Red Beans & Rice

[jmcquown]

I made a pot of this today. I didn't have any Andouille sausage but I
did have some Linguica. It's a Portugese smoked sausage (Gaspar's is
the brand, made in Massachusetts. I was frankly surprised to find it
for sale at Publix in SC.)

This, along with a piece of the cornbread I baked yesterday, made for a
a nice filling meal for a chilly afternoon. :)

Jill

[Jeßus]

On Sun, 6 Feb 2022 16:16:57 -0500, jmcquown <j_mc...@comcast.net>
wrote:

>I made a pot of this today. I didn't have any Andouille sausage but I
>did have some Linguica. It's a Portugese smoked sausage (Gaspar's is
>the brand, made in Massachusetts. I was frankly surprised to find it
>for sale at Publix in SC.)
>

I've never tried Andouille sausage but it sure looks and sound good.
So does Linguiça. Both it seems requires some seeking out in
Australia. Chorizo is common here though.

[itsjoan...@webtv.net]

It sounds very, very good and I admit to eating red beans & rice only once.
It was at the "Po Folks," remember that restaurant from looooong ago?
It was delicious, delicious, delicious!!!

[jmcquown]

I've heard of "Po' Folks" but can't recall if I ever ate there when I
lived in Tennessee. I got interested because I saw cooking shows with
Paul Prudhomme and Justin Wilson on cooking shows back in the day. I
bought the Paul Prudhomme Louisiana Cooking book at a used book store
for about $1. Oh, and I was at one time engaged to a Cajun man who
couldn't figure out how to cook rice. LOL

Jill

[Jeff]

Ghe? Uhm, can you go into more detail? I don't get it

[Bryan Simmons]

He sounds like a profoundly stupid man. I mean,
he almost married YOU.
>
> Jill

--Bryan

[GM]

Hey, don't knock it - Jill being a tranny and all, it could have been the
first "gay marriage" in the deep red state of TN, lol...

--
GM

[US Janet]

On Sun, 6 Feb 2022 16:53:55 -0800 (PST), GM
<gregorymorr...@gmail.com> wrote:

snip

>
>Hey, don't knock it - Jill being a tranny and all, it could have been the
>first "gay marriage" in the deep red state of TN, lol...

she isn't in TN
Janet US

[Joni]

Uhm Yes. Ghe Ghe Ghe :)))))))))))

[cshenk]

I got a request for Red Beans and Rice locally and am struggling. See,
she uses cans and such!

It's ok, she's a young person learning to cook with no family that
cooked to help her. Me, I find it hard to stretch back to cans, and
frankly, never did use canned beans...

[cshenk]

Oh yes! I liked them! First time I had stuffed crab and this simple
young girl had to ask how to eat them. (they had a sort of shell
covering). I was 18 and took a boy out on a date (my treat). It was
our speed. We went to bible study later which shows how young I was...

Smile, he was bold enough to kiss me as I dropped him off at home.

[Hank Rogers]

Call Popeye! He will teach her how to cook. Canned beans are wonderful!

He'll also tend to her other needs.

[jmcquown]

Okay... I don't know who you're talking about. What is this "request"
you speak of? I can't tell if this young person asked you to cook it or
asked for a recipe. There's nothing wrong with using canned beans if
that's what she wants to do. Cuts down on the cooking time. It's the
other ingredients that make it taste good. Red beans themself are
rather bland.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3X8OHExY3zA

Jill

[Bryan Simmons]

After all that Bible study, he probably just wanted
to get to know you. You know, in the Biblical sense.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqxkdV3Odj0
Instead, he probably got Spanky with his monkey.

--Bryan

[Emu]

[Sheldon Martin]

jmcquown wrote:
>
>> I made a pot of this today. I didn't have any Andouille sausage but
>> I did have some Linguica. It's a Portugese smoked sausage (Gaspar's
>> is the brand, made in Massachusetts. I was frankly surprised to find
>> it for sale at Publix in SC.)
>>
>> This, along with a piece of the cornbread I baked yesterday, made for
>> a a nice filling meal for a chilly afternoon. :)
>>
>> Jill

Sounds good for a cold day. Kielbasa will work. I'd use black beans
but any beans would be fine... I like lima or kidney too.

[Hank Rogers]

Smile, good thing he wasn't Popeye.

