Thread: Substitutions

On Aug 25, 1:38*pm, "Steve Freides" <st...@kbnj.com> wrote:
> Please post your "gee, I never would have thought of that" substitutions
> in the kitchen. *You get extra points if it's a straight 1-to-1
> substitution.
>
> Mine was nothing great - I had frozen TJ's potato pancakes in the
> freezer since the winter and I couldn't bear to throw them away, and I
> had leftover Sloppy Joe, so I had Sloppy Joe on potato pancakes instead
> of the usual hamburger or sandwich rolls - tasted different but was a
> pleasant change, actually. *I'd do it again.
>
> -S-

We had leftover black beans and some hamburger from tacos the other
night. I mixed them together, added some quacamole, some more diced
onions, and some oyster crackers. Mixed the whole mess up and had an
off the wall chili. Oh yeah...a big glop of cottage cheese in the
middle. Sure beat eating with Andy.

"Steve Freides" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Please post your "gee, I never would have thought of that" substitutions
> in the kitchen. You get extra points if it's a straight 1-to-1
> substitution.
>
> Mine was nothing great - I had frozen TJ's potato pancakes in the freezer
> since the winter and I couldn't bear to throw them away, and I had
> leftover Sloppy Joe, so I had Sloppy Joe on potato pancakes instead of the
> usual hamburger or sandwich rolls - tasted different but was a pleasant
> change, actually. I'd do it again.

I could not make really good gluten free biscuits. The end result was
always waaay too sweet and the texture was off. So I served sausage gravy
over baked potatoes.

"Chemo the Clown" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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On Aug 25, 1:38 pm, "Steve Freides" <st...@kbnj.com> wrote:
> Please post your "gee, I never would have thought of that" substitutions
> in the kitchen. You get extra points if it's a straight 1-to-1
> substitution.
>
> Mine was nothing great - I had frozen TJ's potato pancakes in the
> freezer since the winter and I couldn't bear to throw them away, and I
> had leftover Sloppy Joe, so I had Sloppy Joe on potato pancakes instead
> of the usual hamburger or sandwich rolls - tasted different but was a
> pleasant change, actually. I'd do it again.
>
> -S-

We had leftover black beans and some hamburger from tacos the other
night. I mixed them together, added some quacamole, some more diced
onions, and some oyster crackers. Mixed the whole mess up and had an
off the wall chili. Oh yeah...a big glop of cottage cheese in the
middle. Sure beat eating with Andy.

Actually I think Andy would eat that!

On Aug 25, 2:03*pm, "Julie Bove" <julieb...@frontier.com> wrote:
> "Chemo the Clown" <bhansen1...@yahoo.com> wrote in messagenews:[email protected]..
> On Aug 25, 1:38 pm, "Steve Freides" <st...@kbnj.com> wrote:
>
> > Please post your "gee, I never would have thought of that" substitutions
> > in the kitchen. You get extra points if it's a straight 1-to-1
> > substitution.
>
> > Mine was nothing great - I had frozen TJ's potato pancakes in the
> > freezer since the winter and I couldn't bear to throw them away, and I
> > had leftover Sloppy Joe, so I had Sloppy Joe on potato pancakes instead
> > of the usual hamburger or sandwich rolls - tasted different but was a
> > pleasant change, actually. I'd do it again.
>
> > -S-
>
> We had leftover black beans and some hamburger from tacos the other
> night. I mixed them together, added some quacamole, some more diced
> onions, and some oyster crackers. Mixed the whole mess up and had an
> off the wall chili. Oh yeah...a big glop of cottage cheese in the
> middle. Sure beat eating with Andy.
>
> Actually I think Andy would eat that!

Hey...I hoid dat!

Julie Bove wrote:
> "Steve Freides" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:j36bsl$jlh$[email protected]..
>> Please post your "gee, I never would have thought of that"
>> substitutions in the kitchen. You get extra points if it's a
>> straight 1-to-1 substitution.
>>
>> Mine was nothing great - I had frozen TJ's potato pancakes in the
>> freezer since the winter and I couldn't bear to throw them away, and
>> I had leftover Sloppy Joe, so I had Sloppy Joe on potato pancakes
>> instead of the usual hamburger or sandwich rolls - tasted different
>> but was a pleasant change, actually. I'd do it again.
>
> I could not make really good gluten free biscuits. The end result was
> always waaay too sweet and the texture was off. So I served sausage
> gravy over baked potatoes.

