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On Wednesday, December 16, 2020 at 12:12:53 PM UTC-10, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2020-12-16 4:54 p.m., Graham wrote:
> > On Wed, 16 Dec 2020 16:46:29 -0500, Dave Smith wrote:
> >
> >> On 2020-12-16 3:44 p.m., Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> >>> On Wednesday, December 16, 2020 at 2:30:08 PM UTC-5, Graham wrote:
> >>>> On Wed, 16 Dec 2020 10:45:21 -0800 (PST), Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> On Wednesday, December 16, 2020 at 1:36:46 PM UTC-5, Sheldon wrote:
> >>>>>> On Tue, 15 Dec 2020 16:47:29 -0800, "Julie Bove"
> >>>>>> > wrote:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> "cshenk" > wrote in message
> >>>>>>> ...
> >>>>>>>> Julie Bove wrote:
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>> "cshenk" > wrote in message
> >>>>>>>>> ...
> >>>>>>>>>> Gary wrote:
> >>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>> On 12/13/2020 10:30 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
> >>>>>>>>>>>> Mexican/Spanish rice all the time. Can a rice cooker do that?
> >>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>> Sure it can but you don't need any rice cooker to make good
> >>>>>>>>>>> rice.
> >>>>>>>>>>> I would only consider one if I cooked rice for many people
> >>>>>>>>>>> often.
> >>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>> Chuckle, agreed. For us, it's 5 times a week at least. Makes
> >>>>>>>>>> sense
> >>>>>>>>>> here.
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>> But how do you do the Mexican rice in it?
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> Depends on what you mean by 'Mexican rice'. If it's just rice
> >>>>>>>> grown in
> >>>>>>>> Mexico, it' the same as any other. If you mean with tomatoes and
> >>>>>>>> chiles, same as you would on a stove, just added to the rice
> >>>>>>>> maker
> >>>>>>>> instead.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> *Sigh* No. When you make Mexican or Spanish rice on the stove, you
> >>>>>>> toast the
> >>>>>>> rice for about 3 miutes in butter or olive oil before adding the
> >>>>>>> rest of the
> >>>>>>> ingredients. What you add after that, depends on the recipe. My
> >>>>>>> last batch
> >>>>>>> had some dried peppers, dried tomatoes and dried onions as well as
> >>>>>>> Knorr
> >>>>>>> tomato and rice boullion.
> >>>>>> WTF is rice boullion and why when cooking rice anyway?
> >>>>>
> >>>>> She means Knorr tomato bouillon:
> >>>>>
> >>>>> <https://www.walmart.com/grocery/ip/Knorr-Tomato-Bouillon-with-Chicken-Flavor-Granulated-7-9-oz/10291836>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> She's making "Mexican rice". Do try to pay attention, rather than
> >>>>> just reading
> >>>>> the subject line and winding up for your rant.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Cindy Hamilton
> >>>> There's a very annoying Knorr ad on the tv at the moment. The
> >>>> voice-over
> >>>> refers to it as "booleeon". I'm surprised that they let such
> >>>> ignorance
> >>>> pass.
> >>>
> >>> How do you pronounce it? I say bull-yÀ°Ã¢€žÂ¢n.
> >>>
> >>
> >> Most people do. Ask them to pronounce buoy. You can count on most
> >> people pronouncing it the same as boy.
> >
> > Certainly in the UK but I've yet to hear it that way in this part of
> > Canada
> > where it's pronounced "boo-ee"
> >
> I always heard it here as boy. Apparently that is the English
> pronunciation, but the boo-ee pronunciation is American.
There's all kinds of ways to pronounce English words. I change my
pronunciation, tone, and speed, of my speech depending on who I'm talking
to. I try to mimic the person i'm communicating with.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWAUrHODRWM

====

LOL My pronunciation has change over the years. I started off Yorkshire
but I have lived in so many places over so many years ... nobody would
recognise that now

It feels to me that the Yorkshire way of speaking has changed and I don't
recognise it(

====

I should have said, nobody recognises that now

On 12/16/2020 10:21 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> On Wednesday, December 16, 2020 at 9:49:15 AM UTC-5, Gary wrote:
>> On 12/15/2020 7:48 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>>
>>> "Gary" wrote:
>>>> I feel for the picky eaters here. I'm easily satisfied.
>>>
>>> Why? Picky eaters are usually happy to be picky.
>> Picky eaters have a very limited menu.
>
> Everybody has a very limited menu. How many different
> things do you actually eat in a week?

What I eat each week is limited but my menu is more like a small
catalog. Many dishes to choose from.

On 12/16/2020 10:54 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> I prefer Parm-Reg, but for some reason I like a shot of green-box parm in
> French onion soup. (I feel much shame ;-)

Just 2-3 nights ago, I watched (on PBS) an ancient Julia Child 30 minute
show on how to make french onion soup. She was fairly young and the show
was in black and white...maybe early 1960's?

I liked it too. Just a normal cook and even made mistakes but she told
how to do many things in that 30 minute show. Too bad we don't get
cooking shows like that anymore.

On 12/16/2020 1:22 PM, Master Bruce wrote:
> On Wed, 16 Dec 2020 09:48:41 -0500, Gary > wrote:
>
>> On 12/15/2020 7:48 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>>
>>> "Gary" wrote:
>>>> I feel for the picky eaters here. I'm easily satisfied.
>>>
>>> Why? Picky eaters are usually happy to be picky.
>>
>> Picky eaters have a very limited menu.
>
> This should be a sticker on the back of a car.

When my daughter was in grade school, she often got on the honor roll
each report card. Along with her report card, they always included a
bumper sticker that said, "I'm the proud parent of an honor roll student."

I wasn't going to put that on my van. One day I looked at one and
realized that I could change it a bit and still be a retangular bumper
sticker. So, using a single edge razor blade, I cut and pasted it.

It said, "I'm the parent." That's what I put on my bumper and it stayed
there for years. lol

On Thursday, December 17, 2020 at 8:27:19 AM UTC-5, Gary wrote:
> On 12/16/2020 10:21 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> > On Wednesday, December 16, 2020 at 9:49:15 AM UTC-5, Gary wrote:
> >> On 12/15/2020 7:48 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
> >>>
> >>> "Gary" wrote:
> >>>> I feel for the picky eaters here. I'm easily satisfied.
> >>>
> >>> Why? Picky eaters are usually happy to be picky.
> >> Picky eaters have a very limited menu.
> >
> > Everybody has a very limited menu. How many different
> > things do you actually eat in a week?
>
> What I eat each week is limited but my menu is more like a small
> catalog. Many dishes to choose from.

What makes you think it's any different for us "picky" eaters?

In my case, of course, my "menu" includes not only what I make but
also dishes at the many ethnic restaurants near me. Chinese,
Japanese, Middle Eastern, Thai, Ethiopian, Moroccan, Vietnamese,
German, Korean, Indian, Tibetan, top-quality Italian (not a checkered
tablecloth in sight), Polish, Greek, Malaysian, Spanish, Ethiopian, etc.

Cindy Hamilton

On 2020-12-17 2:25 a.m., cshenk wrote:
> jmcquown wrote:
>
>> On 12/16/2020 4:56 PM, cshenk wrote:
>>> Dave Smith wrote:
>>>
>>>> On our kayaking trip down to Georgia a couple years ago we were
>>>> limited in the restaurants we could go to as a group because one
>>>> of the members is vegan. A couple of the women were semi
>>>> vegetarian and were adamant that we had to cater to the vegan. We
>>>> were supposed to take turns cooking and were expected to provide
>>>> vegan and vegetarian options. Pain in the ass.
>>>
>>> I remember that. The Vegan and Vegetarians should have fronted a
>>> second cook to help out.
>>>
>> I remember it, too. It got very cold here a month or so before that
>> kayak trip and I posted a pic of an icicle on one of my back gutters
>> just to freak Dave out.
>>
>> It was an organized group trip. Where were they supposed to find
>> this other cook who would bend to the solitary vegans' will? I think
>> I suggested at the time Dave first posted about it those who didn't
>> want to cater to her whims had plenty of restaurants to choose from.
>> Sorry, she knew who she was going on this trip with. Most of them
>> were interested in eating some of the lowcountry Georgia cuisine. If
>> she didn't like it, let her fend for herself. Thing is, most
>> restaurants these days (especially those who cater to tourist groups)
>> are able to accomodate vegans in some way, shape or form. Gluten
>> free, lactose intolerant, too. They probably wouldn't get to sample
>> any authentic to the region food but they wouldn't starve. Might
>> have to go it alone, though.
>>
>> Jill
>
> Smile, I was referring to when the team took turns cooking. The
> Vegan/vegetarians should have pitched in some help to make a secondary
> dish.
>
What would work for me is to have people cook what they wanted and to
let the vegan and the vegetarians prepare food to their liking.


