Subj : Beer Bread
To   : Ben Collver
From : Ruth Haffly
Date : Mon Mar 16 2026 01:00 pm

Hi Ben,

RH> Guess I'll have to make another one somewhat soon; between
RH> the meat balls and meat loaf I made last week, I'm down to about half a
RH> cup of crumbs.

 BC> That's the first i've heard of someone making bread for the purpose of
 BC> making bread crumbs.  Mom will sometimes put a stale end of home-made
 BC> bread in the freezer and take it out later to make stewed tomatoes or
 BC> something like that.

When I was making bread regularly, I saved the crusts and turned them
into crumbs. We've not bought bread crumbs in decades--don't like the
white stuff that's sold in stores--mine are 100% hmoe made, whole wheat.
We've been buying a wheat bread from Wegman's since they opened up here
several years ago but it's just not the same for crumbing. By doing a
loaf in the bread machine, we have a good amount of crumbs plus several
slices for eating otherwise.


RH> Never heard of Tabitha Brown. How did your beans turn out?

 BC> They turned out so-so.  I guess i mashed them too much so they were a
 BC> lot like refried beans and a little bland, even though i cooked 1
 BC> pound and the seasoning packet said it was for 1 pound of meat
 BC> substitute.  I made rice & bean bowls and topped it with salad
 BC> dressing and that spruced it up.

Usually some sort of spicing will turn the trick and make something
that's otherwise "meh" into something quite tasty. Just depends on what
spicing you choose.


RH> We went with a
RH> local couple and a visiting couple (all ham radio connected) to our
RH> favorite seafood place for supper tonight. Other local couple enjoys it as
RH> much as we do; 3rd couple was visiting family in the area so I wouldn't be
RH> surprised on when they do subsequent trips, they'll want to go back to
RH> this place. Their seafood is top quality; yes, there are other (non
RH> seafood) choices available but why have one of them if you're going to a
RH> place known for doing seafood well? (G)

 BC> I can't afford to go out to eat very often, so when i do go out, i may
 BC> as well get something that's worth getting!  What'd you order at the
 BC> seafood restaurant?

This time I shared some calamari plus ordered a small salad and a couple
of shrimp risotto cakes. First time I've ordered that; my usual is
shrimp and grits but the last time we went, I got the jambalaya which
was just as good as the shrimp and grits. I now have 2 favorites. (G)
They also make a really yummy dark chocolate pots de creme and blueberry
cobbler if you have room for dessert.


 BC> I just finished a batch of a recipe titled Tuna Italiano, but i
 BC> substituted frozen whitefish.  I've learned that it's much easier to
 BC> cut into cubes while still frozen, and if i toss the fish in around
 BC> the same time that i saute the onions, it finishes cooking at the
 BC> right time.  It's basically a pasta & seafood dish, and i think it
 BC> turns out a lot better with frozen fish than with canned, though it is
 BC> good either way.

Sounds interesting. Our usual white fish is flounder, used to be able to
go to a local fish market and get that, or other seafood, fresh off the
boat. We were living down on the coast of NC at that time.


 BC> Today i started a crockpot of split pea soup, made the normal way but
 BC> i added a tablespoon of "curry powder" to liven it up.  I plan to have
 BC> a
 BC> baked potato and bowl of split pea soup tonight.

Just the thing for a cold, wet and windy night. Right now we're under a
tornado warning but haven't gotten any notifications of one in the area
yet. Once this system passes thru, we've got another band of rain coming
in before temperatures drop tonight. Tomorrow's high is supposed to only
be in the low 40s. We're doing leftover pulled pork (from a meal out
yesterday) with a sweet potato for Steve, white potato for me and
possibly something else.

My dryer just beeped so I've got to tend to the last batch of laundry.

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Catch you later,
Ruth
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