Potatoes and onions

[Julie Bove]

Someone who gets those produce boxes delivered gave my brother two full
boxes. They were going away and couldn't use it all up. Now I have a ton of
potatoes and onions. Angela has the same. She took some other things. Not
sure what they'll do with all the broccoli. Now... What to do with them?
They are russet potatoes and yellow onions. I do have a pot roast in the
freezer. I could get some more carrots and make that since our weather is
turning cooler. I love free food!

[ZZyXX]

your weather is turning cooler?

[U.S. Janet B.]

If I had them I would know what to do with them. We're old
fashioned, Mid-West eaters. Baked potatoes are always good -- lots
of potassium other vitamins and fiber in there. Lots of side dish
recipes. You can boil, bake and mash them Check the Web. Onions?
I'd chop most of them up, lay them on trays, freeze them and then bag
them. Otherwise there are a bunch of onion dishes that use a lot of
them.
Check the Web.
Janet US

[Julie Bove]

"Sqwertz" <sqwe...@gmail.invalid> wrote in message
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> You let them go bad just like all the other crap you buy and never
> eat. At least this stuff came from a food bank so you didn't have to
> shop the Internet and pay for it.

It didn't come from the food bank!

[Julie Bove]

"ZZyXX" <zz...@CampSoda-Restoration-Project.tv> wrote in message
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Yes.

[Julie Bove]

"U.S. Janet B." <J...@nospam.com> wrote in message
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I'm from Wichita. Can't get much more Midwest than that, but we didn't eat a
lot of potatoes.

[Thomas]

Toss them like popeye does.
Or, feed the guy in the shed.

[jgro...@hotmail.com]

The COVID people in Italy were sicker due to their high gluten pasta diet. Potato eating Germans got fewer critical complications.

[Bruce]

On Thu, 2 Jul 2020 18:36:35 -0700 (PDT), jgro...@hotmail.com wrote:

>The COVID people in Italy were sicker due to their high gluten pasta diet. Potato eating Germans got fewer critical complications.

LOL, I hadn't heard that one before.

[Hank Rogers]

jgro...@hotmail.com wrote:
> The COVID people in Italy were sicker due to their high gluten pasta diet. Potato eating Germans got fewer critical complications.
>

North Koreans did much better. Zero cases.

I wonder what they ate that made them impervious. Maybe kim chi?

[Julie Bove]

<jgro...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> The COVID people in Italy were sicker due to their high gluten pasta diet.
> Potato eating Germans got fewer critical complications.

You've been listening to Doc. Wallach. He's a quack. Germans are known for
drinking gluten containing beer, and eating gluten containing foods like
Spaetzel, breaded meats. bread, cakes, etc.

[Julie Bove]

"Bruce" <br...@null.null> wrote in message
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I have. I also have German friends. I know what they eat. Who invented the
pretzel?

[Julie Bove]

"Hank Rogers" <Nos...@invalid.com> wrote in message
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I heard it was spices.

[Bruce]

I don't know. It seems like a German word.

[cshenk]

LOL, Germans do indeed love their breads. They also do a lot of rice
comparativly (sp?) to much of Europe. That one suprised me when I
found out. I think it was Italy for number 1 and they were 2 or a
close 3rd.

[jmcquown]

You're always so helpful with ideas, Janet! Thank you. :)

Jill

[Dave Smith]

On 2020-07-03 10:24 a.m., cshenk wrote:

> Julie Bove wrote:
>

>> I have. I also have German friends. I know what they eat. Who
>> invented the pretzel?
>
> LOL, Germans do indeed love their breads. They also do a lot of rice
> comparativly (sp?) to much of Europe. That one suprised me when I
> found out. I think it was Italy for number 1 and they were 2 or a
> close 3rd.
>

It surprised me when I read your post. As I kid I spent more time in my
German friend's house than in my own and don't remember every seeing
rice served. I have been to Germany several times and never saw it
served anywhere. So I cheated and looked it up. It turns out that
Germany is one of the lowest in per capita rice consumption.

https://www.helgilibrary.com/indicators/rice-consumption-per-capita/

[dsi1]

You're speaking for all Germans now. Pretty soon you'll be speaking for all Americans. Please repent!