Similar to mine - potatoes sub for baked goods.

-S-

"Julie Bove" <[email protected]> wrote:

> We had leftover black beans and some hamburger from tacos the other
> night. I mixed them together, added some quacamole, some more diced
> onions, and some oyster crackers. Mixed the whole mess up and had an
> off the wall chili. Oh yeah...a big glop of cottage cheese in the
> middle. Sure beat eating with Andy.
>
> Actually I think Andy would eat that!


Julie,

Call me anything except late for dinner!!!

<smootch>

Andy

In article <j36bsl$jlh$[email protected]>,
"Steve Freides" <[email protected]> wrote:

> Please post your "gee, I never would have thought of that" substitutions
> in the kitchen. You get extra points if it's a straight 1-to-1
> substitution.

I don't know how creative or original this is, but I've used chard
stems in place of celery before. It was good.

Regards,
Ranee @ Arabian Knits

"She seeks wool and flax, and works with willing hands." Prov 31:13

http://arabianknits.blogspot.com/

"Sqwertz" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 25 Aug 2011 16:38:50 -0400, Steve Freides wrote:
>
>> Please post your "gee, I never would have thought of that" substitutions
>> in the kitchen. You get extra points if it's a straight 1-to-1
>> substitution.
>
> Drink 24 ounces of vodka instead of 24 ounces of water.
>
> Heck, they're practically the same word in Russia (Voda/Vodka).
>
> -sw

I substitute boiled potatoes for baked ones. Of course a lot depends on the
potato, found some lovely Gold ones this week. They are easier to eat and
we can pile on top whatever seems good at the moment or is available. No
broccoli. Polly

On Aug 25, 1:38*pm, "Steve Freides" <st...@kbnj.com> wrote:
> Please post your "gee, I never would have thought of that" substitutions
> in the kitchen. *You get extra points if it's a straight 1-to-1
> substitution.
>
> Mine was nothing great - I had frozen TJ's potato pancakes in the
> freezer since the winter and I couldn't bear to throw them away, and I
> had leftover Sloppy Joe, so I had Sloppy Joe on potato pancakes instead
> of the usual hamburger or sandwich rolls - tasted different but was a
> pleasant change, actually. *I'd do it again.
>
> -S-

Once when I was making chicken marsala, I thought I had some marsala
in the pantry and I didn't. So I used red wine with a bit of brown
sugar and it worked exceptionally well.

Ranée at Arabian Knits wrote:
> In article <j36bsl$jlh$[email protected]>,
> "Steve Freides" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Please post your "gee, I never would have thought of that"
>> substitutions in the kitchen. You get extra points if it's a
>> straight 1-to-1 substitution.
>
> I don't know how creative or original this is, but I've used chard
> stems in place of celery before. It was good.

That sounds pretty original to me.

(I wouldn't know a chard stem, or a chard, if you hit me over the head
with one.)

-S-

> Regards,
> Ranee @ Arabian Knits
>
> "She seeks wool and flax, and works with willing hands." Prov 31:13
>
> http://arabianknits.blogspot.com/

ImStillMags wrote:
> On Aug 25, 1:38 pm, "Steve Freides" <st...@kbnj.com> wrote:
>> Please post your "gee, I never would have thought of that"
>> substitutions in the kitchen. You get extra points if it's a
>> straight 1-to-1 substitution.
>>
>> Mine was nothing great - I had frozen TJ's potato pancakes in the
>> freezer since the winter and I couldn't bear to throw them away, and
>> I had leftover Sloppy Joe, so I had Sloppy Joe on potato pancakes
>> instead of the usual hamburger or sandwich rolls - tasted different
>> but was a pleasant change, actually. I'd do it again.
>>
>> -S-
>
> Once when I was making chicken marsala, I thought I had some marsala
> in the pantry and I didn't. So I used red wine with a bit of brown
> sugar and it worked exceptionally well.

