Snowed In

Damsel in dis Dress <[email hidden]> looking for trouble wrote
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Michael \'Dog3\' Lonergan said:

Soup, soup, soup. The standing rib roast soup/stew sounds excellent.
I like beef noodle soup, chicken noodle soup, ham and bean soup and
any kind of cheese soup. Basically I like soup.

Do you have any cheese soup recipes that you're willing to share? I
love beer cheese soup and broccoli cheese soup.

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Steven loves plain old fashioned beef stew with crusty bread to dunk
with. Chicken and dumplings if a fave around here too. Gawd, I
like it all.

We're combining the two. Beef stew with dumplings. That will
probably be better than the original pot roast, which is delicious!

Carol

Let me dig through Mastercook. I think I have 3 different recipes I like.
One is a jalapeno and jack cheese recipe which I really, really like. I'll
either post 'em or send 'em to you email. Whichever you prefer 😉 It's
cold here be we don't have your snow. I found some Old London
Mediterranean toast today. It's like a melba round. They are really tasty,
seasoned with olive oil, garlic, onion, parmesan, parsley and green bell
pepper. I whipped up a quick recipe on the back of the box and it's really
good.

Ob Food from the Old London box:

Feta Tomato Topper

1 Cup crumbled feta cheese
3 Plum tomatoes diced, about a cup
1/4 Cup finely chopped red onion
1/4 Teaspoon of fresh ground pepper
1/4 Teaspoon dried oregano
Old London Mediterranean Toasts

In a small bowl combine cheese, tomatoes, red onion, pepper and oregano.
Spoon about a Tbsp. on each toast. Makes 2 3/4 cups. It is really good.

Michael

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Michael \'Dog3\' Lonergan said:

Damsel in dis Dress <[email hidden]> looking for trouble wrote
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Do you have any cheese soup recipes that you're willing to share? I
love beer cheese soup and broccoli cheese soup.

Let me dig through Mastercook. I think I have 3 different recipes I like.
One is a jalapeno and jack cheese recipe which I really, really like. I'll
either post 'em or send 'em to you email. Whichever you prefer 😉 It's
cold here be we don't have your snow.

The jalapeno one is out. We don't do hot foods. Why not post them,
so everyone can have the chance to enjoy them?

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Damsel in dis Dress said:

On 14 Dec 2005 13:45:04 -0600, "Bob Terwilliger"

virtualgoth@die_spammer.biz said:

Jill said:

> I wonder if I should bake some bread?
>
Dunno. I haven't baked bread in years. I don't have a bread
machine and my hands get too tired trying to knead dough.

There's an option you didn't mention, so I'm not sure if it's an
option for YOU or not: My mixer has a dough hook and makes VERY good
bread. My two favorite bread recipes -- mixed-starter bread and
brioche -- are both from _Baking With Julia_, and both work very
well without kneading by hand.

Nah, I'll just thaw a frozen loaf of dough and bake it. My hands and
arms can't handle kneading, and I do not want to clean the mixer.

Lazy Carol

I love that frozen bread dough!

Jill <--adding it to my list

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We've got lots of snow here. Blowing and drifting. Not a fit day for
man nor beast.

I'm making pot roast with onions, carrots, and potatoes for dinner.

Hey, so am I! We're not snowed in, though. It's not even that cold
(mid-20's). Supposed to do something tonight, though (probably the usual --
snow a few inches, then turn to freezing rain just before rush hour, then
warm up to 40 and melt by noon -- in any case, school will be either closed
or delayed, sigh).

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What do you guys cook when you're cozied (spell checker says that's
not a word - well it is now) into your home with nowhere to go?

Cookies and soup.

Chris

"jmcquown" <[email hidden]> wrote

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Damsel in dis Dress wrote:

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Nah, I'll just thaw a frozen loaf of dough and bake it. My hands and
arms can't handle kneading, and I do not want to clean the mixer.

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I love that frozen bread dough!

Jill <--adding it to my list

Wow, I just bought that for the first time last week or two ago,
5 frozen loaves for ... I don't know, 5 bucks or so. Had one
loaf this weekend, made nice french toast one morning, that's
for sure.

nancy

Damsel in dis Dress said:

We've got lots of snow here. Blowing and drifting. Not a fit day for
man nor beast.

I'm making pot roast with onions, carrots, and potatoes for dinner.

Tomorrow, I'm making some beef broth with the bones from last
Christmas' standing rib roast. I'm considering hacking them in half
with my trusty cleaver. I've heard that you can get more flavor that
way.

Then I'll add carrots and potatoes. When they're tender crisp, I'll
add cubed, leftover beef. Then thicken the whole mess and make
dumplings for the top. Crash will be in hog heaven.

