Cauliflower Gratin

[jmcquown]

Saw this rerun on America's Test Kitchen last night:

https://www.americastestkitchen.com/videos/3738-modern-cauliflower-gratin

<gasp> He uses a steamer basket to steam the cauliflower florets.

This looks really tasty and doesn't require any sort of heavy cream or a
mornay sauce. You make the sauce from the pureed <another gasp>
cauliflower stems.

I bought a head of cauliflower yesterday. I'm thinking I'll try this
rather than roasting the head of cauliflower. :)

Jill

[Ophelia]

"jmcquown" wrote in message news:QMeEE.17134$A74....@fx12.iad...

==

Jill, what was so odd that you needed to gasp because he steamed his
florets in a basket? Oh and the sauce? I don't understand that at all. It
is a very odd thing to do in US??

[jmcquown]

I'm <gasping> because Julie and her pal Bruce constantly snark at me for
*steaming* vegetables. As if that's a strange thing to do. No, it's
not uncommon. I use my steamer basket frequently. They act like it's
the only way I ever cook vegetables.

The second gasp was in fun because Gary recently railed against pureed
soups. The pureed sauce for this gratin almost looks like cauliflower
soup. :)

Sounds like a delicious recipe to me. I have all the ingredients,
including a wedge of Parmesan for grating and the Panko breadcrumbs for
the crispy topping. Butter, of course! It sounded and looks like a
very tasty recipe so I'll be giving it a try.

Jill

[Ophelia]

"jmcquown" wrote in message news:yQfEE.80940$GV5....@fx46.iad...

On 5/19/2019 12:23 PM, Ophelia wrote:
>
>
> "jmcquown" wrote in message news:QMeEE.17134$A74....@fx12.iad...
>
> Saw this rerun on America's Test Kitchen last night:
>
> https://www.americastestkitchen.com/videos/3738-modern-cauliflower-gratin
>
> <gasp> He uses a steamer basket to steam the cauliflower florets.
>
> This looks really tasty and doesn't require any sort of heavy cream or a
> mornay sauce. You make the sauce from the pureed <another gasp>
> cauliflower stems.
>
> I bought a head of cauliflower yesterday. I'm thinking I'll try this
> rather than roasting the head of cauliflower. :)
>
> Jill
>
> ==
>
> Jill, what was so odd that you needed to gasp because he steamed his
> florets in a basket? Oh and the sauce? I don't understand that at all.
> It is a very odd thing to do in US??
>
I'm <gasping> because Julie and her pal Bruce constantly snark at me for
*steaming* vegetables. As if that's a strange thing to do. No, it's
not uncommon. I use my steamer basket frequently. They act like it's
the only way I ever cook vegetables.

LOL OK:))'

The second gasp was in fun because Gary recently railed against pureed
soups. The pureed sauce for this gratin almost looks like cauliflower
soup. :)

Oh heck, I missed that!!

Sounds like a delicious recipe to me. I have all the ingredients,
including a wedge of Parmesan for grating and the Panko breadcrumbs for
the crispy topping. Butter, of course! It sounded and looks like a
very tasty recipe so I'll be giving it a try.

Jill

Yes, I am thinking of making it too:) I hoped that when they
referred to 'parm' they meant 'parmesan'.

[jmcquown]

Yes, it means grated parmesan cheese. It sounds like a very nice
cauliflower gratin recipe. Something new to try! I'm not using 4
pounds of cauliflower, though. Mine is small so I'll use a smaller
baking dish.

Jill

[Bruce]

On Sun, 19 May 2019 11:39:25 -0400, jmcquown <j_mc...@comcast.net>
wrote:

One wouldn't think you needed encouragement to steam your vegetables.

[Julie Bove]

"jmcquown" <j_mc...@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:QMeEE.17134$A74....@fx12.iad...

I know how much you like your steamed foods. I can picture you getting
excited about this.

[Ophelia]

"jmcquown" wrote in message news:afhEE.51198$bW5....@fx47.iad...

==

Oh yes. me too.

[itsjoan...@webtv.net]

On Sunday, May 19, 2019 at 10:39:32 AM UTC-5, jmcquown wrote:
>
> Saw this rerun on America's Test Kitchen last night:
>
> https://www.americastestkitchen.com/videos/3738-modern-cauliflower-gratin
>

> This looks really tasty and doesn't require any sort of heavy cream or a
> mornay sauce. You make the sauce from the pureed <another gasp>
> cauliflower stems.
>
> I bought a head of cauliflower yesterday. I'm thinking I'll try this
> rather than roasting the head of cauliflower. :)
>
> Jill
>

I saw this episode several weeks ago but it really did not impress me enough
to go through all the different steps just for a cauliflower casserole.

