[geeks] new lists? 8-)

Gregory Leblanc geeks at sunhelp.org
Thu Dec 13 16:05:35 CST 2001


On Thu, 2001-12-13 at 12:13, Andrew Weiss wrote:
> On Thu, 13 Dec 2001, Joshua D Boyd wrote:
> > helper, and premade sauces like Ragu (BTW, their Alfredo sauce sucks.  I didn't
> > feel like cooking last night, so I tried buying a bottle).
> 
> I think all of Ragu's red sauces are watery ... I personally like Prego...
> thick, chunky, sweet, and flavorful.

Ack, they're both awful.  I've only found one canned pasta sauce that
was even worth eating, and it was some "gourmet" supermarket brand (I
can't remember which).  I make my own from scratch once a week (and
really truly from scratch during the summer when we have tomatoes).

> and anyone who has the 1970's edition let me know.  My dad has this one
> and the Chicken Paprikash recipe in it is much better than the new
> version's... also like the Tamale pie in there better.  (Why do they have
> to be wussies and change the darn recipes...?)  Great book, however, to
> learn about ingredients, proper storage, and new uses.

I think my only version is copyright 1943...  It's kind of cool where
they talk about cooking with the war-time food rations and such.
	Greg

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Portland, Oregon, USA.



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