[Hank Rogers]

jmcquown wrote:
> On 2/12/2022 6:30 PM, cshenk wrote:
>> jmcquown wrote:
>>
>>> I made a pot of this today.  I didn't have any Andouille sausage
>>> but
>>> I did have some Linguica.  It's a Portugese smoked sausage
>>> (Gaspar's
>>> is the brand, made in Massachusetts.  I was frankly surprised to
>>> find
>>> it for sale at Publix in SC.)
>>>
>>> This, along with a piece of the cornbread I baked yesterday,
>>> made for
>>> a a nice filling meal for a chilly afternoon. :)
>>>
>>> Jill
>>
>> I got a request for Red Beans and Rice locally and am
>> struggling.  See,
>> she uses cans and such!
>>
>> It's ok, she's a young person learning to cook with no family that
>> cooked to help her.  Me, I find it hard to stretch back to cans, and
>> frankly, never did use canned beans...
>
> Okay... I don't know who you're talking about.

> Jill

Not to worry granny. You can't help anyway.

[Hank Rogers]

But only if they are canned beans. The best would be canned
belizean black beans, served with a large tankard of rum.

[Eastern brown]

On Sunday, February 6, 2022 at 3:17:08 PM UTC-6, j_mc...@comcast.net wrote:

And you come here, year after year, to bully John Kuthe for crying out
loud, so you're still a loser.

[Cindy Hamilton]

On 2022-02-13, jmcquown <j_mc...@comcast.net> wrote:
> On 2/12/2022 6:30 PM, cshenk wrote:
>> jmcquown wrote:
>>
>>> I made a pot of this today. I didn't have any Andouille sausage but
>>> I did have some Linguica. It's a Portugese smoked sausage (Gaspar's
>>> is the brand, made in Massachusetts. I was frankly surprised to find
>>> it for sale at Publix in SC.)
>>>
>>> This, along with a piece of the cornbread I baked yesterday, made for
>>> a a nice filling meal for a chilly afternoon. :)
>>>
>>> Jill
>>
>> I got a request for Red Beans and Rice locally and am struggling. See,
>> she uses cans and such!
>>
>> It's ok, she's a young person learning to cook with no family that
>> cooked to help her. Me, I find it hard to stretch back to cans, and
>> frankly, never did use canned beans...
>
> Okay... I don't know who you're talking about.

Some sad individual she knows in real life. She thinks she's
Mary Worth.

--
Cindy Hamilton

[Death Adder]

Cindy has clearly become nastier lately. Retirement must be a bitch
after all those years of working for da man.

[Death Adder]

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.

[Ophelia]

Oh it started a while ago! It isn't new!

[jmcquown]

Mary Worth LOL She could always look in the dried beans aisle for a Red
Beans & Rice "kit" which includes all the spices. Teach the young woman
to dice and saute the holy trinity (onion, celery, bell pepper).
Assuming the woman can read, it isn't difficult to read directions on
soaking and cooking dried beans and (for me at least) rice is an easy
thing. Slicing sausage (and/or tasso) to add to it isn't difficult, either.

Jill

[Janet]

In article <j6savt...@mid.individual.net>, Oph...@elsinore.me.uk
says...

There you go again. Chipping away to undermine the longterm posters,
supported by your nymshifting floodposting trolls.

Same old, same old.

Janet UK

[Death Adder]

On Sun, 13 Feb 2022 12:13:50 +0000, Ophelia <Oph...@elsinore.me.uk>
wrote:

I hadn't noticed.

[Redbelly]

Ah, Janet doesn't understand why I change my name. What a surprise :)

[cshenk]

I figured it out. It's not in the newsgroup, the young lady lives a
bit south of me by some 3 miles and the connection if via NextDoor (a
social networking site).

It was a request for a recipe, not to cook for her. I managed to
translate mine to cans for her. It won't be quite right because canned
beans are too firm for the real dish, but it will be ok.

[cshenk]

> --Bryan

No, actually we were just on a first date. He ended up with girl in
our class and is still married to her.

[Redbelly]

[Redbelly]

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

[Redbelly]

[jmcquown]

Yeah, you keep talking about NextDoor like it's some great social media
thing. In my area (all of the Beaufort area, not just Dataw) it's
mostly people whining about traffic conditions or asking where they can
find a hair dresser or a handyman. Or bitching about the lousy job said
handyman did. They may ask for restaurant recommendations. Young
people don't use it asking how to cook things like Red Beans & Rice.
Young people know how to use a computer to look up things like this.
Unless you're surrounded by idiots...

