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"sf" > wrote in message
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> On Thu, 7 Aug 2014 23:22:19 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> > wrote:
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>> "sf" > wrote in message
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>> > On Thu, 7 Aug 2014 14:24:20 -0700, "Julie Bove"
>> > > wrote:
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>> >> "Brooklyn1" > wrote in message
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>> >> > On Thu, 7 Aug 2014 02:19:25 -0700, "Julie Bove"
>> >> > > wrote:
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>> >> >>I would love to make this but since I can't have dairy, it will have
>> >> >>to
>> >> >>be
>> >> >>an approximation. I have some stuff that I am trying to use up
>> >> >>including
>> >> >>whole wheat linguine and boxed mushroom gravy. I will add some
>> >> >>onion,
>> >> >>probably a little celery, a few fresh mushrooms, turkey breast, peas
>> >> >>and
>> >> >>some black pepper and parsley. If it seems too dry, I have some
>> >> >>boxed
>> >> >>turkey broth to add.
>> >> >>
>> >> >>I hope it is good. I miss stuff like tetrazzini, A La King and
>> >> >>chicken
>> >> >>or
>> >> >>tuna casserole. Alas I can't have chicken or tuna so it will have
>> >> >>to
>> >> >>be
>> >> >>turkey. Will probably attempt to do this on top of the stove as I
>> >> >>don't
>> >> >>want to fire up the oven. I had to self clean it yet again after
>> >> >>last
>> >> >>night's baking. Not sure what slopped over the sides but it was
>> >> >>kind
>> >> >>of
>> >> >>buttery and sticky enough that trying to wipe it with a wet paper
>> >> >>towel
>> >> >>didn't do much at all.
>> >> >
>> >> > I prepare tetrazzini often and rarely does it contain dairy, just a
>> >> > basic flour/veg oil/water bechamel (white sauce).
>> >>
>> >> White sauce has milk or cream in it. And tetrazzini often has cheese
>> >> as
>> >> well.
>> >
>> > It sounds like he's making oily paste. A velouté would have stock in
>> > it, you'd use vegetable stock because you can't eat chicken. I'd just
>> > forget about making Tetrazzini if I had to make as many changes as you
>> > have to make because the result is not even close to Tetrazzini.

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>> Well, I don't know what you'd call what I made. But Angela loved it and
>> that's all that matters. Normally I would have baked this in the oven
>> but
>> instead I just used my big sauté pan to heat it all through.

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> I'd call it baked turkey and pasta in a mushroom gravy... except you
> didn't mention mushrooms or baking, so it would just be gravy.


I did put mushrooms in it and it wasn't baked.