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Cindy Hamilton <chamilton5280@invalid.com> posted:
On 2025-08-24, ItsJoanNotJoAnn webtv.net <user4742@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:
Hold on there! Sweet potatoes with marshmallows on top is a favorite.On 8/24/2025 9:36 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
Sweet potato casserole with marshmallows on top, for Christ's sake. >> >> >>>
That sweetness eaten with a bit of cornbread dressing is heavenly. But >> > your blood sugar level is sure to go into orbit. Efya
I don't like cornbread dressing, either.
I'll stick to white-bread dressing and chipotle on my sweet
potatoes.
You're no fun. Efye
On 8/24/2025 1:54 PM, dsi1 wrote:
Ed P <esp@snet.n> posted:
On 8/24/2025 11:23 AM, heyjoe wrote:
Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> wrote:
On 2025-08-24 10:04 a.m., Jill McQuown wrote:
On 8/24/2025 9:36 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
Sweet potato casserole with marshmallows on top, for Christ's sake. >>>>>>
Thankfully, I've never eaten sweet potato casserole with marshmallows on
top.
That was my introduction to sweet potatoes when I was a kid. It was
disgusting and it took me years to get over the aversion to sweet potatoes.
Had that a couple of times, when gracious manners prevented a pass.
Normally . . . NO.
Never had them at home but did not like they when I did have them boiled >> and mashed.
Then I discovered baking and frying them. Now I have them sliced, spray >> with oil, air dry 20 minutes. Very tasty.
The Japanese have a way of roasting sweet potatoes until sugar starts oozing out
of it. If it's roasted more, it creates a glaze/shell on the potato. It's quite
an amazing thing.
Despite your cultural loyalty, the Japanese didn't invent that.
Jill
On 8/24/2025 6:17 AM, dsi1 wrote:
Ed P <esp@snet.n> posted:
Ever wonder how much sugar is in the foods we buy? This show it.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/27-comparison-photos-that-put-things-in-perspective/ss-AA1D6I3I?#image=5
Americans tend to think that sugar is not a natural addition in most cooking,Anything is OK in moderation. The problem is, that it's difficult to
except in desserts and sweets. That's kind of a goofy notion. I can't say how
that idea came about. You need a balance of flavors in a dish or there's going
to be a big, unnatural, taste to the dish you're preparing. Saying a food has a
secret stash of sugar is kind of paranoid. Mostly, the worst thing you can say
about sugar in food is that a preparation is too sweet.
find food without sugar added, unless you're scratch cooking everything.
Most people don't want to be bothered, hence the lower quality
prepared foods that still sell off of the shelves.
Michael Trew <michael.trew@att.net> posted:
Anything is OK in moderation. The problem is, that it's difficult to
find food without sugar added, unless you're scratch cooking everything.
Most people don't want to be bothered, hence the lower quality
prepared foods that still sell off of the shelves.
I've been seeing a trend of lower sugar/calories in modern foods that appeals to
the younger generation. The new foods have a mix of sugar and artificial >sweeteners to reduce calories. The fruit bar that I had this morning had >pineapple, passion fruit, and caffeine. It was okay - if you like modern food.
Moderation in food pretty much means bland food to me. I'm not a fan of bland >food. I'm more of an intense kind of guy.
I am a student of most cultures. Who invented roast sweet potatoes and how is at all relevant?
Michael Trew <michael.trew@att.net> posted:
On 8/24/2025 6:17 AM, dsi1 wrote:
Anything is OK in moderation. The problem is, that it's difficult to
Ed P <esp@snet.n> posted:
Ever wonder how much sugar is in the foods we buy? This show it.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/27-comparison-photos-that-put-things-in-perspective/ss-AA1D6I3I?#image=5
Americans tend to think that sugar is not a natural addition in most cooking,
except in desserts and sweets. That's kind of a goofy notion. I can't say how
that idea came about. You need a balance of flavors in a dish or there's going
to be a big, unnatural, taste to the dish you're preparing. Saying a food has a
secret stash of sugar is kind of paranoid. Mostly, the worst thing you can say
about sugar in food is that a preparation is too sweet.
find food without sugar added, unless you're scratch cooking everything.
Most people don't want to be bothered, hence the lower quality
prepared foods that still sell off of the shelves.
I've been seeing a trend of lower sugar/calories in modern foods that appeals to
the younger generation. The new foods have a mix of sugar and artificial sweeteners to reduce calories. The fruit bar that I had this morning had pineapple, passion fruit, and caffeine. It was okay - if you like modern food.
Moderation in food pretty much means bland food to me.
On 8/24/2025 10:06 AM, Dave Smith wrote:
On 2025-08-24 10:04 a.m., Jill McQuown wrote:That's odd, considering where you live. I was always told it was a
On 8/24/2025 9:36 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
Sweet potato casserole with marshmallows on top, for Christ's sake.
Thankfully, I've never eaten sweet potato casserole with marshmallows
on top.
That was my introduction to sweet potatoes when I was a kid. It was
disgusting and it took me years to get over the aversion to sweet potatoes. >>
Southern US thing to put marshmallows on sweet potato casserole. I've
lived in the mid-south and now the deep south since I was a teenager and
yet I've only ever read about sweet potato casserole with marshmallows.
No, just the regular kind. Cooking marshmallows are out of my
budget. I'm taking donations, though, if you'd like to throw
some cash my way.
I've been seeing a trend of lower sugar/calories in modern foods that appeals to
the younger generation. The new foods have a mix of sugar and artificial sweeteners to reduce calories. The fruit bar that I had this morning had pineapple, passion fruit, and caffeine. It was okay - if you like modern food.
Moderation in food pretty much means bland food to me. I'm not a fan of bland food. I'm more of an intense kind of guy.Sugar makes it less bland? When everything is sweet it all tastes a lot
ItsJoanNotJoAnn webtv.net wrote:
...cooking marshmallows...
No, just the regular kind. Cooking marshmallows are out of my
budget. I'm taking donations, though, if you'd like to throw
some cash my way.
i like them best when they are lit on fire.
songbird
Probably some unknown person or people in Central or South America.
On 2025-08-25, dsi1 <user4746@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:
I've been seeing a trend of lower sugar/calories in modern foods that appeals to
the younger generation. The new foods have a mix of sugar and artificial
sweeteners to reduce calories. The fruit bar that I had this morning had
pineapple, passion fruit, and caffeine. It was okay - if you like modern food.
Moderation in food pretty much means bland food to me.
Then you're a shitty cook.
Thankfully, I've never eaten sweet potato casserole with marshmallows on top. And when I bake sweet potatoes, I treat them exactly like baked
russet potatoes. Rubbed with butter, sprinkled with salt and inside
after baking only salt & pepper and butter. Maybe a dab of sour cream.
No added sugar. Sweet potatoes themselves have enough natural sugar,
they don't need any sugar added.
Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> wrote:
On 2025-08-24 10:04 a.m., Jill McQuown wrote:
On 8/24/2025 9:36 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
Sweet potato casserole with marshmallows on top, for Christ's sake.
Thankfully, I've never eaten sweet potato casserole with marshmallows on >>> top.
That was my introduction to sweet potatoes when I was a kid. It was
disgusting and it took me years to get over the aversion to sweet potatoes.
Had that a couple of times, when gracious manners prevented a pass.
Normally . . . NO.
Jill McQuown wrote:
On 8/24/2025 10:06 AM, Dave Smith wrote:
On 2025-08-24 10:04 a.m., Jill McQuown wrote:That's odd, considering where you live. I was always told it was a
On 8/24/2025 9:36 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
Sweet potato casserole with marshmallows on top, for Christ's sake.
Thankfully, I've never eaten sweet potato casserole with marshmallows >>>> on top.
