Not too crazy about cheese or eggs. Sent from my iPhone
> On Aug 8, 2020, at 12:30 PM, Simon Wong via Cookinginthedark > <cookinginthedark@acbradio.org> wrote: > > Someone here actually makes a pretty good chicken pizza, onions peppers > and mushrooms and put the chicken without the sauce. > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Aug 7, 2020, at 11:09 PM, meward1954--- via Cookinginthedark >> <cookinginthedark@acbradio.org> wrote: >> >> Could you eat a white cheese pizza, if you like that kind of thing? No >> tomato sauce. >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Cookinginthedark <cookinginthedark-boun...@acbradio.org> On Behalf Of >> Simon Wong via Cookinginthedark >> Sent: Friday, August 7, 2020 7:59 PM >> To: cookinginthedark@acbradio.org >> Cc: Simon Wong <gonws2...@yahoo.ca> >> Subject: Re: [CnD] Homemade Pizza almost >> >> Sorry cannot eat pizza because of acid reflux. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Pamela Fairchild via Cookinginthedark >> Sent: Friday, August 07, 2020 8:10 PM >> To: cookinginthedark@acbradio.org >> Cc: pamelafairch...@comcast.net >> Subject: Re: [CnD] Homemade Pizza almost >> >> The crust crisps nicely on the edge. It would crisp all over if I weren't so >> generous with my toppings. If you go easy on the sauce, and just add >> pepperoni, it gets nice and crispy with the cheese. With the olives sausage >> and onions, it doesn't get as crisp, but you can pick it up and eat it >> without it getting floppy. The oil is what helps it to get more crispy. One >> pita crispins if you skip the sauce and just do pepperoni and cheese. With >> all the things I add, the two crust idea really helps. I love the cheese >> between. I may also experiment with flour tortillas or a combination of pita >> for the first layer and flour tortilla for the third. With fewer toppings >> the cooking time can be cut to 10 or 15 minutes. >> >> Pamela Fairchild >> <pamelafairch...@comcast.net> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Cookinginthedark On Behalf Of diane.fann7--- via Cookinginthedark >> Sent: Friday, August 7, 2020 7:22 PM >> To: cookinginthedark@acbradio.org >> Cc: diane.fa...@gmail.com >> Subject: Re: [CnD] Homemade Pizza almost >> >> I certainly haven't found any frozen pizza that I like. This looks like all >> kinds of possibilities. Does the crust get crispy? >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Cookinginthedark <cookinginthedark-boun...@acbradio.org> On Behalf Of >> Pamela Fairchild via Cookinginthedark >> Sent: Friday, August 7, 2020 5:26 PM >> To: cookinginthedark@acbradio.org >> Cc: pamelafairch...@comcast.net >> Subject: [CnD] Homemade Pizza almost >> >> DOUBLE CRUST PITA PIZZA >> >> 2 pitas, any size you choose but both should be the same size, or if not, >> use the larger pita on the bottom. >> Olive oil >> Cheese or cheeses of choice >> Pizza sauce of choice or use any pasta sauce you like, or spaghetti sauce >> Any toppings of choice >> >> Choose a pan to cook the pizza in or on. These may range from a cookie sheet >> with an edge to a pizza pan, pie tin, or whatever works with your pitas. >> Those all come in different sizes. >> Generously oil your pan, then let the larger pita rest on the oily surface >> of the pan. Flip the pita making sure there is enough oil to coat the second >> side, but not as generously as the first side. Flip it one more time so the >> less oily side is on top. >> Put cheese slices on the pita for the second layer. Make certain to cover >> all the pita well to within 1/8 inch of the border. >> Layer 3 is the second pita. Press it down firmly against the cheese so it >> all sticks together when the cheese melts. >> Layer 4 is the sauce. I put it on with an ice cream scoop and used 3 full >> scoops to cover the crust. >> Layer 5 was a sausage patty that was cooked in the microwave and then broken >> up to a crumble. Best to use 2 breakfast patties here. >> Layer 6 was onions cooked in the same way, I used half an onion and it was a >> Vidalia. >> Layer 7 was black olives, I used 10 that I cut up into 3 slices each. >> Layer 8 was a thin layer of grated cheese, about the same amount in layer 2 >> where I used the slices. >> Layer 9 was pepperoni, and I was generous with that. If you like it slightly >> well done like I do, put it on top. If you like it less done then put it >> under your last cheese layer. >> Cook in a toaster oven at 400 degrees for 20 minutes. I put it in the cold >> oven rather than preheating, and it worked fine. >> I had to let this cool a bit before cutting. It turned out great. There will >> be many more of these in my future! >> >> Pamela Fairchild >> <pamelafairch...