New Years Resolution.. FIND YOUR TRUE LOVE,.. AGAIN!

CookingWithCarlo.com ^ | Dec.31, 2002 | Carlo3b Dad, Chef, Author, and FReeper lover

[carlo3b]

Really? I that was the art of stalking.

Be a good boy.. You Little devil.. LOL . . :)

[carlo3b]

Opening a can of chillie is about all the cooking I do until now...

We're going to open up a whole new world.. FOOD = LOVE, LOVE = FOOD.. :)

[carlo3b]

My dog still loves me....well sort of..

I, and about a 1,000,000 FReepers love you.. Not a bad deal if you ask me. . :)

[carlo3b]

COWBOY CAVIAR

NOW THAT SOUNDS GooooooD! Thanks sooo much

LowCarb Hungarian Crockpot Goulash

• 2 pounds round steaks, cut in 1/2-inch cubes
• 1 cup onion, chopped
• 1 clove garlic, minced
• 2 tablespoons soy flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon pepper
• 1 1/2 teaspoons paprika
• 1/4 teaspoon dried thyme, crushed
• 1 (14 1/2 ounce) can tomatoes
• 1 cup sour cream


1) Put steak cubes, onion, garlic in crockpot.
2) Stir in flour and mix to coat steak cubes.
3) Add all remaining ingredients except sour cream. Stir well.
Cover and cook on low for 8 to 10 hours or on high for 4 to 5 hours, stirring occasionally.
4) Add sour cream 30 minutes before serving, and stir in thoroughly.

Yield: 6 servings

[Gabz]

I have many friends that are forever fretting about a few extra pounds yet laugh at me when I fret that I've lost a few.

From your phrasing, I take it that you have been able to resume your walking again, I hope.

Normally I pay no attention to my weight because I am a generally healthy person and maintain a well-balanced diet. Unfortunately I've been sick, although I was unaware of the extent, for more than a month and have had no appetite. Knowing my metabolism, I've probably lost more than 10 pounds, that I really couldn't afford to lose.

We have found the cause of the illness of all of us (an out break of black mold) and have started the eradication process. I have probably eaten more since Saturday than I have in the past 6 weeks and I feel like a new person.

I'm not speaking of you in particular, but so many people who wish to lose some weight have absolutely no clue what those of us who wish to gain some go through. Everyone is willing to support a friend who wants to lose weight, including me. I have never gotten anything but laughter when I have sought support from friends when I need to put some on.

[carlo3b]

I'm 100% fully in gear and am simply waiting for God to put someone in my way, as I work waaaaay too much and just go along my merry little way, smiling to myself. There's nothing more lamentable, than finally being comfortable in your own skin, and being single..

I know, I know.. Been there, done that.. HUG.. :)

[carlo3b]

The male ego (at least mine) is fragile, and I sat down and had a long talk with myself: "Boris, old boy: whatever they want, you ain't got; whatever you got, they don't want." So I stopped chasing them. Now, at 52 and on meds that reduce the libido to zero, I am sort of glad it's over. But I will attach here some material that "indicates" a bit of what I found--and lost--twice.

Boris, you are not alone, and I suspect there is someone looking for a wonderful man.. just like you, only she doesn't know where to find you.. Keep the faith, you are still just a kid.. I love ya man.. :)

[Gabz]

I have yet to figure out why so many recipes like this call for all of that flour, or any at all for that matter?

[carlo3b]

my first true love was in high school, I was 16 (now 44), I still have dreams about him.... I heard he divorced her many years later,... I am remarried now to a wonderful man, so I just keep my silver ring and my memories and life goes on.

Count your blessings, I hear he voted for GORE.. :)

[carlo3b]

.. She even goes by the same nickname. Too early to tell if there's anything there, but it makes me smile to think I might have my Desiree after all....

Pssst.. it's her.. YIKES!!!! . . :)

[Havoc]

Salaried Bachelor hermitt ping for later.. lol

[Yaelle]

I wish you better luck than I had. I tried several times to track down my first love, just to see what happened to him and if he had any children. One time, late at night, I was online fiddling, when the Social Security Death Index popped up in my search. Absentmindedly, I put his name in. Sadly, and to my absolute and utter shock, it came up. It was him all right, with his correct birthdate, and mother's maiden name (his middle name). He had passed away at age 35. I wish I knew why. I have asked mutual friends, but no one knows. Very sad. Very sad. I think of him daily. I am sorry he is not in this world, enjoying his life.

[carlo3b]

I have yet to figure out why so many recipes like this call for all of that flour, or any at all for that matter?

Heck, leave it out, or use a small amount of arrowroot, just before you serve th meal.. The flour in these recipes is to give some texture and solids to the sauce, or gravy.. It's ok, screw it don't use anything if you don't mind runny gravy.. LOL. :)

[carlo3b]

he had died of AIDS. I hope I didn't inspire that, because I still haven't met Mr. Right.

My dear Gail, you are a very special girl, GOD has someone I great deal better than that pour soul.. You missed a bullet, thank heavens..

Check out this thread.. This place is full of wonderful people, and a pretty good place to start.. KEEP THE THREAD GOING.. It's going to be a very good year.. :)

[carlo3b]

IF, and that's a mighty big IF, I were ever to get married again, it would be to a man who is terrified of dying, because if he ever cheated on me he would surely die. LOL

YIKES.. A good man, and there are plenty of good men around, would never stray on you.. believe me, I know. . :)

[Gabz]

LOL!!!!

I reread the recipe and realized I had mis-read it - for whatever reason I thought it called for 2 cups........I'm tired, what can I tell ya!!!

[Gabz]

It's going to be a very good year..

Yes it will be my FRiend, yes it will be.

Good night and God Bless.

[carlo3b]

Good night and God Bless you my dear girl. :)

[jellybean]

You should write more...you have a gift for it! I can barely rub two words together to make a sentence. I admire those who can take common words and string them together to inspire the thoughts of others.

[gawatchman]

Don't think I have ever had a "true love", although I was infatuated with someone in high school. Never even really knew her although I tried talking to her a couple of times, but everything came out very awkward, and I never got a date with her. She problably thought I was weird. I remembered her name, and actually looked her up in the phonebook when I returned to my home town 12 years after high school. What's weird is she was actually listed. I wasn't going to call her at all but thought about her, and 2 years later I dialed her digits, and even weirder still I actually started talking to her. She did not remember me, or said she didn't anyway , and said my phone call was "too weird". After a few agonizing minutes of trying to jog her memory , she still had me pegged as some "weirdo" that was problably stalking her, and I ended the conversation; worst one of my entire life. How weird was that?