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I was proctoring final exams this week and brought along John Thorne's
Serious Pig for entertainment. (Watching students grimace over exam
questions they should know gets old fast.) I found a recipe for black
beans and rice with rum and decided to try it last night. Bland, bland,
bland. No scotch bonnet peppers or anything. I had better luck with
the coleslaw that I improvised with half a head of cabbage, red and
yellow bell peppers, scallions, cilantro, and a little avocado. This
was dressed with a mixture of white wine vinegar, olive oil, cumin, and
(secret ingredient) Maggi sweet chile sauce.

Cindy

--
C.J. Fuller

Delete the obvious to email me

In article
>,
Cindy Fuller > wrote:

> I was proctoring final exams this week and brought along John Thorne's
> Serious Pig for entertainment. (Watching students grimace over exam
> questions they should know gets old fast.) I found a recipe for black
> beans and rice with rum and decided to try it last night. Bland, bland,
> bland. No scotch bonnet peppers or anything. I had better luck with
> the coleslaw that I improvised with half a head of cabbage, red and
> yellow bell peppers, scallions, cilantro, and a little avocado. This
> was dressed with a mixture of white wine vinegar, olive oil, cumin, and
> (secret ingredient) Maggi sweet chile sauce.
>
> Cindy

Allow me to be the first to tell you that avocado has no business in
cole slaw. None. Now, back to our regularly scheduled program.
--
-Barb, <www.jamlady.eboard.com> Arizona vacation pics added 3-24-05.
"I read recipes the way I read science fiction: I get to the end and
say,'Well, that's not going to happen.'" - Comedian Rita Rudner,
performance at New York, New York, January 10, 2005.

Melba's Jammin' wrote:
> In article
> >,
> Cindy Fuller > wrote:
>
> > I was proctoring final exams this week and brought along John
Thorne's
> > Serious Pig for entertainment. (Watching students grimace over
exam
> > questions they should know gets old fast.) I found a recipe for
black
> > beans and rice with rum and decided to try it last night. Bland,
bland,
> > bland. No scotch bonnet peppers or anything. I had better luck
with
> > the coleslaw that I improvised with half a head of cabbage, red and

> > yellow bell peppers, scallions, cilantro, and a little avocado.
This
> > was dressed with a mixture of white wine vinegar, olive oil, cumin,
and
> > (secret ingredient) Maggi sweet chile sauce.
> >
> > Cindy
>
> Allow me to be the first to tell you that avocado has no business in
> cole slaw. None. Now, back to our regularly scheduled program.

Agreed! However, grated raw beets are excellent in red cabbage slaw.

Sheldon

In article .com>,
"Sheldon" > wrote:

> Melba's Jammin' wrote:
> > In article
> > >,
> > Cindy Fuller > wrote:
(snip)
> > > yellow bell peppers, scallions, cilantro, and a little avocado.
> > > Cindy

> > Allow me to be the first to tell you that avocado has no business in
> > cole slaw. None. Now, back to our regularly scheduled program.
>
> Agreed! However, grated raw beets are excellent in red cabbage slaw.
>
> Sheldon

Not in my grater/shredder, you don't. Besides, the colors probably
wouldn't complement each other.
--
-Barb, <www.jamlady.eboard.com> Arizona vacation pics added 3-24-05.
"I read recipes the way I read science fiction: I get to the end and
say,'Well, that's not going to happen.'" - Comedian Rita Rudner,
performance at New York, New York, January 10, 2005.

In article >,
Melba's Jammin' > wrote:

> In article .com>,
> "Sheldon" > wrote:
>
> > Melba's Jammin' wrote:
> > > In article
> > > >,
> > > Cindy Fuller > wrote:
> (snip)
> > > > yellow bell peppers, scallions, cilantro, and a little avocado.
> > > > Cindy
>
> > > Allow me to be the first to tell you that avocado has no business in
> > > cole slaw. None. Now, back to our regularly scheduled program.
> >
> > Agreed! However, grated raw beets are excellent in red cabbage slaw.
> >
> > Sheldon
>
> Not in my grater/shredder, you don't. Besides, the colors probably
> wouldn't complement each other.

