Good recipes for beginners

Helm

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Jul 20, 2020, 10:48:51 AM7/20/20

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Any recommendations?

itsjoan...@webtv.net

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Jul 20, 2020, 11:22:11 AM7/20/20

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On Monday, July 20, 2020 at 9:48:51 AM UTC-5, Helm wrote:
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Spam canned meat

Hamburger Helper

Rice-a-Roni

Campbells soups

Bologna

White bread

Potato chips

Macaroni and cheese (from a box)

Cookies

Ice cream

Any variety of soft drinks or sweetened iced tea

This is just to get you started. There will others along to add to this
delicious and nutritious list.

jay

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Jul 20, 2020, 1:30:51 PM7/20/20

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Hello Helm,

Almost any recipe is good for a beginner. Making a recipe is similar to
painting by numbers.

Pick something you like and just follow the steps. Simple recipes can
actually be some of the very best. Start with good ingredients.

KenK

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Jul 20, 2020, 2:16:55 PM7/20/20

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Helm <nos...@really.invalid> wrote in news:rf4ase$neh$1...@gioia.aioe.org:

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I learned from "Joy of Cooking" cookbook.

Old used copies are still usable.

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I love a good meal! That's why I don't cook.

songbird

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Jul 20, 2020, 8:26:54 PM7/20/20

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Helm wrote:
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> Any recommendations?

what do you like to eat?

songbird

bruce2...@gmail.com

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Jul 20, 2020, 8:46:56 PM7/20/20

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Helm wrote:
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After you make beef Ramen instant noodles, stir in two slices of American cheese (yellow).
- or -
A can of turnip greens cooked with a can of smoked ham.

itsjoan...@webtv.net

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Jul 20, 2020, 8:51:00 PM7/20/20

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You're making my mouth water.

Joy Beeson

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Jul 20, 2020, 10:45:28 PM7/20/20

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On Mon, 20 Jul 2020 10:48:47 -0400, Helm <nos...@really.invalid>
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The universal quick lunch:

Potato soup

Put just enough water to cover the vegetables into a saucepan and put
it on a burner set on "high". Reduce to "simmer" when it comes to a
boil.

While waiting for the water to boil, scrub a peice of celery, chop it
fine, and add it to the water.

Take as many potatoes as your appetite suggests, scrub, and cut into
pieces. The bigger your hurry, the smaller the pieces. Add to the
now-boiling water. Salt according to your taste.

While waiting for the potatoes to cook, chop some onion. When the
potatoes are soft or close enough, add the onion and boil until
transparent -- a minute or so.

Turn off the heat and add enough cold whole milk to bring it down to
serving temperature. (I've never tried cream, but I think it would be
very nice.)

If you substitute stock or broth for the water and leave the milk out,
it isn't potato soup, but it's still a quick lunch.

You can make up your own variations, depending on what's on hand and
what you feel like eating.

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Joy Beeson
joy al beeson at gmail dot com
http://wlweather.net/PAGEJOY/

Julie Bove

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Jul 21, 2020, 5:50:24 AM7/21/20

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"Helm" <nos...@really.invalid> wrote in message
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Pretty much anything here:

https://www.allrecipes.com/

Look for those with good ratings. And if there's something you don't
understand, find one with a video.

Gary

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Jul 21, 2020, 6:54:51 AM7/21/20

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songbird wrote:
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> what do you like to eat?

My favorite beginner cookbook was the old Betty Crocker one.
Lots of tips for beginners including a spice/herb guide as
what goes with what. Many basic recipes.

Good too is it's full of color pictures of finished dishes.
Makes it nice to browse through at night and get ideas.

itsjoan...@webtv.net

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Jul 21, 2020, 1:41:29 PM7/21/20

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I'm guessing everyone here has fallen and hit their head and it's interfering
with their ability to recognize a troll when they post.

