"Oderless" Fauxtatoes

I love asparagus! I can go up to the plant, snap one off and eat it raw!

good food!

Pat in TX

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Oh, my, asparagus is delicious!

Especially with mayonnaise!

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Saffire wrote:
:: In article <[email hidden]>,
:: [email hidden] says...
::: Oh, my, asparagus is delicious!
::
:: Especially with mayonnaise!

Whoa.....that sounds stranger than life....explain!

Marsha said:

That link doesn't work, but this one does:

http://www.ornery-geeks.org/text/cooking/thirtydinners/fauxtatoes.asp

Marsha/Ohio

Thanks!

[large snip]

Quoted message said:

My brother couldn't stand liver and used to hide it in his baked
potato skins. Bob can't stand cauliflower and is hiding it as well.
It just doesn't make sense to me, that's all, when there are so many
alternatives out there, to pretend it's potatoes when it's not. Is
that much different than pretending you're not fat? Isn't it another
form of self-deception?
--
BlueBrooke
255/239/135 -- 01 Jan 2007

That's just it. There gets to be way fewer choices if you don't like
several veggies, so it's good to be able to add one back to your menu, if
it's good for you. Lack of imagination leads to lack of variety and for
many folks, lack of variety spells the downfall of a healthy eating plan.

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:: Naw, liver qualifies even when it's dead as a doornail.
::
:: Blech.

Interesting...I never liked liver as a kid...these days, though I rarely
eat liver (it's a filter!), I do enjoy its taste.

This reminds me of how weird I was as a kid. I hated so many things that I
was suspicious of any dish that was more than two colors. I wouldn't go
near pizza until I was a teenager because "there was no telling what 'they'
put in it". I was so picky that I was probably doomed to get fat. I'm
surprised my poor mother didn't shoot us or herself over trying to feed four
kids with varying degrees of this attitude. Truthfully, my younger brother
and I were the worst. Our older brother and sister would have come around
if Mother had just put the food in front of them and left it at that. She
tried with us younger ones and we didn't care if we ever ate, if it came
down to that.
Anyway, two things I liked a lot, that were a huge surprise, were liver
and spinach. Granted, I never knew spinach could be eaten raw and I would
have been highly suspicious of the color of steamed fresh spinach, but I
really liked the 'canned seaweed' type that we had. Now, I can't stand that
slimy stuff and absolutely love it fresh or steamed. As for liver, I
remember feeling sort of borderline about my taste for it, but because my
younger brother hated it so badly, I went ahead and learned to enjoy it so
he would have to eat it more often.
I don't know how many of you here have read the 'super taster' theory
and give it any credence, but I think there might be something to it.

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ultra-low acid gourmet coffee with over 150 antioxidants per cup
Don't forget the dash if you type it.

Ann in Houston wrote:

:: 'super taster' theory

Never heard of that...

Is that good enough, Pat?

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I posted this recipe solely because others may be interested in it. If
you're not interested in it, then ignore it.

Sometimes this board pisses me off. I post a recipe for fauxtatoes and
some idiot tells me to eat real potatoes. What? Potatoes are one of the
worst things for you. It's like telling me to eat pasta (now, if you want
to know how I got fat, it's eating pasta). It's so assinine of a
suggestion that I'm shocked it was made.>

I thought it was a weird comment, myself. Granted, it may be okay
sometimes, for maintenance, but how many here are to that stage? And, a
recipe that helps diabetics is always good to post. If you are in lurk
mode, Bob, let me thank you and say that I will probably try the cauliflower
this way for my own and DH's benefit, and maybe my potato-hating fifteen y/o
twins will even like it. They are paying me back for being so hard to cook
for as a kid.

Quoted message said:

I keep trying to come here and offer what I consider to be good advice,
and the idiots-to-normal people ratio just seems too high. Hell, anyone
remember when I posted an Alton Brown recipe where you make a casing made
of salt and flour (and herbs) and wrap that around beef (tenderloin) to
cook, salt, and flavor the beef? I had people accusing me of posting a
recipe that's high in carbs. Well, you idiots, you THROW AWAY the wrap
once the beef is cooked. Not only is the wrap too hard to eat, but it's
got a shockingly high amount of salt (three CUPS of salt). You couldn't
eat the wrap if you wanted to eat it. At that time, I was flabbergasted.
Today, it's the same way.

Too often, people don't really read the posts. They just skim them and
react to what they thought they read. Irritating, I know.

Quoted message said:

Why should I come here to provide advice when people say the most stupid
things in response? Eat potatoes? How stupid can you be?

Killfile, maybe?