Just thinking back a few years to an experience at the family camp we
used to go to at the end of summer. As the years went by there were more
and more vegetarians, mostly among the staff. Each year that did a beach
cookout and grilled a lot of chicken, pork chops, sausages and beef, and
they would have lots of salads and vegetables. One year that had
vegetable kebabs. I love those things and took a couple. I got hassled
by a woman for taking the food that was for the vegetarians. Nuts to
that. I was a paying guest. It was a buffet dinner and the kebabs were
served for for all. If there were not enough for the vegetarians there
were lots of other vegetables. This was just peppers, onion and
mushrooms, so it wasn't like a carnivore was pigging out on their
protein source.

On 12/17/2020 9:02 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> On Thursday, December 17, 2020 at 8:27:19 AM UTC-5, Gary wrote:
>> On 12/16/2020 10:21 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>>> On Wednesday, December 16, 2020 at 9:49:15 AM UTC-5, Gary wrote:
>>>> On 12/15/2020 7:48 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> "Gary" wrote:
>>>>>> I feel for the picky eaters here. I'm easily satisfied.
>>>>>
>>>>> Why? Picky eaters are usually happy to be picky.
>>>> Picky eaters have a very limited menu.
>>>
>>> Everybody has a very limited menu. How many different
>>> things do you actually eat in a week?
>>
>> What I eat each week is limited but my menu is more like a small
>> catalog. Many dishes to choose from.
>
> What makes you think it's any different for us "picky" eaters?

My menu is longer.

Gary wrote:

> On 12/16/2020 1:22 PM, Master Bruce wrote:
> > On Wed, 16 Dec 2020 09:48:41 -0500, Gary > wrote:
> >
> >> On 12/15/2020 7:48 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
> >>>
> >>> "Gary" wrote:
> >>>> I feel for the picky eaters here. I'm easily satisfied.
> >>>
> >>> Why? Picky eaters are usually happy to be picky.
> >>
> >> Picky eaters have a very limited menu.
> >
> > This should be a sticker on the back of a car.
>
> When my daughter was in grade school, she often got on the honor roll
> each report card. Along with her report card, they always included a
> bumper sticker that said, "I'm the proud parent of an honor roll student."
>
> I wasn't going to put that on my van. One day I looked at one and
> realized that I could change it a bit and still be a retangular bumper
> sticker. So, using a single edge razor blade, I cut and pasted it.
>
> It said, "I'm the parent." That's what I put on my bumper and it stayed
> there for years. lol


I like it...

--
Best
Greg

On Thursday, December 17, 2020 at 12:57:55 AM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
> "Ophelia" wrote in message ...
> "dsi1" wrote in message
> ...
>
> On Wednesday, December 16, 2020 at 12:12:53 PM UTC-10, Dave Smith wrote:
> > On 2020-12-16 4:54 p.m., Graham wrote:
> > > On Wed, 16 Dec 2020 16:46:29 -0500, Dave Smith wrote:
> > >
> > >> On 2020-12-16 3:44 p.m., Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> > >>> On Wednesday, December 16, 2020 at 2:30:08 PM UTC-5, Graham wrote:
> > >>>> On Wed, 16 Dec 2020 10:45:21 -0800 (PST), Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> > >>>>
> > >>>>> On Wednesday, December 16, 2020 at 1:36:46 PM UTC-5, Sheldon wrote:
> > >>>>>> On Tue, 15 Dec 2020 16:47:29 -0800, "Julie Bove"
> > >>>>>> > wrote:
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>> "cshenk" > wrote in message
> > >>>>>>> ...
> > >>>>>>>> Julie Bove wrote:
> > >>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>> "cshenk" > wrote in message
> > >>>>>>>>> ...
> > >>>>>>>>>> Gary wrote:
> > >>>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>>>> On 12/13/2020 10:30 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
> > >>>>>>>>>>>> Mexican/Spanish rice all the time. Can a rice cooker do that?
> > >>>>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>>>> Sure it can but you don't need any rice cooker to make good
> > >>>>>>>>>>> rice.
> > >>>>>>>>>>> I would only consider one if I cooked rice for many people
> > >>>>>>>>>>> often.
> > >>>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>>> Chuckle, agreed. For us, it's 5 times a week at least. Makes
> > >>>>>>>>>> sense
> > >>>>>>>>>> here.
> > >>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>> But how do you do the Mexican rice in it?
> > >>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>> Depends on what you mean by 'Mexican rice'. If it's just rice
> > >>>>>>>> grown in
> > >>>>>>>> Mexico, it' the same as any other. If you mean with tomatoes and
> > >>>>>>>> chiles, same as you would on a stove, just added to the rice
> > >>>>>>>> maker
> > >>>>>>>> instead.
> > >>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>> *Sigh* No. When you make Mexican or Spanish rice on the stove, you
> > >>>>>>> toast the
> > >>>>>>> rice for about 3 miutes in butter or olive oil before adding the
> > >>>>>>> rest of the
> > >>>>>>> ingredients. What you add after that, depends on the recipe. My
> > >>>>>>> last batch
> > >>>>>>> had some dried peppers, dried tomatoes and dried onions as well as
> > >>>>>>> Knorr
> > >>>>>>> tomato and rice boullion.
> > >>>>>> WTF is rice boullion and why when cooking rice anyway?
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> She means Knorr tomato bouillon:
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> <https://www.walmart.com/grocery/ip/Knorr-Tomato-Bouillon-with-Chicken-Flavor-Granulated-7-9-oz/10291836>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> She's making "Mexican rice". Do try to pay attention, rather than
> > >>>>> just reading
> > >>>>> the subject line and winding up for your rant.
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> Cindy Hamilton
> > >>>> There's a very annoying Knorr ad on the tv at the moment. The
> > >>>> voice-over
> > >>>> refers to it as "booleeon". I'm surprised that they let such
> > >>>> ignorance
> > >>>> pass.
> > >>>
> > >>> How do you pronounce it? I say bull-yÀ°Ã¢€žÂ¢n.
> > >>>
> > >>
> > >> Most people do. Ask them to pronounce buoy. You can count on most
> > >> people pronouncing it the same as boy.
> > >
> > > Certainly in the UK but I've yet to hear it that way in this part of
> > > Canada
> > > where it's pronounced "boo-ee"
> > >
> > I always heard it here as boy. Apparently that is the English
> > pronunciation, but the boo-ee pronunciation is American.
> There's all kinds of ways to pronounce English words. I change my
> pronunciation, tone, and speed, of my speech depending on who I'm talking
> to. I try to mimic the person i'm communicating with.
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWAUrHODRWM
>
> ====
>
> LOL My pronunciation has change over the years. I started off Yorkshire
> but I have lived in so many places over so many years ... nobody would
> recognise that now
>
> It feels to me that the Yorkshire way of speaking has changed and I don't
> recognise it(
> ====
>
> I should have said, nobody recognises that now
My guess is that you change the way you talk to fit the area i.e., you'd talk differently in Yorkshire than you would in Scotland. You might even talk differently to Americans than you would to the locals. I certainly would.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxF4nIxp8xo

dsi1 wrote:

> On Thursday, December 17, 2020 at 12:57:55 AM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
> > "Ophelia" wrote in message ...
> > "dsi1" wrote in message
> > ...
> >
> > On Wednesday, December 16, 2020 at 12:12:53 PM UTC-10, Dave Smith wrote:
> > > On 2020-12-16 4:54 p.m., Graham wrote:
> > > > On Wed, 16 Dec 2020 16:46:29 -0500, Dave Smith wrote:
> > > >
> > > >> On 2020-12-16 3:44 p.m., Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> > > >>> On Wednesday, December 16, 2020 at 2:30:08 PM UTC-5, Graham wrote:
> > > >>>> On Wed, 16 Dec 2020 10:45:21 -0800 (PST), Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>>> On Wednesday, December 16, 2020 at 1:36:46 PM UTC-5, Sheldon wrote:
> > > >>>>>> On Tue, 15 Dec 2020 16:47:29 -0800, "Julie Bove"
> > > >>>>>> > wrote:
> > > >>>>>>
> > > >>>>>>>
> > > >>>>>>> "cshenk" > wrote in message
> > > >>>>>>> ...
> > > >>>>>>>> Julie Bove wrote:
> > > >>>>>>>>
> > > >>>>>>>>>
> > > >>>>>>>>> "cshenk" > wrote in message
> > > >>>>>>>>> ...
> > > >>>>>>>>>> Gary wrote:
> > > >>>>>>>>>>
> > > >>>>>>>>>>> On 12/13/2020 10:30 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
> > > >>>>>>>>>>>> Mexican/Spanish rice all the time. Can a rice cooker do that?
> > > >>>>>>>>>>>
> > > >>>>>>>>>>> Sure it can but you don't need any rice cooker to make good
> > > >>>>>>>>>>> rice.
> > > >>>>>>>>>>> I would only consider one if I cooked rice for many people
> > > >>>>>>>>>>> often.
> > > >>>>>>>>>>
> > > >>>>>>>>>> Chuckle, agreed. For us, it's 5 times a week at least. Makes
> > > >>>>>>>>>> sense
> > > >>>>>>>>>> here.
> > > >>>>>>>>>
> > > >>>>>>>>> But how do you do the Mexican rice in it?
> > > >>>>>>>>
> > > >>>>>>>> Depends on what you mean by 'Mexican rice'. If it's just rice
> > > >>>>>>>> grown in
> > > >>>>>>>> Mexico, it' the same as any other. If you mean with tomatoes and
> > > >>>>>>>> chiles, same as you would on a stove, just added to the rice
> > > >>>>>>>> maker
> > > >>>>>>>> instead.
> > > >>>>>>>
> > > >>>>>>> *Sigh* No. When you make Mexican or Spanish rice on the stove, you
> > > >>>>>>> toast the
> > > >>>>>>> rice for about 3 miutes in butter or olive oil before adding the
> > > >>>>>>> rest of the
> > > >>>>>>> ingredients. What you add after that, depends on the recipe. My
> > > >>>>>>> last batch
> > > >>>>>>> had some dried peppers, dried tomatoes and dried onions as well as
> > > >>>>>>> Knorr
> > > >>>>>>> tomato and rice boullion.
> > > >>>>>> WTF is rice boullion and why when cooking rice anyway?
> > > >>>>>
> > > >>>>> She means Knorr tomato bouillon:
> > > >>>>>
> > > >>>>> <https://www.walmart.com/grocery/ip/Knorr-Tomato-Bouillon-with-Chicken-Flavor-Granulated-7-9-oz/10291836>
> > > >>>>>
> > > >>>>> She's making "Mexican rice". Do try to pay attention, rather than
> > > >>>>> just reading
> > > >>>>> the subject line and winding up for your rant.
> > > >>>>>
> > > >>>>> Cindy Hamilton
> > > >>>> There's a very annoying Knorr ad on the tv at the moment. The
> > > >>>> voice-over
> > > >>>> refers to it as "booleeon". I'm surprised that they let such
> > > >>>> ignorance
> > > >>>> pass.
> > > >>>
> > > >>> How do you pronounce it? I say bull-yÀ°Ã¢€žÂ¢n.
> > > >>>
> > > >>
> > > >> Most people do. Ask them to pronounce buoy. You can count on most
> > > >> people pronouncing it the same as boy.
> > > >
> > > > Certainly in the UK but I've yet to hear it that way in this part of
> > > > Canada
> > > > where it's pronounced "boo-ee"
> > > >
> > > I always heard it here as boy. Apparently that is the English
> > > pronunciation, but the boo-ee pronunciation is American.
> > There's all kinds of ways to pronounce English words. I change my
> > pronunciation, tone, and speed, of my speech depending on who I'm talking
> > to. I try to mimic the person i'm communicating with.
> > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWAUrHODRWM
> >
> > ====
> >
> > LOL My pronunciation has change over the years. I started off Yorkshire
> > but I have lived in so many places over so many years ... nobody would
> > recognise that now
> >
> > It feels to me that the Yorkshire way of speaking has changed and I don't
> > recognise it(
> > ====
> >
> > I should have said, nobody recognises that now
> My guess is that you change the way you talk to fit the area i.e., you'd talk differently in Yorkshire than you would in Scotland. You might even talk differently to Americans than you would to the locals. I certainly would..
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxF4nIxp8xo


What a ****ing useless comment...

--
Best
Greg

On Thursday, December 17, 2020 at 11:45:40 AM UTC-5, Gary wrote:
> On 12/17/2020 9:02 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> > On Thursday, December 17, 2020 at 8:27:19 AM UTC-5, Gary wrote:
> >> On 12/16/2020 10:21 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> >>> On Wednesday, December 16, 2020 at 9:49:15 AM UTC-5, Gary wrote:
> >>>> On 12/15/2020 7:48 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>> "Gary" wrote:
> >>>>>> I feel for the picky eaters here. I'm easily satisfied.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Why? Picky eaters are usually happy to be picky.
> >>>> Picky eaters have a very limited menu.
> >>>
> >>> Everybody has a very limited menu. How many different
> >>> things do you actually eat in a week?
> >>
> >> What I eat each week is limited but my menu is more like a small
> >> catalog. Many dishes to choose from.
> >
> > What makes you think it's any different for us "picky" eaters?
> My menu is longer.

I'd be willing to put my menu up against yours any day. I'm sure neither
of us wants the tedium of listing every dish we might eat when the
opportunity arises.

Cindy Hamilton

On Thursday, December 17, 2020 at 12:25:21 AM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
> "dsi1" wrote in message
> ...
>
> On Tuesday, December 15, 2020 at 6:50:45 AM UTC-10, Bruce wrote:
> > On Tue, 15 Dec 2020 11:25:08 -0500, Sheldon Martin >
> > wrote:
> > >On Tue, 15 Dec 2020 03:37:15 -0800 (PST), Cindy Hamilton
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > >>On Monday, December 14, 2020 at 9:40:40 PM UTC-5, cshenk wrote:
> > >>> wrote:
> > >>>
> > >>> > On Monday, December 14, 2020 at 3:14:05 PM UTC-6, Cindy Hamilton
> > >>> > wrote:
> > >>> > >
> > >>> > > Perhaps Julie was trying to warn us about Blue Ribbon Rice. At any
> > >>> > > rate, rice is so inexpensive I don't worry about buying the
> > >>> > > rock-bottom cheapest stuff. Riceland or Mahatma for me.
> > >>> > >
> > >>> > > Cindy Hamilton
> > >>> > >
> > >>> > When have you ever read a post from Julie that she hasn't screwed up
> > >>> > a dish, it doesn't taste right, it didn't cook up correctly, I don't
> > >>> > like that, I can't eat that, that is not available here, we had to
> > >>> > wait in line for a year for a table, I can't get my mail?
> > >>> >
> > >>> > Riceland and Mahatma works for me, too. Even the stuff from Dollar
> > >>> > Tree cooks up perfect every time.
> > >>> I'm a self admitted rice snob. I like the better stuff.
> > >>
> > >>What's "better stuff"? We favor plain, long-grain rice. My husband
> > >>typically
> > >>cooks it with salt and a dab of butter, then eats it with reduced
> > >>chicken or
> > >>turkey stock in lieu of gravy. Jasmine, basmati, or other fragrant rice
> > >>would be intrusive to the flavor profile he's looking for.
> > >>
> > >>We use basmati for Indian cooking, though.
> > >>
> > >>Cindy Hamilton
> > >
> > >You'd be much better off eating Texmati.. real Basmati is grown in
> > >paddys filled with human waste.
> > You have a point. Avoid Asian produce. They have no standards.
> That's hardly true. The Japanese and the Koreans give out fruits as
> presents. The fruits are the most beautiful and most awesome produce ever.
> My guess is that the Chinese and other Asians will have something similar.
> https://digjapan.travel/en/blog/id=12324
>
> ==
>
> Oh my goodness. I had never heard of anything like that) It looks
> wonderful though)
The Asians are into giving each other gifts. In America, one might get a sweater or a neck tie. In Asia, you might get oranges or Spam.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLFCsfq0XDc