[jmcquown]

You know you're an idiot, right?

Jill

[jmcquown]

I doubt I'll bother cutting the cauliflower florets the way he did (into
"steaks" and then trim them). I don't actually care if the florets are
totally uniform. Other than that, it doesn't seem like much extra work.
I like the fact that it doesn't contain cream and you don't have to
make a cheese sauce. Not that I'm looking for a lower fat version, mind
you.

Jill

[Julie Bove]

"jmcquown" <j_mc...@comcast.net> wrote in message

news:%4xEE.27713$VI3....@fx27.iad...

My IQ is 136. That's not an idiot.

[Cindy Hamilton]

On Monday, May 20, 2019 at 8:43:26 AM UTC-4, Julie Bove wrote:
> "jmcquown" <j_mc...@comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:%4xEE.27713$VI3....@fx27.iad...
> > On 5/19/2019 4:16 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
> >>
> >> "jmcquown" <j_mc...@comcast.net> wrote in message
> >> news:QMeEE.17134$A74....@fx12.iad...
> >>> Saw this rerun on America's Test Kitchen last night:
> >>>
> >>> https://www.americastestkitchen.com/videos/3738-modern-cauliflower-gratin
> >>>
> >>> <gasp> He uses a steamer basket to steam the cauliflower florets.
> >>>
> >>> This looks really tasty and doesn't require any sort of heavy cream or a
> >>> mornay sauce. You make the sauce from the pureed <another gasp>
> >>> cauliflower stems.
> >>>
> >>> I bought a head of cauliflower yesterday. I'm thinking I'll try this
> >>> rather than roasting the head of cauliflower. :)
> >>>
> >>> Jill
> >>
> >> I know how much you like your steamed foods. I can picture you getting
> >> excited about this.
> >
> > You know you're an idiot, right?
>
> My IQ is 136. That's not an idiot.

Idiot savant.

Cindy Hamilton

[jmcquown]

LOL! She seems to think steaming is the only way I ever cook anything.
She couldn't be more wrong.

Jill

[itsjoan...@webtv.net]

On Monday, May 20, 2019 at 7:43:26 AM UTC-5, Julie Bove wrote:
>
> "jmcquown" <j_mc...@comcast.net> wrote in message

> news:%4xEE.27713$VI3....@fx27.iad...

> >
> > You know you're an idiot, right?
>
> My IQ is 136. That's not an idiot.
>

Somebody just added 100 points to their IQ.

[jmcquown]

I don't know why she thinks snarking about me steaming vegetables is
somehow insulting. Of course she has a rather limited cooking
repertoire. Lots and lots of recipes involve steaming.

I don't suppose she realizes it but when she cooks brown rice for the
gardener she's actually steaming it. DOH!

Jill

[Dave Smith]

On 2019-05-20 8:43 a.m., Julie Bove wrote:
>
> "jmcquown" <j_mc...@comcast.net> wrote in message

>>>

>>> I know how much you like your steamed foods. I can picture you
>>> getting excited about this.
>>
>> You know you're an idiot, right?
>
> My IQ is 136. That's not an idiot.

That's not an idiot. That is a damned lie.

[itsjoan...@webtv.net]

*SNORT*

[penm...@aol.com]

On 20 May 2019 "itsjoannotjoann wrote:
>On May 20, 2019 Julie Bove wrote:

>> "jmcquown" wrote:
>> >
>> > You know you're an idiot, right?
>>
>> My IQ is 136. That's not an idiot.
>>
>Somebody just added 100 points to their IQ.

I'm more generous, I was going to say someone doubled their IQ. LOL

[ImStillMags]

Ooh. this looks good! Thanks, saved. !!

[Cindy Hamilton]

If she didn't have me killfiled, I'd ask her who
performed the IQ test and how long it has been.

I tested extremely high when I was very young, but
now I'm probably no more than "really smart".

Cindy Hamilton

[itsjoan...@webtv.net]

I'm surprised she didn't get mixed up where to place that 1 and stick it on
the backside of 36.

