Comments on: My Bland and Frozen Hell http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2006/01/28/my-bland-and-frozen-hell/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:02:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: belledame222 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2006/01/28/my-bland-and-frozen-hell/#comment-10104 belledame222 Wed, 01 Feb 2006 23:45:37 +0000 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2006/01/28/my-bland-and-frozen-hell/#comment-10104 Ah, that is truly insult to injury. Very, very sorry. Is lemon problematic also? Lime? Paprika? Other, non "spicy" herbs like tarragon or rosemary? (Baked chicken with tarragon is delicious). Can you snip a little chive in lieu of the harsher yellow onions and garlic? I know when my mom was on chemo she developed a lasting intolerance for anything with too much vinegar, and a temporary delight in cottage cheese, along with many other dairy products. She said it felt a bit like being pregnant in that regard. Laurie Colwin has some good recipes/techniques that might suit your needs in her books "Home Cooking" and "More Home Cooking." Also, they're just nice to read. Ah, that is truly insult to injury. Very, very sorry.

Is lemon problematic also? Lime? Paprika? Other, non “spicy” herbs like tarragon or rosemary? (Baked chicken with tarragon is delicious). Can you snip a little chive in lieu of the harsher yellow onions and garlic?

I know when my mom was on chemo she developed a lasting intolerance for anything with too much vinegar, and a temporary delight in cottage cheese, along with many other dairy products. She said it felt a bit like being pregnant in that regard.

Laurie Colwin has some good recipes/techniques that might suit your needs in her books “Home Cooking” and “More Home Cooking.” Also, they’re just nice to read.

]]> By: Lorenzo http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2006/01/28/my-bland-and-frozen-hell/#comment-9858 Lorenzo Tue, 31 Jan 2006 03:07:08 +0000 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2006/01/28/my-bland-and-frozen-hell/#comment-9858 My God Twisty. You have my deepest sympathy as a fellow foodie! My God Twisty. You have my deepest sympathy as a fellow foodie!

]]> By: Sal http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2006/01/28/my-bland-and-frozen-hell/#comment-9825 Sal Mon, 30 Jan 2006 17:46:45 +0000 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2006/01/28/my-bland-and-frozen-hell/#comment-9825 Ugh! The indignity. I have a new dinner-substitute for nights like that: frozen vegetarian fake-chicken nuggets. They come in a frozen plastic sack or a tub; each nugget is about 1"x2"x1/3". You put them on a cookie sheet in the oven for 15 minutes and they come out crispy and ready to be dunked in the sauce of your choice (maybe something creamy, for you?). They're perfect for a no-thinking, customizable-spiciness, customizable-amount shot of protein. The texture is dry, not inappropriately gooey like a lot of microwaved frozen food. They're not fine cuisine, but they are good utilitarian food. Ugh! The indignity.
I have a new dinner-substitute for nights like that: frozen vegetarian fake-chicken nuggets. They come in a frozen plastic sack or a tub; each nugget is about 1″x2″x1/3″. You put them on a cookie sheet in the oven for 15 minutes and they come out crispy and ready to be dunked in the sauce of your choice (maybe something creamy, for you?). They’re perfect for a no-thinking, customizable-spiciness, customizable-amount shot of protein. The texture is dry, not inappropriately gooey like a lot of microwaved frozen food. They’re not fine cuisine, but they are good utilitarian food.

]]> By: Amber http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2006/01/28/my-bland-and-frozen-hell/#comment-9812 Amber Mon, 30 Jan 2006 14:29:44 +0000 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2006/01/28/my-bland-and-frozen-hell/#comment-9812 Oh, Twisty I am so sorry you had to go through that tragic dinner. Somehow, I bet chemo was easier for you than eating that was. Oh, Twisty I am so sorry you had to go through that tragic dinner. Somehow, I bet chemo was easier for you than eating that was.

