On 2024-04-14, jmcquown <j_mcquown@comcast.net> wrote:
> On 4/14/2024 7:28 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>> On 2024-04-14, BryanGSimmons <bryangsimmons@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> The lowest meat (ham), and the lowest format (casserole). Nursing home
>>> fare.
>>
> Bryan disparages nearly every food-related post here.
>
>> Tastes vary on the desirability of ham. I like potatoes au gratin
>> with ham, but not with the ham cooked in the casserole. Likewise,
>> I like broccoli with ham and potatoes au gratin, but gently nuked
>> rather than cooked to death in the casserole.
>>
> Am I misinterpreting something? I've never heard of broccoli cooked
> *in* potatoes au gratin casserole. I've seen recipes for baked mac &
> cheese with broccoli cooked in it and I'm with you there. Not at all
> appealing.

No, but I'm sure someone has done it.

We don't incorporate broccoli into chicken divan when we make it,
either.

--
Cindy Hamilton

On 2024-04-14 10:16 a.m., Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> On 2024-04-14, jmcquown <j_mcquown@comcast.net> wrote:

>>> Tastes vary on the desirability of ham. I like potatoes au gratin
>>> with ham, but not with the ham cooked in the casserole. Likewise,
>>> I like broccoli with ham and potatoes au gratin, but gently nuked
>>> rather than cooked to death in the casserole.
>>>
>> Am I misinterpreting something? I've never heard of broccoli cooked
>> *in* potatoes au gratin casserole. I've seen recipes for baked mac &
>> cheese with broccoli cooked in it and I'm with you there. Not at all
>> appealing.
>
> No, but I'm sure someone has done it.
>
> We don't incorporate broccoli into chicken divan when we make it,
> either.
>
Is it chicken divan with the broccoli? I always thought that was an
important component of the dish. We make that frequently when we have
leftover chicken. One time we had no broccoli on hand so we used
asparagus instead.

You do have to be careful with the cooking time for the broccoli in
order not to overcook it. Parboiling it and then baking the dish for
1/2 hour works out well, but it doesn't do well to re-heat leftovers.
When you cook it a second time it develops some of that nastiness that
is common with overcooked broccoli.

On 4/14/2024 10:04 AM, Mike Duffy wrote:
> On 2024-04-14, jmcquown wrote:
>
>> I should have said *alternate* sources
>> of high starch foods. Mea culpa.
>
> Well, so far my research indicates that potatoes
> are the best tasting, so you do have a point.
>
> Did you ever try breadfruit?
>
No.

Jill

On Sat, 13 Apr 2024 22:51:44 +0000
ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net (ItsJoanNotJoAnn) wrote:

> Bruce wrote:
>
> > On Sat, 13 Apr 2024 21:03:51 +0000, ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net
> > (ItsJoanNotJoAnn) wrote:
>
> >>F4099 wrote:
> >>
>
> >>>
> >>Greg, why are you posting under two names?? You post a reply on
> >>some of these threads and then reply to your own post.
>
> > I don't think this is Greg. No religious hysteria, no endless
> > quotes, just extreme right wing drivel. Maybe it's Casa Boner or,
> > if he's deceased, a clone.
> >
> I'd be very surprised if it's not Greg; doesn't trim posts and quotes
> reams of previous comments. But to be fair, I've noticed in the last
> few weeks everyone seems to have forgotten how to trim posts before
> adding their comment.

Trimming poasts is like trimming pubic hair.

Best done sparingly, unless you like looking like a eunuch.

On Sat, 13 Apr 2024 23:41:49 +0000
gregorymorrow@msn.com (GM) wrote:

> Hank Rogers wrote:
>
> > jmcquown wrote:
> >> It's obviously Greg because he just loves to call me an old
> >> spinster in his idiotic trolling replies.
>
> > He's a fool, your majesty. We all know you are a very young and
> > beautiful monarch.
>
> > GM is a foolish old christian queer.
>
> Drat...!!!
>
> At the Dataw Royal Compound I will now be relegated to the lowly role
> of The Keeper of the Royal Chamber Pot...
>
> :-(
>

Daqueen eats lotsa grits, so...

On Sun, 14 Apr 2024 11:34:01 +1000
Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:

> On Sat, 13 Apr 2024 19:11:08 -0400, jmcquown <j_mcquown@comcast.net>
> wrote:
>
> >On 4/13/2024 6:51 PM, ItsJoanNotJoAnn wrote:
> >> Bruce wrote:
> >>
> >>> On Sat, 13 Apr 2024 21:03:51 +0000, ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net
> >>> (ItsJoanNotJoAnn) wrote:
> >>
> >>>> F4099 wrote:
> >>>>
> >>
> >>>>>
> >>>> Greg, why are you posting under two names??  You post a reply on
> >>>> some of these threads and then reply to your own post.
> >>
> >>> I don't think this is Greg. No religious hysteria, no endless
> >>> quotes, just extreme right wing drivel. Maybe it's Casa Boner or,
> >>> if he's deceased, a clone.
> >>>
> >> I'd be very surprised if it's not Greg; doesn't trim posts and
> >> quotes reams of previous comments.  But to be fair, I've noticed
> >> in the last few weeks everyone seems to have forgotten how to trim
> >> posts before adding their comment.
> >
> >It's obviously Greg because he just loves to call me an old spinster
> >in his idiotic trolling replies. Forget about him.
>
> Whether it's Greg or not, it's an obvious troll:
> extreme right wing drivel CHECK
> name calling CHECK
> troll therefore CHECK

....says the extreme left wing auztarded troll..