> It was a request for a recipe, not to cook for her. I managed to
> translate mine to cans for her. It won't be quite right because canned
> beans are too firm for the real dish, but it will be ok.

Please explain "managed to translate mine to cans for her". You're
making this dish entirely too difficult.

Jill

[bruce bowser]

On Sunday, February 6, 2022 at 4:17:08 PM UTC-5, j_mc...@comcast.net wrote:
> I made a pot of this today. I didn't have any Andouille sausage but I
> did have some Linguica. It's a Portugese smoked sausage (Gaspar's is
> the brand, made in Massachusetts. I was frankly surprised to find it
> for sale at Publix in SC.)

Since its Portuguese, I guess its called 'Port Sausage' for short.

[Small-eyed snake]

Uhm Yes. Ghe Ghe Ghe :)))))))))))

[Jeßus]

On Sun, 13 Feb 2022 12:13:50 +0000, Ophelia <Oph...@elsinore.me.uk>
wrote:

LOL. You two must be running out of regulars in this group that you
'approve' of at this point. Long time regulars such as Ed, Dave, Leo
and Cindy are now all bad people, apparently.

[Bandy-bandy]

[Bandy-bandy]

bruce bowser wrote:
> On Sunday, February 6, 2022 at 4:17:08 PM UTC-5, j_mc...@comcast.net wrote:
>> I made a pot of this today. I didn't have any Andouille sausage but I
>> did have some Linguica. It's a Portugese smoked sausage (Gaspar's is
>> the brand, made in Massachusetts. I was frankly surprised to find it

>> for sale at Publix inUhm Yes. Ghe Ghe Ghe :))))))))))) SC.)

>
> Since its Portuguese, I guess its called 'Port Sausage' for short.
>

[Bandy-bandy]

[Ophelia]

Perhaps you haven't been on the sharp end of it.

[Jeßus]

On Sun, 13 Feb 2022 21:14:11 +0000, Ophelia <Oph...@elsinore.me.uk>

wrote:

>On 13/02/2022 17:54, Death Adder wrote:
>> On Sun, 13 Feb 2022 12:13:50 +0000, Ophelia <Oph...@elsinore.me.uk>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On 13/02/2022 10:17, Death Adder wrote:
>>>> On Sun, 13 Feb 2022 10:15:56 GMT, Cindy Hamilton
>>>> <hami...@devnull.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Some sad individual she knows in real life. She thinks she's
>>>>> Mary Worth.
>>>>
>>>> Cindy has clearly become nastier lately. Retirement must be a bitch
>>>> after all those years of working for da man.
>>>
>>> Oh it started a while ago! It isn't new!
>>
>> I hadn't noticed.
>
>Perhaps you haven't been on the sharp end of it.

LOL. One wonders what that 'sharp end' was. Probably some oblique,
vague reference to you (or a comment of yours) that wasn't glowingly
positive. You're a joke.

[US Janet]

On Sun, 13 Feb 2022 12:31:01 -0600, "cshenk"
<csh...@virginia-beach.net> wrote:

snip

Regarding preparation of Red Beans and Rice.

>I figured it out. It's not in the newsgroup, the young lady lives a
>bit south of me by some 3 miles and the connection if via NextDoor (a
>social networking site).
>
>It was a request for a recipe, not to cook for her. I managed to
>translate mine to cans for her. It won't be quite right because canned
>beans are too firm for the real dish, but it will be ok.

I don't understand the following.

"It won't be quite right because canned beans are too firm for the

real dish, but it will be o.k."

The times I've had Red Beans and Rice (sometimes in New Orleans) I've
never noticed the beans and the dish being soft or mushy. Nor have
the beans been firm or extra soft when I have made the dish. What am
I missing? Canned beans or dry cooked turn the dish out the same.
I think.
Janet US

[US Janet]

On Sat, 12 Feb 2022 19:19:02 -0500, Sheldon Martin <penm...@aol.com>

wrote:

>jmcquown wrote:
>>
>>> I made a pot of this today. I didn't have any Andouille sausage but
>>> I did have some Linguica. It's a Portugese smoked sausage (Gaspar's
>>> is the brand, made in Massachusetts. I was frankly surprised to find
>>> it for sale at Publix in SC.)
>>>
>>> This, along with a piece of the cornbread I baked yesterday, made for
>>> a a nice filling meal for a chilly afternoon. :)
>>>
>>> Jill
>

>Sounds good for a cold day. Kielbasa will work. I'd use black beans
>but any beans would be fine... I like lima or kidney too.

