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[fishorama]

OK, I just mentioned jaylach's applesauce in mac & cheese & husband thinks it sounds good! He also reminisced about 1 of his fav lunches when he worked. They used real cream! & potato chips were a possible add in & other things too. Not for me, bleh! I was more jealous of Burmese tea leaf salad that was also from 1 of his lunch spots.

Black bean tacos on hard shells tonight.

 

[jaylach]

@jaylach I think you may have misunderstood my au gratin potatoes w/ham, the broccoli was separate. I know you like to mix everything together, lol.. I do broccoli & rye in cheese white sauce but no ham (both have a little finely chopped onion cooked slightly in the butter before sauce) so your version sounds pretty good too. My husband is a cheeseaholic but didn't like ham or bacon in mac'n'cheese, his most favorite food of all time.

I like celery in chicken stir fry (but not beef or pork), some soups & potato salad, that's about all. I just searched celeriac & it's just grown for the bigger root, they're the same veg. Hmm, more intense & slightly earthy taste...I'll need to think about that before I buy it.

I'm also not a celery person. I like the crunch factor in things such as pasta/potato mayo based salads and have no problem with it soups or stews. Ya, stalks with peanut butter is cool. It is just that I can't buy just a stem of celery but have to get an entire stalk. More than half the stalk would end up in the trash. Hmmmmm Never really looked but my local grocery has a pretty good produce area as long as you are not looking very exotic. I may have to see if they have celery loose and by weight.

 

[fishorama]

I seem to remember being able to buy just a couple stalks back in the long-ago day, but not now. Maybe when there were grocery salad bars? Except for a very few things, I don't like it raw, w/veggie trays no matter the dip. It's that tongue coating yucky feeling more than just the taste. I use celery salt in mashed potato soup, it's more peppery with a mild celery taste. But that's gotten harder to find too. Last time my husband bought some at a bulk food area, but it didn't taste at all right to me. So, I spent $6+ for tiny jar of "organic"; it was better.

"Exotic" depends on where you live. We have a Chinese market, a few Hispanic 1s & somewhere, not by me, there are Indian 1's. Cuts of meat & some veggies are different than I was used to on the east coast. Kind of a fun learning curve in some ways. I miss the little bay scallops I treated myself to for lunch once in a while (not a husband food, lol).

I wonder if celery can be frozen if it's going to be cooked? Might turn mushy & weird, but I've done it in soups a couple times, it seemed ok.

 

[Beastije]

I took a prettier picture of the meal (I hope). Not sure if I will eat it all, it is over 500grams!!!
I added corn that I had leftover

 

[Beastije]

I wonder if celery can be frozen if it's going to be cooked? Might turn mushy & weird, but I've done it in soups a couple times, it seemed ok.

I use frozen celeriac for soups and all sauces like Bolognese so that works. Never tried it frozen for fries or steak.
I recently purchased green celery to give it a retry if I still don't like it and use as a base in some stew/soup, so I used that one stalk, peeled and cut all the others and froze them. Then I added them to soups/sauces next time (though granted I thought it was parsnip initially. I never label my food in the freezer cause I assume I will 'just know') and it was very fine. Lost the overpowering taste for me but was still crunchy in the soup and brought the flavor.

 

[fishorama]

Thanks, good to know

 

[fishorama]

We'll be having Italian marinated grilled chicken, egg noodles with toasted herbed breadcrumbs & broccoli, maybe carrots.

 

[lottabubbles]

We'll be having Italian marinated grilled chicken, egg noodles with toasted herbed breadcrumbs & broccoli, maybe carrots.

I bought one of these vacuum marinate bowls other day. can't wait till I can start cooking outside regularly.

 

[jaylach]

I ate oriental earlier but I find myself hungry again. So what if it is a bit past 1:30 AM? I don't eat on a regular schedule and I want food. Burger patty is already cooking with onions ready to add...

INTERMISSION...

OK, back to the good stuff. Onions are now in the skillet with the burger and the burger is seasoned. Odd thing with burger steak patty's from Omahas Steaks is that they take a long time to cook. The one I have going has been on medium heat for at least 15 minutes yet is still medium rare at the most. I don't mind this as I like such stuff o9n the medium rare side and the burger meat I use is fine for this.

Time to add some cheese and then eat... Later...

 

[fishorama]

I'm tired from tank work so were having multi-beans.

@lottabubbles, you do love your vacuum sealer! I just freeze meat in marinade & when it's thawed it's good to go.

 

[lottabubbles]

yeah I have 2 of the food saver vac units. I also have the jar lid sealer that I use to vac the liver fish bait with assorted flavors that the fish might like.
about 10 years ago the motherboard went out on the Food Saver unit that I had for years but the vacuum pump still worked fine so I made a quart jar vacuum brake bleeding system out of it at 12volts dc.

 

[Boundava]

I had an awesome shepherd's pie but made with ground beef. And lots of veggies and topped with buttered mashed potatoes
Seasoned with basil, orgegano, gravy mix, worcestershire sauce, garlic and a bit of red pepper flakes to spice it up a bit.

Not to be Gordon Ramsay but that's a cottage pie. Lol.
I make a lot of Shepherd-cottage pies all the time.

 

[WhistlingBadger]

I like shepherd's pie with hashbrowns instead of mashed taters. Try it sometime.

 

[jaylach]

I like shepherd's pie with hashbrowns instead of mashed taters. Try it sometime.

That sounds good! Do you just do the hash browns plain or do you add anything such as bell peppers, onions or whatever?

For the record... Doing with lamb is Sheppard's Pie. Done with beef it is Cottage Pie. LOL! I've also done with pork and/or chicken but have no idea as to what that would be called.

 

[WhistlingBadger]

That sounds good! Do you just do the hash browns plain or do you add anything such as bell peppers, onions or whatever?

For the record... Doing with lamb is Sheppard's Pie. Done with beef it is Cottage Pie. LOL! I've also done with pork and/or chicken but have no idea as to what that would be called.

I tend to do it with hash browns and cheese melted on top. Yum.