Text 22347, 111 rader
Skriven 2007-11-05 13:22:06 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
  Kommentar till text 22262 av Carol Shenkenberger (1:261/1466.0)
Ärende: Rice
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Hi Carol,

 CS> is easy once I get it here.  That reminds me spices should be here

 RH> Good. I've got a number of my spices in either the fridge or freezer
 RH> to keep fresh.  Sniffed some of the Italian ones I've had in the fridge
 RH> for a while last week and they still smell fresh.

 CS> I've never bothered but i do keep them in a cabinet away from light.

I do that with most of mine but didn't have any empty jars when we got
these spices. They come in a zip top bag--easy to grab a good pinch.
I've got some jars now but haven't done the transfer yet.

 CS> We have been eating at home to save money.  I start work though on

 RH> We will grab something out depending on several factors.  Last night
 RH> Steve got home around 7, we had choir practice at 7:30. Since his
 RH> arrival time was so unpredictable (had to go to range at Fort
 RH> Stewart), I'd not done anything for supper.  Went to Chik-Fil-A on our
 RH> way to choir (were about 15 minutes late); Steve liked the
 RH> carrot-raisin salad so much he got a 2nd one.  Found out it's carrots,
 RH> raisins, pineapple, sugar and a bit of mayo.  Guess I've got some
 RH> experimenting to do to figure out proportions of the last couple of
 RH> ingredients.

 CS> Works!  Makes sense with timing like that too.

That it does.  And with just the 2 of us...........  We tried a Pepino's
(Mexican) the other day.  Their menus have printed on them that they
give a 20% discount to military so our meal, including tip was about
$20.  Steve got chili colorado--quite hot & spicy.  I got a half order
of chicken chimichangas which was 2 and took half home. Steve's came
with rice, beans and a Mexican salad; mine had beans, salad stuff,
guacamole and sour cream.  Steve took half of his home but said he could
have eaten it if he hadn't had so many chips.  They had chips and salsa
on the table as we sat down, even before giving us a menu (had to ask
for it and what non alcholic drinks were available).  No hortchata which
was a minus for me; salsa was hot and spicy but smooth, not chunky.
Some of the chips were warm, fresh, low greasy big ones but there were a
lot of small pieces in the basket as well.  Probably, overall, about a
C+ or so for averaging the good and bad.  Steve has come to the
conclusion that Mexican places in Savannah are about like the Korean
ones in HI--fairly low cost (Mexican are a bit more so) and quite
prevalent.

 CS> Today, I looked over my uniform for checking in tomorrow.  I couldnt
 CS> find but 1 black sock.  Go figure?  Since i needed a few things (last
 CS> shopping trip mentioned a few things would run low in 1-2 weeks) we
 CS> went to Harris Teeter.

 CS> The reason for Harris Teeter this time was a loss-leader sale.  Snow
 CS> crab legs for 6.99$ buy 1 lb, get one free.  Got some.  At the same
 CS> time I noted all the fish looked pretty good so I asked the fellow and
 CS> he said the stock comes in 3 times a week (some items only 2 of those
 CS> 3 times) and i caught him just as he was putting the new stuff out.

Sounds like a winner to me.  We looked at the tuna at Fresh Market on
Saturday; it looked fantastic but at $9.99/lb and our cash on hand being
limited, we passed it up (this time).

 CS> Yellowfin tuna medalions for 5.99$ were quite fresh so I got some.
 CS> The larger steaks are 9.99$ but since we cut this small for sashimi,
 CS> the medalions are a much better deal.  The gindai (forgot english name
 CS> again) looked pretty decent. If it wasnt gindai, it was a close
 CS> relative from the Atlantic.  Pricey though so we skipped.  (14.99lb).

Fresh Market has quite a meat/seafood/poultry case.  Most everything is
pricey so we've not tried much.  They even sell crab cakes, kebabs, and
all sorts of easy to cook and eat pre done "fancy" things but at a fancy
price.

 CS> Got my socks.  Not a horrid price as they look like they are pretty
 CS> nice. 2.50$

And if they hold up for a few wearings, then they will be worth it.


 CS> Got some fruit and stuff for Charlotte.  Got to show Charlotte how to
 CS> not buy a fruit when the canalopes came up.  Some were starting to get
 CS> moldy so I explained that meant the whole batch would go shortly even
 CS> if you found one without any mold in the batch.

She's not too young to start learning these things. Talked to Rachel
last night; she told me she got a cake pan that makes a dozen cup cake
sized pieces, that when put together, make a car.  She will do that for
Robert's 4th birthday; he's still car/truck/plane, etc crazy.

 CS> Monday so have to get my uniforms and things ready.  Blergh.  I'm not
 CS> ready to start work. I've spent so much of the time working on the
 CS> house, I feel I havent had much of a break here yet.

 RH> Working Vacation.  Well, you sort of figured tht would be the case.
 RH> Now you need a vacation to get over your vacation. (G)

 CS> That I do!

Instead you get to go back to work. We now have less than 18 months
until Steve retires.


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Catch you later,
Ruth
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