On Thursday, December 17, 2020 at 7:53:16 AM UTC-10, GM wrote:
> dsi1 wrote:
>
> > On Thursday, December 17, 2020 at 12:57:55 AM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
> > > "Ophelia" wrote in message ...
> > > "dsi1" wrote in message
> > > ...
> > >
> > > On Wednesday, December 16, 2020 at 12:12:53 PM UTC-10, Dave Smith wrote:
> > > > On 2020-12-16 4:54 p.m., Graham wrote:
> > > > > On Wed, 16 Dec 2020 16:46:29 -0500, Dave Smith wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > >> On 2020-12-16 3:44 p.m., Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> > > > >>> On Wednesday, December 16, 2020 at 2:30:08 PM UTC-5, Graham wrote:
> > > > >>>> On Wed, 16 Dec 2020 10:45:21 -0800 (PST), Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> > > > >>>>
> > > > >>>>> On Wednesday, December 16, 2020 at 1:36:46 PM UTC-5, Sheldon wrote:
> > > > >>>>>> On Tue, 15 Dec 2020 16:47:29 -0800, "Julie Bove"
> > > > >>>>>> > wrote:
> > > > >>>>>>
> > > > >>>>>>>
> > > > >>>>>>> "cshenk" > wrote in message
> > > > >>>>>>> ...
> > > > >>>>>>>> Julie Bove wrote:
> > > > >>>>>>>>
> > > > >>>>>>>>>
> > > > >>>>>>>>> "cshenk" > wrote in message
> > > > >>>>>>>>> ...
> > > > >>>>>>>>>> Gary wrote:
> > > > >>>>>>>>>>
> > > > >>>>>>>>>>> On 12/13/2020 10:30 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
> > > > >>>>>>>>>>>> Mexican/Spanish rice all the time. Can a rice cooker do that?
> > > > >>>>>>>>>>>
> > > > >>>>>>>>>>> Sure it can but you don't need any rice cooker to make good
> > > > >>>>>>>>>>> rice.
> > > > >>>>>>>>>>> I would only consider one if I cooked rice for many people
> > > > >>>>>>>>>>> often.
> > > > >>>>>>>>>>
> > > > >>>>>>>>>> Chuckle, agreed. For us, it's 5 times a week at least. Makes
> > > > >>>>>>>>>> sense
> > > > >>>>>>>>>> here.
> > > > >>>>>>>>>
> > > > >>>>>>>>> But how do you do the Mexican rice in it?
> > > > >>>>>>>>
> > > > >>>>>>>> Depends on what you mean by 'Mexican rice'. If it's just rice
> > > > >>>>>>>> grown in
> > > > >>>>>>>> Mexico, it' the same as any other. If you mean with tomatoes and
> > > > >>>>>>>> chiles, same as you would on a stove, just added to the rice
> > > > >>>>>>>> maker
> > > > >>>>>>>> instead.
> > > > >>>>>>>
> > > > >>>>>>> *Sigh* No. When you make Mexican or Spanish rice on the stove, you
> > > > >>>>>>> toast the
> > > > >>>>>>> rice for about 3 miutes in butter or olive oil before adding the
> > > > >>>>>>> rest of the
> > > > >>>>>>> ingredients. What you add after that, depends on the recipe.. My
> > > > >>>>>>> last batch
> > > > >>>>>>> had some dried peppers, dried tomatoes and dried onions as well as
> > > > >>>>>>> Knorr
> > > > >>>>>>> tomato and rice boullion.
> > > > >>>>>> WTF is rice boullion and why when cooking rice anyway?
> > > > >>>>>
> > > > >>>>> She means Knorr tomato bouillon:
> > > > >>>>>
> > > > >>>>> <https://www.walmart.com/grocery/ip/Knorr-Tomato-Bouillon-with-Chicken-Flavor-Granulated-7-9-oz/10291836>
> > > > >>>>>
> > > > >>>>> She's making "Mexican rice". Do try to pay attention, rather than
> > > > >>>>> just reading
> > > > >>>>> the subject line and winding up for your rant.
> > > > >>>>>
> > > > >>>>> Cindy Hamilton
> > > > >>>> There's a very annoying Knorr ad on the tv at the moment. The
> > > > >>>> voice-over
> > > > >>>> refers to it as "booleeon". I'm surprised that they let such
> > > > >>>> ignorance
> > > > >>>> pass.
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>> How do you pronounce it? I say bull-yÀ°Ã¢€žÂ¢n.
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>
> > > > >> Most people do. Ask them to pronounce buoy. You can count on most
> > > > >> people pronouncing it the same as boy.
> > > > >
> > > > > Certainly in the UK but I've yet to hear it that way in this part of
> > > > > Canada
> > > > > where it's pronounced "boo-ee"
> > > > >
> > > > I always heard it here as boy. Apparently that is the English
> > > > pronunciation, but the boo-ee pronunciation is American.
> > > There's all kinds of ways to pronounce English words. I change my
> > > pronunciation, tone, and speed, of my speech depending on who I'm talking
> > > to. I try to mimic the person i'm communicating with.
> > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWAUrHODRWM
> > >
> > > ====
> > >
> > > LOL My pronunciation has change over the years. I started off Yorkshire
> > > but I have lived in so many places over so many years ... nobody would
> > > recognise that now
> > >
> > > It feels to me that the Yorkshire way of speaking has changed and I don't
> > > recognise it(
> > > ====
> > >
> > > I should have said, nobody recognises that now
> > My guess is that you change the way you talk to fit the area i.e., you'd talk differently in Yorkshire than you would in Scotland. You might even talk differently to Americans than you would to the locals. I certainly would.
> > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxF4nIxp8xo
> What a ****ing useless comment...
>
> --
> Best
> Greg
What a ****ing ironic comment...

On 12/17/2020 11:45 AM, Gary wrote:
> On 12/17/2020 9:02 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>> On Thursday, December 17, 2020 at 8:27:19 AM UTC-5, Gary wrote:
>>> On 12/16/2020 10:21 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>>>> On Wednesday, December 16, 2020 at 9:49:15 AM UTC-5, Gary wrote:
>>>>> On 12/15/2020 7:48 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "Gary" wrote:
>>>>>>> I feel for the picky eaters here. I'm easily satisfied.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Why? Picky eaters are usually happy to be picky.
>>>>> Picky eaters have a very limited menu.
>>>>
>>>> Everybody has a very limited menu. How many different
>>>> things do you actually eat in a week?
>>>
>>> What I eat each week is limited but my menu is more like a small
>>> catalog. Many dishes to choose from.
>>
>> What makes you think it's any different for us "picky" eaters?
>
> My menu is longer.
>
>
Had a brother-in-law with limited menu. They ate hamburgers or meatloaf
five night a week. Pizza and KFC the other two.

On Thu, 17 Dec 2020 08:27:34 -0500, Gary > wrote:

>On 12/16/2020 10:54 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>> I prefer Parm-Reg, but for some reason I like a shot of green-box parm in
>> French onion soup. (I feel much shame ;-)
>
>Just 2-3 nights ago, I watched (on PBS) an ancient Julia Child 30 minute
>show on how to make french onion soup. She was fairly young and the show
>was in black and white...maybe early 1960's?
>
>I liked it too. Just a normal cook and even made mistakes but she told
>how to do many things in that 30 minute show. Too bad we don't get
>cooking shows like that anymore.

Are you that dependent on linear TV watching? I bet Julia's all over
the Internet for your enjoyment.

On 2020-12-17 1:45 p.m., Ed Pawlowski wrote:

> Had a brother-in-law with limited menu.Â* They ate hamburgers or meatloaf
> five night a week.Â* Pizza and KFC the other two.


I think the worst I ever saw was the kid who lived about three doors
down from us. He and my son used to hang out together. The kid likes hot
dogs with pepper on them and KFC chicken. That was it.

"dsi1" wrote in message
...

