A Birthday Dinner

[Leo]

I bought a big honking tenderloin sub-primal for Christmas. Some may
remember.
For a birthday, yesterday, I sautéed three chunks of it. I used to say
"fried" before landing in this group and becoming educated.
I served the tenderloin with mashed potatoes, green beans lyonnaise and a
store-bought birthday cake. Nobody complained.
The point is that we will get fifteen quality portions out of the tenderloin
at $4.52 per portion. I will do it again. I googled, and Costco appears to
sell the cut cheaper. I´m a "never been there" member. Long, boring
story.

leo

[itsjoan...@webtv.net]

It sounds like a g.r.e.a.t. birthday dinner, the only problem is now you have to
wash the dishes and clean the kitchen.

:o))

[Master Bruce]

But he has 2 women in the house :)

[Ed Pawlowski]

The tenderloin makes for some nice treats like that.

Never been to a Costco but belong to BJ's. same idea. You can save a
lot of money on meats. I buy the whole boneless pork loins, tortured
chicken parts, the occasional rib eye. A couple of trips pays for the
membership. They also have some good prices on wine too.

Green beans sound good that way too, better than the boring boiled ones.

[Master Bruce]

:)

[Leo]

On 2021 Jan 12, , Ed Pawlowski wrote
(in article <TnuLH.15311$MW1....@fx20.iad>):

> Green beans sound good that way too, better than the boring boiled ones.

Previously cooked fresh green beans, diced crispy bacon, bacon fat, coarse
chopped onions with a good splash of vinegar. Unbelievably, for me, they
still need a sprinkle of salt when served.
I hadn´t cooked green beans lyonnaise in years. My mom used canned green
beans. Fresh are better.
I´m not fool enough to think I revealed anything to anyone here.

[itsjoan...@webtv.net]

The sister-in-law is back??

[Leo]

On 2021 Jan 12, , itsjoan...@webtv.net wrote
(in article<30cc9045-8830-411f...@googlegroups.com>):

> The sister-in-law is back??

Yep. Here´s her best chicken pot pie ever. You ought to have tasted the
inside, but it´s a secret because Apple Photos are slow uploading tonight
:-)

<https://postimg.cc/30TtyN91>

[Master Bruce]

On Tue, 12 Jan 2021 21:03:13 -0800 (PST), "itsjoan...@webtv.net"

<itsjoan...@webtv.net> wrote:

>On Tuesday, January 12, 2021 at 9:55:11 PM UTC-6, Master Bruce wrote:
>>
>> On Tue, 12 Jan 2021 19:24:33 -0800 (PST), "itsjoan...@webtv.net"
>> <itsjoan...@webtv.net> wrote:
>>
>> >It sounds like a g.r.e.a.t. birthday dinner, the only problem is now you have to
>> >wash the dishes and clean the kitchen.
>> >
>> >:o))
>> >
>> But he has 2 women in the house :)
>>
>The sister-in-law is back??

I thought she had moved in.

[dsi1]

I have made chicken pot pie. I think I used canned chicken. I don't really care for chicken pot pie but it was okay.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/vVBYXwktKcdEzfW18

[Cindy Hamilton]

On Tuesday, January 12, 2021 at 11:48:09 PM UTC-5, Leo wrote:
> On 2021 Jan 12, , Ed Pawlowski wrote
> (in article <TnuLH.15311$MW1....@fx20.iad>):
> > Green beans sound good that way too, better than the boring boiled ones.
> Previously cooked fresh green beans, diced crispy bacon, bacon fat, coarse
> chopped onions with a good splash of vinegar. Unbelievably, for me, they
> still need a sprinkle of salt when served.

It seems like bacon isn't as salty as it used to be. Might be me, though.

That sounded like a great birthday dinner.

For my birthday, I usually make something fattening that I wouldn't ordinarily
eat but isn't necessarily fancy. Like nachos or french toast.

Cindy Hamilton

[itsjoan...@webtv.net]

Oooooh, scrumptious looking!! Double crust?? What all does she put in
hers?

I've been making a chicken pot pie using the Ninja Foodi and accompanying
recipe and thankfully, there's never any left over. And yes, I use a store bought
frozen crust that I have to unroll and place on top of filling.

[itsjoan...@webtv.net]

On Wednesday, January 13, 2021 at 1:22:25 AM UTC-6, dsi1 wrote:
>
> I have made chicken pot pie. I think I used canned chicken. I don't really care for chicken pot pie but it was okay.
> https://photos.app.goo.gl/vVBYXwktKcdEzfW18
>

That looks very, very good. What it is about it you don't like??

