Randy Since Greece is one of the Mediterranean countries, and there are many ethnic food crossovers, it's easily possible that the background is similar to Jewish cooking, etc - also, since there were so many war going back and forth in that area its possible that people picked up other people's foods, for instance, the unleaven bread the Jews ate with oils & fish on it was brought back by the Roman soldiers and eventually became pizza as we know it today....so who knows My tolerance for Cream of Wheat is comparable to yours - I meant the peppers used in the soup not just on Cream of Wheat (why ruin perfectly good peppers. . .B-) ) Sharen Rund Bloechl Lockheed Martin Enterprise Information Systems Sunnyvale Data Center sharen.rund.bloechl@lmco.com <mailto:sharen.rund.bloechl@lmco.com> Phone: 408-756-5432 [or] Fax: 408-756-0912 srund@svl.ems.lmco.com <mailto:srund@svl.ems.lmco.com> LMnet: 8-326-5432 Pager: 408-539-5146 web: http://webpager.lmms.lmco.com/perl/mtrocall.cgi <http://webpager.lmms.lmco.com/perl/mtrocall.cgi> [or] Operator Assist: 1-800-725-5079, pin 408-539-5146 ---------- From: Rockin' Randy[SMTP:ledbelly99@yahoo.com] Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 1999 3:20 PM To: Bloechl, Sharen Rund; chileheads; 'Curt Snyder, Hot's Desire'; Bloechl, Sharen Rund Subject: Re: WHOOPS!!! (was: [CH] Malt-O-Meal) Sharen, There's a place called Galaxy Diner in Tucker that boasts 350 items on the menu. It's run by a Greek family. When I went to check the place out I tried the soup you mentioned - I liked it. I wondered what cultiure it came from or if it was a Greek dish. The Cream of Wheat I can tolerate with enough butter and sugar but I don't buy it often. It's not something I would put pepper or pepper products in. The smell of the Malt O'Meal was enough to drive me away. It might have been O.K. but why do it? Grits are everything I need in a mush type food - and it does well with pepper powders or even regular peppers as given in Risa's and other's recipes! Another mush I found was Rice mush. It was grit sized particles and boiled the same way but it seemed rather bland and not something you would put cheese or peppers in. Then again, folks can do whatever they want with any food! This to me is the joy of peppers in cooking - they improve the original no matter what you're eating! Best Regards to All! rr --- "Bloechl, Sharen Rund" <sharen.rund.bloechl@lmco.com> wrote: > WOW - I GOOFED!!! > > So Sorry, when I was talking about farina ball soup etc. I was thinking > of > Cream of Wheat. . . > . . .NOT Malt O'Meal > === Rockin' Randy's Homepage: http://members.tripod.com/~rocknrandy/index.html El Grande's Shrine: http://members.tripod.com/~rocknrandy/chilehead.html _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com