• baked beans, tuna casserole

    From songbird@21:1/5 to All on Wed Mar 6 11:12:27 2024
    a normal baked bean batch for us starts at about
    six gallons, sometimes it can be more than that.

    so the other day it was make some beans time and
    i used a blend of store-bought Great Northern beans
    and added in some other beans that i grew here -
    mostly Yellow Eye, Painted Pony and Purple Dove.
    the larger beans take about 30-45 minutes more to
    cook than the smaller beans so when i get a pot
    going i make sure to include plenty of water for
    what i'll be adding later to top it off.

    they turned out perfectly done and then ready to
    go on to the baked bean stage where Mom adds the
    onions, sauce (and weenies for the non-veggy version).
    and then bakes them a while to finish.

    the hardest thing in all of this is having enough
    room in the refridgerator or freezer when she's done.

    next day it was tuna casserole which we've not had
    for quite a long time. mushrooms, onions, tuna,
    white sauce, peas, crushed potato chips on top.
    about as basic as you can make it.

    almost all of it is now given away. a few quarts
    in the freezer of cooked beans and extras from the
    baked beans and then a container in the fridge of
    each for us to eat over the next few days.

    i think i've done dishes 15 times in the past few
    days...


    songbird

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  • From cshenk@21:1/5 to songbird on Wed Mar 6 22:03:32 2024
    songbird wrote:

    a normal baked bean batch for us starts at about
    six gallons, sometimes it can be more than that.

    so the other day it was make some beans time and
    i used a blend of store-bought Great Northern beans
    and added in some other beans that i grew here -
    mostly Yellow Eye, Painted Pony and Purple Dove.
    the larger beans take about 30-45 minutes more to
    cook than the smaller beans so when i get a pot
    going i make sure to include plenty of water for
    what i'll be adding later to top it off.

    they turned out perfectly done and then ready to
    go on to the baked bean stage where Mom adds the
    onions, sauce (and weenies for the non-veggy version).
    and then bakes them a while to finish.

    the hardest thing in all of this is having enough
    room in the refridgerator or freezer when she's done.

    next day it was tuna casserole which we've not had
    for quite a long time. mushrooms, onions, tuna,
    white sauce, peas, crushed potato chips on top.
    about as basic as you can make it.

    almost all of it is now given away. a few quarts
    in the freezer of cooked beans and extras from the
    baked beans and then a container in the fridge of
    each for us to eat over the next few days.

    i think i've done dishes 15 times in the past few
    days...


    songbird

    Maybe leave out the meat and try canning the excess?

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  • From GM@21:1/5 to BryanGSimmons on Thu Mar 7 00:38:49 2024
    BryanGSimmons wrote:

    On 3/6/2024 10:12 AM, songbird wrote:
    a normal baked bean batch for us starts at about
    six gallons, sometimes it can be more than that.

    so the other day it was make some beans time and
    i used a blend of store-bought Great Northern beans
    and added in some other beans that i grew here -
    mostly Yellow Eye, Painted Pony and Purple Dove.
    the larger beans take about 30-45 minutes more to
    cook than the smaller beans so when i get a pot
    going i make sure to include plenty of water for
    what i'll be adding later to top it off.

    they turned out perfectly done and then ready to
    go on to the baked bean stage where Mom adds the
    onions, sauce (and weenies for the non-veggy version).
    and then bakes them a while to finish.

    the hardest thing in all of this is having enough
    room in the refridgerator or freezer when she's done.

    next day it was tuna casserole which we've not had
    for quite a long time. mushrooms, onions, tuna,
    white sauce, peas, crushed potato chips on top.
    about as basic as you can make it.

    almost all of it is now given away. a few quarts
    in the freezer of cooked beans and extras from the
    baked beans and then a container in the fridge of
    each for us to eat over the next few days.

    i think i've done dishes 15 times in the past few
    days...


    Your meals are pukeworthy.


    Lol, Bryan!

    I *knew* that would "impress" you...

    Might as well put all that slop together in a blender and pulverize, set it outside in dishes for the varmints...

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    GM

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  • From Hank Rogers@21:1/5 to All on Wed Mar 6 18:55:46 2024
    GM wrote:
    BryanGSimmons wrote:

    On 3/6/2024 10:12 AM, songbird wrote:
       a normal baked bean batch for us starts at about
    six gallons, sometimes it can be more than that.

       so the other day it was make some beans time and
    i used a blend of store-bought Great Northern beans
    and added in some other beans that i grew here -
    mostly Yellow Eye, Painted Pony and Purple Dove.
    the larger beans take about 30-45 minutes more to
    cook than the smaller beans so when i get a pot
    going i make sure to include plenty of water for
    what i'll be adding later to top it off.

       they turned out perfectly done and then ready to
    go on to the baked bean stage where Mom adds the
    onions, sauce (and weenies for the non-veggy version).
    and then bakes them a while to finish.

       the hardest thing in all of this is having enough
    room in the refridgerator or freezer when she's done.

       next day it was tuna casserole which we've not had
    for quite a long time.  mushrooms, onions, tuna,
    white sauce, peas, crushed potato chips on top.
    about as basic as you can make it.

       almost all of it is now given away.  a few quarts
    in the freezer of cooked beans and extras from the
    baked beans and then a container in the fridge of
    each for us to eat over the next few days.

       i think i've done dishes 15 times in the past few
    days...