I don't put peas nor corn in mine although the recipe does call
for those little green orbs.

[Leo]

On 2021 Jan 13, , itsjoan...@webtv.net wrote
(in article<bcaeb9d8-3089-4227...@googlegroups.com>):

She put in white meat chicken, potatoes, peas and carrots and a buttery,
creamy roux plus salt and pepper, best she can remember ;) She cooks by
recipes she finds on the Net. The piecrust was called a "homemade buttery
flaky piecrust" from sallysbakingaddiction.com.
I use store-bought Pillsbury crusts for my famous
recipe-off-the-bottle-of-Karo pecan pie. Next time, I´ll request that she
make a homemade crust.

[itsjoan...@webtv.net]

On Friday, January 15, 2021 at 3:39:31 PM UTC-6, Leo wrote:
>
> On 2021 Jan 13, , itsjoan...@webtv.net wrote
> (in article<bcaeb9d8-3089-4227...@googlegroups.com>):
> >

> > Oooooh, scrumptious looking!! Double crust?? What all does she put in
> > hers?
> >
> > I've been making a chicken pot pie using the Ninja Foodi and accompanying
> > recipe and thankfully, there's never any left over. And yes, I use a store
> > bought
> > frozen crust that I have to unroll and place on top of filling.
>
> She put in white meat chicken, potatoes, peas and carrots and a buttery,
> creamy roux plus salt and pepper, best she can remember ;) She cooks by
> recipes she finds on the Net. The piecrust was called a "homemade buttery
> flaky piecrust" from sallysbakingaddiction.com.
> I use store-bought Pillsbury crusts for my famous
> recipe-off-the-bottle-of-Karo pecan pie. Next time, I´ll request that she
> make a homemade crust.
>

It sounds a lot like the recipe I use with the exception of peas. My 'roux' is also
a buttery concoction and yes, I use a store bought Pillsbury frozen pie crust. It's
one of those that is in a box rolled up. I have no complaints with them.

[Leo]

On 2021 Jan 15, , itsjoan...@webtv.net wrote
(in article<d82831ea-7a85-45c1...@googlegroups.com>):

> It sounds a lot like the recipe I use with the exception of peas. My 'roux'
> is also
> a buttery concoction and yes, I use a store bought Pillsbury frozen pie
> crust. It's
> one of those that is in a box rolled up. I have no complaints with them.

My wife hates peas and picks them out. My SIL loathes corn kernels. I would
like both in a CPP, but I know better than to suggest.

[itsjoan...@webtv.net]

I go with small diced potatoes, carrots, celery, and onions.

[Gary]

Yep... 2 women vs one Leo. Best to go with the majority. heheh

I like a CPP with some frozen mixed vegetables, chicken and a thickened
chicken broth. Top and bottom crusts too - not premade.

My only issue with commercial premade crusts is that I've tried a few
and they are always a letdown. Joan's Pillsbury one might be good and
I'll try that someday.

[Cindy Hamilton]

On Saturday, January 16, 2021 at 7:55:58 AM UTC-5, Gary wrote:
> On 1/15/2021 11:49 PM, Leo wrote:
> > On 2021 Jan 15, , itsjoan...@webtv.net wrote
> > (in article<d82831ea-7a85-45c1...@googlegroups.com>):
> >
> >> It sounds a lot like the recipe I use with the exception of peas. My 'roux'
> >> is also
> >> a buttery concoction and yes, I use a store bought Pillsbury frozen pie
> >> crust. It's
> >> one of those that is in a box rolled up. I have no complaints with them.
> >
> > My wife hates peas and picks them out. My SIL loathes corn kernels. I would
> > like both in a CPP, but I know better than to suggest.
> Yep... 2 women vs one Leo. Best to go with the majority. heheh

Apart from a possible Lysistrata gambit from one of the two, I don't
see why their gender comes into it. My husband hates peas so I
never put them in anything he's going to eat. Because I love him and
I want him to be happy.

Cindy Hamilton

[Ophelia]

"Cindy Hamilton" wrote in message
news:44284d6a-1ffc-4337...@googlegroups.com...

==

Exactly the same in our house.

