• Re: Saturday Night Food Plans? 5/24/2025

    From Bruce@21:1/5 to ItsJoanNotJoAnn on Sun May 25 08:52:35 2025
    On Sat, 24 May 2025 22:27:34 +0000, ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net
    (ItsJoanNotJoAnn) wrote:

    What's coming out of your kitchen tonight? Or will
    your dinner be coming out of someone else's kitchen?
    Out to eat with family/friends at their house or will
    it be at a restaurant?

    Tonight's fare is country fried steak

    I believe that's a steak fried as if it was a chicken, a country fried
    chicken to be precise. What a country fried chicken is, will remain a
    mystery.

    and mashed potatoes and an undecided vegetable.

    Steamed asparagus perhaps?

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    Bruce
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  • From Jill McQuown@21:1/5 to ItsJoanNotJoAnn on Sat May 24 19:43:48 2025
    On 5/24/2025 6:27 PM, ItsJoanNotJoAnn wrote:

    Tonight's fare is country fried steak and mashed potatoes
    and an undecided vegetable.  Steak is simmering in its'
    swimming pool of luscious gravy as I write.

    Oooh, sounds good! I should do that again soon.

    I made a grilled cheese sandwich on sourdough bread with slices of
    pepperjack and cheddar cheese.

    Jill

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  • From Hank Rogers@21:1/5 to ItsJoanNotJoAnn on Sat May 24 18:57:53 2025
    ItsJoanNotJoAnn wrote on 5/24/2025 5:27 PM:
    What's coming out of your kitchen tonight?  Or will
    your dinner be coming out of someone else's kitchen?
    Out to eat with family/friends at their house or will
    it be at a restaurant?

    Tonight's fare is country fried steak and mashed potatoes
    and an undecided vegetable.  Steak is simmering in its'
    swimming pool of luscious gravy as I write.

    I suggest something like broccoli or spinach. Or maybe okra.

    You need something green to go with it.

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  • From Hank Rogers@21:1/5 to Bruce on Sat May 24 19:00:23 2025
    Bruce wrote on 5/24/2025 5:52 PM:
    On Sat, 24 May 2025 22:27:34 +0000, ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net (ItsJoanNotJoAnn) wrote:

    What's coming out of your kitchen tonight? Or will
    your dinner be coming out of someone else's kitchen?
    Out to eat with family/friends at their house or will
    it be at a restaurant?

    Tonight's fare is country fried steak

    I believe that's a steak fried as if it was a chicken, a country fried chicken to be precise. What a country fried chicken is, will remain a mystery.

    and mashed potatoes and an undecided vegetable.

    Steamed asparagus perhaps?


    An excellent choice, Master. But only if the asparagus is "lightly"
    steamed.

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  • From songbird@21:1/5 to ItsJoanNotJoAnn on Sat May 24 20:05:15 2025
    ItsJoanNotJoAnn wrote:

    What's coming out of your kitchen tonight? Or will
    your dinner be coming out of someone else's kitchen?
    Out to eat with family/friends at their house or will
    it be at a restaurant?

    Tonight's fare is country fried steak and mashed potatoes
    and an undecided vegetable. Steak is simmering in its'
    swimming pool of luscious gravy as I write.

    a few slices of ham along with a bowl of mushroom
    and broccoli soup, some crackers, cheese and hotsauce
    were the appetizer, dessert was a few dark chocolate
    covered pistachios.


    songbird

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  • From Bruce@21:1/5 to All on Sun May 25 10:59:54 2025
    On Sat, 24 May 2025 20:05:15 -0400, songbird <songbird@anthive.com>
    wrote:

    ItsJoanNotJoAnn wrote:

    What's coming out of your kitchen tonight? Or will
    your dinner be coming out of someone else's kitchen?
    Out to eat with family/friends at their house or will
    it be at a restaurant?

