Text 20681, 106 rader
Skriven 2009-02-09 15:18:57 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
  Kommentar till text 20593 av Carol Shenkenberger (27117.cooks)
Ärende: Cooking habits                                           [1]
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Hi Carol,


 >  CS> decided to put it in children's milk....

 > You would have thought they learned from the pet food mess.  Some people
 > will sink to really low levels to try & get an extra (dollar, yen,peso,
 > whatever) or two.  But adulterating milk for children is an all time
 > low. (Rant mode off)

 CS> Ya just gotta wonder on that one.  Hit USA with candy too.  That
 CS> melamine was deliberate idiocy but the peanut scare of now is more
 CS> like just being dumb.


I just don't have words to describe what I think of folks who let the
peanut products go out, knowing they were contaminated.  It's more than
dumb; outrageous is probably about as strong as I'll get in my choice of
words here.


 > As far as I know, we don't buy Chinese candy.  Mexican candy took a big
 > hit a while back; don't know if they ever got that mess cleared up.

 CS> I get oriental candy at times but didnt get any with milk products.

We got a couple of pieces tossed in with our purchase at the local
Oriental Market (that's the actual name of the place) once.  Steve tried
his; it had a coffee flavor so I let him have mine as well.


 >  > We did a "hold us thru" trip on Saturday.  This week will be the big

 CS> Hehe i *still* havent.  Kinda shows ya the sort of stocks i got used
 CS> to keeping handy.  Just no fresh fruit or veggies (canned and frozen
 CS> both).

Those long months at sea where you would stock up the family before
leaving still holding an influence?  We did the main trip Friday
afternoon and went back Saturday afternoon for some more fresh produce.


 > made for a long day at school so they decided to put him in the half day
 > program this semester. It means Rachel has to take him & pick him up but
 > he's doing better for it. She is able to work out at a nearby gym (with

 CS> Thats good.  He's a bit young to be gone still that long if it can be
 CS> avoided.

That's how we felt.  We're also appreciating the fact that Rachel is
being a stay at home mom this school year.  She's making noises about
going back to teaching next year but Sarah will have almost a full year
of mom time if she does.



 > healthier meals as they (she & David) decided it was time to lose some
 > weight and eat better.  She called Monday & said they'd pigged out on
 > junk food while watching the Super Bowl & a movie but were going to get
 > back to better eating that day.  Sarah is growing fast; she will be 4

 CS> Hehehe everyone has a pig-out day now and again!

I know but from what she described, I thought they had friends over to
watch the game. No, all the stuff she made was just for them.  But,
they're working it off at the gym. (G)

 > months old on Saturday.  Rachel is still total nursing but thinking of
 > starting a bit of cereal at night. She will talk with the doctor about
 > it next week; Sarah still likes to eat at least a couple of times per
 > night.

 CS> Well, a few safe cereals wont hurt her at this age.  As long as it's a
 CS> sideline to the momma-milk for another month or so.  I was letting
 CS> Charlotte investigate a bit of solids by that age with no problems.

Rachel was too but Deborah wasn't interested at all until about 9
months.


 > Our churh had a Souper Bowl Sunday.  The elemetary school age girls put
 > out an appeal a couple of weeks ago to help replenish the church's food
 > pantry.  Instead of the usual list of items that could be donated, they
 > asked just for soup--to be brought in on Super Bowl Sunday.  Cute, and
 > effective.  That's what part of our commissary trip was for, so we could
 > buy some soup.

 CS> Snicker, I just make it.

I do too but can't do that for a food pantry.  It has to be commercially
canned (or boxed).  We used up the last can of Campbell's tomato soup
that we'll ever buy the other day. They have a new line out now,
Campbell's V-8, in aseptic boxes & no HFCS.  We've tried the tomato and
golden butternut squash, both pretty good.  We haven't tried the cream
of broccoli yet but there's a box on our shelf, waiting to be tried.

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Catch you later,
Ruth
rchaffly@earthlink.net  FIDO 1:396/45.28


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