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From: Jill McQuown <j_mcquown@comcast.net>
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Subject: Re: rpbc's - sad face
Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2025 17:42:47 -0500
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On 2/11/2025 5:30 PM, Carol wrote:
> Jill McQuown wrote:
> 
>> On 2/10/2025 5:15 PM, songbird wrote:
>>>    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. :)
>>
>> Jill
> 
> 2 reasons I can see.
> 
> 1- One less thing to keep in stock.  If you already have mayo and
> pickles, you can omit adding Tartar sauce to your shopping list (then
> carrying it to the car and from the car to your house).
> 
> 2- BIG markup as opposed to making it.  Takes really just mao and some
> type of pickles (several types work).  Optionally may add extra dill to
> taste and.or mustard.  Some add lemon juice to taste, I skip lemon and
> use just a little pickle juice.

My comment was actually more about the frozen fish sticks than it was 
the homemade tartar sauce.  I haven't found any frozen fish sticks worth 
spending money on in years.  Homemade tartar sauce is kind of like 
putting lipstick on a pig. ;)

Jill