Quoted message said:

By the way, the Alton Brown recipe I discuss above is here:

http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/recipes/recipe/0,1977,FOOD_9936_26998,00.html

If you ever need a great meal for a bunch of people and can afford the
cash, this is outstanding.

Excuse me while I take a sabbatical from this board.

--
Bob in CT

Just to lurk, I hope, because then you'll surely return.

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non-acidic, gourmet coffee with over 150 antioxidants in every cup
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Tunderbar said:

That is my point. If you want potatoes, make frikkin' potatoes. If
you want cauliflower, make cauliflower. This stupidity about making
fauxtatoes with cauliflower is just denying yourself what you really
want, which is potatoes. Just make the damned potatoes and don't get
stupid with the portions,

One quarter of a medium baked potato has more carbs that I can have in
a meal. If I need a magnifying glass to find my food, *that* sounds
like getting stupid with the portions to me.

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Cauliflower is not a [censored] child, but making fauxtatoes from
cauliflower is the explicit creation of a [censored] child.

Not really. They're having mashed cauliflower, and they're cooking it
a certain way to get rid of a certain flavor they don't like. Nothing
wrong with that. Your objection seems to be to the term "fauxtatoes"
because it's misleading. I tend to agree, but who cares? You've
gotta call them something, and everyone knows what you mean when you
say "fauxtatoes." "Ice cream" is no longer made with ice (and not
much cream), but we still call it that.

--
Aaron -- 285/235/200 -- aaron.baugher.biz

"A war that isn't fun is almost as bad as no war at all." -- War Nerd

BlueBrooke .@. said:

And this is what Bob is doing -- in another part of this thread, he
said he finds cauliflower disgusting. So my question is, if it's so
disgusting, why eat it at all, since there are so other choices out
there.

He finds it disgusting in its usual form, but he's found a way of
cooking it that he likes, that doesn't appear to take a lot of work.
Makes sense to me. Some people like raw green beans, but I think
they're nasty raw, so I cook them and like them very much that way.
Problem solved.

--
Aaron -- 285/235/200 -- aaron.baugher.biz

"A true victory is to make your enemies see they were wrong to oppose
you in the first place. To force them to acknowledge your greatness."
-- Gul Dukat

Marsha said:

Roger Zoul said:

Hoq many foods are really disgusting?
I think it's too strong a word unless one is eating something alive...

Quoted message said:

Asparagus, in any form - it's not just disgusting, it's revolting.

I could eat asparagus every day. I was at Applebees a few weeks ago,
and asked if they could give me extra asparagus in place of the
potato. They must have used every inch of the stalk, right down to
the ground. I only ate about half of it, and for me to leave
asparagus on my plate, it has to be pretty bad. Some pieces were so
woody I couldn't push a fork into them, and I was picking fibers out
of my teeth until I got home to some floss. I know undercooking your
veggies so they're crunchy is all the rage, but sheesh.

--
Aaron -- 285/235/200 -- aaron.baugher.biz

"We are all self-made, but only the successful will admit it."

BlueBrooke wrote:
::
:: What is equally irritating is people who forget they are posting to a
:: newsgroup. Such posts invite commentary. It isn't a private
:: playground to say anything you want without comments from others.
::

Yes, posting on usenet is to invite everyone into the conversation.
Everyone.

:::: Why should I come here to provide advice when people say the most
:::: stupid things in response? Eat potatoes? How stupid can you be?
:::
::: Killfile, maybe?
::
:: Excellent advice.
::
:: Or get a blog so you don't have to be bothered with other's opinions.
:: Unless, of course, one is too stupid to do that.

Or, just don't be bothered when people express comments. Seems like a way
to let stress in the door, and that might have long-term effects on one's
health.

On Thu, 3 May 2007 10:41:19 -0500, "Ann in Houston"
<[email hidden]> wrote:

Bob said:

Quoted message said:

I keep trying to come here and offer what I consider to be good advice,
and the idiots-to-normal people ratio just seems too high. Hell, anyone
remember when I posted an Alton Brown recipe where you make a casing made
of salt and flour (and herbs) and wrap that around beef (tenderloin) to
cook, salt, and flavor the beef? I had people accusing me of posting a
recipe that's high in carbs. Well, you idiots, you THROW AWAY the wrap
once the beef is cooked. Not only is the wrap too hard to eat, but it's
got a shockingly high amount of salt (three CUPS of salt). You couldn't
eat the wrap if you wanted to eat it. At that time, I was flabbergasted.
Today, it's the same way.

Too often, people don't really read the posts. They just skim them and
react to what they thought they read. Irritating, I know.

What is equally irritating is people who forget they are posting to a
newsgroup. Such posts invite commentary. It isn't a private
playground to say anything you want without comments from others.

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Why should I come here to provide advice when people say the most stupid
things in response? Eat potatoes? How stupid can you be?

Killfile, maybe?

Excellent advice.

Or get a blog so you don't have to be bothered with other's opinions.
Unless, of course, one is too stupid to do that.
--
BlueBrooke
255/239/135 -- 01 Jan 2007

Aaron Baugher said:

Marsha said:

Roger Zoul said:

Hoq many foods are really disgusting?
I think it's too strong a word unless one is eating something alive...

Quoted message said:

Asparagus, in any form - it's not just disgusting, it's revolting.

I could eat asparagus every day. I was at Applebees a few weeks ago,
and asked if they could give me extra asparagus in place of the
potato. They must have used every inch of the stalk, right down to
the ground. I only ate about half of it, and for me to leave
asparagus on my plate, it has to be pretty bad. Some pieces were so
woody I couldn't push a fork into them, and I was picking fibers out
of my teeth until I got home to some floss. I know undercooking your
veggies so they're crunchy is all the rage, but sheesh.

Hi, Aaron --

I had dinner at Applebee's myself a few weeks ago and I was really
pleased that they offered to substitute for rice -- and I got the
grilled asparagus. It was yummy, but not enough of it. It wasn't
woody at all, but they were very thin, young spears.

It irks me to pay full price for a meal that I'm only going to eat
half of, so I was happy that they did the substitution. I would have
been pretty disappointed, though, if my substitution was useless --
like your's seemed to be.

Is that SOP there? Or was it the first time you tried it? Did you
think about complaining, or was it not worth the trouble to you?
--
BlueBrooke
255/239/135 -- 01 Jan 2007

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says...

Quoted message said:

Saffire wrote:
:: In article <[email hidden]>,
:: [email hidden] says...
::: Oh, my, asparagus is delicious!
::
:: Especially with mayonnaise!

Whoa.....that sounds stranger than life....explain!

That's the only way I've EVER eaten asparagus (except on an occasional
salad). My mom always served asparagus with mayo, which we dipped the
spears into. Nowadays, since I practice tighter portion control, I
usually slice asparagus into approximately 1" pieces and mix a
tablespoon or so of mayo in with it. It's WONDERFUL!

It's funny to me that that it seems strange to you, because it seems
strange to ME when I see people talk about eating it with oil or butter
:-)

--
Saffire
205/149/140
Atkins since 6/14/03
Progress photo: http://photos.yahoo.com/saffire333

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Pat wrote:
::: Ann in Houston wrote:
:::
::::: 'super taster' theory
:::
::: Never heard of that...
:::
::: Is that good enough, Pat?
::
:: huh? Good enough for what? You lost me.
::
:: Pat in TX

That's the point!

That's the only way we eat it too. Wonderful stuff, and it doesn't
take a whole lot of mayo to taste really good either.

Cheri

Saffire wrote in message ...speaking of asparagus and mayo

Quoted message said:

It's funny to me that that it seems strange to you, because it seems
strange to ME when I see people talk about eating it with oil or

butter

Roger Zoul said:

BlueBrooke wrote:
::
:: What is equally irritating is people who forget they are posting to a
:: newsgroup. Such posts invite commentary. It isn't a private
:: playground to say anything you want without comments from others.
::

Yes, posting on usenet is to invite everyone into the conversation.
Everyone.

:::: Why should I come here to provide advice when people say the most
:::: stupid things in response? Eat potatoes? How stupid can you be?
:::
::: Killfile, maybe?
::
:: Excellent advice.
::
:: Or get a blog so you don't have to be bothered with other's opinions.
:: Unless, of course, one is too stupid to do that.

Or, just don't be bothered when people express comments. Seems like a way
to let stress in the door, and that might have long-term effects on one's
health.

The reaction was so over-the-top, I didn't waste time on this
possiblity.
--
BlueBrooke
255/239/135 -- 01 Jan 2007

Cheri wrote:
:: That's the only way we eat it too. Wonderful stuff, and it doesn't
:: take a whole lot of mayo to taste really good either.

Do you make asparagus salad in a fashion like coleslaw, perhaps?

::
:: Cheri
::
::
:: Saffire wrote in message ...speaking of asparagus and mayo
::
::: It's funny to me that that it seems strange to you, because it seems
::: strange to ME when I see people talk about eating it with oil or
::: butter

Quoted message said:

Ann in Houston wrote:

:: 'super taster' theory

Never heard of that...

Is that good enough, Pat?

huh? Good enough for what? You lost me.

Pat in TX

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