• Re: Sunday Supper Plans? 5/17/2026

    From Hound Adams@ha@inv.alid to rec.food.cooking,alt.food.fast-food on Tue May 19 13:40:43 2026
    From Newsgroup: alt.food.fast-food

    On Tue, 19 May 2026 19:34:54 GMT
    dsi1 <user4746@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:

    Cindy Hamilton <chamilton5280@invalid.com> posted:

    On 2026-05-18, dsi1 <user4746@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:

    People on this rock go crazy for cake noodle. I'm not sure why
    that is. It's very disappointing for da Hawaiians to find out
    there's no cake noodle on the mainland.

    Why should they expect to find such a niche dish anywhere but
    Hawaii? We have two Hawaiian restaurants within an hour's drive of
    here, and neither one has cake noodles.


    You're not going to find cake noodle in any Hawaiian restaurant. What surprises the Hawaiians is that it's not sold in Chinese restaurants
    on the Mainland. Da Hawaiians are also surprised that fruit punch is
    not sold in McDonald's either. Is that too much of a niche item on
    the mainland?

    WTF?!?

    They sure "used to" have it on the fountain.

    In fact it apparently moved to frozen:

    https://www.mcdonalds.com/us/en-us/product/frozen-hawaiian-punch-small.html

    +1!

    Locally I have also seen Mellow Yellow on some of the fast food
    fountains.

    A halfsie with Sprite makes that a killer combo.

    Ya'll get Mellow Yellow there?

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  • From Ike Tucker@it@inva.lid to rec.food.cooking,alt.food.fast-food on Wed May 20 16:32:22 2026
    From Newsgroup: alt.food.fast-food

    On Wed, 20 May 2026 20:53:12 GMT
    dsi1 <user4746@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:
    Hound Adams <ha@inv.alid> posted:

    On Wed, 20 May 2026 09:28:55 GMT
    dsi1 <user4746@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:

    ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net <user4742@newsgrouper.org.invalid>
    posted:


    Yes, it's a bit early for some folks, but I thought I'd ask just
    the same as I've just come from cleaning up the kitchen. Your
    meal tonight?

    Supper is not on the stove, but the prep work and clean up for
    this meal has been completed and now it's break time.
    Tonight's meal will be frozen green beans, small scrubbed and
    quartered Yukon gold potatoes, along with plenty of chopped
    ham. All will be cooked in the same pot and there will be
    leftovers for a few days and will share with a neighbor as
    well. Most likely a skillet of cornbread will complete this
    meal.

    ~

    Tonight's dinner was canned corned beef and onions. Unfortunately,
    all we had was red onions. The corned beef was a little weird
    since it didn't have much fat in it. That was similar to the last
    can I bought. It's not like the canned beef that I grew up with.

    https://photos.app.goo.gl/CVQ7m368vfPahXpWA

    Kimchi is a nice addition, those red onions, they do tend to purple
    out some.

    I agree that tinned corned beef is nowhere near like it used to be.

    And what happened to tinned DAK hams?

    Shit's been degrading...

    https://www.walmart.com/ip/DAK-Fully-Cooked-Premium-Ham-16-oz-Can/10308362

    Tastes like ham, but it's not ham...
    This is the fault of Dak for calling the product Premium Ham. It
    is, in fact, ham-flavor potted meat product. Its look and texture
    has been compared to Spam, but that's not quite it. I cooked it
    like ham, scoring the top and adding brown sugar, then drizzling it
    with water to make a glaze. And although it smells and tastes like
    ham, it has the consistency and look of souffl|- or jello parfait.
    It is fluffy and can be eaten with a spoon. I have been looking for
    meats that can be stored without refrigeration, but this will not
    be one of them.

    Yuck!
    This was pretty disgusting. I remember my mom making a canned him
    every once in a while when we were kids and I liked it. This one
    was not like meat it seemed almost like it was a paste put into her
    shape of a ham. I tried to doctorate up I scored the top of it put
    cloves in and baked it for a while but still not very good.


