Has anybody on here had a chicken bacon pizza, now that’s really good, I was only able to find that once in the grocery store, but after that I couldn’t find it anymore.
Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 8, 2020, at 4:19 PM, Linda S. via Cookinginthedark > <[email protected]> wrote: > > That happened to me with rice krispy treats. Can't stand them, and everyone > loves them. (lol) > >> On 8/8/2020 1:16 PM, meward1954--- via Cookinginthedark wrote: >> We made a barbecue chicken pizza once. But we both got the flu that night >> and have never done it again. Too bad, too, because it was really good. >> But the flu sort of spoiled it for us. >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Cookinginthedark <[email protected]> On Behalf Of >> Simon Wong via Cookinginthedark >> Sent: Saturday, August 8, 2020 11:30 AM >> To: [email protected] >> Cc: Simon Wong <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: [CnD] Homemade Pizza almost >> >> Someone here actually makes a pretty good chicken pizza, onions peppers >> and mushrooms and put the chicken without the sauce. >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>>> On Aug 7, 2020, at 11:09 PM, meward1954--- via Cookinginthedark >>>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Could you eat a white cheese pizza, if you like that kind of thing? >>> No tomato sauce. >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Cookinginthedark <[email protected]> On >>> Behalf Of Simon Wong via Cookinginthedark >>> Sent: Friday, August 7, 2020 7:59 PM >>> To: [email protected] >>> Cc: Simon Wong <[email protected]> >>> Subject: Re: [CnD] Homemade Pizza almost >>> >>> Sorry cannot eat pizza because of acid reflux. >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Pamela Fairchild via Cookinginthedark >>> Sent: Friday, August 07, 2020 8:10 PM >>> To: [email protected] >>> Cc: [email protected] >>> Subject: Re: [CnD] Homemade Pizza almost >>> >>> The crust crisps nicely on the edge. It would crisp all over if I >>> weren't so generous with my toppings. If you go easy on the sauce, and >>> just add pepperoni, it gets nice and crispy with the cheese. With the >>> olives sausage and onions, it doesn't get as crisp, but you can pick >>> it up and eat it without it getting floppy. The oil is what helps it >>> to get more crispy. One pita crispins if you skip the sauce and just >>> do pepperoni and cheese. With all the things I add, the two crust idea >>> really helps. I love the cheese between. I may also experiment with >>> flour tortillas or a combination of pita for the first layer and flour >>> tortilla for the third. With fewer toppings the cooking time can be cut to >>> 10 or 15 minutes. >>> >>> Pamela Fairchild >>> <[email protected]> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Cookinginthedark On Behalf Of diane.fann7--- via >>> Cookinginthedark >>> Sent: Friday, August 7, 2020 7:22 PM >>> To: [email protected] >>> Cc: [email protected] >>> Subject: Re: [CnD] Homemade Pizza almost >>> >>> I certainly haven't found any frozen pizza that I like. This looks >>> like all kinds of possibilities. Does the crust get crispy? >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Cookinginthedark <[email protected]> On >>> Behalf Of Pamela Fairchild via Cookinginthedark >>> Sent: Friday, August 7, 2020 5:26 PM >>> To: [email protected] >>> Cc: [email protected] >>> Subject: [CnD] Homemade Pizza almost >>> >>> DOUBLE CRUST PITA PIZZA >>> >>> 2 pitas, any size you choose but both should be the same size, or if >>> not, use the larger pita on the bottom. >>> Olive oil >>> Cheese or cheeses of choice >>> Pizza sauce of choice or use any pasta sauce you like, or spaghetti >>> sauce Any toppings of choice >>> >>> Choose a pan to cook the pizza in or on. These may range from a cookie >>> sheet with an edge to a pizza pan, pie tin, or whatever works with your >>> pitas. >>> Those all come in different sizes. >>> Generously oil your pan, then let the larger pita rest on the oily >>> surface of the pan. Flip the pita making sure there is enough oil to >>> coat the second side, but not as generously as the first side. Flip it >>> one more time so the less oily side is on top. >>> Put cheese slices on the pita for the second layer. Make certain to >>> cover all the pita well to within 1/8 inch of the border. >>> Layer 3 is the second pita. Press it down firmly against the cheese so >>> it all sticks together when the cheese