Any bean dish sounds good for a cold day. :)
Janet US

[Python]

On Sun, 13 Feb 2022 21:14:11 +0000, Ophelia <Oph...@elsinore.me.uk>

wrote:

>On 13/02/2022 17:54, Death Adder wrote:
>> On Sun, 13 Feb 2022 12:13:50 +0000, Ophelia <Oph...@elsinore.me.uk>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On 13/02/2022 10:17, Death Adder wrote:
>>>> On Sun, 13 Feb 2022 10:15:56 GMT, Cindy Hamilton
>>>> <hami...@devnull.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Some sad individual she knows in real life. She thinks she's
>>>>> Mary Worth.
>>>>
>>>> Cindy has clearly become nastier lately. Retirement must be a bitch
>>>> after all those years of working for da man.
>>>
>>> Oh it started a while ago! It isn't new!
>>
>> I hadn't noticed.
>
>Perhaps you haven't been on the sharp end of it.

No, I think she's practicing her new killfile skills on me :)

[Transition Zone]

Jill, who cares. OK?

[Hank Rogers]

All that Ghe has made you smarter!

[Python]

[Python]

[jmcquown]

I didn't understand that, either. Using canned beans shouldn't make any
difference.

Jill

[jmcquown]

Black beans and rice is good. I wouldn't use lima beans for this but
kidneys would work. Kielbasa is the meat Yankees use. ;)

Jill

[Michael Trew]

Well, you southern belle's are missing out! Kielbasa is delicious in
just about everything :)

[cshenk]

Each area is different. You seem to live in one of the ones where no
one took time to develop a community there. I don't. Here we have
Dads helping kids with no Dads with camping, older women helping watch
younger women's kids so they can work and stuff like that. We rebuild
fences for those who can't afford repairs. We work together.

> > It was a request for a recipe, not to cook for her. I managed to
> > translate mine to cans for her. It won't be quite right because
> > canned beans are too firm for the real dish, but it will be ok.
>
> Please explain "managed to translate mine to cans for her". You're
> making this dish entirely too difficult.

You are the one making it difficult. She asked for a recipe for red
beans and rice. She wanted more than 'dump a can of red beans on
rice'. I reverse engineered my version to something that worked with
her means.

Have you ever done anything, just to help another?

I don't cook from cans. She's a widow with mostly cans as the size
fits her meal needs. I worked out a reasonably good version using what
she has.

[cshenk]

What you are missing is these are softer cooked. GOOD redbeans and
rice always are.

[US Janet]

In my recipe the beans are cooked along with everything else for a
time . It is in the way the recipe is put together.
Maybe this is just your preference as I couldn't find any reference to
the softness of the beans.
If you were doing your wash all day and put the red beans and rice on
to cook first thing in the morning, the beans would surely be extra
soft.
Janet US

[US Janet]

On Sun, 13 Feb 2022 17:38:37 -0500, jmcquown <j_mc...@comcast.net>
wrote:

I have made my own Tasso to use with Red Beans and Rice.
Janet US

[Coastal Python]

[Gary]

On 2/12/2022 7:19 PM, Sheldon Martin wrote:
> jmcquown wrote:
>>
>>> I made a pot of this today. I didn't have any Andouille sausage but
>>> I did have some Linguica. It's a Portugese smoked sausage (Gaspar's
>>> is the brand, made in Massachusetts. I was frankly surprised to find
>>> it for sale at Publix in SC.)
>>>
>>> This, along with a piece of the cornbread I baked yesterday, made for
>>> a a nice filling meal for a chilly afternoon. :)
>>>
>>> Jill
>
> Sounds good for a cold day. Kielbasa will work. I'd use black beans
> but any beans would be fine... I like lima or kidney too.

Oh dear Lord! What total TIAD.
Luckily I have nearby McDonald's in my area.
Good food for any day, not just cold ones. ;-D

[Blind snake]

[Copperhead]

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

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

[jmcquown]

Of course I have but I don't tend to crow about it.

