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Skriven 2008-02-11 23:38:02 av Janis Kracht (1:261/38)
   Kommentar till text 2227 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
Ärende: BlueWave                                                 [1]
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Hi Ruth!

> Computers would give me a challenge tho. I'm more right brained and they
> are geared toward left brained people.

It's probably why Ron and I were able to teach ourselves as much as we did.

>> > Have you pulled them out for the grand kids yet?
>> Oh yes.. and then quickly put them back in their safe places :) We
>> have two little muppets that are named just like one of my dogs, and
>> one of my cats.. the puppet characters were named first.. Toby and
>> Tina.. Toby is a dope.. Tina is a PIA.. we really HAD to name them
>> that because that is exactly the personality they have haha


> (G) I named a cat Ben once because he had the same personality as the
> bear on the old series "Grizzly Adams". The cat was also known as "get
> out of the road, stupid cat" for obvious reasons.

Poor kitty! (G)


>> Yes, that's just what we saw way back then :)  People can look at them
>> because they are non-threatening I think.  I almost was going to do
>> degree program at the NYS's Empire college since I'd done so much
>> research on childhood morality, puppets and such.  But then the time
>> wasn't right for some reason or other.

> I understand. The timing wasn't right for me to go for a Master's in
> Special Ed, hearing impaired emphasis either. Now I don't know if I'd go
> for that or something else if I've the chance.

Yep, understand :)

>> > grocery store.  We've some friends in western NY who own a dairy
>> farm > and took the girls over to visit a few times. They also saw
>> that both > sets of grandparents had gardens and enjoyed the produce

>> Ah that's neat :)  Growing up in Warwick, NY did it for me way back.
>> There was a dairy farm way out of town... and there was actually a
>> _dairy_ right in the village of Warwick on a little side street...

> You find them like that in Europe still now.

Outrageous..

>> geez, I can remember the name on the building. They actually came to
>> our back door and delivered milk bottles for a long long time... Kind

> We had one in the Margaretville area--got milk from them until I was in
> high school at least.

I think it stopped in Warwick earlier than that.. I was probably in grade
school.

>> of like Christmas :)  And when we'd go to Scranton, my grandfather
>> always had a garden and he'd explain some things to me.  By the time I
>> was married and (still) living in Warick, the dairy was gone. That to
>> me is so sad.  But my kids did see me growing things from
>> nothing..(g).. neither Ron's parents nor mine had a garden then :(

> Good; the more kids get exposed to the way food really comes to them,
> the more to carry it on for another generation.  I helped my mom can

Definitely true :)  The kids love helping me in the garden every summer.

> when I was growing up so I had no problems doing it after Steve and I
> got married. Then I taught a friend how to can tomatoes; the next day
> she taught another of her friends how to do so.

Super!  That was one of the BIG complaints with that "bad" edition of the Joy
of Cooking.. Ethan had removed the entire canning section :(  I guess he heard
about that (g)

>>> she's told me, so I do it (grin). I made an olive oil cake with
>>> sucranot for them once, that came out great.

>> > OK, thanks for the suggestion. I've not tried it yet but will let
>> you > know once I do. Is it a 1:1 sub for sugar?

>> No, I know it's not 1:1.. taste it til it's right (laugh) Or I could
>> ask Lauren, and I'll let you know :)

> That's probably the best way; we've cut back on the amount of sugar we

She told me this weekend that she does use it 1:1 for sugar.. and she also
reminded me about diluting it with some liquid you are using in a cake before
creaming with butter, etc.

> use.  What may be just sweet enough for us would not be for other
> people; I don't want to make a "surprise" cake to take somewhere. (G)

It's not very sweet, to me :)

> You could buy separate components for the Kichen Center. We've got an
> ice cream maker, pasta maker and small food proccessor that we bought
> separate.  That's why I sort of don't want to give it up but it doesn't
> have the power of some of the newer things like KA or Viking.

Understand.. so you don't have to throw the older one out.. if you want to try
a kitchen aid mixer you'll get everything you need to make bread.. and pasta
dough.. you wouldn't get a pastadough cutter though unless you bought an
attachment.

>> > The peccorino romano definately gives things a good taste,
>> especially > when freshly grated.  We've been treating ourselves to
>> that and
>> > parmaesan reggiano and enjoying them so much more than the green
>> > containered ones. (G)

>> hahaha :)  You know, here's the thing.. Ron grew up with those green
>> containers.. I almost died.. (laugh).. but we, as a couple have never
>> used them

> We used them, mostly for cost. I gew up on some pretty lousy store
> brands of the green can; Steve's family usually (and most of them still
> do) uses the green can.  He said that every once in a while his mom
> would buy a chunk of parmesan (not the reggiano) and grate it herself so
> he had some exposure to better parmesan. I think now she just uses the
> green can.

It's a classic, that can :)

Take care,
Janis

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