Wednesday, June 9, 2010

Quick 'n' Easy --- in name alone

Yesterday I had a pound of ground round in the icebox, and not an ounce of energy to fix dinner. So, I grabbed Good Housekeeping's Quick 'n' Easy Cook Book of time-saver dishes for today's busy woman, sure that I'd find a bevy of beefy options.You know what I got? I got squat.

Having the pound of round was the easy part, but it was paging through the cook book that it became clear that I hadn't been quick to pick up a 50's gal's pantry staples. Not having these ingredients on hand meant that I would come up empty handed in the dinner department:

  • canned minced clams
  • canned condensed green-pea soup
  • monosodium glutamate
  • canned roast beef
  • canned corned-beef hash
  • canned luncheon meat
  • canned apple slices
  • canned chicken fricassee
  • canned small white onions
Are we sure this shopping list wasn't the one to stock the nuclear fall-out shelter?

But I did have 2 peeled medium bananas, halved crosswise IN THE HALF-SHELL.

6 comments:

  1. ha - even with modern recipes, I never seem to have the assumed pantry staples.

    But you still managed to prepare that complicated banana dish - bananas in a half shell - banana power!

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  2. What a crazy shopping list! definiely fallout shelterish...

    Canned apples? Canned chicken fricassee! Now that is crazy!

    I remember my mom buying debonned chicken in a glass jar in the early 70's....

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  3. Oh, girlfriend. I feel your pain. Sometimes I get the strangest looks at the grocery checkout. I buy some pretty crazy stuff, and I know they are wondering what the hell I am up to!

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  4. sounds like a preparedness list for the next cold war. mmm...canned minced clams...my favorite.

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  5. Why buy fresh when you can get it in the can....now get off your can and stock the pantry properly!

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  6. The strawberry shortcake on the front looks yummy, all you need are berries, whipped cream and a couple of tins of fall-out shelter biscuits.

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