> I don't cook from cans. She's a widow with mostly cans as the size
> fits her meal needs. I worked out a reasonably good version using what
> she has.
>

So give her a recipe, a bag of red beans, a bag of rice and buy the
other ingredients if she can't afford them, then show her how to do the
prep work and follow the recipe. One would think as a widow she's
actually cooked something before, even if it wasn't Red Beans & Rice.

Jill

[jmcquown]

Yep, Red Beans & Rice was typically a Monday "wash day" long simmering
thing. :)

Jill

Jill

[jmcquown]

Hey, I like kielbasa just fine! However, if I'm going to go to the
trouble to make a recipe taste close as to the authentic dish as
possible, kielbasa isn't spicy enough. I generally use andouille
sausage but didn't have any in the freezer. I had linguica. The
linguica wasn't quite right, either. Next time I plan to make this I'll
make sure I have some andouille on hand. :)

Jill

[jmcquown]

I'm impressed! Perhaps post the recipe? (I could probably find one on
the Gumbopages archives...) Tasso is not not something I've been able
to find in stores, not even in west TN which was much closer to
Louisiana. I likely won't make it just as I'm not going to make my own
andouille sausage, but others might be interested. :)

Jill

[Copperhead]

Ghe? Uhm, can you go into more detail? I don't get it

[Hank Rogers]

Ghe wouldn't go well with her dish. It's pretty good on lentils and
rice, like injun dishes, if you don't use too much.

Maybe someone will post a good ghe recipe,

[US Janet]

On Mon, 14 Feb 2022 18:47:59 -0500, jmcquown <j_mc...@comcast.net>

It's been years and years, I'll have to rummage through the recipe
box. I think it was around the early days of Alton Brown. Don't hold
your breath ;)
Janet US

[jmcquown]

If you get a chance and find it... it's cooking related! :)

Jill

[Michael Trew]

I can't say that I've ever had Andouille sausage. I like things a bit
spicier, but when cooking for my daughter, anything spicier than
Kielbasa is a no-go.

[GM]

It's only mildly spicy... I get Aidell's, a common brand. Back in the day I'd order it from a Cajun place in Louisiana, there are many...

--
GM

[US Janet]

On Mon, 14 Feb 2022 20:46:29 -0500, jmcquown <j_mc...@comcast.net>
wrote:

snip

>>>>
>>>> I have made my own Tasso to use with Red Beans and Rice.
>>>> Janet US
>>>
>>> I'm impressed! Perhaps post the recipe? (I could probably find one on
>>> the Gumbopages archives...) Tasso is not not something I've been able
>>> to find in stores, not even in west TN which was much closer to
>>> Louisiana. I likely won't make it just as I'm not going to make my own
>>> andouille sausage, but others might be interested. :)
>>>
>>> Jill
>>
>> It's been years and years, I'll have to rummage through the recipe
>> box. I think it was around the early days of Alton Brown. Don't hold
>> your breath ;)
>> Janet US
>
>If you get a chance and find it... it's cooking related! :)
>
>Jill

I haven't found my own recipe but this is what I remember (from
Emeril). As is mentioned in following comments, tasso is usually
smoked. I didn't have a smoker at the time (most people didn't at
that time). Emeril's intructions are without smoker.
It isn't terribly complicated. I've got a smoker now. Maybe I'll do
it again with smoker.
https://www.emerils.com/123512/homemade-tasso
Janet US

[jmcquown]

Andouille sausage likely is not an item commonly found in your area. I
once sent a red beans & rice "kit" to a colleague who worked a branch
office near Columbus, OH. She couldn't find Andouille either so she
used kielbasa, no problem. I wouldn't expect you to cook something too
spicy for your daughter. It's the spice mix for the red beans, not the
type of sausage, that may pose a problem. :(

Jill

[jmcquown]

Thank you for that! I don't have a smoker but Emeril's recipe for tasso
sans smoker sounds good and quite easy. :)

Jill

[Bryan Simmons]

Plus, however much one might like kielbasa, it doesn't
belong in red beans & rice.

