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Skriven 2008-11-20 15:12:15 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
  Kommentar till text 16607 av Nancy Backus (1:3634/12.0)
Ärende: cookbooks  was: strawberries etc
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Hi Nancy,

 NB>  NB>> My favorite recipe for cornbread was in that one... and the book
 NB> split  NB>> in 2 right about where that recipe was... I think it was
 NB> shortly later  NB>> that I saw another copy, maybe at a garage sale or

 RH> Good timing.  The book probably split there because you had made the
 RH> corn bread so often. (G)

 NB> Probably.  That was my figuring, too... :)  Had more than the normal
 NB> share of stains, as well... ;)

I know; some of my cook books are quite stained.

 NB> (fajitas & tacos revisited)
 RH> Sometimes improvisation makes for a better meal than the original. (G)

 NB> And a new family favorite, to boot... :)


Yes; I'll have to try it some time when the girls visit.


 NB>  NB>> I usually go looking when I've got some ingredient to use that
 NB> isn't  NB>> usually in my repertoire...  or have an idea for something
 NB>  NB>> Usually now, though, there's enough other stuff called for in
 NB> the  NB>> recipe (that I may not have) that I just adapt from it....

 RH> It's always interesting to take a lesser used (in your kitchen)
 RH> ingredient and see what can be done with it.

 NB> And of course, learning about the new (or lesser-used) ingredient can
 NB> lead to its becoming one of the standards of the kitchen.

I know; I don't think we bought any balsamic vinegar before we went to
HI.  I'd read about it and got a bottle when I was buying to stock the
pantry.  I think we went thru a couple of bottles (maybe 3) in the 5 1/2
years we were there.  In the bit over 2 years we've been here, we're now
almost done with our 3rd bottle. (G)


 RH> It's fun to read the post, even more fun to meet the people behind the
 RH> words.  That's why we enjoyed the last couple of picnics.

 NB> For sure.  :)  And that's why I really wanted to get to this year's
 NB> picnic, to meet people I'd known of through posts, some for many
 NB> years, as well as the new ones I met here just in this echo.  Meeting
 NB> the
 NB> people in person also gives an added dimension to reading the posts.

I can see why you wanted to come; you were close enough to that it would
have been a shame if you couldn't have.  I'd met a few of the folks ovr
the years but still, going to the first picnic we did..............  We
met Michael only 5 years ago but I'd talked to him on the phone a few
times previously.  We met Dave Drum in 1998 when we were in AZ but
driving to NY & stopped to give him some Amiga equipment.  I think all
the others we'd met are no longer active. There are some that are active
that we've not yet met but I would like to meet some day. (Were there
any surprises as to what we really looked like?)

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Catch you later,
Ruth
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