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Seafood Casserole(or, Poor Man’s Mayo-Free Mock Panko Dynamite)- very easy and tasty

December 12, 2008 Cathy Cooking, Recipes, What Cathy Eats!

mmm-yoso!!! is the blog about food. Here is yet another episode, written by Cathy.

Special Thanks to The Office Goat for giving me a more accurate title after trying the recipe. I need a Thesaurus for Christmas…

Hi. I apparently forgot to get all of you to sign my Vacation Request so I could skip a couple of $5 Fridays. Sorry. I try to show how to make a meal for two for $5 using ingredients on sale that week. That is the concept behind this series anyhow.

This recipe is so simple and wonderful. If you aren't lactose intolerant. Once you taste it, this is like crack. You will want it again and again and more each time. It is rich, decadent and wonderful. The Mister said I should not have put up such a mundane title or label for this recipe. If you have read this far, continue. I promise you will love this simple recipe.

I usually can find uncooked seafood on sale or marked down, and of course for the photograph today, couldn't. Fresh and Easy marks down items that are dated to go bad in the next day or so, and the seafood has a small sticker which will change color if the contents have gone bad. If you have a small casserole dish, buy about half as much seafood to fill it. Raw fish, scallops or shrimp or some cooked lobster, crab or that crab-like product.

For my casserole dish, 10 ounces is more than enough seafood. You also need one 'tube'/packet of crackers (see how good I am- multi grain Saltines)(Ritz crackers are particularly good, by the way), a stick of butter and some half and half, salt and pepper.

Crush the crackers, pour in the stick of melted butter and mix.

A small layer of buttered crackers can go on the bottom(you can spray with a non-stick coating first if you would like).

Then all the seafood on top of that.

Top with the rest of the butter/cracker mix, add salt and pepper.

Pour half and half to soak in the crackers, but not too much.

Bake @ 350° if raw, 325° if cooked seafood is used for 30 minutes or so, until top is browned.

The scallops are cooked and buttery and the crackers are both crispy and creamy…once you taste this, you'll crave it and sometimes might just bake crackers and butter with some half and half…

Have a nice weekend.

Cathy's Seafood Casserole

8-10 ounces raw seafood (fish, shrimp, scallops) or cooked crab, lobster or surimi.

One packet plain crackers (Saltines, Ritz)

One stick butter

Half and half, salt and pepper.

Crush crackers and mix with one stick melted butter. Layer on bottom, layer with seafood, layer rest of crackers. Salt and pepper top layer of cracker butter mix. Pour half and half to soak. Bake uncooked seafood @350° for 30 min (already cooked seafood can go at 325°) until top is browned. Let cool before burning the top of your mouth.

Red Rock Station Feast Buffet (or, what we did on the day after Thanksgiving)

December 3, 2008 Cathy Buffets, Las Vegas, What Cathy Eats!, yoso-silly

mmm-yoso!!! is just a blog about food. You get to experience our meals by reading about them. Today, Cathy returns with a real post about a silly day.

Hi. So it was the day after Thanksgiving and we woke up and knew we should be driving. Usually we are leaving from Detroit, and stopping at Crazy Jim's Blimpy Burger in Ann Arbor but this year we were in San Diego. Because of the weather back East.

So, we got in the car and headed north. RedRockdayafterthanksgiving 039

Seriously.

We did.

About 5 hours later, after a stop at Starbucks, we were in Las Vegas. RedRockdayafterthanksgiving 023

We intended to go to the Wynn, where I had eaten about two years ago (The Mister had never been there). But the line had more than 100 people waiting, and the menu was special and $40. For lunch. This horrible economy. RedRockdayafterthanksgiving 021

So, we drove across town, to the newer Red Rock, for lunch at $10 each.

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First, I went to the salad bar area and got my appetizers: Antipasto, sliced cheese, chilled ham, rare roast beef and turkey slices (all very tasty and not lunch meat-ish), marinated mushrooms, beet salad (made with a touch of orange)(really good) and fresh roll and butter.

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Then the 'why play games?' plate-5 spice pork rib (juicy and not overpowering with sauce),an upside down teriyaki chicken though, egg roll, end cut of roast beef (always good, large and with spices on the crust), fried okra and collard greens…I could have done without the egg roll.

