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edina
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response 137 of 158:
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Sep 10 21:29 UTC 2007 |
Yeah, it's definitely to taste/preference. I just know that I can't
stand raw garlic.
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keesan
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response 138 of 158:
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Sep 10 22:05 UTC 2007 |
A potato masher can be used instead of a food processor. The kind with a flat
end that has holes in it, not a loopy end. We add spearmint.
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edina
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response 139 of 158:
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Sep 10 22:20 UTC 2007 |
You're right - it could be. But to be honest, the food processor
makes such quick work of it and it's at a uniform consistency, that I
wouldn't do it by hand.
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cmcgee
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response 140 of 158:
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Sep 10 22:22 UTC 2007 |
That's my experience too, edina.
Using the potato masher has resulted in a gritty texture that I find
unpleasant.
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keesan
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response 141 of 158:
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Sep 11 00:40 UTC 2007 |
The potato masher is much easier to clean and takes up less kitchen space.
You can also use a manual gadget with a chrome plated cone (with various sizes
of slicing perforations) and a handle - feed things in the top, turn the
crank, they come out sliced or chopped to different finenesses. The finest
setting works on the chickpeas. Or a 'meat grinder'.
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jadecat
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response 142 of 158:
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Sep 11 00:47 UTC 2007 |
resp:135 I'd buy that. ;) Hmm, or maybe take the recipe and figure out
how to make my pseudo-food processor thing work.... That could be fun too.
resp:141 but they don't make the neat noise.
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edina
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response 143 of 158:
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Sep 11 02:12 UTC 2007 |
Re 141 I think you mean a foodmill. I'd love to have one.
Sindi, please remember that I am not the luddite that you are when it
comes to my kitchen stuff. While I don't have tons of gadgets, the
ones I have are ones I truly love and use (Kitchen Aid, Cuisinart,
crock pot). They really do make my life easier.
All I need is a blender....
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slynne
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response 144 of 158:
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Sep 11 02:18 UTC 2007 |
I am glad to know that one can make it with a potato masher though
because I dont have a food processor.
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slynne
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response 145 of 158:
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Sep 11 02:19 UTC 2007 |
Actually, I lied. I just remembered that happyboy left one when he moved
out. But I would have to get out my step ladder to reach it as it is on
top of the cupboards. Plus it is probably crazy dusty.
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keesan
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response 146 of 158:
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Sep 11 03:07 UTC 2007 |
We have an assortment of food processors and blenders. Jim modified one to
grind styrofoam into little bits to pour into his walls. We played with them
and prefer the hand tools - quieter, simpler, easier to clean. We don't
process large amounts. The food mills (we have several models) make potato
pancakes faster than a hand grater (and don't grate my hands). You can also
grate carrots and rutabagas into the pancakes. What is this item about?
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denise
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response 147 of 158:
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Sep 11 03:21 UTC 2007 |
You don't look at the top of your screen or can't scroll back to see?
If you're inferring that the item is drifting by talking about these various
gadgets [which CAN be discussed in the gadgets and gizmos item], perhaps we
can get back on track and use the current discussion and discuss ways we can
use such items to create the things we want with our gadgets in order to save
some $$ on our food bill. [There ARE creative ways to get items back on
track. :-) Or just mention that you want to get back to discussing whatever
the item topic actually is [and then start an item for whatever the topic is
drifting to]. Easy enough to do. [Granted, I do realize that we all drift
in various items from time to time, as we do in real-life/real-time
conversations and sometimes it needs to get back on track...]
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edina
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response 148 of 158:
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Sep 11 03:52 UTC 2007 |
Tonight I made a homemade stovetop lasagna. I had seen them make it
on America's Test Kitchen (what can I say? I'm a Chris Kimball
junkie.) and it looked easy and interesting. It's basically homemade
hamburger helper. It's pretty easy - sautee onions, add your meat to
brown, add in two cans of 14 oz. diced tomatoes, making sure you have
4 cups of the tomatoes with juice (add water if not). Break up a box
of lasagna noodles stir it up, cover and simmer for 20 minutes. Add
some grated parmesan when it's done and nestle some dollops of ricotta
on top, put the lid back on and let the ricotta heat through (you
should have turned the heat off). Finish off with some fresh basil.
I made mine with turkey, sauteed some mushrooms and zuchini with the
onions, forewent the ricotta. Dave loved it. It makes plenty for
leftovers too.
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jadecat
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response 149 of 158:
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Sep 11 12:31 UTC 2007 |
that does sound pretty tasty...
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keesan
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response 150 of 158:
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Sep 11 13:53 UTC 2007 |
I am using backtalk from a linux console and cannot scroll back because mdacon
is defective in that respect. If I were using a VGA monitor (vgacon?) I could
type Shift-PgUp (on my older monitor which does not have PageUp - I edited
some file to reassign key values). Is there some way to use backtalk itself
to scroll back?
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edina
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response 151 of 158:
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Sep 11 15:53 UTC 2007 |
Ok Sindi - it's one thing for me to wax on poetically about my love
for my cuisinart in this item. It's another completely for you to
talk linux speak, which has absolutely no culinary bearing.
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denise
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response 152 of 158:
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Sep 11 17:01 UTC 2007 |
[I have no idea, Sindi-re response 150; I think one of the other
conferences would be more appropriate to discuss the hows and whys of
various computer languages. In my earlier comment, I assumed that, as
people read through items with responses, they actually looked at each
new item with a response in it as it is displayed at the time-as, at
least in some programs, you can/do see. Apparently some don't allow to
scroll back, which I didn't know about.] So lets get back to this, the
cheap eats item.
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keesan
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response 153 of 158:
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Sep 11 17:38 UTC 2007 |
You probably see different things using the web interface than if you ssh to
grex and access the conferences with backtalk/fronttalk. I see only the
response I am reading or writing and however much of the material above it
fits into 25 rows. Someone asked why I did not scroll up - I cannot.
I explained why.
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slynne
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response 154 of 158:
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Sep 11 17:45 UTC 2007 |
I have been reading the conferences by web for so long that I think I
have forgotten most of the commands but I *think* that if you type 'h'
at the Respond or Pass? prompt, it will display the item header
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denise
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response 155 of 158:
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Sep 11 18:50 UTC 2007 |
[I'm going to go ahead and enter a separate item for computer and other
unrelated stuff that people want to discuss here in the food conference,
ok?]
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cmcgee
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response 156 of 158:
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Sep 11 18:53 UTC 2007 |
skip it denise, there are plenty of other conferences where that is much
more appropriate.
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keesan
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response 157 of 158:
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Sep 11 23:28 UTC 2007 |
h worked, thanks. I might experiment with the rest of the alphabet.
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cmcgee
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response 158 of 158:
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Sep 26 16:37 UTC 2007 |
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