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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Thursday, June 27, 2013 - 8:45 pm 
LOL, TNT, good idea.
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Monday, July 08, 2013 - 8:11 pm
Ok, I am going to a July 4th potluck on Wednesday. I had been planning to do baked beans but now I have been asked to bring appetizer instead. There are going to be 50 people there, I don't have to have enough for 50 but a good portion.
Any good ideas?
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Landileigh
Member
07-28-2002
| Monday, July 08, 2013 - 8:42 pm
my daughter made turkey meatballs for our last family function. She baked them, then they were in Mr. Yoshida's sauce. It is at Costco.
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Tntitanfan
Member
08-03-2001
| Tuesday, July 09, 2013 - 3:11 am
Check the frozen foods at your grocery. There are mini-corndogs on the market - 40 to a box, I believe - that are really popular, heated in the micro or real oven and served with mustard and ketchup dipping sauces.
Frozen meatballs are also available in the frozen food section.
Buy sliced ham and/or turkey in a package. Spread each slice with cream cheese and rolls up. Let chill several hours, slice w/scissors, and serve with salsa for dipping.
Spread Ritz crackers with Cheesewhiz and dip cheesy side into chopped pecans.
These are all quick and easy and relatively inexpensive solutions - my favorite kind when serving a crowd.
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Teachmichigan
Member
07-22-2001
| Tuesday, July 09, 2013 - 1:40 pm
Hummus and bagel chips, and then some cut up fruit with a dip.
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Tuesday, July 09, 2013 - 2:25 pm
LOL, I have hummus and pita crackers as a back up to the guacamole I want to make.
Unfortunately the avocados are pretty hard. I have them in paper bags with an apple to try and ripen them by tomorrow morning.
I may have some commercially prepared guacamole in the freezer, I should pull that out to thaw.
I just don't know if I will be able to make fresh guac and if I don't what the heck am I going to do with 10 avocados, LOL. That is a little more avocado than I can eat up. Next I will be in here for avocado recipes, LOL.
Plus now I have 4 cans of pork n beans that I had originally gotten to make baked beans, I guess I will donate a couple of cans to the food bank, the rest of the stuff for my recipe I can use (bacon and bbq sauce). Next time I will stick to my guns on what I wanted to bring.
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Friday, August 02, 2013 - 6:16 pm
So, I pulled some frozen garbanzo and kidney beans out of the freezer and set them in the sink. I totally forgot about them and found them this morning.
Should I throw them out?
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Tntitanfan
Member
08-03-2001
| Saturday, August 03, 2013 - 2:50 pm
Sorry I didn't see this until today, so I am sure my answer is not in time to be helpful! If they were still cool to the touch, they were probably okay to use. Neither of them are foods that spoil easily -
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Saturday, August 03, 2013 - 4:05 pm
thanks, TNT, I decided since I have a ton of them in cans in the pantry I would just start over with fresh ones, LOL.
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Tntitanfan
Member
08-03-2001
| Sunday, August 18, 2013 - 6:34 am
Okay, my food guru a is out of town and food guru b uses only fresh tomatoes, so my question is who has a good canned tomato salsa recipe?
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Sunday, August 18, 2013 - 2:16 pm
LOL, TNT, I was just watching a youtube yesterday about gazpaucho and the "Italian" chef, he was on top chef at one time, can't remember his name, said that canned tomatoes are equal to fresh, so I would just use a normal salsa recipe.
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Teachmichigan
Member
07-22-2001
| Sunday, August 18, 2013 - 8:49 pm
Do you mean you want a recipe that uses canned tomatoes or you want a recipe where you are able to can the salsa you make?
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Tntitanfan
Member
08-03-2001
| Monday, August 19, 2013 - 4:10 am
The former, Teach!
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Teachmichigan
Member
07-22-2001
| Monday, August 19, 2013 - 10:14 am
Hmmm...haven't heard of any, but I'd guess (like Dipo) that if you used diced tomatoes and just drained them, they'd be pretty darn close - especially for a salsa like pico de gallo or other chunky style.
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Tntitanfan
Member
08-03-2001
| Monday, August 19, 2013 - 4:54 pm
I found plenty on line but would always have a "tried and true" for a friend. I will do what I often do which is read a half dozen recipes and then do what I think tastes best!
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Monday, August 19, 2013 - 5:16 pm
LOL, TNT that is what I do, you really can't screw up salsa, just depends on whether you like cilantro or not. That is the only spice that I know of where some people just hate it in their salsa.
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Tntitanfan
Member
08-03-2001
| Monday, August 19, 2013 - 9:15 pm
Then they had better back away from my salsa! For me cilantro is quintesentially Mexican, and it goes in all of my south of the border dishes -
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Monday, August 19, 2013 - 9:40 pm
LOL. I agree.
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Teachmichigan
Member
07-22-2001
| Tuesday, August 20, 2013 - 6:36 am
We're gonna' get along just fine, TNT! 
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Tntitanfan
Member
08-03-2001
| Tuesday, August 20, 2013 - 2:49 pm
Teach - please be thinking about a dinner destination for us for Friday night. I won't want anything really HEAVY after being in the car all day, but something yummy - maybe two apps? - where they also serve wine would be perfect!
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Teachmichigan
Member
07-22-2001
| Tuesday, August 20, 2013 - 8:01 pm
I asked my family, and they said the inn where you're staying is actually pretty good! (I'll e-mail you the PDF of their menu.) I'm still looking, though - we don't eat out that way often, and when we do, the kid usually likes TGIF or Olive Garden style chain restaurants. I'm trying to remember the name of the pub I went to a couple of years ago, so if I can find that, I'll send it along in an e-mail, too.
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Tntitanfan
Member
08-03-2001
| Wednesday, August 21, 2013 - 2:56 am
The place I am staying is so modestly priced that I am surprised the restaurant is good! But that would work fine!
The motel reviews were all "excellent" to "good" which is VERY surprising at an under $60 motel!
The company is the important thing! Followed by the wine!
I leave a week from today - I am stoked!
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Teachmichigan
Member
07-22-2001
| Wednesday, August 21, 2013 - 7:20 am
Isn't that funny? I'll ask today to see if anyone has actually eaten there, but the reviews for the restaurant appear as good as the reviews for the hotel.
Can I just add a YAY! Your visit is my first "fun" activity planned for the school year. I'm going to try to do at least one totally fun, non-school related thing a month to make the year more enjoyable, and our get-together will be a rousing way to start it off!
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Wednesday, August 21, 2013 - 8:01 am
TNT perhaps you can convince TEACH to come visit us too... :-)
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Tntitanfan
Member
08-03-2001
| Wednesday, August 21, 2013 - 7:08 pm
Well,Teach, what a nice compliment! I hope that meeting me will be a nice enough experience for the month of September to convince you to continue the plan!
And, if it isn't, don't give up! Every step outside the "ruts" of our lives gives us wonderful new vistas to explore! I am all about adding adventure into my life!!
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