On Thursday, December 17, 2020 at 12:57:55 AM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
> "Ophelia" wrote in message ...
> "dsi1" wrote in message
> ...
>
> On Wednesday, December 16, 2020 at 12:12:53 PM UTC-10, Dave Smith wrote:
> > On 2020-12-16 4:54 p.m., Graham wrote:
> > > On Wed, 16 Dec 2020 16:46:29 -0500, Dave Smith wrote:
> > >
> > >> On 2020-12-16 3:44 p.m., Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> > >>> On Wednesday, December 16, 2020 at 2:30:08 PM UTC-5, Graham wrote:
> > >>>> On Wed, 16 Dec 2020 10:45:21 -0800 (PST), Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> > >>>>
> > >>>>> On Wednesday, December 16, 2020 at 1:36:46 PM UTC-5, Sheldon
> > >>>>> wrote:
> > >>>>>> On Tue, 15 Dec 2020 16:47:29 -0800, "Julie Bove"
> > >>>>>> > wrote:
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>> "cshenk" > wrote in message
> > >>>>>>> ...
> > >>>>>>>> Julie Bove wrote:
> > >>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>> "cshenk" > wrote in message
> > >>>>>>>>> ...
> > >>>>>>>>>> Gary wrote:
> > >>>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>>>> On 12/13/2020 10:30 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
> > >>>>>>>>>>>> Mexican/Spanish rice all the time. Can a rice cooker do
> > >>>>>>>>>>>> that?
> > >>>>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>>>> Sure it can but you don't need any rice cooker to make good
> > >>>>>>>>>>> rice.
> > >>>>>>>>>>> I would only consider one if I cooked rice for many people
> > >>>>>>>>>>> often.
> > >>>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>>> Chuckle, agreed. For us, it's 5 times a week at least. Makes
> > >>>>>>>>>> sense
> > >>>>>>>>>> here.
> > >>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>> But how do you do the Mexican rice in it?
> > >>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>> Depends on what you mean by 'Mexican rice'. If it's just rice
> > >>>>>>>> grown in
> > >>>>>>>> Mexico, it' the same as any other. If you mean with tomatoes
> > >>>>>>>> and
> > >>>>>>>> chiles, same as you would on a stove, just added to the rice
> > >>>>>>>> maker
> > >>>>>>>> instead.
> > >>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>> *Sigh* No. When you make Mexican or Spanish rice on the stove,
> > >>>>>>> you
> > >>>>>>> toast the
> > >>>>>>> rice for about 3 miutes in butter or olive oil before adding the
> > >>>>>>> rest of the
> > >>>>>>> ingredients. What you add after that, depends on the recipe. My
> > >>>>>>> last batch
> > >>>>>>> had some dried peppers, dried tomatoes and dried onions as well
> > >>>>>>> as
> > >>>>>>> Knorr
> > >>>>>>> tomato and rice boullion.
> > >>>>>> WTF is rice boullion and why when cooking rice anyway?
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> She means Knorr tomato bouillon:
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> <https://www.walmart.com/grocery/ip/Knorr-Tomato-Bouillon-with-Chicken-Flavor-Granulated-7-9-oz/10291836>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> She's making "Mexican rice". Do try to pay attention, rather than
> > >>>>> just reading
> > >>>>> the subject line and winding up for your rant.
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> Cindy Hamilton
> > >>>> There's a very annoying Knorr ad on the tv at the moment. The
> > >>>> voice-over
> > >>>> refers to it as "booleeon". I'm surprised that they let such
> > >>>> ignorance
> > >>>> pass.
> > >>>
> > >>> How do you pronounce it? I say bull-yÀ°Ã¢â‚¬Å¾Ã‚¢n.
> > >>>
> > >>
> > >> Most people do. Ask them to pronounce buoy. You can count on most
> > >> people pronouncing it the same as boy.
> > >
> > > Certainly in the UK but I've yet to hear it that way in this part of
> > > Canada
> > > where it's pronounced "boo-ee"
> > >
> > I always heard it here as boy. Apparently that is the English
> > pronunciation, but the boo-ee pronunciation is American.
> There's all kinds of ways to pronounce English words. I change my
> pronunciation, tone, and speed, of my speech depending on who I'm talking
> to. I try to mimic the person i'm communicating with.
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWAUrHODRWM
>
> ====
>
> LOL My pronunciation has change over the years. I started off Yorkshire
> but I have lived in so many places over so many years ... nobody would
> recognise that now
>
> It feels to me that the Yorkshire way of speaking has changed and I don't
> recognise it(
> ====
>
> I should have said, nobody recognises that now
My guess is that you change the way you talk to fit the area i.e., you'd
talk differently in Yorkshire than you would in Scotland. You might even
talk differently to Americans than you would to the locals. I certainly
would.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxF4nIxp8xo

====

I can assure you nobody thinks I am Scottish))

Ed Pawlowski wrote:

> On 12/17/2020 11:45 AM, Gary wrote:
> > On 12/17/2020 9:02 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> > > On Thursday, December 17, 2020 at 8:27:19 AM UTC-5, Gary wrote:
> > > > On 12/16/2020 10:21 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> > > > > On Wednesday, December 16, 2020 at 9:49:15 AM UTC-5, Gary
> > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > On 12/15/2020 7:48 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > "Gary" wrote:
> > > > > > > > I feel for the picky eaters here. I'm easily satisfied.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Why? Picky eaters are usually happy to be picky.
> > > > > > Picky eaters have a very limited menu.
> > > > >
> > > > > Everybody has a very limited menu. How many different
> > > > > things do you actually eat in a week?
> > > >
> > > > What I eat each week is limited but my menu is more like a small
> > > > catalog. Many dishes to choose from.
> > >
> > > What makes you think it's any different for us "picky" eaters?
> >
> > My menu is longer.
> >
> >
> Had a brother-in-law with limited menu. They ate hamburgers or
> meatloaf five night a week. Pizza and KFC the other two.

Wow.

"dsi1" wrote in message
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On Thursday, December 17, 2020 at 12:57:55 AM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
> "Ophelia" wrote in message ...
> "dsi1" wrote in message
> ...
>
> On Wednesday, December 16, 2020 at 12:12:53 PM UTC-10, Dave Smith wrote:
> > On 2020-12-16 4:54 p.m., Graham wrote:
> > > On Wed, 16 Dec 2020 16:46:29 -0500, Dave Smith wrote:
> > >
> > >> On 2020-12-16 3:44 p.m., Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> > >>> On Wednesday, December 16, 2020 at 2:30:08 PM UTC-5, Graham wrote:
> > >>>> On Wed, 16 Dec 2020 10:45:21 -0800 (PST), Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> > >>>>
> > >>>>> On Wednesday, December 16, 2020 at 1:36:46 PM UTC-5, Sheldon
> > >>>>> wrote:
> > >>>>>> On Tue, 15 Dec 2020 16:47:29 -0800, "Julie Bove"
> > >>>>>> > wrote:
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>> "cshenk" > wrote in message
> > >>>>>>> ...
> > >>>>>>>> Julie Bove wrote:
> > >>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>> "cshenk" > wrote in message
> > >>>>>>>>> ...
> > >>>>>>>>>> Gary wrote:
> > >>>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>>>> On 12/13/2020 10:30 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
> > >>>>>>>>>>>> Mexican/Spanish rice all the time. Can a rice cooker do
> > >>>>>>>>>>>> that?
> > >>>>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>>>> Sure it can but you don't need any rice cooker to make good
> > >>>>>>>>>>> rice.
> > >>>>>>>>>>> I would only consider one if I cooked rice for many people
> > >>>>>>>>>>> often.
> > >>>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>>> Chuckle, agreed. For us, it's 5 times a week at least. Makes
> > >>>>>>>>>> sense
> > >>>>>>>>>> here.
> > >>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>> But how do you do the Mexican rice in it?
> > >>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>> Depends on what you mean by 'Mexican rice'. If it's just rice
> > >>>>>>>> grown in
> > >>>>>>>> Mexico, it' the same as any other. If you mean with tomatoes
> > >>>>>>>> and
> > >>>>>>>> chiles, same as you would on a stove, just added to the rice
> > >>>>>>>> maker
> > >>>>>>>> instead.
> > >>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>> *Sigh* No. When you make Mexican or Spanish rice on the stove,
> > >>>>>>> you
> > >>>>>>> toast the
> > >>>>>>> rice for about 3 miutes in butter or olive oil before adding the
> > >>>>>>> rest of the
> > >>>>>>> ingredients. What you add after that, depends on the recipe. My
> > >>>>>>> last batch
> > >>>>>>> had some dried peppers, dried tomatoes and dried onions as well
> > >>>>>>> as
> > >>>>>>> Knorr
> > >>>>>>> tomato and rice boullion.
> > >>>>>> WTF is rice boullion and why when cooking rice anyway?
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> She means Knorr tomato bouillon:
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> <https://www.walmart.com/grocery/ip/Knorr-Tomato-Bouillon-with-Chicken-Flavor-Granulated-7-9-oz/10291836>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> She's making "Mexican rice". Do try to pay attention, rather than
> > >>>>> just reading
> > >>>>> the subject line and winding up for your rant.
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> Cindy Hamilton
> > >>>> There's a very annoying Knorr ad on the tv at the moment. The
> > >>>> voice-over
> > >>>> refers to it as "booleeon". I'm surprised that they let such
> > >>>> ignorance
> > >>>> pass.
> > >>>
> > >>> How do you pronounce it? I say bull-yÀ°Ã¢â‚¬Å¾Ã‚¢n.
> > >>>
> > >>
> > >> Most people do. Ask them to pronounce buoy. You can count on most
> > >> people pronouncing it the same as boy.
> > >
> > > Certainly in the UK but I've yet to hear it that way in this part of
> > > Canada
> > > where it's pronounced "boo-ee"
> > >
> > I always heard it here as boy. Apparently that is the English
> > pronunciation, but the boo-ee pronunciation is American.
> There's all kinds of ways to pronounce English words. I change my
> pronunciation, tone, and speed, of my speech depending on who I'm talking
> to. I try to mimic the person i'm communicating with.
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWAUrHODRWM
>
> ====
>
> LOL My pronunciation has change over the years. I started off Yorkshire
> but I have lived in so many places over so many years ... nobody would
> recognise that now
>
> It feels to me that the Yorkshire way of speaking has changed and I don't
> recognise it(
> ====
>
> I should have said, nobody recognises that now
My guess is that you change the way you talk to fit the area i.e., you'd
talk differently in Yorkshire than you would in Scotland. You might even
talk differently to Americans than you would to the locals. I certainly
would.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxF4nIxp8xo
====


