Subj : Food TeeVee
To   : Dave Drum
From : Ruth Haffly
Date : Fri Jan 19 2024 13:29:21

Hi Dave,

 RH> That is the one major downside to the 6 qt size but I can deal with it.
 RH> I'll be firing up the mixer later this week for another fig cake.

 DD> I quite like figs but I've never had (or been offered) fig cake. I'll
 DD> have to remedy that at some point.

Well, if we ever have another echo get together, I'll make a fig cake.
That's not looking very likely now but, there's always a possibility...
BTW, I used the mixer yesterday to make butter blend, our version of the
soft butter--3 sticks salted (our taste, you may prefer unsalted) butter
and a cup of olive oil blended together on a medium high speed. This
recipe can be adjusted to 2 sticks of butter and 2/3 cup olive oil or 1
stick of butter and 1/3 cup of olive oil but in the latter case I'd do
it by hand or use a hand mixer.


 DD> One of my favourites, back when I was watching TeeVee was David
 DD> Rosengarten, host of Taste, he took a deep dive into a different
 DD> food every episode.

 RH> Never saw him but sounds interesting.

 RH> Our favorites were "Good Eats" and "Iron Chef".....while in HI, we
 RH> caught some of the Japanese versions of the latter. Couldn't
 RH>  understand RH> what they were saying but still fun to watch.

 DD> I had several hosts that I enjoyed. And a few - Bobby Flay and Guy
 DD> Fieri - who had me reaching for the remote. Fieri came to my town to

 RH> I don't mind Bobby but I don't care for Guy at all.

 DD> Flay is tolerable except when he's in smart as ... aleck mode

Hit the mental "delete" or mute button in those cases.

 RH>  (Lanny Huggins) develop his menu - I w3as a taste tester for
 RH>  new/proposed DD> dishes, I was curious to see how they were treated
 RH>  by TVFN.

 DD> When I went there for lunch soon after he had blown through town I
 DD> asked my waitress how it went with the "big deal". Her comment was
 DD> "What a 'Richard Cranium'!" (not her exact words ... cleaned up for
 DD> use in the echo)  www.charlieparkersdiner.com

 DD> Previous owner Mike Murphy won a $25K first prize in the Thomas
 DD> English Muffin Breakfast contest. In a very classy move he divided
 DD> the prize money among the staff.

 RH> That was very classy of him, don't usually see much of that.

 DD> Murphy sold the diner to his head cook who used his part of the prize
 DD> money as part of the down payment. Then Mike (who had been appointed
 DD> to fill out a State Senate term for the elected guy who snuffed it. He
 DD> was then elected for a full term - but resigned part way through to
 DD> take up the position as head of The Greater Springfield Chamber of
 DD> Commerce.

Did right well for himself then.


 DD> I'm going to Charlie Parker's fir breakfast after I upload my replies.
 DD> They have an "Early Bird" special of two eggs (any style), potatoes,
 DD> meat, toast and coffee at a good price if you get there before 08:00.

 DD> I usually get Tater Tots for my potato as they are one of the few
 DD> venues in toown that offers them. And since I am "coffied out" by the
 DD> time I
 DD> leave home they give me a glass of juice or milk in place of the more
 DD> usual coffee.

That's a much bigger breakfast than I usually eat. I'd sub out tea for
the coffee and ask if I could get fruit for the potatoes.

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Catch you later,
Ruth
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