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     Kommentar till en text av RUTH HAFFLY
Ärende: Soupy weather
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Hey Ruth!
-> 
-> ->  HN> Very interesting recipe! I've never made a pea soup with
->  HN> beef...always
-> ->  HN> pork, or smoked ham hocks or the like.
-> ->  HN> Mentally evaluating the flavors though it might not be bad.
-> 
-> -> Try some smoked turkey meat/bones; you'll not miss the pork. Since
Steve
-> -> isn't a pork eater and does like to smoke the turkeys, I make my pea
-> -> soup with the turkey bones and meat scraps.  A few weeks ago we
picked
-> -> up some smoked turkey at the Fort Stewart commissary; weather forcast
is
-> 
->  HN> Chicken or turkey I could visualize a bit easier, as I often use
them
->  HN> in place of pork for some recipes. Beef has it's own more distinct
->  HN> flavor
->  HN> pattern (for me at least) and often (for me at least) does not
bridge
->  HN> that gap as well as the birdies do. (grin) And I would miss the
-> 
-> I can visualise it with the beef; it would be a different flavor but not
-> something undesireable.
-> 
Not totally offputting, and certainly workable

->  HN> pork...I always miss the pork!
-> 
-> I don't, especially if there's a decent alternative.
-> 
Hmmm the only alternative I have for pork is ............more PORK!!^-^

->  HN> Our weather has already been cold and wet...next week is looking
more
->  HN> like our normal (every October we have at least one week of almost
-> 
-> We had cooler and wet yesterday.  Had to go down to Fort Stewart to see
-> the doctor.  He's happy with the progress; told me to come back in 2
-> weeks and we'll start discussing the next surgery.  We decided to go
-> over to Fiddler's Crab House (back in Savannah) for supper.  Steve had
-> very spicey shrimp creole; I had a couple of blue crab cakes and red
-> rice.  Couldn't find any discernable pork (possibly some tasso bacon) in
-> the red rice.  For dessert we split a piece of key lime pie.  Very
-> disappointing--the piece was small and had very little lime taste.  The
-> crust was soggy (graham cracker) and th whole plate was drizzled with
-> pale green something or other.  After tasting it by itself, I figured
-> out what it was--lime kool ade!  The crab cakes were OK, not nearly as
-> crabby as what Michael made at the picnic, but still a decent amount of
-> crab, tho mostly smallish pieces.  I had a bite of Steve's shrimp
-> creole; it was very spicy!  He ate all the shrimp but left some of the
-> rice.
-> 
Anne likes red rice the best, even better than brown! Or did you mean
redbeans and rice? The only rice we have in the pantry right now is red
rice. Key lime pie is my weakness....I do soooooo love it...but I hate it
when it's not done well...and it seldom IS done well. Sigh....one of those
holy grail things I guess (grin)

->  HN> summer like weather) "Indian summer" with warmer days and sun most
of
->  HN> the time! I may make a quick photo trip east of the Cascades to do
->  HN> some fall foliage
->  HN> photography and some shooting from Steptoe butte (google it) while
the
->  HN> weather is cooperative!
-> 
-> Sounds nice.  Today is a day like that but it's to be colder and wetter
-> next week.
-> 
Today is Monday...temp 65, sunny and clear with a very slight
breeze...practically perfect in every way!
chat with you soon
ha
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