[Dave Smith]

On 2019-05-20 12:30 p.m., Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> On Monday, May 20, 2019 at 10:44:43 AM UTC-4, Dave Smith wrote:
>> On 2019-05-20 8:43 a.m., Julie Bove wrote:
>>>
>>> "jmcquown" <j_mc...@comcast.net> wrote in message
>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I know how much you like your steamed foods. I can picture you
>>>>> getting excited about this.
>>>>
>>>> You know you're an idiot, right?
>>>
>>> My IQ is 136. That's not an idiot.
>>
>>
>> That's not an idiot. That is a damned lie.
>
> If she didn't have me killfiled, I'd ask her who
> performed the IQ test and how long it has been.

She took the canine version, so every point counts as 7. This is the
woman who claimed to be a writer but did not no the meaning of the word
"ignorant" and didn't think that a writer should have to know that. She
later tried to hide that under the carpet by denying that she was a
writer or that she had ever said that she was a writer.

> I tested extremely high when I was very young, but
> now I'm probably no more than "really smart".

;-) I am in the same boat. I was a poor performer in school. I probably
would have been diagnosed as attention deficit if I had gone to school a
couple decades later. They also thought I had a hearing deficit because
I was not listening in class. I was a late bloomer. I barely made it
into university, but then I blossomed and did very well there.

[graham]

Half of the US population is of below average intelligence. I'd never
seen Bove as a member of the "upper crust".

[graham]

Furthermore, the minimum accepted score on the Stanford–Binet for
membership in Mensa is 132.

[Dave Smith]

I am not discounting the possibility that her claim is based on one of
those click bait FaceBook IQ tests where they suck you in to try a test
claiming that 90% of people cannot answer more than 4 of the questions.

[dsi1]

I like to use my own system of intelligence: Smart people talk about ideas and concepts, average people talk about "things", stupid people talk about other people.

This also works for rating emotional intelligence. Some of the posters here have the emotional intelligence of a 12 year old. It's quite an interesting thing to witness. :)

[Bruce]

Look how shocked all the dumb people are :)

[Bruce]

On Mon, 20 May 2019 12:34:19 -0700 (PDT), dsi1
<dsi...@hawaiiantel.net> wrote:

>On Monday, May 20, 2019 at 8:23:46 AM UTC-10, graham wrote:
>> On 2019-05-20 12:19 p.m., graham wrote:
>> > On 2019-05-20 11:15 a.m., itsjoan...@webtv.net wrote:
>> >> On Monday, May 20, 2019 at 10:12:41 AM UTC-5, Sheldon wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> On 20 May 2019 "itsjoannotjoann wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>>> On May 20, 2019 Julie Bove wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>>>> "jmcquown" wrote:
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> You know you're an idiot, right?
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> My IQ is 136. That's not an idiot.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>> Somebody just added 100 points to their IQ.
>> >>>
>> >>> I'm more generous, I was going to say someone doubled their IQ. LOL
>> >>>
>> >> I'm surprised she didn't get mixed up where to place that 1 and stick
>> >> it on
>> >> the backside of 36.
>> >>
>> > Half of the US population is of below average intelligence. I'd never
>> > seen Bove as a member of the "upper crust".
>>

>> Furthermore, the minimum accepted score on the Stanford烹inet for

>> membership in Mensa is 132.
>
>I like to use my own system of intelligence: Smart people talk about ideas
>and concepts, average people talk about "things", stupid people talk
>about other people.

I like to discuss the concept of "other people".

[Cindy Hamilton]

On Monday, May 20, 2019 at 3:34:23 PM UTC-4, dsi1 wrote:
> On Monday, May 20, 2019 at 8:23:46 AM UTC-10, graham wrote:
> > On 2019-05-20 12:19 p.m., graham wrote:
> > > On 2019-05-20 11:15 a.m., itsjoan...@webtv.net wrote:
> > >> On Monday, May 20, 2019 at 10:12:41 AM UTC-5, Sheldon wrote:
> > >>>
> > >>> On 20 May 2019 "itsjoannotjoann wrote:
> > >>>
> > >>>> On May 20, 2019 Julie Bove wrote:
> > >>>
> > >>>>> "jmcquown" wrote:
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>> You know you're an idiot, right?
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> My IQ is 136. That's not an idiot.
> > >>>>>
> > >>>> Somebody just added 100 points to their IQ.
> > >>>
> > >>> I'm more generous, I was going to say someone doubled their IQ. LOL
> > >>>
> > >> I'm surprised she didn't get mixed up where to place that 1 and stick
> > >> it on
> > >> the backside of 36.
> > >>
> > > Half of the US population is of below average intelligence. I'd never
> > > seen Bove as a member of the "upper crust".
> >
> > Furthermore, the minimum accepted score on the Stanford–Binet for
> > membership in Mensa is 132.
>
> I like to use my own system of intelligence: Smart people talk about ideas and concepts, average people talk about "things", stupid people talk about other people.

