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Skriven 2007-07-05 11:43:44 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
     Kommentar till en text av Glen Jamieson
Ärende: BIRD NEST 707 70704
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Hi Glen,


 GJ> A dress made for a wedding anniversary? That must make it very
 GJ> special.

 RH> No, for the wedding in 1997.  But Steve did talk to her on Saturday &

 GJ> Ah, I understand.  I easily get confused.

Understandable; I'm some 6000 (give or take a few) miles further away
from you than I was in HI.  I think some bits of information get
corrupted having to travel the extra distances. (G)


 RH> found she & David went out to dinner (for their anniversary) where the
 RH> steaks alone were $45. each & the sides extra. As the wedding
 RH> reception wound down, I packed a basket of sandwiches, fruit, veggies
 RH> and such like for them to take along.

 GJ> From the sandwiches to the sublime, in 10 years!

A lot better than we did in 10 years!  But, at least we could afford to
go out for dinner, unlike some years when it was a stretch even doing
that.  Last year we were traveling between Alabama and South Carolina on
our anniversary and stopped at a small pizza place north of Atlanta for
supper.  Had some good calzones--mine was a spinach and other veggies
but I've forgotten what Steve had.  This year I've no idea where we'll
go but I've got a couple of months yet to figure it out. (G)


 GJ> "Attendants" as well?  That sounds almost like a repeat wedding.
 RH> No, this was the original wedding. My train of thought must have gone
 RH> on a slight side track regarding the wedding & anniversary.

 GJ> Understood.  My train had become derailed.  :)

But, not too far off the track, thankfully.


 RH> I found small bottles of a similar fish sauce in the Oriental Market a

 GJ> It is a very useful sauce, but you don't need much at a time.

 RH> As we found out the first time I tried using it in HI. (G)  The small
 RH> bottle holds maybe half a cup or so, if that.

 GJ> It does keep forever, as whatever was going to happen to it over time
 GJ> has already happened.


Yes, like kim chee. (G)


 GJ>       Title: Clam Adobo
 GJ>  Categories: Mains, Seafood, Filipino
 GJ>       Yield: 4 servings

 RH> Never would have thought of clams in adobo but don't see why not. I've
 RH> got to make some chicken adobo one of these days but it'll wait until
 RH> next month at least now.

 GJ> Just about anything, animal or vegetable, can be cooked adobo style.

I'll defer to your knowledge of it; my exposure is limited but I do know
I've enjoyed some of the pork/chicken ones I tried in HI.


 GJ>       Title: Adobong Okra
 GJ>  Categories: Filipino, Vegetables, Main dish
 GJ>       Yield: 4 Servings

 GJ>      20 ea Fresh, very young okra
 GJ>     1/4 c  Water
 GJ>     1/4 c  Vinegar
 GJ>     1/2 c  Pork, diced
 GJ>       3 tb Patis (fish sauce)
 GJ>       4 cl Garlic, crushed
 GJ>       1 ea Medium onion, chopped
 GJ>       1 ts Pepper

Can't get this by Steve yet; it has both pork and okra.  OTOH, it looks
pretty good to me.(G)

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Catch you later,
Ruth
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