@comcast.net> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Cookinginthedark On Behalf Of Linda S. via Cookinginthedark >> Sent: Friday, August 7, 2020 3:52 PM >> To: cookinginthedark@acbradio.org >> Cc: Linda S. <lindahoney...@gmail.com> >> Subject: Re: [CnD] Matches and irrational fears >> >> I love these stories. We can immagine ourselves sitting around a table of >> food that we all cooked just telling our stories. How fun! >> >>>> On 8/6/2020 10:58 PM, Carol Ashland via Cookinginthedark wrote: >>> When I was a child, we lived in a little trailer house. I had a little >> potty chair in a shed om the porch, but I suppose my parents used an out >> house. I don't know what my mother did with the laundry. There was a storm, >> and the roof of the house caved in right above me because of the weight of >> the snow. Then we moved into a real house. I loved that house. The back yard >> was literally carved out of the forest. There were birds galore in and over >> the back yard, and across the gravel road that went through the community. I >> used to walk up the road to a neighbor's house. She had a washboard to cope >> with her laundry. My mother got a ringer washer, and finally a regular >> washer and dryer, which we had until we sold the house on Arthur Street. >> They don't make appliances as durable now as they used to! >>> >>> Carol Ashland >>> carol97...@gmail.com >>> Sent from my BrailleNote Touch+On Aug 6, 2020 6:38 AM, Pamela >>> Fairchild >> via Cookinginthedark <cookinginthedark@acbradio.org> wrote: >>>> Oh, yes, I remember ringer washers and hanging my clothes on the >>>> clothes line outside, and on a wooden rack in the house in winter. I >>>> am so grateful to live in this country, and in this day and age with >>>> modern conveniences. I can remember outhouses in my youth, and wood >>>> heating stoves and coal stoves where only one room of the house was >>>> heated. I remember coming to the living room to get dressed where it >>>> was warmer, and when the electricity wasn't always reliable. Now we >>>> are very spoiled in many ways. I for one don't have the physical >>>> strength >> of my older relatives. I don't have to work as hard. >>>> We wouldn't have survived when I was young if we had not grown a >>>> garden and put food up for the winter by canning it or drying it. I >>>> remember when my grandmother got her first freezer. It lived outside >>>> on the front porch, which was covered, but open to the wind. >>>> >>>> Pamela Fairchild >>>> <pamelafairch...@comcast.net> >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: Cookinginthedark On Behalf Of meward1954--- via >>>> Cookinginthedark >>>> Sent: Wednesday, August 5, 2020 8:58 PM >>>> To: cookinginthedark@acbradio.org >>>> Cc: meward1...@gmail.com >>>> Subject: Re: [CnD] Matches and irrational fears >>>> >>>> OMG! My washboard was actually stone, a shallow stone basin with >>>> places for the water to come out and a drain in the middle. There >>>> was a bigger basin to the side where you could soak the clothes. >>>> >>>> We had those gas things, too. I lived with another woman for a while >>>> in a set of rooms, not connected, on the top floor of a building. It >>>> was not really safe. I should have told her no. Anyway, one night, >>>> somebody came up all those stairs and stole my gas tank. I tried to >>>> make coffee in the morning and could not light the stove. No gas. >>>> Literally no gas. I cried, cursed, and moaned multilingually. >>>> >>>> I had electricity most of the time, though it sometimes went off. >>>> Same with the water. Sometimes during the summer, there was not >>>> enough water pressure to get the water up to our apartment, this was >>>> another roommate. So we had to carry jugs and buckets up those >>>> uneven stairs. I couldn't do it now. I am such a chicken now. >>>> >>>> I was lucky living in the mountains. It was cold enough that I could >>>> safely keep cooked food for a couple of days. But if it had meat, it >>>> had to be boiled every twelve hours or else thrown away. I never >>>> ever cooked chicken at home. I didn't trust it. That is what >>>> restaurants were for. Yes, we had restaurants. >>>> >>>> Those were definitely the days. