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    • #92
      Originally posted by Darth Executor View Post
      Cost/meal?
      Depends on the Ramen. The dried vegetable mix is about $9/quart, and lasts me 3-4 weeks. The Ramen noodles vary from about $0.25 to $1.00 (there's much more variety on Amazon, with better sauce mixes). I remove the sauce mix packages from the noodle bag, crush the noodles, and add some dried vegetables to the bag. I fill up my container a little more than half-way with hot water from the coffee machine, add the noodles/vegetables to the hot water, stir, and put it in the microwave for six minutes. After about a minute (when it starts to boil over), I stir the concoction, set the microwave on 30% power, and go back to my office until I hear the microwave stop. I add a little more hot water, the sauce mixes, stir and let cool until I can eat it.
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      • #93
        Originally posted by One Bad Pig View Post
        Depends on the Ramen. The dried vegetable mix is about $9/quart, and lasts me 3-4 weeks. The Ramen noodles vary from about $0.25 to $1.00 (there's much more variety on Amazon, with better sauce mixes). I remove the sauce mix packages from the noodle bag, crush the noodles, and add some dried vegetables to the bag. I fill up my container a little more than half-way with hot water from the coffee machine, add the noodles/vegetables to the hot water, stir, and put it in the microwave for six minutes. After about a minute (when it starts to boil over), I stir the concoction, set the microwave on 30% power, and go back to my office until I hear the microwave stop. I add a little more hot water, the sauce mixes, stir and let cool until I can eat it.


        I can make a decent sandwich for 75 cents.
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        • #94
          [QUOTE=lao tzu;210824

          But you know, my alfredo sauce from dry milk is pretty hit and miss. Well, I went looking on the internet, and found there's a pretty standard recipe for white sauce mix: two cups dry milk, one cup flour, and one cup butter, which conveniently enough is just about what I have in the way of flour and butter right now.

          [/QUOTE]

          One CUP of flour and butter?!?!? Bachelor cooking indeed. White sauce is about the simplest thing to make. 2 Tbs butter melted 2 Tbs flour whisked in let cook for a couple of minutes whisk in 1 cup milk, stir over low-medium heat until thickened. a pinch of salt and pepper and there you go. Add cheese to melt and stir into cooked macaroni. Great for creamed peas and onions. season with dill and pour over fish. Want gravy? Use fat the meat was cooked in instead of butter, or broth instead of milk. 1/2 a tsp or less of instant coffee gives it a deeper flavor. Want it thinner? 1 Tbs butter and flour. Thicker? 3 Tbs of flour. The trick is to let the flour and fat cook a bit to get the raw flour taste out and to keep stirring. A whisk works best to keep the lumps out. One of the most versatile recipes out there. It can even be a base for puddings especially rice pudding. Try it...you'll like it.
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          • #95
            Originally posted by moreta View Post
            One CUP of flour and butter?!?!? Bachelor cooking indeed. White sauce is about the simplest thing to make. 2 Tbs butter melted 2 Tbs flour whisked in let cook for a couple of minutes whisk in 1 cup milk, stir over low-medium heat until thickened. a pinch of salt and pepper and there you go. Add cheese to melt and stir into cooked macaroni. Great for creamed peas and onions. season with dill and pour over fish. Want gravy? Use fat the meat was cooked in instead of butter, or broth instead of milk. 1/2 a tsp or less of instant coffee gives it a deeper flavor. Want it thinner? 1 Tbs butter and flour. Thicker? 3 Tbs of flour. The trick is to let the flour and fat cook a bit to get the raw flour taste out and to keep stirring. A whisk works best to keep the lumps out. One of the most versatile recipes out there. It can even be a base for puddings especially rice pudding. Try it...you'll like it.
            A roux is one of the best and easiest things to cook with.

            -Make some white sauce, throw in some chicken stock along with some bacon and potatoes, and you've got yourself Cream of Potato and Bacon Soup. This can be done with other meats and/or veggies to make an endless variety of soups
            -Make a roux, throw in a can of chicken broth, a can of beef broth, and a pinch of your favorite spices... boom, poutine sauce. Just ladle over some fries and white cheese curds (Mozza is a great substitute), and you've got a delicious Canadian delicacy.
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            • #96
              Originally posted by moreta View Post
              ... whisk in 1 cup milk ...
              I never have whole milk in the house.

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              • #97
                Originally posted by lao tzu View Post
                I never have whole milk in the house.
                we only have girl's milk in my house.


                OK, need to explain ---- when I was a kid, my pastor had daughters who had cystic fibrosis, and sons who did not. The sons could drink whole milk, the daughters could only drink 2% or skim milk. Over time, the two types of milk were referred to, respectively, as "boy's milk" and "girl's milk". It has made for some pretty interesting conversations.
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                • #98
                  Originally posted by Cow Poke View Post
                  we only have girl's milk in my house.


                  OK, need to explain ---- when I was a kid, my pastor had daughters who had cystic fibrosis, and sons who did not. The sons could drink whole milk, the daughters could only drink 2% or skim milk. Over time, the two types of milk were referred to, respectively, as "boy's milk" and "girl's milk". It has made for some pretty interesting conversations.
                  Thing is, I never drink anything but the tears of the souls I've led to perdition ... umm, I mean, I don't drink milk.

