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Skriven 2008-02-12 16:27:06 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
   Kommentar till text 2238 av Janis Kracht (1:261/38)
Ärende: BlueWave                                                 [1]
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Hi Janis,

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

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

As in you are very left brained?  Steve is as left brained as I am right
which makes life interesting at times.

>> 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


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

 JK> Poor kitty! (G)

Poor kitty, my foot!  Ever see trucks go around a cat that just won't
budge? Ths was on the road to a busy marina.


>> 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.

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

 JK> Yep, understand :)

The hard part is deciding what field but it would be something in the
creative arts, probably needle/thread/fabric related and probably in
design.

>> 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...

 JK> > You find them like that in Europe still now.

 JK> Outrageous..

No, commonplace. Normal, everyday stuff.

>> our back door and delivered milk bottles for a long long time... Kind

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

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

Warwick is a bigger place; Margaretville does good to count 800 in a
census.

>> 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 :(

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

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

As long as they're enjoying it, encourage it. Once it gets to be forced
labor, it's not fun (speaking from experience).


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

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

Canning is so much better in so many ways than freezing--but I still
like my freezer. (G)

>> 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 :)

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

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

Thanks, now I will give it a try.

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

 JK> It's not very sweet, to me :)

I'll give it a taste test. It may be something we do more for home use
but not for pot lucks or other, similar. We'd stay with the raw sugar
for those. (G)


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

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

And I hate to have to buy everything new when I've already got all the
stuff. But, I guess I'll have to break down and do it at some point;
then the question will be KA or Viking.


>> 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

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

 JK> It's a classic, that can :)

Sure is; you knew what I was referring to even tho you didn't and don't
use it.

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Catch you later,
Ruth
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... Mind... Mind... Let's see, I had one of those around here someplace.

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