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RustyHinge
Mar 30, 2023, 3:30:48 PMMar 30
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Some time ago I bought two tins of beef ravioli and found them rather
bland and uninspiring - well, the first one was, anyway, which is why,
about a year later I was reminded the other one was haunting the
Kansfürfacestuffenkupboard.
Since the East European carer I was given to do my shopping was not IMO
up to the job (previous shopping list asked for '1 pack of thick-cut
smoked streaky bacon', a bag of loose-leaf Yorkshire Tea and a 290 ml
bottle of Lea & Perrins Worcester sauce, and I got 2 packs* of
paper-thin unsmoked streaky bacon, a bag of teabags** and a piddling
little 150ml-ish bottle of Lea & Perrins) I decided to live on what I
had stored.
* Stoopidmarket labelled them at a price for 2 packs
**
So the ravioli was deployed, but to sweeten the pill, so to speak, I
fried three quartered button mushrooms with On!on, celery and 3 shredded
Brussels sprouts in EV olive oil, adding afterwards a goodly sploshing
of dark soy sauce and ditto of Worcestershire saucery, a little cumin, a
pinch or three of black pepper and a pinch or two of gound fenugreek.
Added the ravioli to the frying and sauceing and simmered for a while,
and lo! Edibubble canned ravioli. Highly recommended.
--
Rusty Hinge
To err is human. To really foul things up requires a computer and the BOFH.
bland and uninspiring - well, the first one was, anyway, which is why,
about a year later I was reminded the other one was haunting the
Kansfürfacestuffenkupboard.
Since the East European carer I was given to do my shopping was not IMO
up to the job (previous shopping list asked for '1 pack of thick-cut
smoked streaky bacon', a bag of loose-leaf Yorkshire Tea and a 290 ml
bottle of Lea & Perrins Worcester sauce, and I got 2 packs* of
paper-thin unsmoked streaky bacon, a bag of teabags** and a piddling
little 150ml-ish bottle of Lea & Perrins) I decided to live on what I
had stored.
* Stoopidmarket labelled them at a price for 2 packs
**
So the ravioli was deployed, but to sweeten the pill, so to speak, I
fried three quartered button mushrooms with On!on, celery and 3 shredded
Brussels sprouts in EV olive oil, adding afterwards a goodly sploshing
of dark soy sauce and ditto of Worcestershire saucery, a little cumin, a
pinch or three of black pepper and a pinch or two of gound fenugreek.
Added the ravioli to the frying and sauceing and simmered for a while,
and lo! Edibubble canned ravioli. Highly recommended.
--
Rusty Hinge
To err is human. To really foul things up requires a computer and the BOFH.
Julian Macassey
Mar 30, 2023, 3:42:48 PMMar 30
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On Thu, 30 Mar 2023 20:30:46 +0100, RustyHinge
<rusty...@foobar.girolle.co.uk> wrote:
> Some time ago I bought two tins of beef ravioli and found them rather
> bland and uninspiring - well, the first one was, anyway, which is why,
> about a year later I was reminded the other one was haunting the
> Kansfürfacestuffenkupboard.
The other night, my bedmate and I had to so a minimum effort
<rusty...@foobar.girolle.co.uk> wrote:
> Some time ago I bought two tins of beef ravioli and found them rather
> bland and uninspiring - well, the first one was, anyway, which is why,
> about a year later I was reminded the other one was haunting the
> Kansfürfacestuffenkupboard.
dinner and bought two "Ready meals", they were both insipid and I
wasn't suprised.
It seems flavourless is the default for mass produced
comestibles. That way no one can say I don't like the way that
tastes. American beer is a case in point.
--
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cigarettes causing emphysema, lung cancer, heart disease.” - Rush
Limbaugh April 29, 1994 - Died of lung cancer.
vickiebee
Mar 31, 2023, 4:05:06 AMMar 31
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Good for you! It does sound quite "edibubble." I recently did the same
thing with a frozen dinner of Pagoda pork fried rice... which looked
almost putrid compared to the picture on the box. I should know better
than to shop while hungry....