[Dave Smith]

On 2021-01-16 8:32 a.m., Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> Yep... 2 women vs one Leo. Best to go with the majority. heheh
>
> Apart from a possible Lysistrata gambit from one of the two, I don't
> see why their gender comes into it. My husband hates peas so I
> never put them in anything he's going to eat. Because I love him and
> I want him to be happy.
>

There are some vegetables that I can understand people not liking. Peas
is not one of them. Turnip, parnsip, chard.... sure. But not peas.

[Cindy Hamilton]

I'm not all that fond of peas. A few in something are fine. A whole serving
is just too much. Thus, it's not a big sacrifice to refrain from cooking with
them.

Cindy Hamilton

[S Viemeister]

My daughter prefers to avoid peas, but she did enjoy the purple sugar
snap peas I grew this year.

[jmcquown]

> I never liked peas until I was in my 30's and finally tasted fresh baby
green peas. Until that point in my life I thought I hated peas because
all my mother ever served was canned peas. Ugh.

I still don't like turnips or parsnips. I doubt that will change.
Don't like pickled beet chunks, either. ;)

Jill

[Dave Smith]

I always despised parsnips but had only had them boiled. My wife tried
roasting then it is a whole new vegetable. I quite enjoy roasted
turnips. After a few years of eating them roasted I tried then boiled
again. Yuck. They were just as bad as I remembered them being.

[jmcquown]

At my age I'm not likely to buy and try something I know I don't like
the overall taste of. I sincerely doubt roasting turnips or parsnips
will make a bit of difference. I've never had boiled parsnips or boiled
turnips. Mom sometimes tried to sneak quartered turnips in with the
quartered potatoes in a brothy simmered beef stew. That was my German
grandmother's stew recipe. I could always spot the turnips and it was
easy to avoid ladeling them into the bowl.

I much preferred my Scottish Grandmother's beef stew with dumplings. No
turnips. ;)

Jill

[Mike Duffy]

On Sat, 16 Jan 2021 08:35:21 -0800, Cindy Hamilton wrote:

> I'm not all that fond of peas. A few in something are fine.

ISTR a girl on the web that ate nothing but. And a guy somewhere who is
made up completely from balogna / hot dogs. (Same meat; different shape.)

[Graham]

Try curried parsnip soup. Wing the recipe:-)

[Dave Smith]

A lot of things taste better with curry. I know that it does wonders for
squash and cauliflower.

[itsjoan...@webtv.net]

On Saturday, January 16, 2021 at 6:55:58 AM UTC-6, Gary wrote:
>
> My only issue with commercial premade crusts is that I've tried a few
> and they are always a letdown. Joan's Pillsbury one might be good and
> I'll try that someday.
>

I have no complaints with the frozen Pillsbury pie crusts in the box and my
brother hasn't complained either. Kroger also has their brand of frozen pie
crusts in the box; each brand comes with 2 per box.

[Hank Rogers]

I've used several store brand pie crusts, and they worked just as
well as the more expensive brands. I bet most are produced in the
same facilities as the name brands.

[Ed Pawlowski]

On 1/16/2021 11:57 AM, Dave Smith wrote:

>

> I always despised parsnips but had only had them boiled. My wife tried
> roasting then it is a whole new vegetable. I quite enjoy roasted
> turnips. After a few years of eating them roasted I tried then boiled
> again. Yuck. They were just as bad as I remembered them being.
>
>

Many veggies are better roasted. Never liked sweet potatoes or
butternut squash until I had them roasted. Now they are a regular thing
here. Grilled or roasted broccoli and cauliflower are good too.

[itsjoan...@webtv.net]

On Saturday, January 16, 2021 at 2:54:32 PM UTC-6, Hank Rogers wrote:

>
> itsjoan...@webtv.net wrote:
> >
> > I have no complaints with the frozen Pillsbury pie crusts in the box and my
> > brother hasn't complained either. Kroger also has their brand of frozen pie
> > crusts in the box; each brand comes with 2 per box.
> >
> I've used several store brand pie crusts, and they worked just as
> well as the more expensive brands. I bet most are produced in the
> same facilities as the name brands.
>

I do know at one time that Pillsbury made Kroger's frozen biscuits. But I
have no idea if they still do or not.

[songbird]

S Viemeister wrote:
...

> My daughter prefers to avoid peas, but she did enjoy the purple sugar
> snap peas I grew this year.