[jgro...@hotmail.com]

Some radio show vitamin "Doctor" blamed the pasta gluten.

[jgro...@hotmail.com]

A big plate of pasta is comparably a gluten gut fest.

[Ophelia]

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My daughter and her family have lived in Germany for many years. Shall I
tell her what they should eat???

[Ophelia]

"dsi1" wrote in message
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:))

[bruce2...@gmail.com]

On Fri, Jul 3, 2020 4:24:25AM, cshenk wrote:
> Julie Bove wrote:
>
> >
> > "Bruce" <br...@null.null> wrote in message
> > news:nl3tffd4tic061o0q...@4ax.com...
> > > On Thu, 2 Jul 2020 18:36:35 -0700 (PDT), jgro...@hotmail.com wrote:
> > >
> > > > The COVID people in Italy were sicker due to their high gluten
> > > > pasta diet. Potato eating Germans got fewer critical
> > > > complications.
> > >
> > > LOL, I hadn't heard that one before.
> >
> > I have. I also have German friends. I know what they eat. Who
> > invented the pretzel?
>
> LOL, Germans do indeed love their breads. They also do a lot of rice
> comparativly (sp?) to much of Europe. That one suprised me when I
> found out. I think it was Italy for number 1 and they were 2 or a
> close 3rd.

I didn't know Spätzle was eaten in all parts of Germany (just the southern part). Its not like I could visit de.rec.mampf and ask.

[Bruce]

The world according to cshenkie.

[Bruce]

lol

[Hank Rogers]

She's always wrong of course. And you knew that because of the
aroma behind her, correct Druce?

[cshenk]

jgro...@hotmail.com wrote:

> A big plate of pasta is comparably a gluten gut fest.

Please learn to quote ok?

[cshenk]

Humm, I malformed my search? Hey, I can be wrong! I don't think it
was served 'alone' there often but more used in things.

[cshenk]

Nope, I had a bad search. It was based on recipes using rice.

[Julie Bove]

"Ophelia" <oph...@elsinore.me.uk> wrote in message
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Tell her to eat rice.

[Ophelia]

"cshenk" wrote in message
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:)

[Ophelia]

"Julie Bove" wrote in message news:rdpsr3$i5a$1...@dont-email.me...

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LOL I am sure she wouldn't be too impressed:))

[dsi1]

My dad liked the Germans - he said they were good, fun, people. He said the Swedes were kind of "sour" people - and he was married to a Swede. Beats the heck out of me what the German people eat. Rice you say? :)

[Ophelia]

"dsi1" wrote in message
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Not me! You need to ask Cshenk !

[Bruce]

On Sun, 5 Jul 2020 10:09:30 +0100, "Ophelia" <oph...@elsinore.me.uk>
wrote:

Ah yes, cshenk the international expert!

[cshenk]

Naw, turns out recipes use just a bit so my bad on a search.

[dsi1]

I'll pass on that one. My family is getting a little nutty diet-wise. It seems that all they'll eat is fish. Ha ha. I cooked up some mahimahi last night. It was salted and peppered, then slathered with wasabi-mayo and sprinkled with seaweed and sesame seed. Then cooked in the air-fryer. My son is orchestrating this diet and he's kinda like a keto-hitler. I think I'll cook me up a nice burger.

https://www.amazon.com/photos/shared/ailVZUcFR8CTzdpzxgtD6A.n8fePhs7Dj4zUNdwdh7bTZ

[Ophelia]

"dsi1" wrote in message
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<g> Well it looks lovely to me:)) Not something I have ever seen:) The
only fish we eat is cod, haddock and salmon!!!