>
> I get Aidell's, a common brand. Back in the day I'd order it from a Cajun place in Louisiana, there are many...
>

Aidell's is kind of the standard for chicken sausages of
all kinds. I've had their apple sausages, heck, almost
30 years ago, when we visited a friend in SF. Cajun red
beans & rice is really supposed to be made with regular
pork Andouille, and only a tiny bit of it. Whatever folks
think about fast food, the red beans & rice at Popeyes
is awfully good. Plus, every Tuesday and Thursday,
from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. they sell their small sides for $1
in the app. Their Cajun gravy is really good too. You
bring it home and have it on home made mashed
potatoes.
>
> --
> GM

--Bryan

[cshenk]

jmcquown wrote:

> On 2/13/2022 9:51 PM, cshenk wrote:
> >
> > Have you ever done anything, just to help another?
> >
> Of course I have but I don't tend to crow about it.

It's still rec.food.cooking right?

So I was talking cooking. A small batch red beans and rice with some
decent flavor to it.

> So give her a recipe, a bag of red beans, a bag of rice and buy the
> other ingredients if she can't afford them, then show her how to do
> the prep work and follow the recipe. One would think as a widow
> she's actually cooked something before, even if it wasn't Red Beans &
> Rice.
>
> Jill

Good lord. I hope you don't treat people like this outside of the
group.

[jmcquown]

No, I don't, Carol. It's your constant "look what I'm doing to help
someone I found on Nextdoor!" which comes across as self-aggrandizing.

Jill

[cshenk]

Here's mine if it helps. I shifted it a bit to reduce the sodium for
Don.

1 part red pepper (Cayenne, or Korean)
1 part ground black pepper
1/2 part salt
Optional- 1/2 part honey powder
Optional- some add powdered garlic 'to taste'

The first 3 are always there but the type of red pepper varies

This is used as a dry rub on pork, normally a fatty cut such as pork
butt. The pork is cut from 1/2 to 1 inch thick then coated well and
set to 'cure' a bit in the fridge (2-3 days). After that, I've only
done it smoked but there are other ways I'm sure.

The meat once done, is usually used as a 'seasoning meat' in a variety
of dishes such as gumbos, beans, shredded/chopped fine into gravys.

There is something 'similar' done in Hawaii which I think was made of
pork belly but not sure. Perhaps dsi1 will recall it better? I'm
pretty sure a different name and it may have used brown sugar for my
optional honey powder. (David, it sometimes replaced the spam in a
musabi?)

It's a fun little easy thing.

[Brown Tree Snake]

On Fri, 18 Feb 2022 12:43:55 -0500, jmcquown <j_mc...@comcast.net>
wrote:

You just feel morally inferior, so you lash out.

[Brown Tree Snake]

Ever wonder why RFC has you killfiled? It's the vindictive crap you
spew, for no reason other to offend and disrupt.

Get lost, luser.

[White-lipped Snake]

On Sat, 19 Feb 2022 06:27:30 +1100, Brown Tree Snake
<snakeso...@fmail.invalid> wrote:

>Bruce wrote:
>
>>On Fri, 18 Feb 2022 12:43:55 -0500, jmcquown <j_mc...@comcast.net>
>>wrote:
>>>

>>>No, I don't, Carol. It's your constant "look what I'm doing to help
>>>someone I found on Nextdoor!" which comes across as self-aggrandizing.
>>
>>You just feel morally inferior, so you lash out.
>
>Ever wonder why RFC has you killfiled? It's the vindictive crap you
>spew, for no reason other to offend and disrupt.
>
>Get lost, luser.

Dear fellow Snake,

I was triggered by Jill's unpleasant comment. I notice that you didn't
have a problem with it. You only had a problem with my comment on
Jill's comment. Hence my recurring conclusion:

RFC, For All Your Double Standards

[Dave Smith]

What's with this Nextdoor thing? I couple weeks ago I got what looked
like a home made flyer in my mailbox telling me about Nextdoor for our
town. It told me there were already 30 people on it and that it was to
talk about town issues. I downloaded the app and signed up. There were
a bunch of adds in it along with introductory posts from people. The
vast majority were from people in other towns and cities, not local at
all. The other day a friend posted the flyer that she got in her mail.
She lives in a city about 15 miles from here. The format was the same
and the wording was almost identical.

A couple days ago I got a call from someone about it from someone who
lives nearby. She got an invitation in her mailbox and my name and
street were on the list giving her the impression that I had sent it.
She was wondering if it was legitimate. I had already left the group
and uninstalled the app from my phone.

[White-lipped Snake]

[White-lipped Snake]

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.

