Text 8324, 69 rader
Skriven 2006-12-03 11:14:43 av Carol Shenkenberger (6:757/1)
   Kommentar till text 8282 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
Ärende: Re: Mimosae  61007
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*** Quoting Ruth Haffly from a message to Carol Shenkenberger ***


 CS> Hehe well, you see I'm home and having fun catching up.  I'm scanning
 CS> for notes to me and am as suspected, about 3 weeks behind.  I missed
 CS> your first post as you came back online (grunged packet due to
 CS> shipboard issues) but figure I have the gist of it all now.

RH> So you know we're settled but still have a good number of boxes to
RH> unpack.  The downstairs is pretty well done, upstairs we have one room
RH> half full of boxes yet.

I have one here too like that still.  Books and VCR tapes that we dont have
shelves for.

 CS> I havent been brave enough yet to look in the larder and see what's
 CS> here.  I note the fridge mostly has no veggies, no fruit, little food,
 CS> and 3 six-packs of beer <g>.  Don was going to go shopping then
 CS> realized he'd left it so close, it was better to let me have fun doing
 CS> it, which is *perfect* for me!

RH> I agree; I'd rather shop than have Steve do it all.  I generally have
RH> idea of what I'll be cooking with what I buy, subject to revision of
RH> course as usual.  Today the bigger crock pot is crocking away with
RH> chili; it's warmish right now but will be cooling down into the low

My big crock is vacationing with Elise <g>.  She brought over some rye flour a
bit ago and the rest of a jar of molassis (sp?) and a baggie of fresh caraway
seeds.  Breadmaker churning away on a loaf of mixed white/rye with molasis and
caraway seasoning.

I'll go shopping shortly.  Got a fairly big list so will use the car this time.

RH> 60s/upper 50s for daytime temps over the week end.  I know, warm yet
RH> probably for you but we're still not used to it.

Actually I've been hanging around the equator and other southerly parts for the
last 2 months so that sounds chilly to me right now.  Same as Sasebo temps.


 CS> Ok, I peeked.  Umm, lets just say the 'crisper drawer' is now in the
 CS> dishwasher and Charlotte just took the trash out.  I didnt know grapes
 CS> could mold like that....

RH> They can very easily.

Not in my house normally!  They get eaten too fast to ever worry about that.


RH> Sounds good to me.  Steve asked me what I wanted to bring for the FRG
RH> pot luck so I suggested my grandmother's green beans.  Means I've got
RH> get some bacon, (G) french cut beans and onion; I've already got the
RH> vinegar. I've also got to pick up some other shelf staples I didn't ge
RH> on the last major commissary run.

That will take some 2 months to fix up totally from my experience.  Like, I'm
about out of Jufran (Bannana sauce) right now and if i see some good 'Korean
ribs' (our name for them here, a fatty boneless cut, not actually ribs but
somewhat close and quite tasty made up right).

RH> Want to send her this way for a week or so?  Didn't think so; you just
RH> got home to see her.

Hehe!  I came home to find she's grown 3 inches while I was away!  Kids' almost
as tall as me now!
                                       xxcarol

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