My friends are being gifted a carton of vine-ripened tomatoes. They only
want a couple because these are the friends of mine who don't cook, they
only buy processed food on their food stamp card. BUT they swear they'll
slice a few tomatoes up for a salad. (GASP! That's labor intensive!) I'm
sure they'll make a couple of BLT's as well, *if* the pre-cooked bacon is on
sale at WalMart. :-P

Anyway, my friend called me this afternoon and asked me if I wanted the rest
when she gets them. I was like, what? Are you KIDDING? Of course! I
started thinking about marinara sauce, pizza sauce, meatball subs, stuffed
shells, ziti, calzones, bouillabaise, cioppino, breadsticks (for dipping),
manicotti, chicken cacciatore, tomato soup, tomato bisque, moussaka, Italian
style meatloaf, Manhattan Clam Chowder, etc. As my mind whirled through the
recipes I could concoct with fresh, real tomatoes, I listed each recipe out
loud into the phone.........Then silence. I heard nothing on the other end.
Dead Silence. 10 seconds went by....

Then she chortled, "I don't know what half of those things are that you just
said!"

Sigh. Sad. Very, very sad.

kili

On Jun 14, 4:05 pm, "kilikini" wrote:
My friends are being gifted a carton of vine-ripened tomatoes. They only
want a couple because these are the friends of mine who don't cook, they
only buy processed food on their food stamp card. BUT they swear they'll
slice a few tomatoes up for a salad. (GASP! That's labor intensive!) I'm
sure they'll make a couple of BLT's as well, *if* the pre-cooked bacon is on
sale at WalMart. :-P

Anyway, my friend called me this afternoon and asked me if I wanted the rest
when she gets them. I was like, what? Are you KIDDING? Of course! I
started thinking about marinara sauce, pizza sauce, meatball subs, stuffed
shells, ziti, calzones, bouillabaise, cioppino, breadsticks (for dipping),
manicotti, chicken cacciatore, tomato soup, tomato bisque, moussaka, Italian
style meatloaf, Manhattan Clam Chowder, etc. As my mind whirled through the
recipes I could concoct with fresh, real tomatoes, I listed each recipe out
loud into the phone.........Then silence. I heard nothing on the other end.
Dead Silence. 10 seconds went by....

Then she chortled, "I don't know what half of those things are that you just
said!"

Sigh. Sad. Very, very sad.

kili

Very sad, but it sounds like you will reap the benefits. A nice tuna
or shrimp salad stuffed in them is great on those hot summer evenings.
Enjoy!

kilikini said...

Then she chortled, "I don't know what half of those things are that you
just said!"

Sigh. Sad. Very, very sad.

kili


A cingular "moment"?

Andy

"kilikini" wrote in message
...

Then she chortled, "I don't know what half of those things are that you
just
said!"

Sigh. Sad. Very, very sad.


It is, and sadder still is the shape your friends will be in down the road,
unless they are genetically blessed and really lucky.

merryb wrote:
On Jun 14, 4:05 pm, "kilikini" wrote:
My friends are being gifted a carton of vine-ripened tomatoes. They
only want a couple because these are the friends of mine who don't
cook, they only buy processed food on their food stamp card. BUT
they swear they'll slice a few tomatoes up for a salad. (GASP!
That's labor intensive!) I'm sure they'll make a couple of BLT's as
well, *if* the pre-cooked bacon is on sale at WalMart. :-P

Anyway, my friend called me this afternoon and asked me if I wanted
the rest when she gets them. I was like, what? Are you KIDDING?
Of course! I started thinking about marinara sauce, pizza sauce,
meatball subs, stuffed shells, ziti, calzones, bouillabaise,
cioppino, breadsticks (for dipping), manicotti, chicken cacciatore,
tomato soup, tomato bisque, moussaka, Italian style meatloaf,
Manhattan Clam Chowder, etc. As my mind whirled through the recipes
I could concoct with fresh, real tomatoes, I listed each recipe out
loud into the phone.........Then silence. I heard nothing on the
other end. Dead Silence. 10 seconds went by....

Then she chortled, "I don't know what half of those things are that
you just said!"

Sigh. Sad. Very, very sad.

kili

Very sad, but it sounds like you will reap the benefits. A nice tuna
or shrimp salad stuffed in them is great on those hot summer evenings.
Enjoy!

I thought of that while I was typing! LOL. Great minds think alike!

kili

cybercat wrote:
"kilikini" wrote in message
...

Then she chortled, "I don't know what half of those things are that
you just
said!"

Sigh. Sad. Very, very sad.


It is, and sadder still is the shape your friends will be in down the
road, unless they are genetically blessed and really lucky.

No, the entire family is morbidly obese and currently suffer from a myriad
of health problems. My friend has a 16 year old daughter who weighs in at
close to 300 pounds, if not more, and her 13 year old is quickly approaching
the 180 pound mark. (The *really* sad thing is that I get her 13 year old's
hand-me-down sweaters and jackets when they no longer fit her.)

As I've said before, I have no problem with heavyset people. Enjoy *good*,
healthy, food, eat well and eat all you want for all I care. But this
family eats nothing except crap that comes from a can, a box, a bag, or a
drive thru - and on the U.S. taxes.

Okay, this is an example of how bad it is. My friend is having a sleepover
birthday party for her 13 year old tomorrow night. The girls are going out
for pizza for dinner and she's buying pop-tarts for them for breakfast. My
mouth dropped. I said to her, "Why don't you make some french toast a day
ahead and the kids can just pop the slices into the microwave in the
morning?" (Cause, God forbid she has to get up to cook, you know?) Her
answer? "I don't know how to make french toast. Pop tarts will be fine."

As Ron "Tater Salad" White says, "You can't fix stupid."

kili

kilikini wrote:
As my mind whirled through the
recipes I could concoct with fresh, real tomatoes, I listed each recipe out
loud into the phone.........Then silence. I heard nothing on the other end.
Dead Silence. 10 seconds went by....

Then she chortled, "I don't know what half of those things are that you just
said!"

Sigh. Sad. Very, very sad.

kili

Not just sad, but really, REALLY depressing too.
sigh

In article ,
"kilikini" wrote:

My friends are being gifted a carton of vine-ripened tomatoes. They only
want a couple because these are the friends of mine who don't cook, they
only buy processed food on their food stamp card. BUT they swear they'll
slice a few tomatoes up for a salad. (GASP! That's labor intensive!) I'm
sure they'll make a couple of BLT's as well, *if* the pre-cooked bacon is on
sale at WalMart. :-P

Anyway, my friend called me this afternoon and asked me if I wanted the rest
when she gets them. I was like, what? Are you KIDDING? Of course! I
started thinking about marinara sauce, pizza sauce, meatball subs, stuffed
shells, ziti, calzones, bouillabaise, cioppino, breadsticks (for dipping),
manicotti, chicken cacciatore, tomato soup, tomato bisque, moussaka, Italian
style meatloaf, Manhattan Clam Chowder, etc. As my mind whirled through the
recipes I could concoct with fresh, real tomatoes, I listed each recipe out
loud into the phone.........Then silence. I heard nothing on the other end.
Dead Silence. 10 seconds went by....

Then she chortled, "I don't know what half of those things are that you just
said!"

Sigh. Sad. Very, very sad.

kili

They are missing out on great gustatorial joy... ;-d
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Omelet wrote:
In article ,
"kilikini" wrote:

My friends are being gifted a carton of vine-ripened tomatoes. They
only want a couple because these are the friends of mine who don't
cook, they only buy processed food on their food stamp card. BUT
they swear they'll slice a few tomatoes up for a salad. (GASP!
That's labor intensive!) I'm sure they'll make a couple of BLT's as
well, *if* the pre-cooked bacon is on sale at WalMart. :-P

Anyway, my friend called me this afternoon and asked me if I wanted
the rest when she gets them. I was like, what? Are you KIDDING?
Of course! I started thinking about marinara sauce, pizza sauce,
meatball subs, stuffed shells, ziti, calzones, bouillabaise,
cioppino, breadsticks (for dipping), manicotti, chicken cacciatore,
tomato soup, tomato bisque, moussaka, Italian style meatloaf,
Manhattan Clam Chowder, etc. As my mind whirled through the recipes
I could concoct with fresh, real tomatoes, I listed each recipe out
loud into the phone.........Then silence. I heard nothing on the
other end. Dead Silence. 10 seconds went by....

Then she chortled, "I don't know what half of those things are that
you just said!"

Sigh. Sad. Very, very sad.

kili

They are missing out on great gustatorial joy... ;-d

I agree. AND, she's not teaching her kids anything; she's perpetuating the
madness and she doesn't even care.

kili

kilikini wrote:
My friends are being gifted a carton of vine-ripened tomatoes. They only
want a couple because these are the friends of mine who don't cook, they
only buy processed food on their food stamp card. BUT they swear they'll
slice a few tomatoes up for a salad. (GASP! That's labor intensive!) I'm
sure they'll make a couple of BLT's as well, *if* the pre-cooked bacon is on
sale at WalMart. :-P

Anyway, my friend called me this afternoon and asked me if I wanted the rest
when she gets them. I was like, what? Are you KIDDING? Of course! I
started thinking about marinara sauce, pizza sauce, meatball subs, stuffed
shells, ziti, calzones, bouillabaise, cioppino, breadsticks (for dipping),
manicotti, chicken cacciatore, tomato soup, tomato bisque, moussaka, Italian
style meatloaf, Manhattan Clam Chowder, etc. As my mind whirled through the
recipes I could concoct with fresh, real tomatoes, I listed each recipe out
loud into the phone.........Then silence. I heard nothing on the other end.
Dead Silence. 10 seconds went by....

Then she chortled, "I don't know what half of those things are that you just
said!"

Sigh. Sad. Very, very sad.

kili


That IS sad. I am guessing that the majority of us here know
all of them, and that conjuring up a vague recipe and image
doesn't stretch our memories at all.

--
Jean B.

In article ,
Omelet wrote:

In article ,
"kilikini" wrote:

My friends are being gifted a carton of vine-ripened tomatoes. They only
want a couple because these are the friends of mine who don't cook, they
only buy processed food on their food stamp card.
Then she chortled, "I don't know what half of those things are that you just
said!"

Sigh. Sad. Very, very sad.

kili

They are missing out on great gustatorial joy... ;-d

I've known several people who view food as fuel. They know they need to
eat in order to have a life, and their bodies complain just like ours do
when they don't get food. However, these people that I know personally,
are all familiar with good nutrition. They are all of normal weight.
They are physically fit. I don't have a problem with their diet,
although I don't identify with it.

kilikini wrote:
cybercat wrote:
"kilikini" wrote in message
...

Then she chortled, "I don't know what half of those things are that
you just
said!"

Sigh. Sad. Very, very sad.


It is, and sadder still is the shape your friends will be in down the
road, unless they are genetically blessed and really lucky.

No, the entire family is morbidly obese and currently suffer from a
myriad of health problems. My friend has a 16 year old daughter who
weighs in at close to 300 pounds, if not more, and her 13 year old is
quickly approaching the 180 pound mark. (The *really* sad thing is
that I get her 13 year old's hand-me-down sweaters and jackets when
they no longer fit her.)

As I've said before, I have no problem with heavyset people. Enjoy
*good*, healthy, food, eat well and eat all you want for all I care.
But this family eats nothing except crap that comes from a can, a
box, a bag, or a drive thru - and on the U.S. taxes.

(snippage)
They can't (legally) use food stamps to buy anything at a drive-thru, or
even at a salad bar in a grocery store (not that they would be anywhere
*near* the salad bar LOL ). Can't buy pre-prepared foods like rotisserie
chicken or other pre-prepared items from the deli counter, either. I can
understand the restaurant/drive-thru rule, but what the heck is wrong with
fresh food someone else put together at the grocery store? Gotta be better
than boxes of brownie mix and Kraft mac & cheese.

Jill

In article ,
"kilikini" wrote:

Then she chortled, "I don't know what half of those things are that
you just said!"

Sigh. Sad. Very, very sad.

kili

They are missing out on great gustatorial joy... ;-d

I agree. AND, she's not teaching her kids anything; she's perpetuating the
madness and she doesn't even care.

kili

I wish you could help on just that one point...

A lot of people use home-made pizza as a "gateway" recipe if you know
what I mean?

Pastorio did that. Wish I'd have kept that post. :-)
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In article ,
"Jean B." wrote:

kilikini wrote:
My friends are being gifted a carton of vine-ripened tomatoes. They only
want a couple because these are the friends of mine who don't cook, they
only buy processed food on their food stamp card. BUT they swear they'll
slice a few tomatoes up for a salad. (GASP! That's labor intensive!) I'm
sure they'll make a couple of BLT's as well, *if* the pre-cooked bacon is on
sale at WalMart. :-P

Anyway, my friend called me this afternoon and asked me if I wanted the rest
when she gets them. I was like, what? Are you KIDDING? Of course! I
started thinking about marinara sauce, pizza sauce, meatball subs, stuffed
shells, ziti, calzones, bouillabaise, cioppino, breadsticks (for dipping),
manicotti, chicken cacciatore, tomato soup, tomato bisque, moussaka, Italian
style meatloaf, Manhattan Clam Chowder, etc. As my mind whirled through the
recipes I could concoct with fresh, real tomatoes, I listed each recipe out
loud into the phone.........Then silence. I heard nothing on the other end.
Dead Silence. 10 seconds went by....

Then she chortled, "I don't know what half of those things are that you just
said!"

Sigh. Sad. Very, very sad.

kili


That IS sad. I am guessing that the majority of us here know
all of them, and that conjuring up a vague recipe and image
doesn't stretch our memories at all.

I know most of them and can google for the rest.
I love fresh 'maters and would probably use most of them for Insalata.
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In article
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Dan Abel wrote:

In article ,
Omelet wrote:

In article ,
"kilikini" wrote:

My friends are being gifted a carton of vine-ripened tomatoes. They only
want a couple because these are the friends of mine who don't cook, they
only buy processed food on their food stamp card.
Then she chortled, "I don't know what half of those things are that you
just
said!"

Sigh. Sad. Very, very sad.

kili

They are missing out on great gustatorial joy... ;-d

I've known several people who view food as fuel. They know they need to
eat in order to have a life, and their bodies complain just like ours do
when they don't get food. However, these people that I know personally,
are all familiar with good nutrition. They are all of normal weight.
They are physically fit. I don't have a problem with their diet,
although I don't identify with it.

While I do try to cook as much for nutrition as flavor most of the time,
life sucks enough as it is sometimes...

Why give up the joy of food?

If you REALLY know how to cook, food can be fuel AND joy!!!
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Peace, Om

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