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@debbraw @merpreb @jakedduck1 Forgot to mention recipe calls for Fresh parsley also

@jakedduck1 : Wow. You don’t make this easy. I’m totally the opposite, love to cook. Anyway, some clarification: nothing frozen refers to prepared food, but are frozen (unseasoned) vegetables ok? How about pre-chopped garlic in jars? How about fresh (or dried) tortellini? Pasta in general? Do you like potatoes? Moderately spicy foods? How about canned vegetables (corn, beans), if you rinse them to get any salt or other additions off? It will still be pretty difficult to give you a no-work, great tasting recipe within your parameters. I’ll try, but this will take some thought, and tweaking my recipes to work for you.

@jakeduck
Oh Jake!....canned sardines don’t have eyes....they’ve been beheaded or gouged. BTW, I never said I liked capers and I wouldn’t eat bug food either but that website you passed on is something else. They sell these products on Amazon too.

If you ever ate my spaghetti with sardines, you wouldn’t know what you were eating....nothing fishy going on there.
I noticed your dietary restrictions and bet people can come up with some basic recipes for you. Would you buy a cookbook if it had the type of easy food recipes you can eat? And, would you actually read it and spend some time in the dungeon?

In the future I will post a rating on my recipe posts....sort of like For Mature Audiences Only rating. I’ll call it WARNING NFJ.
NFJ , of course, being “not for Jake.” So....reader beware and have a great day everyone.

Regards from Mary in tropical humid Florida

@imallears
The sardines I saw escaped the guillotine and I remember all to well them giving me the eye. My friend knows to keep the can out of my sight. Sardines in spaghetti? Yuck, ick, gag & definitely puke. “If you ever ate my spaghetti with sardines, you wouldn’t know what you we’re eating.”
That’s what I’m afraid of!!! Don’t you eat any normal food? My Purdy’s candy came today but don’t want to eat it until I can forget you eat fish bait. Do I need to send you a care basket of normal food? I have a hundred dollars of luscious looking candy and all I can think about is you ruining good food with fish bait.
Your gonna give me PTSD yet by traumatizing me with eating such indigestible concoctions.
I wish you last post came with a rating, NFHC (Not for human consumption) or DNR (Do not read) I guess NFJ technically covers most things but fish bait is absolutely a NFHC!!!

@imallears
Please don’t tell me what you had at the restaurant last night. My stomach isn’t up to it yet.
Jake

@ellerbracke
Frozen veggies are cool as salt free as possible. I love garlic in a jar. Tortellini is good too. I think I’m suppose to have the icky wheat pasta but I’m not above breaking a few rules. Potatoes are great, especially sweet potatoes but I’m rarely allowed one, oxalates. Love raw Spinach but that’s a seldom thing too, more oxalates. I love spicy foods. I called the maker of Bush baked beans and they said rinsing cut out 40% of the sodium. Not sure about canned veggies. Not above cheating every now and then. Don’t like green bean either. Don’t mind using lots of veggies if they come all ready to dump in.
Thanks,
Jake

@jakedduck1 good to know about the baked beans. My husband sometimes has them but I avoid them because of the sodium, and the sugar. A lot of the sugar probably gets rinsed off also.

Canned veggies, except niblets which are another favorite of my husband, tend to be mushy and not too appetizing, I think most do have a lot of sodium too.
JK

@imallears How about a review of what you ate at Oak & Oil? We live in the area and are always willing to try new places.

@imallears
Please don’t tell us until I eat my candy. My stomachs can’t take it.
Jake

@sandytoes14
Hi,

Instead of Oak and Ola (original spelling was wrong) we went to Steelbach inside Armature Works. My kids have been to Oak and Ola but said, while the food is superb, the portions are small.

I have been to Steelbach for brunch and had skirt steak with quail eggs and chimichuri which was very good.
This is labeled a steak house and the prices are high. The only one to have steak was my son in law and he had a baseball steak which is top sirloin.

We started with a share board of seasonal sausage, pickled vegetables, mustard and a pretzel baguette loaf.

They have share items and we did that and also a lot of tasting of other dishes. We shared Brussels Sprouts with sherry, maple, benne seed( sesame) and egg yolk. Also whole charred heirloom carrots with fermented honey, cilantro, hazel nuts and labneh (its a Greek yogurt). Others had a fried chicken that was brined for 48 hours, with potato starch, and honey hot sauce. Excellent and a good amount.

I had Truffled mushroom soup, grass fed bone broth (they make their own) ginger and ponzu (citrus based Japanese sauce.) This was the best earthiest meatiest broth I have ever had. Broth came in a jug and you pored it over the truffles in the bowl. Then I had the winter beet salad with arugula, dill horseradish vinaigrette, whipped feta and honey powder.
We shared poutine which is duck, cheese curds, duck gravy with rosemary... excellent....baked so it looked like Mac and cheese. My daughter had the curried carrot soup which was too spicy for me with the escarole salad that had pear, duck confit , sherry vinaigrette,pecans, blue cheese and pomegranate...huge plate.

You are met at the door and our waitress explained everything...how the meal is prepared...what it tastes like...very well trained.

The steak portions are large...24 oz porterhouse for $52..18 oz ribeye for $45 , a 32 oz tomahawk ribeye for $78. Which is why my son in law had the 9oz baseball sirloin which he said was good..not specactular..

The presentation of the food is unique. Cocktails are unique.

We shared desserts ....Brioche plus apple with mulled cider, salted caramel, dark chocolate... a chocolate and hazelnut mousse with Nutella cremeux (pudding) and a peanut butter puff pastry with elderberry, blueberry and ice cream.

It’s a dinner for special occasions although it was crowded for a Thursday night. Cozy booths...bar in the middle but a bit on the noisy side. While I like the food and would like to have tried the steaks, the prices are high. I saw the size of the baked sweet potato that had creme fraiche, Gorgonzola, scallions, honey, bacon and pecans.....enough for 2 maybe 3 people.

Service is excellent, waiters are knowledgeable

There is a restaurant in Tarpon called Olive the World that is small but great food at excellent prices. You can purchase olive oils, cheese and some frozen and refrigerated meals there .. beautiful combinations. They give you samples of olive oil or flavored vinegars with your meal. The cheese cake makes your eyes roll back in your head especially when you add coconut vinegar (my favorite). It’s off Tarpon Ave one block before Alt 19. Again, a small personal place where they open the door and greet you. . My friend and her mom who uses a wheelchair couldn’t navigate the one step up and they came out and lifted her chair right to the table. I really recommend it,

Someone help Jakeduck up off the floor please.

Salud
FL Mary