Beef mushroom barley soup

[Bryan Simmons]

https://www.flickr.com/photos/36178182@N08/albums/72177720296806689
I *do* have to admit that I used a carton of beef stock. Am I on a
slippery slope? Is this the camel's nose under the tent? Am I on the
road to ruin? Will I one day find myself reduced to making gravy with
condensed "cream of" soups?

--Bryan

[GM]

I like it...

--
GM

[Bryan Simmons]

It was really good. I sous vided a tenderloin the other day,
so I have beef to use, plus there's the "au jus" from the bag.
I totally winged it, and the only seasoning other than salt
and MSG/ING was white pepper.
>
> --
> GM

--Bryan

[Numbav]

Ghe?? Uhm, I dont ghet it?!?

[Numbax]

Uhm, Ghe Ghe Ghe. This is my not frogger. Yes. Ghe Ghe Ghe :)))))

[bruce bowser]

Have you ever tried any of this? Its like drinking Night Train, Thunderbird, Cisco and Malt Liquor. You actually have to try it to say.

[Aumbax]

Uhm, Ghe Ghe Ghe. This is my not frogger. Yes. Ghe Ghe Ghe :)))))))))

[Aumbax]

Bryan Simmons wrote:
> On Saturday, February 19, 2022 at 1:02:34 PM UTC-6, GM wrote:

>> bryang...@gmail.com Uhm, Ghe Ghe Ghe. This is my not frogger. Yes. Ghe Ghe Ghe :)))))))))wrote:

>>
>>> https://www.flickr.com/photos/36178182@N08/albums/72177720296806689
>>> I *do* have to admit that I used a carton of beef stock. Am I on a
>>> slippery slope? Is this the camel's nose under the tent? Am I on the
>>> road to ruin? Will I one day find myself reduced to making gravy with
>>> condensed "cream of" soups?
>> I like it...
>>
> It was really good. I sous vided a tenderloin the other day,
> so I have beef to use, plus there's the "au jus" from the bag.
> I totally winged it, and the only seasoning other than salt
> and MSG/ING was white pepper.
>>
>> --
>> GM
>
> --Bryan
>

[Bryan Simmons]

There are times when I bought 12 packs of very pricey
beer, and one 24oz. Hurricane. I'd chug down the
Hurricane as fast as I could w/o getting a bad ice cream
headache, maybe 2-3 minutes, then I could spend the
rest of the evening drinking good beer. I've eaten crappy
casseroles plenty of times.

--Bryan

[Bumbax]

[Michael Trew]

Oh boy, you might end up frying in Canola oil next ;)

[Gary]

Bryan Simmons wrote:
> There are times when I bought 12 packs of very pricey
> beer, and one 24oz. Hurricane. I'd chug down the
> Hurricane as fast as I could w/o getting a bad ice cream
> headache, maybe 2-3 minutes, then I could spend the
> rest of the evening drinking good beer.

That theory is actually backwards, Bryan. Think about it.

Enjoy your first couple of drinks with the good stuff.
Once you get a little buzz, the bad stuff doesn't taste so bad.
With this method, *ALL* of your drinks taste good and you save money.

> I've eaten crappy
> casseroles plenty of times.

Maybe learn how to make a good casserole?
There are definitely good and bad ones.

All food tastes better after some drinking beforehand.
Save your good meals for times that you don't drink.

[Gumbax]

Talk about a backwards theory. Have a nice meal with a nice drink.
Win-win.

[Bryan Simmons]

Gary is the same guy who suggested that I be
less original in my writing. As far as the drinks
thing. I adhere to the Wedding at Cana model.

--Bryan

[bruce bowser]

I had a can of Hurricane once, I forgot where I got it. I never saw them, again.

[Jeßus]

On Sun, 20 Feb 2022 05:37:11 -0500, Gary <g.ma...@att.net> wrote:

>All food tastes better after some drinking beforehand.
>Save your good meals for times that you don't drink.

What the...

[Sheldon Martin]

On Mon, 21 Feb 2022 Jeßus wrote:

>On Sun, 20 Feb 2022 Gary wrote:
>
>>All food tastes better after some drinking beforehand.
>>Save your good meals for times that you don't drink.
>
>What the...

Beef Barley w/shrooms is more better... one of my favorite soups. I
like it cooked until the barley is about halfway dissolved... more
creamier, then add the shrooms, dehys work best.

[Humbax]

[Kumbax]

[Gary]

Bryan Simmons wrote:
> Gary is the same guy who suggested that I be
> less original in my writing.

I did nothing of the sort. I said you should *learn* how to write a good
story.

