Same here.
I do not think I ever ordered it in my lifetime. I love it but not when I go out.
Does Lo Mein count? lol
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Same here.
I do not think I ever ordered it in my lifetime. I love it but not when I go out.
Does Lo Mein count? lol
Darn BB, the Lo Mein comparison was low dude.....but again, spaghetti, lo mein, broke people dinner.....lol
Harks back to my first encounter with espauguettis or whatever. Dear Fanni of St Maarten. Boiled spagetti in chopped garlic util it was mush, then threw it into the frying pan with "butter", grated cheddar cheese, and shrimp.
It ws actually pretty tasty, but spagetti, NOT.
It ws actually pretty tasty, but spagetti, NOT.
Quick recipe from moms, cook pasta aldente, 9 minutes in repid boil.
Chop it up with onions, garlic, sazon, cilantro,tomato paste(1 teaspoon), some plain tomato sauce, olives 3, 3 bolitas all spice, small tomatoe diced, mix in pan with a little water corn starch mix and simmer.
Mix spaghettis with sauce and a little pot water, badabingbadabang, nice sticky sauce spaghetti criollo dominicano.
Of cause, fry up some chicken for protein.
Chop it up with onions, garlic, sazon, cilantro,tomato paste(1 teaspoon), some plain tomato sauce, olives 3, 3 bolitas all spice, small tomatoe diced, mix in pan with a little water corn starch mix and simmer.
Mix spaghettis with sauce and a little pot water, badabingbadabang, nice sticky sauce spaghetti criollo dominicano.
Of cause, fry up some chicken for protein.
Like my darling half-Dominican son.dv8 said:
I make a mushroom sauce from scratch which he likes, but when my SIL made pasta with mushroom sauce from a packet he loudly declared that it was much better than mine.
Sharper than a serpent's tooth.
Ouch.
Our daughter isn't much of a cook, she thinks I'm a 5 star chef. Our son learned to cook while in college in Italy (no dorms), and 15 years later he's still telling me what I do wrong when they come for dinner. He's especially critical of my beans, each and every time, as they aren't creamy enough for His Highness. Last time he was there, I stuck an immersion blender in the pot, but obliterated 99% of the beans. He loved it. :ermm:
I'm learning something new all the time. It's only the past few years that I make sure not to add salt to the beans until they are cooked. I cook them from dry. There were times my beans were creamy and sometimes not but I never really knew why. I love my beans mushy.
I'm learning something new all the time. It's only the past few years that I make sure not to add salt to the beans until they are cooked. I cook them from dry. There were times my beans were creamy and sometimes not but I never really knew why. I love my beans mushy.
If you cook them "DRY", you have to use a pressure cooker to get soft beans.
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I'm learning something new all the time. It's only the past few years that I make sure not to add salt to the beans until they are cooked. I cook them from dry. There were times my beans were creamy and sometimes not but I never really knew why. I love my beans mushy.
One trick - after adding the cooked beans to the sofrito (base of onions, garlic and vegetables) ladle out a small amount and blend with some fresh coriander leaves, then add back to the mix.
No you don't. I mean, it helps. But soaking them for an hour or so prior to cooking also helps. And no salt.
Odds are the money paid for the gas you save by using a pressure cooker would easily pay for buying a new one. This depends on how many things you pressure cook,
Consumer reports recommends the Phillippe Richard TTII9554 which sells for US $20.
It claims that the Fissler Vitacook 6 qt. was the fastest cooker.
I have a Presto I got in a yardsale for $5. It will turn non frozen pork into ropa vieja in 3 hrs,
We pay a flat rate for gas anyway - it's included in our maintenance fees.
I said I hadn't got round to getting a new one, not that I was too cheap to get a new one
I inherited a really old one from a friend who left the country - it was excellent. Mr C persuaded me to buy a new one and we gave the old one to his brother. The new one didn't last more than a couple of months.
I said I hadn't got round to getting a new one, not that I was too cheap to get a new one
I inherited a really old one from a friend who left the country - it was excellent. Mr C persuaded me to buy a new one and we gave the old one to his brother. The new one didn't last more than a couple of months.
My thought process doesn't always make it to the top of the hill.
Yes, I soak the dry beans over night, rinse add clean water (someone told me this cuts on the human gas) then I cook them with nothing else.Yes absolurely. I learnt that little trick from Aunt Clara's book a long time ago. I was on my way out this morning and now I see where I could have done a better job of my post.