RE: Taco Salad

[otter]

 Nick

quote:
 
 ORIGINAL: Nick
 
 Sorry, no quantities available. My mom is one of those cooks who uses a pinch of this a snip of that and a handfull of the other. Your guess is as good as mine.

 No amounts makes perfect sense to me Nick.  Looking forward to seeing your mom again at SLO:   She s my kinda cook![]
 Thot for the day:  
           Amounts are just controls, hindering the creative cook!!!!

[6Quigs]

 Nick

 

ORIGINAL:  Nick
 
 Sorry, no quantities available.  My mom is one of those cooks who uses a pinch of this a snip of that and a handfull of the other.  Your guess is as good as mine.
 
 

 I m not going to guess,
 and I m not asking you to guess either,
 
 but could we get your mom to give us her guess, which based on her vast knowledge and experience, would be ALOT more accurate than any guess that I would make.
 
 
 At the rate this is going, I don t think a Taco Salad will ever taste the same []again
 

[Nick]

 Nick
Ok, I posted quantities.  Only cause 6Quigs asked nicley, not because of CWB s whining.[]

[griffsmom]

 Nick
Yeeesh! How does a taco salad become so complicated!?!  For Pete s sake, it s a recipe for taco salad, not plutonium![]

[Cottonwooder]

 griffsmom

For Pete s sake, it s a recipe for taco salad, not plutonium!

 You have obviously not watched Mike cook.  If the recipe calls for 1/2 tsp and he s already used the 1 tsp, he won t just fill it halfway, but will use the actual 1/2 tsp.  Same for cup quantities.  (Can you tell we have no dishwasher?  I m it!)
 
 To his defense, he s worked for years in chemistry labs where every iota of a puff of powder is measured.  Me, if something calls for 1/8 tsp, I just shake the shaker into the mix, LOL!

[Cottonwooder]

 Nick
POOF!

[Nick]

 Cottonwooder
This is great.  Only NNC could get two pages from a stinking taco salad recipie.[8D][]

[Cottonwooder]

 Nick

This is great. Only NNC could get two pages from a stinking taco salad recipie.

 I ll bet a can of W-@$$ it goes to at least 5 pages. [8D]

[6Quigs]

 Nick
Few more minor questions, and then we ll all be set
 
 1 Head Lettuce,
 now what type of lettuce do I use, Iceberg, Garden, Chinese?
 Do I have to cut it up? or just seperate the leaves, or just toss the whole head in.
 3 big red tomatoes,
 how big is big? could I use 6 medium ones, or 9 small ones?
 Again, do I have to cut them up, and if so, should they be sliced, or cut into sections?
 1 Red Onion
 Same question as the tomato. Do I need to slice it up, or just toss it in?
 2 cans Sliced Black Olives
 would those be the 12 or 16 oz. cans, or the giant 64 oz can I got in Costco?
 Can I use a can of whole olives and slice them up myself?
 How thin a slice should they be?
 1 bag Peas (frozen, thaw before using)
 Would that be a 1/2 lb or a 1 lb bag of frozen peas?
 Why can t I use fresh ones?
 Sharp Chedar Cheese
 OK we re missing the quantities here.
 Are we talking about sliced cheese, of just a block?
 Red or White?
 1 bag Cool Ranch Doritos
 A big bag or a little bag?
 What about the ones that come in the tube? would they do?
 1 lb. Lean Hamburger (cooked and cooled)
 Pardon my ignorance here,
 but we went to McDonalds and got 1lb of lean hamburgers, no fries.
 Do I cut them up, or just toss them in whole with the buns attached?
 
 
 Thanks in advance for your prompt attention to answering these questions[]
 

[Nick]

 6Quigs

 

ORIGINAL:  6Quigs
 
 Few more minor questions, and then we ll all be set
 
 1 Head Lettuce,
 now what type of lettuce do I use, Iceberg, Garden, Chinese?
 Do I have to cut it up? or just seperate the leaves, or just toss the whole head in.
 3 big red tomatoes,
 how big is big? could I use 6 medium ones, or 9 small ones?
 Again, do I have to cut them up, and if so, should they be sliced, or cut into sections?
 1 Red Onion
 Same question as the tomato. Do I need to slice it up, or just toss it in?
 2 cans Sliced Black Olives
 would those be the 12 or 16 oz. cans, or the giant 64 oz can I got in Costco?
 Can I use a can of whole olives and slice them up myself?
 How thin a slice should they be?
 1 bag Peas (frozen, thaw before using)
 Would that be a 1/2 lb or a 1 lb bag of frozen peas?
 Why can t I use fresh ones?
 Sharp Chedar Cheese
 OK we re missing the quantities here.
 Are we talking about sliced cheese, of just a block?
 Red or White?
 1 bag Cool Ranch Doritos
 A big bag or a little bag?
 What about the ones that come in the tube? would they do?
 1 lb. Lean Hamburger (cooked and cooled)
 Pardon my ignorance here,
 but we went to McDonalds and got 1lb of lean hamburgers, no fries.
 Do I cut them up, or just toss them in whole with the buns attached?
 
 
 Thanks in advance for your prompt attention to answering these questions[]
 
 

 Smart Ass![]

[Cottonwooder]

 Nick

Smart Ass!

 First it s Whoop/Whup (_|_), now it s Smart (_|_).  This place " cracks"  me up!  (BTW, I think he was serious.)  []

[oldmoose]

 Cottonwooder
Wait a minute. What happened to the kidney beans. I always include them in our taco salad along with the green taco sauce in the Italian dressing. I need a little flatulence here. Kind of like Scott expressed it.

[otter]

 oldmoose

I need a little flatulence here. Kind of like Scott expressed it.

 shhh   Oldmoose.  We don t want Surf Cal reading the word Flat......e.  Especially right before a fireside room chat.  It is a rather small room and whoooo., well, you get the point.

[griffsmom]

 otter

 

ORIGINAL:  otter
 
 

I need a little flatulence here. Kind of like Scott expressed it.

 shhh   Oldmoose.  We don t want Surf Cal reading the word Flat......e.  Especially right before a fireside room chat.  It is a rather small room and whoooo., well, you get the point.
 

 Dianne s not kidding! [] Here s the hidden video of Surfcough and his flatulence from last week s fireside chat:
 
 [image]http://pages.prodigy.net/rogerlori1/emoticons/fart2.GIF[/image]
 

[Surfcal]

 Cottonwooder
Griffsmom:
 
 You are way too interested in this flatulence issue.  The next rally we re together, I will be more than happy to give you a live demonstration.  I can also have Nick with me.  He has a lower pitch, more like a baritone.
 
 Surfcal