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Then the schizophrenic, try a bit of everything plate: fried catfish and a hush puppy and some tartar sauce(surprisingly nice), pasta with Alfredo sauce (very nice), a piece of spicy tuna sushi (meh), stir fried noodles (I did not finish) and my favorite-olives!.

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A little more schizophrenia via The Mister's plate- more fried catfish, a pepperoni Stromboli (which was excellent), slice of cheese pizza (cheese and sauce was excellent, dough could have been baked longer), antipasto with meat, marinated artichokes, creamed corn, baked fish (very nice), black eyed peas, another roll and mac and cheese.

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Then it was about time for dessert, and The Mister got this plate.

All for himself.

I did try that spumoni gelato at the top left there and it was the best I have ever had in my life. Pistachio and cherry and even the chocolate were *so* good.

The carrot cake was excellent.

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My "dessert" plate.

Mashed potatoes and gravy (oh *so* good), stuffing with gravy, cranberry sauce, a blondie (unchocolate brownie), pot sticker (excellent filling and dough fried just right) and a piece of teriyaki chicken.

I did not care for the blondie.

and so we had to drive home.

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We stopped at the Mad Greek in Baker, for a fresh strawberry shake RedRockdayafterthanksgiving 008 .

The small is $4.45 now. Worth it.

We got home 12 hours after we left. A bit less than two full tanks of fuel and an exciting day.

We didn't eat at all on Saturday…

Red Rock Casino website 11011 West Charleston Blvd 89135

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Mad Greek 72112 Baker Boulevard Baker, CA 92309

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Tokyo Sushi, BBQ & Crepe (in Hemet) with a random stop-at Winchester Cheese Company

November 26, 2008 Cathy Cheese, Japanese Restaurants, Ontario/Riverside/San Bernadino, CA, Road Trip, Temecula/Idyllwild/Palm Springs - Riverside, CA, What Cathy Eats!, yoso-silly

mmm-yoso!!! is the food blog. Bunches of people seem to read what Kirk and ed(from Yuma), Cathy and a few others write about. You are one of them. Welcome back.

Hi. So, you may remember I documented my annual drive from San Diego to Detroit last year. This year the weather is absolutely not cooperating and my mom did not want The Mister and me to take to the roads, driving 12 hours a day for three days in a row. Needless to say, I was a bit fearful also, yet I also was so looking forward to this drive. I am going crazy not spending three days in a car with The Mister, then three days with my mom and brother and his family in Detroit and then another three days driving home. In that same car. With The Mister. Really.

I know where we "should be" about now and, more importantly, what we should be eating when in that area. There are fast food joints that don't exist out here in San Diego. There are tourist traps that are so much fun. We don't plan where we will stop, but have done that trip for so many years, there are a lot of places I have not shown you yet.

So, this year is different, yet unplanned and I *really* want to just drive and stop, without a plan or schedule.

So I did.

North. To Hemet. There it was. Tokyo and winchestercheese 012

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These two places. In a mall in Hemet.

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Next to each other.

What do I do?

Hm, Beijing Hawaiian. Sounds fairly common. Heck, I just had a Kahlua pork taco in Santee the other day. Tokyo Sushi, BBQ and Crepe.

Crepe.
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Walk up, order, pay. Watch The Owner and His Wife cook, behind the sushi bar.

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Neat and clean, dark lacquered tables and a bustling take out business. Soon, my order arrived. Tokyo and winchestercheese 007

A good sized, freshly made, sesame oil and seed infused seaweed salad ($2.95). Crunchy, fresh and an excellent portion.

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I had a cup of hot green tea, as I always do with my meals and it came with this nice lid to help it steep properly. There is a charge for tea here. Tokyo and winchestercheese 005

Doesn't matter. This is Combo #35, Chicken Katsu. ($5.95) This had to be two chicken breasts, perfectly fried, placed on top of shredded cabbage to get rid of any excess oil (there wasn't any) and served with steamed rice and a salad covered with a wonderful home made dressing.

