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I've been missing this thread. I went back and read the last 2 pages. I learn stuff here, if I remember to read it.

I just learned about rutabagas, meatloaf, and a heck of a lot about chicken feet, lol.

Gershun, I wish I didn't feel like eating much. I feel like eating all the time, never sugary stuff, but hamburgers and egg rolls and big, fat, salads with everything in them and lots of prosciutto for snacking. I would like to lose 10 pounds but it ain't happening, not even with working out several times a week. I need to diet, too, if I want to lose some belly fat and I don't want to diet. I really like my food these days, maybe a bit too much. Oh well.

I ate at work earlier and wasn't too hungry tonight so I threw some turkey lunch meat in a bowl around 9pm and put in on my bed, thinking I would snack on it while I surf online. Did I forget I had cats or what? I saw Divo's face down in the bowl when I came back in the room.... debated on whether or not to throw out the whole bowl... decided I'd throw away the top piece and take my chances with the rest of it. Blech.

At least he doesn't like the red cabbage I have in the other bowl and that's safe from him.
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I snagged a 50% off rotisserie chicken from the cooler at the grocery store and reheated it for my supper, tomorrow I'll make broth with the bones and some leftover veggies. SharynMMarie's pasta sounds yummy, maybe I'll do a chicken tetrazzini with some of the chicken.
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Homemade spaghetti sauce with spaghetti, yum yum! We have our grandsons for dinner, so I had to make something they both will eat!
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Glad, that is a plus, that you get to choose things you like. :)
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But it is always something that I like.😉 if I can figure out what it is.
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LOL.
Lu I can see it now. That was funny. :)

So weird isn't it? In bakeries they sell Bear claws and in grocery store Chicken Paws, and frog legs, pigs feet.
I imagine there is more meat on the rest of the animals than their hands and feet? Just sayin'

I think these are very stimulating conversations Lu. :)
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Meat loaf, scalloped potatoes and peas. Again tomorrow, then will freeze the rest of the meat loaf.

Just one of the disadvantages of living alone, not a whole lot of variety and many, many leftovers in the freezer.
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In my crazy mind,I see chicken's running around with no paws and people running into grocery stores raiding the meat freezer area and Coloniel Sander's standing in the middle of it all holding a chicken finger sayn'"It's finger lickn' good!".yeah,this has been regular conversation alright.....not~ (LOL) :)
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Wouldn't want to see the chickens those paws came from, Lu.
I guess they are a big seller since people can't keep their paws off of them. :)
Learn something new everyday.
Pigs have wings and chickens have paws, what a crazy world.
Definitely not finger lickin' good. Definitely Not!
Had a neighbor once that would ask my Dad for the chicken feet whenever he butchered the chickens. I always wondered how he cooked them. To each their own.
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Yogurt parfait so far. May have some toast later. Not real hungry these days.
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smeshque...Sorry my description of chicken finger's made you queezy ....
"Chicken Paws" are what theyr'e called at the grocery store.I didn't know chickens had paws.To some people,maybe they are finger lickin' good,but I'm not one of them.
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On chicken feet - when you cook them, the nails and skin come off. Not only are any germs dead from boiling for so long, there's nothing that's touched poop!

You know how good bone broth is, right? Well, chicken feet are full of the protein that makes aspic, gelatin, etc. When you cool it down, you have what my house calls chicken jelly which is perfect to put on top of some rice!

We used to raise our own chickens and saved the feet for our pastor's Korean wife and our BVI friends. Everyone loves thick broth. Since hubby was told to go vegan for his heart, we have not had any, but we sure do miss it.
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Luckylu,
Now I see why you said to report you!
Chicken fingers....
Finger lickin' good!

It's what's for dinner on a full moon, I think.
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Re chicken fingers or chicken tenders, they are part of the breast meat - a small muscle called pectoralis minor. If you have a whole chicken, or large chicken pieces you can separate it out quite easily, coat it, and fry up your own chicken fingers. 😁
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A local grocery used to stock chicken feet for the Jamaican guys who worked here seasonally, I'm not sure what they did with them though!
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Dim Sum is basically Chinese street food, if a restaurant serves Dim Sum you can rest assured that their food is close to authentic. I say close because there are some ingredients that are not available in the US for completely authentic. If you've never had it, can I recommend you find a Chinese restaurant that serves it and sample a few items. It is very delicious.

