Hi Ruth,

We have enough computers around here that it wouldn't be an immediate emergency if one went belly up. Don't want any to, but it's

inevitable

that one will, when we don't want it to. (G)

Of course. Always.

Part of what I term as "the law of 'Go Figure'". (G)

The bits you don't want to conk out always seem to be the first ones

That applies to most anything, including computers. I had a microwave
die on me the week before Rachel's wedding in 1997. We bought a
replacement the next day or so as I was not about to have a houseful of
people and no working microwave.

to go. That goes hand in hand with "who'd want that" at tag and estate sales.
It's often the first thing to be purchased.

One man's junk is another man's treasure.

It's around half an hour north on the highway, and a bit over an

hour

in either east or west. South gets salt water in my engine intake.

Not good for our truck either, tho our salt water would be a bit warmer
than yours.

At least it's above freezing. Not by much, but above freezing.

Hopefully you will be avoiding the next round that's to blow thru in the
next day or so. Looks like we're done with snow for the year but still
have to worry about frost for a few more weeks.

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Hi Ruth,

Sometimes cosmetic fixes are the best we can manage.

True, some fast food outlets fancy themselves up but the food remains
the same stuff I wouldn't touch. After having a really good lobster roll from a food truck, I'll not go back to the McD's in Barre, VT for one.

I don't go in there for anything but the coffee. I've had lobster
rolls and can't be bothered to go back for seconds.

I wanted to try the lobster roll, but not at Thruway prices.

We had a cat named Hoover for about a week. He was a stray my

dad

coaxed indoors, and he vacuumed up food.

Sounds like he was in the need of some good food. Why did he only

stay

about a week?

He had to be put down; he was sick when he allowed himself to be
coaxed indoors. That may have been part of why he came in. I

forget

what it was.

I see, hopefully he'd had a good life at some point.

He may have started life in a house, but ran away or something.
Unfixed tomcat and all.

Possible, but you've had cats live much longer than that.

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Quoting Ruth Hanschka to Nancy Backus on 03-29-18 23:16 <=-

more regulated, and taken to the pound faster than stray cats... :)

Especially pit bull mixes for some reason.

Even though most of the pit bulls I've ever come across were sweet and mild-mannered... properly trained and not abused, in other words... :)

Same here. They can be extremely protective if they think a family
member is threatened, but generally they're pretty mellow.

A lot of the supposedly vicious breeds are only that because of training
or the lack thereof... that protective streak can be twisted into
something else....

in Hartford CT that makes them for local retailers.

I could probably find them locally made... there are Jamaican
restaurants around that might even make their own... :)

Quite likely.

Although they might just be buying them at BJ's... ;)

Doubtful; we have lots of Jamaicans and any bunch buying factory made patties wouldn't be in business long.

Unless the ones available at BJ's are rather authentic... ;)

eaten one of those. Different spices of course.

Of course... :) I had some Cornish pasties when I was visiting my
sister in the UK... They are tasty, too.. :)

That doesn't surprise me.

Just have to try one sometime... ;)

Around here it's easier to find Caribbean food than British. I can
get some of the canned goods, but not the freshly made stuff.

Actually, it's the same here as well...

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emergency if one went belly up. Don't want any to, but it's

inevitable

that one will, when we don't want it to. (G)

Of course. Always.

Part of what I term as "the law of 'Go Figure'". (G)

The bits you don't want to conk out always seem to be the first

ones

That applies to most anything, including computers. I had a microwave
die on me the week before Rachel's wedding in 1997. We bought a
replacement the next day or so as I was not about to have a houseful of people and no working microwave.

Amen. I "cooked" lunch in mine today - found an Evol frozen meal half
price and decided to give it a go.

to go. That goes hand in hand with "who'd want that" at tag and

estate

sales.
It's often the first thing to be purchased.

One man's junk is another man's treasure.

Or it's another man's junk too. Tupperware lids are a prime example; to
most men they're junk.

At least it's above freezing. Not by much, but above freezing.

Hopefully you will be avoiding the next round that's to blow thru in the next day or so. Looks like we're done with snow for the year but still
have to worry about frost for a few more weeks.

We didn't get snow for Easter, but April Fool, got it April 2. It all
melted off by the next day, but even so.
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I don't go in there for anything but the coffee. I've had lobster rolls and can't be bothered to go back for seconds.

I wanted to try the lobster roll, but not at Thruway prices.

You get my share. OTOH I've been drooling over a Florida friend's
photographs of dinner in a crab house down there.

I see, hopefully he'd had a good life at some point.

He may have started life in a house, but ran away or something.
Unfixed tomcat and all.

Possible, but you've had cats live much longer than that.

By a lot, yes, but they weren't complete strays. A male young cat, also not fixed, wandered up a few years later and demanded IN. We found him a new
home with a kid whose cat had been killed by a car. That cat became an indoor-only cat and most likely died of extreme old age.
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This one jumps in my chair and sits down so I'll brush her. She's learned to jump on my lap too, to get her nightly scratch. She has
not however learned to SIT in my lap.

Of the two new cats here, one is just learning the idea of sitting in a
lap, the other thinks it her due... :)

Genie hasn't done it again since her trip to the evil V-E-T, but otherwise seems to have forgiven me.

on the (covered with stuff) bed in my computer room is fair game, and Spook regularly takes it over... ;)

Genie tries to take mine, and generally succeeds in walking all

around

my head. She sleeps elsewhere.

Cats in this household learn VERY quickly that pillows with heads on
them are off-limits... they are likely to be tossed off the bed unceremoniously...

Often my head hasn't hit it yet when she gets there, but she's learned to
move out of the way pretty quickly.
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Since we'd spent longer at the shop, a quick lunch was in order.

Being a

cooler day, soup was good.

It snowed here. Snow. I'm now officially sick of Winter.

We might get some tonight/tomorrow morning. Forecasters have gone back
and forth on it, latest is, that there is a chance but that it won't
stick to much. Not so sunny south, actually rather wet today.

You may not have, but I got it for you. Nothing stuck, but even so. The Easter Bunny at last report, wanted to beat up Old Man Winter.

They may not sell for a ton, but I've bought containers just for

the

undamaged lid.

I've not done that yet. Noticed I've also got some rectangular MMs also, mostly good for dry storage.

That's one I bought; my flour bin lid cracked and at 25 cents the whole container was cheaper than ordering a lid.

You sent it up here; I went grocery shopping in the snow today. It didn't stick to the roads, but did make walking in the parking lot difficult at least for me.

We might be getting our share yet. Small farmer's market today (first
day of longer hours season) and it had fewer vendors than the typical
winter market day. Town's Dirt Day was cancelled as it would have been
more of a soupy mud.

We have more of a Mud Month, once things defrost.
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me one there last year; it was loaded with lobster. The McD's one had maybe 1/5 (maybe less) of what this one had.

And a ton of mayo? My grocery store makes them sometimes and once

The McDs one did have may, not a ton but more than it should have. The Cousin's was lobster and butter on a roll.

That sounds more like it.

gave away free samples. Mayo, hot dog rolls, and lobster. Edible,

if

you're desperate, but a waste of good shellfish.

Publix was demo-ing crab cakes today but they weren't ready when we came
in, and we didn't stick around long enough to get any. Just in for a
couple of things, and back out.

Oh well. My grocery demos things two or three times a month.

My folks had indoor-outdoor cats live to about 18 years old. The

current

one is somewhere around 14; they adopted her from a shelter while we
were in HI.

Mine generally only made it to 15/16. Genie is about five now.

Jenny-cat, was, as near as we could figure, about 8 when we adopted her
out. Don't know how long she lived; she had health issues almost all her life.

My friend's 17 year old cat goes for fluids every so often. His mother is going to go on her final trip to the V-E-T pretty soon; she's senile.
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Quoting Ruth Hanschka to Nancy Backus on 04-06-18 23:32 <=-

Same here. They can be extremely protective if they think a family member is threatened, but generally they're pretty mellow.

A lot of the supposedly vicious breeds are only that because of training
or the lack thereof... that protective streak can be twisted into
something else....

Even my niece's 18-pound dog has one. His can be bribed with food, of course, but some can't.

If one is using the dog as a protective watch dog, one wouldn't really
want it to be too easily bribed, though... :) Unless it is a
supervised bribe, so that the dog knows that the new person is approved
by the management... ;)

I could probably find them locally made... there are Jamaican restaurants around that might even make their own... :)

Quite likely.

Although they might just be buying them at BJ's... ;)

Doubtful; we have lots of Jamaicans and any bunch buying factory
made patties wouldn't be in business long.

Unless the ones available at BJ's are rather authentic... ;)

If they're not Scott's from Hartford around here... ain't happening.

Nope... they're Caribbean Food Delights Frozen Jamaican Style Patties...
Just looked at a coupon I clipped today... ;)

Around here it's easier to find Caribbean food than British. I can
get some of the canned goods, but not the freshly made stuff.

Actually, it's the same here as well...

We hit the Kosher aisle for some things, oddly.

Are the British items Kosher, then...? We have a small section of
British items at our Wegmans, and about the same size (sometimes a
little larger around Passover) section of Kosher... :) The larger
stores probably make a bigger deal of the Kosher, being located in areas
that are more heavily Jewish than our area.... :)

ttyl neb

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Quoting Ruth Hanschka to Nancy Backus on 04-10-18 16:44 <=-

This one jumps in my chair and sits down so I'll brush her. She's learned to jump on my lap too, to get her nightly scratch. She has
not however learned to SIT in my lap.

Of the two new cats here, one is just learning the idea of sitting in a
lap, the other thinks it her due... :)

Genie hasn't done it again since her trip to the evil V-E-T, but
otherwise seems to have forgiven me.

All the more reason to limit the number of visits there... ;) She'll
probably come round sooner or later... ;)

on the (covered with stuff) bed in my computer room is fair game, and Spook regularly takes it over... ;)

Genie tries to take mine, and generally succeeds in walking all
around my head. She sleeps elsewhere.

Cats in this household learn VERY quickly that pillows with heads on
them are off-limits... they are likely to be tossed off the bed unceremoniously...

Often my head hasn't hit it yet when she gets there, but she's learned
to move out of the way pretty quickly.

Or risk being the pillow....? (G)

ttyl neb

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Hi Ruth,

It snowed here. Snow. I'm now officially sick of Winter.

We might get some tonight/tomorrow morning. Forecasters have gone back
and forth on it, latest is, that there is a chance but that it won't
stick to much. Not so sunny south, actually rather wet today.

You may not have, but I got it for you. Nothing stuck, but even so.
The Easter Bunny at last report, wanted to beat up Old Man Winter.

I know, I've seen late April storms before. Had some mixed in with the
rain; Steve said he saw ice on the lawn the other day. Now predicting
we'll be in the 80s for a few days, then back to the low 60s by Monday.

They may not sell for a ton, but I've bought containers just for

the

undamaged lid.

I've not done that yet. Noticed I've also got some rectangular MMs also, mostly good for dry storage.

That's one I bought; my flour bin lid cracked and at 25 cents the
whole container was cheaper than ordering a lid.

For sure! I've got a few with slightly damaged lids that should be
replaced, others with more damage, all to be sent in but not done so
yet. Wonder what they'll do with the German pieces. (G)

You sent it up here; I went grocery shopping in the snow today. It didn't stick to the roads, but did make walking in the parking lot difficult at least for me.

We might be getting our share yet. Small farmer's market today (first
day of longer hours season) and it had fewer vendors than the typical
winter market day. Town's Dirt Day was cancelled as it would have been
more of a soupy mud.

We have more of a Mud Month, once things defrost.

No surprise there. We've defrosted and now pollenated--it's everywhere!
I'm trying not to spend too much time outside.

---
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Ruth
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Hi Ruth,

me one there last year; it was loaded with lobster. The McD's one had maybe 1/5 (maybe less) of what this one had.

And a ton of mayo? My grocery store makes them sometimes and once

The McDs one did have mayo, not a ton but more than it should have.

The > Cousin's was lobster and butter on a roll.

That sounds more like it.

Paid a pretty penny but it was worth every bite! (G)

gave away free samples. Mayo, hot dog rolls, and lobster. Edible,

if

you're desperate, but a waste of good shellfish.

Publix was demo-ing crab cakes today but they weren't ready when we came
in, and we didn't stick around long enough to get any. Just in for a
couple of things, and back out.

Oh well. My grocery demos things two or three times a month.

Publix does their "Aprons" meal several times a week. Always on Friday afternoon and at some point Saturday for a couple of hours. They also
have other vendors giving away samples, usually on the week end. Other
stores around here aren't as much into doing the demos or giving out
taste tidbits.

My folks had indoor-outdoor cats live to about 18 years old. The

current

one is somewhere around 14; they adopted her from a shelter while we
were in HI.

Mine generally only made it to 15/16. Genie is about five now.

Jenny-cat, was, as near as we could figure, about 8 when we adopted her
out. Don't know how long she lived; she had health issues almost all her life.

My friend's 17 year old cat goes for fluids every so often. His
mother is going to go on her final trip to the V-E-T pretty soon;
she's senile.

With dementia?

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The McDs one did have mayo, not a ton but more than it should have.

The > Cousin's was lobster and butter on a roll.

That sounds more like it.

Paid a pretty penny but it was worth every bite! (G)

I wonder if a whole wheat roll would improve it or just be less authentic.

Oh well. My grocery demos things two or three times a month.

Publix does their "Aprons" meal several times a week. Always on Friday afternoon and at some point Saturday for a couple of hours. They also
have other vendors giving away samples, usually on the week end. Other stores around here aren't as much into doing the demos or giving out
taste tidbits.

Most stores only do it on high traffic days. The exception is the bakery
in my Big Y. Sometimes they do samples on odd days, probably of things
they made too much of.

My friend's 17 year old cat goes for fluids every so often. His
mother is going to go on her final trip to the V-E-T pretty soon;
she's senile.

With dementia?

Or something. Can't find the catboxia, at least.
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You may not have, but I got it for you. Nothing stuck, but even

so.

The Easter Bunny at last report, wanted to beat up Old Man Winter.

I know, I've seen late April storms before. Had some mixed in with the
rain; Steve said he saw ice on the lawn the other day. Now predicting
we'll be in the 80s for a few days, then back to the low 60s by Monday.

