Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: songbird Newsgroups: rec.food.cooking Subject: Re: =?UTF-8?Q?=F0=9F=8E=B6?= Get in That Kitchen and Rattle Those Pot and Pans =?UTF-8?Q?=F0=9F=8E=B6?= 2/19/2025 Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2025 07:07:24 -0500 Organization: the little wild kingdom Lines: 22 Message-ID: References: <177f6c2c8490e0fedfa65ad0e06a4663@www.novabbs.com> <97fcebb2f9ac192df64d8e51f8800419@www.novabbs.com> Reply-To: songbird Injection-Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2025 13:51:12 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="8b97f4fba7b61fe1c250676bc27ef44b"; logging-data="3579959"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18AiNVMOh9PP87uZWNT6cRkefFeSuKJZEQ=" User-Agent: slrn/1.0.3 (Linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:cfgz7nv3TxcKVMYhgH1LQXGaMVk= Bytes: 1821 ItsJoanNotJoAnn wrote: > On Thu, 20 Feb 2025 3:55:11 +0000, songbird wrote: .... >>> A baked potato >>> will accompany this meal along with a bag of frozen broccoli >>> cooked until tender crisp. That will be topped with melted >>> cheese. >> >> tender crisp? intesting choice of words. not sure i >> would be able to apply that to frozen broc. .... > Yes, it's cooked but not cooked to mush as many people do > when cooking broccoli. It's not raw, but a bit of resistance > when picked up with a fork. It has a bit of chew and not > the consistency of baby food. to me that would be from frozen to just warmed up otherwise mushy. i would rather eat it raw, but can eat it even if mushed, often it comes that way in soups. songbird