That was my introduction to sweet potatoes when I was a kid. It was
disgusting and it took me years to get over the aversion to sweet potatoes. >>>
Southern US thing to put marshmallows on sweet potato casserole. I've
lived in the mid-south and now the deep south since I was a teenager and
yet I've only ever read about sweet potato casserole with marshmallows.
it's been that way my whole life that people do sweet
potato casserole for TG with the butter, brown sugar and
marshmallows on top and it's mid-Michigan here but i've
had them made i the UP of Michigan too without anyone
thinking it was anything unusual.
My grandmother (originally from Virginia, but that probably isn't
a factor) baked canned sweet potatoes (in syrup) and put
mini-marshmallows on top. It's possible she added brown sugar.
Quite likely it was the recipe from the side of the can.
I don't remember very much about them, because I refused to eat
them.
I don't think my mother liked them. I recall her making and eatingmashed rutabaga at Thanksgiving. Nobody else seemed to like them.
There's always that one dish on the Thanksgiving table. In my
husband's family, it was creamed onions, which only my mother-in-law
liked.
On Mon, 25 Aug 2025 10:17:01 GMT, dsi1
<user4746@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:
Michael Trew <michael.trew@att.net> posted:
Anything is OK in moderation. The problem is, that it's difficult to
find food without sugar added, unless you're scratch cooking everything. >> Most people don't want to be bothered, hence the lower quality
prepared foods that still sell off of the shelves.
I've been seeing a trend of lower sugar/calories in modern foods that appeals to
the younger generation. The new foods have a mix of sugar and artificial >sweeteners to reduce calories. The fruit bar that I had this morning had >pineapple, passion fruit, and caffeine. It was okay - if you like modern food.
Moderation in food pretty much means bland food to me. I'm not a fan of bland
food. I'm more of an intense kind of guy.
You want the food industry to add lots of sugar and HFCS to food
because you're an intense kind of guy. Interesting.
On 2025-08-25, dsi1 <user4746@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:
Michael Trew <michael.trew@att.net> posted:
On 8/24/2025 6:17 AM, dsi1 wrote:
Anything is OK in moderation. The problem is, that it's difficult to
Ed P <esp@snet.n> posted:
Ever wonder how much sugar is in the foods we buy? This show it.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/27-comparison-photos-that-put-things-in-perspective/ss-AA1D6I3I?#image=5
Americans tend to think that sugar is not a natural addition in most cooking,
except in desserts and sweets. That's kind of a goofy notion. I can't say how
that idea came about. You need a balance of flavors in a dish or there's going
to be a big, unnatural, taste to the dish you're preparing. Saying a food has a
secret stash of sugar is kind of paranoid. Mostly, the worst thing you can say
about sugar in food is that a preparation is too sweet.
find food without sugar added, unless you're scratch cooking everything. >> Most people don't want to be bothered, hence the lower quality
prepared foods that still sell off of the shelves.
I've been seeing a trend of lower sugar/calories in modern foods that appeals to
the younger generation. The new foods have a mix of sugar and artificial sweeteners to reduce calories. The fruit bar that I had this morning had pineapple, passion fruit, and caffeine. It was okay - if you like modern food.
Moderation in food pretty much means bland food to me.
Then you're a shitty cook.
On 2025-08-25 6:17 a.m., dsi1 wrote:
I've been seeing a trend of lower sugar/calories in modern foods that appeals to
the younger generation. The new foods have a mix of sugar and artificial sweeteners to reduce calories. The fruit bar that I had this morning had pineapple, passion fruit, and caffeine. It was okay - if you like modern food.
It is still sweet tasting.
Moderation in food pretty much means bland food to me. I'm not a fan of blandSugar makes it less bland? When everything is sweet it all tastes a lot alike, and that is not far off being bland.
food. I'm more of an intense kind of guy.
On 2025-08-25 11:53 a.m., Cindy Hamilton wrote:
My grandmother (originally from Virginia, but that probably isn't
a factor) baked canned sweet potatoes (in syrup) and put
mini-marshmallows on top. It's possible she added brown sugar.
Quite likely it was the recipe from the side of the can.
I don't remember very much about them, because I refused to eat
them.
Wow. That sounds truly vile.
I don't think my mother liked them. I recall her making and eatingmashed rutabaga at Thanksgiving. Nobody else seemed to like them.
My mother used to make that, turnips and the like. Her mother and sister liked it as did one of my brothers. I take a hard pass on it.
There's always that one dish on the Thanksgiving table. In my
husband's family, it was creamed onions, which only my mother-in-law
liked.
That's another on my mother used to do and I liked it.
On 2025-08-25, dsi1 <user4746@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:
Michael Trew <michael.trew@att.net> posted:
Anything is OK in moderation. The problem is, that it's difficult to
find food without sugar added, unless you're scratch cooking everything. >>> Most people don't want to be bothered, hence the lower quality
prepared foods that still sell off of the shelves.
I've been seeing a trend of lower sugar/calories in modern foods that appeals to
the younger generation. The new foods have a mix of sugar and artificial
sweeteners to reduce calories. The fruit bar that I had this morning had
pineapple, passion fruit, and caffeine. It was okay - if you like modern food.
Moderation in food pretty much means bland food to me.
Then you're a shitty cook.
Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> posted:
On Mon, 25 Aug 2025 10:17:01 GMT, dsi1I don't want the food industry to do anything. I don't wish that the food industry
<user4746@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:
Michael Trew <michael.trew@att.net> posted:
Anything is OK in moderation. The problem is, that it's difficult to
find food without sugar added, unless you're scratch cooking everything. >> >> Most people don't want to be bothered, hence the lower quality
prepared foods that still sell off of the shelves.
I've been seeing a trend of lower sugar/calories in modern foods that appeals to
the younger generation. The new foods have a mix of sugar and artificial >> >sweeteners to reduce calories. The fruit bar that I had this morning had >> >pineapple, passion fruit, and caffeine. It was okay - if you like modern food.
Moderation in food pretty much means bland food to me. I'm not a fan of bland
food. I'm more of an intense kind of guy.
You want the food industry to add lots of sugar and HFCS to food
because you're an intense kind of guy. Interesting.
would do anything. I don't have any control over the food industry. The food >industry does whatever it wants to do - you silly, whiny, boy.
Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> posted:
On 2025-08-25 6:17 a.m., dsi1 wrote:I agree that Americans love a lot of sugar in their food. I don't advocate that
I've been seeing a trend of lower sugar/calories in modern foods that appeals to
the younger generation. The new foods have a mix of sugar and artificial >> > sweeteners to reduce calories. The fruit bar that I had this morning had >> > pineapple, passion fruit, and caffeine. It was okay - if you like modern food.
It is still sweet tasting.
Moderation in food pretty much means bland food to me. I'm not a fan of blandSugar makes it less bland? When everything is sweet it all tastes a lot
food. I'm more of an intense kind of guy.
alike, and that is not far off being bland.
Americans consume even more sugar in their diet - that's probably not a good >idea. I don't care for bland food - somehow, you guys take that to mean that >I use a lot of sugar in my cooking. That's pretty presumptuous. rfc is nothing >if not presumptuous.
On 2025-08-25, dsi1 <user4746@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:
I am a student of most cultures. Who invented roast sweet potatoes and how is
at all relevant?
Probably some unknown person or people in Central or South America.
On Mon, 25 Aug 2025 17:27:15 GMT, dsi1
<user4746@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:
Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> posted:
On Mon, 25 Aug 2025 10:17:01 GMT, dsi1I don't want the food industry to do anything. I don't wish that the food industry
<user4746@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:
Michael Trew <michael.trew@att.net> posted:
Anything is OK in moderation. The problem is, that it's difficult to >>>>> find food without sugar added, unless you're scratch cooking everything. >>>>> Most people don't want to be bothered, hence the lower quality
prepared foods that still sell off of the shelves.