LOL no, I do NOT speak Scottish!! I can promise you)))))

On Thu, 17 Dec 2020 21:14:10 -0000, "Ophelia" >
wrote:

>"dsi1" wrote in message
...
>
>My guess is that you change the way you talk to fit the area i.e., you'd
>talk differently in Yorkshire than you would in Scotland. You might even
>talk differently to Americans than you would to the locals. I certainly
>would.
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxF4nIxp8xo
>====
>
>
> LOL no, I do NOT speak Scottish!! I can promise you)))))

You could throw in the occasional 'wee' when you're talking to
Scottish people. To make them feel comfortable.

Dave Smith wrote:

> On 2020-12-17 2:25 a.m., cshenk wrote:
> > jmcquown wrote:
> >
> > > On 12/16/2020 4:56 PM, cshenk wrote:
> > > > Dave Smith wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > On our kayaking trip down to Georgia a couple years ago we
> > > > > were limited in the restaurants we could go to as a group
> > > > > because one of the members is vegan. A couple of the women
> > > > > were semi vegetarian and were adamant that we had to cater to
> > > > > the vegan. We were supposed to take turns cooking and were
> > > > > expected to provide vegan and vegetarian options. Pain in the
> > > > > ass.
> > > >
> > > > I remember that. The Vegan and Vegetarians should have fronted
> > > > a second cook to help out.
> > > >
> > > I remember it, too. It got very cold here a month or so before
> > > that kayak trip and I posted a pic of an icicle on one of my back
> > > gutters just to freak Dave out.
> > >
> > > It was an organized group trip. Where were they supposed to find
> > > this other cook who would bend to the solitary vegans' will? I
> > > think I suggested at the time Dave first posted about it those
> > > who didn't want to cater to her whims had plenty of restaurants
> > > to choose from. Sorry, she knew who she was going on this trip
> > > with. Most of them were interested in eating some of the
> > > lowcountry Georgia cuisine. If she didn't like it, let her fend
> > > for herself. Thing is, most restaurants these days (especially
> > > those who cater to tourist groups) are able to accomodate vegans
> > > in some way, shape or form. Gluten free, lactose intolerant,
> > > too. They probably wouldn't get to sample any authentic to the
> > > region food but they wouldn't starve. Might have to go it alone,
> > > though.
> > >
> > > Jill
> >
> > Smile, I was referring to when the team took turns cooking. The
> > Vegan/vegetarians should have pitched in some help to make a
> > secondary dish.
> >
> What would work for me is to have people cook what they wanted and to
> let the vegan and the vegetarians prepare food to their liking.
>
>
> Just thinking back a few years to an experience at the family camp we
> used to go to at the end of summer. As the years went by there were
> more and more vegetarians, mostly among the staff. Each year that did
> a beach cookout and grilled a lot of chicken, pork chops, sausages
> and beef, and they would have lots of salads and vegetables. One year
> that had vegetable kebabs. I love those things and took a couple. I
> got hassled by a woman for taking the food that was for the
> vegetarians. Nuts to that. I was a paying guest. It was a buffet
> dinner and the kebabs were served for for all. If there were not
> enough for the vegetarians there were lots of other vegetables. This
> was just peppers, onion and mushrooms, so it wasn't like a carnivore
> was pigging out on their protein source.

LOL! When I did do the big neighborhood meals, the veggie dishes tended
to be the ones folks really remembered, probably becasue a Turkey while
good, is pretty much something they had eaten and unless it's really
badly done, tends to not be that memorable later.

On Thursday, December 17, 2020 at 10:48:03 AM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
> "dsi1" wrote in message
> ...
> On Thursday, December 17, 2020 at 12:57:55 AM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
> > "Ophelia" wrote in message ...
> > "dsi1" wrote in message
> > ...
> >
> > On Wednesday, December 16, 2020 at 12:12:53 PM UTC-10, Dave Smith wrote:
> > > On 2020-12-16 4:54 p.m., Graham wrote:
> > > > On Wed, 16 Dec 2020 16:46:29 -0500, Dave Smith wrote:
> > > >
> > > >> On 2020-12-16 3:44 p.m., Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> > > >>> On Wednesday, December 16, 2020 at 2:30:08 PM UTC-5, Graham wrote:
> > > >>>> On Wed, 16 Dec 2020 10:45:21 -0800 (PST), Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>>> On Wednesday, December 16, 2020 at 1:36:46 PM UTC-5, Sheldon
> > > >>>>> wrote:
> > > >>>>>> On Tue, 15 Dec 2020 16:47:29 -0800, "Julie Bove"
> > > >>>>>> > wrote:
> > > >>>>>>
> > > >>>>>>>
> > > >>>>>>> "cshenk" > wrote in message
> > > >>>>>>> ...
> > > >>>>>>>> Julie Bove wrote:
> > > >>>>>>>>
> > > >>>>>>>>>
> > > >>>>>>>>> "cshenk" > wrote in message
> > > >>>>>>>>> ...
> > > >>>>>>>>>> Gary wrote:
> > > >>>>>>>>>>
> > > >>>>>>>>>>> On 12/13/2020 10:30 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
> > > >>>>>>>>>>>> Mexican/Spanish rice all the time. Can a rice cooker do
> > > >>>>>>>>>>>> that?
> > > >>>>>>>>>>>
> > > >>>>>>>>>>> Sure it can but you don't need any rice cooker to make good
> > > >>>>>>>>>>> rice.
> > > >>>>>>>>>>> I would only consider one if I cooked rice for many people
> > > >>>>>>>>>>> often.
> > > >>>>>>>>>>
> > > >>>>>>>>>> Chuckle, agreed. For us, it's 5 times a week at least. Makes
> > > >>>>>>>>>> sense
> > > >>>>>>>>>> here.
> > > >>>>>>>>>
> > > >>>>>>>>> But how do you do the Mexican rice in it?
> > > >>>>>>>>
> > > >>>>>>>> Depends on what you mean by 'Mexican rice'. If it's just rice
> > > >>>>>>>> grown in
> > > >>>>>>>> Mexico, it' the same as any other. If you mean with tomatoes
> > > >>>>>>>> and
> > > >>>>>>>> chiles, same as you would on a stove, just added to the rice
> > > >>>>>>>> maker
> > > >>>>>>>> instead.
> > > >>>>>>>
> > > >>>>>>> *Sigh* No. When you make Mexican or Spanish rice on the stove,
> > > >>>>>>> you
> > > >>>>>>> toast the
> > > >>>>>>> rice for about 3 miutes in butter or olive oil before adding the
> > > >>>>>>> rest of the
> > > >>>>>>> ingredients. What you add after that, depends on the recipe. My
> > > >>>>>>> last batch
> > > >>>>>>> had some dried peppers, dried tomatoes and dried onions as well
> > > >>>>>>> as
> > > >>>>>>> Knorr
> > > >>>>>>> tomato and rice boullion.
> > > >>>>>> WTF is rice boullion and why when cooking rice anyway?
> > > >>>>>
> > > >>>>> She means Knorr tomato bouillon:
> > > >>>>>
> > > >>>>> <https://www.walmart.com/grocery/ip/Knorr-Tomato-Bouillon-with-Chicken-Flavor-Granulated-7-9-oz/10291836>
> > > >>>>>
> > > >>>>> She's making "Mexican rice". Do try to pay attention, rather than
> > > >>>>> just reading
> > > >>>>> the subject line and winding up for your rant.
> > > >>>>>
> > > >>>>> Cindy Hamilton
> > > >>>> There's a very annoying Knorr ad on the tv at the moment. The
> > > >>>> voice-over
> > > >>>> refers to it as "booleeon". I'm surprised that they let such
> > > >>>> ignorance
> > > >>>> pass.
> > > >>>
> > > >>> How do you pronounce it? I say bull-yÀ°Ã¢â‚¬Å¾Ã‚¢n.
> > > >>>
> > > >>
> > > >> Most people do. Ask them to pronounce buoy. You can count on most
> > > >> people pronouncing it the same as boy.
> > > >
> > > > Certainly in the UK but I've yet to hear it that way in this part of
> > > > Canada
> > > > where it's pronounced "boo-ee"
> > > >
> > > I always heard it here as boy. Apparently that is the English
> > > pronunciation, but the boo-ee pronunciation is American.
> > There's all kinds of ways to pronounce English words. I change my
> > pronunciation, tone, and speed, of my speech depending on who I'm talking
> > to. I try to mimic the person i'm communicating with.
> > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWAUrHODRWM
> >
> > ====
> >
> > LOL My pronunciation has change over the years. I started off Yorkshire
> > but I have lived in so many places over so many years ... nobody would
> > recognise that now
> >
> > It feels to me that the Yorkshire way of speaking has changed and I don't
> > recognise it(
> > ====
> >
> > I should have said, nobody recognises that now
> My guess is that you change the way you talk to fit the area i.e., you'd
> talk differently in Yorkshire than you would in Scotland. You might even
> talk differently to Americans than you would to the locals. I certainly
> would.
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxF4nIxp8xo
> ====
>
> I can assure you nobody thinks I am Scottish))
While waiting for a shuttle bus in the UK, I spotted 3 footballer lads. I heard their dialect and asked them if they were Irish. "Noo noo noo!" they emphatically said. "We're Scottish!" Boy did I feel like a dumbass.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79hZrZrNlPo