I suggested you read good (popular) books and learn why they are
popular. Learn good writing skills, not copy others.

[Sheldon Martin]

One thing for certain is that Kootchie writes much better than Bryan
Simmons, obviously has a much higher IQ. Bryan Simmons has very
fitting initials - "BS".

[Bryan Simmons]

On Monday, February 21, 2022 at 7:21:58 AM UTC-6, Gary wrote:
> Bryan Simmons wrote:
> > Gary is the same guy who suggested that I be
> > less original in my writing.
> I did nothing of the sort. I said you should *learn* how to write a good
> story.
>

I also don't believe that you read very much of my book.

>
> I suggested you read good (popular) books and learn why they are
> popular. Learn good writing skills, not copy others.
>

So name me some of these good books that you read.

--Bryan

[Sumbax]

I bet he'll say books by Stephen King.

[GM]

Here's some suggestions, this is just a start:

"Gone With the Wind" is a great book, masterly portrayals of the characters, and
a gripping story line... I read it once a year...

Also Dickens, "David Copperfield", "A Christmas Carol", "Great Expectations", for starters...

Short stories of Ray Bradbury and Guy de Maupassant - both are essential. Many editions
available...

"A Crown of Feathers and Other Stories" by Isaac Bashevis Singer

"The Stories of John Cheever"

"The Complete Tales Of Washington Irving"

Stephen King in 2011:

"King's formula for learning to write well is: "Read and write four to six hours a day. If you cannot
find the time for that, you can't expect to become a good writer." He sets out each day with a
quota of 2000 words and will not stop writing until it is met. He also has a simple definition
for talent in writing: "If you wrote something for which someone sent you a check, if you
cashed the check and it didn't bounce, and if you then paid the light bill with the
money, I consider you talented..."

</>

[Bryan Simmons]

On Monday, February 21, 2022 at 10:27:43 AM UTC-6, GM wrote:
> bryang...@gmail.com wrote:
>
> > On Monday, February 21, 2022 at 7:21:58 AM UTC-6, Gary wrote:
> > > Bryan Simmons wrote:
> > > > Gary is the same guy who suggested that I be
> > > > less original in my writing.
> > > I did nothing of the sort. I said you should *learn* how to write a good
> > > story.
> > >
> > I also don't believe that you read very much of my book.
> > >
> > > I suggested you read good (popular) books and learn why they are
> > > popular. Learn good writing skills, not copy others.
> > >
> > So name me some of these good books that you read.
> Here's some suggestions, this is just a start:
>

[snip]

>
> Also Dickens, "David Copperfield", "A Christmas Carol", "Great Expectations", for starters...
>

_____________________
They looked at each other across the table for a very
long time, and Ann finally broke the silence. "Do you
have a favorite book?"
.
Winter had to think. "No, but I'm crazy about
Shakespeare, and I love Dickens."
.
"A Christmas Carol always makes me cry. If I start
thinking about it, I'll be blubbering again."
.
Winter almost told Ann that Ian had said almost
exactly the same thing, but didn't voice it because
she needed to keep the two of them separate in
her own mind.
.
"My parents didn't approve of the story. They
thought it was heretical because it had ghosts, but
the ghosts in A Christmas Carol were like angels. It
was just that they were called ghosts. They couldn't
get past that. Scrooge finds Jesus' love, and he's
changed."
.
"Ann, it's one of the most wonderful stories ever. A
person rejects selfishness, and embraces generosity.
Whatever one's religious beliefs."
_____________________

Other authors mentioned or alluded to in the book
are DH Lawrence, Richard Brautigan, John Crowley
and JRR Tolkien. Gary seems more like the Zane
Grey type. No Anaïs Nin on his bookshelf.

--Bryan

[Sum...@nomail.invalid]

On Mon, 21 Feb 2022 12:15:39 -0800 (PST), Bryan Simmons

>Grey type. No Anaďs Nin on his bookshelf.
>
>--Bryan

[GM]

;-)

--
GM

[Gary]

On 2/19/2022 2:00 PM, Bryan Simmons wrote:
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/36178182@N08/albums/72177720296806689
> I *do* have to admit that I used a carton of beef stock. Am I on a
> slippery slope? Is this the camel's nose under the tent? Am I on the
> road to ruin?

You're definitely on the road to ruin, Bryan. Just a matter of time.
Try beef consommé instead of watery beef stock.

> Will I one day find myself reduced to making gravy with
> condensed "cream of" soups?

In your case, you might improve your cooking with that ingredient.
Not good for soup but good as an ingredient in another dish.

