Hi folks. Looks like some of the same crowd is still hanging around
this place after all these years! I first started posting on RFC back
in '97; have logged off for some time now but was looking for my old
"simple kitchen equipment" list and found that you all are still here.
Hi Barb, Christine, Jill, Victor! Gosh, it's been so long, I forget if
any of you oldtimers are "not speaking" to me for some reason. If so,
let's just say that after five year's hiatus, we can forget old
flamewars and enjoy each other.

Jill, I must say that I no longer covet your green china, simply
because time passes... I have enough china now and wouldn't know what
to do with those green peacocks. But I hope they're screeching happily
in your basement or wherever you keep them hiding. Maybe one day
you'll sell them. You know, in the years since we discussed that
china, the color green has become quite fashionable - it's now going
out of style in favor of blue, my true love. So sell that stuff now or
miss your chance!

If you want to know what's up with me, look at my blog: http://bedouina.typepad.com

I'm still cooking, no matter what else happens. I have even added a
category to the blog titled "Frugal Food." Mark Bittman gave me a
shout-out on his blog this winter - what a thrill. Longtime readers
will remember what a fan I am of his.

My blog is obscure but lives in its own little bubble of fame. If you
google Middle East Peace Food Environment blog you'll get me right
away, because how many blogs are devoted to all three?

My red lentil soup recipe was #1 on Google until this month - some
rascals at the NY Times stole the recipe (ok it's Claudia Roden's) and
vacuumed up the hits so I've been knocked from the top. Plug "Lebanese
green beans" into Google though and you should get my post about this
classic recipe first. Every day I get dozens of visitors looking for
hummus recipes; also tabbouli, red lentil soup, and figs in geranium
syrup - no kidding. The last item was a post on RFC from March 1998
which I cleaned up and reposted at the blog some years ago.

Victor Sack, I'm going to put up your "simply chicken" recipe soon as
a frugal food. This winter I posted chai recipes that I harvested from
RFC long ago, again frugal food. Make your own chai for pennies, don't
pay Starbucks prices. And to this day I still make oven-baked steak
"fries" for my kids - they call them hot fries and think they're
*almost* as good as McDonald's. (That's because I never take them to
McDonald's).

Hope you all are surviving and thriving. Looks like RFC will last as
long as the internet does...

Happy Independence Day to my fellow Americans, and happy summer to the
rest of you in the Northern Hemisphere. For you Southern Hemisphere
types, well, cheer up, spring is just around the corner!

wrote:

If you want to know what's up with me, look at my blog:
http://bedouina.typepad.com

I just read the first few lines, afraid what I would see. It sounds
good! Congratulations. Nice to see you, I was just thinking of you.
Happy 4th.

nancy

wrote:
Jill, I must say that I no longer covet your green china, simply
because time passes... I have enough china now and wouldn't know what
to do with those green peacocks. But I hope they're screeching happily
in your basement or wherever you keep them hiding. Maybe one day
you'll sell them.


Never! The china is in a box in a closet. And they're chelsea birds, not
peacocks you silly woman!

You know, in the years since we discussed that
china, the color green has become quite fashionable - it's now going
out of style in favor of blue, my true love. So sell that stuff now or
miss your chance!


Actually, I think I'll give it to my brother who has a dark, heavy wood
china cabinet that could use some cheering up

If you want to know what's up with me, look at my blog:
http://bedouina.typepad.com

I'm still cooking, no matter what else happens. I have even added a
category to the blog titled "Frugal Food." Mark Bittman gave me a
shout-out on his blog this winter - what a thrill. Longtime readers
will remember what a fan I am of his.


LOVE Mark Bittman, he of the parrots of Telegraph Hill. I was saddened when
he moved away from them.

My blog is obscure but lives in its own little bubble of fame. If you
google Middle East Peace Food Environment blog you'll get me right
away, because how many blogs are devoted to all three?


Good ol' Leila, got her fingers in everything. Good news, mostly, I'm glad
to read.

Hope you all are surviving and thriving. Looks like RFC will last as
long as the internet does...


Except for some ISP's trying to kill off Usenet...

