For dinner tonight I had 1/2 a can of Spam cut up into a can of Campbell's split pea and ham soup. Lots of pepper and some tabasco. A grand total of 3 1/2 minutes including prep, and one bowl and one spoon to clean afterward.

Well..........there's always potted meat and crackers........lol

Been there done that, especially in the Army.

I've got to stop at Walgreens on the way home from work tomorrow morning to pick up some garbage bags and Sweet-N-Low. Maybe I'll pick up some deviled ham, chicken, and liverwurst.

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Bob Evans was selling sausage in Kroger stores back in the 1950's when I was a boy. I remember it came in drawstring bags. My mom used to use the drawstring bags to hold the money to pay the milkman. Wonder where I got the habit of carrying my coins in a Crown Royal bag?

Wow..... you guys amaze me ....... I'm with Arik cooking is easy;been doing it since I was about 12/13 when Mom had back surgery. 21 years as a bachelor perfected my skills......

Dating the liberated women of the 70/80/90s .... having a date over for dinner , a glass of wine w/ a fire in the fireplace....... well lets just say; the "end of the evening" will never be seen on the Hallmark Channel!!!!!!

Cooking "fresh food" is cheap.... especially if you have an Aldi's nearby......

LOL I'm betting cmort666 would be a lot less grumpy with a good home cooked meal.

Couple of 'cheater meals" ................................

Omelets are always a great fall back...... Aldi's eggs are about a $1 a dozen. For me that's 4 meals (my wife 6) with a little sausage/bacon or ham slices on the side.
On a spoof I got my wife a "Eggtastic" for Xmus two years ago. Turns out they really work... 2 eggs, splash of milk, ham, peppers, scallions,mushroom and cheese ( all from Aldi's).... prep time 2 minutes, Cook time 1:30- 1:45.... I fix eggs this way 4-5 times a week.
Cost per omelet I'd estimate at about $.80-$1.00 Time <5 minutes and clean up is washing the Eggtastic.

Spaghetti..... take a lb of browned ground beef or better yet Italian sausage add jar of sauce........ extras; scallon, sweet peppers and mushrooms to taste. simmer 30 minutes. Boil a serving of pasta.

The sauce is good for 6 servings/jar (use one;add one to the frig and 4 to freezer)........ prep time 10 minutes max .....cook time 30 minutes( first batch). Want spaghetti tomorrow..... move frozen sauce to fridge the day before / will thaw overnight........ microwave the sauce/ cook pasta . Prep time 5 minutes .... cook time based on time to cook pasta....... angle hair 4 minutes. You've got at least one home cooked meal/week for the next 6 weeks.

Crock pot ..... stew and chili....... tune in next week!!!!!!!

Teaser.. a fast and tasty meal.... take 1-2 cans of Chef "Boy-R-De" ravioli ....... put in a baking dish; halfway/per bag cook and add 5-10 Aldi's frozen meatballs (60 to a bag/ <$3.00 IIRC) sprinkle mozzarella cheese and Italian Seasoning mix over all; cover and bake at 325 for 30 minutes.

Prep time 5-6 minutes..... cook time 30 minutes(just enough time to savor a pre meal Adult Beverage) Cost $1.75 to 2.75/2 cans

That reminds me.

Potted meat inside of a bell pepper, haven't fixed that in decades.

I'm with you on cooking but, sadly, just no time-or not at the proper time. Many nights I get off too late to try anything other than canned-or tv dinner stuff.

Now you have done it!
That is one I never had.
I have eaten all the stuff that some of you guys are apparently still eating.
Including potted meat.
But I never had it in a Bell pepper!

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The flavors mix very well. I also wrapped the inside with a strip of bacon. I baked it for I think an hour? at about 400 degrees. I cant remember as its been at least 35 years. Ill have to try to find my instructions for that dish. Make two-as one isn't enough. And is healthy too.

Oh and, BTW, I was at a Dollar General yesterday, looked down the canned ""goods"" aisle, saw dingy moore--picked up every can on the shelf-shook them-and yup--all of it was nothing but hamburger soup.

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You wouldn't believe the number of people who for some reason disagree...

...cooked by an attractive, well read woman.

Building computer stuff..... I've got a Son at Pitt in Computer Science for that.... he built his first one.... 4-5 years ago.

Well I'm well read....... been called attractive/handsome (years ago) ........ but that's as far as I fit your criteria...................... thank God!!!!!

Your recipe reminds me of one we used to use when my wife and I had a large garden, and raised all of our vegetables, bought our beef by the side, and had it butchered, packaged, and frozen, for future use. We grew what were called "Tomangos". The seeds were sold by the large seed companies. They looked, and tasted like an ordinary tomato, but were firm, like a bell pepper, when stuffed, and baked. In early days, bell peppers were known as mangoes. I've always disliked the taste of bell peppers, so I never liked the taste of stuffed baked peppers. When I tried stuffed "Tomangoes", they became an instant favorite. Haven't thought, or heard about them since we gave up our large garden, in favor of RV travel. I wonder if they are still being sold? Kroger stores used to sell them, but that has to have been thirty years ago. Any one heard about them lately? Thanks

Chubbo

I understand completely. I used to work some long hours and then have a long commute home. I finally realized what all the stuff I was putting up with was doing to me and did something about it. I retired.

I now make a fabulous turkey and cheese sandwich grilled in my cast iron skillet.

Just remember to use the green ones-and wind a slice of bacon on the inside then fill with the potted meat. I cant remember the brand I had used? but I THINK it was the one that had a devil--on its lable??? It seemed to be the better tasting of the potted meats ive had that were available here at the time.