Let's be stupid and talk about Eleanor Roosevelt.

Cindy Hamilton

[dsi1]

On Monday, May 20, 2019 at 10:03:51 AM UTC-10, Cindy Hamilton wrote:

>
> Let's be stupid and talk about Eleanor Roosevelt.
>
> Cindy Hamilton

As you wish. Does anybody know what her bra size was? I'll bet it was a fairly decent size. She had Rachel Ray beaver teeth - ugh! At least RR is perky. I'll have to give you that.

[itsjoan...@webtv.net]

On Monday, May 20, 2019 at 2:30:09 PM UTC-5, Dave Smith wrote:
>
> I am not discounting the possibility that her claim is based on one of
> those click bait FaceBook IQ tests where they suck you in to try a test
> claiming that 90% of people cannot answer more than 4 of the questions.
>

You've seen those, too?? I've not seen them on FB but have seen them on the
internet; "clickbait."

[itsjoan...@webtv.net]

On Monday, May 20, 2019 at 3:29:20 PM UTC-5, dsi1 wrote:
>
> On Monday, May 20, 2019 at 10:03:51 AM UTC-10, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>
> >
> > Let's be stupid and talk about Eleanor Roosevelt.
> >
> > Cindy Hamilton
>
> As you wish. Does anybody know what her bra size was? I'll bet it was a fairly decent size.
>

Doubtful. It never looked like much in those dresses of the 20's, 30's and
40's.

>
>She had Rachel Ray beaver teeth - ugh!
>

No, Eleanor did not have pretty choppers but her false teeth looked better.

[dsi1]

You're absolutely right about her rack. I guess it's because she reminds me of my granny. Funny how the mind plays tricks like that. :)

[Dave Smith]

Yep. I fell for them a few times. I'd do the test and think that only
someone at the far left of the bell curve would not ace it.

[Leonard Blaisdell]

In article <e09bf2e3-8ada-4515...@googlegroups.com>,

Cindy Hamilton <angelica...@yahoo.com> wrote:

> > I like to use my own system of intelligence: Smart people talk about ideas
> > and concepts, average people talk about "things", stupid people talk about
> > other people.
>
> Let's be stupid and talk about Eleanor Roosevelt.

Not verified by my quick google search. I first heard the expression in
the sixties, so it was before that. I'd love to actually know who said
it first. Talking any one of the three all day would be boring to me.

leo

[Cindy Hamilton]

Nobody seems to know who said it first. Still, dsi1 presents it as his
own, which it certainly is not.

Cindy Hamilton

[dsi1]

I did not come up with this nor would I claim to have originated it. That would be untruthful. As we all know, I only tell the truth. The way I figured it, all ya'alls would be familiar with this little truth. My guess is that you all might have heard it before, you just don't understand/believe it.

[Cindy Hamilton]

You don't appear to believe it. You talk about people all the damned time,
especially yourself.

Cindy Hamilton

[dsi1]

I might talk about myself a lot. That doesn't qualify as talking about other people i.e., "gossiping." Yoose mother hens just love to gossip. It's really quite amazing. Yoose guys talk about people in the third person as if they're not in the room. The passive aggression is strong here.

[jmcquown]

While I do doubt her assertion, my point was she thinks steaming
vegetables is somehow wrong. Of course she'd never make something like
cauliflower gratin but if she did she'd attempt to use raw cauliflower
and then wonder why it burned to a crisp and no one would eat it.

Jill

[jmcquown]

You're welcome. It does look good!

Jill

[Julie Bove]

"jmcquown" <j_mc...@comcast.net> wrote in message

news:2KcFE.216345$%54.1...@fx20.iad...

I never said it was wrong. I don't like the texture of steamed veggies. You
just seem overly fond of it! I don't like cooked cauliflower in and of
itself. A little bit in a soup is fine. A little bit of raw, eaten as is, is
fine.