We had a hard frost a few days ago, it went into the 60s today, and it
won't get out of the 30s on Sunday. The MS and my eardrums are NOT happy.

I've not done that yet. Noticed I've also got some rectangular MMs

also,

mostly good for dry storage.

That's one I bought; my flour bin lid cracked and at 25 cents the
whole container was cheaper than ordering a lid.

For sure! I've got a few with slightly damaged lids that should be
replaced, others with more damage, all to be sent in but not done so
yet. Wonder what they'll do with the German pieces. (G)

Scratch their heads?

We have more of a Mud Month, once things defrost.

No surprise there. We've defrosted and now pollenated--it's everywhere!
I'm trying not to spend too much time outside.

Maple and spruce pollen are my killers.
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Even my niece's 18-pound dog has one. His can be bribed with food,

of

course, but some can't.

If one is using the dog as a protective watch dog, one wouldn't really
want it to be too easily bribed, though... :) Unless it is a
supervised bribe, so that the dog knows that the new person is approved
by the management... ;)

Watch dogs have been hurt before by nefarious characters.

Doubtful; we have lots of Jamaicans and any bunch buying factory made patties wouldn't be in business long.

Unless the ones available at BJ's are rather authentic... ;)

If they're not Scott's from Hartford around here... ain't

happening.

Nope... they're Caribbean Food Delights Frozen Jamaican Style Patties... Just looked at a coupon I clipped today... ;)

Ewww. Nope. Not happening here.

We hit the Kosher aisle for some things, oddly.

Are the British items Kosher, then...? We have a small section of

No, but some things popular in Britain are more available here as Kosher specialty items. Some flavors of jam like currant are a prime example.

British items at our Wegmans, and about the same size (sometimes a
little larger around Passover) section of Kosher... :) The larger
stores probably make a bigger deal of the Kosher, being located in areas that are more heavily Jewish than our area.... :)

My regular store has most of one aisle. There's a whole supermarket down
the street.
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lap, the other thinks it her due... :)

Genie hasn't done it again since her trip to the evil V-E-T, but otherwise seems to have forgiven me.

All the more reason to limit the number of visits there... ;) She'll probably come round sooner or later... ;)

She's calmed down a lot and even jumps in my lap sometimes now. She's
figured out that "lap" means "scratch" and "warm spot".

Cats in this household learn VERY quickly that pillows with heads on
them are off-limits... they are likely to be tossed off the bed unceremoniously...

Often my head hasn't hit it yet when she gets there, but she's

learned

to move out of the way pretty quickly.

Or risk being the pillow....? (G)

Pretty much.
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Hi Ruth,

The McDs one did have mayo, not a ton but more than it should have.

The > Cousin's was lobster and butter on a roll.

That sounds more like it.

Paid a pretty penny but it was worth every bite! (G)

I wonder if a whole wheat roll would improve it or just be less
authentic.

It might not be as authentic but it would taste pretty good. Much better
than a squishy white roll, IMO.

Oh well. My grocery demos things two or three times a month.

Publix does their "Aprons" meal several times a week. Always on Friday afternoon and at some point Saturday for a couple of hours. They also
have other vendors giving away samples, usually on the week end. Other stores around here aren't as much into doing the demos or giving out
taste tidbits.

Most stores only do it on high traffic days. The exception is the
bakery in my Big Y. Sometimes they do samples on odd days, probably
of things they made too much of.

Sounds like it's an easy way to "recycle" something rather than tossing
it out. They might hit a winner and people will demand to see it in the
display case.

My friend's 17 year old cat goes for fluids every so often. His
mother is going to go on her final trip to the V-E-T pretty soon;
she's senile.

With dementia?

Or something. Can't find the catboxia, at least.

Jenny-cat had problems on that line and she wasn't that old. Early onset
feline dementia?


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Hi Ruth,

The Easter Bunny at last report, wanted to beat up Old Man Winter.

I know, I've seen late April storms before. Had some mixed in with the
rain; Steve said he saw ice on the lawn the other day. Now predicting
we'll be in the 80s for a few days, then back to the low 60s by Monday.

We had a hard frost a few days ago, it went into the 60s today, and it won't get out of the 30s on Sunday. The MS and my eardrums are NOT
happy.

We're into the low 80s today, will be again tomorrow but a front is
supposed to come thru tomorrow night. Monday & Tuesday temps are to be
in the low 60s.

I've not done that yet. Noticed I've also got some rectangular MMs

also,

mostly good for dry storage.

That's one I bought; my flour bin lid cracked and at 25 cents the
whole container was cheaper than ordering a lid.

For sure! I've got a few with slightly damaged lids that should be
replaced, others with more damage, all to be sent in but not done so
yet. Wonder what they'll do with the German pieces. (G)

Scratch their heads?

Probably do some on line research. Some pieces are similar to what my
MIL got as trial products that (AFAIK), never made it into the product
line in the USA.

We have more of a Mud Month, once things defrost.

No surprise there. We've defrosted and now pollenated--it's everywhere!
I'm trying not to spend too much time outside.

Maple and spruce pollen are my killers.

Pine is the biggest nemisis areound here. Everybody drives a
yellow-green car for the latter part of March into late April and we're
all stuffy/sneezy/itchy eyed.

---
Catch you later,
Ruth
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Paid a pretty penny but it was worth every bite! (G)

I wonder if a whole wheat roll would improve it or just be less authentic.

It might not be as authentic but it would taste pretty good. Much better than a squishy white roll, IMO.

Squishy white rolls aren't even food.

Most stores only do it on high traffic days. The exception is the bakery in my Big Y. Sometimes they do samples on odd days,

probably

of things they made too much of.

Sounds like it's an easy way to "recycle" something rather than tossing
it out. They might hit a winner and people will demand to see it in the display case.

That's generally where it was.

My friend's 17 year old cat goes for fluids every so often. His mother is going to go on her final trip to the V-E-T pretty

soon;

she's senile.

With dementia?

Or something. Can't find the catboxia, at least.

Jenny-cat had problems on that line and she wasn't that old. Early onset feline dementia?

Or a UTI.
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rain; Steve said he saw ice on the lawn the other day. Now predicting we'll be in the 80s for a few days, then back to the low 60s by

Monday.

We had a hard frost a few days ago, it went into the 60s today, and

it

won't get out of the 30s on Sunday. The MS and my eardrums are NOT happy.

We're into the low 80s today, will be again tomorrow but a front is
supposed to come thru tomorrow night. Monday & Tuesday temps are to be
in the low 60s.

It hit 70 here on Saturday and was sleeting on Sunday night.

For sure! I've got a few with slightly damaged lids that should be replaced, others with more damage, all to be sent in but not done so
yet. Wonder what they'll do with the German pieces. (G)

Scratch their heads?

Probably do some on line research. Some pieces are similar to what my
MIL got as trial products that (AFAIK), never made it into the product
line in the USA.

And then scratch their heads?

No surprise there. We've defrosted and now pollenated--it's

everywhere!

I'm trying not to spend too much time outside.

Maple and spruce pollen are my killers.

Pine is the biggest nemisis areound here. Everybody drives a
yellow-green car for the latter part of March into late April and we're
all stuffy/sneezy/itchy eyed.

Doctors don't test for it here, but people know about it.
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Hi Ruth,

Paid a pretty penny but it was worth every bite! (G)

I wonder if a whole wheat roll would improve it or just be less authentic.

It might not be as authentic but it would taste pretty good. Much better than a squishy white roll, IMO.

Squishy white rolls aren't even food.

They can be used to (carefully) mop up juices or sauce but don't have
too many other. Dr. David Rubin, in his book on nutrition, refers to
white breadstuffs as "balloon bread".

Most stores only do it on high traffic days. The exception is the bakery in my Big Y. Sometimes they do samples on odd days,

probably

of things they made too much of.

Sounds like it's an easy way to "recycle" something rather than tossing
it out. They might hit a winner and people will demand to see it in the display case.

That's generally where it was.

So by pulling it out and offering samples, people will know to ask for
it by name instead of '.............that stuff with pink icing". (G)

My friend's 17 year old cat goes for fluids every so often. His mother is going to go on her final trip to the V-E-T pretty

soon;

she's senile.

With dementia?

Or something. Can't find the catboxia, at least.

Jenny-cat had problems on that line and she wasn't that old. Early onset feline dementia?

Or a UTI.

No, as I recall, she tested negative for that. We think it was rooted in
the abuse she had when she was a kitten.

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Hi Ruth,

We're into the low 80s today, will be again tomorrow but a front is
supposed to come thru tomorrow night. Monday & Tuesday temps are to be
in the low 60s.

It hit 70 here on Saturday and was sleeting on Sunday night.

We were in the low 80s, before the front went thru Sunday night. We did
not get hit by any of the tornadoes that hit in/around Greensboro (a
couple of hours west of us). Tomorrow is supposed to be chilly again,
then in the low 80s Wednesday and back to the 60s on Thursday. Frost
warnings out for tonight.

For sure! I've got a few with slightly damaged lids that should be replaced, others with more damage, all to be sent in but not done so
yet. Wonder what they'll do with the German pieces. (G)

Scratch their heads?

Probably do some on line research. Some pieces are similar to what my
MIL got as trial products that (AFAIK), never made it into the product
line in the USA.

And then scratch their heads?

Probably so. (G)

No surprise there. We've defrosted and now pollenated--it's

everywhere!

I'm trying not to spend too much time outside.

Maple and spruce pollen are my killers.

Pine is the biggest nemisis areound here. Everybody drives a
yellow-green car for the latter part of March into late April and we're
all stuffy/sneezy/itchy eyed.

Doctors don't test for it here, but people know about it.

I think it's a "given" around here that most people have problems with
it. We didn't in Savannah; the coastal breezes kept it away from us.

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Quoting Ruth Hanschka to Nancy Backus on 04-13-18 23:25 <=-

Even my niece's 18-pound dog has one. His can be bribed with food,
of course, but some can't.

If one is using the dog as a protective watch dog, one wouldn't really
want it to be too easily bribed, though... :) Unless it is a
supervised bribe, so that the dog knows that the new person is approved
by the management... ;)

Watch dogs have been hurt before by nefarious characters.

That, too... :)

Doubtful; we have lots of Jamaicans and any bunch buying
factory made patties wouldn't be in business long.

Unless the ones available at BJ's are rather authentic... ;)

If they're not Scott's from Hartford around here... ain't
happening.

Nope... they're Caribbean Food Delights Frozen Jamaican Style Patties... Just looked at a coupon I clipped today... ;)

Ewww. Nope. Not happening here.

Just as well you don't have them available, eh...?

We hit the Kosher aisle for some things, oddly.

Are the British items Kosher, then...?

No, but some things popular in Britain are more available here as
Kosher specialty items. Some flavors of jam like currant are a prime example.

Ah... that makes sense... :)

We have a small section of
British items at our Wegmans, and about the same size (sometimes a
little larger around Passover) section of Kosher... :) The larger
stores probably make a bigger deal of the Kosher, being located in areas that are more heavily Jewish than our area.... :)

My regular store has most of one aisle. There's a whole supermarket
down the street.

I'm sure that the makeup of the population around the store has
something to do with that... :) I think there still is a whole Kosher
store (maybe more) over on the east side of town where the population is heavily Jewish...

ttyl neb

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Quoting Ruth Hanschka to Nancy Backus on 04-13-18 23:44 <=-

lap, the other thinks it her due... :)

Genie hasn't done it again since her trip to the evil V-E-T, but otherwise seems to have forgiven me.

All the more reason to limit the number of visits there... ;) She'll probably come round sooner or later... ;)

She's calmed down a lot and even jumps in my lap sometimes now. She's figured out that "lap" means "scratch" and "warm spot".

Smart kitty... ;)

Cats in this household learn VERY quickly that pillows with heads on
them are off-limits... they are likely to be tossed off the bed unceremoniously...

Often my head hasn't hit it yet when she gets there, but she's
learned to move out of the way pretty quickly.

Or risk being the pillow....? (G)

Pretty much.

They do generally catch on eventually.... (G)

ttyl neb

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She's calmed down a lot and even jumps in my lap sometimes now.

She's

figured out that "lap" means "scratch" and "warm spot".

Smart kitty... ;)

More like kitty who wants what she wants.

Often my head hasn't hit it yet when she gets there, but she's learned to move out of the way pretty quickly.

Or risk being the pillow....? (G)

Pretty much.

They do generally catch on eventually.... (G)

She figured out that it could get her more scratching, although she hasn't figure out "wake the human up" yet ... thankfully.
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It might not be as authentic but it would taste pretty good. Much

better

than a squishy white roll, IMO.

Squishy white rolls aren't even food.

They can be used to (carefully) mop up juices or sauce but don't have
too many other. Dr. David Rubin, in his book on nutrition, refers to
white breadstuffs as "balloon bread".

I refer to it as landfill bait. I'll use white bread burger rolls and hot
dog buns, but generally won't eat white bread with preservatives in it.

Sounds like it's an easy way to "recycle" something rather than

tossing

it out. They might hit a winner and people will demand to see it in

the

display case.

That's generally where it was.

So by pulling it out and offering samples, people will know to ask for
it by name instead of '.............that stuff with pink icing". (G)

Taste it once come back for more later is the thinking. It may well work,
and if not it at least doesn't waste food.

Or something. Can't find the catboxia, at least.

Jenny-cat had problems on that line and she wasn't that old. Early

onset

feline dementia?

Or a UTI.

No, as I recall, she tested negative for that. We think it was rooted in
the abuse she had when she was a kitten.

Certainly possible. A friend's can find the box but choose not to, as far
as he can tell just to cheese off the humans.
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It hit 70 here on Saturday and was sleeting on Sunday night.

We were in the low 80s, before the front went thru Sunday night. We did
not get hit by any of the tornadoes that hit in/around Greensboro (a
couple of hours west of us). Tomorrow is supposed to be chilly again,
then in the low 80s Wednesday and back to the 60s on Thursday. Frost warnings out for tonight.

I'm starting to feel like I'm living on a yo-yo.

yet. Wonder what they'll do with the German pieces. (G)

Scratch their heads?

Probably do some on line research. Some pieces are similar to what my
MIL got as trial products that (AFAIK), never made it into the

product

line in the USA.

And then scratch their heads?

Probably so. (G)

It might be worth checking Ebay, maybe even German Ebay if you can find a seller who ships to the US.

