• 585 Leftovers

    From MICHAEL LOO@1:123/140 to DALE SHIPP on Wednesday, June 26, 2019 07:19:48
    Last night we finished the Ethiopian leftovers we brought home. Gail
    added a dish of Ethiopian beef that we had in the meals ready to eat
    freezer. Together with the copius amount of rice and the yellow split
    peas, it was quite a sufficient meal. Everything tasted good except for
    the injera. You had remarked that it was a sour dough version, although
    I did not really taste that at the restaurant. But the five days in the
    frig allowed it to develop even more and was too sour to eat.

    The sourness of the injera was very mild, not enough to
    note on my report, so no doubt it was mentioned when we
    were talking during the meal. Five days in the fridge
    must have made it the bread analogue to overripe yogurt
    - it's most likely the inspiration for the array of fitfit
    dishes that involve food mixed with injera bits to
    become altogether new dishes, sort of like leftover meat
    and spoiled cream becoming stroganoff.

    Here is a Tex-Mex dish without any cheese, just for you. Of course, you would modify. E.g. red pepper for green, much more chili powder, some
    cumin. Don't drain the fat.

    Very good, though I might keep the green pepper if no
    reds were available. I'd consider using jalapenos
    instead of the sweet pepper anyway. I'd likely cook it
    right on the range, though, as baking for an hour
    wouldn't make it any better and would be a massive
    waste of energy.

    Am I getting to know you or not?

    Pretty well, it's been near a quarter century!

    Title: TEX-MEX Hash
    Categories: Main dish, Mexican

    Not very Mexican!

    Yield: 5 servings

    OK

    1 lb Ground beef

    OK

    1 Green pepper, chopped

    Might substitute red bell for part of it, but
    better a snappier pepper such as jalapeno

    1/2 c Rice, uncooked

    More - that much rice yields 1 c cooked on the stove,
    maybe a bit more with extended cooking in the oven -
    divided 5 ways, that makes maybe 1/4 c starch per serving,
    which is quite skimpy

    2 ts Salt

    Less, less.

    3 Onion, sliced

    One of the few recipes where I would suggest less onion

    1 cn Tomato, whole (medium can)

    Given the amount of rice, I'm guessing this is a pint
    can. I'd adjust the amount of liquid to fit the rice
    used - and use a mixture of crushed tomatoes and water
    rather than whole tomatoes

    1 ts Chili powder

    Probably more

    Pepper, dash

    Cumin, 1 ts if I wanted that taste; if not substituting
    jalapenos for the bell pepper, 1/2 ts or so Cayenne -
    more if cooking it all for myself

    Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Pan fry ground beef until light brown in
    skillet. Drain fat. Add onions & peppers and cook until onion is

    You were correct - draining is a waste of yumminess

    tender. Stir in rest of ingredients and heat until warm. Pour in a
    casserole dish, cover, bake for 1 hour.
    ... From the files of James Wilson, wilson@primenet.com

    20 min on top of the stove, then a little resting time.

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    Title: Roast Beef a la Stroganoff
    Categories: Beef, wwtt
    Yield: 4 servings

    1/2 c Chopped celery 1 ts Soy sauce
    1 Onion, chopped fine 1 1/2 c Beef bouillon
    1/4 lb Mushrooms, sliced 1 c Sour cream
    1/4 c Butter 2 c Thinly sliced roast
    beef,
    1/2 c Flour Cooked

    Cook celery, onion and mushrooms in butter until tender. Stir in flour
    and
    soy sauce. Add bouillon; cook, stirring until thickened. Stir in sour
    cream. Add beef and heat through. Serve with hot cooked rice or
    noodles.
    Source unknown

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