Christ...@deathtochristianity.pl

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Jul 21, 2020, 8:22:37 PM7/21/20

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On Mon, 20 Jul 2020 10:48:47 -0400, Helm <nos...@really.invalid>
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>Any recommendations?

sure learn how to make a kimchi and then pair it with a kielbasa later
take that kinchi and figure out what else it goes good with

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____/~~~sine qua non~~~\____

Christ...@deathtochristianity.pl

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Jul 21, 2020, 8:23:57 PM7/21/20

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On Mon, 20 Jul 2020 10:48:47 -0400, Helm <nos...@really.invalid>
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>Any recommendations?

There are some great recipes here for use with an airfryer..
https://www.quora.com/q/gilkofflvxsygufp

Gary

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Jul 22, 2020, 5:50:18 AM7/22/20

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"itsjoan...@webtv.net" wrote:
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> I'm guessing everyone here has fallen and hit their head and it's interfering
> with their ability to recognize a troll when they post.

Could be a troll but not necessarily. Regardless, it's a good
subject.

The interesting thing is that everyone sent in one good answer.
You however, have responded 3 times here to "a troll" heh heh

itsjoan...@webtv.net

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Jul 22, 2020, 5:35:02 PM7/22/20

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And you've responded to the troll thread twice and one of those times was
to whine about my post. But you think it's such a good subject and evidently
Helm, the original poster, does, too. He hasn't been back once since making
his troll post on Monday.

Good job, Gary, good job. 'heh heh'

Dave Smith

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Jul 22, 2020, 6:15:33 PM7/22/20

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The troll has probably been back, not to post anything, just to see how
many people he sucked into replying.

itsjoan...@webtv.net

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Jul 22, 2020, 7:23:55 PM7/22/20

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And probably quite pleased with himself. But probably disappointed it
didn't generate pages and pages of replies.

bruce2...@gmail.com

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Jul 24, 2020, 11:14:40 AM7/24/20

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"itsjoan...@webtv.net" wrote:
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> I'm guessing everyone here has fallen and hit their head and it's interfering
> with their ability to recognize a troll when they post.

Yes Joan, but it's either go out to bars & drink and.try to pick up ladies
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its Videogames/Facebook/Instagram, etc... (which is now all basically the same thing)
- or -
Sit and talk with you guys

jmcquown

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Jul 24, 2020, 5:44:20 PM7/24/20

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Oh dear god. Here we go again. "Got any recipes from Europe?" How
about sell Helm the $250 Neiman Marcus cookie recipe? LOL

Jill

jmcquown

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Jul 24, 2020, 5:52:19 PM7/24/20

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On 7/21/2020 1:41 PM, itsjoan...@webtv.net wrote:
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> I'm guessing everyone here has fallen and hit their head and it's interfering
> with their ability to recognize a troll when they post.
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Fell and hit their pointy little heads. Got any recipes from Europe? ;)
The reason I know this is a troll, aside from the stupid subject not
specifying recipes for anything, is the post didn't show up until people
replied. Here's the message source:

References: <rf4ase$neh$1...@gioia.aioe.org>

A haven for trolls.

Jill

Bryan Simmons

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Jul 24, 2020, 6:03:26 PM7/24/20

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My god! Stranger sex in the time of Covid-19. I'd be sticking with the sin of Onan.

--Bryan

Bruce

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Jul 24, 2020, 6:10:09 PM7/24/20

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On Fri, 24 Jul 2020 17:52:14 -0400, jmcquown <j_mc...@comcast.net>
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It's wonderful how you always warn us for trolls, but you have to be a
bit faster. This post was 4 days old and we had already figured it
out.

Ed Pawlowski

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Jul 24, 2020, 10:09:46 PM7/24/20

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Pretty dumb to pay that price. Uh, that's become so popular some people
are selling it on the black market now. I only paid $100 for it. Great
cookie,

Bruce

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Jul 24, 2020, 10:18:51 PM7/24/20

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The hummingbirds, Ed...