I asked and the dressing is made with cider vinegar and sugar and carrots and celery. A family recipe. (The katsu sauce is store bought and the container is written all in Japanese in yellow and has a bulldog symbol on it. It is vinegary and compliments the crispy katsu quite well.)

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The reason I chose this place. A crepe.

Filled with sliced banana, a good vanilla ice cream and topped with whipped cream and chocolate sauce. ($5.95) Excellent.

So glad I stopped here. If you are out here, for some reason, do stop.

I decided to drive home a different way than I arrived (had taken the 215 and somehow got here); had passed SR79, which I know crossed the I-15 in Temecula, but is only 2 lanes wide.

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I saw this and had to stop. Actually, I had to make a U turn on the two lane route.

Tokyo and winchestercheese 016 I drove down a dirt road a short distance, seeing the Alta Dena milk cows on my right.

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Apparently the cheese cows were to the left.

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The Winchester Cheese Company.

There are samples of four different aged Gouda cheeses(minimally 60 days and the "super aged" is more than one year) and four different flavored Gouda cheeses(cumin, jalapeño, garden herb and smoked), all made from raw milk. Tokyo and winchestercheese 019

Tokyo and winchestercheese 023 I tasted all of the 'plain' Goudas and decided the least aged one had more depth of flavor to me, plus if I wanted to taste more aging, the edges are a bit dryer and should have a more aged flavor.

(I think flavored and smoked cheese is wrong, by the way.)

So anyhow, my own little vacation right here in Southern California. So far. Drive and stop; no plan.

Tokyo Sushi, BBQ and Crepe 1121 S. Sanderson Avenue Hemet 92545 (951-925-7711)

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Winchester Cheese Company 32605 Holland Road Winchester 92596 (951-926-4239)website

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Easy (Thanksgiving) Dinner side dishes

November 21, 2008 Cathy Cooking, What Cathy Eats!

mmm-yoso!!! is the food blog, written by Kirk and a few friends. Today Cathy is talking about cooking.

Hi. I hope everyone is getting ready to have a day or two off from work next week and planning on a little feast with family and friends. It is Friday, when I try to show an inexpensive meal for two, however I figure I'll just show some easy(two or three ingredient) and tasty side dishes that you can prepare for home or to take to someone's home as your contribution to the meal. Side dishes 001

Yep, you're seeing it correctly. Sweet potatoes, yams, whichever you prefer- on sale this week and next. Get about as many as will fit in the casserole dish you are using

Then there is that can…of frosting. Coconut pecan frosting. It has all the ingredients you'll need. Really

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Chop the tubers into about the same size pieces. DON'T peel.

As always, put root vegetables into cold water and then turn on the heat.

Boil, put a fork in to see if tender.

Cool. Don't rinse.

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Put the cooked and peeled potatoes/yams in the casserole dish, top with the frosting and into the oven it goes! (I just toss things in the oven while the turkey is cooking)

Take it out when the frosting is kind of melted. It is already cooked and can be served and eaten hot, warm or cooled (like, um at a tailgate…)

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Next two ingredient side dish: Bacon and Brussels sprouts. Also on sale this week.

There are no measurements you know. You can make this for yourself for lunch, with two slices of bacon and five sprouts or the pound of bacon and a casserole dish of sprouts.

Chop and cook the bacon until crispy. *Leave* the grease in the pan and remove the bacon.

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Peel any bad outside leaves from the sprouts, chop the stems off the bottom, cut the sprouts in half. Place centers down into hot bacon grease first.

The steam from the grease will help cook. Remove when tender and bright green color. Side dishes 033

Mix bacon with Brussels sprouts.

Serve.

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OK. Next ingredients. Fresh cranberries (12 ounce bags are how they are sold.

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You also will need one cup of sugar.

One cup of water.

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Put the sugar and water in a pan. Heat until boiling. Side dishes 018

You can see the sugar has melted and what is now formed is called "Simple Syrup"

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Add the cranberries. Bring back to a boil.

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Then lower the heat and simmer for about ten minutes. The cranberries will pop.

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Let cool to room temperature. Then you can refrigerate. The cranberry skins have helped form a pectin gel and it is done. Fresh and simple.

