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August 2018 What's Cooking ??

Winifred — Thu, 02 Aug 2018 13:49:08 GMT

OK folks, someone needs to remind me when the first of the month comes around OR start the new thread yourselves. LOL. The memory cells do not work as well as they once did!!!! I do not have rights on starting these threads. Hint, hint!

Yesterday was another miserable day weather wise. Temps again did not rise to the point it broke any records but I do believe the mugginess did. That air is so miserable. I take a few steps and struggle to stay on my feet. I turn and have to grab something - have never had to do that. sigh.Even the nights are now back to sweating - just miserable.

I had a left over Philly Cheese sandwich - well half of one. The little ones were staying with friends - a first time visit with them. They are marvelous GOOD people and have a home which is quite stable - hard to find these days. I am picking them up late morning after my MD appointment - did not get a panic phone call last night so I guess all survived. LOL.

Stay cool people

Re: August 2018 What's Cooking ??

mousiegirl — Thu, 02 Aug 2018 19:55:34 GMT

Last night, DH requested fried salami when I mentioned bruschetta, told him I do not fry salami, especially the Secchi, makes tiny slices, so compromised and gave him cheese and little slices bruschetta, but with a cucumber and tomato salad to push all of that fatty food through, lol.

I buy the Secchi for snacking, but it is usually a meal, with French bread, which I ate last night. Later, for my late evening snack, I sliced strawberries and put in Haagen Dazs vanilla ice cream, may stick with this instead of buying their strawberry, so good this way.

The other night, I had leftover plain pasta so added pesto and salmon and served that to DH, I ate pesto on grilled naan with romano as the parm ran out, so yummy. I recently found a naan I prefer over what I had been buying, nice and chewy, at Trader Joe's, hardly go there, but am going to start, eggplant was only a $1,99 or so each, so much less than I can find anywhere else. I had to break down and buy eggplant as my seedlings failed, so though I normally have more than I know what to do with, and was so counting on them this year, I won't reap any from the garden, so disappointed, never happened before.

A few weeks ago, I went to Trader Joe's for pepper flakes as a bottle is only $1 +, and came home with a cart load of food. Tubs of the little oatmeal and current cookies, keep them in the frig, addictive, salami Secchi, micro greens, an organic French bread, almost as good as Acme, Persian cucumbers, several varieties of hummus, could make it, but am lazy for cooking during the summer as I spend most days at hard labor outside, and ribs to cook, will get ribs when I go to Costco next. I found sliced, cooked beets yesterday, so will pickle those. I used to roast them, peel them, end up with red hands, a lot of trouble and energy, but maybe I can cook them in the air fryer, am going to try.

The weather has been wonderful, wish it would continue, but down the road lurks the high eighties and low nineties.

Re: August 2018 What's Cooking ??

RedTop — Thu, 02 Aug 2018 19:37:01 GMT

Tomorrow is trash day, so tonight is leftovers, and empty the fridge night. We can choose between spaghetti and garlic bread, beans and cornbread, and KFC chicken.

Re: August 2018 What's Cooking ??

mousiegirl — Thu, 02 Aug 2018 19:57:56 GMT

@RedTop wrote:
Tomorrow is trash day, so tonight is leftovers, and empty the fridge night. We can choose between spaghetti and garlic bread, beans and cornbread, and KFC chicken.

@RedTop I choose KFC and beans.

Re: August 2018 What's Cooking ??

Pooky1 — Thu, 02 Aug 2018 20:03:58 GMT

all sounds good but never had fried salami. cucumbers from our grden are nice and crispy and great right out of frig nice and cold in ranch dressing. we didnt plant eggplant because last year it didnt do well and this year italian string beans arnt doing well.everything else is doing great.

Re: August 2018 What's Cooking ??

Winifred — Sat, 04 Aug 2018 02:25:46 GMT

Another super hot and muggy day - several more to come. Sigh.

Had oatmeal for breakfast and then a great grilled cheese with fried zucchini for lunch = at the Pepper Steak restaurant in San Bernardino. They have had great food for many many years.. Had several errands to run so when I got home I collapsed - that muggy weather really gets to me. Did get all the feeders filled and the water fountain cleaned out and with fresh water. My feathered friends are friends again. Then gave Ditty his afternoon snack and fresh water and have now called it quits. Hope all are OK. Lunch was very late so it also served as a dinner and yes of course I had some Moose Tracks Ice cream about 20 minutes ago so am full.

Stay cool!

Re: August 2018 What's Cooking ??

RedTop — Sat, 04 Aug 2018 02:33:56 GMT

The 2 of us ate the last of the beans and cornbread, potato pancakes, onions and jalapeno chow chow for supper tonight. Someone will have to cook tomorrow or order takeout!

Re: August 2018 What's Cooking ??