Happy Independence Day to my fellow Americans, and happy summer to the
rest of you in the Northern Hemisphere. For you Southern Hemisphere
types, well, cheer up, spring is just around the corner!

Happy Independence Day to you and yours, Leila!

Jill

On Fri, 4 Jul 2008 20:22:36 -0700 (PDT), wrote:


Hi Barb, Christine, Jill, Victor! Gosh, it's been so long, I forget if
any of you oldtimers are "not speaking" to me for some reason. If so,
let's just say that after five year's hiatus, we can forget old
flamewars and enjoy each other.

Hello Leila!!

Glad to see you!!! I sure am speaking to you!! Your voice is missed
here, a lot!! At least by me...

I'm still cooking, no matter what else happens. I have even added a
category to the blog titled "Frugal Food."

Wow...I have been thinking along those lines myself...of doing a blog
on frugal eating and cooking. I see so many blogs that are by people
that can afford elaborate dinners and expensive foods.. A lot of them
seem to have no budgetary constraints... I think mine would be a
takeoff on Rachel Ray's gig...but instead of $40/day, mine would be
$40/week...


Happy Independence Day to my fellow Americans, and happy summer to the
rest of you in the Northern Hemisphere. For you Southern Hemisphere
types, well, cheer up, spring is just around the corner!

Please don't be a stranger here!!!

Christine

In article
,
wrote:

Hi folks. Looks like some of the same crowd is still hanging around
this place after all these years! I first started posting on RFC back
in '97; have logged off for some time now but was looking for my old
"simple kitchen equipment" list and found that you all are still here.
Hi Barb, Christine, Jill, Victor! Gosh, it's been so long, I forget if
any of you oldtimers are "not speaking" to me for some reason. If so,
let's just say that after five year's hiatus, we can forget old
flamewars and enjoy each other.

Well hi there Leila! I'm glad to hear things are going well for you.

I'm still cooking, no matter what else happens. I have even added a
category to the blog titled "Frugal Food." Mark Bittman gave me a
shout-out on his blog this winter - what a thrill. Longtime readers
will remember what a fan I am of his.

My blog is obscure but lives in its own little bubble of fame. If you
google Middle East Peace Food Environment blog you'll get me right
away, because how many blogs are devoted to all three?

Oh, that's great!

My red lentil soup recipe was #1 on Google until this month - some
rascals at the NY Times stole the recipe (ok it's Claudia Roden's) and
vacuumed up the hits so I've been knocked from the top.

I just had a look at it, and it look fabulous, as well as fabulously
simple. I'll definitely give it a go. I love red lentils.

Hope you all are surviving and thriving. Looks like RFC will last as
long as the internet does...

Longer, if the cockroaches figure out a way to keep it going once the
humans are all gone.

Happy Independence Day to my fellow Americans, and happy summer to the
rest of you in the Northern Hemisphere. For you Southern Hemisphere
types, well, cheer up, spring is just around the corner!

Heh, doesn't feel like it right now, with the freezing rain and the
snow...

Miche

--
Electricians do it in three phases

On Jul 4, 9:30 pm, "jmcquown" wrote:
wrote:

Never! The china is in a box in a closet. And they're chelsea birds, not
peacocks you silly woman!


Peacocks, Chelsea birds, what's the diff? They're still in the closet
gathering dust!


I'm still cooking, no matter what else happens. I have even added a
category to the blog titled "Frugal Food." Mark Bittman gave me a
shout-out on his blog this winter - what a thrill. Longtime readers
will remember what a fan I am of his.

LOVE Mark Bittman, he of the parrots of Telegraph Hill. I was saddened when
he moved away from them.

Not THAT Mark. was his name Bittman? I mean The Minimalist, Mark
Bittman of the New York Times. Now who is being silly? I can't tell if
this is a joke and you're pulling my leg. Yes the parrot guy was a fun
fellow. BittNER, his name was Mark BittNER. Why would I be obsessed
with *his* cooking? He had a hot plate and was a bit of a nut.

You are pulling my leg. I remember your sneaky sense of humor, Jill!
Happy 5th of July...

