Snowed in days, what do you tend to make?

[cshenk]

Doesn't have to be expressly snow, could be big tropical storm,
hurricane, what have you. Weather that has you stay home all weekend?

I tend to plot something fairly sophisiticated (at least to me), in the
line of 'never made that before'.

Here was my 'project' this time.

https://girlcooksworld.com/yongun-chonggwa-candied-lotus-roots/

Worked nicely! I coated them with various colored sugars I'd gotten on
sale post Christmas thinking I might top a muffin or such with them. I
also had some of those little tubes of 'icing' you use to write a name
on a cake with so used those in patterns. I also brushed honey on the
tops of some then sprinkled brown sugar over that.

It was fun!

[Thomas]

Never had lotus roots, not sure what they are.
For me, freezing outside is a good reason to bake and do slow simmer soups.
This weekend was sub zero f. Did a chuck veg soup. That was 4 hours low plus o ring noodles, separate boil and added. Used wifes mixer for pizza dough, oo flour. One round pie Sat eve and a pan pizza yesterday.
The pan was much better than the round. Wife did sugar cookies with coconut extract. Perfect for dipping in my coffee at work today.
I do love my Aladdin lamps too. Any reason to add heat and keep the furnace somewhat off.
Pennsylvania.
Did regular breakfast stuff too. Ham, eggs, homefries...

Tell me about lotus. I know I can look it up, it is not the point here.
I was intimate with 123.

[songbird]

cshenk wrote:

> Doesn't have to be expressly snow, could be big tropical storm,
> hurricane, what have you. Weather that has you stay home all weekend?

we just made a bunch of spaghetti with meatballs so i
have that to finish off. gradually.

it depends upon what else is going on too. if Mom wants
to cook something she will, the other day i grilled ham
and cheese sandwiches on rye. on Friday Mom made some
chocolate haystacks (chow mein noodles with peanuts and
dark chocolate) and some peanut clusters. redskins are
important. i like to add some butterscotch chips to the
haystacks and also to the peanut clusters. if you make
some maple syrup flavored frosting you can make your own
Bunns.

as i am trying to be more moderate for the next few
months i'm not making anything too tempting for myself so
no tapioca pudding or other things. instead i'm trying to
add more fruits to my oatmeal and more fiber to my later
meal so that i feel more full longer. seems to be working
as long as there aren't too many temptations around. not
that i consider all this chocolate tempting any more - i'm
used to having it around. the jar of peanut butter is a
bit more tempting.


songbird

[BRUCE]

On Mon, 24 Jan 2022 20:54:29 -0500, songbird <song...@anthive.com>
wrote:

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

[BRUCE]

On Mon, 24 Jan 2022 17:23:17 -0800 (PST), Thomas <cano...@gmail.com>
wrote:

[BRUCE]

[Cindy Hamilton]

On Monday, January 24, 2022 at 6:16:24 PM UTC-5, cshenk wrote:

> Doesn't have to be expressly snow, could be big tropical storm,
> hurricane, what have you. Weather that has you stay home all weekend?

We don't tend to get snowed in here because we have actual snow
removal equipment. Nor do we have other weather that keeps us in
all weekend.

On snowy days, I'm usually tuckered out from pushing the snowblower
and shoveling, so I have something simple like scrambled eggs.

Yesterday I spend a couple of hours on snow removal and had
a big salad and vermicelli with butter, Parmagiano-Reggiano, salt,
and pepper.

Cindy Hamilton

[bruce bowser]

On Monday, January 24, 2022 at 8:55:40 PM UTC-5, songbird wrote:
> cshenk wrote:
>
> > Doesn't have to be expressly snow, could be big tropical storm,
> > hurricane, what have you. Weather that has you stay home all weekend?
> we just made a bunch of spaghetti with meatballs so i
> have that to finish off.

I like those store-bought fully-cooked char-grilled meatballs that come in a package. Those, with red pepper and tomato sauce make great spaghetti on bad weather days. The grated romano cheese is about gone. Its saltier and stronger than parmesan cheese.