"Gary" > wrote in message
...
> On 12/17/2020 9:02 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>> On Thursday, December 17, 2020 at 8:27:19 AM UTC-5, Gary wrote:
>>> On 12/16/2020 10:21 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>>>> On Wednesday, December 16, 2020 at 9:49:15 AM UTC-5, Gary wrote:
>>>>> On 12/15/2020 7:48 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "Gary" wrote:
>>>>>>> I feel for the picky eaters here. I'm easily satisfied.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Why? Picky eaters are usually happy to be picky.
>>>>> Picky eaters have a very limited menu.
>>>>
>>>> Everybody has a very limited menu. How many different
>>>> things do you actually eat in a week?
>>>
>>> What I eat each week is limited but my menu is more like a small
>>> catalog. Many dishes to choose from.
>>
>> What makes you think it's any different for us "picky" eaters?
>
> My menu is longer.

I have a rather long menu but I'm still picky. For instance, I prefer
certain brands/shapes of pasta and I won't eat more than a bite or two if
it's overcooked. I like some meatloaf but not on. There are many boxed
cereals but there are maybe 4 of them that I'll eat and I'll only eat them
if nothing else is available. I only like certain brands of cottage cheese.

I have trouble making tossed salads because I like so many of the
ingredients that by the time I'm done piling things in the bowl, I could
feed a family of four. I used to live near a store with a really good salad
bar. Every Friday I'd fill up the largest container they had. I'd eat some,
put it in the fridge and repeat until it was all gone. I don't eat dressing
so it never got soggy.

There are things that I like but I don't eat them very often. Like polenta
or tuna casserole. I love to cook but I'm often busy with other things so
it's just quick and easy to eat beans an rice or assorted veggiex and a
piece of cheese.

Lately, I've been wanting canned bean with bacon soup. I've been eating it
several times a week. Then I probably won't eat it for a long time.

Thing is, there are different types of picky eaters. I belong to a picky
eater's group and many there don't think I'm picky because I love vegetable.
Most there won't eat any vegetables except for broccoli (I won't eat that)
or potatoes. Most seem to like white foods. Potatoes, rice, pasta, bread.
Some eat pizza and chicken nuggets. Many have a fear so severe of trying new
foods that they are in therapy for it.

My mom used to say that people thought I was shy. I'm not. She says I'm
aloof. That may be. Some people are just not deserving of my time. Ha! Maybe
I'm just an aloof eater. Some foods are not deserving of my time.

"Ed Pawlowski" > wrote in message
...
> On 12/17/2020 11:45 AM, Gary wrote:
>> On 12/17/2020 9:02 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>>> On Thursday, December 17, 2020 at 8:27:19 AM UTC-5, Gary wrote:
>>>> On 12/16/2020 10:21 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>>>>> On Wednesday, December 16, 2020 at 9:49:15 AM UTC-5, Gary wrote:
>>>>>> On 12/15/2020 7:48 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> "Gary" wrote:
>>>>>>>> I feel for the picky eaters here. I'm easily satisfied.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Why? Picky eaters are usually happy to be picky.
>>>>>> Picky eaters have a very limited menu.
>>>>>
>>>>> Everybody has a very limited menu. How many different
>>>>> things do you actually eat in a week?
>>>>
>>>> What I eat each week is limited but my menu is more like a small
>>>> catalog. Many dishes to choose from.
>>>
>>> What makes you think it's any different for us "picky" eaters?
>>
>> My menu is longer.
>>
>>
> Had a brother-in-law with limited menu. They ate hamburgers or meatloaf
> five night a week. Pizza and KFC the other two.

I know someone who rotates through the various fast food places and one kind
of pizza. He will also eat a turkey dinner. That's about it. Does not cook,
ever. Knows how to. Just never does it.

"Dave Smith" > wrote in message
news
> On 2020-12-17 1:45 p.m., Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>
>> Had a brother-in-law with limited menu. They ate hamburgers or meatloaf
>> five night a week. Pizza and KFC the other two.
>
>
> I think the worst I ever saw was the kid who lived about three doors down
> from us. He and my son used to hang out together. The kid likes hot dogs
> with pepper on them and KFC chicken. That was it.

I had a neighbor kid in NY who went weird after his mom died. Would only eat
iceberg lettuce and certain type of jelly bean produced only at Easter. I
did get him to eat little bites of other things once in a while when I was
baby sitting him but not enough to make a nutritional difference.

We had a big block party not long before we moved. Someone was BBQing
burgers so we had the fixings on a platter. The iceberg lettuce kept
disappearing. We all knew it was Harry.

"Gary" > wrote in message
...
> On 12/16/2020 10:54 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>> I prefer Parm-Reg, but for some reason I like a shot of green-box parm in
>> French onion soup. (I feel much shame ;-)
>
> Just 2-3 nights ago, I watched (on PBS) an ancient Julia Child 30 minute
> show on how to make french onion soup. She was fairly young and the show
> was in black and white...maybe early 1960's?
>
> I liked it too. Just a normal cook and even made mistakes but she told how
> to do many things in that 30 minute show. Too bad we don't get cooking
> shows like that anymore.

My dad and I always watched her. My given name is Julia. My mom hated her
voice so much that she wouldn't use the name. Hence, Julie.

We also watched Jacques Pepin, Jacques Torres and a few others. It would
drive my mom nuts because she hates to cook and couldn't see how we wanted
to watch such things.

She did watch The Galloping Gourmet and even bought one of his Spurtles. She
loved that Spurtle. For those who don't know what that was, it was a wooden
thing like a combination scraper/spoon, but more scraper than spoon.

"Master Bruce" > wrote in message
...
> On Thu, 17 Dec 2020 08:27:34 -0500, Gary > wrote:
>
>>On 12/16/2020 10:54 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>>> I prefer Parm-Reg, but for some reason I like a shot of green-box parm
>>> in
>>> French onion soup. (I feel much shame ;-)
>>
>>Just 2-3 nights ago, I watched (on PBS) an ancient Julia Child 30 minute
>>show on how to make french onion soup. She was fairly young and the show
>>was in black and white...maybe early 1960's?
>>
>>I liked it too. Just a normal cook and even made mistakes but she told
>>how to do many things in that 30 minute show. Too bad we don't get
>>cooking shows like that anymore.
>
> Are you that dependent on linear TV watching? I bet Julia's all over
> the Internet for your enjoyment.

She is but in reruns.

At some point, cooking shows went from instructional to weird. Like contests
and things. Instructional always works for me. I don't care if I already
know how to do it, I'll see it again if the cook has the right personality.

On 2020-12-17 7:15 p.m., Julie Bove wrote:
>
> "Dave Smith" > wrote in message

>> I think the worst I ever saw was the kid who lived about three doors
>> down from us. He and my son used to hang out together. The kid likes
>> hot dogs with pepper on them andÂ* KFC chicken.Â* That was it.
>
> I had a neighbor kid in NY who went weird after his mom died. Would only
> eat iceberg lettuce andÂ* certain type of jelly bean produced only at
> Easter.

Yes, I bet. Now pull the other one.