On Sat, 13 Apr 2024 23:36:55 -0400
jmcquown <j_mcquown@comcast.net> wrote:

> I'm not
> actively seeking sources of high starch foods.

less Dataw cafeteria food then dearie?

On Sun, 14 Apr 2024 08:50:28 -0400
jmcquown <j_mcquown@comcast.net> wrote:

> On 4/14/2024 7:28 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> > On 2024-04-14, BryanGSimmons <bryangsimmons@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> The lowest meat (ham), and the lowest format (casserole). Nursing
> >> home fare.
> >
> Bryan disparages nearly every food-related post here.

But he did get it right...

>
> > Tastes vary on the desirability of ham. I like potatoes au gratin
> > with ham, but not with the ham cooked in the casserole. Likewise,
> > I like broccoli with ham and potatoes au gratin, but gently nuked
> > rather than cooked to death in the casserole.
> >
> Am I misinterpreting something?

Life itself really.

On 14 Apr 2024 14:18:02 GMT
Mike Duffy <mxduffy@bell.net> wrote:

> On 2024-04-14, BryanGSimmons wrote:
>
> > The lowest meat (ham), and the lowest format (casserole).
>
> Gosh, I didn't know 'formats' could be arranged by precedence.
>
> Maybe it's just my own pecadillo speaking, but surely ham
> is better than burying meat on an ocean beach below the
> mean waterline for a few months.
>
> And more importantly, is there an objective way to arrange
> preference of pasta by shape, i.e. rigatoni vs. elbow mac vs.
> fusilli, &c ?
>
> And do you prefer clockwise or counter-clockwise fusilli?
>

Orichetti!

Let those with ears hear...

On 2024-04-14, Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> wrote:
> On 2024-04-14 10:16 a.m., Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>> On 2024-04-14, jmcquown <j_mcquown@comcast.net> wrote:
>
>>>> Tastes vary on the desirability of ham. I like potatoes au gratin
>>>> with ham, but not with the ham cooked in the casserole. Likewise,
>>>> I like broccoli with ham and potatoes au gratin, but gently nuked
>>>> rather than cooked to death in the casserole.
>>>>
>>> Am I misinterpreting something? I've never heard of broccoli cooked
>>> *in* potatoes au gratin casserole. I've seen recipes for baked mac &
>>> cheese with broccoli cooked in it and I'm with you there. Not at all
>>> appealing.
>>
>> No, but I'm sure someone has done it.
>>
>> We don't incorporate broccoli into chicken divan when we make it,
>> either.
>>
> Is it chicken divan with the broccoli? I always thought that was an
> important component of the dish. We make that frequently when we have
> leftover chicken. One time we had no broccoli on hand so we used
> asparagus instead.

Yes. We cook the broccoli separately, then serve the divan sauce
over it. For us, the most important thing is that the broccoli
never be cooked farther than tender-crisp.

--
Cindy Hamilton

jmcquown wrote:

> Bryan disparages nearly every food-related post here.

No, *you* just notice *his* comments about *your* food more, because it's 1000% CRAP "cookery"...

--
GM

On Sun, 14 Apr 2024 16:26:29 +0000
gregorymorrow@msn.com (GM) wrote:

> jmcquown wrote:
>
>
> > Bryan disparages nearly every food-related post here.
>
> No, *you* just notice *his* comments about *your* food more, because
> it's 1000% CRAP "cookery"...
>

Hagis n'grits...

On 4/13/2024 6:41 PM, GM wrote:
> Hank Rogers wrote:
>
>> jmcquown wrote:
>>> It's obviously Greg because he just loves to call me an old spinster
>>> in his idiotic trolling replies.
>
You brief, failed marriage aside, you *are* an old spinster.
>
>> He's a fool, your majesty. We all know you are a very young and
>> beautiful monarch.
>
>> GM is a foolish old christian queer.
>
> Drat...!!!
>
> At the Dataw Royal Compound I will now be relegated to the lowly role of
> The Keeper of the Royal Chamber Pot...
>
The only groom Jill will ever have--a groom of the stool.

--
--Bryan
For your safety and protection, this sig. has been thoroughly
tested on laboratory animals.

"Most of the food described here is nauseating.
We're just too courteous to say so."
-- Cindy Hamilton

BryanGSimmons wrote:

> On 4/13/2024 6:41 PM, GM wrote:
>> Hank Rogers wrote:
>>
>>> jmcquown wrote:
>>>> It's obviously Greg because he just loves to call me an old spinster
>>>> in his idiotic trolling replies.
> >
> You brief, failed marriage aside, you *are* an old spinster.
>>
>>> He's a fool, your majesty. We all know you are a very young and
>>> beautiful monarch.
>>
>>> GM is a foolish old christian queer.
>>
>> Drat...!!!
>>
>> At the Dataw Royal Compound I will now be relegated to the lowly role of
>> The Keeper of the Royal Chamber Pot...
> >
> The only groom Jill will ever have--a groom of the stool.

Yeah, check out the "quiche" pic she just posted, lol...

--
GM

On 14 Apr 2024 14:04:22 GMT, Mike Duffy <mxduffy@bell.net> wrote:

>On 2024-04-14, jmcquown wrote:
>
>> I should have said *alternate* sources
>> of high starch foods. Mea culpa.
>
>Well, so far my research indicates that potatoes
>are the best tasting, so you do have a point.
>
>Did you ever try breadfruit?

I bet breadfruit is already or will now be added to Biddy's Forbidden
Food List.