Incidentally, I always use my air fryers to cook fish, unless I am
battering them. Do you think he would like battered fish??

I have a lovely beer batter recipe which we both love. Oh and it
doesn't taste of the beer .. sorry:)) It does however make a lovely risen
and crisp batter:))

[dsi1]

Your fishes are fine fishes. On this rock we grew up eating mostly mahimahi. These days, mahimahi is getting expensive and weird looking. Soon there will be none left.

I'm cooking it this way because my family is on a fat restricted diet. Mostly, they're eating low calorie, high protein, drinks and bars. They have to eat a low fat dish with a salad once a day. If I had my way, I'd fry the fish. Cod in a beer batter would be wonderful but that's not allowed - at least for now.

Today I was collecting some hibiscus flowers. My daughter has a new tortoise and they eat these flowers. Can you imagine that?

https://www.amazon.com/photos/shared/3l0FmIkVQMWhNeMTo-A2Fw.9t8cn0qwPwv-oQ-RKWMC-i

[Ophelia]

"dsi1" wrote in message
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Not really:) I have never been lucky enough to have a
tortoise:) If I had, I would feed them whatever they preferred:)))

https://www.amazon.com/photos/shared/3l0FmIkVQMWhNeMTo-A2Fw.9t8cn0qwPwv-oQ-RKWMC-i


Beautiful:)))

[dsi1]

My OCD Chinese friend raises turtles and tortoises. He said they eat small animal hay, romaine lettuce, and red hibiscus flowers. No meat!

https://www.amazon.com/photos/shared/3E1pMPClReaivaS2wDfAMw.iJtlvizNg8OQ2liENuIG8A

[Julie Bove]

"dsi1" <dsi...@hawaiiantel.net> wrote in message
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Maybe that's why ours died. My dad fed it cut up worms!

[dsi1]

I don't know nothing about feeding no turtles or tortoises. My friend has a colony of them. They just congregate around his house. I suspect that there some kind of magnetic abnormality around his house.

He feeds the tortoises the diet I described. I think he feeds the turtles pellet food. Oddly enough, the turtles have pretty good eyesight. They'll just jump in the water when they see me coming.

[Gary]

Snapping turtles do that. Often seen up on a log in the water.
Come too close and they drop right off and disappear quickly.

[Ophelia]

"dsi1" wrote in message
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Awww:)) Do you think these animals know their owners?

[Ophelia]

"Julie Bove" wrote in message news:re0cad$3jq$1...@dont-email.me...

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Aww what a shame:( I wouldn't have a clue :(((

[Ophelia]

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:))

[Sqwertz]

On Tue, 30 Jun 2020 15:47:20 -0700, Julie Bove wrote:

> "Sqwertz" <sqwe...@gmail.invalid> wrote in message
> news:szomlgat...@sqwertz.com...
>> On Mon, 29 Jun 2020 20:45:16 -0700, Julie Bove wrote:
>>
>>> Someone who gets those produce boxes delivered gave my brother two full
>>> boxes. They were going away and couldn't use it all up. Now I have a ton
>>> of
>>> potatoes and onions. Angela has the same. She took some other things. Not
>>> sure what they'll do with all the broccoli. Now... What to do with them?
>>> They are russet potatoes and yellow onions. I do have a pot roast in the
>>> freezer. I could get some more carrots and make that since our weather is
>>> turning cooler. I love free food!
>>
>> You let them go bad just like all the other crap you buy and never
>> eat. At least this stuff came from a food bank so you didn't have to
>> shop the Internet and pay for it.
>
> It didn't come from the food bank!

They lied. Whoever have them to you got that produce from a food
bank, they're not CSA boxes if they contain mostly the same stuff
(potatoes and onions) and they're "full". They're "banana boxes",
right? (you'll deny it but I won't believe you).

