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Comfort Food Tonight
Back in our newlywed days, our fancy but comfort food dinner was shake &
bake chicken, instant mashed potatoes, and frozen corn niblets. Here's an updated take on that meal for tonight. Oven roasted marinated chicken breasts, real mashed potatoes using chicken broth, sauteed zucchini & onions & mushroom mix served with - tossed mesclun mix salad & rasperberry viniagarette and white wine. |
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~patches~ wrote:
> Back in our newlywed days, our fancy but comfort food dinner was shake & > bake chicken, instant mashed potatoes, and frozen corn niblets. > That is sooooooooooooo sad. It is almost cliche it sounds so dreadful! LOL I'm so glad to hear you learned to cook and also enjoy better food. Seriously. Goomba |
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Goomba38 wrote: > > ~patches~ wrote: > > Back in our newlywed days, our fancy but comfort food dinner was shake & > > bake chicken, instant mashed potatoes, and frozen corn niblets. > > > That is sooooooooooooo sad. It is almost cliche it sounds so dreadful! LOL > I'm so glad to hear you learned to cook and also enjoy better food. > Seriously. > Goomba That sounds like the way I cooked in the 70's when our kids were small and we worked two jobs. They seemed to like it though, as long as there was dessert. I often made my simple peach cake, a snack cake (they used to be available in a box that doubled as a baking pan) and ice cream or cookies made from a mix. Today, their palates are more discerning..lol ......Sharon |
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biig wrote:
> > Goomba38 wrote: > >>~patches~ wrote: >> >>>Back in our newlywed days, our fancy but comfort food dinner was shake & >>>bake chicken, instant mashed potatoes, and frozen corn niblets. >>> >> >>That is sooooooooooooo sad. It is almost cliche it sounds so dreadful! LOL >>I'm so glad to hear you learned to cook and also enjoy better food. >>Seriously. Imagine serving this to my new inlaws! I did. They were very gratious but I'm sure it was horrible. >>Goomba > > That sounds like the way I cooked in the 70's when our kids were > small and we worked two jobs. They seemed to like it though, as long as > there was dessert. I often made my simple peach cake, a snack cake > (they used to be available in a box that doubled as a baking pan) and > ice cream or cookies made from a mix. Today, their palates are more > discerning..lol > ......Sharon I'm dating myself but we got married in the late 70's at the ripe age of 18 and had baby #1 14 months later. My FM never really taught me how to cook even though she was a wonderful cook. After she got sick, she simply stopped cooking. I had almost no cooking skills. Thank goodness DMIL came to the rescue and taught me how to cook spaghetti sauce and lasagne from scratch. DMIL also taught me how to can relish and tomatoes. From there along with my previous exposures to canning the seeds of home preserving were firmly sown. She gave me my very first cookbook - Betty Crocker A wonderful elderly lady by our apartment had a cherry tree so taught me how to make cherry pie. I was lucky that I had encouragement to cook as it set the pattern for me. I made sure my kids were exposed to cooking right from the time they could sit up. |
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~patches~ wrote: > > biig wrote: > > > > > Goomba38 wrote: > > > >>~patches~ wrote: > >> > >>>Back in our newlywed days, our fancy but comfort food dinner was shake & > >>>bake chicken, instant mashed potatoes, and frozen corn niblets. > >>> > >> > >>That is sooooooooooooo sad. It is almost cliche it sounds so dreadful! LOL > >>I'm so glad to hear you learned to cook and also enjoy better food. > >>Seriously. > > Imagine serving this to my new inlaws! I did. They were very gratious > but I'm sure it was horrible. > > >>Goomba > > > > That sounds like the way I cooked in the 70's when our kids were > > small and we worked two jobs. They seemed to like it though, as long as > > there was dessert. I often made my simple peach cake, a snack cake > > (they used to be available in a box that doubled as a baking pan) and > > ice cream or cookies made from a mix. Today, their palates are more > > discerning..lol > > ......Sharon > > I'm dating myself but we got married in the late 70's at the ripe age of > 18 and had baby #1 14 months later. My FM never really taught me how to > cook even though she was a wonderful cook. After she got sick, she > simply stopped cooking. I had almost no cooking skills. Thank goodness > DMIL came to the rescue and taught me how to cook spaghetti sauce and > lasagne from scratch. DMIL also taught me how to can relish and > tomatoes. From there along with my previous exposures to canning the > seeds of home preserving were firmly sown. She gave me my very first > cookbook - Betty Crocker A wonderful elderly lady by our apartment > had a cherry tree so taught me how to make cherry pie. I was lucky that > I had encouragement to cook as it set the pattern for me. I made sure > my kids were exposed to cooking right from the time they could sit up. I have a few years on you Patches. We were married in 59 at age 16 (not a typo) My