy and fulfilled, and then do the things that enable those moments. Sometimes we can get detached from reality and forget the roots of things, and that can lead to some pretty unproductive behavior, frustration, and unhappiness.

One of my most satisfying moments was when my wife caught her first wild brook trout on the fly rod that I built just for her. She was whooping it up and grinning from ear-to-ear. Since then, she has been the driving force behind our camping trips and they always have to be in the vicinity of remote trout ponds. There isn't a person alive who could talk her into a cruise or a trip to some tourist-trap. It's so much nicer to spend a few quiet days camped in the woods with our tent, portable gas stove (so we don't need a fire permit), coolers, and some folding chairs. She brings mystery novels and I bring my fly-tying equipment for the times when the fishing is slow. You can't buy that kind of privacy and serenity, you have to seek it out. Once you've experienced it, you're hooked. I like the fact that she likes to "sleep in" while I get up at first light for some early morning fishing. If the breeze is right, I can smell frying bacon, onions, peppers, mushrooms, potatoes, etc from out in the canoe, and I know she's going to holler "breakfast" pretty soon. Heaven at sunrise!
 
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  • #537
chaoseverlasting said:
Where DO you live?:!)
You see, Scorpa, you're just not looking for men in the right places. When I was your age, I would have been swept off my feet by a lady who loved motorcycles and camping, and who would take a summer job operating heavy equipment. You would fit right in at Unity College here in Maine. It offers courses that lead to degrees relevant to employment as game wardens, biologists, foresters, marine patrol, etc. You'd have no problem finding a decent guy there! My second cousin graduated from there and is now a state game warden. He and his wife recently sold their Harleys so they could buy a big sea-worthy fishing boat and indulge in that passion. His father (retired as chief of the warden service) owns a Road King and is a good friend, so we ride together frequently.
 
  • #538
turbo-1 said:
You see, Scorpa, you're just not looking for men in the right places. When I was your age, I would have been swept off my feet by a lady who loved motorcycles and camping, and who would take a summer job operating heavy equipment. You would fit right in at Unity College here in Maine. It offers courses that lead to degrees relevant to employment as game wardens, biologists, foresters, marine patrol, etc. You'd have no problem finding a decent guy there! My second cousin graduated from there and is now a state game warden. He and his wife recently sold their Harleys so they could buy a big sea-worthy fishing boat and indulge in that passion. His father (retired as chief of the warden service) owns a Road King and is a good friend, so we ride together frequently.

Haha well maybe I should transfer! :biggrin: :-p
 
  • #539
Back on-topic (so soon?):-p The back deck was sunny and in the high 50's yesterday afternoon, so my wife and I grilled cheeseburgers and loaded them with our hot green tomato salsa. That stuff is going so fast that we might be out before the summer BBQ season gets here.:cry: We've only got another 5 jars of that left, but with about 20 jars of various red-tomato salsas, I guess we'll get by. This garden season, when folks are ripping out the tomato plants, I'm going to see if I can scavenge their green tomatoes and make more of the green salsa, so this doesn't happen again. Anyway, we've still got lots of jars of the 100% pepper batches. Some are 100% jalapeno, some are 100% habanero, and some are 50:50 blends of the two types.

Well so much for yesterday's spring-like weather. It is snowing heavily and has been for most of the morning.
 
  • #540
I made ham jambalaya last night and it was incredible. I made it with Rotel tomatoes for a little extra kick and I will never make it any other way from now on.
 

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