[Gary]

On 2/21/2022 10:59 AM, Bryan Simmons wrote:
> On Monday, February 21, 2022 at 7:21:58 AM UTC-6, Gary wrote:
>> Bryan Simmons wrote:
>>> Gary is the same guy who suggested that I be
>>> less original in my writing.
>> I did nothing of the sort. I said you should *learn* how to write a good
>> story.
>>
> I also don't believe that you read very much of my book.

I read as much as I could take.

>>
>> I suggested you read good (popular) books and learn why they are
>> popular. Learn good writing skills, not copy others.
>>
> So name me some of these good books that you read.

Good books are reader specific. Read your own choices and decide what
made them good or not.
Your wife is a career librarian. She could suggest some for you.

[Gary]

Once upon a time maybe. I got tired of Stephen King books back in the
1980's.

[Bruce 6.2]

I've never read one but I think I saw one or two movies after them.
The Green Mile, for instance.

[Bruc...@nomail.invalid]

We Dutch have a saying about froggers like yoos, which is KILL
YOURSELF you loser. no friends no real job no money no sex and no hope
for the future. Loser. Ghe Ghe Ghe.

[Bruce 6.2]

Uhm, Ghe Ghe Ghe. This is my not frogger. Yes. Ghe Ghe Ghe :)))))))

[Bruce 6.2]

>> Grey type. No Anaďs Nin on his bookshelf.
>
>
>;-)

Uhm, Yes. Ghe Ghe Ghe. This is my not frogger. Yes. Ghe Ghe Ghe :))))

[Bryan Simmons]

On Tuesday, February 22, 2022 at 8:09:53 AM UTC-6, Gary wrote:
> On 2/21/2022 10:59 AM, Bryan Simmons wrote:
> > On Monday, February 21, 2022 at 7:21:58 AM UTC-6, Gary wrote:
> >> Bryan Simmons wrote:
> >>> Gary is the same guy who suggested that I be
> >>> less original in my writing.
> >> I did nothing of the sort. I said you should *learn* how to write a good
> >> story.
> >>
> > I also don't believe that you read very much of my book.
> I read as much as I could take.
>

You read enough to decide that you didn't like it,
but not anywhere near enough to claim that,
"There just wasn't any story," and the idea that
all novels "should be constructed with a conflict,
quest and solution," is absurd. That sounds like
instructions for a short story assignment in a
high school English class.

> >>
> >> I suggested you read good (popular) books and learn why they are
> >> popular. Learn good writing skills, not copy others.
>

By "good," you mean standardized. *Miss
Jones, Bryan colored outside the lines again.*

>
> >>
> > So name me some of these good books that you read.
> Good books are reader specific. Read your own choices and decide what
> made them good or not.
>

Still, I'm curious. Mention some books. Here
are two favorites of mine:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/So_the_Wind_Won%27t_Blow_It_All_Away
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little,_Big

>
> Your wife is a career librarian. She could suggest some for you.
>

Her specialty has always been young adult books,
and children's books, and she has introduced me to
a lot of great stuff. I'd never read YA, and other than
high fantasy and SF, and pretty much every one of
the negative utopia novels, I didn't read much fiction
until I was high school age. Because I tested out
my sophomore year, I never took English Lit. and I
didn't discover Shakespeare until my early 30s. I
mean, I'd seen productions, but it never occurred to
me to *read* the plays.

I read a lot of SF in my 20s. I had a SF book club
thing that I got to pick one a month for a cheap
price, and I also read Twain, Dickens, DH
Lawrence, Chaucer--the *other than negative
utopia* stuff that I figured I'd have read in high
school, had I gone to high school--by the time that
I met my wife when I was 25. I never, even for a
moment, mused that I wanted to ever write a
novel.

There was never an inkling of a desire to be as
Paul McCartney described, a *Paperback Writer*.
*Winter's Present* began as a short story. I had
been researching to write my first book, which
was about dietary fatty acids for non-scientists.
My wife and I had a conversation about how in
popular fiction books and movies, that women
who enjoyed sex were always somehow
punished for liking sex, and I came up with the
idea of writing some short stories where that
wasn't the case. At the time, *Fifty Shades of
Grey* was popular, in spite of being poorly
written, and the idea of a diametric opposite,
with the idea of *1001 Nights* as a starting
point seemed amusing.

The last thing I expected was to be gripped,
almost obsessed, with the tale. It took over
my life. I quit a job that I loved, where I had
been for 20 years, and had planned on
working until retirement, to devote myself to
writing it. It wasn't about wanting to become
a professional writer, but about allowing the
tale to be completed.

