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From: Cindy Hamilton <chamilton5280@invalid.com>
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Subject: Re: 25-feb-2025  Something a little different for lunch
Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2025 22:37:49 -0000 (UTC)
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On 2025-02-25, ItsJoanNotJoAnn <ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net> wrote:
> On Tue, 25 Feb 2025 17:34:04 +0000, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>
>> I had some rather elderly button mushrooms in the fridge.  I sliced
>> them fairly thin, sweated them down and browned them in butter, with
>> salt, pepper, and a shot of Worcestershire sauce.
>>
>> I had a likewise senescent portion of an onion, which I sliced thinly.
>> When the mushrooms were done, I squeezed them against the side of the
>> pan to release some of the butter and moved them into a storage bowl.
>> Then I sweated and browned the onion in the remaining butter, with
>> additional salt and pepper.  The volume of onion was about equal
>> to the volume of mushrooms; I mixed them together.
>>
>> I'll put a spoonful on a burger today at lunch.
>>
>> The remainder will be stored until perhaps Friday, when I'll put it
>> on toast, top it with Gruyere cheese and melt the cheese on top.
>> Perhaps I'll spread the toast with a thin schmear of Dijon mustard,
>> for brightness.
>>
>>
> Oh dear, leftovers!!  The horror!!  😱  Who'll stop Bryan from
> putting a gun to his head when he reads this???  

No one, I hope.  A man's gotta do what a man's gotta do.

> (The mushrooms
> and onions sound perfect.)
>
> I had an appointment this morning and several errands to run after
> that thus resulting in a late, but delicious lunch.  Chicken with
> butter sauce was the star on the plate.
>>
>>
>> Now I'm just waiting for my husband to come in from the workshop
>> and throw a wobbler because I created the odor of mushrooms in
>> the house.
>>
>>
> I'm taking it that Mr. Cindy does not like mushrooms or at
> least the odor of them cooking.

He doesn't like mushrooms.  He doesn't like their odor, even
raw.  Mrs. Cindy usually gets all the ones from his Chinese
food.  ;)

-- 
Cindy Hamilton