Re: Dinner Tonight 4/9/2025

On 4/11/2025 4:56 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:

On 2025-04-10, Jill McQuown <j_mcquown@comcast.net> wrote:

On 4/10/2025 4:41 PM, ItsJoanNotJoAnn wrote:

On Thu, 10 Apr 2025 18:39:00 +0000, Bruce wrote:

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don't North Americans eat Fred Flintstone steaks? (With green
beans, ranch and a side of corn?)
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I can't speak for all North Murikans, but not me.
I don't think I've consumed any corn, with the
exception of the tortilla chips I had last night,
in several weeks.  I made vegetable beef soup
many weeks ago, and that's been it for me.
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What the heck are Fred Flintstone steaks?  Is this Bruce's not so clever
way of referring to tomahawk ribeyes?  (Never had one, BTW.)  I can't
remember the last time I had green beans, don't use ranch seasoning or
salad dressing, and the only corn I've had recently was cornbread.

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Really large steaks.  Images of Fred Flintstone show him with what
looks like a t-bone, a round steak, and some steaks that don't
seem to correspond to any real cut.  Of course, they are notionally
made from brontosaurus.  IRL, the cut most commonly called "Fred
Flintstone steak" is indeed a tomahawk ribeye.
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I had green beans on Tuesday.  Ranch is what I order in a restaurant
if I'm not sure about their vinaigrette.  Ranch is rarely too sweet,
but vinaigrette often is.  It's been months since I had a side of
corn; I just don't like it all that much.
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I'm trying to figure out what, in Bruce's little menu, would get
the ranch put on it since there's no salad.  I know there are
youngsters who will put ranch on anything:  pizza, french fries,
grilled cheese sandwich, quesadilla, pasta with marinara, rice,
macaroni and cheese.  So a ranch-loving person might put it on
any of those foods.
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Thanks, Cindy.  You do a good job of interpreting Bruce's silly remarks. :)  I do see ads on television for powdered ranch in a shaker bottle being sprinkled on all sorts of things.  I seem to recall a "recipe" for seasoned oyster crackers which called for tossing them in a little oil with a packet of dry ranch dressing mix & dried dill weed, then heat them in the oven on a baking sheet.  It was a snack thing back in the 80's.
 Jill