--Bryan

[Gary]

I've watched the movie, "The Green Mile." Never noticed that it was
Stephen King story. oh well

[Gary]

Bryan Simmons wrote:
> On Tuesday, February 22, 2022 at 8:09:53 AM UTC-6, Gary wrote:
>> On 2/21/2022 10:59 AM, Bryan Simmons wrote:
>>> On Monday, February 21, 2022 at 7:21:58 AM UTC-6, Gary wrote:
>>>> Bryan Simmons wrote:
>>>>> Gary is the same guy who suggested that I be
>>>>> less original in my writing.
>>>> I did nothing of the sort. I said you should *learn* how to write a good
>>>> story.
>>>>
>>> I also don't believe that you read very much of my book.
>> I read as much as I could take.
>>
> You read enough to decide that you didn't like it,
> but not anywhere near enough to claim that,
> "There just wasn't any story," and the idea that
> all novels "should be constructed with a conflict,
> quest and solution," is absurd. That sounds like
> instructions for a short story assignment in a
> high school English class.

Was that the same high school English class that you failed and had to
repeat in summer school? You also "had to teach the teacher how to teach
English." Good grief, Butthead.

[Gary]

Bryan Simmons wrote:> I never took English Lit. and I> didn't discover

Shakespeare until my early 30s.

You didn't miss much. Shakes-His-Spear was only popular because they
didn't have any better entertainment back then.

(to be continued...)

[GM]

Those HS lit classes were pretty much a drag. Mine consisted of us students reading the
classics "out loud"... seeing a movie for some of these would have really helped, but our
small school did not have the means to do this (and this was the daze before home video)...

"The Bridge of San Luis Rey" was the WORST - boring and interminable...!!!

--
GM

[Gary]

Bryan Simmons wrote:
> My wife and I had a conversation about how in
> popular fiction books and movies, that women
> who enjoyed sex were always somehow
> punished for liking sex, and I came up with the
> idea of writing some short stories where that
> wasn't the case. At the time, *Fifty Shades of
> Grey* was popular, in spite of being poorly
> written, and the idea of a diametric opposite,
> with the idea of *1001 Nights* as a starting
> point seemed amusing.
>
> The last thing I expected was to be gripped,
> almost obsessed, with the tale. It took over
> my life. I quit a job that I loved, where I had
> been for 20 years, and had planned on
> working until retirement, to devote myself to
> writing it. It wasn't about wanting to become
> a professional writer, but about allowing the
> tale to be completed.
>
> --Bryan

All I can do is smile. No kidding that *YOU* would latch on to the
"Fifty Shades of Grey" story. You've always presented yourself here as a
sex addict and even a perv. Heck, you're still obsessed with John's
sexual preferences.

And you actually quit your good job to write it and let your nice wife
support the family for 6 months?

One question I have: Why quit your job rather than write that in your
spare time after working. Evening and weekends, etc.

"Don't quit your day job"

[Dave Smith]

Try Malcolm Lowry's Under The Volcano. It is supposed to be an absolute
masterpiece. I have tried to read it several times but never got more
than about 10 pages into it.

[dsi1]

The movie "Stand By Me" was based on a Stephen King novella. The dead giveaway is that it takes place in a town named "Castlerock." It's probably the only clue that it's written by King since it doesn't come off as one of his works. SBM takes place in Castlerock, Oregon - not King's beloved Castle Rock, Maine.

[bruce bowser]

This is some kind of thread, though. Beef barley mushroom? In some countries barley is considered "trash" food.

[Mike Duffy]

On Wed, 23 Feb 2022 10:38:47 -0800, bruce bowser wrote:

> This is some kind of thread, though. Beef barley mushroom? In some
> countries barley is considered "trash" food.

Where I used to work, sometimes the 'rowdy' people would change the
letters on the cafeteria menu board, i.e.

"BEEF BARLEY SOUP" --> "BEEF BARELY SOUP"

or

"MONTE CRISTO SANDWICH" --> "MOUNT CRISCO SANDWICH"

[Bruce 8.1]

lol

[Bruce 8.1]

[Bruce 8.1]

[Bruce 8.1]

Uhm, Ghe Ghe Ghe. This is my not frogger. Yes. Ghe Ghe Ghe :))))))))

[Bruce 9.1]

[Bruce 9.1]

[Leonard Blaisdell]

On 2022-02-23, dsi1 <dsi...@hawaiiantel.net> wrote:

> The movie "Stand By Me" was based on a Stephen King novella. The dead giveaway is that it takes place in a town named "Castlerock." It's probably the only clue that it's written by King since it doesn't come off as one of his works. SBM takes place in Castlerock, Oregon - not King's beloved Castle Rock, Maine.