Doctors don't test for it here, but people know about it.

I think it's a "given" around here that most people have problems with
it. We didn't in Savannah; the coastal breezes kept it away from us.

Does pine pollen at least lead to pine nuts?
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want it to be too easily bribed, though... :) Unless it is a
supervised bribe, so that the dog knows that the new person is

approved

by the management... ;)

Watch dogs have been hurt before by nefarious characters.

That, too... :)

Police dogs get bullet-proof vests in some departments. Which stinks.
Not the vests, but that they're needed.

Nope... they're Caribbean Food Delights Frozen Jamaican Style

Patties...

Just looked at a coupon I clipped today... ;)

Ewww. Nope. Not happening here.

Just as well you don't have them available, eh...?

They wouldn't sell, so no point.

We hit the Kosher aisle for some things, oddly.

Are the British items Kosher, then...?

No, but some things popular in Britain are more available here as Kosher specialty items. Some flavors of jam like currant are a

prime

example.

Ah... that makes sense... :)

A local store does carry some British items; I don't know if any of it ever sells, except to the same Jamaican crowd.

that are more heavily Jewish than our area.... :)

My regular store has most of one aisle. There's a whole

supermarket

down the street.

I'm sure that the makeup of the population around the store has
something to do with that... :) I think there still is a whole Kosher
store (maybe more) over on the east side of town where the population is heavily Jewish...

There are more than a few synagogues here, so the demand is there.
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Hi Ruth,

Squishy white rolls aren't even food.

They can be used to (carefully) mop up juices or sauce but don't have
too many other. Dr. David Rubin, in his book on nutrition, refers to
white breadstuffs as "balloon bread".

I refer to it as landfill bait. I'll use white bread burger rolls and
hot dog buns, but generally won't eat white bread with preservatives
in it.

It's not in our house either. Don't have any white rice, flour or sugar.

Sounds like it's an easy way to "recycle" something rather than

tossing

it out. They might hit a winner and people will demand to see it in

the

display case.

That's generally where it was.

So by pulling it out and offering samples, people will know to ask for
it by name instead of '.............that stuff with pink icing". (G)

Taste it once come back for more later is the thinking. It may well
work, and if not it at least doesn't waste food.

Clears out the case for something new for people to try.

Or something. Can't find the catboxia, at least.

Jenny-cat had problems on that line and she wasn't that old. Early

onset

feline dementia?

Or a UTI.

No, as I recall, she tested negative for that. We think it was rooted in
the abuse she had when she was a kitten.

Certainly possible. A friend's can find the box but choose not to,
as far as he can tell just to cheese off the humans.

May have ended up getting him in more trouble than he figured tho. Took Jenny-cat to the vet--got some lamb and rice to try her on. Cat went on
a hunger strike, actually pushed the bowl away from her.

---
Catch you later,
Ruth
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Hi Ruth,

It hit 70 here on Saturday and was sleeting on Sunday night.

We were in the low 80s, before the front went thru Sunday night. We did
not get hit by any of the tornadoes that hit in/around Greensboro (a
couple of hours west of us). Tomorrow is supposed to be chilly again,
then in the low 80s Wednesday and back to the 60s on Thursday. Frost warnings out for tonight.

I'm starting to feel like I'm living on a yo-yo.

Same here. One lady at quilting the other day said that some city
(Cleveland, I think) was marking the date as the ".......day of January" instead of April whatever it was. Feels more like January more than
April so far this month--it was 37 for the morning low today.

yet. Wonder what they'll do with the German pieces. (G)

Scratch their heads?

Probably do some on line research. Some pieces are similar to what my
MIL got as trial products that (AFAIK), never made it into the

product

line in the USA.

And then scratch their heads?

Probably so. (G)

It might be worth checking Ebay, maybe even German Ebay if you can
find a seller who ships to the US.

Son't know if it's really worth the time and effort.

Doctors don't test for it here, but people know about it.

I think it's a "given" around here that most people have problems with
it. We didn't in Savannah; the coastal breezes kept it away from us.

Does pine pollen at least lead to pine nuts?

More like pine cones I think.

---
Catch you later,
Ruth
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I refer to it as landfill bait. I'll use white bread burger rolls

and

hot dog buns, but generally won't eat white bread with

preservatives

in it.

It's not in our house either. Don't have any white rice, flour or sugar.

I have all of the above. Can't bake without the latter two, and Mom likes
the former.

So by pulling it out and offering samples, people will know to ask

for

it by name instead of '.............that stuff with pink icing". (G)

Taste it once come back for more later is the thinking. It may

well

work, and if not it at least doesn't waste food.

Clears out the case for something new for people to try.

Or at least clears old inventory.

Certainly possible. A friend's can find the box but choose not

to,

as far as he can tell just to cheese off the humans.

May have ended up getting him in more trouble than he figured tho. Took Jenny-cat to the vet--got some lamb and rice to try her on. Cat went on
a hunger strike, actually pushed the bowl away from her.

Smart cat. I had one who loved lamb, and two more who wouldn't eat it.
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I'm starting to feel like I'm living on a yo-yo.

Same here. One lady at quilting the other day said that some city (Cleveland, I think) was marking the date as the ".......day of January" instead of April whatever it was. Feels more like January more than
April so far this month--it was 37 for the morning low today.

Meanwhile, we're supposed to hit 80 next week, or at least get close. I
think we may be done with snow.

And then scratch their heads?

Probably so. (G)

It might be worth checking Ebay, maybe even German Ebay if you can
find a seller who ships to the US.

Son't know if it's really worth the time and effort.

You never know; the darndest things turn up, and you weren't the only ones stationed in Germany.

Does pine pollen at least lead to pine nuts?

More like pine cones I think.

Rats. Probably get them from China the same as us, and the Italians too
these days.
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Hi Ruth,

hot dog buns, but generally won't eat white bread with

preservatives

in it.

It's not in our house either. Don't have any white rice, flour or sugar.

I have all of the above. Can't bake without the latter two, and Mom
likes the former.

I can/do bake with other than white flour/sugar. Whole wheat pastry
flour, some gluten free flours from time to time and raw sugar have
worked well for me over the years. Since Steve and I both like brown
ice, that's the one we use.

So by pulling it out and offering samples, people will know to ask

for

it by name instead of '.............that stuff with pink icing". (G)

Taste it once come back for more later is the thinking. It may

well

work, and if not it at least doesn't waste food.

Clears out the case for something new for people to try.

Or at least clears old inventory.

that it does. We wer in Publix today around lunch time and
surprise--they were doing a cooking demo. They have a weekly recipe that
gets demo-ed, I thought usually Fridays and week ends, but they were
also doing today. It was Thai beef with carrot-basil salad. Beef was
good but it was served on precooked (heat in the microwave) Uncle
Ben's jasmine rice. We declined the salad as it was loaded with
cilantro.

Certainly possible. A friend's can find the box but choose not

to,

as far as he can tell just to cheese off the humans.

May have ended up getting him in more trouble than he figured tho. Took Jenny-cat to the vet--got some lamb and rice to try her on. Cat went on
a hunger strike, actually pushed the bowl away from her.

Smart cat. I had one who loved lamb, and two more who wouldn't eat it.

Interestingly, Sam didn't care for the lamb and rice (dry) dog food. We
bought a bag once, just as a change from the usual. He ate it, but not
as enthused as he was over his usual chow so we never got it again.

---
Catch you later,
Ruth
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Hi Ruth,

instead of April whatever it was. Feels more like January more than
April so far this month--it was 37 for the morning low today.

Meanwhile, we're supposed to hit 80 next week, or at least get close.
I think we may be done with snow.

Maybe so. We're supposed to get some low 80s next week but still have
several more days of 60s and low 70s before then. Today is probably not
even going to get out of the 50s, with rain.

It might be worth checking Ebay, maybe even German Ebay if you can
find a seller who ships to the US.

Son't know if it's really worth the time and effort.

You never know; the darndest things turn up, and you weren't the only
ones stationed in Germany.

True, but don't know how many people would have 80s era German
Tupperware still.

Does pine pollen at least lead to pine nuts?

More like pine cones I think.

Rats. Probably get them from China the same as us, and the Italians
too these days.

Southwest (AZ, NM) is a good source of pine nuts.

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Catch you later,
Ruth
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Quoting Ruth Hanschka to Nancy Backus on 04-19-18 18:04 <=-

She's calmed down a lot and even jumps in my lap sometimes now.
She's figured out that "lap" means "scratch" and "warm spot".

Smart kitty... ;)

More like kitty who wants what she wants.

But has figured out how to get it... :)

Often my head hasn't hit it yet when she gets there, but she's learned to move out of the way pretty quickly.

Or risk being the pillow....? (G)

Pretty much.

They do generally catch on eventually.... (G)

She figured out that it could get her more scratching, although she
hasn't figure out "wake the human up" yet ... thankfully.

When she first tries, ignore her... if you respond, other than to toss
her off and thereafter ignore, she'll just persist....

ttyl neb

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It's not in our house either. Don't have any white rice, flour or

sugar.

I have all of the above. Can't bake without the latter two, and

Mom

likes the former.

I can/do bake with other than white flour/sugar. Whole wheat pastry
flour, some gluten free flours from time to time and raw sugar have
worked well for me over the years. Since Steve and I both like brown
ice, that's the one we use.

Some of the old recipes are finicky and don't work well with raw sugar or
whole wheat. Breads are a different story.

that it does. We wer in Publix today around lunch time and
surprise--they were doing a cooking demo. They have a weekly recipe that gets demo-ed, I thought usually Fridays and week ends, but they were
also doing today. It was Thai beef with carrot-basil salad. Beef was
good but it was served on precooked (heat in the microwave) Uncle
Ben's jasmine rice. We declined the salad as it was loaded with
cilantro.

Oh well; I'd have dived on it. The beef at least. Nuked prefab rice is edible, but not desirable.

Jenny-cat to the vet--got some lamb and rice to try her on. Cat went

on

a hunger strike, actually pushed the bowl away from her.

Smart cat. I had one who loved lamb, and two more who wouldn't eat

it.

Interestingly, Sam didn't care for the lamb and rice (dry) dog food. We bought a bag once, just as a change from the usual. He ate it, but not
as enthused as he was over his usual chow so we never got it again.

He wasn't used to it, so it tasted suspect.
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Quoting Ruth Hanschka to Nancy Backus on 04-20-18 00:03 <=-

want it to be too easily bribed, though... :) Unless it is a
supervised bribe, so that the dog knows that the new person is
approved by the management... ;)

Watch dogs have been hurt before by nefarious characters.

That, too... :)

Police dogs get bullet-proof vests in some departments. Which stinks.
Not the vests, but that they're needed.

Indeed.

Nope... they're Caribbean Food Delights Frozen Jamaican Style
Patties... Just looked at a coupon I clipped today... ;)

Ewww. Nope. Not happening here.

Just as well you don't have them available, eh...?

They wouldn't sell, so no point.

Oh, I'm sure someone would buy them... just not the Jamaicans... ;)

We hit the Kosher aisle for some things, oddly.

Are the British items Kosher, then...?

No, but some things popular in Britain are more available here as Kosher specialty items. Some flavors of jam like currant are a
prime example.

Ah... that makes sense... :)

A local store does carry some British items; I don't know if any of it ever sells, except to the same Jamaican crowd.

There's probably others that buy some of it... :)

that are more heavily Jewish than our area.... :)

My regular store has most of one aisle. There's a whole
supermarket down the street.

I'm sure that the makeup of the population around the store has
something to do with that... :) I think there still is a whole Kosher
store (maybe more) over on the east side of town where the population is heavily Jewish...

There are more than a few synagogues here, so the demand is there.

Exactly... most (if not all) the synagogues are over on the east side of
town here....

ttyl neb

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Meanwhile, we're supposed to hit 80 next week, or at least get

close.

I think we may be done with snow.

Maybe so. We're supposed to get some low 80s next week but still have several more days of 60s and low 70s before then. Today is probably not
even going to get out of the 50s, with rain.

Next week they're talking mid-80s. I wouldn't put it past Connecticut to
land in the 40s a week later.

You never know; the darndest things turn up, and you weren't the

only

ones stationed in Germany.

True, but don't know how many people would have 80s era German
Tupperware still.

You might be surprised. It does turn up.

More like pine cones I think.

Rats. Probably get them from China the same as us, and the

Italians

too these days.

Southwest (AZ, NM) is a good source of pine nuts.

I wonder if the Italians have figured that out...if so there may be an invasion.
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She's calmed down a lot and even jumps in my lap sometimes now. She's figured out that "lap" means "scratch" and "warm spot".

Smart kitty... ;)

More like kitty who wants what she wants.

But has figured out how to get it... :)

Darned tootin'. She likes warm spots, food, and someone to play with.

They do generally catch on eventually.... (G)

She figured out that it could get her more scratching, although she hasn't figure out "wake the human up" yet ... thankfully.

When she first tries, ignore her... if you respond, other than to toss
her off and thereafter ignore, she'll just persist....

So far she's only figured out plopping on the human and interfering with
her breathing. Sorry cat, no sleeping on the lungs for you.
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Hi Ruth,

It's not in our house either. Don't have any white rice, flour or

sugar.

I have all of the above. Can't bake without the latter two, and

Mom

likes the former.

I can/do bake with other than white flour/sugar. Whole wheat pastry
flour, some gluten free flours from time to time and raw sugar have
worked well for me over the years. Since Steve and I both like brown
rice, that's the one we use.

Some of the old recipes are finicky and don't work well with raw sugar
or whole wheat. Breads are a different story.

I've not had any problems with the sugar or flour. We use whole wheat
pastry flour for most all of our baking, and a finer raw sugar than the turbinado I've seen on some shelves. I use that when I want the coarser
sugar.

that it does. We wer in Publix today around lunch time and
surprise--they were doing a cooking demo. They have a weekly recipe that gets demo-ed, I thought usually Fridays and week ends, but they were
also doing today. It was Thai beef with carrot-basil salad. Beef was
good but it was served on precooked (heat in the microwave) Uncle
Ben's jasmine rice. We declined the salad as it was loaded with
cilantro.

Oh well; I'd have dived on it. The beef at least. Nuked prefab rice
is edible, but not desirable.

