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On 2/11/2025 7:13 AM, dsi1 wrote:
> On Tue, 11 Feb 2025 3:23:57 +0000, Dave Smith wrote:
> 
>> On 2025-02-10 7:00 p.m., Jill McQuown wrote:
>>> On 2/10/2025 5:15 PM, songbird wrote:
>>>>    certain brand of commercial candy.  used to be good.
>>>> today i had one and there was no discernable peanut or
>>>> chocolate flavors, just sweet nothing.  i took some
>>>> roasted peanuts and ate them to at least get closer to
>>>> what they used to be like.
>>>>
>>> I'm not familiar with whatever candy you are talking about.
>>>
>>>>    the oreo cookie i snagged for a pre-breakfast snack
>>>> did taste like chocolate - yet it was also overly sweet.
>>>>
>>> IMHO Oreo's were always overly sweet and to me, the chocolate cookie
>>> didn't taste very good.
>>>
>>>>    dinner this evening will be fishsticks with homemade
>>>> tartar sauce.  i made a quart just after having breakfast
>>>> and that will get us through our current supply of
>>>> fish sticks.  the main and primary ingredient is dill
>>>> pickles so it is important to get ones that are really
>>>> good.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>    songbird
>>>
>>> Okey doke.  I fail to see the need to make homemade tartar sauce for
>>> [presumeably] frozen fish sticks but hey, knock yourself out!  I hope
>>> you and your mom enjoy dinner. :)
>>>
>>
>>
>> It does seem like over kill for fish sticks, and few people make real
>> tartar sauce. It is usually just  mayo and pickle relish or chopped up
>> pickles. Real tartar sauce is light on mayo and has cornichons, capers,
>> shallots and lemon juice. It's pretty darned good.
> 
> I like fried fish with a sauce that I learned from my uncle. I stayed
> with my cousin, uncle, and his friends, for a while on the big island.
> These guys were old time fishermen.
> 
> The sauce is simply mayo, parsley, and minced onion. I'll make it when
> there's a bunch of parsley at hand. It's better than regular tartar
> sauce because there's no pickles. Why are there no pickles? I donno,
> maybe my uncle ran out of pickles.
 >
All fried fish needs is lemon or lime.  If it's not fried, then butter 
as well.  No slimy mayo.

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