]]> By: Ron Sullivan http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2006/01/28/my-bland-and-frozen-hell/#comment-9793 Ron Sullivan Mon, 30 Jan 2006 05:14:55 +0000 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2006/01/28/my-bland-and-frozen-hell/#comment-9793 Oh dear gods. You have my horrified sympathy. I'd rather lose a tit than my tastebuds. (Or what's left of my cast-iron stomach.) This is temporary, right? When this whold nonfucking mess is over, can we pass the hat to fly Twisty out to SF and thereabouts for seriously hot food? Not Mexican, necessarily. Just, you know, foody. Oh dear gods. You have my horrified sympathy. I’d rather lose a tit than my tastebuds. (Or what’s left of my cast-iron stomach.)

This is temporary, right? When this whold nonfucking mess is over, can we pass the hat to fly Twisty out to SF and thereabouts for seriously hot food? Not Mexican, necessarily. Just, you know, foody.

]]> By: norbizness http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2006/01/28/my-bland-and-frozen-hell/#comment-9763 norbizness Sun, 29 Jan 2006 20:16:53 +0000 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2006/01/28/my-bland-and-frozen-hell/#comment-9763 My most hated of loafs! My most hated of loafs!

]]> By: Mandos http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2006/01/28/my-bland-and-frozen-hell/#comment-9756 Mandos Sun, 29 Jan 2006 18:38:32 +0000 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2006/01/28/my-bland-and-frozen-hell/#comment-9756 Here is my recipe for Beef Stroganoff. Alas, my food photography skills are not as good as Twisty's. http://politblogo.typepad.com/politblogo/2005/12/beef_stroganoff.html It'll still taste good without the garlic, onions, and chilis, I suspect (alas I also can hardly cook anything without these things). Also I don't recommend mixing the pasta and sauce all at once at the beginning---my hosts at the potluck I went to did so, and it's not the greatest idea. Also, unlike what people report for most stroganoff recipes, this actually tastes best on the first day. Here is my recipe for Beef Stroganoff. Alas, my food photography skills are not as good as Twisty’s.

http://politblogo.typepad.com/politblogo/2005/12/beef_stroganoff.html

It’ll still taste good without the garlic, onions, and chilis, I suspect (alas I also can hardly cook anything without these things). Also I don’t recommend mixing the pasta and sauce all at once at the beginning—my hosts at the potluck I went to did so, and it’s not the greatest idea. Also, unlike what people report for most stroganoff recipes, this actually tastes best on the first day.

]]> By: virgotex http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2006/01/28/my-bland-and-frozen-hell/#comment-9745 virgotex Sun, 29 Jan 2006 15:30:38 +0000 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2006/01/28/my-bland-and-frozen-hell/#comment-9745 I thought about posting the recipe but i'm sort of new and it felt very very forward to post a recipe in the twisty domain. I was skeert I thought about posting the recipe but i’m sort of new and it felt very very forward to post a recipe in the twisty domain. I was skeert

]]> By: sunny in texas http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2006/01/28/my-bland-and-frozen-hell/#comment-9742 sunny in texas Sun, 29 Jan 2006 15:07:40 +0000 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2006/01/28/my-bland-and-frozen-hell/#comment-9742 i was about to suggest a good chicken fried steak with mashed red potatoes, well buttered, and a thick cream gravy ladled over all, but i completely forgot about the black pepper all over it. and damn, that goes for the biscuits and gravy idea too. lots of butter can make up for a lack of salt, but i don't know what can replace fresh coarse ground black pepper... mind if i send you a hug instead? i was about to suggest a good chicken fried steak with mashed red potatoes, well buttered, and a thick cream gravy ladled over all, but i completely forgot about the black pepper all over it.

and damn, that goes for the biscuits and gravy idea too. lots of butter can make up for a lack of salt, but i don’t know what can replace fresh coarse ground black pepper…

mind if i send you a hug instead?

]]> By: Kaka Mak http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2006/01/28/my-bland-and-frozen-hell/#comment-9735 Kaka Mak Sun, 29 Jan 2006 12:32:32 +0000 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2006/01/28/my-bland-and-frozen-hell/#comment-9735 You're gettin' a bit 'shrill' on that poor meatloaf, Twisty. You’re gettin’ a bit ’shrill’ on that poor meatloaf, Twisty.

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