It was good, but could use some of our tweaks to make it better. Nice
kick to it, but not a blow the doors off kick.

Jenny-cat to the vet--got some lamb and rice to try her on. Cat went

on

a hunger strike, actually pushed the bowl away from her.

Smart cat. I had one who loved lamb, and two more who wouldn't eat

it.

Interestingly, Sam didn't care for the lamb and rice (dry) dog food. We bought a bag once, just as a change from the usual. He ate it, but not
as enthused as he was over his usual chow so we never got it again.

He wasn't used to it, so it tasted suspect.

He ate all sorts of other odd things.

---
Catch you later,
Ruth
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Hi Ruth,

I think we may be done with snow.

Maybe so. We're supposed to get some low 80s next week but still have several more days of 60s and low 70s before then. Today is probably not
even going to get out of the 50s, with rain.

Next week they're talking mid-80s. I wouldn't put it past Connecticut
to land in the 40s a week later.

They're saying upper 80s for a few days here, then into the 70s.
Tomorrow is supposed to be the low 60s for highs tho. It's also our
annual dessert auction to raise funds for youth camp day. I just
finished glazing a lemon pound cake--made with lemon greek yogurt, lemon extract and lemon peel. Glaze had lemon peel and lemon juice so it's a
lemon lover's delight. (G)

You never know; the darndest things turn up, and you weren't the

only

ones stationed in Germany.

True, but don't know how many people would have 80s era German
Tupperware still.

You might be surprised. It does turn up.

I don't comb the internet that often to look for such things; maybe I
ought to.

More like pine cones I think.

Rats. Probably get them from China the same as us, and the

Italians

too these days.

Southwest (AZ, NM) is a good source of pine nuts.

I wonder if the Italians have figured that out...if so there may be an invasion.

Some may be on to the secret but certain Indian tribes make a yearly
ritual of gathering them. Don't know if Italians have joined them or
not.

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Next week they're talking mid-80s. I wouldn't put it past

Connecticut

to land in the 40s a week later.

They're saying upper 80s for a few days here, then into the 70s.
Tomorrow is supposed to be the low 60s for highs tho. It's also our
annual dessert auction to raise funds for youth camp day. I just
finished glazing a lemon pound cake--made with lemon greek yogurt, lemon extract and lemon peel. Glaze had lemon peel and lemon juice so it's a
lemon lover's delight. (G)

Otherwise known as dinner! It's going to get into the 80s for a few days
here too.

True, but don't know how many people would have 80s era German
Tupperware still.

You might be surprised. It does turn up.

I don't comb the internet that often to look for such things; maybe I
ought to.

It could pay off. Ebay for example will let you create a specialized
search and save it. Their computers will then notify you if matching items crop up. Sometimes their idea of matches and mine leave something to be desired, but it's a start.

Southwest (AZ, NM) is a good source of pine nuts.

I wonder if the Italians have figured that out...if so there may be

an

invasion.

Some may be on to the secret but certain Indian tribes make a yearly
ritual of gathering them. Don't know if Italians have joined them or
not.

It wouldn't surprise me!
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Ewww. Nope. Not happening here.

Just as well you don't have them available, eh...?

They wouldn't sell, so no point.

Oh, I'm sure someone would buy them... just not the Jamaicans... ;)

Not the locals either; we've had the good stuff.

Kosher specialty items. Some flavors of jam like currant are a prime example.

Ah... that makes sense... :)

A local store does carry some British items; I don't know if any of

it

ever sells, except to the same Jamaican crowd.

There's probably others that buy some of it... :)

Possibly, but I have a hunch it's there for the Caribbean ex-pat
population.

I'm sure that the makeup of the population around the store has
something to do with that... :) I think there still is a whole

Kosher

store (maybe more) over on the east side of town where the population

is

heavily Jewish...

There are more than a few synagogues here, so the demand is there.

Exactly... most (if not all) the synagogues are over on the east side of town here....

They're in assorted locations here. One in my town closed down, and I
think the Orthodox one near my house is going away too.
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I can/do bake with other than white flour/sugar. Whole wheat pastry flour, some gluten free flours from time to time and raw sugar have worked well for me over the years. Since Steve and I both like brown rice, that's the one we use.

Some of the old recipes are finicky and don't work well with raw

sugar

or whole wheat. Breads are a different story.

I've not had any problems with the sugar or flour. We use whole wheat
pastry flour for most all of our baking, and a finer raw sugar than the turbinado I've seen on some shelves. I use that when I want the coarser sugar.

I've never seen the finer stuff, but then I've never really looked.

Ben's jasmine rice. We declined the salad as it was loaded with
cilantro.

Oh well; I'd have dived on it. The beef at least. Nuked prefab

rice

is edible, but not desirable.

It was good, but could use some of our tweaks to make it better. Nice
kick to it, but not a blow the doors off kick.

Some days that door-blowing is part of a food's appeal.

Interestingly, Sam didn't care for the lamb and rice (dry) dog food.

We

bought a bag once, just as a change from the usual. He ate it, but

not

as enthused as he was over his usual chow so we never got it again.

He wasn't used to it, so it tasted suspect.

He ate all sorts of other odd things.

Yeah well. Those weren't dog food. Forbidden fruit and all that.
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Quoting Ruth Hanschka to Nancy Backus on 04-27-18 23:10 <=-

She's calmed down a lot and even jumps in my lap sometimes now. She's figured out that "lap" means "scratch" and "warm spot".

Smart kitty... ;)

More like kitty who wants what she wants.

But has figured out how to get it... :)

Darned tootin'. She likes warm spots, food, and someone to play with.

Sounds like a cat... (G)

They do generally catch on eventually.... (G)

She figured out that it could get her more scratching, although she hasn't figure out "wake the human up" yet ... thankfully.

When she first tries, ignore her... if you respond, other than to toss
her off and thereafter ignore, she'll just persist....

So far she's only figured out plopping on the human and interfering
with her breathing. Sorry cat, no sleeping on the lungs for you.

Some things one just has to take a hard line on... :)

ttyl neb

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Hi Ruth,

They're saying upper 80s for a few days here, then into the 70s.
Tomorrow is supposed to be the low 60s for highs tho. It's also our
annual dessert auction to raise funds for youth camp day. I just
finished glazing a lemon pound cake--made with lemon greek yogurt, lemon extract and lemon peel. Glaze had lemon peel and lemon juice so it's a
lemon lover's delight. (G)

Otherwise known as dinner! It's going to get into the 80s for a few
days here too.

About half of it was gone in trades/samples to other people, the rest
went home with the lady that bought it. She said she's a lemon lover;
I'll get her opinion on Sunday.

True, but don't know how many people would have 80s era German
Tupperware still.

You might be surprised. It does turn up.

I don't comb the internet that often to look for such things; maybe I
ought to.

It could pay off. Ebay for example will let you create a specialized search and save it. Their computers will then notify you if matching items crop up. Sometimes their idea of matches and mine leave
something to be desired, but it's a start.

Ebay turns it into a Stephen project. (G)

Southwest (AZ, NM) is a good source of pine nuts.

I wonder if the Italians have figured that out...if so there may be

an

invasion.

Some may be on to the secret but certain Indian tribes make a yearly
ritual of gathering them. Don't know if Italians have joined them or
not.

It wouldn't surprise me!

Same here.

---
Catch you later,
Ruth
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Hi Ruth,

I've not had any problems with the sugar or flour. We use whole wheat
pastry flour for most all of our baking, and a finer raw sugar than the turbinado I've seen on some shelves. I use that when I want the coarser sugar.

I've never seen the finer stuff, but then I've never really looked.

IIRC, it's put out by FLorida Crystals--comes in a 2 poound plastic jug
with a green top.

Ben's jasmine rice. We declined the salad as it was loaded with
cilantro.

Oh well; I'd have dived on it. The beef at least. Nuked prefab

rice

is edible, but not desirable.

It was good, but could use some of our tweaks to make it better. Nice
kick to it, but not a blow the doors off kick.

Some days that door-blowing is part of a food's appeal.

I'd rather taste my food than be blown away by it. (G)

Interestingly, Sam didn't care for the lamb and rice (dry) dog food.

We

bought a bag once, just as a change from the usual. He ate it, but

not

as enthused as he was over his usual chow so we never got it again.

He wasn't used to it, so it tasted suspect.

He ate all sorts of other odd things.

Yeah well. Those weren't dog food. Forbidden fruit and all that.

More like forbidden chocolate chip cookies. (G)

---
Catch you later,
Ruth
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extract and lemon peel. Glaze had lemon peel and lemon juice so it's

a

lemon lover's delight. (G)

Otherwise known as dinner! It's going to get into the 80s for a

few

days here too.

About half of it was gone in trades/samples to other people, the rest
went home with the lady that bought it. She said she's a lemon lover;
I'll get her opinion on Sunday.

It'll be gone by Sunday if my guess is correct.

It could pay off. Ebay for example will let you create a

specialized

search and save it. Their computers will then notify you if

matching

items crop up. Sometimes their idea of matches and mine leave something to be desired, but it's a start.

Ebay turns it into a Stephen project. (G)

Oh Ste-phen.....

Some may be on to the secret but certain Indian tribes make a yearly ritual of gathering them. Don't know if Italians have joined them or
not.

It wouldn't surprise me!

Same here.

Italian cooks have been known to do crazier things to get the proper ingredients. Flying 5000 miles wouldn't even rate.
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I've never seen the finer stuff, but then I've never really looked.

IIRC, it's put out by FLorida Crystals--comes in a 2 poound plastic jug
with a green top.

I've never seen that brand in a jug, just a sack.

It was good, but could use some of our tweaks to make it better. Nice kick to it, but not a blow the doors off kick.

Some days that door-blowing is part of a food's appeal.

I'd rather taste my food than be blown away by it. (G)

If it's turnips or lima beans, blown away can be preferable.

as enthused as he was over his usual chow so we never got it

again.

He wasn't used to it, so it tasted suspect.

He ate all sorts of other odd things.

Yeah well. Those weren't dog food. Forbidden fruit and all that.

More like forbidden chocolate chip cookies. (G)

More to the point. Not to mention potato chips, pretzels, oatmeal
raisin.....
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More like kitty who wants what she wants.

But has figured out how to get it... :)

Darned tootin'. She likes warm spots, food, and someone to play

with.

Sounds like a cat... (G)

Well, she does have that reputation.

her off and thereafter ignore, she'll just persist....

So far she's only figured out plopping on the human and interfering with her breathing. Sorry cat, no sleeping on the lungs for you.

Some things one just has to take a hard line on... :)

She also thinks balls of yarn are evil killer mice, and plastic bags might
be edible. She's a strange cat.
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Quoting Ruth Hanschka to Nancy Backus on 05-01-18 00:03 <=-

Ewww. Nope. Not happening here.

Just as well you don't have them available, eh...?

They wouldn't sell, so no point.

Oh, I'm sure someone would buy them... just not the Jamaicans... ;)

Not the locals either; we've had the good stuff.

Oh, ok... :)

Kosher specialty items. Some flavors of jam like currant
are a prime example.

Ah... that makes sense... :)

A local store does carry some British items; I don't know if
any of it ever sells, except to the same Jamaican crowd.

There's probably others that buy some of it... :)

Possibly, but I have a hunch it's there for the Caribbean ex-pat population.

Possibly... :)

I'm sure that the makeup of the population around the store has
something to do with that... :) I think there still is a whole
Kosher store (maybe more) over on the east side of town where the population is heavily Jewish...

There are more than a few synagogues here, so the demand is there.

Exactly... most (if not all) the synagogues are over on the east side
of town here....

They're in assorted locations here. One in my town closed down, and I think the Orthodox one near my house is going away too.

I haven't heard of any closing around here...

ttyl neb

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Hi Ruth,

About half of it was gone in trades/samples to other people, the rest
went home with the lady that bought it. She said she's a lemon lover;
I'll get her opinion on Sunday.

It'll be gone by Sunday if my guess is correct.

It was probably gone by mid week. (G)

search and save it. Their computers will then notify you if

matching

items crop up. Sometimes their idea of matches and mine leave something to be desired, but it's a start.

Ebay turns it into a Stephen project. (G)

Oh Ste-phen.....

I did find a T'ware site last night but didn't haul out my stash to
start the process. Maybe when we get back from the trip.

Some may be on to the secret but certain Indian tribes make a yearly ritual of gathering them. Don't know if Italians have joined them or
not.

It wouldn't surprise me!

Same here.

Italian cooks have been known to do crazier things to get the proper ingredients. Flying 5000 miles wouldn't even rate.

More time and money to throw away than I have.

---
Catch you later,
Ruth
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Hi Ruth,

I've never seen the finer stuff, but then I've never really looked.

IIRC, it's put out by FLorida Crystals--comes in a 2 poound plastic jug
with a green top.

I've never seen that brand in a jug, just a sack.

Maybe it's our area?

It was good, but could use some of our tweaks to make it better. Nice kick to it, but not a blow the doors off kick.

Some days that door-blowing is part of a food's appeal.

I'd rather taste my food than be blown away by it. (G)

If it's turnips or lima beans, blown away can be preferable.

Blowin' in the wind!

as enthused as he was over his usual chow so we never got it

again.

He wasn't used to it, so it tasted suspect.

He ate all sorts of other odd things.

Yeah well. Those weren't dog food. Forbidden fruit and all that.

More like forbidden chocolate chip cookies. (G)

More to the point. Not to mention potato chips, pretzels, oatmeal raisin.....

Actually some veggies and peanut butter too.

---
Catch you later,
Ruth
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Quoting Ruth Hanschka to Nancy Backus on 05-04-18 22:47 <=-

More like kitty who wants what she wants.

But has figured out how to get it... :)

Darned tootin'. She likes warm spots, food, and someone to play
with.

Sounds like a cat... (G)

Well, she does have that reputation.

True. ;)

her off and thereafter ignore, she'll just persist....

So far she's only figured out plopping on the human and interfering with her breathing. Sorry cat, no sleeping on the lungs for you.

Some things one just has to take a hard line on... :)

She also thinks balls of yarn are evil killer mice, and plastic bags
might be edible. She's a strange cat.

They all are... just in different ways... ;)

ttyl neb

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About half of it was gone in trades/samples to other people, the rest went home with the lady that bought it. She said she's a lemon lover; I'll get her opinion on Sunday.