Leila


Jill

wrote:
Hi folks. Looks like some of the same crowd is still hanging around
this place after all these years! I first started posting on RFC back
in '97; have logged off for some time now but was looking for my old
"simple kitchen equipment" list and found that you all are still here.
Hi Barb, Christine, Jill, Victor! Gosh, it's been so long, I forget if
any of you oldtimers are "not speaking" to me for some reason. If so,
let's just say that after five year's hiatus, we can forget old
flamewars and enjoy each other.

Jill, I must say that I no longer covet your green china, simply
because time passes... I have enough china now and wouldn't know what
to do with those green peacocks. But I hope they're screeching happily
in your basement or wherever you keep them hiding. Maybe one day
you'll sell them. You know, in the years since we discussed that
china, the color green has become quite fashionable - it's now going
out of style in favor of blue, my true love. So sell that stuff now or
miss your chance!

If you want to know what's up with me, look at my blog: http://bedouina.typepad.com

I'm still cooking, no matter what else happens. I have even added a
category to the blog titled "Frugal Food." Mark Bittman gave me a
shout-out on his blog this winter - what a thrill. Longtime readers
will remember what a fan I am of his.

My blog is obscure but lives in its own little bubble of fame. If you
google Middle East Peace Food Environment blog you'll get me right
away, because how many blogs are devoted to all three?

My red lentil soup recipe was #1 on Google until this month - some
rascals at the NY Times stole the recipe (ok it's Claudia Roden's) and
vacuumed up the hits so I've been knocked from the top. Plug "Lebanese
green beans" into Google though and you should get my post about this
classic recipe first. Every day I get dozens of visitors looking for
hummus recipes; also tabbouli, red lentil soup, and figs in geranium
syrup - no kidding. The last item was a post on RFC from March 1998
which I cleaned up and reposted at the blog some years ago.

Victor Sack, I'm going to put up your "simply chicken" recipe soon as
a frugal food. This winter I posted chai recipes that I harvested from
RFC long ago, again frugal food. Make your own chai for pennies, don't
pay Starbucks prices. And to this day I still make oven-baked steak
"fries" for my kids - they call them hot fries and think they're
*almost* as good as McDonald's. (That's because I never take them to
McDonald's).

Hope you all are surviving and thriving. Looks like RFC will last as
long as the internet does...

Happy Independence Day to my fellow Americans, and happy summer to the
rest of you in the Northern Hemisphere. For you Southern Hemisphere
types, well, cheer up, spring is just around the corner!

Nice to see you, Leila! I'm going to have to check out your blog,
especially using the hints you have provided.

--
Jean B.

wrote:
On Jul 4, 9:30 pm, "jmcquown" wrote:
wrote:

Never! The china is in a box in a closet. And they're chelsea
birds, not peacocks you silly woman!


Peacocks, Chelsea birds, what's the diff? They're still in the closet
gathering dust!


They're very well wrapped up, thank you. I just don't use them

I'm still cooking, no matter what else happens. I have even added
a category to the blog titled "Frugal Food." Mark Bittman gave me
a shout-out on his blog this winter - what a thrill. Longtime
readers will remember what a fan I am of his.

LOVE Mark Bittman, he of the parrots of Telegraph Hill. I was
saddened when he moved away from them.

Not THAT Mark. was his name Bittman? I mean The Minimalist, Mark
Bittman of the New York Times. Now who is being silly? I can't tell if
this is a joke and you're pulling my leg. Yes the parrot guy was a fun
fellow. BittNER, his name was Mark BittNER. Why would I be obsessed
with *his* cooking? He had a hot plate and was a bit of a nut.


Maybe he had a way with a hot plate! LOL

You are pulling my leg. I remember your sneaky sense of humor, Jill!
Happy 5th of July...

Leila


Can't get anything past you I'll read more of your blog today. Happy
5th!

Jill

On Fri, 04 Jul 2008 22:39:43 -0600, Christine Dabney
wrote:

Glad to see you!!! I sure am speaking to you!! Your voice is missed
here, a lot!! At least by me...

Me too. Getting married, having kids and whatever else is going on
currently does not a good excuse make... especially when she has time
for a blog! Hmmph. Looks like the princess is now a queen bee.


