Forgot to post!! The chicken salad was really good. Obviously got old after a while. Sometimes being single and living alone really sucks - lol

I actually started a blog to put all this stuff too. I just posted another recipe over there and there is another one that I forgot to put up here.

If anyone is interested: http://nonamecooking.wordpress.com/

you eat dice?

My buddy up the road made pulled pork but got tired of it after 4 meals in two days. He doesn't like stuff that's been frozen so I made out like a bandit. :D

Bruce - that is usually how it works. My friend usually makes out pretty good. I have a feeling he is going to be getting some food next week with what I am planning on making.

V - huh?

Just funnin witcha. The celery seeds/poppy seeds look like pips on little cubes of "diced" chicken.

wow......I am really just missing all kinds of things lately - lol. I might be making it again soon.....well, maybe half recipe

I just saw this and went back a page to look, and you're right! I snorted out loud.

i can't get enough of this recipe:

Charo Pinto Bean Recipe

water
1/2 pound pinto beans
onion diced
3slices bacon chopped
1 can rotel tomatos wt chilies
2 table spoons Jimmy's Pinto Bean Seasoning or to taste
table spoon liquid smoke
1jalapeno diced wt seeds membrain removed
1 jalapeno whole
pepper to taste
1/4 cup soy sauce
table spoon minced garlic

Cook bacon, and onion together, till bacon is cooked good. Add pinto beans that have been soaking in water. Cover all with water. Add diced jalapeno, whole jalapeno, can of rotel tomato with chiles, pinto bean seasoning, liquid smoke, minced garlic and pepper to taste.. Simmer adding water when needed till beans are tender.

That sounds delicious! Is the Jimmy's Pinto Bean Seasoning mostly cumin? I can't get it here but can substitute cumin, coriander, etc. And what are rotel tomatoes? Will something like Hunt's Fire-Roasted tomatoes do?

it's a seasoning from here. a friend works for that company. i ordered every type of spice they had available. the ingredients on them are vague. it's a more that half century old recipe so i guess they want to keep some of it a secret. no, not cumin. i'll go look again but it's a blend of a bunch of spices.

rotel is a brand of canned tomato. not sure about using hunts. but whatever you use, it must have chili's in it.

contains salt, sugar, chili pepper, paprika, onion, garlic and other spices

They sound good - do you know by any chance if the ingredient list includes MSG or 'natural flavoring'? I'm allergic to that stuff unfortunately. :(

I'll give the Pinto Bean Seasoning a try anyway. And tomatoes with chilis, can do.

Oops, posts crossed in the ether ... okay, I'll definitely give it a try. 'Other spices' will hopefully mean actual spices, not MSG.

whoa! no, most of their stuff does contain MSG. however it is clearly marked on the spices that do contain it.....the pinto bean seasoning does not say it. i can find out though

Thanks ... hopefully, if they mark it on their other blends, it won't be in the Pinto Bean Seasoning. Stupid allergies.