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Skriven 2006-12-06 00:32:46 av RUTH HANSCHKA (1:123/140)
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Ärende: Re: Mimosae  61031
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-> RH> I'd forgotten that thing.  My sister got one for Christmas this
year.
-> RH> is a prehistoric harvest gold behemoth of a chest freezer.
-> 
-> They pay for themselves fast.
-> 
The one my parents bought paid for itself about 25 years ago.  THey're hard
to kill.

-> RH> That must make for some weird holes in the supermarket shelves.
-> RH>  
-> 
-> No, they just rotate something else in.  Chitins are in just now for
example 
-> and once they are all gone, that spot normally will have ducks.  There
are no 
-> italia sausages just now but lots of Chorizo and bransweger (sp?).  Next
week I

Braunschweiger?  Around here Italian sausage is a staple, mostly due to
Connecticut's Italian population.  Chitlins are seasonal since you only
want to mess with them outside when the cold will keep the smell down.  

-> bet the liverworst and chorizo are gone and we have pork belly back
which I've 
-> been hankering to try in the big slabs of it they sell here.  Oh, they
have 
-> beef tounge right now.  The normal spot for my korean cut rib-fakoids is
filled
-> with lamb shanks and lamb ribs plus some 'lamb stew meat'.

Not a bad trade! 
 
-> Generally there is no empty shelf space, just space that changes stock. 
Like, 
-> right now I can get whole wheat flour and buckwheat.  Oddly they were
out of 
-> the normal breadmaker flour I get but they had another brand there that
seems 
-> to have risen well enough.

As long as it works, I don't even look at the name.  
 
-> RH> We'd get along great.  I was raised by Depression babies who hit
puber
-> RH> during WWII.  I think it's ingrained.  
-> 
-> Well, you'd find it normal here then!  Wierds out some folks when they
first 
-> arrive though.

Reusing aluminum foil?  Saving rubber bands?  Yep - normal.
 
-> Probably.  May not be the exact same fish, but it really doesnt matter. 
These 
-> are small ones, silver with blue-green muted stripes and a black stripe
down 
-> the back.  Less strong than makeral but fairly fishy flavored.  Most are
about 
-> 5 inches long when whole, some are 6.  Usually seen stateside frozen in
blocks 
-> of ice though there's more fish than ice in there.

Sounds about right.  I know I've seen something like that....
 
-> RH> That's how they learn.  By the time I was in high school I'd eat
anyth
-> RH> once. 
-> 
-> I was a bit picky, but not much.  Got over it totally as you can tell.

Gee, how would anyone know?  About the only things I'm really picky about
are high-fructose corn syrup and trans fats.  Yecch.

-> soup' container.  It's a sort of tallish plastic thing and I dump in
whatever 
-> seems useful then empty it in the crock.  Carrot ends, daikon peelings,
that 
-> sort of thing.  Kangkoon stems and onion peels or potato/yam peels.

Garbage soup.  Or do you fancy it up - as Compost Soup?
 
-> Snicker, works too!  But to those not used to it, too much garlic can
upset the
-> 
-> stomach when made raw with fats that way.  I just minced more garlic (3 

Stomach?  Usually, if I eat way too much the effects are felt ... or
smelt... considerably further down the intestinal track.

-> Eniko.  It's the holiday season and the exchange is out of crockpots
(wont be 
-> more til mid-Jan they say).  Dennis and his wife got here last week but
their 
-> HHG's wont be here for 3 more weeks.  They came from Yokosuka with
nothing more
-> than carryon luggage so are in borrow-mode just now.

Eep.  No wonder Big Mama is doing a sleepover.
 
-> use it, can go without for 3 weeks easy), my big crock (just for the
day), a 
-> blender, my toaster (we rarely use, see microwave), oddiments of pots
and pans,

I use a toaster once in a while, but that depends on what's handy to toast.
The blender ... about once every two years if that often.  
 
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