Subj : Ravioli
To   : Ruth Haffly
From : Carol Shenkenberger
Date : Mon May 20 2024 19:10:13

  Re: Ravioli
  By: Ruth Haffly to Dave Drum on Sun May 19 2024 07:53 pm

 > Hi Dave,
 > 
 > 
 >  DD> I usually have a way I want to dish to taste. So I modify on the fly
 >  DD> to try to achieve that flavour. I will sometimes eat a restaurant
 >  DD> verion
 >  DD> of a dish before trying to make it at home. Just (I tell myself) as a
 >  DD> benchmark.
 > 
 > We've done that. Case in point, years ago when we were in Germany we had
 > something called Goulash Soup (I'll look up the recipe and post it.) a
 > couple of times. Started analysing it the second time, a few weeks later
 > I was in the Stars and Stripes bookstore. Saw a German cookbook so I
 > started browsing it, found a recipe for Goulash Soup. We were pretty
 > much spot on with the ingredients, missed a couple of minor ones. Bought
 > the book and have made the soup a number of times since.
 > 
 > 
 >  DD> I freaked out my hosemate yesterday at supper. I had stopped at
 >  DD> Humphrey's deli to pick up a half-pound of chicken livers and some
 >  DD> pre-cut muskmelon for my lunch whe I saw the meat department has
 >  DD> chuck-eye steaks on special offer @ U$6.99 lb. I couldn't pass that
 >  DD> by. 3 of the 1# steaks are sucky bagged in the freezer and I
 >  DD> fixed/grilled the other (after halving it)
 >  DD> w/lemon-pepper amd some basil and rigani.
 > 
 > Sounds good. We try to catch deals like that when we can and add them to
 > our freezer also. Didn't buy a lot of meat this past year but still have
 > a good amount in the freezer.
 > 
 >  DD> Did "baked" potatoes in the microwave and a nice side salad. When I
 >  DD> set it in front of Dennis ha said "I'm not hungey". But I noticed
 >  DD> there was nothing but bare plates at clean-up time.   Bv)=
 > 
 > Nothing left for the dogs?
 > 

Oh, my poor Dog Jack!  He's rescue and apparently never had a dental.  5 teeth
extracted (1,149$!!).  He's almost 9 and had to be done, but gosh, even the cat
is being nice to him today.

  xxcarol
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