    Tonight's fare is country fried steak and mashed potatoes
    and an undecided vegetable. Steak is simmering in its'
    swimming pool of luscious gravy as I write.

    a few slices of ham along with a bowl of mushroom
    and broccoli soup, some crackers, cheese and hotsauce
    were the appetizer, dessert was a few dark chocolate
    covered pistachios.

    Skipping the main, a daring move!

    --
    Bruce
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  • From Bruce@21:1/5 to ItsJoanNotJoAnn on Sun May 25 12:21:46 2025
    On Sun, 25 May 2025 01:23:49 +0000, ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net
    (ItsJoanNotJoAnn) wrote:

    On Sat, 24 May 2025 22:52:35 +0000, Bruce wrote:

    On Sat, 24 May 2025 22:27:34 +0000, ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net
    (ItsJoanNotJoAnn) wrote:

    Tonight's fare is country fried steak

    I believe that's a steak fried as if it was a chicken, a country fried
    chicken to be precise. What a country fried chicken is, will remain a
    mystery.

    It just remains a chicken.

    That's been fried in a country, not in outer space.

    and mashed potatoes and an undecided vegetable.

    Steamed asparagus perhaps?

    No, no asparagus in the house. But it's mighty good
    roasted in the oven.

    Yes.

    --
    Bruce
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  • From Cindy Hamilton@21:1/5 to ItsJoanNotJoAnn on Sun May 25 09:17:43 2025
    On 2025-05-24, ItsJoanNotJoAnn <ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net> wrote:
    What's coming out of your kitchen tonight? Or will
    your dinner be coming out of someone else's kitchen?
    Out to eat with family/friends at their house or will
    it be at a restaurant?

    Tonight's fare is country fried steak and mashed potatoes
    and an undecided vegetable. Steak is simmering in its'
    swimming pool of luscious gravy as I write.

    Lunch was a #5 at Jimmy John's. ;-) That's an Italian-style sub.

    Dinner was a salad.

    --
    Cindy Hamilton

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  • From Bruce@21:1/5 to j_mcquown@comcast.net on Mon May 26 03:04:36 2025
    On Sun, 25 May 2025 12:36:25 -0400, Jill McQuown
    <j_mcquown@comcast.net> wrote:

    On 5/24/2025 9:23 PM, ItsJoanNotJoAnn wrote:
    On Sat, 24 May 2025 22:52:35 +0000, Bruce wrote:

    I believe that's a steak fried as if it was a chicken, a country fried
    chicken to be precise. What a country fried chicken is, will remain a
    mystery.

    It just remains a chicken.

    There he goes again, saying stupid stuff.

    and mashed potatoes and an undecided vegetable.

    Steamed asparagus perhaps?

    No, no asparagus in the house.  But it's mighty good
    roasted in the oven.

    Like corn, Bruce also seems to have something against people eating >asparagus. Steamed, roasted, whatever. Corn and asparagus. Two things
    he disparages on a regular basis. Unless, of course, we're talking
    about white asparagus which he seems to think no one in North America
    has ever heard of or eaten.

    This talking in the 3rd person about someone who's present, is that a
    cultural thing in South Carolina? Do South Carolinians not say "How
    are you", but "How is he?"

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    Bruce
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  • From Jill McQuown@21:1/5 to ItsJoanNotJoAnn on Sun May 25 12:36:25 2025
    On 5/24/2025 9:23 PM, ItsJoanNotJoAnn wrote:
    On Sat, 24 May 2025 22:52:35 +0000, Bruce wrote:

    On Sat, 24 May 2025 22:27:34 +0000, ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net
    (ItsJoanNotJoAnn) wrote:

    Tonight's fare is country fried steak

    I believe that's a steak fried as if it was a chicken, a country fried
    chicken to be precise. What a country fried chicken is, will remain a
    mystery.


    It just remains a chicken.

    There he goes again, saying stupid stuff.


    and mashed potatoes and an undecided vegetable.

    Steamed asparagus perhaps?


    No, no asparagus in the house.  But it's mighty good
    roasted in the oven.

