Text 8479, 80 rader
Skriven 2006-12-06 15:19:25 av Carol Shenkenberger (6:757/1)
   Kommentar till text 8456 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> I have one here too like that still.  Books and VCR tapes that we dont
 CS> have shelves for.

RH> Books are the main occupant of the boxes upstairs; there are a few oth
RH> odds and ends if various rooms from our housing in HI also.  A couple
RH> the boxes have stuff we intended to find a new home for before leaving
RH> but never did. We've started another box downstairs for similar items.

Oh I know those boxes <g>.  Got a few of'em here too.  We did remember to leave
the Cho lights there when we left though.  They have a unique fitting at the
top and arent usable outside Japan.  We left them in the olkd Cho.

 CS> flour a bit ago and the rest of a jar of molassis (sp?) and a baggie
 CS> of fresh caraway seeds.  Breadmaker churning away on a loaf of mixed
 CS> white/rye with molasis and caraway seasoning.

RH> Molasses.  I had to get mo lasses when we moved here, having used up t
RH> last of what I had in HI. (G)  My bread maker has its first batch of
RH> 100% whole wheat bread in it now, that is, first since the end of July
RH> in HI.

I use it but rarely enough that it's one of the things I get when I move in,
and may have some left of when I move out.


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

RH> I know you'll have cold, wet rain & snow yet this winter; I don't know
RH> what we will have but I hope it's not all the cold rain we had
RH> yesterday.  Today is clearer but cold yet. Time to haul out the rest o
RH> the winter clothes.  I picked up some Asian print fat quarters in HI

It's chilly here but not the dreadful cold type yet.  More like 'overly crisp'.

RH> we buy less quantities of stuff like that and have to keep remembering
RH> that just the 2 of us need to keep eating it before it goes bad.

With the flocks here, thats normally not a problem (wry grin).  Oh don't get me
wrong, I love the kids and enjoy the cookery.  Thats why we do it!

RH> vinegar. I've also got to pick up some other shelf staples I didn't ge
RH> on the last major commissary run.

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


RH> We keep discovering we need this or that.  Made a meatloaf last week b
RH> didn't have the usual worchestershire sauce I put in so did without.
RH> Picked some up at the Hunter commissary but it was French's brand, not
RH> the Lea & Perrins we like (shelf label but no bottles for that one).

The frenches stuff isnt nearly as good as the lea and perrins, agree.

RH> balsamic vinegar instead of the pepper--good taste but not what we're
RH> used to for greens.

I'll have to try the pepper sauce idea!


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

RH> All new (hand me down) school clothes?  Guess you're going to have to
RH> put a birck on her head to keep her from growing so much. (G)

One brick comming up!  

Next week, when we go to Okinawa, we hit the big AF exchange and get her more
pants.  She's outgrowing them all again.
                                       xxcarol

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