The chicken feet are served fried as is, you eat exactly what you see.

They are actually really tasty but I couldn't deal with the texture. I also couldn't feel comfortable spitting out chicken parts in public.
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Thanks for telling me that Isthisrealyreal...I wondered what dish called for them.
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Chicken feet prepared for consumption do look like little fingers. They are declawed and peeled. Full of cartilage, super weird texture. Dim Sum delicacy.
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I believe you Lu- just never seen them.
Although I am not surprised if chickens did have fingers with all the steroids and antibiotics they are filled with.
My DH cannot eat chicken or turkey bought either grocery or fast food, he is like an antibiotic tester. If it is all natural, he is fine, but if it has some junk in it he gets welps all over face and body for about a half an hour. Itchy. Its awful. So he doesn't eat any fowl unless harvested in nature or we raised them. Needless to say with my fondness of my chickens that I raise, no one eats chicken around here. :)
Just the eggs.
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smeshque...They really are chicken's fingers.They have 'em right by the thighs,legs,and breasts at the grocery store,Iv'e seen them unless maybe theyr'e claws ,but I really don't think so.Theyr'e little bittyfingers off of little bitty hands I tell ya.
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For the longest time, tacos have beguiled me with complexity. For some reason, every time I made tacos they were tasteless, and I thought I needed a whole bunch of prepared salsas and sauces to do it right. I dreaded Taco Tuesday.

Well! I am so pleased, shocked, really, that I just made tacos and they were incredibly easy ... wait for it... and tasty! I am in shock. The recipe found on “Dinner at the Zoo” was wonderful. Just thought I’d share my breakthrough today!
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Meat loaf sounded good, so meat loaf, scalloped potatoes and peas.
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Lu- that makes me queezy, the description of chicken fingers. And don't they know that chickens do not have fingers. They do have toes, however. Maybe they are actually chicken toes on steroids?
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Send....The chicken fingers Iv'e seen look like theyr'e from little children's hands except theyr'e old and wrinkled looking.I would certainly hope your's don't look like that!
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Luckylu,
My fingers don't look like that!

Thanks for the beef stroganoff recipe! Must be comfort food, cause went to bed early and slept all night.
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Decided to turn yellow cake mix I found into a Rum cake.It doesn't have to be just for Christmas I guess.
The only other "fingers" I know cwillie,are chicken fingers I saw at the grocery store.They look like real fingers too,just gross.
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I always liked fingers of rutabaga (we just called them turnips) as part of a raw veggie tray, as long as it was a nice sweet and tender one.

Golden, I love my veggies but I don't think I could make one into a whole meal!
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Love cruciferous veggies! I make a meal of yam too, or any of the squashes. I had an acorn squash for a meal the other day. I just nuke them - fast and easy.

I have turned the coolest basement bedroom window ledge into cold storage for fruits and veggies. Wish I had a root cellar.

lu - rutabaga are sometimes called turnips, but are larger and yellow,
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LOL! Promiscuous turnips?!! 😁

Rutabagas are the result of some promiscuous turnips crossing with wild cabbages in the 1600s, and while they contain the genes of both veggies, they’re considered a part of the cruciferous family of vegetables (cousins include broccoli and Brussels sprouts) and pack similar health benefits.

https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/health/diet-nutrition/a20706455/rutabaga-recipes/

I sometimes make a meal of a baked yam. Might have to try rutabaga.
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Yeah Golden,I love to go out in the kitchen and see what I can concoct out of what I have on hand.It makes me feel good to make do with what I have and not have to go to the grocery store.
With the ice and snow here,I sure don't want to get out today,so I was thrilled to find some hamburger in the freezer and a yellow cake mix in the cupboard this morning.Now were all set for dinner and dessert tonight.
I don't know what a Rutabaga is,but it sounds like a Radish to me and I don't think I'd ever want a whole meal of that,but you go Golden.Your'e a healthy eater,I can tell.
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