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    From Dave Drum@1:218/700 to Ben Collver on Thu Sep 25 03:56:06 2025
    Ben Collver wrote to Dave Drum <=-

    Even if I don't win or get published it's still good grub. I made it for my kid brother's 78th this past Sunday. Only fair. He and Ms. Vicky are the donors of my casserole crockpot one fine holiday season.

    That sounds like a sweet arrangement. I mostly cook for myself but
    once in a while i am a guest of more than one good cook who considers
    it a fair trade that they do the cooking and i do the dishes. I think it's fair too!

    Cooking is a *lot* more fun if I don't gots to clean up after myself.

    Between Tasty Home and Noo Yawk Times cooking section I may never run
    out of recipes.

    When it comes to ebooks and recipes the Internet has am embarassment of riches. Without the Internet, is there one cookbook you'd want to have for a reference? I imagine that a 3-ring binder of "tried & true"
    recipes might be the ticket. I used to treat Deborah Madison's
    Vegetarian Cooking For Everyone as my general go-to cookbook.

    Oh, Godfrey Daniel, you ask a question with NO EASY ANSWERS. Before I
    got all confuserised my go-to cookery tomes were the plaid covered BH&G cookbook, New York Times cookbook from the Craig Claiborne/Mark Bittman
    era and Joy of Cooking. But, I had a whole shelf (or more) of cookery
    volumes - from church lady/women's club stuff to a 1985 copy of



    MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06

    Title: Parisian Omelette w/Cheese
    Categories: Five, Eggs, Cheese
    Yield: 1 serving

    3 lg Eggs
    Salt & freshly ground
    - white or black pepper
    1 tb (15 g) unsalted butter
    1 oz (30g) grated cheese; such as
    - GruyEre, Cheddar, or
    - Emental (Swiss)

    In a medium bowl, beat eggs with a disposable plastic or
    reusable wooden fork just until last traces of white are
    mixed in; season with salt and pepper.

    In a perfectly unscratched 8-inch nonstick skillet, melt
    butter, swirling over moderate heat, until fully melted
    and foamy but not browned. Add eggs and stir rapidly
    with fork, tines up, while shaking pan to agitate eggs;
    make sure to move fork all around pan to break up curds
    and scrape them from bottom of skillet as they form.
    Stop stirring as soon as eggs are very softly scrambled
    and creamy (but still loose enough to come together into
    a single mass), 1 to 2 minutes.

    Using fork, gently spread egg in an even layer around
    skillet and scrape down any wispy bits around the edges.
    Scatter cheese all over egg. The top surface should be
    loose and creamy, but if it looks too liquid and raw,
    cook undisturbed for another few seconds. (If it still
    flows, you can swirl skillet to send loose egg to the
    edges, where it will set more quickly.)

    Remove from heat, tilt skillet up by its handle, and,
    using fork, gently roll omelette down over itself until
    it is nearly folded in half. Using fork, push omelette
    to edge of skillet so that lower edge of egg begins to
    just barely overhang; use fork to fold overhanging edge
    of egg up, closing the omelette.

    Hold skillet right over plate and turn omelette out onto
    it. It should be almond- or cigar-shaped, with the seam
    on bottom; if it's not, lay a clean kitchen towel over
    it and use your hands to adjust its shape and position,
    then remove towel. Serve. (To make another omelette,
    wipe any eggy bits out of skillet and repeat.)

    Larousse Gastronomique by Prosper Montagné.

    RECIPE FROM: https://www.seriouseats.com

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  • From Ben Collver@1:105/500 to Dave Drum on Thu Sep 25 08:17:56 2025
    Before I
    got all confuserised my go-to cookery tomes were the plaid covered BH&G cookbook, New York Times cookbook from the Craig Claiborne/Mark Bittman
    era and Joy of Cooking. But, I had a whole shelf (or more) of cookery volumes...