CSA's don't send people a ton on of just a couple things. And they
couldn't have collected that much without some of it going bad in
the meantime. Unless it came from a food bank...

-sw

[dsi1]

What surprises me is that they can spot me before I can spot them. You can hear them plopping into the water when I come down the path. Beats me why they feel the need to hide. Those guys were born and raised in captivity - what the heck do they have to fear? Nuttin'.

[dsi1]

That guy is awful handy because if we find a turtle or tortoise, we can give it to him and they'll live happily ever after in some kind of turtle fairyland. We all need a friend that we can dump animals upon.

[Leo]

On 2020 Jul 7, , dsi1 wrote
(in article<7ecfaebf-2484-428f...@googlegroups.com>):

> What surprises me is that they can spot me before I can spot them. You can
> hear them plopping into the water when I come down the path. Beats me why
> they feel the need to hide. Those guys were born and raised in captivity -
> what the heck do they have to fear? Nuttin'.

Turtle soup! Don’t you know what’s going on?

[dsi1]

The great thing about it is that they come in their own bowls. How great is that? It's awesome! When the zombie apocalypse come down, I expect to be eating turtle soup. After that, it's cat soup. When things get really desperate, I'll open a can of Spam. I pray to Jesus that that it never comes to that.

[Bruce]

On Tue, 7 Jul 2020 20:51:24 -0700 (PDT), dsi1 <dsi...@hawaiiantel.net>
wrote:

Worst case, just eat your wife. The other white meat.

[Ophelia]

"dsi1" wrote in message
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???

[Ophelia]

"dsi1" wrote in message
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LOL D. loves Spam:))

[Hank Rogers]

Bruce wrote:
> On Tue, 7 Jul 2020 20:51:24 -0700 (PDT), dsi1 <dsi...@hawaiiantel.net>
> wrote:
>
>> On Tuesday, July 7, 2020 at 5:21:41 PM UTC-10, Leo wrote:
>>> On 2020 Jul 7, , dsi1 wrote
>>> (in article<7ecfaebf-2484-428f...@googlegroups.com>):
>>>
>>>> What surprises me is that they can spot me before I can spot them. You can
>>>> hear them plopping into the water when I come down the path. Beats me why
>>>> they feel the need to hide. Those guys were born and raised in captivity -
>>>> what the heck do they have to fear? Nuttin'.
>>>

>>> Turtle soup! Don’t you know what’s going on?

>>
>> The great thing about it is that they come in their own bowls. How great is that? It's awesome! When the zombie apocalypse come down, I expect to be eating turtle soup. After that, it's cat soup. When things get really desperate, I'll open a can of Spam. I pray to Jesus that that it never comes to that.
>
> Worst case, just eat your wife. The other white meat.
>

Popeye probably beat him to it.

[jmcquown]

On 7/8/2020 6:28 AM, Ophelia wrote:
>
>
> "dsi1"  wrote in message
> news:783040a4-afa4-4400...@googlegroups.com...
>
> On Tuesday, July 7, 2020 at 5:21:41 PM UTC-10, Leo wrote:
>> On 2020 Jul 7, , dsi1 wrote
>> (in article<7ecfaebf-2484-428f...@googlegroups.com>):
>>
>> > What surprises me is that they can spot me before I can spot them.
>> You > can
>> > hear them plopping into the water when I come down the path. Beats
>> me > why
>> > they feel the need to hide. Those guys were born and raised in >
>> captivity -
>> > what the heck do they have to fear? Nuttin'.
>>
>> Turtle soup! Don’t you know what’s going on?
>

No, what's going on? Heh.

