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i thought i was the only one who brought baked goods to a friend who runs a bakery or bring in stroganoff made from the meat i bought from my butcher. course i also bring baked goods to the meat folks. the one thing i have learned is that they are appreciated. as my friend, maria, said after i brought her some pumpkin olive oil bread around thanksgiving - she had been doing so much baking for sale that she appreciated something she didn't have to make. the guys at the butcher shop appreciated the sauce especially that accompanied the stroganoff.

puff pastry empanadas thai curry puffs pie crusts notice a theme here?

i never had tuna salad from a can until i was around 25 - and still don't like it much. we grew up eating "fish salad" which meant any leftover fish flaked up with some celery salt, minced onion, pickle relish - just a touch and make sure you drain it - and some miracle whip. blowfish was a favorite. striper or blue fish not so much. now a days i like to make a bouillon with some peppercorns, bay leaf, onion and garlic. poach a piece of tuna. when cooled shred then shallots, celery salt(can't eat celery)and some miracle whip. i do keep a retort package of tuna as a total back up in the pantry.

anyone else find his take on making his roux interesting? i have switched to his version exculsively since first trying it... OHH-RAH!!

one word...SPAM. spam and pineapple skewers on the pupu platter? spam poke? sounds like a great time. i have a sushi cat drink glass if you would like it...johnnybird got it someplace in ca when he was out there on business.

try buttershots - butterscotch liqueur - with that apple cider.

oh, christine... what a beautiful story. i, too, lost a husband though after less than a year of marriage but several years later i was lucky to find john and we will be married 29 years in may. one dinner i will NOT want to repeat was the one he whipped up for me. he started at about 9 am and we ate at 7 pm. he had made me a cocktail(can't remember what it was) then served me chicken cordon bleu, mashed potatoes, broccoli and pots du chocolat all made from my Fannie Farmer cookbook. then i saw the kitchen and it took me about 3 hours to clean up almost every dish, pot and pan we owned.

it would have to be "breakfast" with my mom. the last time we had it was about 2 weeks before she died back in 1990. it was something that we always had once when visiting Shelter Island after i had moved away. 1. try out a pound of bacon. move the bacon to paper towels to drain. 2. add some crisco to the the pan. 3. add flounder fillets that have been milk and egg washed then coated with Corn Flake crumbs 4. serve with boiled potatoes sprinkled with salt and parsley, fresh lima beans with butter and worcesterhire sauce for the fillets i have tried to replicate the meal but it is NOT the same... just like her meatloaf and her mac and cheese

i don't enjoy eating out for dinner at all. i would rather eat at home or at work since several nights out of the week i work until 8 pm. i would rather eat out for lunch and, on the weekends, spend my time cooking for my husband and myself. we MAY do dinner out twice a year - his birthday(celebrated early on halloween so we don't have to deal with trick-or-treaters) and MAYBE mine.

i'm originally from new york...not new jersey but if you have the Stern's Real American Food book it is in there. if you don't pm me and i will send the recipe to you since it is copyrighted.

interesting to read this...don't remember much from the 70s but then i was in college at the time. enough said. where i grew up the nearest mcdonald's was 30 miles away. though i guess i do miss going to Buffalo Memorial Aud then off to the Anchor for wings or before a concert to Schwabel's for beef on weck. or the smell in the fall eminating from the Red Wing factory - in september it was grape jelly followed by chili sauce followed by peanut butter. the whole town smelled of it. oh, my favorite fish - walleye - from lake erie with a koch's beer brewed lakefront in dunkirk.

the one thing my father-in-law doesn't miss is what he called that "tall food" - everything stacked high and many times deconstructed. mozz sticks at my local bar so if you need a place to crash after eating them...

i just made some south jersey italian beef sandwiches for super bowl. really good meat but not rare. beef on weck - ahhhhhh..... i went to school in fredonia, ny just a mere 60 miles south of buffalo. in that 60 miles the style changes but the main thing is the kummelweck roll, something you can't get any further east than syracuse - unless you know me since i make my own 'weck. kummelweck includes mashed potato, potato water and caraway. they are topped with more of the caraway and bakers salt so you taste it like crazy. buffalo style is like a french dip and served warm, fredonia style is cold with thinly sliced rare beef, thinly sliced swiss, shredded lettuce, thinly sliced tomatoes and 1000 island dressing. actually i'm making a set of weck this weekend - let me have your snail mail address and i can get a few rolls to you in two days.