melts. >>> Layer 4 is the sauce. I put it on with an ice cream scoop and used 3 >>> full scoops to cover the crust. >>> Layer 5 was a sausage patty that was cooked in the microwave and then >>> broken up to a crumble. Best to use 2 breakfast patties here. >>> Layer 6 was onions cooked in the same way, I used half an onion and it >>> was a Vidalia. >>> Layer 7 was black olives, I used 10 that I cut up into 3 slices each. >>> Layer 8 was a thin layer of grated cheese, about the same amount in >>> layer 2 where I used the slices. >>> Layer 9 was pepperoni, and I was generous with that. If you like it >>> slightly well done like I do, put it on top. If you like it less done >>> then put it under your last cheese layer. >>> Cook in a toaster oven at 400 degrees for 20 minutes. I put it in the >>> cold oven rather than preheating, and it worked fine. >>> I had to let this cool a bit before cutting. It turned out great. >>> There will be many more of these in my future! >>> >>> Pamela Fairchild >>> <[email protected]> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Cookinginthedark On Behalf Of Linda S. via Cookinginthedark >>> Sent: Friday, August 7, 2020 3:52 PM >>> To: [email protected] >>> Cc: Linda S. <[email protected]> >>> Subject: Re: [CnD] Matches and irrational fears >>> >>> I love these stories. We can immagine ourselves sitting around a table >>> of food that we all cooked just telling our stories. How fun! >>> >>>> On 8/6/2020 10:58 PM, Carol Ashland via Cookinginthedark wrote: >>>> When I was a child, we lived in a little trailer house. I had a >>>> little >>> potty chair in a shed om the porch, but I suppose my parents used an >>> out house. I don't know what my mother did with the laundry. There was >>> a storm, and the roof of the house caved in right above me because of >>> the weight of the snow. Then we moved into a real house. I loved that >>> house. The back yard was literally carved out of the forest. There >>> were birds galore in and over the back yard, and across the gravel >>> road that went through the community. I used to walk up the road to a >>> neighbor's house. She had a washboard to cope with her laundry. My >>> mother got a ringer washer, and finally a regular washer and dryer, which >>> we had until we sold the house on Arthur Street. >>> They don't make appliances as durable now as they used to! >>>> Carol Ashland >>>> [email protected] >>>> Sent from my BrailleNote Touch+On Aug 6, 2020 6:38 AM, Pamela >>>> Fairchild >>> via Cookinginthedark <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> Oh, yes, I remember ringer washers and hanging my clothes on the >>>>> clothes line outside, and on a wooden rack in the house in winter. I >>>>> am so grateful to live in this country, and in this day and age with >>>>> modern conveniences. I can remember outhouses in my youth, and wood >>>>> heating stoves and coal stoves where only one room of the house was >>>>> heated. I remember coming to the living room to get dressed where it >>>>> was warmer, and when the electricity wasn't always reliable. Now we >>>>> are very spoiled in many ways. I for one don't have the physical >>>>> strength >>> of my older relatives. I don't have to work as hard. >>>>> We wouldn't have survived when I was young if we had not grown a >>>>> garden and put food up for the winter by canning it or drying it. I >>>>> remember when my grandmother got her first freezer. It lived outside >>>>> on the front porch, which was covered, but open to the wind. >>>>> >>>>> Pamela Fairchild >>>>> <[email protected]> >>>>> >>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>> From: Cookinginthedark On Behalf Of meward1954--- via >>>>> Cookinginthedark >>>>> Sent: Wednesday, August 5, 2020 8:58 PM >>>>> To: [email protected] >>>>> Cc: [email protected] >>>>> Subject: Re: [CnD] Matches and irrational fears >>>>> >>>>> OMG! My washboard was actually stone, a shallow stone basin with >>>>> places for the water to come out and a drain in the middle. There >>>>> was a bigger basin to the side where you could soak the clothes. >>>>> >>>>> We had those gas things, too. I lived with another woman for a >>>>> while in a set of rooms, not connected, on the top floor of a >>>>> building. It was not really safe. I should have told her no. >>>>> Anyway, one night, somebody came up all those stairs and stole my >>>>> gas tank. I tried to make coffee in the morning and could not light the >>>>> stove. No