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Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Monday, October 13, 2008 - 6:51 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamie316 a private message Print Post    
(I thought they were something strippers wore)

Nyheat
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08-09-2006

Monday, October 13, 2008 - 7:09 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Nyheat a private message Print Post    
Bruschetta on whole wheat pita bread, some rice cakes. It was good, I feel full. (quite an accomplishment)

Twinkie
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09-24-2002

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Me too, Mamie. LOL

Grumpy
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02-08-2004

Monday, October 13, 2008 - 9:12 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Grumpy a private message Print Post    
Leftovers from 2 different nights.

Kc103
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07-13-2004

Monday, October 13, 2008 - 10:08 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kc103 a private message Print Post    
Leftover Brown's Chicken

Teachmichigan
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07-22-2001

Tuesday, October 14, 2008 - 8:55 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Teachmichigan a private message Print Post    
Pasties (pronounced paaa sties - a as in apple) are meat pies the miners in the UP took. You make a dough similar to pie crust (less sugar) and roll out circles really thinly. In a bowl mix 1 1/2 pounds of ground meat (uncooked) with diced veggies: pototoes, rutabegas (the KEY ingredient), carrots and onions. Put a nice big blob of this mixture in the middle of the pie round and fold the pie crust up around it. (We get 4 pasties out of two pillsbury disks when I'm lazy - but I roll the disks out to a thinner crust). Then pop them in the oven at 400 degrees for 45 minutes to an hour. By that time the meat is fully cooked, the crust is toasty brown, and they are ready to be the perfect Autumn food - as long as you top them with warm beef gravy.

As my mom said - Pasties (pronounced Pay-sties) are worn by loose women. Pasties (pronounced paa-sties) are eaten by good women!

Karen
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09-07-2004

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Mmm, Teach, those sound good. Are the veggies raw when they go in, too?

Today is Donners' bday, so he's asked for homecooked ribs, fries and coleslaw. I wanted to make him a cheesecake, but he says, "No, I want a DQ ice cream cake."

Mameblanche
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08-24-2002

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Googled this pic of Pah-sties for ya. (Uh, don't ask how many other pix of Pay-sties I had to wade through. Oy!)

Mameblanche
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08-24-2002

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Happy B'day Donners!!!!

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

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Chicken tenders, rice and broccoli

Kc103
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07-13-2004

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Chicken strips, rice-a-roni and peas

Teachmichigan
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07-22-2001

Wednesday, October 15, 2008 - 10:31 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Teachmichigan a private message Print Post    
Yep, the veggies are raw, so a small dice helps ensure everything gets done. You can boil them first AND brown the meat, but then they aren't as moist and yummy. :-) You need those flavors to really blend together and mix juices a bit for the perfect pasty. Here's a picture of a typical UP Pasty (before the gravy is poured over it):



Christy358
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07-10-2007

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Ok, that looks good...and something I could try to make. But what does Rutabega taste like?

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

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Ran to the store and picked up a pork tenderloin in a garlic marinade. I'm also going to make garlic potatoes and green beans.

Escapee
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06-15-2004

Thursday, October 16, 2008 - 2:45 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Escapee a private message Print Post    
Also called Bridies in Scotland, Teach.

Karen
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09-07-2004

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Christy, rutabaga = turnip.

Mameblanche
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08-24-2002

Thursday, October 16, 2008 - 4:41 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mameblanche a private message Print Post    
Hamburgers, with a side of veggies, & fruit salad for dessert.

Twinkie
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09-24-2002

Thursday, October 16, 2008 - 6:04 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Twinkie a private message Print Post    
Thanks, Teach. Those sound really good.

Spaghetti tonight.

Teachmichigan
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07-22-2001

Thursday, October 16, 2008 - 6:10 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Teachmichigan a private message Print Post    
Actually a rutabega is not a turnip - they have a waxy coating that is brownish/yellow and are usually sold next to the potatoes. You just peel them and then dice. They have the texture of a potato (albeit a bit firmer) w/a little more "bite." We LOVE them, and if pasties don't have them, we don't eat them. :-)

Karen
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09-07-2004

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LOL, sorry, Teach, I've eaten "turnip" a million times in my life and I think not once has it been a real 'turnip'. I love rutabaga, but growing up it was just always called turnip.

In my defense, though, according to Wiki, I'm allowed to think it's simply turnip, given my family heritage: "...while in Ireland and Atlantic Canada, where turnips are relatively unknown, it is called turnip."

Also from Wiki, "The swede, (yellow) turnip, swedish turnip or rutabaga (Brassica napobrassica, or Brassica napus var. napobrassica) is a root vegetable that originated as a cross between the cabbage and the turnip. Its leaves can also be eaten as a leaf vegetable."

I didn't know about the cabbage connection! That would explain the 'bite'!

Christy358
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07-10-2007

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ROFL the less I know about produce the better off I am.

Teachmichigan
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07-22-2001

Friday, October 17, 2008 - 9:19 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Teachmichigan a private message Print Post    
LOL @ Christy! It also explains why my Swiss-Italian self didn't know it was a SWEDISH turnip! The only turnips we get in this neck of the woods are about half the size and usually purple. So the rutabaga is a turnip in locations where there aren't "real" turnips? LOL The things we learn at the clubhouse. :-) Shoot - I didn't even knew the things had leaves...being a "tuber" I've never considered the part above ground! Wonder where on earth you'd find "rutabaga leaves"??

Kc103
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07-13-2004

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Popcorn shrimp, brown rice and spinach

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Saturday, October 18, 2008 - 4:33 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamie316 a private message Print Post    
My husband is in the process of making his marinated crab. It's the best!

Hukdonreality
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09-29-2003

Saturday, October 18, 2008 - 4:58 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hukdonreality a private message Print Post    
Made my Mom and myself BLT's and chocolate milkshakes. Man, she can pack away food as long as she doesn't have to cook it, lol!