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A new Fridge
"Dave Smith" > wrote in message ... > On 2019-02-17 10:29 a.m., cshenk wrote: > >> I think the main difference is you are more apt to make different meals >> for folks while I will just have a side dish one doesnt like (but the >> other 2 do) so make one of the other side dishes have plenty extra to >> make up (and something the other really likes). >> >> Take Spinach for example. Don hates it because it was apparently at >> every meal when he was a kid. Charlotte and I love it. > > I am not interested in spinach as a side. I at it too many times as a kid > where it was overcooked and had that nasty flavour that spinach develops > when cooked too long. I have since had it barely steamed (lightly steamed > for Jill's benefit ;-) ) and I know that it is much more palatable that > way, but I still can't get over the years of nastiness. However, I find > it very pleasant as an ingredient. I love spanakopita and similar dishes. > One of my favourite egg dishes is scrambled eggs with spinach with hot > sauce. I also like Eggs Florentine. I had tried it at a place that added > chopped spinach to an imitation Hollandaise sauce. I have tried it more > recently as a couple local restaurants that use a real Hollandaise sauce > and blanched spinach. > > > One of the best soups I ever had was one I ordered as the lesser of two > evils in a restaurant two coarse menu. The first course was a choice of > Caesar salad or spinach soup. I opted for the soup and thought I would > have less qualms about leaving most of it. There was nothing left. It was > so good I ate it to the last drop. As a kid, the only spinach we had was canned. Blech. When I make spinach, it's either as a salad or in something. Like a soup or pasta filling. Sometimes I use a few leaves on a sandwich instead of lettuce. |
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A new Fridge
"Gary" > wrote in message ... > wrote: >> >> I also like raw spinach in a tossed salad... >> good in a sandwich in place of lettuce. > > Raw leafy spinach "good in a sandwich in place of lettuce?" > You're really more messed up than I ever imagined. > Ask Squertz if you want to make a good sandwich. > You obviously don't know how. It is good! Used to get a sandwich in CA that was turkey, tomato, cheese and spinach on foccacia. |
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