On Thursday, December 17, 2020 at 2:16:12 PM UTC-10, wrote:
> "Dave Smith" > wrote in message
> news
> > On 2020-12-17 1:45 p.m., Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> >
> >> Had a brother-in-law with limited menu. They ate hamburgers or meatloaf
> >> five night a week. Pizza and KFC the other two.
> >
> >
> > I think the worst I ever saw was the kid who lived about three doors down
> > from us. He and my son used to hang out together. The kid likes hot dogs
> > with pepper on them and KFC chicken. That was it.
> I had a neighbor kid in NY who went weird after his mom died. Would only eat
> iceberg lettuce and certain type of jelly bean produced only at Easter. I
> did get him to eat little bites of other things once in a while when I was
> baby sitting him but not enough to make a nutritional difference.
>
> We had a big block party not long before we moved. Someone was BBQing
> burgers so we had the fixings on a platter. The iceberg lettuce kept
> disappearing. We all knew it was Harry.
That's a pretty good tale. It tickled my funny bone.

On Thursday, December 17, 2020 at 4:02:39 AM UTC-10, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> On Thursday, December 17, 2020 at 8:27:19 AM UTC-5, Gary wrote:
> > On 12/16/2020 10:21 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> > > On Wednesday, December 16, 2020 at 9:49:15 AM UTC-5, Gary wrote:
> > >> On 12/15/2020 7:48 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
> > >>>
> > >>> "Gary" wrote:
> > >>>> I feel for the picky eaters here. I'm easily satisfied.
> > >>>
> > >>> Why? Picky eaters are usually happy to be picky.
> > >> Picky eaters have a very limited menu.
> > >
> > > Everybody has a very limited menu. How many different
> > > things do you actually eat in a week?
> >
> > What I eat each week is limited but my menu is more like a small
> > catalog. Many dishes to choose from.
> What makes you think it's any different for us "picky" eaters?
>
> In my case, of course, my "menu" includes not only what I make but
> also dishes at the many ethnic restaurants near me. Chinese,
> Japanese, Middle Eastern, Thai, Ethiopian, Moroccan, Vietnamese,
> German, Korean, Indian, Tibetan, top-quality Italian (not a checkered
> tablecloth in sight), Polish, Greek, Malaysian, Spanish, Ethiopian, etc.
>
> Cindy Hamilton
I bought a container of Filipino dessert items. I don't know what they are but I'm pretty sure they're made from rice, coconut, coconut milk, ube, sugar, brown sugar, and cassava (tapioca.)
https://photos.app.goo.gl/9c3xoPNACWNoZn757

On 17/12/2020 20:47, Ophelia wrote:
>
> "dsi1"Â* wrote in message
> My guess is that you change the way you talk to fit the area i.e., you'd
> talk differently in Yorkshire than you would in Scotland. You might even
> talk differently to Americans than you would to the locals. I certainly
> would.
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxF4nIxp8xo
>
> ====
>
> Â* I can assure you nobody thinks I am Scottish))
>
True.

On 17/12/2020 21:25, Master Bruce wrote:
> On Thu, 17 Dec 2020 21:14:10 -0000, "Ophelia" >
> wrote:
>> LOL no, I do NOT speak Scottish!! I can promise you)))))
>

> You could throw in the occasional 'wee' when you're talking to
> Scottish people. To make them feel comfortable.
>
Scots aren't the only people who use that word!

On Fri, 18 Dec 2020 09:45:52 +0000, S Viemeister
> wrote:

>On 17/12/2020 21:25, Master Bruce wrote:
>> On Thu, 17 Dec 2020 21:14:10 -0000, "Ophelia" >
>> wrote:
>>> LOL no, I do NOT speak Scottish!! I can promise you)))))
>>
>
>> You could throw in the occasional 'wee' when you're talking to
>> Scottish people. To make them feel comfortable.
>>
>Scots aren't the only people who use that word!

Don't they use it the most? When Australians go for a wee, they're
taking a leak, I believe.

On Friday, December 18, 2020 at 3:49:23 AM UTC-6, Master Bruce wrote:
> On Fri, 18 Dec 2020 09:45:52 +0000, S Viemeister
> > wrote:
>
> >On 17/12/2020 21:25, Master Bruce wrote:
> >> On Thu, 17 Dec 2020 21:14:10 -0000, "Ophelia" >
> >> wrote:
> >>> LOL no, I do NOT speak Scottish!! I can promise you)))))
> >>
> >
> >> You could throw in the occasional 'wee' when you're talking to
> >> Scottish people. To make them feel comfortable.
> >>
> >Scots aren't the only people who use that word!
> Don't they use it the most? When Australians go for a wee, they're
> taking a leak, I believe.

If you take a wee wee, that's a little tiny ****, maybe just a dribble.

--Bryan

"Master Bruce" > wrote in message
...
> On Fri, 18 Dec 2020 09:45:52 +0000, S Viemeister
> > wrote:
>
>>On 17/12/2020 21:25, Master Bruce wrote:
>>> On Thu, 17 Dec 2020 21:14:10 -0000, "Ophelia" >
>>> wrote:
>>>> LOL no, I do NOT speak Scottish!! I can promise you)))))
>>>
>>
>>> You could throw in the occasional 'wee' when you're talking to
>>> Scottish people. To make them feel comfortable.
>>>
>>Scots aren't the only people who use that word!
>
> Don't they use it the most? When Australians go for a wee, they're
> taking a leak, I believe.

Same here.

Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> Gary wrote:
>> My menu is longer.
>
> I'd be willing to put my menu up against yours any day. I'm sure neither
> of us wants the tedium of listing every dish we might eat when the
> opportunity arises.

heh heh Menu wars!

Mine would still be longer than yours. I'll eat just about any food and
like it. You're not that bad (or good, depending on how you look at it).

On 12/17/2020 1:45 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> Had a brother-in-law with limited menu. They ate hamburgers or meatloaf
> five night a week. Pizza and KFC the other two.

That's pretty limited, for sure.
I worked with a guy once that had the same 7 dinners each week for
years. Every monday was meatloaf, mashed potatoes and green beans. Every
Tuesday was something else and so on. Each day of the week, he always
knew what was for dinner because it never varied. Dinner was always at
5pm too...never varied.

"Gary" > wrote in message
...
> On 12/17/2020 1:45 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>> Had a brother-in-law with limited menu. They ate hamburgers or meatloaf
>> five night a week. Pizza and KFC the other two.
>
> That's pretty limited, for sure.
> I worked with a guy once that had the same 7 dinners each week for years.
> Every monday was meatloaf, mashed potatoes and green beans. Every Tuesday
> was something else and so on. Each day of the week, he always knew what
> was for dinner because it never varied. Dinner was always at 5pm
> too...never varied.

A lot of people eat that way. I find it weird. This is a song that my dad
played when I was a kid. Always reminded me of that.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYTW-r1U2k0

We had meatless Mondays when I was growing up. So that was one constant, but
our meals still varied.

The worst time I remember was when my dad was on Weight Watchers. He had
determined that the canned French style green beans gave you more beans per
cup so we had those for every dinner, along with a wedge of iceberg lettuce.
I don't recall there being any starches served with dinner but dessert was
some kind of fruit and two Vanilla Wafers. My dad was the only one who ate
the wafers as the rest of us didn't like them.

The other component of the meal was either white fish poached in water and
dill or tomato juice, a plain hamburger patty or liver and onions. We had
the liver and onions once a week. I do remember one meal of spaghetti squash
but it was quite horrible. And the variant on the liver. Sweet and sour
liver with pineapple chunks. We all fled the table that night and went to
McDonalds.

I think we occasionally had rock Cornish game hens during that time period.
My mom seemed overly fond of them, but no one else was so she quit serving
them. My friends would not eat at our house during the WW phase. Ppptooey!

In article >,
says...
>
> On 17/12/2020 20:47, Ophelia wrote:

> > * I can assure you nobody thinks I am Scottish))
> >
> True.

LOL, Sheila's heard the Yorkshire accent.

Janet UK

On Friday, December 18, 2020 at 7:55:32 AM UTC-5, Gary wrote:
> Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> > Gary wrote:
> >> My menu is longer.
> >
> > I'd be willing to put my menu up against yours any day. I'm sure neither
> > of us wants the tedium of listing every dish we might eat when the
> > opportunity arises.
> heh heh Menu wars!
>
> Mine would still be longer than yours. I'll eat just about any food and
> like it. You're not that bad (or good, depending on how you look at it).

Are you talking "menu" as in foodstuffs or finished dishes? I'm talking
about the latter.

I probably still have you beat on the former.

Cindy Hamilton