    That's the modern age for you. I'm surprised that they can even call
    that stuff "ham." It is a soft paste that's been piped into a pan and
    heated. The most brilliant thing about it is the shape, which I think
    is wonderful.
    Same here, but it's one more childhood icon in ruins in this modern
    world.
    My buddy and I, when we were kids, once got some Spam and dotted it
    with cloves and glazed it. It was baked in our toaster oven and
    turned out awful. Why, is not much of a mystery since it tasted
    pretty much like how you'd think. I just dumped the whole thing in
    the trash even though our family didn't usually throw food away. An
    important lesson was learned that day. Stuff like turning a sow's ear
    into a silk purse and learning to cut your losses and walk away.
    I had better luck for a time eating frozen orange juice concentrate
    from the can with a spoon on hot summer days - wow was that refreshing -
    as a pseudo-slushi kinda made-up treat went.
    These days, well: https://www.facebook.com/FoxBusiness/posts/end-of-an-era-minute-maid-owned-by-the-coca-cola-company-is-preparing-to-discont/1437294857754837/
    END OF AN ERA: Minute Maid, owned by The Coca-Cola Company, is preparing to discontinue its frozen juice concentrate products, a move that has sparked a wave of nostalgia among longtime fans online.
    The change is expected to take effect in the first quarter of 2026 as
    the company responds to shifting consumer demand. Remaining cans will stay on shelves until supplies are exhausted.
    :-(((

    Breakfast was some dehydrated potatoes, canned corned beef, with an
    egg and a little flour. I added some cheese for a little excitement.
    It was cooked in a waffle iron. It was just so-so.

    https://photos.app.goo.gl/HrvRPa2e6fei4MKm8
    But at least it was easy peasy to make.
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  • From dsi1@user4746@newsgrouper.org.invalid to rec.food.cooking,alt.food.fast-food on Wed May 20 23:51:50 2026
    From Newsgroup: alt.food.fast-food


    Ike Tucker <it@inva.lid> posted:

    On Wed, 20 May 2026 20:53:12 GMT
    dsi1 <user4746@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:

    Hound Adams <ha@inv.alid> posted:

    On Wed, 20 May 2026 09:28:55 GMT
    dsi1 <user4746@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:

    ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net <user4742@newsgrouper.org.invalid>
    posted:


    Yes, it's a bit early for some folks, but I thought I'd ask just
    the same as I've just come from cleaning up the kitchen. Your
    meal tonight?

    Supper is not on the stove, but the prep work and clean up for
    this meal has been completed and now it's break time.
    Tonight's meal will be frozen green beans, small scrubbed and quartered Yukon gold potatoes, along with plenty of chopped
    ham. All will be cooked in the same pot and there will be
    leftovers for a few days and will share with a neighbor as
    well. Most likely a skillet of cornbread will complete this
    meal.

    ~

    Tonight's dinner was canned corned beef and onions. Unfortunately,
    all we had was red onions. The corned beef was a little weird
    since it didn't have much fat in it. That was similar to the last
    can I bought. It's not like the canned beef that I grew up with.

    https://photos.app.goo.gl/CVQ7m368vfPahXpWA

    Kimchi is a nice addition, those red onions, they do tend to purple
    out some.

    I agree that tinned corned beef is nowhere near like it used to be.

    And what happened to tinned DAK hams?

    Shit's been degrading...

    https://www.walmart.com/ip/DAK-Fully-Cooked-Premium-Ham-16-oz-Can/10308362

    Tastes like ham, but it's not ham...
    This is the fault of Dak for calling the product Premium Ham. It
    is, in fact, ham-flavor potted meat product. Its look and texture
    has been compared to Spam, but that's not quite it. I cooked it
    like ham, scoring the top and adding brown sugar, then drizzling it
    with water to make a glaze. And although it smells and tastes like
    ham, it has the consistency and look of souffl|- or jello parfait.
    It is fluffy and can be eaten with a spoon. I have been looking for
    meats that can be stored without refrigeration, but this will not
    be one of them.