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: Cookinginthedark <cookinginthedark-boun...@acbradio.org> On >>>> Behalf Of Linda S. via Cookinginthedark >>>> Sent: Wednesday, August 5, 2020 7:30 PM >>>> To: cookinginthedark@acbradio.org >>>> Cc: Linda S. <lindahoney...@gmail.com> >>>> Subject: Re: [CnD] Matches and irrational fears >>>> >>>> Wow, this brings back a memory. When I lived in Mexico, I learned to >>>> wash my clothes with a wash board. The gas stove was also different >>>> because you had to buy the gas in tanks and connect them to the >>>> stove. I ex in-laws would do that thank God. There were people who >>>> would go through the colonia and yell out what they had, for example, >>>> gas, water, yams, the postman with the mail etc. >>>> >>>> We went to the store every day to buy meat and veges as there wasn't >>>> a refrigerator in the house. If there wasn't money to pay for >>>> electricity, well it just plain got turned off, no compromising until >>>> it >> was paid. >>>> Those were the days, but I wouldn't trade them for anything, or the >>>> lessons I learned. >>>> >>>> On 8/5/2020 4:23 PM, meward1954--- via Cookinginthedark wrote: >>>>> Regarding getting the match to the gas flame, my burner was a very >>>>> cheap little thing. It is possible that the reason I didn't have >>>>> much trouble with that part is that it was not what I was afraid of. >>>>> But I know these gas things come in lots of configurations. >>>>> Actually, it had a disturbing history. I bought it from another >>>>> Peace Corps Volunteer who had been killed in a bus accident. His >>>>> brother came to take care of his things and visit with us. >>>>> >>>>> I had an electric range top before the gas one, but it had died. >>>>> That electric burner was actually quite a bit more dangerous than >>>>> the gas one was. As I found out when it died on me. Nearly caught >>>>> the table on >>>> fire. >>>>> I was actually too scared to react. So I had to buy a gas one no >>>>> matter what. >>>>> >>>>> When I moved back here to Texas, it was as though I had never been >>>>> through any of that. >>>>> >>>>> There are still so many parts of the world where most people don't >>>>> have access to the conveniences we take for granted here. >>>>> >>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>> From: Cookinginthedark <cookinginthedark-boun...@acbradio.org> On >>>>> Behalf Of Immigrant via Cookinginthedark >>>>> Sent: Wednesday, August 5, 2020 3:07 PM >>>>> To: cookinginthedark@acbradio.org >>>>> Cc: Immigrant <immigrant...@verizon.net> >>>>> Subject: Re: [CnD] Matches and irrational fears >>>>> >>>>> As far as matches - for me it was not a fear of matches themselves, >>>>> it was simple inability to work with them. I would start a gas >>>>> burner, strike a match away from the stove so I wouldn't cause a gas >>>>> explosion, and when I tried to bring the match to the burner to >>>>> light the flame, the match would burn in my fingers faster than I >>>>> was able to bring it to the burner, and I would instinctively drop >>>>> it onto the stove surface between burners. That was before I came to >>>>> America. I am >>>> glad my stove now has electric ignition. >>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>> From: Cookinginthedark <cookinginthedark-boun...@acbradio.org> On >>>>> Behalf Of >>>>> meward1954--- via Cookinginthedark >>>>> Sent: Wednesday, August 5, 2020 10:12 AM >>>>> To: cookinginthedark@acbradio.org >>>>> Cc: meward1...@gmail.com >>>>> Subject: [CnD] Matches and irrational fears >>>>> >>>>> I used to have to light my burners with a match back when I lived in >>>>> Ecuador. I had to work with a friend to light them because I was so >>>>> afraid of them. She spent several hours with me getting me over my >>>>> fear. I'll never forget it. >>>>> >>>>> I had to light the match and then light the stove with the lit >>>>> match, which all my sighted friends said was more scary than >>>>> lighting the match >>>> itself. >>>>> I had to do this or go hungry. It was that simple. >>>>> >>>>> But guess what? Now that I am back in Texas, I am just as much >>>>> afraid of lighting matches as I was before. I am also afraid of my >>>>> Instant Pot. Even though I used a regular pressure cooker in >>>>> Ecuador almost every day. In fact, I may have used the regular >>>>> pressure cooker two or three times on some days. But now, I am >>>>> terrified of even my very safe Instant Pot. I guess I am going to >>>>> have to make myself use it a few times to get over this. And I will >> have to keep using it. >>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>> From: Cookinginthedark <cookinginthedark-boun...