• 123 happy hols + exte

    From MICHAEL LOO@1:123/140 to NANCY BACKUS on Saturday, March 23, 2019 14:25:20
    me to experience more different things
    than most people, but sometimes they were
    a curse - expensive, ecologically unsound,
    and hard to get out of the habit of.
    Pluses and minuses to most everything... ;)
    There are things that are all minus; I'm not so
    sure about the existence of things with only a plus.
    Agreed on the first, and probably so also on the second, at least here
    on earth...

    Which starts getting out of our territory
    in more ways than one. Sometimes it is fun
    to blast off, though, or pretend to.

    Millet is also related to crabgrass. I
    suppose that if one goes back far enough,
    all grains are related to all grasses.
    Probably. :) I've used millet quite a bit, especially in the past...
    It made an inexpensive main dish, and mixed well with cheese... add a veggie like broccoli, and there's a meal....
    Not what I'd call a meal!
    Ok, not what you'd call a meal... but it fed the motley crew at our
    dining table... :)

    I am quite thankful not to have to worry
    about starvation on a frequent basis.

    OK, so there are pretenders that turn out to have some value as
    food...
    not sure if there is any nutritive value left in no-fat cream cheese, though.... :)
    Who knows. Even the most gum-laden nonsense
    spread has some nutritive content.
    Some, but not necessarily enough to say so.... ;)
    Gums have 3 to 4 Cal/gram. Compare with the
    underlying cheese, which is 3.0 and zucchini,
    which has 0.17; I admit that the gums have
    maybe a little less in the vitamin department.
    On that basis, I suppose one could argue for nutrition in sawdust...

    How much caloric value is in sawdust? Not equal
    to that of cheese; I'd hope the stuff you get
    at Weggie's is better than that. Even grated Parm.

    I'm not sure what starts with an A and coats
    candy. cArnauba?
    There's that one... but maybe I was conflating with arabic gum, which I realize isn't the same thing.... goes in not on...
    How about gum Arabic?
    Quite possibly... is that the same then as arabic gum, or are they
    indeed different...?

    Same thing, surely.

    Cheese & Spinach Ravioli Diavolo
    Categories: vegetarian, main, pasta, semi-homemade, okay, not homemade at
    all
    Calories per Serving: 420
    Servings: 4

    18 oz (2 pk) Cheese & Spinach Ravioli
    2 Tb [Italian flavored olive] oil
    6 oz baby spinach
    salt and pepper to taste
    1 1/2 c Diavolo sauce
    2 Tb shredded Parmigiano Reggiano

    Cook ravioli per pkg directions.

    Heat oil in large skillet on MED-HIGH. Add
    spinach; season with salt and pepper. Cook 2
    to 3 min until spinach is wilted. Add sauce;
    bring to simmer. Add ravioli; cook, stirring,
    about 2 min, until heated through. Transfer
    to serving platter; sprinkle with cheese.

    Source: wegmans.com
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  • From NANCY BACKUS@1:123/140 to MICHAEL LOO on Thursday, March 28, 2019 17:03:00
    Quoting Michael Loo to Nancy Backus on 03-23-19 13:25 <=-

    Millet is also related to crabgrass. I
    suppose that if one goes back far enough,
    all grains are related to all grasses.
    Probably. :) I've used millet quite a bit, especially in the past... It made an inexpensive main dish, and mixed well with cheese... add a veggie like broccoli, and there's a meal....
    Not what I'd call a meal!
    Ok, not what you'd call a meal... but it fed the motley crew at our
    dining table... :)
    I am quite thankful not to have to worry
    about starvation on a frequent basis.

    As in, you'd have to be starving to call that a meal...? ;) I'd not
    want to have that every meal, to be sure, but it did make a viable
    alternative for once in a while... ;)

    OK, so there are pretenders that turn out to have some value as food... not sure if there is any nutritive value left in no-fat
    cream cheese, though.... :)
    Who knows. Even the most gum-laden nonsense
    spread has some nutritive content.
    Some, but not necessarily enough to say so.... ;)
    Gums have 3 to 4 Cal/gram. Compare with the
    underlying cheese, which is 3.0 and zucchini,
    which has 0.17; I admit that the gums have
    maybe a little less in the vitamin department.
    On that basis, I suppose one could argue for nutrition in sawdust...
    How much caloric value is in sawdust? Not equal
    to that of cheese; I'd hope the stuff you get
    at Weggie's is better than that. Even grated Parm.

    I don't buy the grated cheese, actually... shredded or chunk,
    generally... :)

    I'm not sure what starts with an A and coats
    candy. cArnauba?
    There's that one... but maybe I was conflating with arabic gum, which I realize isn't the same thing.... goes in not on...
    How about gum Arabic?
    Quite possibly... is that the same then as arabic gum, or are they
    indeed different...?
    Same thing, surely.

    Oh, ok.... :)

    ttyl neb

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