• PB & Cookies

    From Dale Shipp@1:261/1466 to Ruth Haffly on Tuesday, August 02, 2022 01:01:02
    On 07-31-22 16:57, Ruth Haffly <=-
    spoke to Sean Dennis about measurements <=-

    With 5 kids, my parents economised big time on school lunches. The majority of the time it was (smooth) pb with cheap jelly (not jam) on white bread. Before sandwich bags were invented, my mom would put a
    cookie on top of the sandwich and wrap it in wax paper. By lunch time,
    the cookie had absorbed moisture from the bread and was soggy; the sandwich had a big stale spot in the middle from the cookie. Turned me
    off from pb&j by the time I hit first grade but had to endure it until senior year when I got to buy lunch. By the time I got to high school, sandwich bags had come out so mom would fold in the flap, then put the cookie on top of that. Didn't make a whole lot of difference as
    usually the cookie overlapped the flap enough to soak up moisture from
    the bread.

    I knew that your dislike of PB came from its constant presence in your
    school lunches, but I did not recall the part about the cookie. I
    presume you have gotten over your dislike for stale bread and cookies?
    :-}}


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    Title: Chicken Piccata (TESTING)
    Categories: Easy, Quick
    Yield: 2 Servings

    1/2 c Flour
    1/2 ts Salt
    1/8 ts Black pepper
    1 lb Boneless skinless chicken
    -breast halfs pounded to
    1/4 inch thick
    4 tb Butter - divided
    2 tb Olive oil
    1 tb Lemon juice
    3 tb Minced onion
    3 ts Minced garlic
    1 1/2 c Sliced mushrooms
    1 tb Capers
    3/4 c Dry white wine

    Slice mushrooms, mince onion and garlic and set aside. Place measured
    capers in little dish to add at the end.

    Pound chicken between two sheets of wax paper.

    Mix flour salt and pepper in long shallow container. Dredge the
    chicken in the mixture and place on wax paper covered plate.

    In a large frying pan, heat 2TB Butter and the olive oil over med high
    heat. Add chicken breasts to pan and cook about 3 minutes a side unil
    lightly browned and tender and opaque. Remove and keep warm.

    Add mushrooms, garlic and onion to the pan, cook 2 minutes, scraping
    up brown bits from bottom of pan. Add lemon juice and wine , heat to
    boiling and then return chicken to pan. Add more butter (2 tbls) and
    cook until sauce thickens slightly. Add capers, stir and plate.

    Combination of various recipes from collections.

    Tested 1/09 - will do again.

    MMMMM


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  • From Ruth Haffly@1:396/45.28 to Dale Shipp on Tuesday, August 02, 2022 14:11:59
    Hi Dale,

    With 5 kids, my parents economised big time on school lunches. The majority of the time it was (smooth) pb with cheap jelly (not jam) on white bread. Before sandwich bags were invented, my mom would put a
    cookie on top of the sandwich and wrap it in wax paper. By lunch time,
    the cookie had absorbed moisture from the bread and was soggy; the sandwich had a big stale spot in the middle from the cookie. Turned me
    off from pb&j by the time I hit first grade but had to endure it until senior year when I got to buy lunch. By the time I got to high school, sandwich bags had come out so mom would fold in the flap, then put the cookie on top of that. Didn't make a whole lot of difference as
    usually the cookie overlapped the flap enough to soak up moisture from
    the bread.

    I knew that your dislike of PB came from its constant presence in your school lunches, but I did not recall the part about the cookie. I
    presume you have gotten over your dislike for stale bread and cookies? :-}}

    Stale bread gets made into bread crumbs if it's my home made bread (not
    bought any crumbs in decades). The cookie, even soggy, and the small
    piece of candy were the only things that made lunch time worth its
    while. We might occaisionally get a piece of fruit but standard dessert
    was cookie and candy. My folks did that at home for lunch time dessert,
    up until the times they moved into nursing homes.


    Title: Chicken Piccata (TESTING)
    Categories: Easy, Quick
    Yield: 2 Servings

    Looks good--one of the men in our American Legion (also medically
    retired from FDNY) makes this from time to time for our pot lucks. He
    puts thin sliced lemon in it, don't remember if he does mushrooms or not
    but it is really good. (G)

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    Catch you later,
    Ruth
    rchaffly{at}earthlink{dot}net FIDO 1:396/45.28


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