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From: james
Date: Thu May  5 08:26:28 MST 2005
Subject: Any recipes book ideas

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KeithB: ya gotta be kiddin' (5/8/05)

rodhugen: Hey! I object! (5/8/05)

james: Keith, you're married not single! (5/9/05)

Karen: Solo gourmet (5/9/05)

james: My omelette is more of the skillet variety (5/10/05)

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james: My omelette is more of the skillet variety (5/10/05)
Karen: Solo gourmet (5/9/05)
james: Keith, you're married not single! (5/9/05)
rodhugen: Hey! I object! (5/8/05)
KeithB: ya gotta be kiddin' (5/8/05)

Yes, yes, yes... what a great idea. A book of poems with a great cover. So ... how about some recipes from y'all. Especially for all the single folk up in this 'hood. I've got to drop y'all my recipe for Chilighetti.
So the next book for the Village would have to be: The Single Villager's Cookbook. I've gotten a little tired of all my recipes inspired by my Top Ramen and my cans of Cream of Mushroom soup. There's only so many times I can make my famous Ravioli that I learned from my babysitter SportsCenter and Senor Boyardee.
Let me know if you have any we might include in a future book.
Chef Jaime

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From: KeithB
Date: Sun May  8 15:28:26 MST 2005
Subject: ya gotta be kiddin'

The problem with a Village cookbook...well, the biggest problem, anyway...is that all our recipes would just end up being plagiarised from other cookbooks.
Oh, and the other big problem: it would be like marketing a sardine in an ocean of church cookbooks already out there.
Better to bother Betty Crocker, brother.
Kb

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From: rodhugen
Date: Sun May  8 16:54:25 MST 2005
Subject: Hey!  I object!

I have hardly ever used a cookbook in my life. And you were the beneficiary (?) of one of the few times I did. Remember the sauce that went with the roast beef? It is crucial to differentiate between two canned chilis in adobe sauce and two cans of chili in adobe sauce. I suspect one would give you a midly spicy sauce while the one I made, trying to follow a recipe, gave a five alarm 'burn down the house' sauce that only one of your former housemates seemed to pretend to appreciate.
Rod

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From: james
Date: Mon May  9 05:37:13 MST 2005
Subject: Keith, you're married not single!

Keith, you're married. The title for the book suggests to me it would be written by singles in or known by the Village. No offense. Rod, we really need to straighten up Keith. I think he needs help. Give me a call. Better yet send me an email if you could. www.jmccammonii@yahoo.com. Thanks.
I'm not thinking of selling it. Just as a ministry to help us single folk out. Mention where you got it from if you need to. I don't want anybody getting sued over copyright infringement.
Anybody got a recipe for Single's Pot Roast or something else they have had with bigger groups and have also made for themselves or for a "party of two"?

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From: Karen
Date: Mon May  9 11:36:02 MST 2005
Subject: Solo gourmet

Yeah, it sure is different when you're cooking for less than 14 people at a time.
My favorite cooking-for-one hint: learn to make a killer omelette. Not to brag, but I think I may have arrived. At least am on my way there.

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From: james
Date: Tue May 10 06:44:03 MST 2005
Subject: My omelette is more of the skillet variety

I should have had the patent on it! I've been making omelettes since my dad taught me when I was about 11 yrs. old. I'm still working on the whole flipping at just the right time issue. I prefer the skillet variety myself.
When I go to Denny's, IHOP, and other breakfast places I see that they also thought of the skillet idea. I'm not sure yet if I could have issued my patent on the idea. I thought it was all my own idea to just scramble the egg and add other parts of my omelettes in good timing.
Good thinking, Karen. Thanks. Any more ideas? Are you able to keep a four-egg omelette together? Mine are usually the four-to-five-egg variety. I need to eat something that, for my metabolism rate, makes my belly feel it has some work to do.
My dad taught me and my sister how to cook one day when I was 9 or 10 and my sister a little older. I remember making macaroni & cheese with her. The reason he taught us how to cook was we had asked that night what our dad was going to make for dinner after a long day at work. He decided to teach us right there and then.

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