Subj : Re: Chicken Salad To : Ruth Haffly From : Dave Drum Date : Sat Jun 24 2023 06:56:00 -=> Ruth Haffly wrote to Dave Drum <=- DD> I use it in salads (meat or traditional), in chilli (to add body), DD> stuffing/dressing, and soups. Also with peanut butter (yes, I know) or DD> cream/pimiento cheese in the trough as a snack. RH> You're cooking for one; I'm cooking for 2. DD> And I can always use the limber (but not rotten) celery for soup. RH> Always a use for it, even rotten celery can be used for compost. But the soup is tastier. I also put leftover/overaged/going rotten veg and fruit on the six-foot plus diameter maple stump in the back corner of my yard for the bird, squirrels, rackety coons, etc. DD> 8<----- SLASH ----->B DD> Wally-World groceries are a RIP-OFF. Especially the "fresh" meat - all DD> of which has "up to 15% flavor enhancing solution added". I will be DD> forever damned (as in condemned to the pit) if I'll pay meat prices DD> for salt water. RH> I don't get meat or produce at W-M; usually get toiletries, some RH> foodstuffs (not their house brand canned goods), automotive/camper RH> needs, etc. I have an app on my smarty-pants phone called "Meat & Poultry Inspection Directory" which will give you whoever canned that product if it's been federally inspected. I use it when shopping anywhere for groceries, ALDI especially. Not all canned good will be required to be federally passed. But, those which are give up "Whodunit" by plugging in the "Establishment Number" or "EST #" found on the packaging. I've found canned vegetables at ALDI put up by Del Monte and Dole. And at one time their Rangemaster Chilli was done by Milnot (Chilli Man). DD> I don't care for their corporate culture since Sam Walton passed and DD> his heirs turned their largess over to the avaricious bean-counters. DD> So, I vote with my wallet and withhold my custom. RH> Sometimes they're the only place in town for something. DD> In which case I'll do without or order on-line. RH> On line isn't always an option and sometimes it's something needed. In which case I will do without or go to an alternative. It's a matter of principle with me and I'll not broach the principle for convenience. My Grandfather told me as a young guy to always follow the Shakespeare quote from Ham;et "To thine own self be true" and I'd not go wrong. I've lived by that for the most part. and treat people as I'd like to be treated. DD> of my near-bys. But, like the C-F-A they're about as far from me as DD> they can get and still be in town. Bv)= They put me in mind of the DD> Wegman's "super" stores, w/mezzanine dining and live music sometimes. RH> We don't have the mezzanine dining and live music at our Wegman's, just RH> a lot of good foods. (G) RH> Our store isn't as big as the one in MD nor as small as the one in RH> Newark. Good sized--and busy all the time. DD> Weggies are no dummies. They size their stores according to the area's DD> demographics. I'm in a twn that is (currently) 120K bodies w/metro DD> area more than double that. RH> I'm not sure what the population of WF is but Wegman's draws in RH> customers from a wide area. More are being built in the area but none RH> close enough to draw customers from our store; others are west, south, RH> east of Raleigh. When the Raleigh store opened, they had the largest RH> number of customers to ever go thru a store on opening day. They also RH> had to have Raleigh police at the exits off the Beltline to control the RH> traffic flow. Nice to be popular, innit? MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06 Title: Hamburger Hamlet's Stuffed Bell Peppers Categories: Vwgwtables, Beef, Rice, Cheese Yield: 6 servings 6 lg bell peppers 1 lb. 93% lean ground beef 14 1/2 oz Can diced tomatoes 8 oz Can tomato sauce 2 1/2 c Cooked long grain & wild - rice (approx) 50 g Env Sazon seasoning 2 ts Adobo seasoning 1 c Four cheese blend; approx. Set oven @ 350ºF/175ºC. Cut a hole in the top of the peppers. Cut and rinse any remaining seeds out. Set aside. Start large pot of water to boil for the peppers (will boil for 10 minutes each batch in 2 batches) Brown hamburger. Cook rice according to directions on box, omitting butter or oil. Add tomatoes, sauce, and seasoning to hamburger, reduce to a simmer. Once water is boiling, boil peppers, drain and place them in a baking dish. Once rice is finished add to hamburger by the spoonful (large cooking spoon) until nice consistency, about 2.5 cups. Mix about 1/2 cup or more of cheese into the hamburger mixture leaving the rest to sprinkle on top of the peppers. Fill the peppers with the mixture and sprinkle with cheese. Bake for about 5 minutes or until cheese is melted. Makes 6 stuffed peppers RECIPE FROM: https://recipes.sparkpeople.com Uncle Dirty Dave's Archives MMMMM .... My dentist told me I need a crown. I was like: I KNOW! Right? --- MultiMail/Win v0.52 * Origin: SouthEast Star Mail HUB - SESTAR (1:3634/12) .