Text 25870, 131 rader
Skriven 2009-07-11 22:38:53 av Sean Dennis (1:18/200)
  Kommentar till text 25864 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
Ärende: Smokey Bones (was dad)
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Hello, Ruth.

Saturday July 11 2009 at 17:53, you wrote to me:

 RH> Smaller portions usually fill me pretty well.  Any larger and I
 RH> usually split it in half, taking half home to enjoy a 2nd time. I did
 RH> add some of the house sauce to my pulled pork; it definately added to
 RH> the taste. Actually, I put on more than I have in some places but it
 RH> tasted so good. (G)

Knowing me, I could have eaten three people's servings. <G>  But the "smaller
portion" was pretty darned good.  I think I'd get that pulled pork platter
again-I could gum all of my food!

 RH> I like cole slaw but have a hard time finding a good one when eating
 RH> out.  The one at SB I would definately go for again; it went well with
 RH> the potato and pulled pork.

I'm not a fan of coleslaw, but I have been told that good coleslaw is really
difficult to find in most eateries anymore.

 RH> decent crop of tomatoes before cold weather; I think we will,
 RH> considering our location.

I've seen those but not tried one yet.  We might try one next year or if I can
do it, I'd like to start early (March?) to start to try to work on setting up a
raised bed for a veggie garden.  There's a spot right off of Maura's office
door (on the other side of the house from the living room; you'd turn left off
of the front porch to get to it) that would be good.  It's full sun but
protected from the drafts full of car exhaust from Oakland Avenue.

 RH> Same here.  My drink was resupplied before I asked but Steve's was dry
 RH> well before any refills came.  Seemed like they were fairly busy for
 RH> week night.

As you saw, I drink copious amounts when I eat.  It's very easy for me to get
too big of a bite without realizing it and having the thing get stuck in my
esophagus.  Then the hiatial hernia kicks in and complains about too much food
going down...so I eat slow, try to eat as much as I can and drink a lot of
fluids.  I went to a speech pathologist at the Atlanta VA hospital - evidently
this swallowing problem is part of their practice - and the pathologist said
that I definitely had problems swallowing.

The sad part is that I've noticed more and more of my teeth starting to rot so
it looks like I'll have to have a full set of falsies in my mouth.  Not
something I'm looking forward to.

 RH> Hopefully more money will be available.  I saw something in the
 RH> "American Legion" magazine about the new GI Bill that an amended FAFSA
 RH> can be put in if a financial situation changes; you might want to look
 RH> into that.  Also, the financial aid office should be a help.  Steve
 RH> got his OK from the VA for use of the new GI Bill so he's already
 RH> registered for his first semester.

Sadly I lost my GI bill bennies on September 11, 2008 (my official date of
leaving the IRR).  I only used about $200 of it earning my CompTIA A+
certification.  No worries though, evidently because I'm a veteran and the son
of a Vietnam vet, I qualify for different grants and things I can apply for.
I'll be going to ETSU here in the next few weeks to talk to someone about it.

 RH> Looks good but I'd use whole wheat pasta. Say "Hi!" to Maura for me &
 RH> give the kitties some attention. (G)

I do like whole wheat pasta.  It takes some getting used to for me, but it's
good.  Maura says an exhausted "hello" after working a nine-hour shift at work
today.  It was not terrible, just terribly busy.  Tigger flipped his tail at me
and looked at me as if to say, "Who?" when I told him you said hi.  Felix
jumped up on my leg and meowed happily when I told him you said hello to him.

Speaking of Felix, I had a friend from work come over to get a guitar I was
giving him.  When friend walked in the door, Felix was right there.  Felix even
showed interest when my friend plugged the guitar into his amp and began to
play.  Tigger got spooked and ran off to hide in the storage room closet. <G>
It was cute - Felix really liked my friend and my friend said he'd take Felix
home with him if he could.

This is something new to us finding out how friendly Felix is.  He's a very
happy-go-lucky cat and his tail is always upright and the tip is curved as if
to always have a question mark follwing him around. :P

Right now, Felix is in my office next to the closet staring intently at the
wall.  I think there might be a bug (or a shadow) that he's chasing.

To keep with the conversation theme and a nod to Felix:

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MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06

      Title: Chocolate Shadows
 Categories: Cookies
      Yield: 6 servings

    1/2 c  Semi-sweet chocolate chips
    1/8 ts To 1/4 ts peppermint extract
  1 1/4 c  Pillsbury's Best All Purpose
           -or
           Self-Rising Flour
    1/2 c  Sugar
    1/2 c  Firmly packed brown sugar
    3/4 ts Soda
    1/2 ts Salt
    1/2 c  Shortening or margarine
    1/2 c  Peanut butter
      1    Egg

  A marbling of chocolate-mint flavor.

  Heat oven to 375 degrees F. In small saucepan, melt chocolate chips
  over very low heat, stirring constantly. Remove from heat; stir in
  peppermint extract. Cool.

  Lightly spoon flour into measuring cup; level off. In large bowl,
  combine remaining ingredients; mix well. Add melted chocolate and
  stir just to marble. Shape into 1-inch balls; place, 2 inches apart,
  on ungreased cookie sheets; flatten with bottom of glass dipped in
  sugar.

  Bake at 375 degrees F. for 8 to 11 minutes or until golden brown. Cool
  cookies slightly before removing from cookie sheets. 40 cookies.

MMMMM
=== Cut ===

Later,
Sean

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