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Really lazy dessert. You all know I don't crave sweets, right?

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These pie crusts come like this.

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Unroll, cut out ( I used one of my thick walled coffee glasses) Side dishes 015

This is pie crust, so is not at all sweet, but will come out flaky. I sprinkled some sugar on top before baking.

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Put in the oven and take out when the bottom is light brown, like those two upside down in this photo. You can see the cookies puffed up and are basically flaky layers. If they are not sweet enough for you, grab some of that cranberry sauce and dollop on top….

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Finally, my mom's "Hot dish".

Frozen potatoes, cream of chicken soup and cheese.

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Let the potatoes thaw. Put a layer onto the bottom of a casserole dish, half the can of soup, some grated cheese. Do this again with another layer. Top with a layer of potatoes and cheese and maybe some pats of butter.

Put into the hot oven. The potatoes are cooked so this is another more or less heat through item.

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This is a good side dish, or if you add leftover chicken, a good casserole.

I hope you've enjoyed this episode of a $5 Friday and that maybe you'll try these simple tasty sides for one of your meals.

Have a good weekend (and week, if you are taking a little vacation)!

A Fancy-ish $5 Friday- Salade Nicoise/Insalata Nizzardo

November 14, 2008 Cathy Cooking, Recipes, What Cathy Eats!

mmm-yoso!!! is a blog. A bunch of us friends let you vicariously enjoy and maybe get inspired about food we eat. We will just pretend we are eating in a foreign country, OK?

Hi. Cathy here with a meal for two for less than $5. It's simple.

Today, I went to the cabinet and found the last two potatoes then found three eggs in the refrigerator, along with my ever present jar of anchovies and so went to the cabinets and found some basics. I buy items on sale and hardly ever pay full price, so the total cost of ingredients is less than $5. Insalata nizzarda 001

There are varying definitions of what a Salade Nicoise (or, the Italian, Insalata Nizzardo) is made of. The main ingredients it should have are basically what is found fresh and available -potatoes, green beans, hard boiled eggs, olives and tuna. It does not necessarily include lettuce. If you have lettuce, put it on the bottom of all of the ingredients. A simple dressing is 1/4 C oil with 2 Tbs vinegar, salt and pepper.

This salad is not Puttanesca in nature-made of what is in the cabinet-however it is November and the garden is sparse. I do keep dilled green beans in the can on hand specifically for this dish. They taste good straight from the can.

The most expensive ingredient is the tuna. I basically only buy solid tuna in oil, usually Tonono, an Italian brand. Sometimes people put seared tuna fillets on the plate. That makes it way more expensive, but good.

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I had cooked and chilled some beets from the garden a few days ago and had roasted some of the last tomatoes from my garden to use in sauce…found those in the fridge also. I boiled and cooled the potatoes and eggs.

It is supposed to be a hot weekend. This would be a refreshing outdoor meal. I hope everyone has a nice weekend!

{Thanks JanFrederick!}

$5 Friday Meal -Tuna Casserole

November 7, 2008 Cathy Cooking, Recipes, What Cathy Eats!

mmm-yoso!!! is just a food blog. A few people contribute and we talk about what and where we ate for the most part. Today is a what, written by Cathy.

Hi. Kirk is taking a break since he has been doing a lot after his vacation. Plus, this is the 14th Friday now I am writing about meals for two which can be made for $5 or less using ingredients found on sale this week. Since it has been cold out these past few mornings and evenings, using the oven (opposed to the outdoor grill or the microwave or stovetop) helps get the inside of the house warm.

There are thousands of casseroles, or "Hot Dish" meals which can be easily and quickly made, all using a varying combination of ingredients yet primarily the same general ones: protein, dairy, vegetable, starch and a wet binding/sauce. Sometimes I toss in leftovers and bake.

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I added frozen peas and some pimento for color and flavor.

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If you use wide, flat egg noodles, you don't have to cook ahead. If you have some sort of twisty/thick noodles, cook (in salted water to add flavor because the pasta will not take on any flavor after it is cooked) and drain. Tuna casserole 004

Flake the tuna (don't drain it), add the can of cream soup along with 1/2 can of milk, a large handful (1 Cup) of frozen peas and about a tablespoon (or more of the pimento.