I've been seeing a trend of lower sugar/calories in modern foods that appeals to
the younger generation. The new foods have a mix of sugar and artificial >>>> sweeteners to reduce calories. The fruit bar that I had this morning had >>>> pineapple, passion fruit, and caffeine. It was okay - if you like modern food.
Moderation in food pretty much means bland food to me. I'm not a fan of bland
food. I'm more of an intense kind of guy.
You want the food industry to add lots of sugar and HFCS to food
because you're an intense kind of guy. Interesting.
would do anything. I don't have any control over the food industry. The food >> industry does whatever it wants to do - you silly, whiny, boy.
When you add these childish little insults to a reply, I always assume
I was right and hit a nerve.
On 2025-08-25, dsi1 <user4746@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:
I am a student of most cultures. Who invented roast sweet potatoes and how is
at all relevant?
Probably some unknown person or people in Central or South America.
Cindy Hamilton <chamilton5280@invalid.com> posted:
On 2025-08-25, dsi1 <user4746@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:You old farts really crack me up.
Michael Trew <michael.trew@att.net> posted:
On 8/24/2025 6:17 AM, dsi1 wrote:
Anything is OK in moderation. The problem is, that it's difficult to
Ed P <esp@snet.n> posted:
Ever wonder how much sugar is in the foods we buy? This show it.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/27-comparison-photos-that-put-things-in-perspective/ss-AA1D6I3I?#image=5
Americans tend to think that sugar is not a natural addition in most cooking,
except in desserts and sweets. That's kind of a goofy notion. I can't say how
that idea came about. You need a balance of flavors in a dish or there's going
to be a big, unnatural, taste to the dish you're preparing. Saying a food has a
secret stash of sugar is kind of paranoid. Mostly, the worst thing you can say
about sugar in food is that a preparation is too sweet.
find food without sugar added, unless you're scratch cooking everything. >>>> Most people don't want to be bothered, hence the lower quality
prepared foods that still sell off of the shelves.
I've been seeing a trend of lower sugar/calories in modern foods that appeals to
the younger generation. The new foods have a mix of sugar and artificial >>> sweeteners to reduce calories. The fruit bar that I had this morning had >>> pineapple, passion fruit, and caffeine. It was okay - if you like modern food.
Moderation in food pretty much means bland food to me.
Then you're a shitty cook.
On Mon, 25 Aug 2025 18:08:43 GMT, dsi1
<user4746@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:
Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> posted:
On 2025-08-25 6:17 a.m., dsi1 wrote:I agree that Americans love a lot of sugar in their food. I don't advocate that
I've been seeing a trend of lower sugar/calories in modern foods that appeals to
the younger generation. The new foods have a mix of sugar and artificial >> > sweeteners to reduce calories. The fruit bar that I had this morning had >> > pineapple, passion fruit, and caffeine. It was okay - if you like modern food.
It is still sweet tasting.
Moderation in food pretty much means bland food to me. I'm not a fan of blandSugar makes it less bland? When everything is sweet it all tastes a lot >> alike, and that is not far off being bland.
food. I'm more of an intense kind of guy.
Americans consume even more sugar in their diet - that's probably not a good >idea. I don't care for bland food - somehow, you guys take that to mean that >I use a lot of sugar in my cooking. That's pretty presumptuous. rfc is nothing
if not presumptuous.
Maybe you should learn to say what you mean rather than what you don't
mean.
On 8/25/2025 1:29 PM, dsi1 wrote:
Cindy Hamilton <chamilton5280@invalid.com> posted:
On 2025-08-25, dsi1 <user4746@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:You old farts really crack me up.
I've been seeing a trend of lower sugar/calories in modern foods that appeals to
the younger generation. The new foods have a mix of sugar and artificial >>>> sweeteners to reduce calories. The fruit bar that I had this morning had >>>> pineapple, passion fruit, and caffeine. It was okay - if you like modern food.
Moderation in food pretty much means bland food to me.
Then you're a shitty cook.
You're not exactly a spring chicken, David.
Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> posted:
On Mon, 25 Aug 2025 18:08:43 GMT, dsi1Maybe you should learn how to read English and quit jumping the gun. Being less
<user4746@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:
I agree that Americans love a lot of sugar in their food. I don't advocate that
Americans consume even more sugar in their diet - that's probably not a good
idea. I don't care for bland food - somehow, you guys take that to mean that
I use a lot of sugar in my cooking. That's pretty presumptuous. rfc is nothing
if not presumptuous.
Maybe you should learn to say what you mean rather than what you don't
mean.
presumptuous would also help. Mostly you believe what you want to believe. Maybe
I should just stop responding to your silly, excitable, posts.
OTOH, a lot of the time I'll say the exact opposite of what I mean. Being able >to read between the lines, having a sense of humor, and spotting sarcasm and >irony, would be useful in understanding my posts. Sorry about that but I'm >not going to dumb down my posts just so you can understand it. Life is not fair.
Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> posted:
On Mon, 25 Aug 2025 18:08:43 GMT, dsi1Maybe you should learn how to read English and quit jumping the gun. Being less
<user4746@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:
Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> posted:
On 2025-08-25 6:17 a.m., dsi1 wrote:I agree that Americans love a lot of sugar in their food. I don't advocate that
I've been seeing a trend of lower sugar/calories in modern foods that appeals to
the younger generation. The new foods have a mix of sugar and artificial
sweeteners to reduce calories. The fruit bar that I had this morning had
pineapple, passion fruit, and caffeine. It was okay - if you like modern food.
It is still sweet tasting.
Moderation in food pretty much means bland food to me. I'm not a fan of blandSugar makes it less bland? When everything is sweet it all tastes a lot >> >> alike, and that is not far off being bland.
food. I'm more of an intense kind of guy.
Americans consume even more sugar in their diet - that's probably not a good
idea. I don't care for bland food - somehow, you guys take that to mean that
I use a lot of sugar in my cooking. That's pretty presumptuous. rfc is nothing
if not presumptuous.
Maybe you should learn to say what you mean rather than what you don't
mean.
presumptuous would also help. Mostly you believe what you want to believe. Maybe
I should just stop responding to your silly, excitable, posts.
OTOH, a lot of the time I'll say the exact opposite of what I mean. Being able
to read between the lines, having a sense of humor, and spotting sarcasm and irony, would be useful in understanding my posts. Sorry about that but I'm not going to dumb down my posts just so you can understand it. Life is not fair.
Cindy Hamilton <chamilton5280@invalid.com> posted:
On 2025-08-25, dsi1 <user4746@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:
I am a student of most cultures. Who invented roast sweet potatoes and how is
at all relevant?
Probably some unknown person or people in Central or South America.
My question wasn't directed at you - you don't even know the answer to the question. Why even respond? Obviously, I was calling her bluff. I can pretty much do that with impunity on rfc.
On Mon, 25 Aug 2025 20:58:54 GMT, dsi1
<user4746@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:
Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> posted:
On Mon, 25 Aug 2025 18:08:43 GMT, dsi1Maybe you should learn how to read English and quit jumping the gun. Being less
<user4746@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:
I agree that Americans love a lot of sugar in their food. I don't advocate that
Americans consume even more sugar in their diet - that's probably not a good
idea. I don't care for bland food - somehow, you guys take that to mean that
I use a lot of sugar in my cooking. That's pretty presumptuous. rfc is nothing
if not presumptuous.
Maybe you should learn to say what you mean rather than what you don't
mean.
presumptuous would also help. Mostly you believe what you want to believe. Maybe
I should just stop responding to your silly, excitable, posts.
