Food and Recipes while under Coronavirus quarantine #8

[slowpoke]

Enchiladas with canned chili are easy to make. I prefer flour tortillas. Spoon chili from the can onto tortilla as you would with any enchilada filling. Top with shredded cheese and other extras you might like: chopped onions, black olives, avocado or guacamole, chopped tomatoes, beans (if you're using chili without them), etc. Fold and roll like any other enchilada and line them up in a baking dish. Pour enchilada sauce (homemade or commercial) over the enchiladas and top with shredded cheese, if desired. Bake in 350* oven for 35-40 minutes. Serve with sour cream and/or guacamole or chopped avocado.

Haha (insert smiling but sweating emoji here), I’m sure it’s tasty, because you are an excellent cook, but it just sounds a bit too “foreign” for me, from what I’m used to, for lack of a better way to say it.

But that’s what’s great about this thread. We are from all areas around the world and backgrounds and can share our foods and recipes. I enjoy learning what others eat and cook. It’s so interesting.

And it’s such a nice break from the heavy threads on missing persons I generally frequent here at WS!

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

Haha (insert smiling but sweating emoji here), I’m sure it’s tasty, because you are an excellent cook, but it just sounds a bit too “foreign” for me, from what I’m used to, for lack of a better way to say it.

But that’s what’s great about this thread. We are from all areas around the world and backgrounds and can share our foods and recipes. I enjoy learning what others eat and cook. It’s so interesting.

And it’s such a nice break from the heavy threads on missing persons I generally frequent here at WS!

I am grateful for this thread and the wonderful people who share their food stories and recipes. This thread helped so much during the pandemic, not just with shopping tips and recipes, but the comraderie that many of us needed during dark, difficult times. I'm glad that Websleuths administration has allowed this thread to continue.

 

[Yesiamapirate]

I am grateful for this thread and the wonderful people who share their food stories and recipes. This thread helped so much during the pandemic, not just with shopping tips and recipes, but the comraderie that many of us needed during dark, difficult times. I'm glad that Websleuths administration has allowed this thread to continue.

I am grateful for this thread as well. And grateful for you all that make it special!! I don't post much but do read each and every comment. Thank you for being here!

 

[killarney rose]

I enjoy this thread. I read it all even if I don’t post often. The recipes and foods that those of you in other regions of our country post are as foreign to me as those from another country. I enjoy learning about them.

 

[slowpoke]

I just ate some leftover spaghetti with meat sauce for my lunch, and observed the way I ate it that will probably be looked at as bad etiquette or weird. So please don’t berate me. I’m just at home with no one watching.

I ate it with chopsticks.

Yes, no twirling on a fork—which is the proper way, I believe. I can’t remember the last time I have had spaghetti at a restaurant, but I know if I do I’m supposed to twirl the pasta noodles onto a fork. I just never got very adept at eating it that way.

So, my question is, does everyone else eat spaghetti by twirling it on a fork all the time? I mean, is it second nature to do it that way whether you’re at home, or out?

(Ps: Being Japanese, there’s a lot times I’ll use chopsticks. Eating salad with them is the best! Getting pickle slices or olives out of a jar, too. lol )

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

I just ate some leftover spaghetti with meat sauce for my lunch, and observed the way I ate it that will probably be looked at as bad etiquette or weird. So please don’t berate me. I’m just at home with no one watching.

I ate it with chopsticks.

Yes, no twirling on a fork—which is the proper way, I believe. I can’t remember the last time I have had spaghetti at a restaurant, but I know if I do I’m supposed to twirl the pasta noodles onto a fork. I just never got very adept at eating it that way.

So, my question is, does everyone else eat spaghetti by twirling it on a fork all the time? I mean, is it second nature to do it that way whether you’re at home, or out?

(Ps: Being Japanese, there’s a lot times I’ll use chopsticks. Eating salad with them is the best! Getting pickle slices or olives out of a jar, too. lol )

Last night, DH and I went to Picano's for dinner. We had not been out to eat since October 1. We both ordered pasta dishes with garnishment. DH had fettuccine with Alfredo sauce and grilled chicken breast; I had fettuccdine with pesto and an Italian sausage. We both cut the pasta in the bowl and eat in small bites instead of long strands. We do the same thing with spaghetti. Never did master the spaghetti "twirl" on a large spoon.

I don't see anything unusual about using chopsticks to eat spaghetti. It's a "noodle", and I believe that Asian cultures use chopsticks to eat various noodle dishes. If you're adept at using chopsticks, they probably work well with long and short pastas.

 

[155etta]

I've been canning chili sauce and salsa today. I'm hot and tired but feel very satisfied. I'm canning apple pie filling tomorrow. I'm too late for pickles, which is a bummer. I love home canned dill pickles. My grandma made the best ones and I can't make mine taste like hers even with her recipe.

