Geno; Good evening to you my cyber friend, I hope you're doing as fine as that soup looks!
My goodness that's a good looking photo, I can almost taste it.
As you and others have mentioned, making soup from a bird carcass, ham bones, etc is a great way to extend the use of that food.
Pearled and pot barley are another thing we pick up at Bulk Barn and I love it in the wonderful soups my wife makes.
While I'm trying to expand my cooking, I'm more of a venison roast and potatoes or sausages and perogies cook, though again I am learning to stretch my repertoire a bit.
When I took up ice fishing we've found that we both don't mind perch tacos for instance and next week I'm attempting some fish patties using mashed potatoes, egg and white fleshed fish which again will be perch.
Not that on any balance sheet it'd pay the diesel for me to drive to the mountain lake where I go ice fishing or anything close, but it does keep me more or less sane and out of trouble.
Again I'll say it's been a grand thread with a lot of thoughtful input - kudos one and all for that - it's nice to see.
All the best to you all down in your part of the planet sir.
Dwayne
Dwayne, way up north of me.
I sure wish we had some perch around here. I guess I could get a non-resident license and drive the 100 miles to Klamath Lake and find some in the spring, but that negates the inexpensiveness of the meal. I sure do love that white flesh of them things, better than walleye in my opinion (haters gonna hate that statement!)
Sausages and pirogi (with kraut) can make a tasty and relatively cheap meal too. Reminds me I need to do better with the cabbage next season, bugs got most of it. Didn't make any kraut, I need to address that issue.
My wife didn't like the pearl barley, thought it was "slimy" in her words. I like barley so if slimy I never noticed. Soup was good otherwise, needed a shot of hot sauce stuff though, which made it entirely satisfying.
Hope you all are getting some moisture up that way, as ours has dried up. Unfortunately. Still in severe drought territory, even after the snow and rain in December. Oh well, living in the West has other benefits.
Good evening to you and a fine Sunday tomorrow.
The desert is a true treasure for him who seeks refuge from men and the evil of men. In it is contentment In it is death and all you seek (Quoted from "The Bleeding of the Stone" Ibrahim Al-Koni)
Geno; Good evening to you my cyber friend, I hope you're doing as fine as that soup looks!
My goodness that's a good looking photo, I can almost taste it.
As you and others have mentioned, making soup from a bird carcass, ham bones, etc is a great way to extend the use of that food.
Pearled and pot barley are another thing we pick up at Bulk Barn and I love it in the wonderful soups my wife makes.
While I'm trying to expand my cooking, I'm more of a venison roast and potatoes or sausages and perogies cook, though again I am learning to stretch my repertoire a bit.
When I took up ice fishing we've found that we both don't mind perch tacos for instance and next week I'm attempting some fish patties using mashed potatoes, egg and white fleshed fish which again will be perch.
Not that on any balance sheet it'd pay the diesel for me to drive to the mountain lake where I go ice fishing or anything close, but it does keep me more or less sane and out of trouble.
Again I'll say it's been a grand thread with a lot of thoughtful input - kudos one and all for that - it's nice to see.
All the best to you all down in your part of the planet sir.
Dwayne
Dwayne, where are you getting perch in your parts? My favourite freshwater fish (along with walleye). I am so looking forward to retiring and moving to the interior.
I assume real estate is booming there just as it is elsewhere?
It's crazy. The listed price is where the bidding starts.
i.e., your dear wife is making bank...
She's found herself in an envious position. Real estate is good and the hospital is giving out generous bonus' to keep the nurse turnover to a minimum.
It's almost as envious a position as I'm in,.....being retired and married to a woman who's in an envious position.
This winter I got a deal on sweet potatoes. They are excellent condition and although they don't store as well, they aren't bad if cooled for a couple of months. Very tasty carbs and surprisingly good for most. Diabetics should try some and test too. Other things on sale lately are cabbage, which can be fermented. Onions too, as celery and anything produce in season. Right now, I'm prepping for the spring garden.
Learn about wild edibles for foraging and planting.
Feel lucky here... we have the nice spiral cut hams at like 70% off. What used to be a $43 ham is $11.50. I put 5 of them in a freezer. The one we cooked for family dinner fed 5 people, then fed me for breakfast and dinner for a work week and the wife had dinner off of it for a week. we have half of it in the freezer for next week yet. for $11, it fed a lot of people a lot of meals.
