rcj@burl.UUCP (Curtis Jackson) (01/19/86)
a) I highly recommend Knorr soups as well - if you like Oxtail soup (few people do, unfortunately), theirs is one of the best around. b) I once made an idle boast to my then-fiance' that I would cook her anything she wanted for dinner. She requested one of her all-time anytime favorites -- Eggs Benedict. I confidently replied, "You got it -- I'll go get what I need from Kroger," and sauntered out of the apartment. The moment I was out of sight I started doing a Texas Chainsaw number on my fingernails -- she was an Eggs Benedict connoisseur and I hadn't the slightest idea how to make hollandaise sauce. Knorr to the rescue! I bought one of their packets, took it home with the fresh Canadian bacon and fresh muffins, dawdled in the kitchen for a while trying to appear extremely busy, then made the one-minute sauce. She not only raved about the resulting Eggs Benedict, but "forced" me to make it several more times and bragged about it to our friends. Of course, a guilty conscience (coupled with a carelessly discarded sauce packet) one day made me confess my methods, but she still swears that it is the best sauce she has ever tasted (outside of Bookbinder's in Phila- delphia, of course). God help those who use margarine or pseudo-I-Can't-Believe-It-Ain't-Butter when a recipe calls for butter, for they know not the error of their ways, -- The MAD Programmer -- 919-228-3313 (Cornet 291) alias: Curtis Jackson ...![ ihnp4 ulysses cbosgd mgnetp ]!burl!rcj ...![ ihnp4 cbosgd akgua masscomp ]!clyde!rcj
billw@Navajo.ARPA (01/20/86)
Ill add my praises of the knorr sauce mixes - Ive used both the Hollandaise and Bernaise sauces. I'd hardly call them "1 minute sauces" though, even if they are faster than making your own. BillW