It'll be gone by Sunday if my guess is correct.

It was probably gone by mid week. (G)

And the pan licked.

Ebay turns it into a Stephen project. (G)

Oh Ste-phen.....

I did find a T'ware site last night but didn't haul out my stash to
start the process. Maybe when we get back from the trip.

Good idea.

Italian cooks have been known to do crazier things to get the

proper

ingredients. Flying 5000 miles wouldn't even rate.

More time and money to throw away than I have.

Me too, but if it's the right stuff and they can ship it home....
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IIRC, it's put out by FLorida Crystals--comes in a 2 poound plastic

jug

with a green top.

I've never seen that brand in a jug, just a sack.

Maybe it's our area?

The jugs might be. The brand is regional however.

I'd rather taste my food than be blown away by it. (G)

If it's turnips or lima beans, blown away can be preferable.

Blowin' in the wind!

Well they are beans after all!

Yeah well. Those weren't dog food. Forbidden fruit and all

that.

More like forbidden chocolate chip cookies. (G)

More to the point. Not to mention potato chips, pretzels, oatmeal raisin.....

Actually some veggies and peanut butter too.

But he was supposed to eat those.
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her off and thereafter ignore, she'll just persist....

So far she's only figured out plopping on the human and

interfering

with her breathing. Sorry cat, no sleeping on the lungs for you.

Some things one just has to take a hard line on... :)

She also thinks balls of yarn are evil killer mice, and plastic bags might be edible. She's a strange cat.

They all are... just in different ways... ;)

Can't kill a mouse except by mistake, but loves to nail a spider.
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Hi Ruth,

About half of it was gone in trades/samples to other people, the rest went home with the lady that bought it. She said she's a lemon lover; I'll get her opinion on Sunday.

It'll be gone by Sunday if my guess is correct.

It was probably gone by mid week. (G)

And the pan licked.

In this case, a plate. But, yes, it did go fast. Speaking of pan
licking, I made a fresh strawberry pie yesterday, had some for dessert
after supper. I happened to look over at Steve--saw him licking his
plate. Yes, it's that good. (G)

Ebay turns it into a Stephen project. (G)

Oh Ste-phen.....

I did find a T'ware site last night but didn't haul out my stash to
start the process. Maybe when we get back from the trip.

Good idea.

Too much to do between now and when we leave.

Italian cooks have been known to do crazier things to get the

proper

ingredients. Flying 5000 miles wouldn't even rate.

More time and money to throw away than I have.

Me too, but if it's the right stuff and they can ship it home....

Then, it's their nickel/lira/euro.

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Ruth
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Hi Ruth,

IIRC, it's put out by FLorida Crystals--comes in a 2 pound plastic

jug

with a green top.

I've never seen that brand in a jug, just a sack.

Maybe it's our area?

The jugs might be. The brand is regional however.

I'll re-use the jugs for other things, especially when I buy bulk goods.
It's a good size for various odds and ends, also holds a good amount of
sugar.

I'd rather taste my food than be blown away by it. (G)

If it's turnips or lima beans, blown away can be preferable.

Blowin' in the wind!

Well they are beans after all!

Exactly!

Yeah well. Those weren't dog food. Forbidden fruit and all

that.

More like forbidden chocolate chip cookies. (G)

More to the point. Not to mention potato chips, pretzels, oatmeal raisin.....

Actually some veggies and peanut butter too.

But he was supposed to eat those.

No, he was supposed to eat his dog food. Actually, we did put his
heartworm pill in peanut butter sometimes to get him to eat it, so yes,
he was supposed to, at times, eat pb.

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Ruth
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It was probably gone by mid week. (G)

And the pan licked.

In this case, a plate. But, yes, it did go fast. Speaking of pan
licking, I made a fresh strawberry pie yesterday, had some for dessert
after supper. I happened to look over at Steve--saw him licking his
plate. Yes, it's that good. (G)

Sounds good to me too. I'm not a berry freak, generally, but any old pie
in a storm.

Italian cooks have been known to do crazier things to get the

proper

ingredients. Flying 5000 miles wouldn't even rate.

More time and money to throw away than I have.

Me too, but if it's the right stuff and they can ship it home....

Then, it's their nickel/lira/euro.

And their happy clients/mother/spouse.
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Maybe it's our area?

The jugs might be. The brand is regional however.

I'll re-use the jugs for other things, especially when I buy bulk goods. It's a good size for various odds and ends, also holds a good amount of sugar.

Old wooden thread spools? They've become collectible.

More like forbidden chocolate chip cookies. (G)

More to the point. Not to mention potato chips, pretzels,

oatmeal

raisin.....

Actually some veggies and peanut butter too.

But he was supposed to eat those.

No, he was supposed to eat his dog food. Actually, we did put his
heartworm pill in peanut butter sometimes to get him to eat it, so yes,
he was supposed to, at times, eat pb.

But not jelly - not that it would have stopped him. And better him than
you!
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Hi Ruth,

And the pan licked.

In this case, a plate. But, yes, it did go fast. Speaking of pan
licking, I made a fresh strawberry pie yesterday, had some for dessert
after supper. I happened to look over at Steve--saw him licking his
plate. Yes, it's that good. (G)

Sounds good to me too. I'm not a berry freak, generally, but any old
pie in a storm.

This is one his mom gave me the recipe for, before Steve and I got
married. It has been a spring time favorite of ours ever since. (G)

Italian cooks have been known to do crazier things to get the

proper

ingredients. Flying 5000 miles wouldn't even rate.

More time and money to throw away than I have.

Me too, but if it's the right stuff and they can ship it home....

Then, it's their nickel/lira/euro.

And their happy clients/mother/spouse.

Exactly!

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Ruth
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Hi Ruth,

I'll re-use the jugs for other things, especially when I buy bulk goods. It's a good size for various odds and ends, also holds a good amount of sugar.

Old wooden thread spools? They've become collectible.

It would hold them, and I do have a few floating around. But, an old
Mason jar would be more in type than a plastic jug.

More like forbidden chocolate chip cookies. (G)

More to the point. Not to mention potato chips, pretzels,

oatmeal

raisin.....

Actually some veggies and peanut butter too.

But he was supposed to eat those.

No, he was supposed to eat his dog food. Actually, we did put his
heartworm pill in peanut butter sometimes to get him to eat it, so yes,
he was supposed to, at times, eat pb.

But not jelly - not that it would have stopped him. And better him
than you!

Very little stopped him; he ate some things that I wouldn't.

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Ruth
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I'll re-use the jugs for other things, especially when I buy bulk

goods.

It's a good size for various odds and ends, also holds a good amount

of

sugar.

Old wooden thread spools? They've become collectible.

It would hold them, and I do have a few floating around. But, an old
Mason jar would be more in type than a plastic jug.

The colored ones with the tin lids are worth money now. The rest... are
best used to hold the thread spools.

No, he was supposed to eat his dog food. Actually, we did put his heartworm pill in peanut butter sometimes to get him to eat it, so

yes,

he was supposed to, at times, eat pb.

But not jelly - not that it would have stopped him. And better him than you!

Very little stopped him; he ate some things that I wouldn't.

Dogs eat some things best buried.
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Sounds good to me too. I'm not a berry freak, generally, but any

old

pie in a storm.

This is one his mom gave me the recipe for, before Steve and I got
married. It has been a spring time favorite of ours ever since. (G)

That'll do it - it's Mom's.

ingredients. Flying 5000 miles wouldn't even rate.

More time and money to throw away than I have.

Me too, but if it's the right stuff and they can ship it

home....

Then, it's their nickel/lira/euro.

And their happy clients/mother/spouse.

Exactly!

Or better yet for an Italian gentleman, a happy Nonna/Nonni. Gotta keep Grandma happy.
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Hi Ruth,

It's a good size for various odds and ends, also holds a good amount

of

sugar.

Old wooden thread spools? They've become collectible.

It would hold them, and I do have a few floating around. But, an old
Mason jar would be more in type than a plastic jug.

The colored ones with the tin lids are worth money now. The rest...
are best used to hold the thread spools.

Colored Mason jars? I'd rather have clear, especially if there's thread
on the spools.

No, he was supposed to eat his dog food. Actually, we did put his heartworm pill in peanut butter sometimes to get him to eat it, so

yes,

he was supposed to, at times, eat pb.

But not jelly - not that it would have stopped him. And better him than you!

Very little stopped him; he ate some things that I wouldn't.

Dogs eat some things best buried.

Most do but Sam was an indoor dog so didn't have the chance to do that.
We had a small back yard that he was able to run around some. Don't
think he was interested in the plums from the tree we had back there. I
did make jam/preserves from them a couple of times.


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Hi Ruth,

Sounds good to me too. I'm not a berry freak, generally, but any

old

pie in a storm.

This is one his mom gave me the recipe for, before Steve and I got
married. It has been a spring time favorite of ours ever since. (G)

That'll do it - it's Mom's.

Doubt many people would turn it down. (G)

ingredients. Flying 5000 miles wouldn't even rate.

More time and money to throw away than I have.

Me too, but if it's the right stuff and they can ship it

home....

Then, it's their nickel/lira/euro.

And their happy clients/mother/spouse.

Exactly!

Or better yet for an Italian gentleman, a happy Nonna/Nonni. Gotta
keep Grandma happy.

Got that right!

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Ruth
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It would hold them, and I do have a few floating around. But, an old Mason jar would be more in type than a plastic jug.

The colored ones with the tin lids are worth money now. The

rest...

are best used to hold the thread spools.

Colored Mason jars? I'd rather have clear, especially if there's thread
on the spools.

The blue ones are generally worth more money to collectors, but those of us
who use them prefer the clear ones.

But not jelly - not that it would have stopped him. And better

him

than you!

Very little stopped him; he ate some things that I wouldn't.

Dogs eat some things best buried.

Most do but Sam was an indoor dog so didn't have the chance to do that.
We had a small back yard that he was able to run around some. Don't
think he was interested in the plums from the tree we had back there. I
did make jam/preserves from them a couple of times.

He'd have eaten that for certain, especially if he saw you eat it.
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old

pie in a storm.

This is one his mom gave me the recipe for, before Steve and I got married. It has been a spring time favorite of ours ever since. (G)

That'll do it - it's Mom's.

Doubt many people would turn it down. (G)

I did turn down a recipe box at an estate sale recently. Or rather, never asked if it was for sale. They weren't my style, and the last thing I need
is more random bits.

Or better yet for an Italian gentleman, a happy Nonna/Nonni. Gotta keep Grandma happy.

Got that right!

Forget happy wife, happy grandma!
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Hi Ruth,

It would hold them, and I do have a few floating around. But, an old Mason jar would be more in type than a plastic jug.

The colored ones with the tin lids are worth money now. The

rest...

are best used to hold the thread spools.

Colored Mason jars? I'd rather have clear, especially if there's thread
on the spools.

The blue ones are generally worth more money to collectors, but those
of us who use them prefer the clear ones.

Only Mason jars I collect are ones that I use for canning. (G) BTW, did
you know in the "Funky Winkerbean" comic strip there's a movie star
character named Mason Jarr?

Dogs eat some things best buried.

Most do but Sam was an indoor dog so didn't have the chance to do that.
We had a small back yard that he was able to run around some. Don't
think he was interested in the plums from the tree we had back there. I
did make jam/preserves from them a couple of times.

He'd have eaten that for certain, especially if he saw you eat it.

Possible, but we never knew what he would turn up his nose at or gobble
down. Some things we thought he'd never eat, he did and other things we
thought he'd eat, he didn't.

---
Catch you later,
Ruth
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Hi Ruth,

This is one his mom gave me the recipe for, before Steve and I got married. It has been a spring time favorite of ours ever since. (G)

That'll do it - it's Mom's.

Doubt many people would turn it down. (G)

There was a restaurant on Oahu that featured strawberry pie every year,
around late March into May or so. They used a cookie crust; I use a
pastry one. Theirs was good but ours is better. (G)

I did turn down a recipe box at an estate sale recently. Or rather,
never asked if it was for sale. They weren't my style, and the last
thing I need is more random bits.

Did it have recipies in it? Those might have been the family favorites.
I've got a box, cook books, and clipping/print outs that I need to go
thru. Steve has some of our favorites on MM or Gourmet but don't know if
he's done that pie yet.

Or better yet for an Italian gentleman, a happy Nonna/Nonni. Gotta keep Grandma happy.

Got that right!

Forget happy wife, happy grandma!

If Grandma is the wife, double reason to keep her happy. (G)

---
Catch you later,
Ruth
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Mason jar would be more in type than a plastic jug.

The colored ones with the tin lids are worth money now. The

rest...

are best used to hold the thread spools.

Colored Mason jars? I'd rather have clear, especially if there's

thread

on the spools.

The blue ones are generally worth more money to collectors, but

those

of us who use them prefer the clear ones.

Only Mason jars I collect are ones that I use for canning. (G) BTW, did
you know in the "Funky Winkerbean" comic strip there's a movie star character named Mason Jarr?

I missed that one, but then I haven't seen that comic since 1980-
something.

did make jam/preserves from them a couple of times.

He'd have eaten that for certain, especially if he saw you eat it.

Possible, but we never knew what he would turn up his nose at or gobble down. Some things we thought he'd never eat, he did and other things we thought he'd eat, he didn't.

Generally a dog will eat anything he sees a pack member, i.e. his humans, consume. Not always though, apparently.
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That'll do it - it's Mom's.

Doubt many people would turn it down. (G)

There was a restaurant on Oahu that featured strawberry pie every year, around late March into May or so. They used a cookie crust; I use a
pastry one. Theirs was good but ours is better. (G)

Well duh, it's Mom's.

never asked if it was for sale. They weren't my style, and the last thing I need is more random bits.

Did it have recipies in it? Those might have been the family favorites.
I've got a box, cook books, and clipping/print outs that I need to go
thru. Steve has some of our favorites on MM or Gourmet but don't know if he's done that pie yet.

Yep. Hand written ones and a few printed ones too. I have more than I
know what to do with already, and so left them.

keep Grandma happy.

Got that right!

Forget happy wife, happy grandma!

If Grandma is the wife, double reason to keep her happy. (G)

Darned tootin'; an unhappy Gramdma can un-happy more than one generation.
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Hi Ruth,

Colored Mason jars? I'd rather have clear, especially if there's

thread

on the spools.