[cshenk]

Thomas wrote:

> On Monday, January 24, 2022 at 6:16:24 PM UTC-5, cshenk wrote:
> > Doesn't have to be expressly snow, could be big tropical storm,
> > hurricane, what have you. Weather that has you stay home all
> > weekend?
> >
> > I tend to plot something fairly sophisiticated (at least to me), in
> > the line of 'never made that before'.
> >
> > Here was my 'project' this time.
> >
> > https://girlcooksworld.com/yongun-chonggwa-candied-lotus-roots/
> >
> > Worked nicely! I coated them with various colored sugars I'd gotten
> > on sale post Christmas thinking I might top a muffin or such with
> > them. I also had some of those little tubes of 'icing' you use to
> > write a name on a cake with so used those in patterns. I also
> > brushed honey on the tops of some then sprinkled brown sugar over
> > that.
> >
> > It was fun!
> Never had lotus roots, not sure what they are.

They don't look like much when raw at the store for starters. Almost
like a thin skinned very large potato but not lumpy. They don't have
to be peeled, but I always have. The insides are a creamy white to
creamy yellow-white. Edible raw, they taste like crunchy starch. They
advise cooking them because the water they grow in can carry paracites.

Cut them to rounds and the inside reveals a delicate flower pattern.
Store in Su water (2 cups water, 1 tsp vinegar) to keep from browning
until ready to cook.

They can be baked, fried, steamed, or simmered (or boiled). In my
case, we made them candied last weekend.

Other times, we've made a simple Dashi Miso soup and dropped one cut to
1/4 inch at the bottom of the bowl. You fish it up with chopsticks and
nibble it as you slurp your soup.

> For me, freezing outside is a good reason to bake and do slow simmer
> soups. This weekend was sub zero f. Did a chuck veg soup. That was 4
> hours low plus o ring noodles, separate boil and added. Used wifes
> mixer for pizza dough, oo flour. One round pie Sat eve and a pan
> pizza yesterday. The pan was much better than the round. Wife did
> sugar cookies with coconut extract. Perfect for dipping in my coffee
> at work today. I do love my Aladdin lamps too. Any reason to add
> heat and keep the furnace somewhat off. Pennsylvania. Did regular
> breakfast stuff too. Ham, eggs, homefries...
>
> Tell me about lotus. I know I can look it up, it is not the point
> here. I was intimate with 123.

Well, here, tummy full of a warm stew we made (either posted or I will
in a minute) today, fireplace roaring as we work through our second
snowy weekend.

[cshenk]

songbird wrote:

> cshenk wrote:
>
> > Doesn't have to be expressly snow, could be big tropical storm,
> > hurricane, what have you. Weather that has you stay home all
> > weekend?
>
> we just made a bunch of spaghetti with meatballs so i
> have that to finish off. gradually.
>
> it depends upon what else is going on too. if Mom wants
> to cook something she will, the other day i grilled ham
> and cheese sandwiches on rye. on Friday Mom made some
> chocolate haystacks (chow mein noodles with peanuts and
> dark chocolate) and some peanut clusters. redskins are
> important. i like to add some butterscotch chips to the
> haystacks and also to the peanut clusters. if you make
> some maple syrup flavored frosting you can make your own
> Bunns.

Sounds good! For us, sweets are a bit of an abberation so the candied
Lotus Root or a haystack, would be the rare item.

> as i am trying to be more moderate for the next few
> months i'm not making anything too tempting for myself so
> no tapioca pudding or other things. instead i'm trying to
> add more fruits to my oatmeal and more fiber to my later
> meal so that i feel more full longer.

Yup. Lots of fiber. Here's a healthy snack. Brush some Lotus Root
slices with olive oil then sprinkle with cinnomon sugar and bake at
400F until they start to carmelize a bit (roughly 7 minutes but depeds
on thickness of slice). 27 calories each and loaded with 'good for
you' stuff.

> seems to be working
> as long as there aren't too many temptations around. not
> that i consider all this chocolate tempting any more - i'm
> used to having it around. the jar of peanut butter is a
> bit more tempting.

Grin! Snacking on olives is harmless if you need a snack!

[songbird]

cshenk wrote:
...