    Like corn, Bruce also seems to have something against people eating
    asparagus. Steamed, roasted, whatever. Corn and asparagus. Two things
    he disparages on a regular basis. Unless, of course, we're talking
    about white asparagus which he seems to think no one in North America
    has ever heard of or eaten.

    Jill

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  • From Dave Smith@21:1/5 to Jill McQuown on Sun May 25 13:14:30 2025
    On 2025-05-25 12:36 p.m., Jill McQuown wrote:
    On 5/24/2025 9:23 PM, ItsJoanNotJoAnn wrote:

    Like corn, Bruce also seems to have something against people eating asparagus.  Steamed, roasted, whatever.  Corn and asparagus.  Two things he disparages on a regular basis.  Unless, of course, we're talking
    about white asparagus which he seems to think no one in North America
    has ever heard of or eaten.

    I have been in Europe a couple times and I don't know if it is a
    commercial effort of culture, but asparagus season was a thing. Most of
    us who like asparagus look forward to fresh local asparagus each spring
    but over there they have restaurant specials featuring asparagus.

    They have a thing about white asparagus, and when you order asparagus
    you get a lot of it, like a pound or more. White asparagus was all but
    unheard of around here. A few years back some of the local stores
    carried it for a while, but it was a lot more expensive than green. I
    didn't find a difference in taste or texture that justified the extra
    cost. I have not seen the white stuff in local stores for years.

    That being said.... it is asparagus season here in southern Ontario and
    we are eating it almost every day.

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  • From Bruce@21:1/5 to adavid.smith@sympatico.ca on Mon May 26 03:30:02 2025
    On Sun, 25 May 2025 13:14:30 -0400, Dave Smith
    <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> wrote:

    On 2025-05-25 12:36 p.m., Jill McQuown wrote:
    On 5/24/2025 9:23 PM, ItsJoanNotJoAnn wrote:

    Like corn, Bruce also seems to have something against people eating
    asparagus.  Steamed, roasted, whatever.  Corn and asparagus.  Two things >> he disparages on a regular basis.  Unless, of course, we're talking
    about white asparagus which he seems to think no one in North America
    has ever heard of or eaten.

    I have been in Europe a couple times and I don't know if it is a
    commercial effort of culture, but asparagus season was a thing. Most of
    us who like asparagus look forward to fresh local asparagus each spring
    but over there they have restaurant specials featuring asparagus.

    They have a thing about white asparagus, and when you order asparagus
    you get a lot of it, like a pound or more. White asparagus was all but >unheard of around here. A few years back some of the local stores
    carried it for a while, but it was a lot more expensive than green. I
    didn't find a difference in taste or texture that justified the extra
    cost. I have not seen the white stuff in local stores for years.

    That being said.... it is asparagus season here in southern Ontario and
    we are eating it almost every day.

    This is my point. White asparagus is big in certain European
    countries. I've been familiar with white asparagus since I was a kid,
    Green asparagus came much later and is now also common. I got the
    impression that white asparagus was as hard to find in the US as it is
    in Australia. I've seen it here once, imported from South America. It
    was so old and dry it was best used to start a fire in a fireplace.

    --
    Bruce
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  • From Jill McQuown@21:1/5 to Dave Smith on Sun May 25 14:56:39 2025
    On 5/25/2025 1:14 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
    On 2025-05-25 12:36 p.m., Jill McQuown wrote:

    Like corn, Bruce also seems to have something against people eating
    asparagus.  Steamed, roasted, whatever.  Corn and asparagus.  Two
    things he disparages on a regular basis.  Unless, of course, we're
    talking about white asparagus which he seems to think no one in North
    America has ever heard of or eaten.

    I have been in Europe a couple times and I don't know if it is a
    commercial effort of culture, but asparagus season was a thing. Most of
    us who like asparagus look forward to fresh local asparagus each spring
    but over there they have restaurant specials featuring asparagus.

    They have a thing about white asparagus, and when you order asparagus
    you get a lot of it, like a pound or more. White asparagus was all but unheard of around here. A few years back some of the local stores
    carried it for a while, but it was a lot more expensive than green. I
    didn't find a difference in taste or texture that justified the extra
    cost. I have not seen the white stuff in local stores for years.