Mom didn't teach me anything about cooking (probably best that she didn't...she was a terrible cook) and my MIL, though a good cook didn't teach me anything either. I picked up things from watching people that I came in contact with, and seeking recipes from a cookbook. But I didn't do anything adventurous. Meatloaf from an older friend, Hamburger stew from a friend on a tight budget, etc. The purchase of a slow cooker helped in my working days, with roasts etc. It wasn't until we retired 4 years ago that I started reading this group and picked up a LOT of tips. The best thing I learned here was not to disturb meat in the pan until it realeases on it's own. Now my breaded fried stuff still has the coating on when it's served. I also got away from the onion soup thing for my potroast and stocked up on spices and herbs so I could do it my way. We yard sale in the good weather, and I have accumulated a lot of cookbooks. I learn something from almost all of them and have a large collection of loose recipes printed from the web and copied from library books. The other day my DH bragged to my sisters about my culinary endeavours...lol. He's loving it and the deal we have, is that if he doesn't like something he will say so before I go and make it again. So far, so good. No Shake and Bake in this house anymore, but when you don't know any different....... .........Sharon |
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biig wrote:
> there was dessert. I often made my simple peach cake, a snack cake > (they used to be available in a box that doubled as a baking pan) and Betty Crocker. Comes with a packet of frosting too. Used to love to do these as a kid & dad always brought one along for camping trips. We used to cut out the spoon from the box & mix it with that. |
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Denise~* wrote: > > biig wrote: > > > there was dessert. I often made my simple peach cake, a snack cake > > (they used to be available in a box that doubled as a baking pan) and > > Betty Crocker. Comes with a packet of frosting too. Used to love to do > these as a kid & dad always brought one along for camping trips. We > used to cut out the spoon from the box & mix it with that. That's cute....lol.... They had chocolate chip flavour that had an alternate recipe for cookies, using oil, I think. I used to mix it up and bake it spread out in a single layer on a sheet pan and cut it into squares. The kids loved it and it saved me a lot of time........Sharon |
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~patches~ wrote:
> Back in our newlywed days, our fancy but comfort food dinner was shake & > bake chicken, instant mashed potatoes, and frozen corn niblets. > > Here's an updated take on that meal for tonight. Oven roasted marinated > chicken breasts, real mashed potatoes using chicken broth, sauteed > zucchini & onions & mushroom mix served with - tossed mesclun mix salad > & rasperberry viniagarette and white wine. After a week of warmth cold weather returned. The comfort food tonight is rice pudding. |
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On Wed, 15 Mar 2006 09:29:25 -0500, biig wrote:
> > > Goomba38 wrote: > > > > ~patches~ wrote: > > > Back in our newlywed days, our fancy but comfort food dinner was shake & > > > bake chicken, instant mashed potatoes, and frozen corn niblets. > > > > > That is sooooooooooooo sad. It is almost cliche it sounds so dreadful! LOL > > I'm so glad to hear you learned to cook and also enjoy better food. > > Seriously. > > Goomba > That sounds like the way I cooked in the 70's when our kids were > small and we worked two jobs. I didn't work 2 jobs but I still used Shake & Bake from time to time... with no misgivings. Can't remember if it was S & B for chicken or pork chops that I liked better. I suspect it was the pork. > They seemed to like it though, as long as > there was dessert. I often made my simple peach cake, a snack cake > (they used to be available in a box that doubled as a baking pan) and > ice cream or cookies made from a mix. Today, their palates are more > discerning..lol Peach cake in a box that was like the Betty Crocker (not sure if that's the brand with a plastic pouch to "mix" everything in and an included pan) coffee cake mix? Anyway, it sounds easy and delicious. I wouldn't turn up my nose at it if it tasted as good as it sounds. -- Practice safe eating. Always use condiments. |
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sf wrote:
> Peach cake in a box that was like the Betty Crocker (not sure if > that's the brand with a plastic pouch to "mix" everything in and an > included pan) coffee cake mix? Anyway, it sounds easy and delicious. > I wouldn't turn up my nose at it if it tasted as good as it sounds. I don't remember a Peach cake, but the brand that had the plastic pouches with the pan included was Betty Crocker. I remember the Spice cake with white frosting (coulda been cream cheese frosting), chocolate cake with white frosting & white cake with chocolate frosting. Later in the 90's they tried doing a microwave version, but it really didn't last long. I think they are making them again. |
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No, no, this is sooooooooooooooo sad. My MIL _still_ cooks like that.
