For sure, and I understand that there were entire
regiments made up of Irishmen, and some of them did
pretty well, with undereducated but sagacious ones
frequently becoming officers.

Sure did as I recall. Noncoms at least.

It's worse because I have high contrast turned off,
because it's incompatible with a lot of Websites. I
read Bonbons on toast. As I understand it, the Irish
regiments had Irish officers, perhaps not all the way to
the top, but you got Irish majors and colonels and such.

They're not bad. Not worth fussing over but not bad.

I do recall having sampled raw potato and also
finding it unimpressive.

Raw sweet potato is also oddly not good.

As an annual or biennial ritual I take Swisher to
Kava's, a local breakfastery, and I buy him his usual
waffle with a side of bacon, and I get some mostly
savory but massively starchy platter, and today I ordered
the inconceivable or intractable or inedible platter,
which is ham, sausage, bacon, Spam, eggs, and potatoes,
side of toast, pancakes, or biscuit. I got the short
stack of pancakes, enough in itself for a meal; what's
relevant is I asked for hash browns extra well done,
so the cook took a (12 oz) serving and cranked the heat.
Result: quite crispy on the outside, raw inside. The
waitress asked if I needed them sent back. I sighed and
said I'd eat them, which I did, the crispy part anyhow.

Yeah - I'm fond of latkes and latkelike things,
with maybe a few exceptions.

Starch plus oil plus heat usually equals good things.

As I said, I ate the crispy parts.

I suppose, but I wonder about the toxicity of
potatoes given its reputation (there are those
who claim that were they a newly introduced
foodstuff, they'd be banned in short order).

They'd have to ban rhubarb too. The leaves can really put the hurt on

As with most of those rules, there are caveats. That
is mostly true if you're inclined to urinary problems
and if you like rhubarb leaves enough to down a large
serving, several times in a short period. If you eat
only normal amounts of vegetables and alternate with
other less problematic things, you should be fine with
them. The original French Larousse noted that people
in the provinces eat the leaves and I think provided a
recipe. The original English translation from Hamlyn
faithfully reported that, but there had to be an
erratum slip put into each book sold in the US because
some agency raised a stink.

you. My great-grandfather thought ripe tomatoes were poisonous; I
agree but not for toxicity reasons.

I like ripe raw and cooked tomatoes. They do have a
peculiar alkaloidy taste, which I've gotten over. It took
me decades. I'll note that unripe tomatoes have more of
that taste.

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Title: Chicken Thighs Marengo
Categories: Low-cal Chicken
Servings: 6

6 x Chicken Thighs(2 lb),skinned 1/2 t Salt
1/4 t Pepper 2 t Olive oil
1 c Sliced fresh Mushrooms 4 x Green onions, sliced
1 x Clove Garlic, minced 1/2 c Dry White Wine (or
Chablis)
1/4 t Dried whole Thyme 2 x Med tomatoes, cut in
wedges
1 T Minced fresh parsley

Trim excess fat from chicken. Rinse chicken with cold water, pat dry.
Place in a shallow container. Sprinkle with salt and pepper.
Coat a large skillet with cooking spray; add olive oil. Place over
med-hi
heat until hot. Add chicken to skillet; cook 2-3 minutes on each side
until lightly browned. Remove chicken from skillet, and drain on paper
towels.
Wipe skillet dry with a paper towel. Recoat skillet with cooking spray;
place over med-hi heat until hot. Add mushrooms and cook 2 minutes,
stirring frequently. Remove mushrooms from skillet, and set aside.
Recoat skillet with Pam. Place over med-hi heat until hot. Add green
onions and garlic; saute 1 minute. Stir in wine and thyme. Add reserved
chicken. Bring mixture to a boil. Cover; reduce heat, and simmer 25
minutes. Add reserved mushrooms and tomato wedges; simmer 2 minutes or
until thoroughly heated.
Sprinkle with parsley, and serve immediately.
PER SERVING: 175 calories, 18.6 g protein, 9.2 g fat, 3.9 g carbohydrates
65 g cholesterol, 1.4 mg iron, 262 mg sodium, 20 mg calcium.
source unknown

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For sure, and I understand that there were entire
regiments made up of Irishmen, and some of them did
pretty well, with undereducated but sagacious ones
frequently becoming officers.

Sure did as I recall. Noncoms at least.

It's worse because I have high contrast turned off,
because it's incompatible with a lot of Websites. I
read Bonbons on toast. As I understand it, the Irish
regiments had Irish officers, perhaps not all the way to
the top, but you got Irish majors and colonels and such.

I think most of them were Protestants however. Back in the day, you
generally had to come from a somewhat wealthy family to end up as an
officer, at least most of the time.

Raw sweet potato is also oddly not good.

As an annual or biennial ritual I take Swisher to
Kava's, a local breakfastery, and I buy him his usual
waffle with a side of bacon, and I get some mostly
savory but massively starchy platter, and today I ordered
the inconceivable or intractable or inedible platter,
which is ham, sausage, bacon, Spam, eggs, and potatoes,
side of toast, pancakes, or biscuit. I got the short
stack of pancakes, enough in itself for a meal; what's
relevant is I asked for hash browns extra well done,
so the cook took a (12 oz) serving and cranked the heat.
Result: quite crispy on the outside, raw inside. The
waitress asked if I needed them sent back. I sighed and
said I'd eat them, which I did, the crispy part anyhow.

Ewwwww. Ick. Burnt on the outside, raw on the inside. Double ick.

Yeah - I'm fond of latkes and latkelike things,
with maybe a few exceptions.

Starch plus oil plus heat usually equals good things.

As I said, I ate the crispy parts.

Not the worst thing that could have happened. As long as the cow and
pig parts were OK.

They'd have to ban rhubarb too. The leaves can really put the

hurt on

As with most of those rules, there are caveats. That
is mostly true if you're inclined to urinary problems
and if you like rhubarb leaves enough to down a large
serving, several times in a short period. If you eat

Unless you get really unlucky of course. It's like green potatoes.
There may not be enough poison in one to hurt you, but then again
there's no point in taking chances.

you. My great-grandfather thought ripe tomatoes were poisonous; I
agree but not for toxicity reasons.

I like ripe raw and cooked tomatoes. They do have a
peculiar alkaloidy taste, which I've gotten over. It took
me decades. I'll note that unripe tomatoes have more of
that taste.

I've tried to get to liking them for ages, but can't get over the
texture or the flavor. Other than those they're fine.

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