> The great thing about it is that they come in their own bowls. How great
> is that? It's awesome! When the zombie apocalypse come down, I expect to
> be eating turtle soup. After that, it's cat soup. When things get really
> desperate, I'll open a can of Spam. I pray to Jesus that that it never
> comes to that.
>

(snippage)

I had turtle soup at Owen Brennan's restaurant in Memphis. It was
absolutely delicious. And no, it is NOT served in turtle shells, it's
served in regular soup bowls. Owen Brennan's is an offshoot of
Brennan's Restaurant in New Orleans, Louisiana. dsi1 is just running
off at the mouth again.

https://www.brennansneworleans.com/recipes/turtle-soup/

Instructions

Over medium-high heat, melt the butter in a heavy 7-quart saucepan.
Add the turtle meat and garlic.
Cook until the meat is no longer pink, about five minutes, stirring
occasionally.
Stir in the onions, celery, sweet peppers, kosher salt, and pepper.
Cook until the vegetables start to become translucent, about 10
minutes.
Add the tomatoes and cook about five minutes, stirring often so the
bottom of the pan does not scorch.
Reduce the heat to medium.
Dust the vegetables with the flour and cook five minutes, stirring
constantly and scraping the pan bottom clean so the flour does not burn.
Slowly add the stock, stirring and scraping the pan bottom
constantly to prevent dough balls from forming in the soup.
Stir in the worcestershire, pepper sauce, parsley and thyme.
Simmer 30 minutes.
Add the eggs, spinach, lemon zest, lemon juice and sherry.
Continue simmering 10 minutes more.

You, Ophelia, wouldn't be likely to try this. Even if you could find
turtle meat, the soup contains pepper, peppers and [hot] pepper sauce.
Can't have anything spicy!

It's not really a spicy soup. It was delicious. :)

Jill

[U.S. Janet B.]

On Thu, 9 Jul 2020 12:04:07 -0400, jmcquown <j_mc...@comcast.net>
wrote:

I've had turtle soup whenever my BIL and boys caught turtles.
Very good stuff.
Janet US

[jmcquown]

I've never had freshly caught/made turtle soup. After I had the turtle
soup at Owen Brennan's I mentioned I'd had some good turtle soup to my
father. He said Ooooh! Turtle soup! He told me he and his brothers
used to catch turtles in the creek and bring them home so their mother
could make soup. This was in Pennsylvania. Dad said they were snapping
turtles. I loved the turtle soup I tasted, but I wouldn't go out of my
way to eat it.

Jill

[U.S. Janet B.]

On Thu, 9 Jul 2020 14:52:53 -0400, jmcquown <j_mc...@comcast.net>

Turtle hunting usually (in my growing up area) happened in winter
after all the other hunting seasons were over. They (BIL+) would
stand in the creek or the edge of river bank and hunt in the turtle
burrows in the river bank. I did have some turtle meat from their
lake in northern Wisconsin in the summertime. Always good.
I envy you some of the foods you are able to get in the south east.
It's always location, location, location ;)
Your recipe sound delicious,
Janet US

[Hank Rogers]

jmcquown wrote:
> On 7/9/2020 2:26 PM, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
>> On Thu, 9 Jul 2020 12:04:07 -0400, jmcquown <j_mc...@comcast.net>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On 7/8/2020 6:28 AM, Ophelia wrote:
>>>>
>>>>

>>>> "dsi1"  wrote in message

>>>> news:783040a4-afa4-4400...@googlegroups.com...
>>>>
>>>> On Tuesday, July 7, 2020 at 5:21:41 PM UTC-10, Leo wrote:
>>>>> On 2020 Jul 7, , dsi1 wrote
>>>>> (in
>>>>> article<7ecfaebf-2484-428f...@googlegroups.com>):
>>>>>
>>>>>> What surprises me is that they can spot me before I can spot
>>>>>> them.
>>>>> You > can
>>>>>> hear them plopping into the water when I come down the path.
>>>>>> Beats
>>>>> me > why
>>>>>> they feel the need to hide. Those guys were born and raised in >
>>>>> captivity -
>>>>>> what the heck do they have to fear? Nuttin'.
>>>>>

>>>>> Turtle soup! Don’t you know what’s going on?

Publix don't sell them?