And I mean it, that's the kind of food she would serve at what she woudl call a 'posh' dinner party. My sweet MIL is truly stuck in the 70s kitchen... You know, funny story. When we were living in England, I bought an old copy of Mrs Beeton at a car boot sale. It was the late 60s edition and was like 50p. I love it as a gorgeous treasure from the past; step by step photos on how to skin and join a rabbit (gruesome) and a reminder to 'first, brush the teeth" when preparing a sheeps head for roasting. When we came back to Australia, I was telling MIL I found an old copy of Mrs Beeton and she says 'oh yes, I have one too, but a very modern edition'. Turns out, we both have the same edition! tinny |
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sf wrote: > > On Wed, 15 Mar 2006 09:29:25 -0500, biig wrote: > > > > > > > Goomba38 wrote: > > > > > > ~patches~ wrote: > > > > Back in our newlywed days, our fancy but comfort food dinner was shake & > > > > bake chicken, instant mashed potatoes, and frozen corn niblets. > > > > > > > That is sooooooooooooo sad. It is almost cliche it sounds so dreadful! LOL > > > I'm so glad to hear you learned to cook and also enjoy better food. > > > Seriously. > > > Goomba > > That sounds like the way I cooked in the 70's when our kids were > > small and we worked two jobs. > > I didn't work 2 jobs but I still used Shake & Bake from time to > time... with no misgivings. Can't remember if it was S & B for > chicken or pork chops that I liked better. I suspect it was the pork. > > > They seemed to like it though, as long as > > there was dessert. I often made my simple peach cake, a snack cake > > (they used to be available in a box that doubled as a baking pan) and > > ice cream or cookies made from a mix. Today, their palates are more > > discerning..lol > > Peach cake in a box that was like the Betty Crocker (not sure if > that's the brand with a plastic pouch to "mix" everything in and an > included pan) coffee cake mix? Anyway, it sounds easy and delicious. > I wouldn't turn up my nose at it if it tasted as good as it sounds. > -- > > Practice safe eating. Always use condiments. The peach cake I used to make wasn't a mix as such. I used a regular cake mix and substituted the juice from the drained peaches for part of the liquid. I used all the peach juice and made up the rest of the liquid with whatever liquid the mix called for. Back then you could buy a pouch mix that made a single layer cake. Nowadays it seems there are only two layer mixes. I didn't add any sugar or cherries as you might do for an pineapple upside down cake. After all this talk, I think I'll make one for our domino game Saturday. ....Sharon |
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Denise~* wrote: > > sf wrote: > > > Peach cake in a box that was like the Betty Crocker (not sure if > > that's the brand with a plastic pouch to "mix" everything in and an > > included pan) coffee cake mix? Anyway, it sounds easy and delicious. > > I wouldn't turn up my nose at it if it tasted as good as it sounds. > > I don't remember a Peach cake, but the brand that had the plastic > pouches with the pan included was Betty Crocker. > > I remember the Spice cake with white frosting (coulda been cream cheese > frosting), chocolate cake with white frosting & white cake with > chocolate frosting. Later in the 90's they tried doing a microwave > version, but it really didn't last long. > > I think they are making them again. The peach cake was not a mix. That's my version. I substituted the juice from the drained peaches for part of the liquid. .....Sharon |
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On Wed 15 Mar 2006 11:48:50p, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it sf?
> On Wed, 15 Mar 2006 09:29:25 -0500, biig wrote: > >> >> >> Goomba38 wrote: >> > >> > ~patches~ wrote: >> > > Back in our newlywed days, our fancy but comfort food dinner was >> > > shake & bake chicken, instant mashed potatoes, and frozen corn >> > > niblets. >> > > >> > That is sooooooooooooo sad. It is almost cliche it sounds so >> > dreadful! LOL I'm so glad to hear you learned to cook and also enjoy >> > better food. Seriously. >> > Goomba >> That sounds like the way I cooked in the 70's when our kids were >> small and we worked two jobs. > > I didn't work 2 jobs but I still used Shake & Bake from time to > time... with no misgivings. Can't remember if it was S & B for > chicken or pork chops that I liked better. I suspect it was the pork. I was somewhat fascinated with convenience food products in my early cooking years. I used Shake & Bake for chicken sometmes, but when they introduced a "bbq" S&B for pork, I used it quite a lot. As with the regular S&B, it was a powdery mix, but when baked it formed a bbq sauce on the meat. Actually, rather good. >> They seemed to like it though, as long as >> there was dessert. I often made my simple peach cake, a snack cake >> (they used to be available in a box that doubled as a baking pan) and >> ice cream or cookies made from a mix. Today, their palates are more >> discerning..lol > > Peach cake in a box that was like the Betty Crocker (not sure if > that's the brand with a plastic pouch to "mix" everything in and an > included pan) coffee cake mix? Anyway, it sounds easy and delicious. > I wouldn't turn up my nose at it if it tasted as good as it sounds. Dromedary Pound Cake Mix and some of the other Dromedary cake mixes were my favorites back in those days. I guess it's still made, but I haven't seen it in a store in decades. I don't bake cakes very often these days, but I bake them from scratch when I do. Modern cake mixes are to "fluffy" and full of air for my liking. http://tinyurl.com/fob6x -- Wayne Boatwright ożo ____________________ BIOYA |
