Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!news.nk.ca!rocksolid2!i2pn2.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net (ItsJoanNotJoAnn) Newsgroups: rec.food.cooking Subject: Re: 25-feb-2025 Something a little different for lunch Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2025 22:05:03 +0000 Organization: novaBBS Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Info: i2pn2.org; logging-data="1779801"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@i2pn2.org"; posting-account="AavXjt7AwjWvm7VrkwNeBrMN1GfzJEBOXDiOe+uL+k4"; User-Agent: Rocksolid Light X-Rslight-Posting-User: 963adf60b7845d20201794d96a50d19bb0e3bdf4 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 X-Rslight-Site: $2y$10$hEsol6JsHQMh66rbUB4KzeV09jBN15C2Q/UYDJNdg/N0vZWNxC22q Bytes: 2500 Lines: 36 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??? (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.