Barb',

Is it my imagination or do you never agree with Sheldon??? <lol>
--
Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-bitch." -Jack Nicholson

In article >,
OmManiPadmeOmelet > wrote:

> In article >,
> Melba's Jammin' > wrote:
>
> > In article .com>,
> > "Sheldon" > wrote:
> >
> > > Melba's Jammin' wrote:
> > > > In article
> > > > >,
> > > > Cindy Fuller > wrote:
> > (snip)
> > > > > yellow bell peppers, scallions, cilantro, and a little avocado.
> > > > > Cindy
> >
> > > > Allow me to be the first to tell you that avocado has no business in
> > > > cole slaw. None. Now, back to our regularly scheduled program.
> > >
> > > Agreed! However, grated raw beets are excellent in red cabbage slaw.
> > >
> > > Sheldon
> >
> > Not in my grater/shredder, you don't. Besides, the colors probably
> > wouldn't complement each other.
>
> Barb',
>
> Is it my imagination or do you never agree with Sheldon??? <lol>

It's kind of your imagination. If I agree with him, I'm not terribly
likely to say, "Me, too." And in this case, Sheldon was baiting me with
his remark about beets because he knows of my emphatic and high dislike
of them. Boiled dirt. And I hate to disappoint, so I took the bait.
:-) I wuz teasing him.
--
-Barb, <www.jamlady.eboard.com> Arizona vacation pics added 3-24-05.
"I read recipes the way I read science fiction: I get to the end and
say,'Well, that's not going to happen.'" - Comedian Rita Rudner,
performance at New York, New York, January 10, 2005.

In article >,
Melba's Jammin' > wrote:

> In article >,
> OmManiPadmeOmelet > wrote:
>
> > In article >,
> > Melba's Jammin' > wrote:
> >
> > > In article .com>,
> > > "Sheldon" > wrote:
> > >
> > > > Melba's Jammin' wrote:
> > > > > In article
> > > > > >,
> > > > > Cindy Fuller > wrote:
> > > (snip)
> > > > > > yellow bell peppers, scallions, cilantro, and a little avocado.
> > > > > > Cindy
> > >
> > > > > Allow me to be the first to tell you that avocado has no business in
> > > > > cole slaw. None. Now, back to our regularly scheduled program.
> > > >
> > > > Agreed! However, grated raw beets are excellent in red cabbage slaw.
> > > >
> > > > Sheldon
> > >
> > > Not in my grater/shredder, you don't. Besides, the colors probably
> > > wouldn't complement each other.
> >
> > Barb',
> >
> > Is it my imagination or do you never agree with Sheldon??? <lol>
>
> It's kind of your imagination. If I agree with him, I'm not terribly
> likely to say, "Me, too." And in this case, Sheldon was baiting me with
> his remark about beets because he knows of my emphatic and high dislike
> of them. Boiled dirt. And I hate to disappoint, so I took the bait.
> :-) I wuz teasing him.
> --
> -Barb,

Ah, cool.

I'd forgotten you dislike beets.
I don't care much for them either!
Probably because my parents tried to
force me to eat them as a kid when I
hated them then.

My tasted have changed a LOT since then
and I like stuff now that I did not as
a kid, but beets, unfortunately, are not
one of them...

Sheldon is a brat no?
--
Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-bitch." -Jack Nicholson

In article >,
OmManiPadmeOmelet > wrote:
(snippage)
> I'd forgotten you dislike beets.

Darlin', "dislike" doesn't come close.

> My tasted have changed a LOT since then and I like stuff now that I
> did not as a kid, but beets, unfortunately, are not one of them...

And that's unfortunate because . . . .?

> Sheldon is a brat no?

At least. :-)
--
-Barb, <www.jamlady.eboard.com> Arizona vacation pics added 3-24-05.
"I read recipes the way I read science fiction: I get to the end and
say,'Well, that's not going to happen.'" - Comedian Rita Rudner,
performance at New York, New York, January 10, 2005.

