>  I've not had a Mickey D's hot chocolate for years. And it's easy
 > enough to make my own.

 >    Title: Quick Hot Chocolate
 > 1 1/2 c  Water
 >    3 oz Unsweetened baking chocolate
 >  1/3 c  White sugar
 >      pn Salt
 > 4 1/2 c  Milk

I like to make a large batch of chocolate syrup periodically and keep it
handy: bring a mixture of equal parts by volume water, cocoa and
sugar to a boil, stirring constantly. Let cool and decant into a
lidded jar. Later on, small portions can be flavoured separately
with vanilla, mint or one of the brown liquors if desired.

  Subj: A Cook's Tour

 DD> Pennsylvania Dutch Kluski Noodles

 JW> I doubt very much if the real Amish in Lancaster go
 JW> to town to buy packages of frozen spinach, envelopes of onion soup mix

 > No, they call up on their cell phones for Instacart delivery.  Bv)=

Yeah, right! [vbg}

  Subj: range hoods

 > Lint ... My dryer vents [get] an annual cleaning ... if it was
 > ignored for too long it would become a fire hazard.

Indeed. There was a house fire here last year from just that very
thing.

  Subj: Enchiladas was: Chiili/so

 DD>       Title: Make Ahead Breakfast Enchiladas
 DD>  8 sl Bacon; cooked, drained,
 DD>  12 oz Breakfast sausage; cooked,

 SH> peameal bacon

Peameal bacon is a regional Ontario thing; it's hard to find in
Alberta or up here.

 DD> 1 prefer streaky bacon

 >      Title: St. Augustine Breakfast Enchiladas
 >      2 c  Diced ham

They are all tasty choices but I think for an egg stuffed breakfast
enchilada or burrito I'd go with ham and save the other things for
other dishes.

  Subj: Fishies

> Some of my local cafes have jacked the price of a cuppa north of
> U$2.50

And the fancy places have offerings over $6! I have one cup at home
and a second one at work. We keep good quality freshly ground coffee
at both places and never go to coffee shops.  On the rare occasion
when I have a fine meal out at night I generally indulge in coffee
with a liqueur in lieu of dessert but I don't worry about the price
of the coffee then.

> And coffee is increasing in price.

Yep. Brazil has rainfall problems this year and people in both China and
India have learned to like it. I suggest buying several pounds of
whole beans before things get worse.

>   Subj: One Pot Meals - 14
>   Title: Sausage & Shrimp Panzanella Skillet
>   RECIPE FROM: https://www.mrfood.com

Panzanella is a bread and fresh tomato salad. It doesn't have
sausage or seafood in it and it certainly is not fried in a skillet!
The original Mr. Food, Art Ginsburg, has passed away. I don't know
who is running that website but they sure have some goofy ideas.

  Subj: credit cards

 DD> 5% "cash back"

Your credit card companies sure do offer more incentives than ours.
The best I can do is get 2% towards flights (along with other travel
perks) rather than just 1% but I'm tied to a single airline and the
card has an $80 per year fee attached to it.

 > those "rewards" are paid for by the processing fees that the
 > various companies charge the merchants to process credit card
 > purchases.

And ultimately by consumers who are all forced to pay jacked up
prices as a result.

 > Many of the smaller restaurants that I *used* to visit have begin
 > charging a "convenience fee"  of 4% to 5% for paying w/plastic.

I don't blame the ones who are already on slim margins. But the
practice is illegal in Canada and rarely done here.


Cheers

Jim


... Quesadilla summarized: corn tortillas + cheese + just about anything.

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