Food Floof! Fries part 2!
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Food Floof! Dips!
Comments (60)"Anything with cream cheese Is my favorite." Hard to argue with that philosophy :-)) Cream cheese seems to be the ideal base for many kinds of dip. I remember a high school pal of mine and I making a simple but very tasty dip out of cream cheese and A1 steak sauce! That and a bag of chips got us through a lot of homework sessions. And look away guacamole purists as I used to add cream cheese to mine when making for a crowd at summer BBQ's. Kept the guac from discoloring and added to the richness but never overwhelmed the avocados. As I now make it almost exclusively for myself, no need to add the cr. cheese to stretch the dip and it gets eaten too fast for discoloring. But it absolutely has to have plenty of fresh lime juice, salt, garlic and some sort of spicy kick - cayenne, dried pepper flakes, a splash of hot sauce or minced jalapenos. In a pinch, some hot salsa will do. To be perfectly honest, I do not understand needing a recipe for a dip. Unless a very specific type of dip or spread, like pate. You just mix together what you think will taste good in suitable proportions. But then, I don't use many recipes for cooking anyway, except for baking. btw Lars, there are lots of recipes for crab dip that don't include cheese other than cream cheese. Seems like only the hot or baked versions include something like cheddar and I prefer my crab fresh and with minimal fussing so they would never top my list....See MoreFood Floof! Making the cut!
Comments (38)Peanut butter and jelly on olive bread! Well, we are not American so my mother had a poor frame of reference when I asked for PB&J in first grade. My step father was German, so we had rye bread at home. He ate peanut butter, jelly did not compute to my mother, so I ate, peanut butter and strawberry jam on seeded, buttered rye. It was OK, but not what I hoped for. I also could not communicate my desire for Oreo cookies to my family when I was in K. I told them I liked the burnt cookies we were served at snack time. As a teenager I bought myself some white bread, grape jelly and peanut butter to make sandwiches for a trip to a water park- delicious! Mind you, strawberry jam on seeded rye is actually awesome, just without the peanut butter :-)...See MoreFestive Food Floof! Christmas!
Comments (45)I managed to do everything I planned to do despite having a bad reaction to the latest round of chemo on the 20th. We went back to our home in the country and I was feeling relatively OK the next day so I did some prep for cooking, making the sausagemeat stuffing for the turkey and freezing it. I had made pumpkin pies and brownies before we went down to the city for the treatment and put them into the freezer in our unit there. I was glad that I did as I felt dreadful on the Friday and Saturday. I was a little better on the Saturday so I continued with prepping, chopping bread cubes and celery and onions etc for the bread stuffing, then we had to pack it all up and head down to the city again as DD and her little family were arriving at the airport in the early evening. We were lending them DH’s car so at least he had to be there. It was touch and go as to whether I would be up to driving my car down (as opposed to DH’s sister bringing him back to the country and then him driving both of us in my car) but through sheer stubbornness I made it :-). Sunday morning I felt almost human again so I put the ham I had pre-studded with cloves into the oven and basted it with a mix of orange juice, cranberry sauce, honey and mustard at regular intervals. It turned out delicious and moist :-) As it happened I didn’t need to bring salads so I made the cheesecake I had planned to make and that was me done for the day. We took the ham and the desserts and all our presents to my BIL’s place and had a great evening with the whole extended family and then divvied up leftovers. I gave away a fair amount of ham, which was fine with me as I had bought a large one just for the purpose. Christmas morning I made the bread stuffing then stuffed the turkey buffe with it then sealed it in with the sausagemeat stuffing. We took that, the remaining ham and a pumpkin pie to the holiday apartment where DD is staying. Her DH made waffles with fresh fruit and maple syrup for brunch, then we played with DGS and opened presents while the turkey roasted along with the potatoes. After a while DD made an appetiser of brie wedges coated in panko and fried, along with cranberry sauce and rocket salad. Then we had the turkey, ham, green beans with prosciutto, roasted Dutch carrots, cauliflower cheese, hasselback potatoes, bread sauce and gravy and big puffy mini Yorkshire puddings (made by DSIL), followed by pumpkin pie at a decent interval. It was a lovely low key day and we had a great time with DD, DSIL and DGS, who is the most delightful baby 🥰...See MoreFood Floof! When someone else is paying.....
Comments (56)I was more gently raised Elmer. Throwing things at people in restaurants would never do. This is similar to the opening the door scenario...another issue with friend...in that it was difficult for men who were brought up to open doors for women to not get huffy when said female wanted to open her own door. Etiquette changes of course. I am reminded of a neighbor who used to do "favors" for me. She would feed my cats(for a fee) and look after my flock of ducks and geese for the eggs though I looked after not only the dog from time to time but one time her children for a week for nothing but she was there and very reliable so I would take her out to lunch from time to time as a thanks and she always wanted to go the same place and ordered the most expensive thing which was crab in a sauce poured over a toasted English muffin and would snarf it down and then complain bitterly that the portions were too small and not enough to "fill her up" which would make me smile as it made her sound like a gas tank but then I would have to be ashamed of my self for thinking so. And here I am telling people about it. Dear me. patriciae...See More- 4 years ago
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