The blue ones are generally worth more money to collectors, but

those

of us who use them prefer the clear ones.

Only Mason jars I collect are ones that I use for canning. (G) BTW, did
you know in the "Funky Winkerbean" comic strip there's a movie star character named Mason Jarr?

I missed that one, but then I haven't seen that comic since 1980- something.

You can see it on line. I think I started reading it when we moved to
WF; don't recall other newspapers carrying it.

did make jam/preserves from them a couple of times.

He'd have eaten that for certain, especially if he saw you eat it.

Possible, but we never knew what he would turn up his nose at or gobble down. Some things we thought he'd never eat, he did and other things we thought he'd eat, he didn't.

Generally a dog will eat anything he sees a pack member, i.e. his
humans, consume. Not always though, apparently.

Especially since we have dissimilar tastes for some foods. (G)

---
Catch you later,
Ruth
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Hi Ruth,

There was a restaurant on Oahu that featured strawberry pie every year, around late March into May or so. They used a cookie crust; I use a
pastry one. Theirs was good but ours is better. (G)

Well duh, it's Mom's.

And now mine. I don't use the suggested red food coloring in mine,
however.

never asked if it was for sale. They weren't my style, and the last thing I need is more random bits.

Did it have recipies in it? Those might have been the family favorites.
I've got a box, cook books, and clipping/print outs that I need to go
thru. Steve has some of our favorites on MM or Gourmet but don't know if he's done that pie yet.

Yep. Hand written ones and a few printed ones too. I have more than
I know what to do with already, and so left them.

Some family member fell down on the job--should have checked the box for
family favorites before it went on the sale table.

keep Grandma happy.

Got that right!

Forget happy wife, happy grandma!

If Grandma is the wife, double reason to keep her happy. (G)

Darned tootin'; an unhappy Gramdma can un-happy more than one
generation.

Exactly!
---
Catch you later,
Ruth
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Only Mason jars I collect are ones that I use for canning. (G) BTW, did you know in the "Funky Winkerbean" comic strip there's a movie star character named Mason Jarr?

I missed that one, but then I haven't seen that comic since 1980- something.

You can see it on line. I think I started reading it when we moved to
WF; don't recall other newspapers carrying it.

It used to be here; it may still be for all I'd know.

Generally a dog will eat anything he sees a pack member, i.e. his humans, consume. Not always though, apparently.

Especially since we have dissimilar tastes for some foods. (G)

Onions. Dogs may eat garlic, but not onions.
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around late March into May or so. They used a cookie crust; I use a pastry one. Theirs was good but ours is better. (G)

Well duh, it's Mom's.

And now mine. I don't use the suggested red food coloring in mine,
however.

Why bother? I wouldn't either.

I've got a box, cook books, and clipping/print outs that I need to go thru. Steve has some of our favorites on MM or Gourmet but don't know

if

he's done that pie yet.

Yep. Hand written ones and a few printed ones too. I have more

than

I know what to do with already, and so left them.

Some family member fell down on the job--should have checked the box for family favorites before it went on the sale table.

Maybe they did, and these were what was left.
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Hi Ruth,

Only Mason jars I collect are ones that I use for canning. (G) BTW, did you know in the "Funky Winkerbean" comic strip there's a movie star character named Mason Jarr?

I missed that one, but then I haven't seen that comic since 1980- something.

You can see it on line. I think I started reading it when we moved to
WF; don't recall other newspapers carrying it.

It used to be here; it may still be for all I'd know.

They've done a couple of time leaps as I understand--looked at the web
site a few years ago. Not my all time favorite, "Peanuts" takes that
honor, but still beats the soap operas or shoot 'em ups/sci-fi. "For
Better or For Worse" was also a favorite; haven't seen too many of the alternate story line they started a while ago.

Generally a dog will eat anything he sees a pack member, i.e. his humans, consume. Not always though, apparently.

Especially since we have dissimilar tastes for some foods. (G)

Onions. Dogs may eat garlic, but not onions.

Don't remember what Sam's taste was on that line but he ate quite a bit
of human foods, good for him or not.

---
Catch you later,
Ruth
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Hi Ruth,

Well duh, it's Mom's.

And now mine. I don't use the suggested red food coloring in mine,
however.

Why bother? I wouldn't either.

Doesn't add anything to it and the coloring isn't healthy anyway so why
bother. I had some paste colors a while ago but I think I passed them on
a while ago. I used to do some cake decorating--pastes gave more intense coloring without diluting the frosting.

I've got a box, cook books, and clipping/print outs that I need to go thru. Steve has some of our favorites on MM or Gourmet but don't know

if

he's done that pie yet.

Yep. Hand written ones and a few printed ones too. I have more

than

I know what to do with already, and so left them.

Some family member fell down on the job--should have checked the box for family favorites before it went on the sale table.

Maybe they did, and these were what was left.

That's possible, mom (or grandmom) may have had some duds she never
cleaned out, in hopes that tastes might change.

---
Catch you later,
Ruth
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And now mine. I don't use the suggested red food coloring in mine, however.

Why bother? I wouldn't either.

Doesn't add anything to it and the coloring isn't healthy anyway so why bother. I had some paste colors a while ago but I think I passed them on
a while ago. I used to do some cake decorating--pastes gave more intense coloring without diluting the frosting.

I've used them in the past, but it's been a while since I decorated
anything.

Yep. Hand written ones and a few printed ones too. I have more

than

I know what to do with already, and so left them.

Some family member fell down on the job--should have checked the box

for

family favorites before it went on the sale table.

Maybe they did, and these were what was left.

That's possible, mom (or grandmom) may have had some duds she never
cleaned out, in hopes that tastes might change.

Theirs or the recipe's. We have some Mom made once 40 years ago and then
never again. So who knows. I found one of them in a Jewish house once,
years ago. Took it to the supermarket with me and gifted it to one of the ladies on staff, who was very happy to get it.
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You can see it on line. I think I started reading it when we moved to
WF; don't recall other newspapers carrying it.

It used to be here; it may still be for all I'd know.

They've done a couple of time leaps as I understand--looked at the web
site a few years ago. Not my all time favorite, "Peanuts" takes that
honor, but still beats the soap operas or shoot 'em ups/sci-fi. "For
Better or For Worse" was also a favorite; haven't seen too many of the alternate story line they started a while ago.

Here they're moving Dilbert from the business section back to the comic
page where he belongs. Finally.

Especially since we have dissimilar tastes for some foods. (G)

Onions. Dogs may eat garlic, but not onions.

Don't remember what Sam's taste was on that line but he ate quite a bit
of human foods, good for him or not.

Well duh. Dogs eat other dogs' poop; a dog who does that will even eat
fluffer nutters.
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Hi Ruth,

And now mine. I don't use the suggested red food coloring in mine, however.

Why bother? I wouldn't either.

Doesn't add anything to it and the coloring isn't healthy anyway so why bother. I had some paste colors a while ago but I think I passed them on
a while ago. I used to do some cake decorating--pastes gave more intense coloring without diluting the frosting.

I've used them in the past, but it's been a while since I decorated anything.

Same here. I have a few basic tips and such like so that I can do a cake
(or otherwise) if I want to. It takes a lot out of my wrists and elbows
tho so I won't take on any really fancy projects.

Yep. Hand written ones and a few printed ones too. I have more

than

I know what to do with already, and so left them.

Some family member fell down on the job--should have checked the box

for

family favorites before it went on the sale table.

Maybe they did, and these were what was left.

That's possible, mom (or grandmom) may have had some duds she never
cleaned out, in hopes that tastes might change.

Theirs or the recipe's. We have some Mom made once 40 years ago and
then never again. So who knows. I found one of them in a Jewish
house once, years ago. Took it to the supermarket with me and gifted
it to one of the ladies on staff, who was very happy to get it.

Finding something like that and gifting it to the right person is a real treasure. It's knowing the person, and getting just the right, in this
case, recipe box, or whatever, is a gift in itself.

---
Catch you later,
Ruth
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Hi Ruth,

They've done a couple of time leaps as I understand--looked at the web
site a few years ago. Not my all time favorite, "Peanuts" takes that
honor, but still beats the soap operas or shoot 'em ups/sci-fi. "For
Better or For Worse" was also a favorite; haven't seen too many of the alternate story line they started a while ago.

Here they're moving Dilbert from the business section back to the
comic page where he belongs. Finally.

He's been on the comics page in the N&O since we've been in WF. They
used to run daily Doonsebury's on the editorial pages, still do the
Sunday ones. Dropped th daily when they went into re-runs.

Especially since we have dissimilar tastes for some foods. (G)

Onions. Dogs may eat garlic, but not onions.

Don't remember what Sam's taste was on that line but he ate quite a bit
of human foods, good for him or not.

Well duh. Dogs eat other dogs' poop; a dog who does that will even
eat fluffer nutters.

And "glue" his mouth shut for a bit. Might be good to feed a dog that
barks a lot one of them. (G)

---
Catch you later,
Ruth
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Doesn't add anything to it and the coloring isn't healthy anyway so

why

bother. I had some paste colors a while ago but I think I passed them

on

a while ago. I used to do some cake decorating--pastes gave more

intense

coloring without diluting the frosting.

I've used them in the past, but it's been a while since I decorated anything.

Same here. I have a few basic tips and such like so that I can do a cake
(or otherwise) if I want to. It takes a lot out of my wrists and elbows
tho so I won't take on any really fancy projects.

I just don't get that far. Fancy cakes just look good; the icing tastes
lousy.

then never again. So who knows. I found one of them in a Jewish house once, years ago. Took it to the supermarket with me and

gifted

it to one of the ladies on staff, who was very happy to get it.

Finding something like that and gifting it to the right person is a real treasure. It's knowing the person, and getting just the right, in this
case, recipe box, or whatever, is a gift in itself.

God does that to me on a regular basis. I seem to be the Office in Charge
of Rehoming Junque.(LOL)
--- SBBSecho 3.00-Win32
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site a few years ago. Not my all time favorite, "Peanuts" takes that honor, but still beats the soap operas or shoot 'em ups/sci-fi. "For Better or For Worse" was also a favorite; haven't seen too many of

the

alternate story line they started a while ago.

Here they're moving Dilbert from the business section back to the
comic page where he belongs. Finally.

He's been on the comics page in the N&O since we've been in WF. They
used to run daily Doonsebury's on the editorial pages, still do the
Sunday ones. Dropped th daily when they went into re-runs.

I'm still getting Peanuts reruns too, weird but true.

Well duh. Dogs eat other dogs' poop; a dog who does that will even
eat fluffer nutters.

And "glue" his mouth shut for a bit. Might be good to feed a dog that
barks a lot one of them. (G)

He might bark for more!
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Quoting Ruth Hanschka to Ruth Haffly <=-

I'm still getting Peanuts reruns too, weird but true.

Well duh. Dogs eat other dogs' poop; a dog who does that will even
eat fluffer nutters.

I'm getting, almost daily since the guy was sometimes erratic, Dr. Fun cartoons
from 1994, by choice. Here's one of my favorites: www.ibiblio.org/Dave/Dr-Fun/df9401/df940128.jpg
Ya gotta realize that at the time the wife and I had 2 70-90lb dogs, and a cat.


... I'm saving dryer lint to use as packing material when I move.
___ Blue Wave/DOS v2.30 [NR]

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Hi Ruth,

a while ago. I used to do some cake decorating--pastes gave more

intense

coloring without diluting the frosting.

I've used them in the past, but it's been a while since I decorated anything.

Same here. I have a few basic tips and such like so that I can do a cake
(or otherwise) if I want to. It takes a lot out of my wrists and elbows
tho so I won't take on any really fancy projects.

I just don't get that far. Fancy cakes just look good; the icing
tastes lousy.

Whopped cream icings taste better than "butter cream" made with
shortening. But, you can't decorate with a whipped cream icing; you need
to use the butter cream for that. IIRC, I used a half butter, half
shortening instead of all butter for my icing--made it taste better than
with all shortening but more stable than with all butter.

then never again. So who knows. I found one of them in a Jewish house once, years ago. Took it to the supermarket with me and

gifted

it to one of the ladies on staff, who was very happy to get it.

Finding something like that and gifting it to the right person is a real treasure. It's knowing the person, and getting just the right, in this
case, recipe box, or whatever, is a gift in itself.

God does that to me on a regular basis. I seem to be the Office in
Charge of Rehoming Junque.(LOL)

One man's (woman's) trash is another man's (woman's) treasure. The old
recipe box, cook book or piece of jewelry somebody sells at a yard sale
may become a family heirloom for another person.


---
Catch you later,
Ruth
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Hi Ruth,

Here they're moving Dilbert from the business section back to the
comic page where he belongs. Finally.

He's been on the comics page in the N&O since we've been in WF. They
used to run daily Doonsebury's on the editorial pages, still do the
Sunday ones. Dropped th daily when they went into re-runs.

I'm still getting Peanuts reruns too, weird but true.

We're getting them too. Some of them I can almost remember when it ran
the first time.

Well duh. Dogs eat other dogs' poop; a dog who does that will even
eat fluffer nutters.

And "glue" his mouth shut for a bit. Might be good to feed a dog that
barks a lot one of them. (G)

He might bark for more!

He can have my share!

---
Catch you later,
Ruth
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I'm still getting Peanuts reruns too, weird but true.

Well duh. Dogs eat other dogs' poop; a dog who does that will

even

eat fluffer nutters.

I'm getting, almost daily since the guy was sometimes erratic, Dr. Fun cartoons
from 1994, by choice. Here's one of my favorites: www.ibiblio.org/Dave/Dr-Fun/df9401/df940128.jpg
Ya gotta realize that at the time the wife and I had 2 70-90lb dogs, and a cat.

The cat ruled the dogs, no doubt.
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I've used them in the past, but it's been a while since I

decorated

anything.

Same here. I have a few basic tips and such like so that I can do a

cake

(or otherwise) if I want to. It takes a lot out of my wrists and

elbows

tho so I won't take on any really fancy projects.

I just don't get that far. Fancy cakes just look good; the icing tastes lousy.

Whopped cream icings taste better than "butter cream" made with
shortening. But, you can't decorate with a whipped cream icing; you need
to use the butter cream for that. IIRC, I used a half butter, half shortening instead of all butter for my icing--made it taste better than with all shortening but more stable than with all butter.

