Comments on: Food fashions https://thenewneo.com/2018/04/20/food-fashions/ A blog about political change, among other things Tue, 24 Apr 2018 17:12:57 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 By: Assistant Village Idiot https://thenewneo.com/2018/04/20/food-fashions/#comment-2383727 Tue, 24 Apr 2018 17:12:57 +0000 http://www.neoneocon.com/?p=77212#comment-2383727 When I read about this white food movement, I felt certain it must mean my maternal grandmother’s people, the Swedes. Clicking deeper through article after article, the Scandinavians, the Germans, and the word “Lutheran” kept coming up. They still love white food.

]]> By: AesopFan https://thenewneo.com/2018/04/20/food-fashions/#comment-2383588 Mon, 23 Apr 2018 04:24:52 +0000 http://www.neoneocon.com/?p=77212#comment-2383588 neo-neocon Says:
April 21st, 2018 at 1:38 pm
My favorite was spaghetti with ketchup and butter.
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Actually that sounds pretty good!

Caramelized anything is tastier than the un- original.
FWIW, the reason we like toast so much is that the heat caramelizes the sugars in the bread and makes it sweeter (plus the crunch, of course).

https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/elaine-marie-alphin/toasters/

“Who would have thought that the toaster would ever achieve status as a cultural icon? Yet, in four short and snappy chapters, Alphin (Vacuum Cleaners, 1997, etc.) and the Household History series (see Young, below) continue to prove that even the most mundane appliance is worthy of serious study. Readers curious about the mechanics of toasters will learn the details of how plain bread is transformed into warm and nourishing breakfast food through the magic of trip plates, timer strips, and browning controls. Alphin’s description of the development of the modern toaster, accompanied by plentiful photographs and illustrations of early models, is both comprehensive and fascinating. The icing on the cake, or rather the jam on the toast, is a selection of simple recipes for comfort food favorites. (glossary, index) (Picture book/nonfiction. 8-11)”

]]> By: Molly NH https://thenewneo.com/2018/04/20/food-fashions/#comment-2383539 Sun, 22 Apr 2018 03:43:42 +0000 http://www.neoneocon.com/?p=77212#comment-2383539 @ Neo, can’t say I ever heard of that one
But I shock my family by putting ketchup and butter on stuffed cabbage.

]]> By: Molly NH https://thenewneo.com/2018/04/20/food-fashions/#comment-2383538 Sun, 22 Apr 2018 03:40:28 +0000 http://www.neoneocon.com/?p=77212#comment-2383538 @rabbit, we loved the kraft version and never ventured over to Chef boyardee, although to a kid his canned ravioli was the bomb

]]> By: huxley https://thenewneo.com/2018/04/20/food-fashions/#comment-2383506 Sat, 21 Apr 2018 23:17:10 +0000 http://www.neoneocon.com/?p=77212#comment-2383506 Huxley, don’t use Crisco, it’s shortening

William Maron: I don’t. Others do.

]]> By: Fractal Rabbit https://thenewneo.com/2018/04/20/food-fashions/#comment-2383485 Sat, 21 Apr 2018 21:25:54 +0000 http://www.neoneocon.com/?p=77212#comment-2383485 “My favorite was spaghetti with ketchup and butter.”

I just involuntarily did the “icky” dance, while dry retching, right here at my desk.

And this, coming from the Spaghetti Sandwich guy himself.

]]> By: neo-neocon https://thenewneo.com/2018/04/20/food-fashions/#comment-2383475 Sat, 21 Apr 2018 17:38:02 +0000 http://www.neoneocon.com/?p=77212#comment-2383475 My favorite was spaghetti with ketchup and butter. Absolutely delicious. We didn’t have it at our house, but my next-door-neighbor’s mother made it all the time for lunch. She didn’t just mix the ketchup and butter in there; she browned it afterwards, and the butter melted and browned a bit and the sugar in the ketchup must have caramelized slightly,too.

You have no idea how good that was unless you’ve had it.

]]> By: Fractal Rabbit https://thenewneo.com/2018/04/20/food-fashions/#comment-2383467 Sat, 21 Apr 2018 14:34:51 +0000 http://www.neoneocon.com/?p=77212#comment-2383467 Molly NH:

Nope! While I am familiar with the Kraft version, that is not the same. After I read your comment I looked it up and found this:

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/73465037642316042/

Now, that’s what I’m talking about! Yum

]]> By: Molly NH https://thenewneo.com/2018/04/20/food-fashions/#comment-2383466 Sat, 21 Apr 2018 13:41:17 +0000 http://www.neoneocon.com/?p=77212#comment-2383466 @ rabbit I think what you are talking about is Kraft spaghetti dinner. We non Italians ate this too, mostly on Thursday nights.It came with seasoning for the sauce in a packet & as you say Parmesan cheese in a packet, great as non Italians were not clued into that yummy stuff. You provided your own tomato puree that became the sauce when you sprinkled the seasoning in, I agree it was a very tasty spaghetti dinner

]]> By: Fractal Rabbit https://thenewneo.com/2018/04/20/food-fashions/#comment-2383464 Sat, 21 Apr 2018 12:49:35 +0000 http://www.neoneocon.com/?p=77212#comment-2383464 Also, I should add, that while I still make spaghetti sandwiches at the table (and my son does the same now!), Spaghetti Sandwiches aren’t the same anymore.

When I was a kid, when this whole pasta idiosyncrasy began, my mom made spaghetti dinner every Wednesday night (Fractal Rabbit’s favorite night of the week!). And she used a Chef Boyardee product that was a Spaghetti Dinner in a box; a small box of pasta, a tube of sauce, a can of Parmesan cheese. Sadly this product was discontinued.

I used to LOVE that stuff! My mom laughs when I tell her that I used to prefer the early days before my father’s wages went up significantly and we had to eat on the cheap every night (Hamburger Helper was my other favorite).

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