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Gene

On Fri, 23 Dec 2011 03:37:34 GMT, wrote:

>
>On 22-Dec-2011, Gene > wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 22 Dec 2011 01:45:32 -0600, "Storrmmee"
>> > wrote:
>>
>> >something with cranberries is what struck me, mayb cranberry/manderine
>> >salad, Lee
>> snip
>>
>> Good idea. But no one in this house will eat cranberries. But me. I
>> eat everything but beets. Beets are the ONLY thing I HATE.
>>
>> I live in hell, I really do. I can cook just about anything.. but I
>> have picky eaters. Ann is the worst. You have no idea with her and
>> food. To Ann hot dogs are an entire food group!
>>
>> OK, here is where I head. A wasabe sesame vinaigrette for the salad
>> and balsamic/soy/sake reduction for the brussel spouts.
>>
>> What do you think?
>>
>>
>>
>> Gene
>
>I'm drooling on just the salad and sprouts. Can you get your hands
>on real wasabe? As for beets; I was ruined for beets before I was
>five years old. I spent a lot of time as an infant with grandparents,
>mostly in farm environments and in the winter to boot. Root
>vegetables including rutabegas, turnips and beets were the popular
>veggies of the day. I can do turnips, but beets and rutabegas are
>off my menu.

See, and people round this newsgroup think smoked sprouts sound bad!

Real wasabe? Sure. I grow it in the same fantasy land that turkeys get
brined in a 75 degree garage. J/K! I can get it but the place is about
60 miles away, sooo, it's the tube stuff for me.

Beets are the only thing I HATE!!!!!!

Nice to see there is another some what sane person left in this
universe.

Gene

It is a solemn thought: dead, the noblest man's meat is inferior to pork.
- More Maxims of Mark, Johnson, 1927
Mark Twain