    Your meals are pukeworthy.


    Lol, Bryan!

    I *knew* that would "impress" you...

    Might as well put all that slop together in a blender and pulverize, set it outside in dishes for the varmints...


    What's wrong with it? Popeye used to cook up huge quantities of grub too.
    If you need chow for hundred's of people, it's fine.

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  • From songbird@21:1/5 to cshenk on Wed Mar 6 18:15:54 2024
    cshenk wrote:
    ...
    Maybe leave out the meat and try canning the excess?

    not needed, we give it away, the crunch is when
    we're making it and keeping it cool overnight until
    it can be delivered. once that is done then there's
    plenty of room again. the freezer now being mostly
    full means we'll probably not cook much for the
    next few weeks.


    songbird

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  • From cshenk@21:1/5 to songbird on Fri Mar 8 20:37:23 2024
    songbird wrote:

    cshenk wrote:
    ...
    Maybe leave out the meat and try canning the excess?

    not needed, we give it away, the crunch is when
    we're making it and keeping it cool overnight until
    it can be delivered. once that is done then there's
    plenty of room again. the freezer now being mostly
    full means we'll probably not cook much for the
    next few weeks.


    songbird

    Ok! It would be easy to waterbath can though without the meat from my understanding.

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  • From GM@21:1/5 to Hank Rogers on Fri Mar 8 21:00:40 2024
    Hank Rogers wrote:

    GM wrote:
    BryanGSimmons wrote:

    On 3/6/2024 10:12 AM, songbird wrote:
       a normal baked bean batch for us starts at about
    six gallons, sometimes it can be more than that.

       so the other day it was make some beans time and
    i used a blend of store-bought Great Northern beans
    and added in some other beans that i grew here -
    mostly Yellow Eye, Painted Pony and Purple Dove.
    the larger beans take about 30-45 minutes more to
    cook than the smaller beans so when i get a pot
    going i make sure to include plenty of water for
    what i'll be adding later to top it off.

       they turned out perfectly done and then ready to
    go on to the baked bean stage where Mom adds the
    onions, sauce (and weenies for the non-veggy version).
    and then bakes them a while to finish.

       the hardest thing in all of this is having enough
    room in the refridgerator or freezer when she's done.

       next day it was tuna casserole which we've not had
    for quite a long time.  mushrooms, onions, tuna,
    white sauce, peas, crushed potato chips on top.
    about as basic as you can make it.

       almost all of it is now given away.  a few quarts
    in the freezer of cooked beans and extras from the
    baked beans and then a container in the fridge of
    each for us to eat over the next few days.

       i think i've done dishes 15 times in the past few
    days...

    ;
    Your meals are pukeworthy.


    Lol, Bryan!

    I *knew* that would "impress" you...

    Might as well put all that slop together in a blender and pulverize, set it >> outside in dishes for the varmints...


    What's wrong with it? Popeye used to cook up huge quantities of grub too.
    If you need chow for hundred's of people, it's fine.


    But "songbird" don't have amy Navy "pineapples" to help out... nor any of these big - ass USN nuclear - powered steam kettles,,,

    Nor whores in every port, as did Our Olde Sailor...

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    GM

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  • From Bruce@21:1/5 to cshenk@virginia-beach.net on Sat Mar 9 07:44:18 2024
    On Fri, 08 Mar 2024 20:37:23 +0000, "cshenk"
    <cshenk@virginia-beach.net> wrote:

    Ok! It would be easy to waterbath can though without the meat from my >understanding.

    This must be secret code.

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  • From Cindy Hamilton@21:1/5 to Bruce on Fri Mar 8 22:15:33 2024
    On 2024-03-08, Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:
    On Fri, 08 Mar 2024 20:37:23 +0000, "cshenk"
    <cshenk@virginia-beach.net> wrote:

    Ok! It would be easy to waterbath can though without the meat from my >>understanding.

    This must be secret code.

    Only if you've never done any home canning. Acidic food can be
    canned using a pot of boiling water (a water bath). Non-acidic
    food (like meat) must be canned in a pressure canner.

    https://www.healthycanning.com/resources-for-home-preserving-in-australia/

    --
    Cindy Hamilton

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  • From Bruce@21:1/5 to All on Sat Mar 9 09:28:26 2024
    On 08 Mar 2024 22:15:33 GMT, Cindy Hamilton <hamilton@invalid.com>
    wrote:

    On 2024-03-08, Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:
    On Fri, 08 Mar 2024 20:37:23 +0000, "cshenk"
    <cshenk@virginia-beach.net> wrote:

    Ok! It would be easy to waterbath can though without the meat from my >>>understanding.