I had a long shift yesterday. Ive still got a mosquito-borne infection-so am forced to eat something before taking my 2nd dose of Doxy-Cycline SP? even though I wasnt hungry. I made the mistake yesterday morning-was cooking somethi8ng in the toaster oven-took the pill about 45 minutes before I ate anything-tor my stomach up badly. I didn't think I was going to make it to work.

retirement? what's that? Ive still got about 14vyears to go before I can think of doing that. I wonder if part-timers get any bennies?

The turkey sandwich sounds great. Id do a toaster oven version if I could find the ight combo of 2-3 different cheese to use. I'm currently at Barnes and Nobles café-ordered a grilled cheese sandwich--which are excellent. They use 3 types of cheese on theirs.

Not only that, Bob Evans is among the largest of the prepared food companies, and with the highest growth rate. They also do a huge business in selling to restaurants. That's why Post is buying them out. The Bob Evans stockholder meeting to approve the acquisition by Post is scheduled for tomorrow (1/9/18).

In my part of Texas Bob Evans food products are marketed as Owens brand. Bob Evans purchased Owens in 1987.

Owens had been a Texas-based sausage company (I think based in Richardson) which was bought out by Bob Evans. At one time, Bob Evans operated a number of restaurants in Texas and Bob Evans sausage and food products were sold in Texas, both under the Owens name. For unknown reasons, the Owens restaurants closed maybe 10 or so years ago. I think many of them were in the D/FW area, and one for sure was in Austin, but they never made it to San Antonio. Bob Evans also ran another restaurant chain called Mimi's Cafe (one of which was in San Antonio), sort of an upscale New Orleans theme, but it was sold off three or four years ago and is still in operation under the same name. As I remember, the Owens Texas restaurants usually did a good business. I often ate there if I happened to be closeby to one of the Owens locations. I used to visit Nashville frequently, and always ate at a Bob Evans location just north of Opryland that was usually full of customers. Most of the Bob Evans profits came from the sausage and prepared foods end of the business, not their restaurants.

For those unfamiliar with the Bob Evans restaurants, they were similar to Cracker Barrel or Denny's. I haven't been to one operating under their new ownership. Has anyone?

I had breakfast at the one in Westlake, Ohio (diagonally opposite Crocker Park mall on Detroit Rd.) at 06:00am Sunday morning.

The biscuits and gravy and home fries were excellent.

I have made homemade chili in the past. Cut up stew meat, browned it, added onions, tomatoes, spices, etc and cooked it low and slow for hours.

I can get decent chili these days by browning a pound of ground chuck, adding some garlic powder, draining off the grease, adding a can of diced tomatoes and a can of light kidney beans and a packet of McCormick chili spices. Bring it to a broil and then simmer for a while. Meantime, I fix a skillet of cornbread in the oven.

Add some sour cream to the chili once it is in the bowl and serve some hot buttered cornbread on the side.

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i can't believe anyone eats that stuff.
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Food Lion just happened to have chuck roast on sale last week. I saw this recipe & picked up 2. Got home & trimmed on up, had 2 1/4 lbs. Followed the rest of the recipe except for adding a grated potato to thicken broth up a little, 2 diced tomatoes & thick sliced mushrooms that I added 2 hrs before supper time. This was fantastic!!! Daughter, son-in-law & grand daughter loved it! We all ate to we were about to pop. Had a qt. left which we will have tonight! Did I say this was fantastic! Thanks for the recipe!

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I'll repeat something I mentioned earlier for those who may have missed it. Wal-Mart sells a frozen bag containing all the ingredients needed for beef stew, including the meat (about 4-5 average sized bowls). Put everything into a slow cooker with some water and let it cook all night. It is a little expensive (still, a lot less than at a restaurant), but the end result is delicious, especially with some cornbread muffins. We've fixed it several times.

Much appreciated. I will post some more recipes along this line -- simple, healthy, tasty that anyone can cook -- in a new thread soon.

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I haven't eaten Dinty Moore Beef Stew since 1968! My first Boy Scout campout, we did a 22 mile hike and the Dad's cooked supper.

One smoked cigars and accidentally dropped a Dutch Masters stogie into the pot of stew. It tasted awful and smelled worse.

I've never eaten ANY Dinty Moore product since

I tried that once, that's some nasty ersatz chili

We had Wolf brand chili last night. Needed a quick dinner before heading over to the local VFD for a training class in EMR. Turned cold again and snowing. We have chili cheese burgers, and have found that the Wolf grand was the canned chili we prefer. This can was noticeably different from the past. Definitely not for the better!!! Another product changed? 😬 Now we have to find another choice and Hormel has been out of our selections for a long time!! Assume the bean counters, pun intended, now do the cooking for Wolf!

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I liked the usage of the German--ersatz. Ive not heard that used for quite awhile. Reminds me of the one time I tried austex.

THAT'S disheartening news indeed. I was shopping last night-wondered down the canned meats aisle-just to shake a few cans to see IF, I was wrong or IF--the batch I bought was just a "bad" batch-shook every can--nope--all of it was soup-like. I tried a few cans of Dinty Moore "Stew" shook them-but appeared too packed (probably with large chunks of potatoes) so didn't appear like soup. I didn't buy a can to check-see. However-I did buy a can of Sweet Sue Chicken and Dumplings-opened it at home-still dice-sized "chicken" but at least the can was packed-solid with food.

Tonight, a can of Campbell's chicken and corn chowder with a can of white meat chicken mixed in.