[White-lipped Snake]

[jmcquown]

I couldn't tell you about phone app. Nextdoor.com in my area mostly
consists of people whining about traffic or asking if they should call
the police if they see someone in their neighborhood driving a Mercedes
taking pics. (Those people turned out to be home appraisers looking for
"comps" for real estate.)

There are occasional posts which are somewhat appropriate to the type
she responds to. Like a recent one from a young woman who claims she
has 2 young children, recently moved here on the promise of a job which
fell through after fleeing a "toxic" relationship. She just loves the
Lowcountry! Oh, and she's just about to graduate from college. (She
allegedly did all of this in the last year.) She got an eviction
notice. She hasn't been able to pay rent in months (Covid) and there's
a court date set for 3/9. Her lease is up in April. She needs help
finding a place to live. Willing to work but can only afford to put one
child in daycare.

It may well be true. But I wouldn't read that on a web site and
immediately contact this person and offer to find her a place to live or
offer to watch her kids and cook for them while she's out looking for a
job. Know what I mean? People use sites like this to engender sympathy
and bilk people out of money. Yes, I'm that cynical.

Jill

[itsjoan...@webtv.net]

On Friday, February 18, 2022 at 2:03:10 PM UTC-6, Dave Smith wrote:
>

> What's with this Nextdoor thing? I couple weeks ago I got what looked
> like a home made flyer in my mailbox telling me about Nextdoor for our
> town. It told me there were already 30 people on it and that it was to
> talk about town issues. I downloaded the app and signed up. There were
> a bunch of adds in it along with introductory posts from people. The
> vast majority were from people in other towns and cities, not local at
> all. The other day a friend posted the flyer that she got in her mail.
> She lives in a city about 15 miles from here. The format was the same
> and the wording was almost identical.
>
> A couple days ago I got a call from someone about it from someone who
> lives nearby. She got an invitation in her mailbox and my name and
> street were on the list giving her the impression that I had sent it.
> She was wondering if it was legitimate. I had already left the group
> and uninstalled the app from my phone.
>

I was on the local Nextdoor group a few years ago. It let me join
with the ItsJoanNotJoAnn name with no problems. About two
months or so into the group the site had a hiccup of some sort
and I could not enter. I wrote the administrator asking what the
problem was and after about a day or I was told I had to use my
real full name and I can't remember if it needed a physical address
or not. Anyway, that was the end of that, and I've not missed it in
the least.

I do think it was just a site to harvest names and addresses.

[Jeßus]

On Sat, 19 Feb 2022 06:27:30 +1100, Brown Tree Snake
<snakeso...@fmail.invalid> wrote:

Many have tried to explain it to him, myself included. He either
doesn't care (and if so, what does that say about him) or can't accept
the truth.

[bruce bowser]

Jill isn't lashing out. She's only bothered by Nextdoor.com. That isn't anything.

[bruce bowser]

Nextdoor dot com is for people who enjoy the people on their street or in their development.

[Oenpelli Python]

You're becoming a real fanboi :) Enjoy!

[Oenpelli Python]

Yes, so?

[Oenpelli Python]

[Oenpelli Python]

[Woma Python]

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

[US Janet]

I posted the first comment, the beginning of the thread
Janet US

[Brown Water Python]

[US Janet]

On Fri, 18 Feb 2022 16:09:11 -0500, jmcquown <j_mc...@comcast.net>
wrote:

excuse me for being mean, but IMO, those kind of people on Nextdoor
are just smarter than the people that stand on street corners in the
cold with a sign that says 'need help'
Every time a message like that shows up on my Nextdoor, a couple of
people lists, with phone numbers the numerous places someone needing
help can call for just about any kind of help. Then there are the
women on the group that immediately run out and buy groceries, diapers
all kinds of stuff.
Cynical

[Hank Rogers]

It doesn't take much to set master druce off.

[Dave Smith]

My issue was that when I signed up it was anything but what it was
billed as. It was not local people. Most of them were from out of town.
Then I got that call from a woman who told me that my name was on the
invitation she got in her mail, and about the same time a friend in a
nearby city for the same sort of home made looking circular with the
same basic wording and format. It is like they are sweeping an area and
obviously looking to harvest information.

[cshenk]

In some areas, it works. They added a cellphone 'app' about 3 years
ago which 'sort of works'.