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Skriven 2008-02-20 13:51:11 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
   Kommentar till text 2788 av Carol Shenkenberger (8770.cooks)
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Hi Carol,

 > They should work, unles Jill and her mom are both meat & potatoes
 > eaters.  BTW, I just read about your new cat.  Our Jenny-cat had been

 CS> THey are a bit so their kist varied.  I think you had a whopping 7
 CS> recipes in common.


Are you surprised it was so many? I had the ambition to make a fair
sized pot of pasta sauce yesterday.  The vegetables were chunked a bit
coarser and not sauteed as long as usual but it tasted good. I cooked
enough extra pasta for us to use as lunch tomorrow; after saucing that
and what we had for supper, I still put a couple of quart size boxes
(filled to about 3 1/2 cups) into the freezer.

 > abused as a kitten and rescued from an animal shelter in Germany.  She
 > the states and offered us Jenny. She was still quite the scairdy cat
 > most of the time with us but did come out of her shell quite a bit.

 CS> Sweet!

She was. After we came back to the states in 92, she developed health
problems. After the vet unsuccessfully tried various treatments, she
said that the next would be exploritory surgery.  We couldn't afford
that and we were moving within a month so we told the vet to put her
down if you thought that best or find a person willing to take a cat
with known health problems.  She did the latter so we adopted her out to
an older couple who worked with problem cats.  I've a feeling that her
early life probably gave her the problems later in life.

 > A bit over 2 years after we got her, the man who's wife had given her to
 > us, visited us in Berlin and was surprised that she had become more
 > social.  Lots of love is what it takes; hold off a bit on the dog until
 > Daisy begins to flower.


 CS> We are going to see what they say.  2 trains on this and one is to add
 CS> both same time and lovey dovey them both.  'Cash' is not yet met but
 CS> by repute is a very mellow fellow.  We actualy have to apply to meet
 CS> him <g>.  Takes 4 weeks or so.

That is a long proccess!  But, I guess it's better than taking a pet and
finding you can't keep it after all.  We ended up not keeping Jenny or
Sam until their deaths but they both had a number of good years with us
and went to good families. Now I can't have any cats or dogs so I make
sure I give our church cat some loving whenever I see her.


 >  CS> Dont we both?  You *know* if you send me one with brown rice, it's
 >  CS> gonna get edited to white calrose <g>.
 CS>  >
 > Yes, that's why I'm not specific except in my notes on recipes.  BTW,
 > Steve suggested that you may not be cooking enough brown rice in your
 > cooker.  I have a 10 cup cooker and cook at least 2 cups (finished
 > amount around 4) at a time, any amount less and it will not cook well.
 > Also, try rinsing your rice and/or letting it soak in the cooker on the
 > keep warm cycle before hitting the start button.

 CS> Snicker, I have tried it about 2 times.  Just doesnt excite me but i
 CS> want to try ot made by one who uses it as regular as we do white.

OK, I think I've told you about all I do to it. I'll probably bring some
basmati rice. It goes well with everything and left overs can be frozen,
made into a rice pudding or rice salad, etc. Depends on how much is left
and how much fridge or freezer space Janis has.

 > I can't get too much pork at a time or I'd be eating it for months.
 > Steve got some natural canadian bacon the other day but chickened out on
 > trying it yesterday.  He also got me some country ham--yummy!

 CS> Dang, hard to tramslate my stuff for!  ;-)

And, at times, a bit of a problem cooking for.

 >  CS> There ya have it!  I think most of my pork loin ones sent to you, will
 >  CS> work with chicken but if using breasts, you'll find the seasoning a
 >  CS> bit heavy so not really taste the meat as much.  Chicken breast is a

 > OK, use chicken but cut the seasoning. Sounds good to me.

 CS> I had that in the back of my mind as I peeled though out.  Pretty sure
 CS> they will also all work with chicken breast but the seasoning will
 CS> pretty much overpower the chicken.

So use a light hand with the seasoning and it should work out. I tend to
go lightly on seasoning anyway, more so after having a steak at a chain
place that was highly over seasoned when we first got to Savannah (and
no, it wasn't Outback--we generally don't go there but for other
reasons).

 > OOPS! You do have to be sure that bag is sealed. I make sure that the
 > seal is in the bowl or on the plate; seepage can occur if you're not
 > careful.


 CS> Grr, now ya tell me.


Should have thought about it; I've had enough "oops" times that I make
sure the seal won't leak into the fridge.

 >  > Marine, you're a Marine for life. (G)

 >  CS> Naw, it's in our blood by now!

 > Does your blood run printer's ink?

 CS> Naw byt my new cat's claws will make their mark!
 CS> Watch me and you'll see.

OK, good chance I've got the printer's ink.  My dad was in the newspaper
business most of his working life.


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Ruth
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