Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder2.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: jmcquown Newsgroups: rec.food.cooking Subject: Re: Boiled Green Peanuts Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2024 12:50:25 -0400 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 20 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2024 18:50:36 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="9e9870a4b2200a8e2809e682ff335d3a"; logging-data="3379639"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+wDiGpe25Bq5GkLRZ+7nPF7icoHT8D3Xk=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:pC7M6UL2bkbbKh/G1hd5tUEwOIU= In-Reply-To: Content-Language: en-US Bytes: 2276 On 10/25/2024 12:05 PM, 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? > Complex was the wrong word. Carol says what I cook is "elegant". It's not. Sure, I make bechamel (basic white sauce) on occasion. Gratin, if cheese is added to it for something like scalloped potatoes and you want to call it "au gratin". That's a rare thing. I have never made Holladaise sauce. I've never made Chimichurri. Can't think why I would. All I meant was what I cook is usually fairly quick and easy, doesn't take a lot of time and doesn't usually involve sauces. Jill