    White asparagus is nothing special. It's simply not exposed to sunlight
    so it doesn't turn green. It doesn't taste any different. I haven't
    seen fresh white asparagus in years. I have on occasion seen it in jars
    on a supermarket shelf. No thanks, I don't want already cooked jarred
    white asparagus.

    That being said.... it is asparagus season here in southern Ontario and
    we are eating it almost every day.

    It's asparagus season here, too. When it's not in season frozen
    asparagus spears suffice.

    Jill

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  • From Bruce@21:1/5 to j_mcquown@comcast.net on Mon May 26 05:26:17 2025
    On Sun, 25 May 2025 14:56:39 -0400, Jill McQuown
    <j_mcquown@comcast.net> wrote:

    White asparagus is nothing special. It's simply not exposed to sunlight
    so it doesn't turn green. It doesn't taste any different.

    Nonsense. It tastes very different.

    I haven't seen fresh white asparagus in years.

    That's why you think it tastes the same. You never have it.

    I have on occasion seen it in jars on a supermarket shelf. No thanks, I don't want already cooked jarred
    white asparagus.

    Of course not. Fresh only.

    You clearly don't know what you're talking about. Better stick to
    steamed green asparagus, McBiddy.

    --
    Bruce
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  • From Dave Smith@21:1/5 to Jill McQuown on Sun May 25 17:20:19 2025
    On 2025-05-25 2:56 p.m., Jill McQuown wrote:
    On 5/25/2025 1:14 PM, Dave Smith wrote:

    That being said.... it is asparagus season here in southern Ontario
    and we are eating it almost every day.

    It's asparagus season here, too.  When it's not in season frozen
    asparagus spears suffice.




    In the good old days asparagus was a spring time seasonal food treat. At
    some point imported less than fresh asparagus started to be available
    in winter. It was very expensive, even more when you broke off most of
    the stalk because they were so woody. Then it started to arrive in much
    better condition and at much better prices. There have been years where
    I was eating so much asparagus in the winter that I started to get sick
    of it. But then the fresh local stuff was in season and it was
    infinitely better than the imported. I tried frozen a few times but I
    was not thrilled with it.

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  • From Leonard Blaisdell@21:1/5 to Jill McQuown on Mon May 26 02:46:18 2025
    On 2025-05-24, Jill McQuown <j_mcquown@comcast.net> wrote:

    I made a grilled cheese sandwich on sourdough bread with slices of
    pepperjack and cheddar cheese.


    Great minds and all that. I made a less fancy grilled cheese with ham
    and swiss.
    My wife just made a huge bowl of macaroni salad. We will have that with boneless rib eyes tomorrow. Memorial Day doesn't trigger a must-have, traditional meal for us. Speaking of traditonal...
    Traditional Memorial Day will also mark my mother's 117th birthday. Thanks
    for everything, Mom! See you soon.

    leo

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  • From Jill McQuown@21:1/5 to Leonard Blaisdell on Mon May 26 10:59:41 2025
    On 5/25/2025 10:46 PM, Leonard Blaisdell wrote:
    On 2025-05-24, Jill McQuown <j_mcquown@comcast.net> wrote:

    I made a grilled cheese sandwich on sourdough bread with slices of
    pepperjack and cheddar cheese.


    Great minds and all that. I made a less fancy grilled cheese with ham
    and swiss.

    A croque monsieur. :) If I'd had any sliced ham I'd have done that,
    too. All I have is diced smoked ham which I use in bean soups or most
    recently added some to an omelet.

    My wife just made a huge bowl of macaroni salad. We will have that with boneless rib eyes tomorrow. Memorial Day doesn't trigger a must-have, traditional meal for us. Speaking of traditonal...
    Traditional Memorial Day will also mark my mother's 117th birthday. Thanks for everything, Mom! See you soon.

    leo

    Hopefully not too soon, Leo.

    Jill

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