OTOH, a lot of the time I'll say the exact opposite of what I mean. Being able
to read between the lines, having a sense of humor, and spotting sarcasm and >irony, would be useful in understanding my posts. Sorry about that but I'm >not going to dumb down my posts just so you can understand it. Life is not fair.
I must have hit not one, but at least two nerves! Sorry, I'll try to
be more careful next time. One doesn't want to overdo it.
On 2025-08-25, dsi1 <user4746@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:
Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> posted:
On Mon, 25 Aug 2025 18:08:43 GMT, dsi1Maybe you should learn how to read English and quit jumping the gun. Being less
<user4746@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:
Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> posted:
On 2025-08-25 6:17 a.m., dsi1 wrote:I agree that Americans love a lot of sugar in their food. I don't advocate that
I've been seeing a trend of lower sugar/calories in modern foods that appeals to
the younger generation. The new foods have a mix of sugar and artificial
sweeteners to reduce calories. The fruit bar that I had this morning had
pineapple, passion fruit, and caffeine. It was okay - if you like modern food.
It is still sweet tasting.
Moderation in food pretty much means bland food to me. I'm not a fan of blandSugar makes it less bland? When everything is sweet it all tastes a lot
food. I'm more of an intense kind of guy.
alike, and that is not far off being bland.
Americans consume even more sugar in their diet - that's probably not a good
idea. I don't care for bland food - somehow, you guys take that to mean that
I use a lot of sugar in my cooking. That's pretty presumptuous. rfc is nothing
if not presumptuous.
Maybe you should learn to say what you mean rather than what you don't
mean.
presumptuous would also help. Mostly you believe what you want to believe. Maybe
I should just stop responding to your silly, excitable, posts.
OTOH, a lot of the time I'll say the exact opposite of what I mean. Being able
to read between the lines, having a sense of humor, and spotting sarcasm and
irony, would be useful in understanding my posts. Sorry about that but I'm not going to dumb down my posts just so you can understand it. Life is not fair.
Plain text is a notoriously poor medium for communicating nuances
like sarcasm, which requires body language and tone of voice.
Just write what you mean, if you're capable of it.
On 2025-08-25, dsi1 <user4746@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:
Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> posted:
On Mon, 25 Aug 2025 18:08:43 GMT, dsi1Maybe you should learn how to read English and quit jumping the gun. Being less
<user4746@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:
Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> posted:
On 2025-08-25 6:17 a.m., dsi1 wrote:I agree that Americans love a lot of sugar in their food. I don't advocate that
I've been seeing a trend of lower sugar/calories in modern foods that appeals to
the younger generation. The new foods have a mix of sugar and artificial
sweeteners to reduce calories. The fruit bar that I had this morning had
pineapple, passion fruit, and caffeine. It was okay - if you like modern food.
It is still sweet tasting.
Moderation in food pretty much means bland food to me. I'm not a fan of blandSugar makes it less bland? When everything is sweet it all tastes a lot >>> >> alike, and that is not far off being bland.
food. I'm more of an intense kind of guy.
Americans consume even more sugar in their diet - that's probably not a good
idea. I don't care for bland food - somehow, you guys take that to mean that
I use a lot of sugar in my cooking. That's pretty presumptuous. rfc is nothing
if not presumptuous.
Maybe you should learn to say what you mean rather than what you don't
mean.
presumptuous would also help. Mostly you believe what you want to believe. Maybe
I should just stop responding to your silly, excitable, posts.
OTOH, a lot of the time I'll say the exact opposite of what I mean. Being able
to read between the lines, having a sense of humor, and spotting sarcasm and >> irony, would be useful in understanding my posts. Sorry about that but I'm >> not going to dumb down my posts just so you can understand it. Life is not fair.
Plain text is a notoriously poor medium for communicating nuances
like sarcasm, which requires body language and tone of voice.
Just write what you mean, if you're capable of it.
My grandmother (originally from Virginia, but that probably isn't
a factor) baked canned sweet potatoes (in syrup) and put
mini-marshmallows on top. It's possible she added brown sugar.
Quite likely it was the recipe from the side of the can.
I don't remember very much about them, because I refused to eat
them.
I don't think my mother liked them. I recall her making and eating
mashed rutabaga at Thanksgiving. Nobody else seemed to like them.
There's always that one dish on the Thanksgiving table. In my
husband's family, it was creamed onions, which only my mother-in-law
liked.
On 8/25/2025 7:07 AM, songbird wrote:...
ItsJoanNotJoAnn webtv.net wrote:
...cooking marshmallows...
No, just the regular kind. Cooking marshmallows are out of my
budget. I'm taking donations, though, if you'd like to throw
some cash my way.
i like them best when they are lit on fire.
I never buy marshmallows, but if they sold them pre-burnt, I'd buy a bag.
Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> posted:
On Mon, 25 Aug 2025 20:58:54 GMT, dsi1You should be sorry. Once again you have overstepped your bounds. Didn't you >learn anything when you were growing up? Here's a car I saw yesterday. Would >this be your car?
<user4746@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:
Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> posted:
On Mon, 25 Aug 2025 18:08:43 GMT, dsi1Maybe you should learn how to read English and quit jumping the gun. Being less
<user4746@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:
I agree that Americans love a lot of sugar in their food. I don't advocate that
Americans consume even more sugar in their diet - that's probably not a good
idea. I don't care for bland food - somehow, you guys take that to mean that
I use a lot of sugar in my cooking. That's pretty presumptuous. rfc is nothing
if not presumptuous.
Maybe you should learn to say what you mean rather than what you don't
mean.
presumptuous would also help. Mostly you believe what you want to believe. Maybe
I should just stop responding to your silly, excitable, posts.
OTOH, a lot of the time I'll say the exact opposite of what I mean. Being able
to read between the lines, having a sense of humor, and spotting sarcasm and
irony, would be useful in understanding my posts. Sorry about that but I'm >> >not going to dumb down my posts just so you can understand it. Life is not fair.
I must have hit not one, but at least two nerves! Sorry, I'll try to
be more careful next time. One doesn't want to overdo it.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/kFFGCpaKpbN7gLbJA
ItsJoanNotJoAnn webtv.net wrote:
...cooking marshmallows...
No, just the regular kind. Cooking marshmallows are out of my
budget. I'm taking donations, though, if you'd like to throw
some cash my way.
i like them best when they are lit on fire.
songbird
My mother used to make that, turnips and the like. Her mother and sister liked it as did one of my brothers. I take a hard pass on it.
songbird <songbird@anthive.com> posted:
ItsJoanNotJoAnn webtv.net wrote:
...cooking marshmallows...
No, just the regular kind. Cooking marshmallows are out of my
budget. I'm taking donations, though, if you'd like to throw
some cash my way.
i like them best when they are lit on fire.
songbird
They are very tasty when charred black and the inside is gooey.
OTOH, a lot of the time I'll say the exact opposite of what I mean. Being able
to read between the lines, having a sense of humor, and spotting sarcasm and irony, would be useful in understanding my posts. Sorry about that but I'm not going to dumb down my posts just so you can understand it. Life is not fair.
On 2025-08-24, dsi1 <user4746@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:
Ed P <esp@snet.n> posted:
Ever wonder how much sugar is in the foods we buy? This show it.
Americans tend to think that sugar is not a natural addition in
most cooking, except in desserts and sweets.
I invite you to consider every bottled salad dressing on the shelf.
Even most recipes include sugar.
Ketchup. Barbecue sauce. Honey mustard. Barbecue rub. Miracle
Whip.
Ham. Bacon. Anything glazed. Lox.
Potato salad. Cole slaw. Three-bean salad. Cucumber salad.
Sweet potato casserole with marshmallows on top, for Christ's sake.
On 8/24/2025 9:36 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
On 2025-08-24, dsi1 <user4746@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:
Ed P <esp@snet.n> posted:
Ever wonder how much sugar is in the foods we buy? This show
it.