It just so happens that I'm taping "Stand By Me" this Saturday on IFC or
one of the free movie channels I get. Since network TV has been in the
doldrums since the Olympics started, I've watched "Them", "Logan's Run",
"Unknown Island", a monster movie from 1948 in glorious color with
atrocious writing and rubber monsters, and others that I can't think of
right now.
Regardless, I'll tape "Creature from the Black Lagoon", "Tarantula" and
"Invaders from Mars", the 1953 version, anytime I can find them.

[Bryan Simmons]

I'm a sex addict, but not really a pervert. I only point
out John's perversions to destroy his reputation, in
revenge for his attempt to do the same.

>
> And you actually quit your good job to write it and let your nice wife
> support the family for 6 months?
>

We could afford it. I worked 70+ hour weeks to put her
through graduate school.

>
> One question I have: Why quit your job rather than write that in your
> spare time after working. Evening and weekends, etc.
>

It was an artist thing. You wouldn't understand. We are
in some ways what the sociologist, Paul Fussell, called,
"artist class," in his book, *Class*.
https://www.amazon.com/Class-Through-American-Status-System/dp/0671792253

>
> "Don't quit your day job"
>

It wasn't done out of a belief that I would earn income,
which is what, "Don't quit your day job," means. Your
life and mindset is one of dullness, and you certainly
don't have standing to critique the workings of a
successful, 36 year marriage.

Again, Gary, you certainly don't have standing to
critique the workings of a successful, 36 year
marriage.

--Bryan

[dsi1]

It checked out the trailer for "Unknown Island", that was some pretty audacious scenes. I can hardly believe that such a film exists. As far as "Invaders From Mars" goes, kids should not be allowed to see that movie until they're 17 years old. That movie leaves too much of a mark on the psyche of children. My wife remembers that movie - it's like a vivid nightmare that you don't ever forget. It's a whole different class from rubber dinosaurs and giant ants. The British version is somewhat longer and has a better ending i.e., a happy ending. :)

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

[Gary]

Leonard Blaisdell wrote:
> "Invaders from Mars", the 1953 version

That was a good one. Scary too at my young age, getting sucked down into
the sand.

[bruce bowser]

On Thursday, February 24, 2022 at 12:53:47 AM UTC-5, dsi1 wrote:
> On Wednesday, February 23, 2022 at 2:21:47 PM UTC-10, Leonard Blaisdell wrote:
> > On 2022-02-23, dsi1 <dsi...@hawaiiantel.net> wrote:
> >
> > > The movie "Stand By Me" was based on a Stephen King novella. The dead giveaway is that it takes place in a town named "Castlerock." It's probably the only clue that it's written by King since it doesn't come off as one of his works. SBM takes place in Castlerock, Oregon - not King's beloved Castle Rock, Maine.
> > It just so happens that I'm taping "Stand By Me" this Saturday on IFC or
> > one of the free movie channels I get. Since network TV has been in the
> > doldrums since the Olympics started, I've watched "Them", "Logan's Run",
> > "Unknown Island", a monster movie from 1948 in glorious color with
> > atrocious writing and rubber monsters, and others that I can't think of
> > right now.
> > Regardless, I'll tape "Creature from the Black Lagoon", "Tarantula" and
> > "Invaders from Mars", the 1953 version, anytime I can find them.
> It checked out the trailer for "Unknown Island", that was some pretty audacious scenes. I can hardly believe that such a film exists. As far as "Invaders From Mars" goes, kids should not be allowed to see that movie until they're 17 years old.

Many of those images are now almost impossible to keep from kids. Mainly because they know all the fancy programming techniques. Isn't that ashamed? Many of the video games out here are appalling. Absolutely appaling.

[Quako]

Uhm, Ghe Ghe Ghe. This is my not frogger. Yes. Ghe Ghe Ghe

:)))))))))))

[dsi1]

Be afraid. Be very afraid.

https://www.fox5dc.com/news/huggy-wuggy-what-you-need-to-know-about-the-disturbing-social-media-trend

[Flying Fox]

Uhm, Yes. Ghe Ghe Ghe. This is my not frogger. Yes. Ghe Ghe Ghe :))))

[Leonard Blaisdell]

I've never forgotten the old wooden fence going up the hill.

[Flying Squirrel]

On 27 Feb 2022 02:26:58 GMT, Leonard Blaisdell

Ghe?? Uhm, I dont ghet it?!? This is my not frogger. Yes. Ghe Ghe Ghe
:)))))))))))!!!!!!!!!