> Grin! Snacking on olives is harmless if you need a snack!

since we don't normally eat salty things or add salt to
foods olives are way too salty for me to enjoy often unless
in an egg salad or potato salad.

in the past when i was cooking more for myself i was
experimenting with using olives in cooked foods of
various kinds and they were ok.

one way i do like them if i really do want a lot of
salt is on a pizza with bacon. green olives, mushrooms,
onions and bacon.


songbird

[Gary]

On 1/29/2022 7:01 PM, cshenk wrote:
> Grin! Snacking on olives is harmless if you need a snack!

Hmmm... I need a snack tonight. Olives or a Big Mac. Oh, the choices. ;)

Two and a half Men episode:
Jake was looking in the fridge and Alan (his dad) said, "Jake if you
want a snack, have an apple."
Jake laughed and said, "Good one, dad."

[Cindy Hamilton]

And we should take that TV show as our model for how we should
live?

Cindy Hamilton

[Gary]

Get real. Cindy. I wrote a funny. At least to me.

[Hector]

Since we're talking about a hotel in your price range, that's probably
correct.

[Hector]

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

[cshenk]

I like Black olives. Not salty.

[Hazza]

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

[songbird]

cshenk wrote:
...

> I like Black olives. Not salty.

good black olives i like, bad ones are horrible.
i don't really eat them that often now. a few times a
year. green olives we use frequently enough that they're
kept in the fridge.


songbid

[Haberdoedas]

[Michael Trew]

On 2/1/2022 12:06, songbird wrote:
> cshenk wrote:
> ....

I'm always annoyed that they seem to only sell green olives in jars.
Too salty; I like black olives... but it seems those are only in cans.

[Hank Rogers]

So, why not save a green olive jar to put your black olives in?

[Dave Smith]

Don't any of your grocery stores have an olive bar or a deli counter
with olives? They are infinitely better than any olives that come in a
can or a jar. I never used to like olives in the days when I thought
they came only in cans and jars.

The olives that got me into them came from a place called John's
Delicatessen. They were green olives (with pits) odds and ends from the
deli counter, likes chopped up end pieces of pepperoni and salami, bits
of cheese and pickled hot pepper. Then one day I went to stock up on
olives and John's was closed. No warning at all.

[Ed Pawlowski]

Never thought about it as I don't like olives. Found this:
Most black olives that are sold at the grocery store have been ripened
artificially with certain substances/chemicals. ... So these
artificially ripened black olives need to be cooked for a while at a
certain temperature after being packaged in their container - a process
that only metal cans allow for, not glass jars.

Why do they put black olives in a can?
The combination of added oxygen and gluconic acid gives the olives that
black color. The olives are ready to go in a can. Canned food has to be
cooked to kill the bacteria. The cooking also takes out a lot of the
bitter stuff, which is why canned black olives are so sweet tasting.

[Michael Trew]

Nifty, thanks!!

[dsi1]

My wife wants to go to the mainland to see some snow. My sister-in-law says she can't guarantee it'll snow. I don't mind taking a trip there but going just to see some frozen water fluttering through the sky seems kind of silly.

As far as candied fruits goes, the Chinese like to celebrate the new lunar year with prepared fruits and vegetables. It's kind of neat stuff but they're kind of weird.

https://img.s-hawaiianairlines.com/static/images/hawaiistories/culture/chinesenewyear/chinese-candy.jpg

[Benjamin]

On Monday, January 24, 2022 at 5:16:24 PM UTC-6, cshenk wrote:
> Doesn't have to be expressly snow, could be big tropical storm,
> hurricane, what have you. Weather that has you stay home all weekend?
>
> I tend to plot something fairly sophisiticated (at least to me), in the
> line of 'never made that before'.
>
> Here was my 'project' this time.
>
> https://girlcooksworld.com/yongun-chonggwa-candied-lotus-roots/
>
> Worked nicely! I coated them with various colored sugars I'd gotten on
> sale post Christmas thinking I might top a muffin or such with them. I
> also had some of those little tubes of 'icing' you use to write a name
> on a cake with so used those in patterns. I also brushed honey on the
> tops of some then sprinkled brown sugar over that.
>
> It was fun!

Michael's an excellent example of American ignorance and explains how
Americans were able to vote for the Trump clown. The deplorables are
poorly educated, poorly informed, have never been out of their own
country and are easily influenced. Yet they do have the right to vote.
And there you are: Donald Trump. I can't wait for the next American
election. May I suggest Sylvester Stallone? :)