gas. >>>>> Literally no gas. I cried, cursed, and moaned multilingually. >>>>> >>>>> I had electricity most of the time, though it sometimes went off. >>>>> Same with the water. Sometimes during the summer, there was not >>>>> enough water pressure to get the water up to our apartment, this was >>>>> another roommate. So we had to carry jugs and buckets up those >>>>> uneven stairs. I couldn't do it now. I am such a chicken now. >>>>> >>>>> I was lucky living in the mountains. It was cold enough that I could >>>>> safely keep cooked food for a couple of days. But if it had meat, >>>>> it had to be boiled every twelve hours or else thrown away. I never >>>>> ever cooked chicken at home. I didn't trust it. That is what >>>>> restaurants were for. Yes, we had restaurants. >>>>> >>>>> Those were definitely the days. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>> From: Cookinginthedark <[email protected]> On >>>>> Behalf Of Linda S. via Cookinginthedark >>>>> Sent: Wednesday, August 5, 2020 7:30 PM >>>>> To: [email protected] >>>>> Cc: Linda S. <[email protected]> >>>>> Subject: Re: [CnD] Matches and irrational fears >>>>> >>>>> Wow, this brings back a memory. When I lived in Mexico, I learned to >>>>> wash my clothes with a wash board. The gas stove was also different >>>>> because you had to buy the gas in tanks and connect them to the >>>>> stove. I ex in-laws would do that thank God. There were people who >>>>> would go through the colonia and yell out what they had, for >>>>> example, gas, water, yams, the postman with the mail etc. >>>>> >>>>> We went to the store every day to buy meat and veges as there wasn't >>>>> a refrigerator in the house. If there wasn't money to pay for >>>>> electricity, well it just plain got turned off, no compromising >>>>> until it >>> was paid. >>>>> Those were the days, but I wouldn't trade them for anything, or the >>>>> lessons I learned. >>>>> >>>>> On 8/5/2020 4:23 PM, meward1954--- via Cookinginthedark wrote: >>>>>> Regarding getting the match to the gas flame, my burner was a very >>>>>> cheap little thing. It is possible that the reason I didn't have >>>>>> much trouble with that part is that it was not what I was afraid of. >>>>>> But I know these gas things come in lots of configurations. >>>>>> Actually, it had a disturbing history. I bought it from another >>>>>> Peace Corps Volunteer who had been killed in a bus accident. His >>>>>> brother came to take care of his things and visit with us. >>>>>> >>>>>> I had an electric range top before the gas one, but it had died. >>>>>> That electric burner was actually quite a bit more dangerous than >>>>>> the gas one was. As I found out when it died on me. Nearly caught >>>>>> the table on >>>>> fire. >>>>>> I was actually too scared to react. So I had to buy a gas one no >>>>>> matter what. >>>>>> >>>>>> When I moved back here to Texas, it was as though I had never been >>>>>> through any of that. >>>>>> >>>>>> There are still so many parts of the world where most people don't >>>>>> have access to the conveniences we take for granted here. >>>>>> >>>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>>> From: Cookinginthedark <[email protected]> On >>>>>> Behalf Of Immigrant via Cookinginthedark >>>>>> Sent: Wednesday, August 5, 2020 3:07 PM >>>>>> To: [email protected] >>>>>> Cc: Immigrant <[email protected]> >>>>>> Subject: Re: [CnD] Matches and irrational fears >>>>>> >>>>>> As far as matches - for me it was not a fear of matches themselves, >>>>>> it was simple inability to work with them. I would start a gas >>>>>> burner, strike a match away from the stove so I wouldn't cause a >>>>>> gas explosion, and when I tried to bring the match to the burner to >>>>>> light the flame, the match would burn in my fingers faster than I >>>>>> was able to bring it to the burner, and I would instinctively drop >>>>>> it onto the stove surface between burners. That was before I came >>>>>> to America. I am >>>>> glad my stove now has electric ignition. >>>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>>> From: Cookinginthedark <[email protected]> On >>>>>> Behalf Of >>>>>> meward1954--- via Cookinginthedark >>>>>> Sent: Wednesday, August 5, 2020 10:12 AM >>>>>> To: [email protected] >>>>>> Cc: [email protected] >>>>>> Subject: [CnD] Matches and irrational fears >>>>>> >>>>>> I used to have to light my burners with a match back when I lived >>>>>> in Ecuador. I had to work with a friend to light them because