:)

i'm going on my 2nd year with a new type of pea pod i'd not
grown before. my previous attempts i'd always gotten poor
results, either the peas didn't even grow, or if they did they
didn't get many pods on them, or if they got pods they didn't
get enough seeds so i'd not have enough to replant.

https://www.anthive.com/img/edibles/thm/DSC_20200708_165023-0400_534_Big_Pod_Peas_thm.jpg

these were large crunchy pods, plenty of pods and plenty of
seeds.

i had to send some of my seed crop back to the person who
sent me the seeds because he had a crop failure last season
so i was happy to be able to send him some back.

hope to have a nice big patch of them this season and we'll
see how it goes. :)


songbird

[Hank Rogers]

Yep, store brands switch manufacturers often, depending on bids,
contracts, bribes, etc.

[dsi1]

My suggestion is that you make your famous Karo pecan pie with or without a homemade crust but use Spam cubes instead of pecans. What could be better? Ha ha, beats me why my pie crust looks so goofy.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/hpsH4ayQnJdJ8yvg6

[S Viemeister]

On 17/01/2021 01:00, songbird wrote:
>
> i'm going on my 2nd year with a new type of pea pod i'd not
> grown before. my previous attempts i'd always gotten poor
> results, either the peas didn't even grow, or if they did they
> didn't get many pods on them, or if they got pods they didn't
> get enough seeds so i'd not have enough to replant.
>
> https://www.anthive.com/img/edibles/thm/DSC_20200708_165023-0400_534_Big_Pod_Peas_thm.jpg
>
> these were large crunchy pods, plenty of pods and plenty of
> seeds.
>
> i had to send some of my seed crop back to the person who
> sent me the seeds because he had a crop failure last season
> so i was happy to be able to send him some back.
>
> hope to have a nice big patch of them this season and we'll
> see how it goes. :)
>

They are amazingly big! Someday, I'd love to try them.
I've always preferred to grow the edible pods - traditional peas seem
such a waste, although their pods make good compost...

[Ophelia]

"songbird" wrote in message news:5recdh-...@anthive.com...

===

Oh my, that is big!!!

[songbird]

they're called Green Beauty, the pods are thin, but crunchy
and juicy even when the seeds get larger, the plants can grow
6-8ft tall. you can see in the background some of the other
pods and how thin they are, but they are good eats, i was
having a hard time not eating them all when they showed up on
the plants. the other nice things about them was that they
were about 60 days and very productive in our heavy clay
soils so i was very happy with them. really, just to have
any snow pea work for me was great.


songbird

[Bryan Simmons]

When I was a kid, I used to eat Campbell's Beef with Barley soup, and I
always picked out every pea before heating it. I pick the peas out of
Mexican rice too.
>
> Cindy Hamilton

--Bryan

[Cindy Hamilton]

I hated peas when I was a child, mainly because they were always served
overcooked. I might pick them out of Campbell's soup if I ate it. (I don't
put them in my homemade soups.)

When we get peas in the rice at Indian restaurants my husband picks them
out and gives them to me. Same with mushrooms, which he also hates.

Cindy Hamilton

[S Viemeister]

On 17/01/2021 13:50, songbird wrote:
> S Viemeister wrote:
>> On 17/01/2021 01:00, songbird wrote:
>>> i'm going on my 2nd year with a new type of pea pod i'd not
>>> grown before. my previous attempts i'd always gotten poor
>>> results, either the peas didn't even grow, or if they did they

>>> didn't get many pods on them, or if they got pods they didn'tn

>>> get enough seeds so i'd not have enough to replant.
>>> https://www.anthive.com/img/edibles/thm/DSC_20200708_165023-0400_534_Big_Pod_Peas_thm.jpg
>>> these were large crunchy pods, plenty of pods and plenty of
>>> seeds.
>>> i had to send some of my seed crop back to the person who
>>> sent me the seeds because he had a crop failure last season
>>> so i was happy to be able to send him some back.
>>> hope to have a nice big patch of them this season and we'll
>>> see how it goes. :)
>> They are amazingly big! Someday, I'd love to try them.
>> I've always preferred to grow the edible pods - traditional peas seem
>> such a waste, although their pods make good compost...
> they're called Green Beauty, the pods are thin, but crunchy
> and juicy even when the seeds get larger, the plants can grow
> 6-8ft tall. you can see in the background some of the other
> pods and how thin they are, but they are good eats, i was
> having a hard time not eating them all when they showed up on
> the plants. the other nice things about them was that they
> were about 60 days and very productive in our heavy clay
> soils so i was very happy with them. really, just to have
> any snow pea work for me was great.
>

I've saved this post, for future use. Thank you.