Mix. Fold in the noodles. Tuna casserole 006

Put in the oven at 350° for about 30 minutes, to heat through.

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Cathy's Tuna Noodle Casserole

2 cans tuna in water (about 12 ounces total), flaked. Do not drain.

1 can cream of mushroom/celery/chicken soup

1/2 can milk

1 C frozen peas

2 Tbs chopped pimento

6 ounces pasta cooked in salted water

Mix together all but the pasta. Fold in pasta. Bake, uncovered for 30 minutes @ 350°

Happy Halloween

October 31, 2008 Cathy Recipes, What Cathy Eats!, yoso-silly

mmm-yoso!!! is the blog about food, mostly written by Kirk (but he is still on vacation) and ed (from Yuma) (but he is in Yuma and working) and Cathy, who is here now and writing about one of her little secret cravings.

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It is Halloween Day and soon the children in costumes will be at my door, begging for a treat, lest they give me a trick.

I am prepared.

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Yes, I want the leftovers (if there are any) and do not crave chocolate. So, 50 vendor bags of each of three salty snacks have been purchased.

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But, right now it is lunch time and I am hungry…but not just for a snack…

SO….Grab one of these.

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Go to your kitchen and see if you have these two ingredients. (cheese and jarred or canned or boxed chili).

Heat up the chili.

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Open the bag.

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Ladle some of the hot chili right into the bag.

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Top with some cheese.

Maybe some chopped onions.

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Leave the spoon in the bag. Eat. Enjoy. Toss the bag and there is only the spoon to clean up.

I hope everyone has a safe and Happy Halloween and a good weekend. I'll have a more complex "recipe" next week.

Oishii – an excellent Thai and Japanese and Sushi restaurant in Santee

October 30, 2008 Cathy Japanese Restaurants, Sushi and Sashimi, Thai Restaurants, What Cathy Eats!

mmm-yoso!!! is the food blog written by a bunch of friends. Cathy is still blogging about meals she has eaten.

Hi. I blogged Oishii about two years ago- as my last post before Kirk and His Missus came back from their Hawaiian vacation. It is a small restaurant that serves great, fresh sushi, wonderful Japanese food and Thai. Wonderful Thai food. Because all I keep reading in my email from Kirk is describing Thailand and Laos and the food he is eating there, I have been craving Thai almost daily…I suppose to be enjoying something vicariously.

Oishii is in a strip mall on Mast Boulevard (an exit off the 52) just before Magnolia, and seems nondescript. OiishiThai 002 (I will insert a photo of the restaurant soon but will post now).

It isn't very fancy but it is nice and clean. There are 10 chairs surrounding the sushi bar, 5 booths and 8 tables.

The menu does have a plethora of Special rolls listed which a lot of people seem to order. I didn't.

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I always get an oyster shooter ($3.50) and sometimes they give me two which always makes me happy.

There are at least two oysters in the shot glasses which are filled with the liqueur of the oyster and spicy sauce, topped with masago (herring roe) and served with a lime slice.

The Mister ordered the fried calamari appetizer ($5), which is listed on the Thai side of the menu, even though tempura is all over the Japanese side…

In amazingly light batter and very soft, tender squid. It is always done so well here.

Served with a sweet chili dipping sauce (which tastes like the stuff I usually buy off the shelf at 99Ranch, which is from Thailand).(The cap is yellow and "Pantai norasingh" is written on it-this is thicker than the sauce served with the calamari, but the flavor balance is the same).

I got the silver noodle salad ($7.95) made with bean threads, shrimp and chicken and covered with a spicy lime based dressing.

It is always fresh made and very filling.

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Not much spice for The Mister, still, so he got beef pad see ewe- flat noodles with red and green pepper, onion, black bean sauce and broccoli. ($9.95)

Fresh vegetables, beef and sauce as well as nicely fried noodles.

It is always good here. The Japanese and sushi is prepared as well and as much care as the Thai food. Always fresh.

Excellent lunch specials.