    Recently i saw that New York Times cookbook in a free pile. I've seen
    those plaid covered cookbooks too. You used past tense. Does that mean
    you're fully confuserised now? I watched a video about WAIS, which was
    early adopter software for creating distributed search engines. It
    would pull data from multiple sources, and the interviewee mentioned a searchable recipe database among other things. At this time it seems i
    have no scarcity of cookbooks, but sometimes i wonder if i had to choose
    one for a "deserted island" scenario, which would i choose? Chances are
    i would choose one of those hand-written hand-illustrated cookbooks for
    its sentimental value rather than its functional value.

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    Title: Fenugreek Kulambu (Jaffna Style)
    Categories: Indian
    Yield: 1 Batch

    1 lg Onion; chopped small
    1 ts Fenugreek seed
    1 1/2 ts Curry powder with chili
    1/2 c Coconut milk
    Salt
    1 cl Garlic; minced
    1 1/2 ts Ghee
    1 ts Tamarind paste
    Curry leaves
    1 c Water

    Thick spicy gravy served over rice for lunch.

    Soak fenugreek in warm water for 10 minutes. Then strain the seeds and
    discard the water. Saute onion and garlic in ghee. When golden, add
    the fenugreek and curry leaves. Dilute tamarind in water and add to
    the cooking onions with curry powder and salt. Boil for 5 minutes,
    add coconut milk, and simmer until thick like a gravy.

    Recipe FROM: <https://dev.himalayanacademy.com/media/books/
    monks-cookbook/web/toc.html>

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  • From Dave Drum@1:3634/12 to Ben Collver on Fri Sep 26 06:01:00 2025
    Ben Collver wrote to Dave Drum <=-

    Before I
    got all confuserised my go-to cookery tomes were the plaid covered BH&G cookbook, New York Times cookbook from the Craig Claiborne/Mark Bittman era and Joy of Cooking. But, I had a whole shelf (or more) of cookery volumes...

    Recently i saw that New York Times cookbook in a free pile. I've seen those plaid covered cookbooks too. You used past tense. Does that
    mean you're fully confuserised now? I watched a video about WAIS,
    which was early adopter software for creating distributed search
    engines. It would pull data from multiple sources, and the interviewee mentioned a searchable recipe database among other things. At this
    time it seems i have no scarcity of cookbooks, but sometimes i wonder
    if i had to choose one for a "deserted island" scenario, which would i choose? Chances are i would choose one of those hand-written hand-illustrated cookbooks for its sentimental value rather than its functional value.

    The plaid guys got a fresh edition evey year. Dunno if it's still being published or not. For actual printed stuff I still have my "Tsatr of Gloucester" cookbook that I picked up om a visit to Cape Ann. I've not finished pounding the lasy of the recipes into the Meal Muncher. And I
    have a few recipe cards that I've brought home from various grocery
    shopping trips. But, that are mostly available on-line new.

    Even good ol' stuck-in-the-50s Humphrey's Market.

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    Title: Caramelized Onion, Bacon, & Blue Cheese Smothered Ribeye
    Categories: Beef, Vegetables, Cheese, Pork, Citrus
    Yield: 2 Servings

    16 oz Ribeye steak
    1 c Crumbled blue cheese
    1 md Onion; diced
    1/4 lb Thick sliced bacon; rough
    - chopped
    1 tb Worcestershire sauce
    2 tb Orange juice

    Caramelize bacon and onion in a pot.

    Mix blue cheese, Worcestershire, and orange juice in a
    separate bowl.

    Sear ribeye on both sides to create a crust.

    Top the steak with the blue cheese, bacon, and onion
    mixture.

    Roast in the oven for 15 minutes (medium rare).

    UDD NOTES: This is a horrid way to treat an honest rib-
    eye steak. I used, instead chuck steak (not chuck-eye,
    which is nearly as good as rib-eye) or sirloin.

    RECIPE FROM: https://humphreysmarket.com

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