[Gary]

dsi1 wrote:
> My suggestion is that you make your famous Karo pecan pie with
> or without a homemade crust but use Spam cubes instead of pecans.

A pecan pie using spam cubes instead of pecans? arrrgh
Was that a Twilight Zone episode that I've missed? ;)

[Graham]

When I was a teen, a local farmer made silage from pea plants (presumably
the peas went to Birds-Eye). The smell was unbelievable when a cart-load of
that stuff was driven through the village.

[Sheldon Martin]

You're fussy about eating peas but you savor canned soups.

I make beef barley shroom soup often but never with peas, never seen
such a concoction canned. Never seen Mexican rice with peas either,
usually with gandules.

[songbird]

Graham wrote:
...
> When I was a teen, a local farmer made silage from pea plants (presumably
> the peas went to Birds-Eye). The smell was unbelievable when a cart-load of
> that stuff was driven through the village.

hehe, i bet, fermenting greens can give off a reek, but properly
done sileage smells very sweet and good. the cows sure love it.

i grew up kitty corner from the neighbor's small
dairy farm, to me fresh country air always smells a
bit of cow poo. :) one year he tried to grow pigs
but the entire neighborhood told him that was the
first and last time for that, they stunk way too
much.

where we are at now one of the neighbors has pigs
but they are to the NE of us so rarely do we smell
them at all. i'd hate to be on the other side of
them.


songbird

[dsi1]

It's more "Outer Limits" than "Twilight Zone." You could always use cubed, canned, yams instead. You could use a lot of stuff.

[itsjoan...@webtv.net]

On Sunday, January 17, 2021 at 10:13:05 AM UTC-6, Graham wrote:
>
> When I was a teen, a local farmer made silage from pea plants (presumably
> the peas went to Birds-Eye). The smell was unbelievable when a cart-load of
> that stuff was driven through the village.
>

Sorry, city girl here with trips to my grandfather's farm who by that time had pretty
much stopped farming. Was this smell of silage good or bad??

[Sheldon Martin]

Cubed SPAM makes it Ukelele style... I'll eat a can of SPAM at least
once a week... I must be part Ukelele... I enjoy a graham cracker
crust pie filled with ground SPAM and crushed pineapple held together
with lime Jello.
Yesterday's lunch was chicken eggdrop soup with diced SPAM and crispy
Chinky noodles... was gonna open a can of Lychees for dessert but
thought I'd wait for a holiday occasion. Yoose gals want to know the
closest thing to oral sex with a woman eat fresh Lychee... but use
caution or yoose may turn Lesbian in under five minutes. LOL

[Dave Smith]

On 2021-01-17 12:07 p.m., songbird wrote:

> Graham wrote:

> hehe, i bet, fermenting greens can give off a reek, but properly
> done sileage smells very sweet and good. the cows sure love it.
>
> i grew up kitty corner from the neighbor's small
> dairy farm, to me fresh country air always smells a
> bit of cow poo. :) one year he tried to grow pigs
> but the entire neighborhood told him that was the
> first and last time for that, they stunk way too
> much.

Cow manure is a common smell at my place. Living in a rural area you
have to get used to the smell of it. The nursery behind us uses large
quantities of manure, much if it being pretty fresh. They bring tons and
tons of it and dump it in the back and within a couple weeks they will
be back there spreading it.

> where we are at now one of the neighbors has pigs
> but they are to the NE of us so rarely do we smell
> them at all. i'd hate to be on the other side of
> them.
>

The first few years that we lived here our neighbours had chickens,
geese and pigs. It was only really bad on still, hot summer nights and
that smell would settle like a toxic fog.


Thank goodness he only had a half dozen pigs. I used to drive past a pig
farm to one of my jobs. In the warm weather (pre A/C) I had to remember
to roll my car windows up before I passed that farm because it would
take another 5 miles of driving to get the stick out of car.


If you want a really bad stench check out a chicken farm when they are
preparing for a new batch of chicks. Hatchlings are brought in my the
thousands. They go into big open barns with heat lamps, water and feed.
They eat, shit and grow for about two months before it is time for
slaughter. The chicken catchers go in, catch the birds and stick them
into cages to be loaded onto trucks.

Then it is time to clean the barn for the next batch. They send in front
end loaders to scrap up all the shit. I don't know how those guys do it
because you can smell a barn cleaning from miles away.