Americans tend to think that sugar is not a natural addition in
most cooking, except in desserts and sweets.
I invite you to consider every bottled salad dressing on the shelf.
Even most recipes include sugar.
Ketchup. Barbecue sauce. Honey mustard. Barbecue rub. Miracle
Whip.
Ham. Bacon. Anything glazed. Lox.
Potato salad. Cole slaw. Three-bean salad. Cucumber salad.
Sweet potato casserole with marshmallows on top, for Christ's sake.
Thankfully, I've never eaten sweet potato casserole with marshmallows
on top. And when I bake sweet potatoes, I treat them exactly like
baked russet potatoes. Rubbed with butter, sprinkled with salt and
inside after baking only salt & pepper and butter. Maybe a dab of
sour cream. No added sugar. Sweet potatoes themselves have enough
natural sugar, they don't need any sugar added.
Jill
Cindy Hamilton wrote:
On 2025-08-24, dsi1 <user4746@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:
Americans tend to think that sugar is not a natural addition in
most cooking, except in desserts and sweets.
I invite you to consider every bottled salad dressing on the shelf.
Even most recipes include sugar.
Ketchup. Barbecue sauce. Honey mustard. Barbecue rub. Miracle
Whip.
Ham. Bacon. Anything glazed. Lox.
Potato salad. Cole slaw. Three-bean salad. Cucumber salad.
Sweet potato casserole with marshmallows on top, for Christ's sake.
While a lot of things do have added sugar that don't need it, I manage
to avoid most of it with cooking from scratch.
Sugar doesn't belong in potato salad or coleslaw! ICK! It doesn't
belong in cucumber salad, good bacon, 3bean salad etc. either.
On Tue, 26 Aug 2025 01:22:55 GMT, ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net <user4742@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:
songbird <songbird@anthive.com> posted:
ItsJoanNotJoAnn webtv.net wrote:
...cooking marshmallows...
No, just the regular kind. Cooking marshmallows are out of my
budget. I'm taking donations, though, if you'd like to throw
some cash my way.
i like them best when they are lit on fire.
songbird
They are very tasty when charred black and the inside is gooey.
Do you eat them as part of an otherwise savoury dinner or as a snack
or dessert?
On 8/24/2025 12:55 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
On 2025-08-24 12:42 p.m., Ed P wrote:
On 8/24/2025 11:23 AM, heyjoe wrote:
Never had them at home but did not like they when I did have them
boiled and mashed.
Then I discovered baking and frying them.-a Now I have them
sliced, spray with oil, air dry 20 minutes.-a Very tasty.
Sweet potato fries have become popular around here. They are
especially popular around the many Dutch people in the area. They
like mayo with their fries and sweet potato fries are usually
served with curry or chipotle mayo.
Unlike my parents and grandparents, the lunch ladies at school didn't actually cook food, they primarily reheated already prepared dishes.
School lunches were awful, and they only got worse when Michelle
Obama pushed her school lunch program.
The only thing that came good out of that ordeal were the sweet
potato fries (they did away with french fries from regular potatoes).
I thought the sweet potato fries were tasty, and much better than
sweet potatoes in a casserole.
Sugar doesn't belong in potato salad or coleslaw! ICK! It doesn't
belong in cucumber salad, good bacon, 3bean salad etc. either.
On 8/25/2025 9:35 PM, Bruce wrote:
On Tue, 26 Aug 2025 01:22:55 GMT, ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.netUsually a snack around the campfire. Roasted on a stick.
<user4742@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:
songbird <songbird@anthive.com> posted:
ItsJoanNotJoAnn webtv.net wrote:
...cooking marshmallows...
No, just the regular kind. Cooking marshmallows are out of my
budget. I'm taking donations, though, if you'd like to throw
some cash my way.
i like them best when they are lit on fire.
songbird
They are very tasty when charred black and the inside is gooey.
Do you eat them as part of an otherwise savoury dinner or as a snack
or dessert?
On 8/24/2025 5:21 PM, Michael Trew wrote:
On 8/24/2025 12:55 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
On 2025-08-24 12:42 p.m., Ed P wrote:
On 8/24/2025 11:23 AM, heyjoe wrote:
Never had them at home but did not like they when I did have
them boiled and mashed.
Then I discovered baking and frying them.-a Now I have them
sliced, spray with oil, air dry 20 minutes.-a Very tasty.
Sweet potato fries have become popular around here. They are
especially popular around the many Dutch people in the area. They
like mayo with their fries and sweet potato fries are usually
served with curry or chipotle mayo.
Unlike my parents and grandparents, the lunch ladies at school
didn't actually cook food, they primarily reheated already
prepared dishes. School lunches were awful, and they only got
worse when Michelle Obama pushed her school lunch program.
The only thing that came good out of that ordeal were the sweet
potato fries (they did away with french fries from regular
potatoes).-a I thought the sweet potato fries were tasty, and much
better than sweet potatoes in a casserole.
I suppose you're lucky they served sweet potato fries.
I mostly brought my lunch to school in a lunch box. I have no idea
what the "lunch ladies" were serving. Back in the day no one freaked
out if you brought a peanut butter sandwich and a thermos of milk.
Jill
Ed P <esp@snet.n> posted:
Ever wonder how much sugar is in the foods we buy? This show it.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/27-comparison-photos-that-put-things-in-perspective/ss-AA1D6I3I?#image=5
Americans tend to think that sugar is not a natural addition in most cooking, except in desserts and sweets. That's kind of a goofy notion. I can't say how that idea came about. You need a balance of flavors in a dish or there's going
to be a big, unnatural, taste to the dish you're preparing. Saying a food has a
secret stash of sugar is kind of paranoid. Mostly, the worst thing you can say
about sugar in food is that a preparation is too sweet.
On Tue, 26 Aug 2025 01:22:55 GMT, ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net
<user4742@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:
They are very tasty when charred black and the inside is gooey.
Do you eat them as part of an otherwise savoury dinner or as a snack
or dessert?
On 2025-08-24, dsi1 <user4746@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:
Ed P <esp@snet.n> posted:
Ever wonder how much sugar is in the foods we buy? This show it.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/27-comparison-photos-that-put-things-in-perspective/ss-AA1D6I3I?#image=5
Americans tend to think that sugar is not a natural addition in most cooking,
except in desserts and sweets. That's kind of a goofy notion. I can't say how
that idea came about. You need a balance of flavors in a dish or there's going
to be a big, unnatural, taste to the dish you're preparing. Saying a food has a
secret stash of sugar is kind of paranoid. Mostly, the worst thing you can say
about sugar in food is that a preparation is too sweet.
I agree. Sugar is natural. I can't say the same about artificial
sweeteners.
On 2025-08-26, Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:
On Tue, 26 Aug 2025 01:22:55 GMT, ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net >><user4742@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:
They are very tasty when charred black and the inside is gooey.
Do you eat them as part of an otherwise savoury dinner or as a snack
or dessert?
I always ate them on a willow stick or straightened coat hanger, around
a campfire...usually with hot dogs, cooked the same way.
Cindy Hamilton <chamilton5280@invalid.com> posted:
On 2025-08-25, dsi1 <user4746@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:You're ill-equipped to spot language nuances, sarcasm, facial expression, body language, and tone of voices. It ain't me, it's you. That's fine, I don't
Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> posted:
On Mon, 25 Aug 2025 18:08:43 GMT, dsi1Maybe you should learn how to read English and quit jumping the gun. Being less
<user4746@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:
Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> posted:
On 2025-08-25 6:17 a.m., dsi1 wrote:I agree that Americans love a lot of sugar in their food. I don't advocate that
I've been seeing a trend of lower sugar/calories in modern foods that appeals to
the younger generation. The new foods have a mix of sugar and artificial
sweeteners to reduce calories. The fruit bar that I had this morning had
pineapple, passion fruit, and caffeine. It was okay - if you like modern food.
