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Skriven 2007-02-17 21:52:28 av hap newsom
     Kommentar till en text av Ruth Haffly
Ärende: RE: New Mexico
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HIya Ruth!

->  hn> I'm convinced that it was a problem up the line. The old modem is
->  hn> doing fine now and as long as it doesn't burp again I'll keep it
->  hn> online and have the new one in reserve.
-> 
-> And you don't have to worry about moving again/making weight allowance.
-> That's generally when things get jettisoned around here--send the new
-> and get rid of the old--but Steve doesn't do it very often with computer
-> stuff unless it's really, really old.
-> 
Yup, never know when you'll need to kludge something together!

-> -> We were doing the negative thing for a bit before Steve went into the
-> -> Army but done better since.  Some times have been tight since but I
-> -> could always make sure we had food on the table, even if it wasn't 
prime
-> -> rib.
-> 
->  hn> When I was going to college back in the '70's we got pretty "skinny"
->  hn> at times; One Christmas we ended up with $1.00 each to spend on 
each
->  hn> other...but all the bills were paid! We qualified for food stamps for
->  hn> a while but after using them one time I just couldn't go back...got a
->  hn> part time job instead.
-> 
-> We used them for several months. Steve was working full time, going to
-> school half time, on the volunteer fire department and pastoring a
-> church.  Work and school were each 30+/- miles away from home in
-> opposite directions.  I was kept busy at home with 2 little girls.
-> 
Happily it was just Anne and I in those college days, when things got tight 
we just tightened our belts and did what we could to get by. This was back 
in the days of the oil embargo and we'd get up at 3 am make coffee and fill a 
50 cup thermos and go and sell it for 25 cents a cup to people in line at the 
gas stations. We collected fir cones to sell to a seed company, delivered 
phone books, recycled aluminum cans and newsprint...any way we could 
figure out to get a few extra washingtons in the bank account.
-> 
-> -> I have just a one gallon thing of baked meatballs on hand right now;
-> -> seems to work out best for us.
-> 
->  hn> The meat was on a good sale and since I mix pork and beef in my
->  hn> meatballs I ended up buying the "mega" packs and ended up with a 
BUNCH
-> 
-> Sounds good to me; I can't use pork so use ground beef and turkey in
-> mine.  I will generally use about 3 pounds of meat at a time.
-> 
I used about 3 lbs of pork and 3 lbs of beef.

->  hn> meatballs....normally I wouldn't have this large a batch...but it cost
->  hn> about the
->  hn> same as the smaller batches usually do so the extra didn't really cost
->  hn> anything!
-> 
-> Nice. Today I made bread crumbs (from crusts of home made whole wheat
-> bread); cooked down the carcasse of a turkey, 2 cornish game hens & a
-> couple of chickens into a meat stock (4 pint containers w/meat shreds, 3
-> with just the stock for the freezer, plus poultry soup for lunch and a
-> pint box for the fridge freezer); helped Steve a bit with pichu/patchu
-> sauce for tonight's pasta; got more stuff than was on my list at the
-> commissary; etc, etc.  Tomorrow will be light in the food prep
-> department--just braise a piece of beef (so I can just reheat it Sunday
-> after church) and get fixin's for a loaf of bread into the machine.
-> 
sounds like a pretty full day!

-> -> goulash soup (lunch plus 5 boxes for the freezer) and red rice, again,
-> -> some for lunch and more for the freezer.
-> 
->  hn> Anne loves red rice! Specially when I mix it with a peanut sauce!
-> 
-> As in with peanut butter? I like it as is, especially if it's been made
-> with a good piece of sausage.
-> 
Well I use peanut butter to make the peanut sauce....but peanut butter is 
about as close to peanut sauce as ketchup is to spaghetti sauce (grin) Anne 
likes it as it is too....but she likes it with peanut sauce even better! 
-> 
-> ->  hn> I couldn't run one these days either! I did a day's shooting for a
-> ->  hn> glass artist the other day and by the end of the day I was so 
tired I
-> 
-> -> WHEW!  I presume the artist helped you but still................good
-> -> thing there were no earthquakes. (G)
-> 
->  hn> He's recovering from a broken arm and collarbone...so no lifting for
->  hn> him! I did it all!
-> 
-> No wonder you're tired!
-> 
YUP!
-> 
-> -> -> Got your taste buds geared up for Southwestern cooking?
-> 
-> ->  hn> I do for sure...Anne may have a tough time looking for food that is
-> ->  hn> bland enough to suit her tastes! I'm hoping to find some good chili
-> ->  hn> and tamales! chat with you soon
-> 
-> -> She will find something but you'll probably be enjoying the foods more.
-> 
->  hn> I think she'll have plenty of arroz con pollo! (grin)
-> 
-> She may find something else, especially if she can be assured it'll fit
-> her heat comfort level.
-> 
I'm hoping so!
chat with you soon
hap 
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