The agricultural stink that people complain about most around here is
the pot farms. Personally, I don't find the smell of pot to be
particularly offensive, but it is pretty strong. I can smell it
frequently at my house and the closest grow ups are at least two miles
from me.
>

[Graham]

It would take your breath away!

[itsjoan...@webtv.net]

Ok, I'll take your word for it!

[Graham]

My son lives in a rural area and can't drink his well water. The
groundwater for miles around has been contaminated by leaching of pig
manure spread on the fields by major pig operations, all run by Mennonites
it seems.

[dsi1]

Eccch... that's pretty awful!

[bruce bowser]

Peas soaked overnight and slow cooked all day with smoked ham bits is great!

[Leo]

On 2021 Jan 16, , Dave Smith wrote
(in article <zVEMH.14959$gs1....@fx26.iad>):

> I always despised parsnips but had only had them boiled. My wife tried
> roasting then it is a whole new vegetable. I quite enjoy roasted
> turnips. After a few years of eating them roasted I tried then boiled
> again. Yuck. They were just as bad as I remembered them being.

Five or ten years ago, almost certainly from a parsnip thread here, I bought
some parsnips and cooked them in an uninspired way. They tasted like wannabe,
quarter-way there in flavor, carrots.
Hmm...maybe it was something else. Does anything else have the flavor of a
carrot that has been simmered all day?

[Leo]

On 2021 Jan 16, , dsi1 wrote
(in article<77127095-6cf3-4d27...@googlegroups.com>):

> My suggestion is that you make your famous Karo pecan pie with or without a
> homemade crust but use Spam cubes instead of pecans. What could be better? Ha
> ha, beats me why my pie crust looks so goofy.
> https://photos.app.goo.gl/hpsH4ayQnJdJ8yvg6

I'd eat that, but not for dessert. A slice of spam pie, a slice of pecan pie
and an insulin shot. What´s not to like?

[dsi1]

Make a Spam, pecan, and corn, pie and you got yourself a three course meal. Four, if you count the insulin shot.

[Cindy Hamilton]

I haven't had parsnips in a long time, but I recall their flavor was reminiscent
of carrots.

Cindy Hamilton

[Ophelia]

"Cindy Hamilton" wrote in message
news:017ee264-17f7-498f...@googlegroups.com...

===

I never make them raw. Roasted, they are very good!

They don't taste like carrots to me!

[Cindy Hamilton]

Did I say anything about raw?

Parsnips and carrots are closely related. I'd be surprised if they
didn't taste somewhat like one another. Note "reminiscent" and
"somewhat". Not identical.

If I run across any good-looking parsnips perhaps I will conduct the
experiment again.

Cindy Hamilton

[Sheldon Martin]

On Tue, 19 Jan 2021 "Ophelia" wrote:
>"Cindy Hamilton" wrote in message

>On Monday, January 18, 2021 Leo wrote:

>> On 2021 Jan 16, , Dave Smith wrote:
>> > I always despised parsnips but had only had them boiled. My wife tried
>> > roasting then it is a whole new vegetable. I quite enjoy roasted
>> > turnips. After a few years of eating them roasted I tried then boiled
>> > again. Yuck. They were just as bad as I remembered them being.
>> Five or ten years ago, almost certainly from a parsnip thread here, I
>> bought
>> some parsnips and cooked them in an uninspired way. They tasted like
>> wannabe,
>> quarter-way there in flavor, carrots.
>> Hmm...maybe it was something else. Does anything else have the flavor of a
>> carrot that has been simmered all day?
>
>I haven't had parsnips in a long time, but I recall their flavor was
>reminiscent
>of carrots.
>
>Cindy Hamilton
>
>===
>
> I never make them raw. Roasted, they are very good!
> They don't taste like carrots to me!

They don't taste like carrots to me either. I don't like the texture
of parsnips but their flavor is what makes chicken soup perfect. I
cut a small one into quarters lengthwise and add it to the pot of soup
for its flavor, then toss it. I consider a parsnip an herb to be
tossed after it's flavor has been extracted... I haven't looked it up
but I don't think parsnips contain much nutritional value... I use
parsnips like bay leaves.
I read somewhere that parsnips can grow quite large and in the UK they
have a contest for growing the largest... I believe that the Scottish
women are the official judges of parsnip size. ;)

[Ophelia]

"Cindy Hamilton" wrote in message

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Perhaps you ought! Think about what you will sprinkle on them .. :)