It is still sweet tasting.
Moderation in food pretty much means bland food to me. I'm not a fan of blandSugar makes it less bland? When everything is sweet it all tastes a lot
food. I'm more of an intense kind of guy.
alike, and that is not far off being bland.
Americans consume even more sugar in their diet - that's probably not a good
idea. I don't care for bland food - somehow, you guys take that to mean that
I use a lot of sugar in my cooking. That's pretty presumptuous. rfc is nothing
if not presumptuous.
Maybe you should learn to say what you mean rather than what you don't
mean.
presumptuous would also help. Mostly you believe what you want to believe. Maybe
I should just stop responding to your silly, excitable, posts.
OTOH, a lot of the time I'll say the exact opposite of what I mean. Being able
to read between the lines, having a sense of humor, and spotting sarcasm and
irony, would be useful in understanding my posts. Sorry about that but I'm >> > not going to dumb down my posts just so you can understand it. Life is not fair.
Plain text is a notoriously poor medium for communicating nuances
like sarcasm, which requires body language and tone of voice.
Just write what you mean, if you're capable of it.
have any problem with people like you. OTOH, expecting me to change my behavior
to suit your neural atypical wiring isn't going to happen.
https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/autism-spectrum-disorder/symptoms-causes/syc-20352928
to me the favorite part of a turkey dinner besides the
dark meat of the turkey was the stuffing.
Cindy Hamilton wrote:
On 2025-08-24, dsi1 <user4746@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/27-comparison-photos-that-put-things-in-perspective/ss-AA1D6I3I?#image=5
Ed P <esp@snet.n> posted:
Ever wonder how much sugar is in the foods we buy? This show it.
Americans tend to think that sugar is not a natural addition in
most cooking, except in desserts and sweets.
I invite you to consider every bottled salad dressing on the shelf.
Even most recipes include sugar.
Ketchup. Barbecue sauce. Honey mustard. Barbecue rub. Miracle
Whip.
Ham. Bacon. Anything glazed. Lox.
Potato salad. Cole slaw. Three-bean salad. Cucumber salad.
Sweet potato casserole with marshmallows on top, for Christ's sake.
While a lot of things do have added sugar that don't need it, I manage
to avoid most of it with cooking from scratch.
Sugar doesn't belong in potato salad or coleslaw! ICK! It doesn't
belong in cucumber salad, good bacon, 3bean salad etc. either.
That said, I genuinely am not much into sweets. That doesn't mean I
don't use them in the right amounts to get a proper bread rise or to
make my rare batches of cookies. It tends to be honey instead of plain
white sugar or might be karo or molassis.
I made potatoes up for a salad tomorrow (cooked at same time as dinner, sitting in the fridge overnight and will make them up for lunch).
While the recipe may shift a little, here's the basics:
3 cups cubed cooked potatoes (reds, scrubbed but not peeled)
1 small leek, cut to ringlits and separared
3 mini bell peppers (red, yellow, orange)
1 cubanelle pepper (green, slightly hot)
2/3 cup small cubed sweet vidalia onion
1/3 cup Hellmans mayo
3 TB grainy brown mustard
salt and pepper to taste
(and TBD 1 other spice blend, might do a greek blend)
That makes a savory, not sweet potato salad. Add more mayo and mustard
if you want it more creamy.
On 8/25/2025 10:12 PM, Carol wrote:
Sugar doesn't belong in potato salad or coleslaw! ICK! It doesn't
belong in cucumber salad, good bacon, 3bean salad etc. either.
I've had it in a coleslaw as it offset the cider vinegar, but less than
what the recipe calls for. Agree on all the others.
https://www.food.com/recipe/corkys-memphis-style-coleslaw-5418
head green cabbage, cored and shredded (I used packaged cabbage such as angel-hair if I am short on time)
2 medium-size carrots, peeled and grated
1 green bell pepper, cored, seeded and finely diced
2 tablespoons onions, grated
2 cups prepared mayonnaise
3rUa4 cup granulated sugar
1rUa4 cup dijon-style mustard
1rUa4 cup cider vinegar
2 tablespoons celery seeds
1 teaspoon salt
1rUa8 teaspoon white pepper
I don't do quantities, since I learned to make potato salad by
watching my grandmother.
Potatoes
Onions
Celery
Sliced pimiento-stuffed green olives
Dressing:
Mayo
Vinegar to thin
A touch of sugar to tamp down the sour. Just a touch.
Yellow mustard
Salt
Pepper
Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> posted:
My mother used to make that, turnips and the like. Her mother and sister
liked it as did one of my brothers. I take a hard pass on it.
My mother would do mashed turnips; they were pretty vile to me.
On 2025-08-24, dsi1 <user4746@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:
Ed P <esp@snet.n> posted:
Ever wonder how much sugar is in the foods we buy? This show it.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/27-comparison-photos-that-put-things-in-perspective/ss-AA1D6I3I?#image=5
Americans tend to think that sugar is not a natural addition in most cooking,
except in desserts and sweets. That's kind of a goofy notion. I can't say how
that idea came about. You need a balance of flavors in a dish or there's going
to be a big, unnatural, taste to the dish you're preparing. Saying a food has a
secret stash of sugar is kind of paranoid. Mostly, the worst thing you can say
about sugar in food is that a preparation is too sweet.
I agree. Sugar is natural. I can't say the same about artificialIt depends on how you look at things. Sucking on a piece of sugar cane might be
sweeteners.
Leonard Blaisdell <leoblaisdell@sbcglobal.net> posted:
On 2025-08-24, dsi1 <user4746@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:It depends on how you look at things. Sucking on a piece of sugar cane might be
Ed P <esp@snet.n> posted:
Ever wonder how much sugar is in the foods we buy? This show it.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/27-comparison-photos-that-put-things-in-perspective/ss-AA1D6I3I?#image=5
Americans tend to think that sugar is not a natural addition in most cooking,
except in desserts and sweets. That's kind of a goofy notion. I can't say how
that idea came about. You need a balance of flavors in a dish or there's going
to be a big, unnatural, taste to the dish you're preparing. Saying a food has a
secret stash of sugar is kind of paranoid. Mostly, the worst thing you can say
about sugar in food is that a preparation is too sweet.
I agree. Sugar is natural. I can't say the same about artificial
sweeteners.
natural. Pouring a spoonful of highly refined white crystals into your coffee >in the morning doesn't sound all that natural to me.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/46Dbys43DWTh4Eeg8
On 2025-08-26, Cindy Hamilton <chamilton5280@invalid.com> wrote:
I don't do quantities, since I learned to make potato salad by
watching my grandmother.
Potatoes
Onions
Celery
Sliced pimiento-stuffed green olives
Dressing:
Mayo
Vinegar to thin
A touch of sugar to tamp down the sour. Just a touch.
Yellow mustard
Salt
Pepper
Potatoes (Russet)
Large diced hard boiled eggs (same amount as number of potatoes)
Can of black olives (halved)
Dressing:
Mayo
Yellow mustard
Salt
I hate to create dishes with more than six ingredients. ;)
Wait! I forgot to mention the diced dill pickles to taste. Damn!
On 2025-08-26, Ed P <esp@snet.n> wrote:
On 8/25/2025 10:12 PM, Carol wrote:
Sugar doesn't belong in potato salad or coleslaw! ICK! It doesn't
belong in cucumber salad, good bacon, 3bean salad etc. either.