I wonder if I should bake some bread?

What do you guys cook when you're cozied (spell checker says that's
not a word - well it is now) into your home with nowhere to go?

Carol

You wimp! I was out all day in my car!!!
Of course I wish I hadn't, and it helps that I have fancy buttons that heat my
seat and turn on the traction control.

I posted somewhere else what I made to combat the [censored] ass weather

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Damsel in dis Dress said:

We've got lots of snow here. Blowing and drifting. Not a fit day for
man nor beast.

I'm making pot roast with onions, carrots, and potatoes for dinner.

Tomorrow, I'm making some beef broth with the bones from last
Christmas' standing rib roast. I'm considering hacking them in half
with my trusty cleaver. I've heard that you can get more flavor that
way.

Then I'll add carrots and potatoes. When they're tender crisp, I'll
add cubed, leftover beef. Then thicken the whole mess and make
dumplings for the top. Crash will be in hog heaven.

I wonder if I should bake some bread?

What do you guys cook when you're cozied (spell checker says that's
not a word - well it is now) into your home with nowhere to go?

Carol

I live in Florida so the only time I'm "cozied" is because of a
hurricane....in which case I eat anything that's not moving too fast!

Bubba

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Nancy Young said:

"jmcquown" <[email hidden]> wrote

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Damsel in dis Dress wrote:

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Nah, I'll just thaw a frozen loaf of dough and bake it. My hands
and arms can't handle kneading, and I do not want to clean the
mixer.

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I love that frozen bread dough!

Jill <--adding it to my list

Wow, I just bought that for the first time last week or two ago,
5 frozen loaves for ... I don't know, 5 bucks or so. Had one
loaf this weekend, made nice french toast one morning, that's
for sure.

nancy

We're talking the kind that you thaw and let rise, like a regular loaf of
bread, then bake... right? Delicious and the house smells of homemade bread
when it bakes, without all the work 🙂

Jill

Dee Randall said:

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How about a regular hammer and a block of scrap wood?

You're quick, Mr. Libido. Necessity is the mother of invention.
Dee Dee

Try a towel, a 2 by 4 and some duct tape?

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On Wed, 14 Dec 2005 21:27:22 GMT, "Dimitri" <[email hidden]>

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One method of enriching stock is to dry roast root vegetables until they are
deep brown - not burnt. A slow oven is perfect.

Re-Roasting the bones can not hurt especially if there is still some red
showing
on the cut side of the meat. This will also tend to render out some more of
the
fat.

Then simmer the bones and vegetables for a while - When you are ready the
vegetables are cooked out throw them away - add your meat and fresh
vegetables
for your soup.

Thank you very kindly, sir.

Carol

Only for delightful trollops.

:-)

On Wed, 14 Dec 2005 23:09:23 GMT, The Bubbo <[email hidden]>

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Damsel in dis Dress said:

We've got lots of snow here. Blowing and drifting. Not a fit day for
man nor beast.

You wimp! I was out all day in my car!!!
Of course I wish I hadn't, and it helps that I have fancy buttons that heat my
seat and turn on the traction control.

Do you have thigh high snow drifts up there? We couldn't get out of
our driveway until a neighbor came over with his snow blower. Schools
were closed down here.

Carol
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Dee Randall said:

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How about a regular hammer and a block of scrap wood?

You're quick, Mr. Libido. Necessity is the mother of invention.
Dee Dee

Try a towel, a 2 by 4 and some duct tape?

My favorite - try a husband!

Dora

jmcquown said:

We're talking the kind that you thaw and let rise, like a regular loaf of
bread, then bake... right? Delicious and the house smells of homemade bread
when it bakes, without all the work 🙂

You betcha! I bought a store brand for Thanksgiving, and Crash has
instructed me to buy only Rhode's brand from now on. They also have
dinner roll balls.

Carol
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Damsel in dis Dress said:

On Wed, 14 Dec 2005 23:09:23 GMT, The Bubbo <[email hidden]>

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Damsel in dis Dress said:

We've got lots of snow here. Blowing and drifting. Not a fit day for
man nor beast.

You wimp! I was out all day in my car!!!
Of course I wish I hadn't, and it helps that I have fancy buttons that heat

my

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seat and turn on the traction control.

Do you have thigh high snow drifts up there? We couldn't get out of
our driveway until a neighbor came over with his snow blower. Schools
were closed down here.

Carol

naw, it's not nearly as bad here. I got stuck at intersections a few times,
but it's not really as bad as there.
I just like calling you a wimp! 😉

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limey said:

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Dee Randall said:

> How about a regular hammer and a block of scrap wood?