Oishii Japanese-Thai Cuisine and Sushi Bar 10251 Mast Boulevard Santee 92071 (619) 596-4852

Mon-Sat 11-9 closed Sunday

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Wednesday revelations

October 29, 2008 Cathy What Cathy Eats!

Welcome back to mmm-yoso!!!, the blog about food. Cathy is still talking, ed is still in Yuma and Kirk (and His Missus) are still in Thailand.

So anyhow, I was eating somewhere and was talking with my friend about different restaurants and what to order where and someone asked me if I was a food blogger, mentioned the word "yoso" and walked away-it was kind of creepy, in a stalker-like way. In that particular restaurant, I saw three people taking photos of their food anyhow. I didn't even have my camera with me. I haven't posted on the place and might not. But, if you are some sort of stalker type, there are clues if you watch how I eat or order… Baked potato 002

Say you are at Wendy's and see someone with a baked potato.

Seems OK, so far…but the potato is not cut open…the butter is on the outside. Baked potato 004

Hm. So is the sour cream.

OK. Now the clue. Baked potato 006

Never, ever, EVER would this be the part I would toss away from a baked potato-anywhere. Ever.

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THIS is the part I don't bother with- the innards of a baked potato. Useless. I love potato skins. With butter. Real butter.

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OK. Here's another clue.

Say it is before the sun rises.

You are in Santee.

You see Mary's donuts and few cars parked outside. One of them is most likely mine.

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You see someone looking at all the hot fresh donuts, Mary's 009

eventually settling on no more than four. One maybe has chocolate.

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(Because The Mister will eventually wake up and somehow know I brought home donuts.) But one will *always* be a plain glazed French Cruller. That's mine.

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A final tell about how I eat. Pretty much anywhere (this photo is from Longhorn), I will get a 1/3 to 1/2 lb, medium rare burger, no cheese…and if I can, put some mayonnaise, lettuce, tomato, onions and pickles on it. But *never* cheese.

So, if you see someone eating and talking about food, it might be me and it might not. We are all just people. Blogging is a hobby for most of us…a kind of diversion. It does not define us. We are just happy to be sharing part of ourselves-kind of anonymously. Start a conversation about food and things that might be of interest to the other person. Don't worry if they blog or not.

Today is a busy day for me. Gotta run. I hope all of you are having a nice week so far.

Mary's Donuts SouthEast corner of Mission Gorge Road at the 125/52 exchange, Santee. Never closed.

Taco Tuesdays-inexpensive deals around town.

October 28, 2008 Cathy Chains, Taco Shops, What Cathy Eats!, yoso-silly

This is mmm-yoso!!!, the food blog where Kirk, ed (from Yuma) and Cathy contribute sometimes interesting and sometimes mindless posts about food they ate. You get to enjoy our creative writing exercises.

Hello again. Cathy here with a summary of an interesting phenomenon I have been noticing around town- really inexpensive fast food…Taco Tuesdays-deals on tacos at Del Taco and Rubio's and L&L Hawaiian- available only on Tuesdays. You can get a semi-decent meal (protein and vegetable anyhow) for little cash.

Del Taco three for $1.38 Hard shell or soft shell. The "filling"…about what you should expect for 45¢…yet quite tasty if you spread the meat around and add some hot sauce and three are enough to satisfy as a snack. The hard shells are very thin an delicate. You can get this three mini taco deal for 78¢ more any other day during the week.

The $1.25 fish tacos-Tuesday only-from Rubio's(with a 75¢side of guacamole and $1.38 side of beans.) The innards of a Rubio's fish taco… beer batter fried piece of flaky fresh white fish topped with shredded cabbage and a tangy white sauce and salsa.

Here is a better photo- Served on a corn tortilla (although you can get it on a flour tortilla, which would make it not a taco). Served with a slice of lime garnish to squeeze over everything.

Last week, we ordered a quesedilla ($4.49)-cheeses melted in a large flour tortilla garnished with guacamole and sour cream and served with fresh fried corn tortilla chips. It was not very good nor very filling. Stick with the taco special.

If you just have a craving for a fried shell, a sort of meat filling, topped with shredded lettuce and cheese all fried in that shell, Jack in the Box has two tacos for 99¢ 24 hours a day…you've had these. I know.