    This must be secret code.

    Only if you've never done any home canning. Acidic food can be
    canned using a pot of boiling water (a water bath). Non-acidic
    food (like meat) must be canned in a pressure canner.

    https://www.healthycanning.com/resources-for-home-preserving-in-australia/

    It was still a strange sentence.

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  • From S Viemeister@21:1/5 to Bruce on Sat Mar 9 02:05:31 2024
    On 08/03/2024 22:28, Bruce wrote:
    On 08 Mar 2024 22:15:33 GMT, Cindy Hamilton <hamilton@invalid.com>
    wrote:

    On 2024-03-08, Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:
    On Fri, 08 Mar 2024 20:37:23 +0000, "cshenk"
    <cshenk@virginia-beach.net> wrote:

    Ok! It would be easy to waterbath can though without the meat from my >>>> understanding.

    This must be secret code.

    Only if you've never done any home canning. Acidic food can be
    canned using a pot of boiling water (a water bath). Non-acidic
    food (like meat) must be canned in a pressure canner.

    https://www.healthycanning.com/resources-for-home-preserving-in-australia/

    It was still a strange sentence.

    Indeed it was.

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  • From Cindy Hamilton@21:1/5 to S Viemeister on Sat Mar 9 11:13:45 2024
    On 2024-03-09, S Viemeister <firstname@lastname.oc.ku> wrote:
    On 08/03/2024 22:28, Bruce wrote:
    On 08 Mar 2024 22:15:33 GMT, Cindy Hamilton <hamilton@invalid.com>
    wrote:

    On 2024-03-08, Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:
    On Fri, 08 Mar 2024 20:37:23 +0000, "cshenk"
    <cshenk@virginia-beach.net> wrote:

    Ok! It would be easy to waterbath can though without the meat from my >>>>> understanding.

    This must be secret code.

    Only if you've never done any home canning. Acidic food can be
    canned using a pot of boiling water (a water bath). Non-acidic
    food (like meat) must be canned in a pressure canner.

    https://www.healthycanning.com/resources-for-home-preserving-in-australia/ >>
    It was still a strange sentence.

    Indeed it was.

    Yet anybody whose native tongue is English can probably decipher it.
    A little punctuation might help:

    "It would be easy to waterbath-can, though without the meat (from my understanding)."

    Although, of course, a complete edit would be better:

    "From my understanding, without the meat it would be easy to can
    in a water bath."

    To think I used to get paid for this sort of thing...

    --
    Cindy Hamilton

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  • From Bruce@21:1/5 to All on Sun Mar 10 06:30:20 2024
    On 09 Mar 2024 11:13:45 GMT, Cindy Hamilton <hamilton@invalid.com>
    wrote:

    On 2024-03-09, S Viemeister <firstname@lastname.oc.ku> wrote:
    On 08/03/2024 22:28, Bruce wrote:
    On 08 Mar 2024 22:15:33 GMT, Cindy Hamilton <hamilton@invalid.com>
    wrote:

    On 2024-03-08, Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:
    On Fri, 08 Mar 2024 20:37:23 +0000, "cshenk"
    <cshenk@virginia-beach.net> wrote:

    Ok! It would be easy to waterbath can though without the meat from my >>>>>> understanding.

    This must be secret code.

    Only if you've never done any home canning. Acidic food can be
    canned using a pot of boiling water (a water bath). Non-acidic
    food (like meat) must be canned in a pressure canner.

    https://www.healthycanning.com/resources-for-home-preserving-in-australia/ >>>
    It was still a strange sentence.

    Indeed it was.

    Yet anybody whose native tongue is English can probably decipher it.
    A little punctuation might help:

    "It would be easy to waterbath-can, though without the meat (from my >understanding)."

    Although, of course, a complete edit would be better:

    "From my understanding, without the meat it would be easy to can
    in a water bath."

    To think I used to get paid for this sort of thing...

    I still get paid for it, but I edit Dutch.

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  • From cshenk@21:1/5 to Cindy Hamilton on Sun Mar 10 16:27:43 2024
    Cindy Hamilton wrote:

    On 2024-03-08, Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:
    On Fri, 08 Mar 2024 20:37:23 +0000, "cshenk"
    <cshenk@virginia-beach.net> wrote:

    Ok! It would be easy to waterbath can though without the meat
    from my understanding.

    This must be secret code.

    Only if you've never done any home canning. Acidic food can be
    canned using a pot of boiling water (a water bath). Non-acidic
    food (like meat) must be canned in a pressure canner.


    https://www.healthycanning.com/resources-for-home-preserving-in-australia/

    That's why 'without the meat'. Not sure these would be ok with just
    water bath.

    As for me, just fruit preserves and the random pickles.

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