2 C. peas
1/2 sweet white onion
oil for sauteing
thyme or oregano to taste
salt to taste
Boil the peas in a minimum of water according to package directions or until tender (about 10 minutes). In the meantime, slice the onion half lengthwise in very thin slices (so that you end up with strips, not cubes). Heat the oil in a skillet. Saute the onion until just tender. Add in the peas. Toss to coat. Let cook a little longer to blend the flavors. Season to taste.
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Grandmom told me this is another "feed the family" recipe. You know, from back in the day when food was a family's biggest living expense, not rent or gas. Great-grandmom Canduci, she told me, would use a single can of peas and make pasta and toss the cooked and seasoned peas in there to feed the whole family (eight people!) supper.
Grandmom imparted this recipe to me after I got done making the experimental chicken recipe from the magazine (too sweet) and, unbeknownst to her, breaking her vacuum cleaner in an attempt to fix it. So, to clear up any confusion, non-commecial vacuum cleaners were not designed for the consumer to open the engine housing. Even if it's to clean out critical amounts of dust that could cause the engine to ignite. So don't even try getting a hand-crank drill after the cheap metal screws, because honestly, what are you going to do once you get done reaming them out? Duct tape the housing back together and pretend like nothing happened? (Tempting, but flammable, which defeats the original purpose of preventing your grandparents from cremating themselves. Yes, a new vacuum purchase was the eventual end of this experiment.)
1/2 sweet white onion
oil for sauteing
thyme or oregano to taste
salt to taste
Boil the peas in a minimum of water according to package directions or until tender (about 10 minutes). In the meantime, slice the onion half lengthwise in very thin slices (so that you end up with strips, not cubes). Heat the oil in a skillet. Saute the onion until just tender. Add in the peas. Toss to coat. Let cook a little longer to blend the flavors. Season to taste.
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Grandmom told me this is another "feed the family" recipe. You know, from back in the day when food was a family's biggest living expense, not rent or gas. Great-grandmom Canduci, she told me, would use a single can of peas and make pasta and toss the cooked and seasoned peas in there to feed the whole family (eight people!) supper.
Grandmom imparted this recipe to me after I got done making the experimental chicken recipe from the magazine (too sweet) and, unbeknownst to her, breaking her vacuum cleaner in an attempt to fix it. So, to clear up any confusion, non-commecial vacuum cleaners were not designed for the consumer to open the engine housing. Even if it's to clean out critical amounts of dust that could cause the engine to ignite. So don't even try getting a hand-crank drill after the cheap metal screws, because honestly, what are you going to do once you get done reaming them out? Duct tape the housing back together and pretend like nothing happened? (Tempting, but flammable, which defeats the original purpose of preventing your grandparents from cremating themselves. Yes, a new vacuum purchase was the eventual end of this experiment.)
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