Not 1 to 1, but creative nonetheless - that's a good one in my book, and
something to remember.

-S-

In article <j36tb5$omm$[email protected]>,
"Steve Freides" <[email protected]> wrote:

> Ranée at Arabian Knits wrote:
> > In article <j36bsl$jlh$[email protected]>,
> > "Steve Freides" <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> >> Please post your "gee, I never would have thought of that"
> >> substitutions in the kitchen. You get extra points if it's a
> >> straight 1-to-1 substitution.
> >
> > I don't know how creative or original this is, but I've used chard
> > stems in place of celery before. It was good.
>
> That sounds pretty original to me.
>
> (I wouldn't know a chard stem, or a chard, if you hit me over the head
> with one.)

We see them at the grocery store as well as farmers' markets and
loads of people grow them. They are beet greens that have been selected
for having more green than beet. Very tasty, and worked quite nicely as
cooked celery.

Regards,
Ranee @ Arabian Knits

"She seeks wool and flax, and works with willing hands." Prov 31:13

http://arabianknits.blogspot.com/

In article <j36bsl$jlh$[email protected]>,
"Steve Freides" <[email protected]> wrote:

> Please post your "gee, I never would have thought of that" substitutions
> in the kitchen. You get extra points if it's a straight 1-to-1
> substitution.

If small quantities are called for in a recipe, I regularly use catsup
instead of tomato paste (which I almost never have on hand).

Isaac

Ranée at Arabian Knits <[email protected]> wrote:

> "Steve Freides" <[email protected]> wrote:

>> (I wouldn't know a chard stem, or a chard, if you hit me over the head
>> with one.)

>We see them at the grocery store as well as farmers' markets and
>loads of people grow them. They are beet greens that have been selected
>for having more green than beet. Very tasty, and worked quite nicely as
>cooked celery.

When I cook chard, I discard the stem if it is larger than
diminutive. I think this is what many cooks do-- I don't recall
seeing much for stems when I am served chard in a restaurant.


Steve

On Thu, 25 Aug 2011 21:36:38 -0400, "Steve Freides" <[email protected]>
wrote:

> (I wouldn't know a chard stem, or a chard, if you hit me over the head
> with one.)
>
Chard isn't exactly like spinach, but it's close enough to use as a
substitute.


--
I take life with a grain of salt, a slice of lemon and a shot of tequila

On Thu, 25 Aug 2011 20:45:19 -0700, Ranée at Arabian Knits
<[email protected]> wrote:

> They are beet greens that have been selected
> for having more green than beet. Very tasty, and worked quite nicely as
> cooked celery.

I hate it when people compare chard to beet greens because I love beet
greens and AFAIC, there is no comparison.

--
I take life with a grain of salt, a slice of lemon and a shot of tequila

sf <[email protected]> wrote:

>I hate it when people compare chard to beet greens because I love beet
>greens and AFAIC, there is no comparison.

Other than the fact that they're identical....


S.

On Fri, 26 Aug 2011 05:24:25 +0000 (UTC), [email protected]
(Steve Pope) wrote:

> sf <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >I hate it when people compare chard to beet greens because I love beet
> >greens and AFAIC, there is no comparison.
>
> Other than the fact that they're identical....
>
We can argue all night about that. They are not. My grandfather tried
to fool me about that when I was a kid and I didn't go for it either
(he didn't tell me about the substitution before I ate it).

--
I take life with a grain of salt, a slice of lemon and a shot of tequila

On Thu, 25 Aug 2011 21:17:37 -0700, isw <[email protected]> wrote:

> In article <j36bsl$jlh$[email protected]>,
> "Steve Freides" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Please post your "gee, I never would have thought of that" substitutions
> > in the kitchen. You get extra points if it's a straight 1-to-1
> > substitution.
>
> If small quantities are called for in a recipe, I regularly use catsup
> instead of tomato paste (which I almost never have on hand).
>
Agreed! If all you need is a tablespoon of "tomato" catsup
substitutes just fine and sometimes better.


--
I take life with a grain of salt, a slice of lemon and a shot of tequila