I've had it in a coleslaw as it offset the cider vinegar, but less than
what the recipe calls for. Agree on all the others.
https://www.food.com/recipe/corkys-memphis-style-coleslaw-5418
head green cabbage, cored and shredded (I used packaged cabbage such as
angel-hair if I am short on time)
2 medium-size carrots, peeled and grated
1 green bell pepper, cored, seeded and finely diced
2 tablespoons onions, grated
2 cups prepared mayonnaise
3rUa4 cup granulated sugar
1rUa4 cup dijon-style mustard
1rUa4 cup cider vinegar
2 tablespoons celery seeds
1 teaspoon salt
1rUa8 teaspoon white pepper
That's too much sugar for me. I'd use a couple of tablespoons.
And no mustard.
And you, too, lost me at bell pepper.
Usually I just use lemon juice, red-wine vinegar, or cider vinegar; extra-virgin olive oil, salt, and pepper. Easy enough to make a
single serving.
On 2025-08-26, dsi1 <user4746@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:
https://photos.app.goo.gl/46Dbys43DWTh4Eeg8
Is your Mom second from the left at the bottom of the picture?
Leonard Blaisdell <leoblaisdell@sbcglobal.net> posted:
On 2025-08-26, dsi1 <user4746@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:
https://photos.app.goo.gl/46Dbys43DWTh4Eeg8
Is your Mom second from the left at the bottom of the picture?
She's in the middle of the bottom row. That girl on her right has an
oddly fascinating curl on her head. Where did this come from? They look
like quite a pair.
Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> posted:
My mother used to make that, turnips and the like. Her mother and sister
liked it as did one of my brothers. I take a hard pass on it.
My mother would do mashed turnips; they were pretty vile to me.
~
On 2025-08-25, songbird <songbird@anthive.com> wrote:
to me the favorite part of a turkey dinner besides the
dark meat of the turkey was the stuffing.
I didn't care much for stuffing until I married into my husband's
family. My family's recipe sucked. Too wet, and the onions
and celery were never cooked through. His family sautes the
onions and celery. They make it from fresh bread rather than
pouring hot water over stale bread.
The other thing she did was make a combination of boiled carrots and turnips, mashed.
On 8/26/2025 4:57 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
I didn't care much for stuffing until I married into my husband's
family. My family's recipe sucked. Too wet, and the onions
and celery were never cooked through. His family sautes the
onions and celery. They make it from fresh bread rather than
pouring hot water over stale bread.
I rarely think about my ex-husband or his mother's cooking but when you mentioned wet Thanksgiving dressing/stuffing, a horrific memory comes
back. I don't know what she did to the allegedly baked in a glass
baking dish in the oven, but that dressing was awful. You could run a
spoon through it after she took it out of the oven and it parted like
the Red Sea, then filled back again. It was a wet gloppy mess and their family loved it. It was disgusting.
Jill
On 8/26/2025 4:57 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
I didn't care much for stuffing until I married into my husband's
family.
I rarely think about my ex-husband
mentioned wet Thanksgiving dressing/stuffing, a horrific memory comes
back.
baking dish in the oven, but that dressing was awful.
Use whatever bread you like but please, don't make it runny like that.
Jill
Jill McQuown <j_mcquown@comcast.net> posted:
On 8/26/2025 4:57 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:Shhhhhhudder!
I didn't care much for stuffing until I married into my husband's
family. My family's recipe sucked. Too wet, and the onions
and celery were never cooked through. His family sautes the
onions and celery. They make it from fresh bread rather than
pouring hot water over stale bread.
I rarely think about my ex-husband or his mother's cooking but when you
mentioned wet Thanksgiving dressing/stuffing, a horrific memory comes
back. I don't know what she did to the allegedly baked in a glass
baking dish in the oven, but that dressing was awful. You could run a
spoon through it after she took it out of the oven and it parted like
the Red Sea, then filled back again. It was a wet gloppy mess and their
family loved it. It was disgusting.
Jill
Double shhhhhhhhudder!!
Both versions sound absolutely disgusting and I'd have no qualms
in turning down either invitation.
On Tue, 26 Aug 2025 21:09:22 GMT, dsi1
<user4746@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:
Leonard Blaisdell <leoblaisdell@sbcglobal.net> posted:
On 2025-08-26, dsi1 <user4746@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:
https://photos.app.goo.gl/46Dbys43DWTh4Eeg8
Is your Mom second from the left at the bottom of the picture?
She's in the middle of the bottom row. That girl on her right has an
oddly fascinating curl on her head. Where did this come from? They look >like quite a pair.
Is the curl a bug or a feature? I think a feature.
Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> posted:
On Tue, 26 Aug 2025 21:09:22 GMT, dsi1Personally, I think it's super, man. The three girls in the middle are closer >to each other than the others in the picture. My guess is they were BFFs.
<user4746@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:
Leonard Blaisdell <leoblaisdell@sbcglobal.net> posted:
On 2025-08-26, dsi1 <user4746@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:
https://photos.app.goo.gl/46Dbys43DWTh4Eeg8
Is your Mom second from the left at the bottom of the picture?
She's in the middle of the bottom row. That girl on her right has an
oddly fascinating curl on her head. Where did this come from? They look
like quite a pair.
Is the curl a bug or a feature? I think a feature.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/W2IBMuerBHY
Jill McQuown <j_mcquown@comcast.net> wrote:
The other thing she did was make a combination of boiled carrots and
turnips, mashed.
Thanks, but NO thanks. More for those that enjoy that stuff.
On 8/26/2025 8:02 PM, heyjoe wrote:
Jill McQuown <j_mcquown@comcast.net> wrote:Totally agree!-a My parents were the only ones who ate it.
The other thing she did was make a combination of boiled carrots and
turnips, mashed.
Thanks, but NO thanks.-a More for those that enjoy that stuff.
Jill
Jill McQuown wrote:
On 8/26/2025 8:02 PM, heyjoe wrote:
Jill McQuown <j_mcquown@comcast.net> wrote:Totally agree!-a My parents were the only ones who ate it.
The other thing she did was make a combination of boiled carrots and
turnips, mashed.
Thanks, but NO thanks.-a More for those that enjoy that stuff.
Jill
Reckon your pappy ate pussy?
Michael Trew <michael.trew@att.net> posted:
Anything is OK in moderation. The problem is, that it's difficult to
find food without sugar added, unless you're scratch cooking everything.
Most people don't want to be bothered, hence the lower quality
prepared foods that still sell off of the shelves.
I've been seeing a trend of lower sugar/calories in modern foods that appeals to
the younger generation. The new foods have a mix of sugar and artificial sweeteners to reduce calories. The fruit bar that I had this morning had pineapple, passion fruit, and caffeine. It was okay - if you like modern food.
Moderation in food pretty much means bland food to me. I'm not a fan of bland food. I'm more of an intense kind of guy.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/9WYibAmNsvYsMoUJ8
https://photos.app.goo.gl/PYnrLJiS8coHGZ7T7
Michael Trew wrote:
Unlike my parents and grandparents, the lunch ladies at school didn't
actually cook food, they primarily reheated already prepared dishes.
School lunches were awful, and they only got worse when Michelle
Obama pushed her school lunch program.
The only thing that came good out of that ordeal were the sweet
potato fries (they did away with french fries from regular potatoes).
I thought the sweet potato fries were tasty, and much better than
sweet potatoes in a casserole.
I got that vicariously through Charlotte. Her memories of USA school
lunches are minimal as she was only in 1st grade stateside. After
that, it was Japan for 7 years. As you can expect, it was pretty
different there. A big one was kids had vegetarian options, something
that didn't exist when I was a kid.
On 8/24/2025 5:21 PM, Michael Trew wrote:
Unlike my parents and grandparents, the lunch ladies at school didn't
actually cook food, they primarily reheated already prepared dishes.
School lunches were awful, and they only got worse when Michelle Obama
pushed her school lunch program.
