Text 22678, 102 rader
Skriven 2007-11-12 16:37:30 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
  Kommentar till text 22557 av Carol Shenkenberger (1:261/1466.0)
Ärende: Rice
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Hi Carol,


 RH> I had no empty jars either when I bought these.  Bought several glass
 RH> jars at Fresh Market but still have those herbs/spices in the fridge.

 CS> I was looking at some cute ones for jarring jams and things.  I could
 CS> reuse them when the time comes to make jams next year.

Sounds like a winner to me.


 RH> Less worry about breakage to jars. (G)

 CS> Less weight to pay for was in my mind!  That and the box didnt fit the
 CS> jars well but the baggies were perfect.

Smart thinking; some folks would have just looked for a bigger box.


 CS> See, thats what we dont have just now.  10,000$ worth of bills and

 RH> Oh I understand, very well.  Had a FRG leadership training meeting
 RH> today from 9-4 with a lunch break.  Steve picked me up and we went over
 RH> to the Hunter Club with another soldier who's FRG liaison for our
 RH> company.  The tab for the 3 of us was under $20., tip included.

 CS> Not bad!  Me, I'm stuffed with ribs.  The live crabs got cooked but
 CS> will wait til we eat them later. We actually like them cold or
 CS> rewarmed just a little with a dashi-tofu-spinach soup mix at the side.

Feeling like you're back in Japan?  Has Charlotte readjusted to living
in the States again?  It usually doesn't take long for kids to settle
in, especially once they are busy with school.

 RH> wer also asked what we wanted to drink before being given a menu and
 RH> seeing what was available, then having to ask what non alcoholic drinks
 RH> they had none listed on the menu.

 CS> Ah, well at Mia Casitas, they bring the chips with them as they seat
 CS> you and within 2 mins 2 salsas are there.

Most places have the chips in one hand, salsa in the other. We stopped
at a Moe's Southwestern Grill for lunch on Saturday.  Not good, not bad
but not worth a repeat visit.


 RH> We're getting good stuff at the store too, just a bit short on cash on
 RH> hand that day & didn't want to use plastic for real food. (G)

 CS> Understandable.  By now you see my Asian Market trip.  I had forgotten
 CS> about the ribs so we ended up freezing the butterfish.  I'll make a
 CS> miso marinade for it later and add 1/2 of it to Charotte's lunch
 CS> sometime this week.

Sounds good.

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

 CS> I think I may have seen one of those places on Route58 out near the
 CS> ocean front. (I got turned around heading for Asia Market off London
 CS> Bridge road and went the wrong way so showed Charlotte the beach for a
 CS> few moments.)

How does the beach there differ from the one in Japan?



 CS> could read, she's pretty advanced as far as average adults go on many
 CS> grocery shopping tactics.

 RH> Good!  It means whn she does get out on her own in a few years (all
 RH> too soon mom) she will be shopping savvy.  But she will have to know

 CS> Yes, showed her a durian at the Asian Market and was very tempted to
 CS> get a cake of it frozen.  I decided not to for the moment as Charlotte
 CS> may not like it and I forgot to ask Don if he likes it.  (He doesnt).

Good thing you didn't get a whole one.  We'd probably go for a small bit
for our initial try; have to do it one of these days.

 RH> Just one month; we went to a Navy retirement (on the Missouri) while
 RH> out in HI.  It was a fun experience.

 CS> Too bad we live so far away.  It would be funny to do a combined
 CS> retirement!                 xxcarol

That would be fun; Steve has gone to a number of Army ones and they are
cut & dried boring.  The Navy one was fun.

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Ruth
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