[jmcquown]

On 5/22/2019 5:48 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>
> "jmcquown" <j_mc...@comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:2KcFE.216345$%54.1...@fx20.iad...
>> On 5/20/2019 1:15 PM, itsjoan...@webtv.net wrote:
>>> On Monday, May 20, 2019 at 10:12:41 AM UTC-5, Sheldon wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On 20 May 2019 "itsjoannotjoann wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On May 20, 2019 Julie Bove wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>> "jmcquown" wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> You know you're an idiot, right?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> My IQ is 136. That's not an idiot.
>>>>>>
>>>>> Somebody just added 100 points to their IQ.
>>>>
>>>> I'm more generous, I was going to say someone doubled their IQ. LOL
>>>>
>>> I'm surprised she didn't get mixed up where to place that 1 and stick
>>> it on
>>> the backside of 36.
>>>
>> While I do doubt her assertion, my point was she thinks steaming
>> vegetables is somehow wrong.  Of course she'd never make something
>> like cauliflower gratin but if she did she'd attempt to use raw
>> cauliflower and then wonder why it burned to a crisp and no one would
>> eat it.
>
> I never said it was wrong. I don't like the texture of steamed veggies.
> You just seem overly fond of it!

I am not overly fond of steaming vegetables. Sometimes it is necessary
to achieve the desired result. I don't actually care if you like the
texture.

> I don't like cooked cauliflower in and
> of itself.

Well there ya go! You don't like it. No surprise there.

A little bit in a soup is fine. A little bit of raw, eaten as
> is, is fine.

Yeah, yeah.

Jill

[U.S. Janet B.]

On Thu, 23 May 2019 11:50:17 -0400, jmcquown <j_mc...@comcast.net>
wrote:
snip

>
> A little bit in a soup is fine. A little bit of raw, eaten as
>> is, is fine.
>

>

>Jill

It's funny. I love cabbage in soup. But putting cauliflower or
broccoli in soup (for me) gives an overwhelming taste, way beyond
anything cabbage could do.
Janet US

[dsi1]

On Monday, May 20, 2019 at 2:43:26 AM UTC-10, Julie Bove wrote:
>
> My IQ is 136. That's not an idiot.

I wouldn't worry about it. People that can see things that others cannot will always be hassled and ridiculed by self-centered people that can only see their little world, and rfc is a smaller world than most. Keep the faith baby! :)

[jmcquown]

That was some weird snipping. Julie wrote that, not me.

Jill

[U.S. Janet B.]

On Thu, 23 May 2019 18:28:37 -0400, jmcquown <j_mc...@comcast.net>
wrote:

sorry. In my version of the conversation the little bit in soup part
shows as coming from you.

[Julie Bove]

"U.S. Janet B." <J...@nospam.com> wrote in message > It's funny. I love

cabbage in soup. But putting cauliflower or
> broccoli in soup (for me) gives an overwhelming taste, way beyond
> anything cabbage could do.

That's how I feel about cabbage. It's okay raw but I don't care or it
cooked. A very small amount in a soup is fine. Broccoli? I can't eat it
cooked. no matter what you do to it!

[Julie Bove]

"U.S. Janet B." <J...@nospam.com> wrote in message

news:6b8eee1rd7fq03o4k...@4ax.com...

Nope. It was me.

[Julie Bove]

"dsi1" <dsi...@hawaiiantel.net> wrote in message
news:c482c837-9b82-49e5...@googlegroups.com...

Not worried at all.

[U.S. Janet B.]

I love the broccoli stems and really don't like the tops. Nasty mouth
feel.

[Janet]

On Monday, May 20, 2019 at 2:43:26 AM UTC-10, Julie Bove wrote:

> My IQ is 136. That's not an idiot.

Only an idiot would believe you have an IQ of 136

Janet UK

[Bruce]

James Woods has an IQ of 180. And he supports Trump.

[Gary]

Don't mention Trump here. You'll only piss off Jill. ;)

[Bruce]

Can I make up for it by posting a picture of a bird? :)

[Julie Bove]

"Bruce" <br...@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
news:7umfeel650d4u6n10...@4ax.com...

James Woods rocks!

[Julie Bove]

"Gary" <g.ma...@att.net> wrote in message news:5CE7EB79...@att.net...

Really? *Looks innocent*

[Gary]

Bruce wrote:

>
> Gary wrote:
> >Don't mention Trump here. You'll only piss off Jill. ;)
>
> Can I make up for it by posting a picture of a bird? :)

That should do it. :-D