Of Viands and Victuals

[Subdeacon Joe]

"Carrot Pudding With Hard Sauce - Some Of My Favorite Good Things To Eat, By Martha Lee Anderson, Church & Dwight Co. Inc., 1940"

 

[Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984]

That’s Amore

 

How to Make Dean Martin's Favorite Pasta Fagioli 

Ingredients: 

• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 yellow onion, finely chopped
• 2 (15.5-ounce) cans cannellini beans
• 6 cups water
• Salt and pepper, to taste
• ¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 cup tubetti or ditalini pasta
• Grated Parmesan or Romano cheese, to taste

 

Instructions: 

1. Heat oil in a large stock pot over medium-high heat. Add onion and cook, stirring occasionally, until soft and translucent. 
2. Add beans, water, salt, pepper, and cinnamon. Cover and bring to a boil. Cook for 15 minutes then reduce heat to low and simmer for 1 ½ hours, stirring occasionally, and adding water if it gets too dry. 
3. Add the pasta and cook according to package instructions for al dente, or until the pasta is tender. Remove from heat and serve topped with cheese.

 

This recipe was adapted from "Memories Are Made of This: Dean Martin Through His Daughter’s Eyes".

[Subdeacon Joe]

Useful information

https://psu.pb.unizin.org/hmd329/chapter/chapter-6-standardized-recipes/

 

Full book:

 

https://psu.pb.unizin.org/hmd329/

Edited April 27 by Subdeacon Joe

[Subdeacon Joe]

At first glance this seems weird, and to my taste it's way under seasoned.  But if you look at some of the "traditional" pasta sauces it's not that far off.  Think about the ingredients in catsup.  Yes, sweeter, and fewer seasonings, but with some tweaking it's a passable base.

 

[Rip Snorter]

As someone who grew up in a neighborhood with Italian neighbors, and with Italian relatives by marriage, I can only say it ranks near spaghetti with catsup for sauce I was served at a friend's house as a young boy.  If you want carbonara, make carbonara.  Yuck!

[Subdeacon Joe]

https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112076889531&seq=1

 

 

Some interesting things:

 

 

[Linn Keller, SASS 27332, BOLD 103]

== A FAST SNACK ==

Peenie Bubber an' Jelly has long been a standby.

Bacon is a perennial favorite.

Here's what I just made (and devoured):

Bread, slices, 2 each

Peanut butter, your choice of the brand and texture. I prefer crunchy.

Jelly, your choice. My wife prefers Concord grape exclusively (probably because of her strawberry allergy)

(this is a true anaphylaxis, it'll-kill-you reaction)

Bacon, precooked, four slices, torn in half

Prepare the sandwich as you prefer: half the slice with peanut butter, half with jelly, fold over; or one slice with peanut butter, the other slice with jelly, lay together.

Microwave precooked bacon for 30 seconds.

Add bacon to sandwich and close.

The ubiquitous PB&J is wonderfully versatile and can employ honey in lieu of jelly, or honey and cinnamon.

Powdered chocolate milk mix can be added as well, or chocolate syrup.

Sliced bananas, I understand, were a favorite addition to Elvis Presley's PB&Js.

Its many combinations and permutations are too numerous to discuss here.

I found PB&J with bacon to be very much to my taste!

 

[Subdeacon Joe]

3 hours ago, Linn Keller, SASS 27332, BOLD 103 said:

== A FAST SNACK ==

Peenie Bubber an' Jelly has long been a standby.

Bacon is a perennial favorite.

Here's what I just made (and devoured):

Bread, slices, 2 each

Peanut butter, your choice of the brand and texture. I prefer crunchy.

Jelly, your choice. My wife prefers Concord grape exclusively (probably because of her strawberry allergy)

(this is a true anaphylaxis, it'll-kill-you reaction)

Bacon, precooked, four slices, torn in half

Prepare the sandwich as you prefer: half the slice with peanut butter, half with jelly, fold over; or one slice with peanut butter, the other slice with jelly, lay together.

Microwave precooked bacon for 30 seconds.

Add bacon to sandwich and close.

The ubiquitous PB&J is wonderfully versatile and can employ honey in lieu of jelly, or honey and cinnamon.

Powdered chocolate milk mix can be added as well, or chocolate syrup.

Sliced bananas, I understand, were a favorite addition to Elvis Presley's PB&Js.

Its many combinations and permutations are too numerous to discuss here.

I found PB&J with bacon to be very much to my taste!

 

 

That does sound good.   Concord Grape Jelly....I  don't think I had it until I was in my teens.  Grew up with pomegranate jelly,  apricot jam, mixed stone fruit jam, and sometimes strawberry jam that mom made.  When/if we ran out we bought a 3pound can of Empress brand Apricot Jam.

 

I bet apricot jam or orange marmalade would be good on your PB&J.