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Wow, camped my entire life, both with my parents and with girl scouts.
take two coolers, one for beverages one for food. reason? the beverage one gets open a LOT where as the food one doesn't.
my mom took her cast iron skillet and make us a fry every morning including fried tomatos, bacon, eggs, we toasted bread in the fire on sticks.
take a dozen hard boiled eggs too, excellent, quiick energy boost.
Don't forget snacks for around the campfire at night, camping makes me hungroy!
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Here in the midwest, we make them exactly like Kim does, but after a few days of chilling in the brine, we drain them well, and stir in some sour cream before serving.
this is actually so popular, I was served this in the hospital after giving birth to my daughter.
Christine, that's a great idea! I'll be trying that! I started mine this past weekend and they should be ready for tasting/reseasoning today or tomorrow! Now if the tomatoes would just come in!
let me know what you think, we think it takes them to a whole nother level, kind of almost a competely different dish.
I've heard it called Russian salad.
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Here in the midwest, we make them exactly like Kim does, but after a few days of chilling in the brine, we drain them well, and stir in some sour cream before serving.
this is actually so popular, I was served this in the hospital after giving birth to my daughter.
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Well, pumpkin colored placemats, same color candles in a very pretty candle holder, and my son's school papers, (school's out now, so what's my excuse?)
We rarely eat here. not sure why.
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We consider the whole point of making a meatloaf is to have cold meatloaf, on white bread, with lettuce, mayo, pepper and mustard.
leftover stew.. you go to all the trouble to make stew, why make a small one, it only gets better re-heated.
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Freeze, until you need to make stuffing for pouiltry. That's what I do.
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Funny you picked up on that, I'm a salt-aholic. Left to my own devices, I salt take out pizza.
Wonder why I'm bloat-tated? heee.
And Katie, I hear you on the red meat. when is a cheeseburger ever better then at that exact point on the month?
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so far it's been the classic pms craving food ... chocolate. I have resisted so far, but I know tomorrow is my 'bake day' and I will cave in. That and scones. Now the strange thing was I was really jonesing for a real, not diet, coke. I had one...something I never do, normally.
Real Coke is the only thing I can drink at this time. No coffee, no milk, no diet nothing, has to be real Coke, on a ton of ice, and it doesn't matter if it's below zero outside, has to be iced.
Not sure what's going on this month, I'm kinda on the memopause ride, but I am bloat-tated to the max and the boobs are sore..
food wise, it's been bacon. on white bread with mayo. and olives.
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My bad, lisa!
then, how about some italian style dressing? I've done that too.
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In a word, Kebobs!
Marinate beef (or lamb) cut in cubes, skewer with fresh vegetables, I go with whole cherry tomatos, onion quarters, slices of zuchinni, peppers, mushrooms, whatever looks good at the market. My marinade is pretty simple, worchester sauce and melted butter, fresh ground pepper.
Serve on a bed of rice pilaf, veg and meat for meat eaters, just veg for the others.
this and a simple salad is a meal!
it has the added advantage of being able to broil them in the house, or put on the grill for outdoor eating.
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I´ve been thinking about the therm comfort food, mostly because I´ve trying to find a translation (into Dutch) that satisfies me. The literal translation would be ´troost eten´, food that comforts you. But for some reason this feels like a description that is too narrow, in the sense that it means ´food to eat when you are in need of comfort´(ie when you´re sad or down or depressed).
I always understood the English term comfort food as something with a broader meaning: food that makes you feel good, food that´s homely and simple and not too challenging on the taste buds. It makes you feel good, but does not require that you felt bad when you started eating.
Am I wrong about this English meaning?
No you are not wrong, I personally take it as both meanings, i.e., food you eat after something bad happens, and also food that evokes fond memories from days gone by, like something your grandparent made just for you.
It seems to have more than one meaning.
Sorry to muddy the water! but I really think of comfort food two different ways.
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Pizza with ramps and meatballs, about a minute overcooked, but there's only a couple bites where you could tell.
Though whole ramps look nice on pizza, I think it's actually better to chop them up. But this one looked nicer than the pizza with chopped ramps.
My Lord, that's a work of art!!After moving (not by choice,) I find myself getting used to having a gas stove for the first time in many years.. I'm finally getting my cook back on, made some muffin bread last night, and I'm doing a meatloaf/mashed potato thing for dinner tonight.
Made beef stew on friday, I'm really, really needing my comfort foods right now!
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Frozen, mashed potatos. Cause it's so F@#$$% hard to boil and mash potatos.
Takes a degree from a culinary school, right?
