Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!news.quux.org!eternal-september.org!feeder2.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Carol" Newsgroups: rec.food.cooking Subject: Re: Boiled Green Peanuts Date: Sat, 26 Oct 2024 19:03:13 -0000 (UTC) Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 31 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Sat, 26 Oct 2024 21:03:13 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="80b4b58a45cb6d42f594fc290af770ab"; logging-data="4045057"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+DieuERMwiCjieLUhgtuP/" User-Agent: XanaNews/1.21-f3fb89f (x86; Portable ISpell) Cancel-Lock: sha1:DghOgTaNG53swtbpgEL3LSHyTWE= Bytes: 2615 Dave Smith wrote: > On 2024-10-25 12:05 p.m., Cindy Hamilton wrote: > >On 2024-10-25, jmcquown wrote: > > > > > > My cooking is pretty basic, actually. You won't find me making > > > complex sauces. It doesn't take much to cook good tasting food. > > > It doesn't take a lot of time, either. > > > > What's "complex" ? Bechamel (and its derivatives)? Hollandaise? > > Chimichurri? Forget the soapweed sauce! Ick!! > Recipes for dishes that include sauces can be daunting. Take macaroni > and cheese as an example. There are a number of steps and if you are > making the traditional baked version they have the instructions for > making a sauce. You have to melt butter in a pan, add the flour, stir > it around, add the milk, stir it, add the cheese etc, stir. When I > make macaroni and cheese I just fake a white sauce and add a little > hot mustard powder and grated or diced cheese. The basic sauces are > all pretty simple. Don't be silly Dave. > Remember that Jill lives alone and sometimes it's just not worth the > effort to make something when you are only going to use a couple > spoonfuls of it. This one probably affects her more.