Text 14560, 104 rader
Skriven 2008-10-02 14:40:18 av Carol Shenkenberger (20935.cooks)
  Kommentar till text 14523 av RUTH HANSCHKA (1:123/140)
Ärende: Chatter and Clams
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 > -> My sister Charlotte has a big foot (relatively).  I rmember her moaning
 > -> kid that she couldnt find 'neat' shoes as all the ones in her size were
 > -> 'adult sorts'.  I think she hit size 9 by the time she was in 8th grade?

 > They may not be much bigger than that.  My mother stopped growing at 13.  I
 > stopped around 15/16, and often your feet grow before the rest of you does.

Charlotte kept growing til she was 17 or so, she said.  (She moved to live
with my Dad when she was 16).  She looks like a tall version of me.  So much
like me, often only we can tell pictures of us apart.  Dad for example had 2
pictures of me as a kid and didnt realize it, thinking one was Charlotte. 
Mom saw pictures of my niece's wedding and thought one of them was me but I
didnt make it to the wedding, this only this past year and that pic had
nothing to put the height in perspective ;-)

Imagine me at a hair under 6ft, with a lightly more pointy chin and a
slightly more aquiline nose.  Thats my sister.  3.5 years older than me, and
a case of really *obviously sisters* so close we've been asked if we were
twins.  Identical smile.

Her husband Joe asked her when she'd gone fishing after finding a stray pic
of me doing that in Okinawa 2 years ago, then he realized the haircut was
wrong and looked closer ....

 > ->  > I'm sitting in a 70F room that's pretty comfortable.  I die dead in
 > ->  > anything over 85F.
 > ->
 > -> At 85F, we turn up the fan <g>.  AC at 90F pretty much to keep it down
 > -> 85F.  Before you think we are suffering though, just keep in mind we are
 > -> rather heat tolerant.  It's also easier to stay cool if you dont
 > over-cool
 > -> the house.  You get used to it fast and then it doesnt feel so hot
 > outside.
 > 
 > Unfortunately with MS, that doesn't work with me.  The colder it is, the
 > better off I am.

I can understand that one.

 > -> Now in winter, we keep the temps down as much as we can (Don's arthritis
 > -> means not as low as i'd like for bill reasons).  I turn it down at night
 > -> 68 or so and in day we run at about 72.
 > ->
 > That's warmer than I keep mine, at night anyway.  I turn the end of the
 > house with the computer, living room etc down to 65 generally.  Your back
 > wouldn't like it much colder than that.

At night, it's not a problem.  I have good mink blankets from Korea and some
very nice thick comforters to go over them.

(on canned clams)
 > ->  > They work nicely, and you don't have to worry about getting bad ones.

 > -> Yes, I noticed that!  I still havent done anything with the can of
 > clams, but
 > -> I got more whipping creame (the unsweet stuff) so can make up a clam
 > chowder.
 > 
 > Real whipping cream, in other words.  I've been known to use skim milk.

Not sure skim milk would have the right effect, but i sometimes have used a
little sour cream and 4% milk for things that called for heavy cream.

 > ->  I just need to decide what to do with the rest of the clams before I
 > -> the can.  It's a 3lb can that makes 3.5 quarts which is a bit much for

 > Fried clams?  Fritters?

Thoughts are leading to a clam dip for now.  I have 2 decent ways, 1 with
sourcream base and the other with philly cheese base.  Then yes, fried
clamcakes made with minced clams and lots of binding agents, a little bit
like crabcakes but made with clams.

 > -> My freezer is largely eaten down now although there's still lots of good
 > -> stuff in there.  I double and sometimes triple wrap things so they can
 > last a
 > -> very long time with no freezer burn.  I learned to do that in Japan so I
 > -> could stock the house before going to sea for 4-5 months.
 > ->
 > I've done that too, often enough.  A pan of brownies only has a single
 > wrap, but they only have to stay there until Saturday to be eaten Sunday at
 > church.

As it gets colder, the 'soup kitchen' is going back to business.  I normally
donated every other week with some dish, in winter.  Church affiliated and
they help the local mom's and the elderly to make ends meet. No homeless per
say, but that's because they help them find places to live.

 > ->  > -> That one is pretty sure!  He's snoozing on the sofa in the sunroom
 > just
 > ->  > now.
 > ->  >
 > ->  > Wishing you could bump him and take over the space?
 > ->
 > -> Yeah, thought was in my head yesterday!
 > 
 > But not today?

Naw, slept in.  Should have forced myself to get up early since tomorrow I
start work at 5am.
            xxcarol
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