    Yuck!
    This was pretty disgusting. I remember my mom making a canned him
    every once in a while when we were kids and I liked it. This one
    was not like meat it seemed almost like it was a paste put into her
    shape of a ham. I tried to doctorate up I scored the top of it put
    cloves in and baked it for a while but still not very good.


    That's the modern age for you. I'm surprised that they can even call
    that stuff "ham." It is a soft paste that's been piped into a pan and heated. The most brilliant thing about it is the shape, which I think
    is wonderful.

    Same here, but it's one more childhood icon in ruins in this modern
    world.

    My buddy and I, when we were kids, once got some Spam and dotted it
    with cloves and glazed it. It was baked in our toaster oven and
    turned out awful. Why, is not much of a mystery since it tasted
    pretty much like how you'd think. I just dumped the whole thing in
    the trash even though our family didn't usually throw food away. An important lesson was learned that day. Stuff like turning a sow's ear
    into a silk purse and learning to cut your losses and walk away.

    I had better luck for a time eating frozen orange juice concentrate
    from the can with a spoon on hot summer days - wow was that refreshing -
    as a pseudo-slushi kinda made-up treat went.

    These days, well:

    https://www.facebook.com/FoxBusiness/posts/end-of-an-era-minute-maid-owned-by-the-coca-cola-company-is-preparing-to-discont/1437294857754837/

    END OF AN ERA: Minute Maid, owned by The Coca-Cola Company, is preparing to discontinue its frozen juice concentrate products, a move that has sparked a wave of nostalgia among longtime fans online.
    The change is expected to take effect in the first quarter of 2026 as
    the company responds to shifting consumer demand. Remaining cans will stay on shelves until supplies are exhausted.

    :-(((

    Breakfast was some dehydrated potatoes, canned corned beef, with an
    egg and a little flour. I added some cheese for a little excitement.
    It was cooked in a waffle iron. It was just so-so.

    https://photos.app.goo.gl/HrvRPa2e6fei4MKm8

    But at least it was easy peasy to make.



    When I was a kid, mixing up the frozen OJ was one of my jobs. I cut my hand on one of those pull top lids. I can't say how I did it but the lid slashed my hand
    across 4 fingers. It was a damned bloody mess. It was shocking to see the fingers
    bleeding like that. I'll probably have a flashback of the view when I die.
    I wrapped up the mess and finished the OJ mixing. As usual, I didn't tell my parents about it. The ones with the plastic strip were a lot safer. I can't say
    that I'm sad to see frozen OJ concentrate disappearing forever. I never found that
    job to be very life fulfilling. We drank too much of that stuff anyway.

    Cooking stuff in the waffle iron is so easy that I feel guilty about it. There's
    nothing I can do about that.





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  • From Ike Tucker@it@inva.lid to rec.food.cooking,alt.food.fast-food on Thu May 21 08:50:20 2026
    From Newsgroup: alt.food.fast-food

    On Wed, 20 May 2026 23:51:50 GMT
    dsi1 <user4746@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:
    Ike Tucker <it@inva.lid> posted:

    On Wed, 20 May 2026 20:53:12 GMT
    dsi1 <user4746@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:

    Hound Adams <ha@inv.alid> posted:

    On Wed, 20 May 2026 09:28:55 GMT
    dsi1 <user4746@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:

    ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net <user4742@newsgrouper.org.invalid>
    posted:


    Yes, it's a bit early for some folks, but I thought I'd ask
    just the same as I've just come from cleaning up the
    kitchen. Your meal tonight?

    Supper is not on the stove, but the prep work and clean up
    for this meal has been completed and now it's break time.
    Tonight's meal will be frozen green beans, small scrubbed
    and quartered Yukon gold potatoes, along with plenty of
    chopped ham. All will be cooked in the same pot and there
    will be leftovers for a few days and will share with a
    neighbor as well. Most likely a skillet of cornbread will
    complete this meal.

    ~

    Tonight's dinner was canned corned beef and onions.
    Unfortunately, all we had was red onions. The corned beef was
    a little weird since it didn't have much fat in it. That was
    similar to the last can I bought. It's not like the canned
    beef that I grew up with.

    https://photos.app.goo.gl/CVQ7m368vfPahXpWA

    Kimchi is a nice addition, those red onions, they do tend to
    purple out some.