I assume real estate is booming there just as it is elsewhere?
It's crazy. The listed price is where the bidding starts.
i.e., your dear wife is making bank...
She's found herself in an envious position. Real estate is good and the hospital is giving out generous bonus' to keep the nurse turnover to a minimum.
It's almost as envious a position as I'm in,.....being retired and married to a woman who's in an envious position.
My point. So you can afford meat and asparagus???
Well, yeah. I can afford it. But I've always been a frugal kind of guy,..and food can get expensive these days. So I was wondering if anybody had some ideas on good, cheap food that I hadn't thought about.
...." An evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh."
I guess I call it as I see it. Maybe I should change it to eat an adult dick, ya effing pedophile.
I've probably read that statement over a dozen times from you to me and others. I don't remember ever starting any arguments with you, but I won't be you or anyone else constantly walk all over me. So now you've gone to another level. False criminal accusations. I am putting you on record. Maybe Rick Bin should look into this. This certainly violates the first rule.
I assume real estate is booming there just as it is elsewhere?
It's crazy. The listed price is where the bidding starts.
i.e., your dear wife is making bank...
She's found herself in an envious position. Real estate is good and the hospital is giving out generous bonus' to keep the nurse turnover to a minimum.
It's almost as envious a position as I'm in,.....being retired and married to a woman who's in an envious position.
My point. So you can afford meat and asparagus???
Well, yeah. I can afford it. But I've always been a frugal kind of guy,..and food can get expensive these days. So I was wondering if anybody had some ideas on good, cheap food that I hadn't thought about.
Nothing wrong with that. You prioritize the nutrition and that's what counts most. I think that it's more cost effective to go that route than to do what lots do and eat cheap, nutritionally void foods.
...." An evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh."
I guess I call it as I see it. Maybe I should change it to eat an adult dick, ya effing pedophile.
I've probably read that statement over a dozen times from you to me and others. I don't remember ever starting any arguments with you, but I won't be you or anyone else constantly walk all over me. So now you've gone to another level. False criminal accusations. I am putting you on record. Maybe Rick Bin should look into this. This certainly violates the first rule.
Does being a lying sack of schidt violate any rules?
Chop up a head of green cabbage. Brown up a pound of hamburger. Throw the cabbage in with the burger and add garlic, seasoned salt, and red pepper flakes to taste. Don't overcook the cabbage. Scoop you some into a bowl and give it a splash of white vinegar.
Marinate a mess of chicken thighs in Italian dressing overnight. Throw them in the air fryer for 20 minutes while you're steaming some broccoli. If you don't have an air fryer bake or grill them, but an air fryer works like magic.
Make a big pot of taco soup. Pound of hamburger browned, some beef broth, a can of stewed tomatoes, couple of cans of black and pinto beans, can of corn, chopped onion, packet of taco seasoning, and throw it all in a pot to cook. Top with shredded cheese, a little sour cream, and serve with tortillas or tortilla chips.
Throw some chicken or a roast in a crock pot with some broth, half a stick of butter, a packet of ranch dressing mix, and bunch of banana peppers and some of the juice out of the bottle (I add jalapenos too). Let it cook until you can shred the meat. Serve it over mashed potatoes or rice or make burritos out of it.
If making burritos, make a some cilantro lime rice. Cook whatever rice you like (I'm lazy so I use Minute Rice cooked in chicken broth instead of water), chop up a small bunch of cilantro and add to it along with garlic, lime juice (and lime zest if using fresh limes), a little sugar, and salt and pepper to taste. Stuff it all in a tortilla with whatever fixings you like.
Hamburger patties cooked in french onion soup topped with a slice of provolone. Baked potato and a vegetable of your chosing.
A baked potato smothered in chili and cheese or taco fixings.
A grilled ham and cheese sandwich and a bowl of soup.
One thing we fixed at the cabin during deer season was what I’ll call stuffing casserole. Take a box of Stove Top Stuffing, can of Cream of Chicken soup, can of Cream of Celery soup and a can of chicken. Mix the chicken and soups in the bottom of a baking dish, Spread the stuffing on top then bake at 350 for however long you like to have the top crispy.