 

[snooptroop88]

I just ate some leftover spaghetti with meat sauce for my lunch, and observed the way I ate it that will probably be looked at as bad etiquette or weird. So please don’t berate me. I’m just at home with no one watching.

I ate it with chopsticks.

Yes, no twirling on a fork—which is the proper way, I believe. I can’t remember the last time I have had spaghetti at a restaurant, but I know if I do I’m supposed to twirl the pasta noodles onto a fork. I just never got very adept at eating it that way.

So, my question is, does everyone else eat spaghetti by twirling it on a fork all the time? I mean, is it second nature to do it that way whether you’re at home, or out?

(Ps: Being Japanese, there’s a lot times I’ll use chopsticks. Eating salad with them is the best! Getting pickle slices or olives out of a jar, too. lol )

Not to gross people out, but I'm more of a slurper myself, LOL. After I've eaten spaghetti-- you can tell.

Everyone's talking about how much they love this thread and now I'm grossing them out, LOL

Too uncoordinated for chopsticks. One time I was at a business lunch, I was trying to use chopsticks for the first time and accidentally pitched a piece of sushi across the table into the interviewer's lap, LOL.

 

[slowpoke]

Jimmy John’s revealed its latest menu item, the Picklewich, on Oct. 24. As the name suggests, it contains typical sub ingredients sandwiched between a giant dill pickle instead of bread.

Jimmy John’s Reveals a Sandwich with a Giant Pickle Instead of Bread — and We Tried It

The Picklewich, which comes in two versions, will be available at Jimmy John’s nationwide starting on Oct. 28.

people.com

Like Pavlov’s dogs, my mouth started watering just at the thought of the giant pickle!

I don’t know…maybe sounds a little TOO pickle-y for my taste buds?

 

[slowpoke]

Not to gross people out, but I'm more of a slurper myself, LOL. After I've eaten spaghetti-- you can tell.

Everyone's talking about how much they love this thread and now I'm grossing them out, LOL

Too uncoordinated for chopsticks. One time I was at a business lunch, I was trying to use chopsticks for the first time and accidentally pitched a piece of sushi across the table into the interviewer's lap, LOL.

You and I gotta master that fork twirl, @snooptroop88 !

As for chopsticks, maybe you need this. It’ll make them more like tongs.

 

[snooptroop88]

You and I gotta master that fork twirl, @snooptroop88 !

As for chopsticks, maybe you need this. It’ll make them more like tongs.
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I gotta try that, seriously. I know people think I'm making this up, but I swear, I really did pitch a piece of sushi into someone's lap at a business lunch, I never forgot it. It was decades ago.

I'm serious, I'm going to try those tongs. Looking. Okay, I can try those, LOL.

I will never forget it, for real. (LOL)

 

[iamshadow21]

Not to gross people out, but I'm more of a slurper myself, LOL. After I've eaten spaghetti-- you can tell.

Everyone's talking about how much they love this thread and now I'm grossing them out, LOL

Too uncoordinated for chopsticks. One time I was at a business lunch, I was trying to use chopsticks for the first time and accidentally pitched a piece of sushi across the table into the interviewer's lap, LOL.

I can't use chopsticks, though I love a lot of Asian food. I've tried, and I can't seem to get my head around how to move them so that I don't immediately drop or jettison what I'm trying to pick up.

Whereas my mother, who can't stand anything with the slightest hint of spicy, sour or bitter (all flavours adored in various Asian cuisines!) can use them like a pro! She was friends with two Chinese siblings when she was in the last years of high school. This was in the 1960s! In western Sydney, which was very white back then. She helped them perfect their understanding of English (stuff like idioms, which are always tricky) and they taught her how to use chopsticks.

 

[slowpoke]

I can't use chopsticks, though I love a lot of Asian food. I've tried, and I can't seem to get my head around how to move them so that I don't immediately drop or jettison what I'm trying to pick up.

Whereas my mother, who can't stand anything with the slightest hint of spicy, sour or bitter (all flavours adored in various Asian cuisines!) can use them like a pro! She was friends with two Chinese siblings when she was in the last years of high school. This was in the 1960s! In western Sydney, which was very white back then. She helped them perfect their understanding of English (stuff like idioms, which are always tricky) and they taught her how to use chopsticks.

Nice story about your mom!

I grew up having chopsticks included with our other eating utensils. For me, I feel like I have to eat some foods with them. Perhaps psychological, but it feels like it imparts a different sensory experience compared to metal utensils.

By the way, to @snooptroop88: it is ok to pick up and eat sushi by hand, generally!

