Re: Dinner Tonight, 1/31/2025

On 1/31/2025 8:10 PM, Salvador Mirzo wrote:

Jill McQuown <j_mcquown@comcast.net> writes:
 

On 1/31/2025 5:57 PM, Salvador Mirzo wrote:

Jill McQuown <j_mcquown@comcast.net> writes:
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A pasta [...]

I haven't had that years---too much gluten.  And it seems it's late
for
me.  Once you quit it good, there's no going back.
>

Anything cooking at your house this Friday evening?

Only heated up what was left over from lunch. :)

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I'm not worried about gluten.  I don't know what you had for lunch.

 Pretty much nobody is.
 

I know there are some people who are gluten intolerant.  Celiac Disease.   I'm not one of those people.

Sorry---for lunch it was rice with beans on top with a couple pieces of
meat, a water banana, a bit of cabbage and a piece of yam.  I think that
was it.  The meat cut was ``muscle meat'', which is a cheap but very
nutricious and lean.
 

Sounds interesting.  I think in the US it could be any cut of very lean beef.  Possibly known as flap meat, skirt steak.  I'm guessing, of course.  I have no idea what is sold in Brazil. :)

At dinner, I also added a bit of ``farofa'', which is a Brazilian name
for a dish made of roasted cassava flour.  It's usually mixed with meats
or scrambled eggs, onion, garlic... Mine was just onions and garlic, but
I prefer it with eggs and some meat mixed in.  It was actually a bit
salty, but that's alright once in a while.
 

I'm also not opposed to salt.  It is a key ingredient in bringing out the flavor in many recipes.  Food cooked without salt is bland.  Of course, over-salting can ruin a very good meal.
I will never cook a beef steak without first sprinkling salt on it and letting it set for a while.  Same thing with hamburgers.

What I don't like much is salty rice.  Rice is so good---should be never
be salty.

I don't eat a lot of rice.  But, IMHO, a *little* salt in the cooking water is essential.  Salt enhances; if it overwhelms the taste of the rice someone added too much.

 It's funny.  When I was younger, I would never make any food
comments, but these days I'm highly sensitive to what I eat and so I
have a bunch of comments during the meal.  It all started with quitting
suggar and coffee...  I've never been the same.
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I don't use much sugar in any of my cooking.  I never was a huge fan of coffee so it was easy enough to stop drinking it.

Is there any good that you eat and can feel it's not doing you much good?

Not really.  I'm not lactose intolerant, no gluten sensitivity, not worried about carbs.  I can eat pretty much anything I want and feel just fine.  Everything in moderation. :)
Jill