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talloola

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Back in the olden days Craft used to make what they called "Sandwich Spread". It was like mayo with relish added. I used to love the stuff. For some reason I can't stand it today....;-):lol:

I remember that stuff, I liked it too, got sick of it.
 

#juan

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Oh my, for a second there, I lost my breath.;-)

Hey tall, there is an alternative, Mayo with thick slices of Walla Walla onions and sliced sharp cheddar cheese....To die for....;-):lol:
 

talloola

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Hey tall, there is an alternative, Mayo with thick slices of Walla Walla onions and sliced sharp cheddar cheese....To die for....;-):lol:

mmmmmm, now I'm drooling, and looking in the frig, yep, I have all ingredients,
and the cheese is sharp, and I'm hungry. See ya.
 

AnnaG

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sliced rye bread
thinly shaved corned beef, pastrami, or smoked beef
cheese of preference
sauerkraut
mustard of choice
put all ingredients between sliced of bread and grill

Just had a Reuben for dinner. I love them
 

Liberalman

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Two Ingredient Beer Bread Recipe

Ingredients

1, 12 ounce can of beer (any beer will do)
2 2/3 cups of self-rising flour


Directions


Preheat oven 375°.
Lightly grease a 9x5x3 inch loaf pan or cover the pan with "Release" aluminum foil. ( I double the recipe and use a 13x9 inch pan.)

Put flour in a medium bowl and add the can of beer.

Stir the mixture only until it starts to hold together and looks moist.

Scoop the dough into the pan and bake 50-55 minutes.

Check to see if the top of the bread has lightly browned and test with a tooth pick or wooden skewer as you would a cake.

Cool for 10 minutes then slide the bread on to a baking rack to finish cooling.

If you love rye bread, add 2 tsp. of caraway seeds and one small chopped onion before placing the dough in the pan.
 

Avro

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One recipe that comes to mind is this one. You can't get much simpler than this:

Beef shanks in the slow cooker

Ingredients
four large meaty beef shanks
half cup all purpose flour
one teaspoon black pepper
salt to taste
a can of tomato soup
half can of water
2 teaspoons of died basil
quarter cup vegetable oil

Dredge beef shanks in flour and pepper and lightly brown on both sides in vegetable oil. Place shanks in slow cooker
Mix soup, water, and basil and pour over shanks. Set slow cooker to low and in 8 hours most of your dinner is done.*

*You could put a layer of tiny new potatoes and coarsely chopped carrots and onions on the bottom of your cooker and put everything else on top and cook as before.

Hey Juan, can I use a half can of white wine instead of water?
 

AnnaG

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I know a couple people that think bagged wine is better. It comes inside a bag which is inside a box. Les called it trailer park champagne. Kinda sounds gross. Too much packaging for sure.
 

karrie

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I know a couple people that think bagged wine is better. It comes inside a bag which is inside a box. Les called it trailer park champagne. Kinda sounds gross. Too much packaging for sure.

Actually, environmentally speaking, it's better than the bottles. The packaging weighs less, is recyclable (and made from recycled materials), and means more wine can fit in each truck. There are something like 3 1/2 bottles per package. There are quite a few vineyards that are going that route, and the wine is apparently no better or worse for it (I even got to taste compare JT Proprietor's Reserve out of BC, box to bottle... no diff)

But, a little entertaining tip.... get a decanter and don't tell your company they're drinking from a box instead of a bottle. lol.
 

AnnaG

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Actually, environmentally speaking, it's better than the bottles. The packaging weighs less, is recyclable (and made from recycled materials), and means more wine can fit in each truck. There are something like 3 1/2 bottles per package. There are quite a few vineyards that are going that route, and the wine is apparently no better or worse for it (I even got to taste compare JT Proprietor's Reserve out of BC, box to bottle... no diff)

But, a little entertaining tip.... get a decanter and don't tell your company they're drinking from a box instead of a bottle. lol.
Funny, the boxes are plasticized and the plastic bags are reusable, but not particularly recyclable.
Glass on the other hand is recyclable and uses much less paper. The glass also does not off-gas into the wine. Offgassing does change the flavor.
 

VanIsle

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Funny, the boxes are plasticized and the plastic bags are reusable, but not particularly recyclable.
Glass on the other hand is recyclable and uses much less paper. The glass also does not off-gas into the wine. Offgassing does change the flavor.
I don't understand why they don't go back to using glass for a number of things - pop/beer/juice. It was used and re-cycled even when I was a kid so surely it can still be done.
 

AnnaG

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Oh yeah, I almost forgot to mention that silica (the source of glass)is one of the most common substances on the planet and is easy to make, unlike oil (the source of plastic).
 

AnnaG

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I don't understand why they don't go back to using glass for a number of things - pop/beer/juice. It was used and re-cycled even when I was a kid so surely it can still be done.
It has one downside, it is heavy, as Karrie said. That makes it expensive to ship.
 

karrie

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Funny, the boxes are plasticized and the plastic bags are reusable, but not particularly recyclable.
Glass on the other hand is recyclable and uses much less paper. The glass also does not off-gas into the wine. Offgassing does change the flavor.

They're listed as number 7 recyclable bags, and the boxes are fully recyclable.
 

TenPenny

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It has one downside, it is heavy, as Karrie said. That makes it expensive to ship.

Since Corning seems to be buying up all the glass plants, they shut down the bottle plant here in NB. That means that the breweries have to import empty bottles from Ontario, and also means there is no market for recycled glass.

Back in the 70s, my grandmother would pick up the broken glass from the beach in front of her place on her walks, and would take the old glass down to the plant when she was going by, just so that it would be reused. She was about 30 years ahead of her time.