 

[anneg]

Last night, DH and I went to Picano's for dinner. We had not been out to eat since October 1. We both ordered pasta dishes with garnishment. DH had fettuccine with Alfredo sauce and grilled chicken breast; I had fettuccdine with pesto and an Italian sausage. We both cut the pasta in the bowl and eat in small bites instead of long strands. We do the same thing with spaghetti. Never did master the spaghetti "twirl" on a large spoon.

I don't see anything unusual about using chopsticks to eat spaghetti. It's a "noodle", and I believe that Asian cultures use chopsticks to eat various noodle dishes. If you're adept at using chopsticks, they probably work well with long and short pastas.

We cut our pasta too! Makes it much easier to eat, IMO.

 

[PayrollNerd]

If I had to eat with chopsticks, I’d be skinny. I’m about as uncoordinated as they come.

My daughter made one of my favorite meals, salmon, rice & black beans. I can’t eat much as a time but it was so good. Today was leftovers.

We’ve been getting food at the Moffitt Cancer Center cafeteria because I can see and smell what may seem good to me. They have different restaurants that have stations with their popular meals. The drug company that is sponsoring this drug trial gives us housing and funding for food, groceries, laundry.

This morning we drove to a store that serves gluten free things. They had a special food truck today. So my daughter put in her order. Most everything had coconut in some version so I couldn’t get anything. The owner was our server and prepped my daughter’s food. But she wouldn’t let us tip her! She was so sweet and she can’t have coconut either!

Then we stopped at a coffee shop that was really cute. I wanted a Belgian waffle with strawberries & chocolate sauce. But I didn’t get it because I wasn’t hungry and it would get soggy. My daughter got some drink & they put a ghost on the inside. It was very funny!

 

[snooptroop88]

Nice story about your mom!

I grew up having chopsticks included with our other eating utensils. For me, I feel like I have to eat some foods with them. Perhaps psychological, but it feels like it imparts a different sensory experience compared to metal utensils.

By the way, to @snooptroop88: it is ok to pick up and eat sushi by hand, generally!

One of my favorite things to eat, and that's... the only way I currently eat it (lol)

 

[PayrollNerd]

Just in case there are, Floridians on here that lost food from refrigerators and freezers due to hurricanes, the state does offer some help.

Follow the schedule for your county, you can apply online. Then make the appointment and you are mailed a food card.

DCF Announces Disaster Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (D-SNAP) in Response to Hurricane Helene and Milton | Florida DCF

The Department of Children and Families (Department) Secretary Shevaun Harris announced that Florida’s application for Disaster Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (D-SNAP) has been approved. D-SNAP provides food assistance for individuals and families impacted by Hurricanes Helene and...

www.myflfamilies.com

 

[anneg]

If I had to eat with chopsticks, I’d be skinny. I’m about as uncoordinated as they come.

My daughter made one of my favorite meals, salmon, rice & black beans. I can’t eat much as a time but it was so good. Today was leftovers.

We’ve been getting food at the Moffitt Cancer Center cafeteria because I can see and smell what may seem good to me. They have different restaurants that have stations with their popular meals. The drug company that is sponsoring this drug trial gives us housing and funding for food, groceries, laundry.

This morning we drove to a store that serves gluten free things. They had a special food truck today. So my daughter put in her order. Most everything had coconut in some version so I couldn’t get anything. The owner was our server and prepped my daughter’s food. But she wouldn’t let us tip her! She was so sweet and she can’t have coconut either!

Then we stopped at a coffee shop that was really cute. I wanted a Belgian waffle with strawberries & chocolate sauce. But I didn’t get it because I wasn’t hungry and it would get soggy. My daughter got some drink & they put a ghost on the inside. It was very funny!

Those bakery items look yummy!

 

[PayrollNerd]

Those bakery items look yummy!

I’m not a donut fan. I would try the blueberry cheesecake filled donut and the pumpkin donut holes.

 

[IceIce9]

A different type of food contamination

https://fox59.com/news/national-world/wisconsin-pizzeria-apologizes-after-customers-get-high-from-pizzas-accidentally-contaminated-with-thc/?fbclid=IwY2xjawGLKMZleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHVV7bs8mudMWckYZF5q14Jhk9n37BKoqdBek_jzIz1k4H0-Na6TT9ylLjg_aem_6cZOFn7wFTIzwwn6fDYibw

STOUGHTON, Wis. (WFRV) – A Wisconsin-based pizza restaurant has issued an apology after it was discovered that some of the pizza served to customers was contaminated with THC.

Officials with Public Health Madison and Dane County stated in a news release that Famous Yeti’s Pizza in Stoughton had unintentionally served pizza contaminated with THC between Tuesday, Oct. 22, and Thursday, Oct. 24.

EMS workers in Stoughton had reportedly notified the public health department that they had transported multiple people with THC-related symptoms during that time, all of whom reported eating at Famous Yeti’s Pizza.