growing up it was whatever we were able to shoot - and clean and remove all the shot wild duck - breast parboiled then roasted - usually beared or draped in salt pork/bacon. use the rest of the bird to make a stock. pheasant - my FAVORITE. roast then use the bones and the wing tips for more stock. or breast them out - use the rest for more stock - and make parmigana with the pounded breast. it is freakin' heaven. quail - brine, spatchcock and grill partridge - see above or roast with some fat and some fruit

only 7 of us for the game but this is what i'm providing: italian beef sandwiches - braised a beef roast with some red wine, garlic, bay leaf, tomatoes. will defat the sauce, thinly slice the beef then add it back in. saute some onions and cubanelle peppers. serve on some crusty rolls. sweet and sour meatballs chili verde - pork, tomatillos, roasted poblanos. one couple is bringing a vegetarian lasagna, one is bringing dessert and the single guy is bringing beer.

use it on top of kummelwick rolls then make beef on 'weck.

friday picked up some turkey thighs so roasted turkey with stove top stuffing and some roasted zucchini. yesterday john went up for a concert in poughkeepsie. sent him up with some leftover noodles, roast pheasant and shallot fig sauce, meatloaf sandwiches and an egg and canadian bacon sandwich for breakfast today. today is a chili contest.last night made a white chili with roasted poblanos and tomatillos along with some beer, mexican oregano, pimenton d'espisse and pork. spiral hams on sale for .99 per pound so will do that with some sweets and green beans for dinner tonight. leftover will become deviled ham for john's sandwiches next week and the bone goes into the freezer for soup - maybe a white bean and kale

absolutely on putting the raw meatballs in to cook. learned that from Adrianna Trigiana. grated carrot instead of sugar though my mom used to use sweet and low - never liked that.

wow...my supply is from Arlington Liquor store in Poughkeepsie...one of my favorite places to visit. they tend to have at least 3-4 bottles of each kind on display. the first time i went into the store this poor young guy asked me if i needed any help...just after i had found the bourbon altar. oh, no...i didn't need any help.

GENTLEMEN - my geriatric cow won't allow me to see pictures so please excuse me if you have these in collection - Tuthilltown Spirits. do you know and/or use any of their products? i am partial to the rye, myself. we also repurpose dinner leftovers but i have to provide johnnybird with at least one sandwich(meatloaf and chicken salad with avocado being this week's selection) since he is pulled into meetings at a moment's notice and has to have something he can take with him. JOHNDER - mallomars?! they are back to full price now. we stocked up when they were half price and i had coupons...still 4 boxes in the pantry. MITCH - try the lingonberry jam with some sauteed or roasted venison medallions. CROUTON - spaetzle maker?!! my husband's grandmother from Schweisheim, Germany taught me how to make spaetzle using nothing more than a knife, a cutting board and a pot of boiling water.

we were at john's office holiday party last night and had leftovers. some of his prime rib added to the potatoes from last night became his breakfast - steak and eggs with hash browns. served to him in bed. i wonder why the folk i know don't want their husbands to know what i do? (seriously - i am a early bird and he is a night owl and i am about ready to head out the door when he is ready to eat and watch the "Money Honey" each sunday morning) i had a banana and two cups of coffee before hitting the gym.

red cabbage with shallot, apple and cider is slowly cooking down. the pheasant is cleaned and ready to be quickly browned then roasted with some juniper, shallots and bacon. already made a fig sauce to serve it with. now for the big question: egg noodles or rice?

5" of snow and now the bottom is supposed to drop out of the thermometer. time for comfort food: meatloaf garlic mashed potatoes sauteed zucchini with more garlic going to try my hand at a apple and pear crumble with some blue cheese husband's work party tomorrow sunday i'm going to roast a pheasant for dinner then use the carcass to make stock.

made some spicy bean soup last week - didn't have black beans so used some red ones. chipotle in adobo, homemade chicken stock, carrots, onions, garlic, pimenton d'espisse, cumin, granulated garlic, oregano, thyme. nice and spicy. today was about 2" of snow followed by sleet/freezing rain/rain. just finished shoveling half of what i have to do. yesterday i did a shoprite run and picked up some smoked ham hocks. used one(froze the rest) to make some split pea soup with carrots, onions, potatoes and bay leaf. i was speaking with one of the neighbors who was off from work and asked what she had to trade for 2 pints of soup. she said she had some chicken paprikash. sold. my other neighbor made some lentil soup so we traded the same amount. there are 3 couples and one single male neighbors and we do get sick of our own cooking so we are starting to do some trading - though i have to put up some 1/2 pints for my mother-in-law.

i love the miniature mushroom forest. and now i want those fries... got a turkey tenderloin at the store that is now brining in some herbs, kosher salt, water and hard cider. will roast it with some stove top stuffing(augmented with some sauteed onion and apples, mash and carrots and peas for dinner tomorrow then the leftovers for sandwiches. john will not eat cold cuts so i have to make sure that i have poached chicken, baked ham and hard cooked eggs or roasted turkey for sandwiches. big game at 1630 today so i have some ground bison thawing to make sloppy joes along with some red coleslaw with blue cheese that we will eat probably at half time.