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To: JRandomFreeper; All
Okay, I'm admitting all - I DO NOT KNOW WHAT SOFRITO, MIREPOIX AND MILNOT ARE. I don't even know how to pronounce sofrito and mirepoix.

I hope others here don't know what that stuff is as I don't want to be the only one who doesn't know.

What are they and how do you use them with what kind of meat or whatever?

Another thing - I have a small Dak canned ham in the bottom drawer of my fridge and I don't remember where it came from or how long it has been there. I think maybe it was included in a gift pack to my husband but I don't know how long that was. What is your opinion of whether it is still good or not. To my knowledge, it has been in the fridge all this time. Because I can't document for sure it's past history, do I just junk it?

Other than that one, I don't have any Dak ham. I think stores put that on sale during the holidays, like maybe Walmart, and I'll stock up because I have long life stored beans to feed an army for a long time and ham needs to go in the beans for bean soup if there is a long term emergency.

73 posted on 11/16/2012 7:18:35 PM PST by Marcella ("When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.)
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To: Marcella
As I said in the chapter, mirepoix is 2:1:1 ratio of onion, celery, and carrot. Two parts onion, one part celery, one part carrot. It's pronounced mir-pwa.

It is the basic foundation flavoring for almost any dish. I use it for stocks, soups, sauces, roasts, braises, etc...

I'll try to rework that part for clarity.

The DAK ham should have a date on it.

If in doubt, throw it out.

Personally, I don't buy DAK hams. I'd rather have Spam, since it's close to the same thing, and Spam keeps forever.

/johnny

74 posted on 11/16/2012 7:27:22 PM PST by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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