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Skriven 2008-02-13 15:08:46 av Janis Kracht (1:261/38)
   Kommentar till text 2351 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.

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

I'm not sure if I am or not :)  I think sometimes that Ron and I are cross
between the two (g).

>>> 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)

> 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.

Wow :)  Patient truck drivers, that's for sure!! :)

>>> 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 :)

> 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.

That would be so neat.. I have Corel Draw here, and I think sometimes about
creating embroidery designs.. if I had the time, it would be nice (g).

>>> 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..

> No, commonplace. Normal, everyday stuff.

Geez.. We miss a bit of the old world here in the states I think..

>>> 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.

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

At the time, Warwick (the village) was maybe 1000 people.. but I'd have to
check the old census reports to be sure.. That is my memory of it though, at
the time :)

>>> 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.

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

Oh yeah, I know the forced-labor problem haha.   They love having their own
"rows" in the beds, and take care of them with pride.. it's neat to see.

>> > 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)

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

I use it a lot for sure.. especially if the heat is getting to me, and I can't
work in the garden out in the sun, harvest stuff, and then come in and
immediately can it.. that can be a bit much :)  I realize I'm not superwoman
(g).  (maybe wonderwoman, though Lol).

>> 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.

> Thanks, now I will give it a try.

Ok, sounds good.. I'm curious as to the texture it will give you..I'm not sure,
but I'd expect a more of a german type cake (perhaps like honey cake?) to be
the result..but I guess that depends on the other ingredients. To be honest, I
can't remember the exact texture of the Olive Oil cake I made with it, but it
was good :)

>> > 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.

>> 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)

That makes sense :)

>> > 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.

> 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.

And I'd be careful in that choice for sure.. like I said, KA is not what it
used to be as far as quality control.. I really wanted to check out Bocsh more
as well.. they seem like the "army tank" of mixers, but not cheap, for sure.
I've seen reviews of KA and Viking, and you do see times when one or the other
is slammed by a person who's mixer croaked way to soon.

>> > 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 :)

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

Yep, I sure did - So many people I grew up with thought that was Italian cheese
(g).  You can't blame them, who's mom would go looking in the cheese aisle for
some strangely named cheese :)

Take care,
Janis

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