On 10-11-18 16:04, Ruth Haffly <=-
spoke to Dale Shipp about Weather <=-
Do you expect that Michael (the hurricane, not the moderator) will
cause any problems for you or your family in Florida?
Looks like family in Florida got a bit of rain, maybe some wind out of
it. OTOH, the WF area is getting hit, harder this time than they did
last month. Wind, rain, flooding, tornado warnings, etc................hopefully the power will stay on.
Sounds good for them, maybe not so good for you. Please keep us posted
with any significant status updates -- especially about hog farm catch
basin overflows!
Two names from the past in one recipe. The dialog is more interesting
than the recipe.
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Title: Ultimate Texas Hash
Categories: Main, Pitts, Otto
Yield: 1 Recipe
1 c Rice
2 c ;water
Quarter stick of butter
Thingie of salt
1 lb Ground turkey
Some chopped onions
Chopped green peppers
6 oz Can Ro-Tel tomatoes (whole)
Smidgen of chili powder
Parmesan cheese
Doggonit, ol' pardner, ever since you posted that Texas Hash recipe,
I've been a-fussin' with it. I think I finally came up with a winner.
But first, let's talk about rice. I have *NEVER* been able to make
good rice. Edible, maybe, but not good or great, like Kathy does it.
Her microwave method for rice works just fine, but you gotta be born
with a stopwatch built into your head to use it right. Not to
mention memorizing the timing cycles (cook it for three minutes, let
it rest, turn around three times and hop three leaps forward, pat
your head and rub your belly, turn the rice back on for thirty
seconds while saying the Gettysburg Address standing on your head,
then...)
You get the picture.
Here's how I do it...first of all, I use just plain ol' rice. Not
that converted stuff. Ya never know what it's been converted from.
I mean, I'm not a religious nut or anything like that, but suppose it
turned out that I was using Jewish rice that had converted from
Catholicism? Or some Southern Baptist rice that had been converted
from Greek Orthodox? Ya just never know.
Anyway, I take about a cup of rice, 2 cups of water, about a quarter
of a stick of butter, and a thingie of salt. Put 'er all into a pot
and bring 'er to a boil. When she starts boiling, turn the heat down
to just a tad above "simmer", cover it, and let it go for about 14
minutes.
Now here's where I got radical...I used ground turkey, not ground
beef. About a pound, combined with some chopped onions, chopped green
peppers, and a can (6 oz) of Ro-Tel tomatoes (whole)...plus, of
course, a smidgen of chili powder just to give it a little more
authority than the Ro-Tels can provide.
Now the rice is done...almost. Well, the 14 minutes are up, anyway.
Take it off the heat and let it stand for three or four minutes.
Enough time to smoke a cigarette and/or drink a beer. That's perfect
timing.
Toss all the above (rice and meat, not the beer and cigarette) into
one of those glass oven-proof-type dishes (I think it's called a
"casserole dish"), top 'er with Parmesan cheese, and bake the whole
shootin' match in a 350 degree oven for 45 minutes, or until the
smoke detector goes off.
So, whaddya think? Is that the ultimate Texas Hash, or what? I
guess you could fancy it up by adding some 'shrooms, maybe some green
peas... the mind boggles. Next time I might try some broccoli on
top, with a cheese sauce instead of the grated Parmesan.
Another variation might substitute canned tuna for the turkey...I'm
not too sure how far afield we can go with this and still call it
"Texas Hash", however...perhaps Ms. Moderator might post a ruling on
this?
Shame you can't patent or copyright a recipe. This puppy is MINE!
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