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Wayne Boatwright wrote:
> On Wed 15 Mar 2006 11:48:50p, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it sf? > > >>On Wed, 15 Mar 2006 09:29:25 -0500, biig wrote: >> >> >>> >>> >>> Goomba38 wrote: >>> > >>> > ~patches~ wrote: >>> > > Back in our newlywed days, our fancy but comfort food dinner was >>> > > shake & bake chicken, instant mashed potatoes, and frozen corn >>> > > niblets. >>> > > >>> > That is sooooooooooooo sad. It is almost cliche it sounds so >>> > dreadful! LOL I'm so glad to hear you learned to cook and also enjoy >>> > better food. Seriously. >>> > Goomba >>> That sounds like the way I cooked in the 70's when our kids were >>> small and we worked two jobs. >> >>I didn't work 2 jobs but I still used Shake & Bake from time to >>time... with no misgivings. Can't remember if it was S & B for >>chicken or pork chops that I liked better. I suspect it was the pork. > > > I was somewhat fascinated with convenience food products in my early > cooking years. I used Shake & Bake for chicken sometmes, but when they > introduced a "bbq" S&B for pork, I used it quite a lot. As with the > regular S&B, it was a powdery mix, but when baked it formed a bbq sauce on > the meat. Actually, rather good. Ages ago when I first started investigating the effects of white sugar, I found out that S&B had a fair amount of white sugar in it. So, I set about trying to duplicate the coating myself. It's surprising the number of things that you wouldn't think of that have high amounts of white sugar in them. > > >>> They seemed to like it though, as long as >>> there was dessert. I often made my simple peach cake, a snack cake >>> (they used to be available in a box that doubled as a baking pan) and >>> ice cream or cookies made from a mix. Today, their palates are more >>> discerning..lol >> >>Peach cake in a box that was like the Betty Crocker (not sure if >>that's the brand with a plastic pouch to "mix" everything in and an >>included pan) coffee cake mix? Anyway, it sounds easy and delicious. >>I wouldn't turn up my nose at it if it tasted as good as it sounds. > > > Dromedary Pound Cake Mix and some of the other Dromedary cake mixes were my > favorites back in those days. I guess it's still made, but I haven't seen > it in a store in decades. I don't bake cakes very often these days, but I > bake them from scratch when I do. Modern cake mixes are to "fluffy" and > full of air for my liking. > > http://tinyurl.com/fob6x > I'm a scratch cake baker too except when I buy the strawberry shortcake from M&M. It seems to be a real crowd pleaser and since I don't eat it, no problem. I can't recall the last time I bought a cake mix but it had to have been when I made the dreamsicle cake. The recipe called for either an orange or lemon cake mix, orange jello, and cool whip IIRC. Heavens, that has to be ages ago! |
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sf > writes:
>On Wed, 15 Mar 2006 09:29:25 -0500, biig wrote: >> Goomba38 wrote: >> > ~patches~ wrote: >> > > Back in our newlywed days, our fancy but comfort food dinner was shake & >> > > bake chicken, instant mashed potatoes, and frozen corn niblets. >> > > >> > That is sooooooooooooo sad. It is almost cliche it sounds so dreadful! I don't know what's "sad" about it. Cooking dinners like that is how I learned to cook. Our first "fancy" dinners were chicken baked in BBQ sauce, instant taters, frozen corn, and Pillsbury Crescent rolls. >> That sounds like the way I cooked in the 70's when our kids were >> small and we worked two jobs. >I didn't work 2 jobs but I still used Shake & Bake from time to >time... with no misgivings. Can't remember if it was S & B for >chicken or pork chops that I liked better. I suspect it was the pork. I've never had Shake & Bake but it doesn't seem "low class" to me. It's just pre-mixed spices and crumbs, right? Nothing wrong with using it when you're in a hurry or if you just like the taste of it. >Peach cake in a box that was like the Betty Crocker (not sure if >that's the brand with a plastic pouch to "mix" everything in and an >included pan) coffee cake mix? Anyway, it sounds easy and delicious. Mom made that all the time. Yum! She made some really great desserts by hand, but the boxed peach cake was one I was glad she bought. I miss her home made pineapple upside down cake, though. It was amazing. Stacia |
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Last night's comfort food: sloppy joes. I bought a couple of cans
of sloppy joe sauce to use in meat loaves. The other night, Rachel Ray made sloppy joes and that made me start to crave one. We had all the ingredients, so I finally went with the craving. Tonight's comfort food: macaroni and cheese mixed with the last bit of sloppy joe filling. Tara |
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