That's what I did too, when I decorated cakes. Mom's "cake" this year was
an ice cream sundae.

treasure. It's knowing the person, and getting just the right, in

this

case, recipe box, or whatever, is a gift in itself.

God does that to me on a regular basis. I seem to be the Office in Charge of Rehoming Junque.(LOL)

One man's (woman's) trash is another man's (woman's) treasure. The old recipe box, cook book or piece of jewelry somebody sells at a yard sale
may become a family heirloom for another person.

It's been known to happen. I sometimes snag the Betty Crockers I find and rehome them as "grandma's cookbook". For example, a friend had ten kids,
but obviously they only had two grandmothers. When one of the kids gets married, I gift them with a vintage cookbook full of all the stuff that
tasted so good when Grandma made it.
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He's been on the comics page in the N&O since we've been in WF. They
used to run daily Doonsebury's on the editorial pages, still do the Sunday ones. Dropped th daily when they went into re-runs.

I'm still getting Peanuts reruns too, weird but true.

We're getting them too. Some of them I can almost remember when it ran
the first time.

I wasn't born for a lot of them!

Well duh. Dogs eat other dogs' poop; a dog who does that will

even

eat fluffer nutters.

And "glue" his mouth shut for a bit. Might be good to feed a dog that barks a lot one of them. (G)

He might bark for more!

He can have my share!

He can have my fluff and white bread. The mouse ate my sandwich flats;
mice have better taste. The mouse left the white bread alone.
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Quoting Ruth Hanschka to Bill Swisher <=-

The cat ruled the dogs, no doubt.

It was kinda funny. They, all of them over the years, were best buddies. The cats would growl when somebody showed up at the door. Once in Denver Connie and her cat were over. The cat was outside doing cat things by the front porch
and got pinned by 3 dogs running around the neighborhood. My dog, we only had
one, came screaming up to the bedroom door, jumped over the waterbed and through the open window, no screen, to chase off the dogs. The two were best friends after that.

___ Blue Wave/DOS v2.30 [NR]

--- Maximus/NT 3.01
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The cat ruled the dogs, no doubt.

It was kinda funny. They, all of them over the years, were best buddies. The cats would growl when somebody showed up at the door. Once in Denver Connie and her cat were over. The cat was outside doing cat things by

the

front porch
and got pinned by 3 dogs running around the neighborhood. My dog, we only had one, came screaming up to the bedroom door, jumped over the waterbed and through the open window, no screen, to chase off the dogs. The two were best friends after that.

That was HIS cat on HIS porch. No invading mutts were going to mess with his cat.
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Hi Ruth,

tho so I won't take on any really fancy projects.

I just don't get that far. Fancy cakes just look good; the icing tastes lousy.

Whopped cream icings taste better than "butter cream" made with
shortening. But, you can't decorate with a whipped cream icing; you need
to use the butter cream for that. IIRC, I used a half butter, half shortening instead of all butter for my icing--made it taste better than with all shortening but more stable than with all butter.

That's what I did too, when I decorated cakes. Mom's "cake" this year
was an ice cream sundae.

Sounds good to me. Heavy on the chocolate, light on the nuts and give
the cherry to someone else.

treasure. It's knowing the person, and getting just the right, in

this

case, recipe box, or whatever, is a gift in itself.

God does that to me on a regular basis. I seem to be the Office in Charge of Rehoming Junque.(LOL)

One man's (woman's) trash is another man's (woman's) treasure. The old recipe box, cook book or piece of jewelry somebody sells at a yard sale
may become a family heirloom for another person.

It's been known to happen. I sometimes snag the Betty Crockers I find
and rehome them as "grandma's cookbook". For example, a friend had ten kids, but obviously they only had two grandmothers. When one of the
kids gets married, I gift them with a vintage cookbook full of all the stuff that tasted so good when Grandma made it.

That works as long as grandma cooked like Betty Crocker. Not all of them
do. (G)
---
Catch you later,
Ruth
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Hi Ruth,

I'm still getting Peanuts reruns too, weird but true.

We're getting them too. Some of them I can almost remember when it ran
the first time.

I wasn't born for a lot of them!

I missed some years of it but caught a few more years than you did.

Well duh. Dogs eat other dogs' poop; a dog who does that will

even

eat fluffer nutters.

And "glue" his mouth shut for a bit. Might be good to feed a dog that barks a lot one of them. (G)

He might bark for more!

He can have my share!

He can have my fluff and white bread. The mouse ate my sandwich
flats; mice have better taste. The mouse left the white bread alone.

Smart mouse--knows which kind of bread is best left alone. Still, mouse
best watch out for the cat in the house.

---
Catch you later,
Ruth
rchaffly{at}earthlink{dot}net FIDO 1:396/45.28


... You learn something useless every day.

--- PPoint 3.01
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We're getting them too. Some of them I can almost remember when it

ran

the first time.

I wasn't born for a lot of them!

I missed some years of it but caught a few more years than you did.

I don't read the comics much any more anyway; the news is bad enough.

barks a lot one of them. (G)

He might bark for more!

He can have my share!

He can have my fluff and white bread. The mouse ate my sandwich
flats; mice have better taste. The mouse left the white bread

alone.

Smart mouse--knows which kind of bread is best left alone. Still, mouse
best watch out for the cat in the house.

The cat couldn't get at him; he was under the kitchen cabinets. My trap however...snap!
--- SBBSecho 3.00-Win32
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to use the butter cream for that. IIRC, I used a half butter, half shortening instead of all butter for my icing--made it taste better

than

with all shortening but more stable than with all butter.

That's what I did too, when I decorated cakes. Mom's "cake" this

year

was an ice cream sundae.

Sounds good to me. Heavy on the chocolate, light on the nuts and give
the cherry to someone else.

No cherries involved. No nuts either; they were Friendly's sundae cups.
Made life easy.

It's been known to happen. I sometimes snag the Betty Crockers I

find

and rehome them as "grandma's cookbook". For example, a friend had

ten

kids, but obviously they only had two grandmothers. When one of

the

kids gets married, I gift them with a vintage cookbook full of all

the

stuff that tasted so good when Grandma made it.

That works as long as grandma cooked like Betty Crocker. Not all of them
do. (G)
---

It's probably close enough. I don't find that many Rombauers.
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Hi Ruth,

I don't read the comics much any more anyway; the news is bad enough.

Comics are a good alternative to the news. I'm skimming the back
newspapers from the time we were gone but reading the comics.

He might bark for more!

He can have my share!

He can have my fluff and white bread. The mouse ate my sandwich
flats; mice have better taste. The mouse left the white bread

alone.

Smart mouse--knows which kind of bread is best left alone. Still, mouse
best watch out for the cat in the house.

The cat couldn't get at him; he was under the kitchen cabinets. My
trap however...snap!

And the mouse ends up in the trash can. Got to teach your cat how to
catch and properly dispose of mice!
---
Catch you later,
Ruth
rchaffly{at}earthlink{dot}net FIDO 1:396/45.28


--- PPoint 3.01
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Hi Ruth,

with all shortening but more stable than with all butter.

That's what I did too, when I decorated cakes. Mom's "cake" this

year

was an ice cream sundae.

Sounds good to me. Heavy on the chocolate, light on the nuts and give
the cherry to someone else.

No cherries involved. No nuts either; they were Friendly's sundae
cups. Made life easy.

Predone, just pull one out of the freezer type? You could have fancied
it up a bit. Did you put a candle on it?

It's been known to happen. I sometimes snag the Betty Crockers I

find

and rehome them as "grandma's cookbook". For example, a friend had

ten

kids, but obviously they only had two grandmothers. When one of

the

kids gets married, I gift them with a vintage cookbook full of all

the

stuff that tasted so good when Grandma made it.

That works as long as grandma cooked like Betty Crocker. Not all of them
do. (G)
---

It's probably close enough. I don't find that many Rombauers.

No, but if grandma came from the old country, she didn't cook like Betty Crocker. More likely great grandma now, and grandma, being first
generation American may have cooked like Betty. Who's to know at this
point?



---
Catch you later,
Ruth
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... Junk: stuff we throw away. Stuff: junk we keep.

--- PPoint 3.01
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I don't read the comics much any more anyway; the news is bad

enough.

Comics are a good alternative to the news. I'm skimming the back
newspapers from the time we were gone but reading the comics.

Ever run across a column called News of the Weird? Sometimes it's funny
and sometimes you just have to wonder.

Smart mouse--knows which kind of bread is best left alone. Still,

mouse

best watch out for the cat in the house.

The cat couldn't get at him; he was under the kitchen cabinets. My trap however...snap!

And the mouse ends up in the trash can. Got to teach your cat how to
catch and properly dispose of mice!

She disposes of cat crackers and considers that sufficient. I got yet
another mouse, btw. They generally don't keep coming in this late, but the mice didn't get the memo.
--- SBBSecho 3.00-Win32
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Sounds good to me. Heavy on the chocolate, light on the nuts and give
the cherry to someone else.

No cherries involved. No nuts either; they were Friendly's sundae
cups. Made life easy.

Predone, just pull one out of the freezer type? You could have fancied
it up a bit. Did you put a candle on it?

We didn't bother; there were only two of us here. My sister got sick and bailed. I did however make steak.

stuff that tasted so good when Grandma made it.

That works as long as grandma cooked like Betty Crocker. Not all of

them

do. (G)
---

It's probably close enough. I don't find that many Rombauers.

No, but if grandma came from the old country, she didn't cook like Betty Crocker. More likely great grandma now, and grandma, being first
generation American may have cooked like Betty. Who's to know at this
point?

Hard to be sure. Settlement Cookbook, maybe. I do have some weird ones
here - Baltic Republics languages. They're books for new immigrants who
want to learn to cook American but who don't read English well yet. My
Latvian is nonexistant, so that's about as far into the book as I can get.
I have one in Lithuanian too. Same problem.
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Hi Ruth,

I don't read the comics much any more anyway; the news is bad

enough.

Comics are a good alternative to the news. I'm skimming the back
newspapers from the time we were gone but reading the comics.

Ever run across a column called News of the Weird? Sometimes it's
funny and sometimes you just have to wonder.

I've seen it on Steve's desk top set up and from what little I read, it
is well worthy of the name. You could put a lot of today's "normal" news
in there and it would fit right in.

Smart mouse--knows which kind of bread is best left alone. Still,

mouse

best watch out for the cat in the house.

The cat couldn't get at him; he was under the kitchen cabinets. My trap however...snap!

And the mouse ends up in the trash can. Got to teach your cat how to
catch and properly dispose of mice!

She disposes of cat crackers and considers that sufficient. I got yet another mouse, btw. They generally don't keep coming in this late,
but the mice didn't get the memo.

You're not in a famine or drought are you? Mice are probably looking for
an easy meal and not finding it outside. Trouble is, when they go inside,......................bye bye mouse.

---
Catch you later,
Ruth
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... gnorw og... gnorw og... gnorw og nac gnihton

--- PPoint 3.01
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Hi Ruth,

No cherries involved. No nuts either; they were Friendly's sundae
cups. Made life easy.

Predone, just pull one out of the freezer type? You could have fancied
it up a bit. Did you put a candle on it?

We didn't bother; there were only two of us here. My sister got sick
and bailed. I did however make steak.

Sounds good. My birthday is on the last day of the Sew/Quilt show in
Raleigh this year. I'll be working it, then getting ready to head out of
town shortly afterward. In the mean time, I'll prepack non perishables, clothes, etc into the camper so I won't have as much to load at the last minute.

stuff that tasted so good when Grandma made it.

That works as long as grandma cooked like Betty Crocker. Not all of

them

do. (G)
---

It's probably close enough. I don't find that many Rombauers.

No, but if grandma came from the old country, she didn't cook like Betty Crocker. More likely great grandma now, and grandma, being first
generation American may have cooked like Betty. Who's to know at this
point?

Hard to be sure. Settlement Cookbook, maybe. I do have some weird
ones here - Baltic Republics languages. They're books for new
immigrants who want to learn to cook American but who don't read
English well yet. My Latvian is nonexistant, so that's about as far
into the book as I can get. I have one in Lithuanian too. Same
problem.

I've got several in German but that's not a problem around here. (G) It
would be interesting to see how an "American" recipe is presented to a
non English speaker wanting to learn how to cook the foods of their new country.

---
Catch you later,
Ruth
rchaffly{at}earthlink{dot}net FIDO 1:396/45.28


--- PPoint 3.01
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Hi Ruth,

I don't read the comics much any more anyway; the news is bad

enough.

Comics are a good alternative to the news. I'm skimming the back newspapers from the time we were gone but reading the comics.

Ever run across a column called News of the Weird? Sometimes it's funny and sometimes you just have to wonder.

I've seen it on Steve's desk top set up and from what little I read, it
is well worthy of the name. You could put a lot of today's "normal" news
in there and it would fit right in.

These days it might even have to go out of business.

She disposes of cat crackers and considers that sufficient. I got

yet

another mouse, btw. They generally don't keep coming in this late,
but the mice didn't get the memo.

You're not in a famine or drought are you? Mice are probably looking for
an easy meal and not finding it outside. Trouble is, when they go inside,......................bye bye mouse.

Not so's you'd notice.
--- SBBSecho 3.00-Win32
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We didn't bother; there were only two of us here. My sister got

sick

and bailed. I did however make steak.

Sounds good. My birthday is on the last day of the Sew/Quilt show in
Raleigh this year. I'll be working it, then getting ready to head out of town shortly afterward. In the mean time, I'll prepack non perishables, clothes, etc into the camper so I won't have as much to load at the last minute.

Will the quilters sing Happy Birthday?

English well yet. My Latvian is nonexistant, so that's about as

far

into the book as I can get. I have one in Lithuanian too. Same problem.

I've got several in German but that's not a problem around here. (G) It would be interesting to see how an "American" recipe is presented to a
non English speaker wanting to learn how to cook the foods of their new country.

If I could really read the books, I'd take a crack at it.
--- SBBSecho 3.00-Win32
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Hi Ruth,

Ever run across a column called News of the Weird? Sometimes it's funny and sometimes you just have to wonder.

I've seen it on Steve's desk top set up and from what little I read, it
is well worthy of the name. You could put a lot of today's "normal" news
in there and it would fit right in.