In article > ,
Dog3 > wrote:

> "Sheldon" > wrote in
> oups.com:
>
> >
> > Melba's Jammin' wrote:
> >> In article
> >> >,
> >> Cindy Fuller > wrote:
> >>
> >> > I was proctoring final exams this week and brought along John
> > Thorne's
> >> > Serious Pig for entertainment. (Watching students grimace over
> > exam
> >> > questions they should know gets old fast.) I found a recipe for
> > black
> >> > beans and rice with rum and decided to try it last night. Bland,
> > bland,
> >> > bland. No scotch bonnet peppers or anything. I had better luck
> > with
> >> > the coleslaw that I improvised with half a head of cabbage, red and
> >
> >> > yellow bell peppers, scallions, cilantro, and a little avocado.
> > This
> >> > was dressed with a mixture of white wine vinegar, olive oil, cumin,
> > and
> >> > (secret ingredient) Maggi sweet chile sauce.
> >> >
> >> > Cindy
> >>
> >> Allow me to be the first to tell you that avocado has no business in
> >> cole slaw. None. Now, back to our regularly scheduled program.
> >
> > Agreed! However, grated raw beets are excellent in red cabbage slaw.
> >
> > Sheldon
> >
> >
>
> I thought the avocado sounded interesting. Although I generally use them
> for guac or other dishes. I've never used them in cole slaw. I might give
> it a try with Cindy's dressing. It sounds good to me.
>
> Michael

The only reason I put avocado in the slaw is to use a few random pieces
up. The SO needed avocado for a recipe that appeared in the latest
Gourmet (shrimp with tamarind, p. 150) and there was some left over.

Cindy

--
C.J. Fuller

Delete the obvious to email me

Melba's Jammin' wrote:
> In article >,
> OmManiPadmeOmelet > wrote:
> (snippage)
> > I'd forgotten you dislike beets.
>
> Darlin', "dislike" doesn't come close.

Well, you did write "high dislike"... perhaps you meant *high disdain*.

> > My tasted have changed a LOT since then and I like stuff now that I

> > did not as a kid, but beets, unfortunately, are not one of them...
>
> And that's unfortunate because . . . .?
>
> > Sheldon is a brat no?
>
> At least. :-)

Um, more like KIELBASA. hehe

Sheldon

In article >,
Melba's Jammin' > wrote:

> In article >,
> OmManiPadmeOmelet > wrote:
> (snippage)
> > I'd forgotten you dislike beets.
>
> Darlin', "dislike" doesn't come close.

<grins>

>
> > My tastes have changed a LOT since then and I like stuff now that I
> > did not as a kid, but beets, unfortunately, are not one of them...
>
> And that's unfortunate because . . . .?

Beets are very nutritious!
At my age now, I eat as much for nutrition as I do for taste...
Fortunately, nutritious food happens to taste good if you
do it right.

A fact it took me a few years to learn.

>
> > Sheldon is a brat no?
>
> At least. :-)

<smirk>
--
Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-bitch." -Jack Nicholson

In article .com>,
"Sheldon" > wrote:

> Melba's Jammin' wrote:
> > In article >,
> > OmManiPadmeOmelet > wrote:
> > (snippage)
> > > I'd forgotten you dislike beets.
> >
> > Darlin', "dislike" doesn't come close.
>
> Well, you did write "high dislike"... perhaps you meant *high disdain*.
>
> > > My tasted have changed a LOT since then and I like stuff now that I
>
> > > did not as a kid, but beets, unfortunately, are not one of them...
> >
> > And that's unfortunate because . . . .?
> >
> > > Sheldon is a brat no?
> >
> > At least. :-)
>
> Um, more like KIELBASA. hehe
>
> Sheldon
>

I would have guessed Foot long hot dog???
--
Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-bitch." -Jack Nicholson

OmManiPadmeOmelet wrote:
> In article .com>,
> "Sheldon" > wrote:
>
> > Melba's Jammin' wrote:
> > > In article >,
> > > OmManiPadmeOmelet > wrote:
> > > (snippage)
> > > > I'd forgotten you dislike beets.
> > >
> > > Darlin', "dislike" doesn't come close.
> >
> > Well, you did write "high dislike"... perhaps you meant *high
disdain*.
> >
> > > > My tasted have changed a LOT since then and I like stuff now
that I
> >
> > > > did not as a kid, but beets, unfortunately, are not one of
them...
> > >
> > > And that's unfortunate because . . . .?
> > >
> > > > Sheldon is a brat no?
> > >
> > > At least. :-)
> >
> > Um, more like KIELBASA. hehe
> >
> > Sheldon
> >
>
> I would have guessed Foot long hot dog???

Much too thin.

In article >,
OmManiPadmeOmelet > wrote:

> In article >,
> Melba's Jammin' > wrote:
(snippage)
> > > My tastes have changed a LOT since then and I like stuff now that I
> > > did not as a kid, but beets, unfortunately, are not one of them...
> >
> > And that's unfortunate because . . . .?
>
> Beets are very nutritious!