    I agree that tinned corned beef is nowhere near like it used to
    be.

    And what happened to tinned DAK hams?

    Shit's been degrading...

    https://www.walmart.com/ip/DAK-Fully-Cooked-Premium-Ham-16-oz-Can/10308362

    Tastes like ham, but it's not ham...
    This is the fault of Dak for calling the product Premium Ham. It
    is, in fact, ham-flavor potted meat product. Its look and
    texture has been compared to Spam, but that's not quite it. I
    cooked it like ham, scoring the top and adding brown sugar,
    then drizzling it with water to make a glaze. And although it
    smells and tastes like ham, it has the consistency and look of
    souffl|- or jello parfait. It is fluffy and can be eaten with a
    spoon. I have been looking for meats that can be stored without refrigeration, but this will not be one of them.

    Yuck!
    This was pretty disgusting. I remember my mom making a canned
    him every once in a while when we were kids and I liked it.
    This one was not like meat it seemed almost like it was a paste
    put into her shape of a ham. I tried to doctorate up I scored
    the top of it put cloves in and baked it for a while but still
    not very good.

    That's the modern age for you. I'm surprised that they can even
    call that stuff "ham." It is a soft paste that's been piped into
    a pan and heated. The most brilliant thing about it is the shape,
    which I think is wonderful.

    Same here, but it's one more childhood icon in ruins in this modern
    world.

    My buddy and I, when we were kids, once got some Spam and dotted
    it with cloves and glazed it. It was baked in our toaster oven and
    turned out awful. Why, is not much of a mystery since it tasted
    pretty much like how you'd think. I just dumped the whole thing in
    the trash even though our family didn't usually throw food away.
    An important lesson was learned that day. Stuff like turning a
    sow's ear into a silk purse and learning to cut your losses and
    walk away.

    I had better luck for a time eating frozen orange juice concentrate
    from the can with a spoon on hot summer days - wow was that
    refreshing - as a pseudo-slushi kinda made-up treat went.

    These days, well:

    https://www.facebook.com/FoxBusiness/posts/end-of-an-era-minute-maid-owned-by-the-coca-cola-company-is-preparing-to-discont/1437294857754837/

    END OF AN ERA: Minute Maid, owned by The Coca-Cola Company, is
    preparing to discontinue its frozen juice concentrate products, a
    move that has sparked a wave of nostalgia among longtime fans
    online. The change is expected to take effect in the first quarter
    of 2026 as the company responds to shifting consumer demand.
    Remaining cans will stay on shelves until supplies are exhausted.

    :-(((

    Breakfast was some dehydrated potatoes, canned corned beef, with
    an egg and a little flour. I added some cheese for a little
    excitement. It was cooked in a waffle iron. It was just so-so.

    https://photos.app.goo.gl/HrvRPa2e6fei4MKm8

    But at least it was easy peasy to make.



    When I was a kid, mixing up the frozen OJ was one of my jobs. I cut
    my hand on one of those pull top lids. I can't say how I did it but
    the lid slashed my hand across 4 fingers. It was a damned bloody
    mess. It was shocking to see the fingers bleeding like that. I'll
    probably have a flashback of the view when I die. I wrapped up the
    mess and finished the OJ mixing. As usual, I didn't tell my parents
    about it. The ones with the plastic strip were a lot safer. I can't
    say that I'm sad to see frozen OJ concentrate disappearing forever. I
    never found that job to be very life fulfilling. We drank too much of
    that stuff anyway.
    And no one noticed a virgin tequila sunrise hue to it all?
    I do remember the transition to plastic.
    I also recall almost losing fingertips to this 'great idea' in beverage packaging: https://www.facebook.com/groups/513725750700267/posts/669673675105473/
    Cooking stuff in the waffle iron is so easy that I feel guilty about
    it. There's nothing I can do about that.
    Success guilt is the best guilt!
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