Pooky1 — Sat, 04 Aug 2018 10:42:19 GMT

good morning evryone. today is another hot humid day. exspecting showers and thunder storms but no cool down. hot and muggy exspected most of next week. yuk. yestauday we went grocery shopping. anna and i that is. maria hates grocery shopping and i love it so it works out well. we had left over chowder for lunch and last night maria asked what i felt like eating. i said how about pepperoni pizza. so when i was down having car washed and then i vacuumed it. where we go vacuum is free with car wash. so i ordered a pepperoni pizza french fries and mozzarellas sticks. very good. maria made pretzels in the air fryer. came out really good and today shes making donuts allso in air fryer. hope everyone has a great weekend.

Re: August 2018 What's Cooking ??

mousiegirl — Sat, 04 Aug 2018 15:55:03 GMT

@RedTop wrote:
The 2 of us ate the last of the beans and cornbread, potato pancakes, onions and jalapeno chow chow for supper tonight. Someone will have to cook tomorrow or order takeout!

@RedTop I am still thinking about your beans. I almost bought the ingredients, but remembered that first, I have to make another batch of refried beans, but I know for certain, I will make your beans in the Fall.

Re: August 2018 What's Cooking ??

Danky — Sat, 04 Aug 2018 17:04:13 GMT

Hi @mousiegirl------I want to make @RedTop's beans also. Did she ever leave us a method or recipe ? I only remember that must add a tbs of sugar

at the end....

@Winifred-----how did the overnight with the new friends go for them and the babies? I love zucchini......

@Pooky1------you went grocery shopping.......Maria has menus into the next century and you picked up a pizza ? Sounds like me.

I got really fed up with paying almost $4 for about a cup of fruit salad at Panera so I got a ton of assorted fruits and today I am making a load of summer fruit salad....I will add the strawberries as I eat it so that it will last longer in the fridge. Can not wait !

Also going to sautée some zucchini , onions, garlic and tomatoes with a pork chop as a go with...

@RedTop------how do you reheat your leftover KFC ? I don't like the way it tastes when I try ......

Re: August 2018 What's Cooking ??

mousiegirl — Sat, 04 Aug 2018 16:58:22 GMT

@Danky You can get a recipe by googling how to cook beans. It depends on the amount of beans you want to have, I would want enough to freeze, so I am thinking either one regular size bag of each bean, or two of one type of bean, salt pork, have never used this, and maybe add an onion, saw a recipe caling for tomatoes, and herbs could be added. Maybe we should beg @RedTop for the exact recipe.

Re: August 2018 What's Cooking ??

Danky — Sat, 04 Aug 2018 17:09:42 GMT

@mousiegirl wrote:
@Danky You can get a recipe by googling how to cook beans. It depends on the amount of beans you want to have, I would want enough to freeze, so I am thinking either one regular size bag of each bean, or two of one type of bean, salt pork, have never used this, and maybe add an onion, saw a recipe caling for tomatoes, and herbs could be added. Maybe we should beg @RedTop for the exact recipe.

@mousiegirl-------the begging at the altar of @RedTop's kitchen works for me.....I have made beans before but I would really like her "Pawpaw's Proud Of Redtop's Beans" recipe

Re: August 2018 What's Cooking ??

Pooky1 — Sat, 04 Aug 2018 18:12:06 GMT

had pizza delivered to house. paid over phone for pizza and maria and anna was home and i was home before pizza was. your comment about menu i found quit amusing.

Re: August 2018 What's Cooking ??

RedTop — Sat, 04 Aug 2018 19:03:04 GMT

I appreciate the interest in my beans! In my world everyone cooks beans often, so I never think about a recipe or method.

This last pot was a mix of pinto beans and great northern beans, probably a generous 3 cups of dry beans total, looked, rinsed, and brought to a boil with the piece of salt pork. Sometimes I season beans with a ham bone, ham chunks, or slices of bacon, just whatever I have. Reduce heat to a level where they continue to boil, checking often to be sure they are still covered with water.

By the end of 3-3 1/2 hours, test the beans for doneness and the bean soup for level of saltiness. My pork was not very salty, so I added more salt, and continued cooking another 40 minutes. After the 40 minutes, cornbread went in the oven, and I removed the lid, turned up the heat, added a tablespoon of sugar and let the beans boil pretty hard until the bread was done. We like our beans very soft and our bean soup a little thick, not like brown water.

If you soak beans overnight or even a few hours, your cooking time will be less than the method above. I rarely soak beans, mainly because my decision to cook them is a last minute decision, not decided a day in advance.

Re: August 2018 What's Cooking ??

RedTop — Sat, 04 Aug 2018 19:33:09 GMT

@mousiegirl,
You mentioned adding onion, tomatoes, etc., and I will admit to having cooked beans with an onion before. We are bean people and we are onion people, so that combo is never wrong, and we still added raw onion to the beans on our plate.

I don't think there will ever come a day that I add canned tomatoes, jalapenos or garlic to a pot of beans. My family would think I've lost my marbles and watched too many cooking shows! That's just not how we cook beans here in West Virginia, and all my ancestors, led by my Papaw would likely haunt me for such an act. In my lifetime i have cooked one bag of the 15 bean soup by the recipe on the bag. My family absolutely hated it and said they never wanted to see a bag of those in this house again.

We will eat pinto, October, great northern, navy, or yellow eye beans; well seasoned, with thick soup, but plain.

Re: August 2018 What's Cooking ??

Winifred — Mon, 06 Aug 2018 03:12:03 GMT

no cooking today except for Mac and Cheese for the little girl. Everything else leftovers that either did not need heating or rthey were "nuked". Miserable hot sticky day again and tomorrow even worse.

Re: August 2018 What's Cooking ??

Pooky1 — Mon, 06 Aug 2018 21:05:06 GMT

winifred. you must be dying for fall weather to come in. the air thats easy to breath. were in the the middle 90s and very high humidity. we went in the pool today. very refreshing. surprzed it wasnt really warm water, we ate dinner with anna her son and grand children and again sunday but just anna maria and i. she had alot of leftovers. she made pasta sauce meatballs. fresh tomato salad from garden. she made homemade sausage and fryed it with eggs.garden string beans corn on the cob. and dont remember what else. im sure there was more. maria mde homemade french vanilla donuts . some with powdered sugar and some with top diped in chocolate and she made pretzels. she made them all in the new air fryer its well worth the money.today she made tomato salad with pioneer womans cowboy steak recipe. in a sandwich. really good. wednesday were waiting for our new stove to be delivered. i went to bjs wholesale club to pick up a bunch of stuff we needed. had 44 dollars in coupons. hope everyone has a great day eats well and trys to stay cool. good luck everyone

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Winifred — Mon, 06 Aug 2018 23:01:21 GMT

Well David came home to go to school. He has been super quiet and very nice - hope it continues. Have a pork roast - boneless - in the slow cooker with baby carrots and a HUGE sweet onion. Will soon put in some ears of con as go withs - they are cut in half so should be able to squeeze them all in there - am NOT in the mood to go out in the heat to cook them on the grill. Sure could boil them on the stove but do not even want to do that. Cannot wait for some cooler weather but even September is usually very hot. We actually have a cool June leading into July and then the heat goes through the first of October - then Hallowe'en is freezing. Figures does it not?

Kitchen smells good and now that I replaced the cooler it is super cool but just do not want to stand in there for any length of time.

Pooky1 you and Maria always have some really good eating at your house. Wish you lived closer - we would pack up and go and visit with you. LOL

Hope all had a great day.

Re: August 2018 What's Cooking ??

mousiegirl — Tue, 07 Aug 2018 00:51:12 GMT

@Winifred wrote:
Well David came home to go to school. He has been super quiet and very nice - hope it continues. Have a pork roast - boneless - in the slow cooker with baby carrots and a HUGE sweet onion. Will soon put in some ears of con as go withs - they are cut in half so should be able to squeeze them all in there - am NOT in the mood to go out in the heat to cook them on the grill. Sure could boil them on the stove but do not even want to do that. Cannot wait for some cooler weather but even September is usually very hot. We actually have a cool June leading into July and then the heat goes through the first of October - then Hallowe'en is freezing. Figures does it not?

Kitchen smells good and now that I replaced the cooler it is super cool but just do not want to stand in there for any length of time.

Pooky1 you and Maria always have some really good eating at your house. Wish you lived closer - we would pack up and go and visit with you. LOL

Hope all had a great day.

@Winifred Did you know that corn on the cob wrapped in damp paper towels can be cooked in the microwave? I did it last night, about four-five mnutes depending how done you like it, I like it almost raw.

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mousiegirl — Tue, 07 Aug 2018 00:54:26 GMT

@Pooky1 wrote:
winifred. you must be dying for fall weather to come in. the air thats easy to breath. were in the the middle 90s and very high humidity. we went in the pool today. very refreshing. surprzed it wasnt really warm water, we ate dinner with anna her son and grand children and again sunday but just anna maria and i. she had alot of leftovers. she made pasta sauce meatballs. fresh tomato salad from garden. she made homemade sausage and fryed it with eggs.garden string beans corn on the cob. and dont remember what else. im sure there was more. maria mde homemade french vanilla donuts . some with powdered sugar and some with top diped in chocolate and she made pretzels. she made them all in the new air fryer its well worth the money.today she made tomato salad with pioneer womans cowboy steak recipe. in a sandwich. really good. wednesday were waiting for our new stove to be delivered. i went to bjs wholesale club to pick up a bunch of stuff we needed. had 44 dollars in coupons. hope everyone has a great day eats well and trys to stay cool. good luck everyone

@Pooky1 Are you referring to Ree's steak with cowboy butter? I love that butter, I make a batch and keep it in the freezer.

I am impressed about the donuts and pretzels made in the air fryer, will have to look into the pretzels. I also bought the Blue Jean Chef's two air fryer books.