Excellent. You can have mine. Oh -- never mind. I don't have any.
--
-Barb, <www.jamlady.eboard.com> Arizona vacation pics added 3-24-05.
"I read recipes the way I read science fiction: I get to the end and
say,'Well, that's not going to happen.'" - Comedian Rita Rudner,
performance at New York, New York, January 10, 2005.

In article .com>,
"Sheldon" > wrote:

> Melba's Jammin' wrote:
> > In article >,
> > OmManiPadmeOmelet > wrote:
> > (snippage)
> > > I'd forgotten you dislike beets.
> >
> > Darlin', "dislike" doesn't come close.
>
> Well, you did write "high dislike"... perhaps you meant *high disdain*.

Got me there.

> > > Sheldon is a brat no?
> >
> > At least. :-)
>
> Um, more like KIELBASA. hehe
>
> Sheldon

Shame on you! Reminds me of one Easter at my brother's. I was still a
child -- maybe a teen. The kolbasa from Kramarczuk's was on the
premises (did I mention that I buy it in 15" sticks, about 1-1/2"
diameter). I walked past the kitchen door just as SIL Jean wielded one
and said (to the other ladies in the kitchen), "Now THERE'S a man."
She's 83 now and still laughs about it. That and the time she walked in
on Rob when he was in the bathroom (before we were married). She was
fourteen shades of red. Rob just smiled. "-)
--
-Barb, <www.jamlady.eboard.com> Arizona vacation pics added 3-24-05.
"I read recipes the way I read science fiction: I get to the end and
say,'Well, that's not going to happen.'" - Comedian Rita Rudner,
performance at New York, New York, January 10, 2005.

On Thu, 24 Mar 2005 21:48:57 -0600, Melba's Jammin'
> wrote:

>It's kind of your imagination. If I agree with him, I'm not terribly
>likely to say, "Me, too." And in this case, Sheldon was baiting me with
>his remark about beets because he knows of my emphatic and high dislike
>of them. Boiled dirt. And I hate to disappoint, so I took the bait.
>:-) I wuz teasing him.

Beets, not money, is the root of all evil, you ask me. The MIL used to
regularly serve beets and I think she just did it to p*ss me off. And
the most evil beet dish of all is borscht. She used to do a double
whammy at Christmas: borscht and lutefisk <shudder> How's that for
cultural confusion?

Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd
AAC(F)BV66.0748.CA


"If the soup had been as hot as the claret, if the claret had been as
old as the bird, and if the bird's breasts had been as full as the
waitress's, it would have been a very good dinner."

-- Duncan Hines

To reply, replace "spaminator" with "cox"

Terry Pulliam Burd wrote:
>
> Beets, not money, is the root of all evil, you ask me. [snip]

Joking aside, beets get a bad rap before people learn how to handle the
potential bleeding problem. Easiest way: gently brush anything loose
off beets, cut tops off leaving up to an inch of the stems on. Save
the greens for separate use. Wrap the beetroots in aluminum foil,
sealing well. Bake for 45 min. in a medium oven (say, 350=B0F).
Remove, set aside until not too hot to handle. Now, finally, peel them
with a sharp paring knife.

If you grow your own, (they are very adaptable and hardy) the greens
are excellent. Burpee's golden are especially tasty for both the
beetroot and the greens, we think. -aem

In article .com>,
"aem" > wrote:

> Terry Pulliam Burd wrote:
> >
> > Beets, not money, is the root of all evil, you ask me. [snip]
>
> Joking aside, beets get a bad rap before people learn how to handle the
> potential bleeding problem.

Ye gods! I don't want my vegetables bleeding!! That's for beef!
--
-Barb, <www.jamlady.eboard.com> Arizona vacation pics added 3-24-05.
"I read recipes the way I read science fiction: I get to the end and
say,'Well, that's not going to happen.'" - Comedian Rita Rudner,
performance at New York, New York, January 10, 2005.

