What's ranch? isn't that a salad dressing? I don't like salad dressing.
-----Original Message-----
From: Karen Delzer via Cookinginthedark
Sent: Saturday, August 08, 2020 11:34 PM
To: [email protected]
Cc: Karen Delzer
Subject: Re: [CnD] Homemade Pizza almost
We get them from Domino's. they call them chicken
Bacon Ranch pizza. Reieieieieiely good!
Karen
At 03:18 PM 8/8/2020, you wrote:
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 >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>>
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