You're quick, Mr. Libido. Necessity is the mother of invention.
Dee Dee

Try a towel, a 2 by 4 and some duct tape?

My favorite - try a husband!

Dora

Wrapping a husband in a towel and duct tape has a name...husbandcide. And
works well for insurance pay-outs.

Dee replied:

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There's an option you didn't mention, so I'm not sure if it's an option
for YOU or not: My mixer has a dough hook and makes VERY good bread. My
two favorite bread recipes -- mixed-starter bread and brioche -- are both
from _Baking With Julia_, and both work very well without kneading by
hand.

The hand bones are attached to the arm bones and back bones. A song!
Seriously, any laminating done is usually done leaning over a table,
heaving a rolling pin (even if it has rollers) for an impossible length of
time. I didn't have the strength for it 40 years ago, let alone today. I
was born weak and no amount of exercise over the years have helped, but I
suffered the consequences. It's a difficult thing to face that we are not
all created equal physically. I'd like to be in the kitchen right now
doing the heartiest work, but that's never been the case; I've suffered
for the effort.
By the way, did some big guy write this? Please send all bread to be
kneaded to Bob!

Maybe I wasn't clear: I put dough into the bowl of the mixer, affix the
dough hook, and let the mixer knead the dough. It's probably within your
ability to do the same thing.

By the way, I *am* a big guy. An ex-girlfriend's pet name for me was
"Strapping Man" (and it wasn't because she liked to be paddled).

Bob

On Thu, 15 Dec 2005 00:22:54 GMT, "Dimitri" <[email hidden]>

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"Damsel in dis Dress" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Thank you very kindly, sir.

Only for delightful trollops.

:-)

*blush* Why, thank you, Dimitri, you delightful studmuffin!

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On Thu, 15 Dec 2005 00:44:40 GMT, The Bubbo <[email hidden]>

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Damsel in dis Dress said:

On Wed, 14 Dec 2005 23:09:23 GMT, The Bubbo <[email hidden]>

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Damsel in dis Dress wrote:
> We've got lots of snow here. Blowing and drifting. Not a fit day for
> man nor beast.

You wimp! I was out all day in my car!!!
Of course I wish I hadn't, and it helps that I have fancy buttons that heat
my seat and turn on the traction control.

Do you have thigh high snow drifts up there? We couldn't get out of
our driveway until a neighbor came over with his snow blower. Schools
were closed down here.

Carol

naw, it's not nearly as bad here. I got stuck at intersections a few times,
but it's not really as bad as there.
I just like calling you a wimp! 😉

I like calling you a [censored]. ;-)

Carol
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"jmcquown" <[email hidden]> wrote

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Nancy Young wrote:

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Wow, I just bought that for the first time last week or two ago,
5 frozen loaves for ... I don't know, 5 bucks or so. Had one
loaf this weekend, made nice french toast one morning, that's
for sure.

Quoted message said:

We're talking the kind that you thaw and let rise, like a regular loaf of
bread, then bake... right? Delicious and the house smells of homemade
bread
when it bakes, without all the work 🙂

Exactly! It was just nice to have.

nancy

Damsel said:

On Again, Off Again Pot Roast

Recipe By :Margaret Fox (Cafe Beajolais Cookbook)

Source:
"Chris Dabney in rec.food.cooking"

I love that cookbook! (And I should have known that Chris would have it!)
Here's a good Christmas-cookie recipe from that book:

Cornmeal-Ginger Cookies (from Café Beaujolais)

Makes about 55 cookies

1 cup unsalted butter, softened
1 cup brown sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 egg yolks
1 teaspoon grated lemon zest
1 1/2 cups flour
1 cup yellow cornmeal
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons ground ginger

1. Beat the butter and sugar together in a large mixing bowl until well
blended. Beat in the vanilla, egg yolks, and lemon zest.

2. In another bowl, stir and toss together the flour, cornmeal, salt and
ginger. Add to the butter-sugar mixture, and blend thoroughly until the
dough is cohesive and completely mixed.

3. Divide the dough in half (it will be soft), and on a lightly floured
surface, push, pat, and roll each piece into a cylinder about 7 inches long
and 1 1/2 inches in diameter. Wrap securely in plastic wrap (if you plan to
refrigerate or freeze it) or waxed paper, and chill for a few hours, until
firm.

4. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. With a thin sharp knife, cut the dough
into rounds about 1/4 inch thick. Place about an inch apart on buttered
cookie sheets and bake for about 10 minutes. They should spread and puff
just slightly, but should not brown. Remove from the sheets and cool on
racks, then store in an airtight container.

Bob