-=> Dale Shipp wrote to Dave Drum <=-

 DS> Then there is a chain called Papa John's which is just a little bit
 DS> closer to us.  They do a pretty good pizza.  They usually win out in

 DD> Poppa John's is probably the best of the National chains - of course
 DD> the competition isn't *that* stiff.  Bv(=

 DD> Has Papa Murphy's Take 'n Bake come to your area yet? I have friends

 DS> No.  We've not seen them.  OTOH, something that we sometimes buy to
 DS> stock up on pizza for later comes from Costco.  They offer fairly large
 DS> uncooked pizza for $9.99.  Half of that is a good meal for us,
 DS> especially after we add the green pepper, onions and more cheese.  It
 DS> comes in two flavors -- the one we get is covered solid with pepperoni,
 DS> the other has mozz slices, tomato and basil.

Papa Murphy's started in Hap-land (Seattle) and has been spreading
eastward. Be sort of hard to go west without water wings.  Bv)=

According to my Bing search engine there are three Maryland locations -
Frederick, Ellicot City and Hagerstown. Not all that close to you I don't
hink.

 DD> who will buy a pie there and take it home and "tart it
up" with enough

 DS> Exactly.  Once in a while we might even add some sausage if we have a
 DS> little left over.

I've never been a fan of making/baking pizza at home. Perhaps because of
very convenient delivery/take away options coupled with an inherent upside
down taste/work ratio

 DS> I doubt that you would call this spicy as it sits -- but you could
 DS> easily take care of that :-}}

Critique interleaved .....

 DS> MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.05

 DS>       Title: Quick & Spicy Beans
 DS>  Categories: Digest, Oct., Fat free
 DS>       Yield: 1 servings

 DS>       1 cn Garbanzo beans
 DS>       1 cn Great northern whites
 DS>       1 cn Pinto beans
 DS>       1 cn Kidney beans
 DS>       1 cn Lentils

These must be available - but, I've never noticed them on my grocer's shelves.

 DS>       1 pk Lipton's French Onion soup

Instant kitchen karma. And a decent all-purpose additive for all sorts of
stuff ... like pot roasts.

 DS>       2    Generous tablespoons
 DS>            Kozlowski Farms South of the
 DS>            Border no fat Dressing.

Huh!?!?! No-fat ......... where's the flavour? Looking at my search engine
I see that Kozlowski Farms is a Sonoma County Californica outfit - which
explains a lot. If I ever made this (doubtful) I'd probably sub Wishbone's
South of The Border Ranch Dressing tarted up with some crushed red pepper
flakes.

 DS>       3 tb Hain's honey barbeque sauce

From the New York based folks who bring you Celestial seasonings.

 DS>   Heat all the ingredients.  Simply wonderful.

 DS>   I attended a McWell potluck last night and the following dish was one
 DS>   of the biggest hits.  You can make it with fresh beans if you enjoy
 DS>   cooking or canned are fine as well. I used cans.

 DS>   Posted by Barbara Zimmerman  to the Fatfree Digest
 DS>   [Vol. 11 Issue 28], Oct. 28, 1994. FATFREE Recipe collections

That explains it all.   Bv)=  EXCEPT - where is the "spicy" part(s)?

 DS>   copyrighted by Michelle Dick 1994. Used with permission. Formatted by
 DS>   Sue Smith, S.Smith34, TXFT40A{at}Prodigy.com using MMCONV.

No fat, no flavour!!!!

I make a "spicy" multi bean "stew" here.

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06

      Title: Dave's Multi-Bean Stew
 Categories: Beans, Chilies, Vegetables, Pork
      Yield: 6 Servings

    1/2 c  Dried pinto beans
    1/2 c  Dried Great Northern Beans
    1/2 c  Dried Butter beans *
    1/2 c  Dried Chickpeas (garbanzos)
      2 sl Thick-cut bacon
      1 ts Bacon dripping from cooking
           - bacon
      1 md Onion; chopped coarse
      3 cl Garlic; mashed
      8 oz Can tomato puree or paste
      8 oz Can El Pato tomato sauce
      2 ts Ground cumin
      1 tb Chilli spice
           Salt & pepper
      1 md Bell pepper; cored, diced
      1    Dried red chile; ground
           Water; as needed

  * Large white lima beans

  Soak beans overnight, if desired. Then drain and add
  fresh water. Boil the beans hard for 10 to 15 minutes
  to kick start the conversion of the starches. Reduce
  the heat to a nice four bubble simmer and cover the
  pot. Cook until tender but not mushy.

  NOTE: You can also crock-pot the beans after boiling.

  Crisp cook the bacon in a largish non-stick skillet.
  Reserve and crumble the cooked bacon to add into the
  bean pot or sprinkle as a garnish. Pour off into the
  drippings can all but sufficient dripping to saute'
  the alliums.

  Saute' onion and garlic in bacon fat. Add tomato sauces,
  chilli spice, salt & pepper, parsley and ground red
  pepper with a little water.

  Boil for 10-15 minutes. Add to beans and add the cumin
  at this time, cook for 25 minutes or longer.

  NOTE: This is a multi-bean standalone side dish version
  of my chilli beans recipe. It will set your sinuses
  free and your taste buds a-tingle.

  Recipe and MM Format by Dave Drum

  Uncle Dirty Dave's Kitchen

MMMMM

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