These days it might even have to go out of business.

Wouldn't be surprised, given what you see for news these days.

She disposes of cat crackers and considers that sufficient. I got

yet

another mouse, btw. They generally don't keep coming in this late,
but the mice didn't get the memo.

You're not in a famine or drought are you? Mice are probably looking for
an easy meal and not finding it outside. Trouble is, when they go inside,......................bye bye mouse.

Not so's you'd notice.

Something's got them going inside. Maybe they figure finding food is
easier inside over in the wild? Thing is, they end up being the food if
a good mouser lives in the house.

---
Catch you later,
Ruth
rchaffly{at}earthlink{dot}net FIDO 1:396/45.28


... There is no such thing as a free lunch

--- PPoint 3.01
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Hi Ruth,

We didn't bother; there were only two of us here. My sister got

sick

and bailed. I did however make steak.

Sounds good. My birthday is on the last day of the Sew/Quilt show in
Raleigh this year. I'll be working it, then getting ready to head out of town shortly afterward. In the mean time, I'll prepack non perishables, clothes, etc into the camper so I won't have as much to load at the last minute.

Will the quilters sing Happy Birthday?

Doubt it, probably won't even know it's my birthday.

English well yet. My Latvian is nonexistant, so that's about as

far

into the book as I can get. I have one in Lithuanian too. Same problem.

I've got several in German but that's not a problem around here. (G) It would be interesting to see how an "American" recipe is presented to a
non English speaker wanting to learn how to cook the foods of their new country.

If I could really read the books, I'd take a crack at it.

Is it more like Russian or German? Measurements in English or metric?

---
Catch you later,
Ruth
rchaffly{at}earthlink{dot}net FIDO 1:396/45.28


... A truly wise person knows that he knows not.

--- PPoint 3.01
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Ever run across a column called News of the Weird? Sometimes

it's

funny and sometimes you just have to wonder.

I've seen it on Steve's desk top set up and from what little I read,

it

is well worthy of the name. You could put a lot of today's "normal"

news

in there and it would fit right in.

These days it might even have to go out of business.

Wouldn't be surprised, given what you see for news these days.

Given what comes out of Washington sometimes, they have competition!

but the mice didn't get the memo.

You're not in a famine or drought are you? Mice are probably looking

for

an easy meal and not finding it outside. Trouble is, when they go inside,......................bye bye mouse.

Not so's you'd notice.

Something's got them going inside. Maybe they figure finding food is
easier inside over in the wild? Thing is, they end up being the food if
a good mouser lives in the house.

That isn't a problem here. Her Furriness isn't the best at it.
--- SBBSecho 3.00-Win32
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Sounds good. My birthday is on the last day of the Sew/Quilt show in Raleigh this year. I'll be working it, then getting ready to head out

of

town shortly afterward. In the mean time, I'll prepack non

perishables,

clothes, etc into the camper so I won't have as much to load at the

last

minute.

Will the quilters sing Happy Birthday?

Doubt it, probably won't even know it's my birthday.

Oh well - it would have been a good excuse for fruit cup if not cake.
Maybe one of those watermelon cakes? (cut from a watermelon, and topped
with whipped topping and more fruit)

I've got several in German but that's not a problem around here. (G)

It

would be interesting to see how an "American" recipe is presented to

a

non English speaker wanting to learn how to cook the foods of their

new

country.

If I could really read the books, I'd take a crack at it.

Is it more like Russian or German? Measurements in English or metric?

The one I can find quickly is in English. It probably didn't make too much difference, since most folks from that region cooked by the eyeball and
dump method most likely.
--- SBBSecho 3.00-Win32
* Origin: Doc's Place Synchronet BBS (1:123/141)

Hi Ruth,

Ever run across a column called News of the Weird? Sometimes

it's

funny and sometimes you just have to wonder.

I've seen it on Steve's desk top set up and from what little I read,

it

is well worthy of the name. You could put a lot of today's "normal"

news

in there and it would fit right in.

These days it might even have to go out of business.

Wouldn't be surprised, given what you see for news these days.

Given what comes out of Washington sometimes, they have competition!

Quite so, on all sides.

but the mice didn't get the memo.

You're not in a famine or drought are you? Mice are probably looking

for

an easy meal and not finding it outside. Trouble is, when they go inside,......................bye bye mouse.

Not so's you'd notice.

Something's got them going inside. Maybe they figure finding food is
easier inside over in the wild? Thing is, they end up being the food if
a good mouser lives in the house.

That isn't a problem here. Her Furriness isn't the best at it.

Maybe you need to get a barn bred kitten? Mom cat would have taught her
litter the finer points of mousing, both for food and entertainment. (G)

---
Catch you later,
Ruth
rchaffly{at}earthlink{dot}net FIDO 1:396/45.28


... OH NO! Not ANOTHER learning experience!

--- PPoint 3.01
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Hi Ruth,

Sounds good. My birthday is on the last day of the Sew/Quilt show in Raleigh this year. I'll be working it, then getting ready to head out

of

town shortly afterward. In the mean time, I'll prepack non

perishables,

clothes, etc into the camper so I won't have as much to load at the

last

minute.

Will the quilters sing Happy Birthday?

Doubt it, probably won't even know it's my birthday.

Oh well - it would have been a good excuse for fruit cup if not cake. Maybe one of those watermelon cakes? (cut from a watermelon, and
topped with whipped topping and more fruit)

I'd rather have a chocolate cup cake, not that big a fan of watermelon.

I've got several in German but that's not a problem around here. (G)

It

would be interesting to see how an "American" recipe is presented to

a

non English speaker wanting to learn how to cook the foods of their

new

country.

If I could really read the books, I'd take a crack at it.

Is it more like Russian or German? Measurements in English or metric?

The one I can find quickly is in English. It probably didn't make too much difference, since most folks from that region cooked by the
eyeball and dump method most likely.

Probably so, most of us cook that way. It's a wonder most ethnic cook
books get published--trying to figure out the pinch of this, hand full
of that, 5 cents worth of an ingredient you've never heard of...


---
Catch you later,
Ruth
rchaffly{at}earthlink{dot}net FIDO 1:396/45.28


... A mind stretched by new ideas can never go back to its original size.

--- PPoint 3.01
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I've seen it on Steve's desk top set up and from what little I

read,

it

is well worthy of the name. You could put a lot of today's

"normal"

news

in there and it would fit right in.

These days it might even have to go out of business.

Wouldn't be surprised, given what you see for news these days.

Given what comes out of Washington sometimes, they have

competition!

Quite so, on all sides.

Some days I have to wonder.

Something's got them going inside. Maybe they figure finding food is easier inside over in the wild? Thing is, they end up being the food

if

a good mouser lives in the house.

That isn't a problem here. Her Furriness isn't the best at it.

Maybe you need to get a barn bred kitten? Mom cat would have taught her litter the finer points of mousing, both for food and entertainment. (G)

I used to have one years ago, but even he couldn't get under the kitchen cabinets. He was actually a purebred, but he was raised by a retired alley rabbit.
--- SBBSecho 3.00-Win32
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Oh well - it would have been a good excuse for fruit cup if not

cake.

Maybe one of those watermelon cakes? (cut from a watermelon, and topped with whipped topping and more fruit)

I'd rather have a chocolate cup cake, not that big a fan of watermelon.

On the other hand, the latter is much lower carb. I love watermelon, but
can't buy big hunks since I'm the only one in the house eating it.

If I could really read the books, I'd take a crack at it.

Is it more like Russian or German? Measurements in English or metric?

The one I can find quickly is in English. It probably didn't make

too

much difference, since most folks from that region cooked by the eyeball and dump method most likely.

Probably so, most of us cook that way. It's a wonder most ethnic cook
books get published--trying to figure out the pinch of this, hand full
of that, 5 cents worth of an ingredient you've never heard of...

Bake when the oven feels hot enough....
--- SBBSecho 3.00-Win32
* Origin: Doc's Place Synchronet BBS (1:123/141)

Hi Ruth,

Oh well - it would have been a good excuse for fruit cup if not

cake.

Maybe one of those watermelon cakes? (cut from a watermelon, and topped with whipped topping and more fruit)

I'd rather have a chocolate cup cake, not that big a fan of watermelon.

On the other hand, the latter is much lower carb. I love watermelon,
but can't buy big hunks since I'm the only one in the house eating it.

True, the watermelon is lower carb; it is mostly water. But it's not my favorite fruit and I can have some carbs (balanced by proteins) so pass
me the cup cakes please.

If I could really read the books, I'd take a crack at it.

Is it more like Russian or German? Measurements in English or metric?

The one I can find quickly is in English. It probably didn't make

too

much difference, since most folks from that region cooked by the eyeball and dump method most likely.

Probably so, most of us cook that way. It's a wonder most ethnic cook
books get published--trying to figure out the pinch of this, hand full
of that, 5 cents worth of an ingredient you've never heard of...

Bake when the oven feels hot enough....

If you can hold your hand in it for a minute, it's a slow oven, hold the
hand for 30 seconds, a moderate one and can't hold the hand in at all, a
fast (hot) oven. I have read what the various times sort of relate to temperature wise but don't recall it.


---
Catch you later,
Ruth
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... You learn something useless every day.

--- PPoint 3.01
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On the other hand, the latter is much lower carb. I love

watermelon,

but can't buy big hunks since I'm the only one in the house eating

it.

True, the watermelon is lower carb; it is mostly water. But it's not my favorite fruit and I can have some carbs (balanced by proteins) so pass
me the cup cakes please.

Given the current temperatures here, it feels like Texas in Connecticut,
I'd take the watermelon... for breakfast at least.

much difference, since most folks from that region cooked by the eyeball and dump method most likely.

Probably so, most of us cook that way. It's a wonder most ethnic cook books get published--trying to figure out the pinch of this, hand

full

of that, 5 cents worth of an ingredient you've never heard of...

Bake when the oven feels hot enough....

If you can hold your hand in it for a minute, it's a slow oven, hold the hand for 30 seconds, a moderate one and can't hold the hand in at all, a fast (hot) oven. I have read what the various times sort of relate to temperature wise but don't recall it.

My guess would be 250F, 350F and 425 or 450F. Or thereabouts.
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Hi Ruth,

On the other hand, the latter is much lower carb. I love

watermelon,

but can't buy big hunks since I'm the only one in the house eating

it.

True, the watermelon is lower carb; it is mostly water. But it's not my favorite fruit and I can have some carbs (balanced by proteins) so pass
me the cup cakes please.

Given the current temperatures here, it feels like Texas in
Connecticut, I'd take the watermelon... for breakfast at least.

We're having hot weather also, but I'm not having watermelon for
breakfast. This morning it was a blueberry muffin, strawberry yogurt and
tea.

much difference, since most folks from that region cooked by the eyeball and dump method most likely.

Probably so, most of us cook that way. It's a wonder most ethnic cook books get published--trying to figure out the pinch of this, hand

full

of that, 5 cents worth of an ingredient you've never heard of...

Bake when the oven feels hot enough....

If you can hold your hand in it for a minute, it's a slow oven, hold the hand for 30 seconds, a moderate one and can't hold the hand in at all, a fast (hot) oven. I have read what the various times sort of relate to temperature wise but don't recall it.

My guess would be 250F, 350F and 425 or 450F. Or thereabouts.

Sounds about right.
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Given the current temperatures here, it feels like Texas in Connecticut, I'd take the watermelon... for breakfast at least.

We're having hot weather also, but I'm not having watermelon for
breakfast. This morning it was a blueberry muffin, strawberry yogurt and tea.

I had yogurt and a small roll myself, whole wheat, but would rather have
had the watermelon.

If you can hold your hand in it for a minute, it's a slow oven, hold

the

hand for 30 seconds, a moderate one and can't hold the hand in at

all, a

fast (hot) oven. I have read what the various times sort of relate to temperature wise but don't recall it.

My guess would be 250F, 350F and 425 or 450F. Or thereabouts.

Sounds about right.

That's enough to tell me why my grandmother went to work as a maid instead
of cooking on the family farm. No wood stoves or wood-fired ovens in New
York City by WWI!
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Hi Ruth,

Given the current temperatures here, it feels like Texas in Connecticut, I'd take the watermelon... for breakfast at least.

We're having hot weather also, but I'm not having watermelon for
breakfast. This morning it was a blueberry muffin, strawberry yogurt and tea.

I had yogurt and a small roll myself, whole wheat, but would rather
have had the watermelon.

As I understand, the heat will break some time on Friday. Saturday will
be so cool that you won't want the watermelon.

If you can hold your hand in it for a minute, it's a slow oven, hold

the

hand for 30 seconds, a moderate one and can't hold the hand in at

all, a

fast (hot) oven. I have read what the various times sort of relate to temperature wise but don't recall it.

My guess would be 250F, 350F and 425 or 450F. Or thereabouts.

Sounds about right.

That's enough to tell me why my grandmother went to work as a maid
instead of cooking on the family farm. No wood stoves or wood-fired
ovens in New York City by WWI!

No surprise, all the wood smoke going into the air would have made it a
lot less breathable than it was. You see a lot of wood smoke haze in the
air now in non metro areas where people have gone back to heating with
wood.
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Catch you later,
Ruth
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We're having hot weather also, but I'm not having watermelon for breakfast. This morning it was a blueberry muffin, strawberry yogurt

and

tea.

I had yogurt and a small roll myself, whole wheat, but would rather have had the watermelon.

As I understand, the heat will break some time on Friday. Saturday will
be so cool that you won't want the watermelon.

I found a tag sale this morning that started about the same time I found
out it was there. Scored a TON of fabric for $20, to be shared with the
quilt group at church, and ate a cup of yogurt for breakfast as a
consequence. I had to move quickly, MS or no MS.

temperature wise but don't recall it.

My guess would be 250F, 350F and 425 or 450F. Or thereabouts.

Sounds about right.

That's enough to tell me why my grandmother went to work as a maid instead of cooking on the family farm. No wood stoves or wood-

fired

ovens in New York City by WWI!

No surprise, all the wood smoke going into the air would have made it a
lot less breathable than it was. You see a lot of wood smoke haze in the
air now in non metro areas where people have gone back to heating with
wood.

Some people here in the more rural parts of Connecticut do it too. Grandma
had enough of messing with coal and wood stoves, is my guess.
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