The only thing that came good out of that ordeal were the sweet potato
fries (they did away with french fries from regular potatoes).-a I
thought the sweet potato fries were tasty, and much better than sweet
potatoes in a casserole.
I suppose you're lucky they served sweet potato fries.
I mostly brought my lunch to school in a lunch box.-a I have no idea what the "lunch ladies" were serving.-a Back in the day no one freaked out if
you brought a peanut butter sandwich and a thermos of milk.
I don't do quantities, since I learned to make potato salad by
watching my grandmother
Potatoes
Onions
Celery
Sliced pimiento-stuffed green olives
Dressing:
Mayo
Vinegar to thin
A touch of sugar to tamp down the sour. Just a touch.
Yellow mustard
Salt
Pepper
On 8/25/2025 10:34 PM, Carol wrote:
Michael Trew wrote:
Unlike my parents and grandparents, the lunch ladies at school didn't
actually cook food, they primarily reheated already prepared dishes.
School lunches were awful, and they only got worse when Michelle
Obama pushed her school lunch program.
The only thing that came good out of that ordeal were the sweet
potato fries (they did away with french fries from regular potatoes).
I thought the sweet potato fries were tasty, and much better than
sweet potatoes in a casserole.
I got that vicariously through Charlotte. Her memories of USA school
lunches are minimal as she was only in 1st grade stateside. After
that, it was Japan for 7 years. As you can expect, it was pretty
different there. A big one was kids had vegetarian options, something
that didn't exist when I was a kid.
When I see people on the internet share school lunches from other
countries, I'm always surprised. They look so much tastier than the
frozen garbage that they heat up for US kids. We certainly didn't have
a vegetarian option or anything of the like, there were a couple
options, and a cheese sandwich if nothing else looked good (it wasn't
good, either).
On 2025-08-25, songbird <songbird@anthive.com> wrote:
to me the favorite part of a turkey dinner besides the
dark meat of the turkey was the stuffing.
I didn't care much for stuffing until I married into my husband's
family. My family's recipe sucked. Too wet, and the onions
and celery were never cooked through. His family sautes the
onions and celery. They make it from fresh bread rather than
pouring hot water over stale bread.
On 8/26/2025 4:57 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
On 2025-08-25, songbird <songbird@anthive.com> wrote:
to me the favorite part of a turkey dinner besides the
dark meat of the turkey was the stuffing.
I didn't care much for stuffing until I married into my husband's
family. My family's recipe sucked. Too wet, and the onions
and celery were never cooked through. His family sautes the
onions and celery. They make it from fresh bread rather than
pouring hot water over stale bread.
I rarely think about my ex-husband or his mother's cooking but when
you mentioned wet Thanksgiving dressing/stuffing, a horrific memory
comes back. I don't know what she did to the allegedly baked in a
glass baking dish in the oven, but that dressing was awful. You
could run a spoon through it after she took it out of the oven and it
parted like the Red Sea, then filled back again. It was a wet gloppy
mess and their family loved it. It was disgusting.
Use whatever bread you like but please, don't make it runny like that.
Jill
On 8/25/2025 10:12 PM, Carol wrote:
Sugar doesn't belong in potato salad or coleslaw! ICK! It doesn't
belong in cucumber salad, good bacon, 3bean salad etc. either.
I've had it in a coleslaw as it offset the cider vinegar, but less
than what the recipe calls for. Agree on all the others.
https://www.food.com/recipe/corkys-memphis-style-coleslaw-5418
head green cabbage, cored and shredded (I used packaged cabbage such
as angel-hair if I am short on time) 2 medium-size carrots, peeled
and grated 1 green bell pepper, cored, seeded and finely diced
2 tablespoons onions, grated
2 cups prepared mayonnaise
3rUa4 cup granulated sugar
1rUa4 cup dijon-style mustard
1rUa4 cup cider vinegar
2 tablespoons celery seeds
1 teaspoon salt
1rUa8 teaspoon white pepper
On 2025-08-26, Carol <cshenk@virginia-beach.com> wrote:
Cindy Hamilton wrote:
it. >> >>On 2025-08-24, dsi1 <user4746@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:
Ed P <esp@snet.n> posted:
Ever wonder how much sugar is in the foods we buy? This show
Americans tend to think that sugar is not a natural addition in
most cooking, except in desserts and sweets.
I invite you to consider every bottled salad dressing on the shelf.
Even most recipes include sugar.
Ketchup. Barbecue sauce. Honey mustard. Barbecue rub. Miracle
Whip.
Ham. Bacon. Anything glazed. Lox.
Potato salad. Cole slaw. Three-bean salad. Cucumber salad.
Sweet potato casserole with marshmallows on top, for Christ's sake.
While a lot of things do have added sugar that don't need it, I
manage to avoid most of it with cooking from scratch.
Sugar doesn't belong in potato salad or coleslaw! ICK! It doesn't
belong in cucumber salad, good bacon, 3bean salad etc. either.
That said, I genuinely am not much into sweets. That doesn't mean I
don't use them in the right amounts to get a proper bread rise or to
make my rare batches of cookies. It tends to be honey instead of
plain white sugar or might be karo or molassis.
I made potatoes up for a salad tomorrow (cooked at same time as
dinner, sitting in the fridge overnight and will make them up for
lunch).
While the recipe may shift a little, here's the basics:
3 cups cubed cooked potatoes (reds, scrubbed but not peeled)
1 small leek, cut to ringlits and separared
3 mini bell peppers (red, yellow, orange)
1 cubanelle pepper (green, slightly hot)
2/3 cup small cubed sweet vidalia onion
1/3 cup Hellmans mayo
3 TB grainy brown mustard
salt and pepper to taste
(and TBD 1 other spice blend, might do a greek blend)
That makes a savory, not sweet potato salad. Add more mayo and
mustard if you want it more creamy.
You lost me at peppers.
I don't do quantities, since I learned to make potato salad by
watching my grandmother.
Potatoes
Onions
Celery
Sliced pimiento-stuffed green olives
Dressing:
Mayo
Vinegar to thin
A touch of sugar to tamp down the sour. Just a touch.
Yellow mustard
Salt
Pepper
On 2025-08-26, Cindy Hamilton <chamilton5280@invalid.com> wrote:
I don't do quantities, since I learned to make potato salad by
watching my grandmother.
Potatoes
Onions
Celery
Sliced pimiento-stuffed green olives
Dressing:
Mayo
Vinegar to thin
A touch of sugar to tamp down the sour. Just a touch.
Yellow mustard
Salt
Pepper
Potatoes (Russet)
Large diced hard boiled eggs (same amount as number of potatoes)
Can of black olives (halved)
Dressing:
Mayo
Yellow mustard
Salt
I hate to create dishes with more than six ingredients. ;)
Wait! I forgot to mention the diced dill pickles to taste. Damn!
On 8/25/2025 10:34 PM, Carol wrote:
Michael Trew wrote:
Unlike my parents and grandparents, the lunch ladies at school
didn't actually cook food, they primarily reheated already
prepared dishes. School lunches were awful, and they only got
worse when Michelle Obama pushed her school lunch program.
The only thing that came good out of that ordeal were the sweet
potato fries (they did away with french fries from regular
potatoes). I thought the sweet potato fries were tasty, and much
better than sweet potatoes in a casserole.
I got that vicariously through Charlotte. Her memories of USA
school lunches are minimal as she was only in 1st grade stateside.
After that, it was Japan for 7 years. As you can expect, it was
pretty different there. A big one was kids had vegetarian options, something that didn't exist when I was a kid.
When I see people on the internet share school lunches from other
countries, I'm always surprised. They look so much tastier than the
frozen garbage that they heat up for US kids. We certainly didn't
have a vegetarian option or anything of the like, there were a couple options, and a cheese sandwich if nothing else looked good (it wasn't
good, either).