In article .com>,
"Sheldon" > wrote:

> OmManiPadmeOmelet wrote:
> > In article .com>,
> > "Sheldon" > wrote:
> >
> > > Melba's Jammin' wrote:
> > > > In article >,
> > > > OmManiPadmeOmelet > wrote:
> > > > (snippage)
> > > > > I'd forgotten you dislike beets.
> > > >
> > > > Darlin', "dislike" doesn't come close.
> > >
> > > Well, you did write "high dislike"... perhaps you meant *high
> disdain*.
> > >
> > > > > My tasted have changed a LOT since then and I like stuff now
> that I
> > >
> > > > > did not as a kid, but beets, unfortunately, are not one of
> them...
> > > >
> > > > And that's unfortunate because . . . .?
> > > >
> > > > > Sheldon is a brat no?
> > > >
> > > > At least. :-)
> > >
> > > Um, more like KIELBASA. hehe
> > >
> > > Sheldon
> > >
> >
> > I would have guessed Foot long hot dog???
>
> Much too thin.
>

Sing with me!
"Oh I wish I were an Oscar Meyer Weiner... " etc. ;-)

Personally, I prefer Boars Head Brand though,
and they make a fine Kielbasa as well!
--
Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-bitch." -Jack Nicholson

In article >,
Melba's Jammin' > wrote:

> In article .com>,
> "Sheldon" > wrote:
>
> > Melba's Jammin' wrote:
> > > In article >,
> > > OmManiPadmeOmelet > wrote:
> > > (snippage)
> > > > I'd forgotten you dislike beets.
> > >
> > > Darlin', "dislike" doesn't come close.
> >
> > Well, you did write "high dislike"... perhaps you meant *high disdain*.
>
> Got me there.
>
> > > > Sheldon is a brat no?
> > >
> > > At least. :-)
> >
> > Um, more like KIELBASA. hehe
> >
> > Sheldon
>
> Shame on you! Reminds me of one Easter at my brother's. I was still a
> child -- maybe a teen. The kolbasa from Kramarczuk's was on the
> premises (did I mention that I buy it in 15" sticks, about 1-1/2"
> diameter). I walked past the kitchen door just as SIL Jean wielded one
> and said (to the other ladies in the kitchen), "Now THERE'S a man."
> She's 83 now and still laughs about it. That and the time she walked in
> on Rob when he was in the bathroom (before we were married). She was
> fourteen shades of red. Rob just smiled. "-)
> --
> -Barb,

Oh heavens! That is just TOO funny! %-)
Thanks for sharing that...
--
Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-bitch." -Jack Nicholson

On Fri, 25 Mar 2005 21:45:05 -0600, Melba's Jammin'
> wrote:

>In article .com>,
>"aem" > wrote:
>
>> Terry Pulliam Burd wrote:
>> >
>> > Beets, not money, is the root of all evil, you ask me. [snip]
>>
>> Joking aside, beets get a bad rap before people learn how to handle the
>> potential bleeding problem.
>
>Ye gods! I don't want my vegetables bleeding!! That's for beef!

My dear Melba, I am glad to see you holding up our end so well against
all these Philistines . . . . . . .

Harry

Terry Pulliam Burd wrote:

> Beets, not money, is the root of all evil, you ask me. The MIL used
to
> regularly serve beets and I think she just did it to p*ss me off. And
> the most evil beet dish of all is borscht.

I've had borscht. Once. I hate beets, too, but a good friend made the
borscht, and I'd rather eat something I hate than insult a good friend.
It was... not bad. I ate the entire pint. But I didn't ask her for
the recipe.

June

In article .com>,
" > wrote:

> I've had borscht. Once. I hate beets, too, but a good friend made the
> borscht, and I'd rather eat something I hate than insult a good friend.

Not me. Friends don't let friends eat dreck.
--
-Barb, <www.jamlady.eboard.com> Arizona vacation pics added 3-24-05.
"I read recipes the way I read science fiction: I get to the end and
say,'Well, that's not going to happen.'" - Comedian Rita Rudner,
performance at New York, New York, January 10, 2005.

In article >, Terry Pulliam
Burd > wrote:
> Beets, not money, is the root of all evil, you ask me. The MIL used to
> regularly serve beets and I think she just did it to p*ss me off. And
> the most evil beet dish of all is borscht. She used to do a double
> whammy at Christmas: borscht and lutefisk <shudder> How's that for
> cultural confusion?

Gack! I'm picturing the beet juice mingling with whatever white sauce
accompanied the lutefisk, making it magenta pink. Barf.
--
-Barb, <www.jamlady.eboard.com> Arizona vacation pics added 3-24-05.
"I read recipes the way I read science fiction: I get to the end and
say,'Well, that's not going to happen.'" - Comedian Rita Rudner,
performance at New York, New York, January 10, 2005.