Capitol Hill Blue Forums Misc. Topics Food, Drink and Cooking Another "general" food thread

Weird? That's not weird, but try the collards with the chicken soup for lunch if breakfast is too early. Many many moons ago between schools I snow plowed roads up north during the season. I thoroughly enjoyed it for about a day or two, but after that it really became real old real fast. At any rate, we were "on the pad (i.e. state paid for meals)" and I would meet the other drivers for breakfast at this one restaurant for breakfast. A much older friend of mine would order a hamburger for breakfast! Shocking! The established order will fall apart, I thought as I ate my omelet, but after the 2nd day that breakfast hamburger looked real good. So I ordered a cheeseburger with a side of fries and a coke for breakfast. It was delicious and the world didn't come to an end. So, I suggest being more open minded and liberal and try chicken noodle soup with collards (forget the rice and black eye peas)for lunch. You'll enjoy it. Trust me,
Joe

Almost Naomi,
Thanks. I'm somewhat out in the woods and WalMart, unfortunately, is about as fancy as it gets. However, for the most part, I do make my own broth. A 10 lb. bag of chicken quarters covered with water in a 12 qt stock pot, some salt, peppercorns, rib of celery, onion, garlic, carrot will make an excellent stock. The extra freezes very well.
Joe

Something else I've been meaning to mention here - has anyone else tried these "green" or "active-storage" produce bags? I figured it was BS but I bought some to try...I've now had asparagus in the fridge (not the crisper) for ?four? days, maybe five, with no wilting, and green onions in a bag on the counter for four or five days - the only loss to wilting was when I left them out in the air for a day. I cut off the wilted portions, put them back in the bag, and the remaining greens are still good.

So far, I'm really pleased. I usually end up tossing a lot of stuff because it wilts before I can use it, but I think these bags are going to be really useful. They're not cheap, but they can be re-used a number of times.

If you mean the ones that they advertised as "breathable" for vegetable, I did, they worked really well, and I thought that it was a great idea- along with those square bottomed storage bags. Unfortunately, no one else thought much of them because WalMart stopped carrying them.

Either Glad or Ziploc made them. They're not cheap, but they do work and I believe that they're worth the extra price just in what you save in lettuce, etc.

When I was in college, and now that I've bought the house and money is tight again, I'm back to brown rice, Progresso Lentil Soup, and steamed broccoli.

Cook the brown rice. Heat the Lentil soup. Steam the broccoli.

When heated, add all three ingredients together to make a very healthy "rice bowl."

You're not going to find anything as nutritionally dense (impacted) as the meal. You've got the lentils and brown rice which make a complete protein, plus brocolli is one of the most nutrient dense vegetables there is...

Really. Where can these bags be purchased? Who is the manufacturer?

I got mine from Reusable Bags. I don't remember the brand name, except it has the name "Debbie" in it.

You can also get them from Amazon. I haven't really looked anywhere else, being the lazy sod that I am...

Add some Parmesan and a few twists of pepper, and I'll subscribe to that combo! I believe that someone here at CHB RR quoted some French saying that in order to eat well you either need a lot of money or else a lot of time. Assuming that many Americans will fall short on the former and possibly long on the latter, and still want to enjoy what they're eating: I suggest that an "Eat Heathy and Well for Less" thread may be appropriate? Hey, if done properly, beans taste really good. If you can afford it, add some rice and a splash of hot sauce. Personally, I'm rediscovering lentils.
Joe

those are the produce bags you sent me, Mellow?
I love them! They work but besides that I hated all the plastic I had to put my produce in before. I've eliminated all that.

I love collards and cabbage Steve but don't care so much for kale. Just the opposite from you.

All this sounds good y'all. I'm behind on trying new cooking things. Too much company lately.
Good reading though.

No, Olyve, same place, different bags -- you're talking about the cotton reusable produce bags, right? (I got some for myself but they confuse heck out of the checkers!)

The ones I'm talking about are made of a green film of some kind; they're for storing produce. According to the package they "absorb and remove" ethylene gasses that cause produce to spoil.

Hey, it must be true - the package says "as seen on TV!"