@acbradio.org> On >>>>> Behalf Of Ron Kolesar via Cookinginthedark >>>>> Sent: Tuesday, August 4, 2020 10:08 PM >>>>> To: cookinginthedark@acbradio.org >>>>> Cc: Ron Kolesar <kolesar16...@roadrunner.com> >>>>> Subject: Re: [CnD] Preferred cooking methods >>>>> >>>>> I don't use the oven top as well. >>>>> With the island that came with the house. >>>>> The gas admitter burned out. >>>>> So, to use the oven these days you need to strike the stove with a >> match. >>>>> So, that's out for me and the toaster oven and microwave is over used. >>>>> SMILES. >>>>> Ron >>>>> >>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>> From: Immigrant via Cookinginthedark >>>>> Sent: Monday, August 3, 2020 17:02 >>>>> To: cookinginthedark@acbradio.org >>>>> Cc: Immigrant >>>>> Subject: [CnD] Preferred cooking methods >>>>> >>>>> I use the oven and the microwave for my cooking, trying to avoid >>>>> stovetop cooking as I don't trust myself boiling and especially >>>>> frying. And I cannot think of any foods that I would prefer boiled >> anyway. >>>>> >>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>> From: Cookinginthedark <cookinginthedark-boun...@acbradio.org> On >>>>> Behalf Of Karen Delzer via Cookinginthedark >>>>> Sent: Monday, August 3, 2020 3:48 PM >>>>> To: cookinginthedark@acbradio.org >>>>> Cc: Karen Delzer <catwa...@verizon.net> >>>>> Subject: Re: [CnD] Cooking Brown Rice in a rice cooker >>>>> >>>>> We use Success rice sometimes, and it's great! You just boil the bag >>>>> for about ten minutes, and then you're done. They've got different >>>>> ones, >>>> too. >>>>> Karen >>>>> >>>>> At 12:44 PM 8/3/2020, you wrote: >>>>>> As I said, my rice is minute rice, so it is partially cooked. It >>>>>> comes in 4-ounce cups, and it is meant for microwaving. I don't buy >>>>>> regular rice because I don't feel the need for a bag of 5 or more >>>>>> pounds of rice for just me, and all that stovetop cooking for just >>>>>> one person when I can cook a couple of those cups for a minute and >>>>>> a half and they are ready. To rinse or not to rinse is not a >>>>>> question as this rice is prepackaged and I cook it in its cup. >>>>>> >>>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>>> From: Cookinginthedark <cookinginthedark-boun...@acbradio.org> On >>>>>> Behalf Of Deborah Armstrong via Cookinginthedark >>>>>> Sent: Monday, August 3, 2020 11:30 AM >>>>>> To: cookinginthedark@acbradio.org >>>>>> Cc: Deborah Armstrong <armstrongdebo...@fhda.edu> >>>>>> Subject: Re: [CnD] Cooking Brown Rice in a rice cooker >>>>>> >>>>>> Well I prepare rice completely differently but I mostly eat brown. >>>>>> >>>>>> I have read that it is important to rinse rice, but packages in the >>>>>> U.S. and cookbooks published in America advise against it. >>>>>> >>>>>> Turns out after further reading, I found out why; rinsing >>>>>> originally removed field debris. Now that rice is prepared in >>>>>> factories, rinsing removes excess starch which can make it sticky. >>>>>> The reason they advise against rinsing is given is that here in >>>>>> America, rice is fortified with spray-on vitamins and minerals >>>>>> which >> rinsing removes. >>>>>> >>>>>> If you eat plenty of vegies you don't need the spray-on nutrients, >>>>>> so go ahead and rinse it to remove the starch. >>>>>> >>>>>> I put my rice in my cooker with 1 cup of rice to 3 cups of water >>>>>> for brown and 2 cups of water for white. I sprinkle in a little >>>>>> salt; that's all. I then let it sit an hour or two. I've read this >>>>>> makes the rice better absorb the liquid and this works especially >>>>>> well for brown; >>>>> makes it less chewy. >>>>>> I let the cooker do its thing; there's a sensor that knows when the >>>>>> water is almost gone. Once it is back to just warming, I turn it >>>>>> off and let it set ten minutes. Then I stir and cover again so it >>>>>> won't dry out and put it in the fridge when it's cool enough. >>>>>> >>>>>> I generally flavor it when I add other things -- for example I >>>>>> might microwave it with garlic or curry and vegies. Or I might mix >>>>>> it with cumin and add it to enchiladas. Or I might make a salad >>>>>> with cold rice, mayo, vegies, spices, pickles -- yum. >>>>>> >>>>>> I have tried flavoring it in the cooker, but especially with brown >>>>>> rice, the hull is so thick that most of the flavoring is lost. >>>>>> >>>>>> --Debee >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> Cookinginthedark mailing list >>>>>> Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org >>>>>> http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark >>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> Cookinginthedark mailing list >>>>>> Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org >>>>>> http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Cookinginthedark mailing list >>>>> Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org >>>>> http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Cookinginthedark mailing list >>>>> Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org >>>>> http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark >>>>> >>>>> In the good old days of Morse code Shorthand, 73's AKA Best Regards >>>>> and or Best Whishes,From Ron Kolesar Volunteer Certified Licensed >>>>> Emergency Communications Station And Volunteer Certified Licensed >>>>> Ham Radio Station With the Call Sign of KR3DOG >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Cookinginthedark mailing list >>>>> Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org >>>>> http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Cookinginthedark mailing list >>>>> Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org >>>>> http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Cookinginthedark mailing list >>>>> Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org >>>>> http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Cookinginthedark mailing list >>>>> Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org >>>>> http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Cookinginthedark mailing list >>>> Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org >>>> http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Cookinginthedark mailing list >>>> Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org >>>> http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Cookinginthedark mailing list >>>> Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org >>>> http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Cookinginthedark mailing list >>> Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org >>> http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark >> _______________________________________________ >> Cookinginthedark mailing list >> Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org >> http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Cookinginthedark mailing list >> Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org >> http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark >> >> >> -- >> This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. >> https://www.avg.com >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Cookinginthedark mailing list >> Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org >> http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Cookinginthedark mailing list >> Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org >> http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Cookinginthedark mailing list >> Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org >> http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Cookinginthedark mailing list >> Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org >> http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark > > _______________________________________________ > Cookinginthedark mailing list > Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org > http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark _______________________________________________ Cookinginthedark mailing list Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark