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How timely.
I'm currently nursing along a pretty nasty burn on the inside of my wrist (where I always manage to burn myself, WTH is up with that?)
I recently moved, and went from an electric to a gas stove and was taking something out of the oven when my wrist brushed against the upper oven shelf.
It's not infected, but it's bad to look and and is going to leave a swell scar.
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Hmm.
After a very long,hard battle, I am joining the ranks of millions of people who are walking away from a mortgage and going back to renting.
My goal is to shop at Aldis and make everything I possibly can myself, buying little or no Made Goods.
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Kim, it could be worse, football wise, I'm in Cleveland
You take your chili just the way I like it. Do you use ground beef or stewing beef?
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Take the dress of, Fress you're not fooling anyone.
Well, children, just wait. Approaching my forty eigth birthday, I FINALLY missed a couple of months.
Then, after said months, I found myself eating candy, bitching and moaning about my gut, eating fritos dipped in salsa with microwave american cheese, crying at the drop of a hat.....
yup.
it's back!
Not sure what's worse, when you know it's coming, or it shows up like a bat out of hell?
So, I guess for the next few years I'll be enjoying memopause russian roulette..
Oh, and the way I cramp, I'm surprised I'm not asking for a crack pipe. shheessh.
when I went into full labor with both my kids, I thought, hell, it's pretty much just an umped up version of what I do every twenty eight days anyway.
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Beatiful as always, Kim.
Mr. Crackers, I want to sit down with that ham and just pick all the glazey bits off it!
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Okay you slackers, let's see the Christmas dinners!
Kim Shook, I'm talking to you, amongst many others.
I ate with my vegetarian mom. We didn't have the usual roast, but we had all the side dishes, potatos, turnips and brussel sprouts roasted in the oven, yourshire puds with gravy, creamed onions. I really didn't miss the meat, which is weird for me, I'm all about my cow!
Later, we had different crackers, a cheese plate, olives, pickles marinated mushrooms, raw veggies, a cheese ball, and lemon curd tarts. I ate too much as always and was up digesting half the night.
it was worth it.
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I confess that I miss the point of Chicago hot dogs. They look supremely messy and are filled with vegetables.
I suppose I should eat one, though.
I think, like say, pizza, the unusual condiments/toppings make them very good.
Does that make sense? I'm trying to explain, because I personally adore a Chicago dog, I make them at home a lot.
(I'm not in Chicago)
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Lightweights!
Yes, pumpkin pie, jello pretezel pie that my roommate's mother made, along with some greek style stuffing ( ground beef, rice, raisins, pine nuts) and heavenly sweet potatos just baked with butter and brown sugar.
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chop it up with some onions and marinate for a couple of days in good Italian dressing, add carrots if you like.
and olives. yum.
also, mix blue cheese with cream cheese and stuff em. I could live on that.
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OK, I picked up the green olives, hoping the store would have black by now, but no such luck. I'm going to do a fig and green olive taste test, and if it sucks, I'll have to go with the tasteless black olives in a can. Such is life! I guess I can do the olive and grilled cheese sandwich route to use up the green olives, or stuff them with cheese (these are pitted, so I won't even have to do any work!). I've never done that before...it sounds so good!
Syrah--I can't believe you don't like black olives! I prefer them to the green. Actually, I didn't like either black or green until I spent 3 months in Morocco. Then I found out what olives were supposed to taste like!
Thanks for the ideas!
Can you find the little black ones marinated in oil and they are unpitted and wrinkled? True, pitting is a pain in the arse, but they are packed with flavor!
Do you have a grocery with an olive bar? There's one at our Giant Eagle.
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What do you mean, really old cheddar?
super sharp, cave aged. hellvagood is a really nice one, just make sure you get the extra sharp!
Hospital Food--not as bad as I thought...
in Food Traditions & Culture
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I have to say, in Jan. of 1989, I had my first child by C-section at Fairview hospital in Cleveland, Oh, and when I had recovered enough to eat, the food was outstanding.
I was fed like a hog on the way to the market. Every morning started with milk, fresh fruit, cereal, toast, butter, scrambled eggs, and a danish.
lunch was stuff like homemade cheese potates with ham, salads with lettuce, cukes, tomato, carrots, cheese, etc.
at three, they came around with homebaked cookies the size of wagon wheels.
my last dinner was beef roast, mashed potatos and gravy. green beans with almonds, a salad of cukes in sour cream, a lovely hard roll with butter, and an apple dumpling the size of my fist.
Ten years later, I had my son at another hospital. the food was microwave Stouffers and nothing as good,