***Weekly Cooking Thread Ping List***
(to be added/deleted - please post on this thread or PM me)
Recap of recipes from last week’s thread (July 23rd)
Appetizer* 15 QUICK IN A PINCH CHEATER SALSA.
Dessert* 7 VELVET ICE CREAM
Dessert* 22 Lattice top peach pies in a jar
Dessert* 23 homemade ice cream
Dessert* 54 caramel sauce
Dessert* 56 Vanilla Bean Frozen Custard
Dessert* 58 Wacky Cake
Dessert* 59 Chocolate-Hazelnut Gelato
Dessert* 60 BLUEBERRY SOUP
Drink* 5 STRAWBERRY LEMONADE
Meal* 3 Monte Cristo
Meal* 10 crockpot roast beef
Meal* 11 Chili
Meal* 29 RANCH HOUSE SUPRISE
Meal* 31 Rotisserie Turkey
Side* 18 summer type salads
Side* 25 Bacon Jam
Soup* 32 John Folse’s Strawberry Soup
July 23rd link:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2752790/posts?page=65#65
Anyone have a good stuffed Bell Pepper recipe?
Because of all the tuna talk in recent FR threads, I decided to make tuna sandwiches a few days ago and sadly, we were right about the quantity.
I checked the size of the small can and they are now 5 ounces. In the back of my mind I had thought it used to be around 7 ounces. Coincidently, while looking through some cookbooks last night (withdrawn library freebies!), I happened upon two tuna recipes that stated the size of the small cans:
7 1/2 oz. can = Richard Simmons’ Never-Say-Diet Cookbook - 1982 - page 86 - Tuna Imperial
6 1/2 oz. can = The Frugal Gourmet Whole Family Cookbook - 1992 - page 323 - Tuna Salad Sandwich
As has been the case with sugar, coffee, cereal, and toilet paper, so goes the size of small cans of tuna. Notice that at some point between ‘82 and ‘92 the size shrunk 1 ounce. Some say that may not be much but by 2011 it has shrunk 2 1/2 ounces or a total of one third of it’s original size. Well, “original” as far as I can verify.
Ok, so we’ve established we’re getting a can that’s 1/3rd less than what we used to get, but what about the product inside the can? I can’t tell you what the meat to water content was in ‘82 but here’s what I found in the ‘11 product:
I opened four 5 oz. cans of tuna and did the lid squeeze to drain out the water. I then weighed it:
11 oz = water
9 1/2 oz (about 1 1/3 C) = meat
Yes, the weight of all four cans is a half ounce more than what should have been but it does tell a very eye opening tale.
Yikes, we’re paying about $4 per pound for canned tuna. When shopping, I try to keep my meat purchases around the $2/lb. mark. The other day I bought boneless beef ribs for $1.97/lb. and what with the drought beef prices should be dropping soon. With this slap up side the head, tuna sandwiches just went out of my budget. Sorry, Charlie, I’ll save what I currently have in the pantry and look for something else to stock for teotwawki and other emergencies.
bumping...