                  When I buy it, it's just for cooking, and most of it just rots, or used to before I stopped buying milk, because it just rots. In fact, since I was buying it special anyway, and small quantities, generally for a sauce ... hey, why not pick up a pint of whipping cream instead? Works the same way, except going by your naming, I guess we'd have to call it Conan the Barbarian's white sauce.

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                  • #99
                    So somebody planted an Aldi between me and what used to be the nearest grocery story ... Wally World. I'd been in one before, maybe 30 years ago, just once, and didn't buy anything. I'm a bit conservative, I guess, and needed some time to think over whether it would work for me.

                    Hey, this is all right. They're missing some things I've got to have ... like tortillas ... but they've got other stuff I haven't seen anywhere else ... like naan, that Indian "bread" I remember from Devon Avenue in Chicago. I could point out I've only found one oriental store within 15 miles of me down here in the boonies, and even my Indian students in Miami haven't been able to point me to an Indian store in the metro area.

                    As a matter of fact, when one of them mentioned her mom was in town, and cooking Indian food for her, I asked if her mom was single. No, really, I did.

                    I really love Indian food.

                    Yes, her mom is married. To her dad.

                    *sigh*

                    God hates me.


                    But the Aldi brands are very different, and from what I've tried, wow, better. I just had a bottle of their Starbucks-knock-off mocha iced coffee, and there's no comparison. This is what Starbucks should have been selling.

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                    • Originally posted by Cow Poke View Post
                      we only have girl's milk in my house.


                      OK, need to explain ---- when I was a kid, my pastor had daughters who had cystic fibrosis, and sons who did not. The sons could drink whole milk, the daughters could only drink 2% or skim milk. Over time, the two types of milk were referred to, respectively, as "boy's milk" and "girl's milk". It has made for some pretty interesting conversations.
                      I thought you were going to describe the time you tried to milk a bull.

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                      • Originally posted by Cow Poke View Post
                        we only have girl's milk in my house.


                        OK, need to explain ---- when I was a kid, my pastor had daughters who had cystic fibrosis, and sons who did not. The sons could drink whole milk, the daughters could only drink 2% or skim milk. Over time, the two types of milk were referred to, respectively, as "boy's milk" and "girl's milk". It has made for some pretty interesting conversations.
                        Their last name wouldn't be Sprat would it?

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                        • Originally posted by lao tzu View Post
                          So somebody planted an Aldi between me and what used to be the nearest grocery story ... Wally World. I'd been in one before, maybe 30 years ago, just once, and didn't buy anything. I'm a bit conservative, I guess, and needed some time to think over whether it would work for me.

                          Hey, this is all right. They're missing some things I've got to have ... like tortillas ... but they've got other stuff I haven't seen anywhere else ... like naan, that Indian "bread" I remember from Devon Avenue in Chicago. I could point out I've only found one oriental store within 15 miles of me down here in the boonies, and even my Indian students in Miami haven't been able to point me to an Indian store in the metro area.

                          As a matter of fact, when one of them mentioned her mom was in town, and cooking Indian food for her, I asked if her mom was single. No, really, I did.

                          I really love Indian food.

                          Yes, her mom is married. To her dad.

                          *sigh*

                          God hates me.


                          But the Aldi brands are very different, and from what I've tried, wow, better. I just had a bottle of their Starbucks-knock-off mocha iced coffee, and there's no comparison. This is what Starbucks should have been selling.
                          I have an Aldi near me too. It seems their fruits and veggies last longer than when I get them at Kroger.

                          Aldi is a German store. Over in Germany, they are much better, and have a lot more stuff.

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                            • Easy pulled BBQ chicken

                              2 or 3 boneless chicken breasts
                              Bottle of favorite BBQ sauce
                              Some apple cider vinegar
                              optional: beer or Dr. pepper.

                              Put the chicken in a crock pot, add in the BBQ sauce, thin it out a bit with the cider vinegar and if you want, add in some beer or Dr. pepper. The sauce should cover the chicken and be fairly thin but not watery.
                              cook for about 8 hours on low. Chicken should fall apart or be easy to pull apart using forks. stir it all up and let it sit for a bit. Put it on a bun and eat it.

                              I like to add some onions and jalapenos to the mixture.

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                              • Originally posted by Sparko View Post
                                Easy pulled BBQ chicken

                                2 or 3 boneless chicken breasts
                                Bottle of favorite BBQ sauce
                                Some apple cider vinegar
                                optional: beer or Dr. pepper.

                                Put the chicken in a crock pot, add in the BBQ sauce, thin it out a bit with the cider vinegar and if you want, add in some beer or Dr. pepper. The sauce should cover the chicken and be fairly thin but not watery.
                                cook for about 8 hours on low. Chicken should fall apart or be easy to pull apart using forks. stir it all up and let it sit for a bit. Put it on a bun and eat it.

                                I like to add some onions and jalapenos to the mixture.
                                Same recipe but add 2 spoons of Welch's Concord Grape Jelly.
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