--
I never worry about diets. The only carrots that interest me are the number of carats in a diamond.

Mae West

In article
,
wrote:

Hi folks. Looks like some of the same crowd is still hanging around
this place after all these years! I first started posting on RFC back
in '97; have logged off for some time now but was looking for my old
"simple kitchen equipment" list and found that you all are still here.
Hi Barb, Christine, Jill, Victor! Gosh, it's been so long, I forget if
any of you oldtimers are "not speaking" to me for some reason. If so,
let's just say that after five year's hiatus, we can forget old
flamewars and enjoy each other.

Jill, I must say that I no longer covet your green china, simply
because time passes... I have enough china now and wouldn't know what
to do with those green peacocks. But I hope they're screeching happily
in your basement or wherever you keep them hiding. Maybe one day
you'll sell them. You know, in the years since we discussed that
china, the color green has become quite fashionable - it's now going
out of style in favor of blue, my true love. So sell that stuff now or
miss your chance!

If you want to know what's up with me, look at my blog:
http://bedouina.typepad.com

snip

Although it saddens me to see that you're still undergoing chemo, the
signs look encouraging. I also scrolled down to see the pics of your
"staycation." The boys have really grown! How is the Spoonbread Queen?

Cindy

--
C.J. Fuller

Delete the obvious to email me

On Fri, 4 Jul 2008 23:32:46 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

Not THAT Mark. was his name Bittman? I mean The Minimalist, Mark
Bittman of the New York Times. Now who is being silly? I can't tell if
this is a joke and you're pulling my leg. Yes the parrot guy was a fun
fellow. BittNER, his name was Mark BittNER. Why would I be obsessed
with *his* cooking? He had a hot plate and was a bit of a nut.

ah, thanks... I noticed the difference and thought maybe there was a
typo somewhere.


--
I never worry about diets. The only carrots that interest me are the number of carats in a diamond.

Mae West

On Fri, 4 Jul 2008 20:22:36 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

Hi folks. Looks like some of the same crowd is still hanging around
this place after all these years! I first started posting on RFC back
in '97; have logged off for some time now but was looking for my old
"simple kitchen equipment" list and found that you all are still here.
Hi Barb, Christine, Jill, Victor! Gosh, it's been so long, I forget if
any of you oldtimers are "not speaking" to me for some reason. If so,
let's just say that after five year's hiatus, we can forget old
flamewars and enjoy each other.

If you want to know what's up with me, look at my blog: http://bedouina.typepad.com

I'm still cooking, no matter what else happens. I have even added a
category to the blog titled "Frugal Food." Mark Bittman gave me a
shout-out on his blog this winter - what a thrill. Longtime readers
will remember what a fan I am of his.

My blog is obscure but lives in its own little bubble of fame. If you
google Middle East Peace Food Environment blog you'll get me right
away, because how many blogs are devoted to all three?

Hi Leila. Great to hear from you. I've bookmarked your blog. Big
congratulations on the Bittman thing.
--

modom
** Posted from http://www.teranews.com **

wrote:

I'm still cooking, no matter what else happens.

Nice to see you posting, Leila. What was for dinner on the 4th of July?

I hope you stay around for a long time, in every sense of the word.

Victor

On Jul 5, 9:39 am, Cindy Fuller
wrote:
In article
,



wrote:
Hi folks. Looks like some of the same crowd is still hanging around
this place after all these years! I first started posting on RFC back
in '97; have logged off for some time now but was looking for my old
"simple kitchen equipment" list and found that you all are still here.
Hi Barb, Christine, Jill, Victor! Gosh, it's been so long, I forget if
any of you oldtimers are "not speaking" to me for some reason. If so,
let's just say that after five year's hiatus, we can forget old
flamewars and enjoy each other.

Jill, I must say that I no longer covet your green china, simply
because time passes... I have enough china now and wouldn't know what
to do with those green peacocks. But I hope they're screeching happily
in your basement or wherever you keep them hiding. Maybe one day
you'll sell them. You know, in the years since we discussed that
china, the color green has become quite fashionable - it's now going
out of style in favor of blue, my true love. So sell that stuff now or
miss your chance!

If you want to know what's up with me, look at my blog:
http://bedouina.typepad.com

snip

Although it saddens me to see that you're still undergoing chemo, the
signs look encouraging. I also scrolled down to see the pics of your
"staycation." The boys have really grown! How is the Spoonbread Queen?


Well it's either chemo or croak according to the doc so chemo it is.
However I have a great deal of confidence in the life force at the
core of everything. I feel like I'm going to be here for a good long
while yet. Today I did some yard work because I felt like it... two
days after my 25th infusion of chemo. So I'm feeling pretty good.
Plums are dropping off the tree so I harvested the good 'uns from
branches I could reach, and scraped up the fallen ones for the compost
pile. 7 years ago I made plum jam but it's way too much work for me to
bother now, although OTOH those kids eat a lot of jam on their PBJs.
Seems a shame to let the harvest go to waste. I just don't want to
face all the prep. These are smallish plums, the size of walnuts, and
it's way too much work to pit and skin 'em. We also have three more
trees that produce tasty plums the size of cherries. NO way I'm
skinning and pitting those, either.

The Spoonbread Queen is thriving. She takes my boys for an overnight
twice a month - they're over there now, swimming in her pool w my
hubby supervising. Then he'll leave 'em and we get some time off from
parenting until tomorrow after church. Yes, my kids go to church but I
don't have to! Yay.

Nice to hear from everybody - Nancy, Jill, Christine, Miche, Jean and
Cindy. Take care, all, and be of good cheer.

Regards,
Leila

Cindy

--
C.J. Fuller

Delete the obvious to email me

On Jul 5, 2:49 pm, (Victor Sack) wrote:
wrote:
I'm still cooking, no matter what else happens.

Nice to see you posting, Leila. What was for dinner on the 4th of July?

I hope you stay around for a long time, in every sense of the word.

Victor

Thank you, Victor.

Dinner July 4th was tacos at a new place in the Fruitvale (Oakland's
Hispanic neighborhood) that serves hormone-free meat. We took the kids
swimming at Mom's pool earlier and while I talked about frying chicken
for dinner, I got too tired to deal with cooking. Mostly I have to
choose one thing a day to expend energy on. Hubby takes on the cooking
a great deal as well, but he was sick of eating in. So we ate out.

BTW, a food-related story - you may not know that I went to graduate
school after the first round with cancer - got a Masters of Fine Arts
in Creative Writing at a small local college. Graduated, started
teaching, got diagnosed with the recurrence. Ugh. Anyway.

This spring I happened to stop at a gas station in my neighborhood
that I don't normally use, and there at the pump was one of my former
professors. I went up, wearing my turban, with no hair or eyebrows,
said hello and of course told her what was going on. Plenty of people
from my class knew, but she did not. She emailed me that night and
asked if it would be intrusive if she organized dinners for us from
the college community. Intrusive? I answered. No way! Bring 'em on!

So from March to July I've had a meal for four dropped off every
Thursday (chemo day), courtesy of students, faculty and alumni of my
graduate program.

AND I met a woman by chance in a carpool who also went to that college
at the same time (for an MBA) who is a professional chef. SHE dropped
off cooked vegetables for me every week for three months, because I
said I was not getting enough produce. Unbelievable outpouring of
love.

I *must* pick up my pen and checkbook and send $ to the local food
bank in honor of these terrific people. Nobody wants to be reimbursed
or anything for food expenses, so I want to honor everybody that way.
I am so very grateful.

Be well, everybody.

PS last night (Saturday) we went to my friend's house for her
birthday. She sauteed inch-thick pork chops that she'd rubbed with a
home-made spice mix (cumin, cinnamon, some other goodies). I brought
salad - fresh spinach, nectarine slices, toasted pine nuts and
gorgonzola. The pork chop was so juicy that I plopped mine ON TOP of
my salad, wilting the greens and getting all those spicy pork juices
on 'em. MMMM

Thanks to Mark Bittman, parrot-loving NY Times columnist (hi Jill),
for the nectarines idea. He suggests a nectarine-tomato salad for a
picnic; I just applied the nectarine idea to a spinach salad.

Leila