Using a stove top skillet - I sauteed fresh onions, celery and garlic,
added the dinner, frozen peas and carrots, chopped broccoli, some
homemade Teriyaki sauce (soy sauce, brown sugar, ginger root*, garlic,
sesame oil) and a little leftover cooked rice... careful not to
overcook, I like my veggies crisp-tender.
It was yummy and I had three nice meals from it.
v - calling it almost-homemade
*keeps in freezer for months, grates lovely frozen
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https://www.thefarside.com/
vickiebee
Mar 31, 2023, 4:09:59 AMMar 31
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Julian Macassey wrote:
> On Thu, 30 Mar 2023 20:30:46 +0100, RustyHinge
> <rusty...@foobar.girolle.co.uk> wrote:
>> Some time ago I bought two tins of beef ravioli and found them
>> rather bland and uninspiring - well, the first one was, anyway,
>> which is why, about a year later I was reminded the other one was
>> haunting the Kansfürfacestuffenkupboard.
>
> The other night, my bedmate and I had to so a minimum effort dinner
> and bought two "Ready meals", they were both insipid and I wasn't
> suprised.
>
> It seems flavourless is the default for mass produced comestibles.
> That way no one can say I don't like the way that tastes. American
> beer is a case in point.
>
~~~
> On Thu, 30 Mar 2023 20:30:46 +0100, RustyHinge
> <rusty...@foobar.girolle.co.uk> wrote:
>> Some time ago I bought two tins of beef ravioli and found them
>> rather bland and uninspiring - well, the first one was, anyway,
>> which is why, about a year later I was reminded the other one was
>> haunting the Kansfürfacestuffenkupboard.
>
> The other night, my bedmate and I had to so a minimum effort dinner
> and bought two "Ready meals", they were both insipid and I wasn't
> suprised.
>
> It seems flavourless is the default for mass produced comestibles.
> That way no one can say I don't like the way that tastes. American
> beer is a case in point.
>
Maybe it's because canned and frozen dinners are so heavily processed
with preservatives, flavor enhancers, and I don't know what-all; needing
to be heated high enough to kill harmful bacteria, that any natural
flavor doesn't stand a chance.
v
--
https://www.thefarside.com/
Ahem A Rivet's Shot
Mar 31, 2023, 6:00:03 AMMar 31
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On Thu, 30 Mar 2023 20:30:46 +0100
RustyHinge <rusty...@foobar.girolle.co.uk> wrote:
> So the ravioli was deployed, but to sweeten the pill, so to speak, I
> fried three quartered button mushrooms with On!on, celery and 3 shredded
> Brussels sprouts in EV olive oil, adding afterwards a goodly sploshing
> of dark soy sauce and ditto of Worcestershire saucery, a little cumin, a
> pinch or three of black pepper and a pinch or two of gound fenugreek.
>
> Added the ravioli to the frying and sauceing and simmered for a while,
> and lo! Edibubble canned ravioli. Highly recommended.
Quite so, packaged food is best considered as an ingredient and can
> So the ravioli was deployed, but to sweeten the pill, so to speak, I
> fried three quartered button mushrooms with On!on, celery and 3 shredded
> Brussels sprouts in EV olive oil, adding afterwards a goodly sploshing
> of dark soy sauce and ditto of Worcestershire saucery, a little cumin, a
> pinch or three of black pepper and a pinch or two of gound fenugreek.
>
> Added the ravioli to the frying and sauceing and simmered for a while,
> and lo! Edibubble canned ravioli. Highly recommended.
be a very handy one at times, for example the freezer sections contain
several varieties of partially topped pizza (some with regrettable toppings
so avoid these) that can with suitable additions make quite passable meals.
--
Steve O'Hara-Smith
Odds and Ends at http://www.sohara.org/
RustyHinge
Mar 31, 2023, 7:01:26 AMMar 31
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day I took a pizza in for my lunch. One of the brothers begged a slice
and commented: "That was good: better than my mother makes, where did
you get it?"
Sez I: "I made it."
"Where did you learn how?"
"Your mother taught me."
"For God's sake don't tell her what I said..."
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