I >>>>>> was so afraid of them. She spent several hours with me getting me >>>>>> over my fear. I'll never forget it. >>>>>> >>>>>> I had to light the match and then light the stove with the lit >>>>>> match, which all my sighted friends said was more scary than >>>>>> lighting the match >>>>> itself. >>>>>> I had to do this or go hungry. It was that simple. >>>>>> >>>>>> But guess what? Now that I am back in Texas, I am just as much >>>>>> afraid of lighting matches as I was before. I am also afraid of my >>>>>> Instant Pot. Even though I used a regular pressure cooker in >>>>>> Ecuador almost every day. In fact, I may have used the regular >>>>>> pressure cooker two or three times on some days. But now, I am >>>>>> terrified of even my very safe Instant Pot. I guess I am going to >>>>>> have to make myself use it a few times to get over this. And I >>>>>> will >>> have to keep using it. >>>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>>> From: Cookinginthedark <[email protected]> On >>>>>> Behalf Of Ron Kolesar via Cookinginthedark >>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, August 4, 2020 10:08 PM >>>>>> To: [email protected] >>>>>> Cc: Ron Kolesar <[email protected]> >>>>>> Subject: Re: [CnD] Preferred cooking methods >>>>>> >>>>>> I don't use the oven top as well. >>>>>> With the island that came with the house. >>>>>> The gas admitter burned out. >>>>>> So, to use the oven these days you need to strike the stove with a >>> match. >>>>>> So, that's out for me and the toaster oven and microwave is over used. >>>>>> SMILES. >>>>>> Ron >>>>>> >>>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>>> From: Immigrant via Cookinginthedark >>>>>> Sent: Monday, August 3, 2020 17:02 >>>>>> To: [email protected] >>>>>> Cc: Immigrant >>>>>> Subject: [CnD] Preferred cooking methods >>>>>> >>>>>> I use the oven and the microwave for my cooking, trying to avoid >>>>>> stovetop cooking as I don't trust myself boiling and especially >>>>>> frying. And I cannot think of any foods that I would prefer boiled >>> anyway. >>>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>>> From: Cookinginthedark <[email protected]> On >>>>>> Behalf Of Karen Delzer via Cookinginthedark >>>>>> Sent: Monday, August 3, 2020 3:48 PM >>>>>> To: [email protected] >>>>>> Cc: Karen Delzer <[email protected]> >>>>>> Subject: Re: [CnD] Cooking Brown Rice in a rice cooker >>>>>> >>>>>> We use Success rice sometimes, and it's great! You just boil the >>>>>> bag for about ten minutes, and then you're done. They've got >>>>>> different ones, >>>>> too. >>>>>> Karen >>>>>> >>>>>> At 12:44 PM 8/3/2020, you wrote: >>>>>>> As I said, my rice is minute rice, so it is partially cooked. It >>>>>>> comes in 4-ounce cups, and it is meant for microwaving. I don't >>>>>>> buy regular rice because I don't feel the need for a bag of 5 or >>>>>>> more pounds of rice for just me, and all that stovetop cooking for >>>>>>> just one person when I can cook a couple of those cups for a >>>>>>> minute and a half and they are ready. To rinse or not to rinse is >>>>>>> not a question as this rice is prepackaged and I cook it in its cup. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>>>> From: Cookinginthedark <[email protected]> On >>>>>>> Behalf Of Deborah Armstrong via Cookinginthedark >>>>>>> Sent: Monday, August 3, 2020 11:30 AM >>>>>>> To: [email protected] >>>>>>> Cc: Deborah Armstrong <[email protected]> >>>>>>> Subject: Re: [CnD] Cooking Brown Rice in a rice cooker >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Well I prepare rice completely differently but I mostly eat brown. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I have read that it is important to rinse rice, but packages in >>>>>>> the U.S. and cookbooks published in America advise against it. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Turns out after further reading, I found out why; rinsing >>>>>>> originally removed field debris. Now that rice is prepared in >>>>>>> factories, rinsing removes excess starch which can make it sticky. >>>>>>> The reason they advise against rinsing is given is that here in >>>>>>> America, rice is fortified with spray-on vitamins and minerals >>>>>>> which >>> rinsing removes. >>>>>>> If you eat plenty of vegies you don't need the spray-on nutrients, >>>>>>> so go ahead and rinse it to remove the starch. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I put my rice in my cooker with 1 cup of rice to 3 cups of water >>>>>>> for brown and 2 cups of water for white. I sprinkle in a little >>>>>>> salt; that's all. I then let it sit an hour or two. I've read this >>>>>>> makes the rice better absorb the liquid and this works especially >>>>>>> well for brown; >>>>>> makes it less chewy. >>>>>>> I let the cooker do its thing; there's a sensor that knows when >>>>>>> the water is almost gone. Once it is back to just warming, I turn >>>>>>> it off and let it set ten minutes. Then I stir and cover again so >>>>>>> it won't dry out and put it in the fridge when it's cool enough. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I generally flavor it when I add other things -- for example I >>>>>>> might microwave it with garlic or curry and vegies. Or I might mix >>>>>>> it with cumin and add it to enchiladas. Or I might make a salad >>>>>>> with cold rice, mayo, vegies, spices, pickles -- yum. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I have tried flavoring it in the cooker, but especially with brown >>>>>>> rice, the hull is so thick that most of the flavoring is lost. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> --Debee >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>> Cookinginthedark mailing list >>>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>>> http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark >>>>>>> >>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>> Cookinginthedark mailing list >>>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>>> http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> Cookinginthedark mailing list >>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>> http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark >>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> Cookinginthedark mailing list >>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>> http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark >>>>>> >>>>>> In the good old days of Morse code Shorthand, 73's AKA Best Regards >>>>>> and or Best Whishes,From Ron Kolesar Volunteer Certified Licensed >>>>>> Emergency Communications Station And Volunteer Certified Licensed >>>>>> Ham Radio Station With the Call Sign of KR3DOG >>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> Cookinginthedark mailing list >>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>> http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark >>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> Cookinginthedark mailing list >>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>> http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark >>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> Cookinginthedark mailing list >>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>> http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark >>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> Cookinginthedark mailing list >>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>> http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Cookinginthedark mailing list >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Cookinginthedark mailing list >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Cookinginthedark mailing list >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Cookinginthedark mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Cookinginthedark mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Cookinginthedark mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark >>> >>> >>> -- >>> This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. >>> https://www.avg.com >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Cookinginthedark mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Cookinginthedark mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Cookinginthedark mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Cookinginthedark mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark >> _______________________________________________ >> Cookinginthedark mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Cookinginthedark mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark > _______________________________________________ > Cookinginthedark mailing list > [email protected] > http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark _______________________________________________ Cookinginthedark mailing list [email protected] http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark
