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Skriven 2009-12-10 13:36:24 av RUTH HANSCHKA (1:123/140)
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Ärende: pumpkin eater
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-> -> wants to try making his own.  Another possibility would be tea but
-> -> neither of us are that fond of spearmint tea.  Hmmmmmm, OTOH, I might
-> -> try to figure out how gumdrops are made.
-> 
->  RH> Gelatin, sugar, the proper machinery, and a lot of cursing?  The
tea
-> 
-> 
-> I've probably got all but the last.  I think I've got a recipe in my
-> "Better Than Store Bought", or at least one I can maybe adapt.

That sounds promising.  It's a cookbook I don't have around to check.

->  RH> would work; you could always give it away.  I'm told it works in
mint
->  RH> ice cream too, but Steve couldn't or shouldn't eat that.  Most of
the
-> 
-> Niether of us should go too heavy on the ice cream as far as that goes.

Oh well.  Ever tried the coconut milk ice cream?  Coconut milk yogurt is
pretty good, if slightly odd. 
 
->  RH> recipes I've seen call for making flavored vinegar or something out
of
->  RH> it.
-> 
-> Seems a rather odd combo for spearmint and vinegar.
-> 
Probably.  
 
-> -> Great, that means we'll probably have to dig it up and throw it out
(or
-> -> out back).  It's died back for the winter now.
-> 
->  RH> It's useful stuff if you have a place where grass won't grow.  I
have
->  RH> most of a yard like that.
-> 
-> 
-> Grass is beginning to grow where it wasn't when we first moved here.
-> The hosta is in a bed right by the front porch/door.
-> 
Sounds like a good idea; you don't have to mow hosta.
 
->  RH> You and me both.  They say my leaf mold allergies aren't that bad,
but
->  RH> they've never had to live through them.
-> 
-> I'm not even going to risk it.

Smart girl.  
 
-> -> I've no idea.  Maybe you ought to put it on Craigslist or Freecycle
and
-> -> start over with a smaller one.
-> 
->  RH> This year I'm using it for a Christmas tree.
-> 
-> That'll work for now but what about next spring?
-> 
Next spring I won't need a Christmas tree.
 
-> -> much free time they give us & we have after studies (yes, it is a
study
-> -> tour), we might be able to check out a local market on our own.
->  RH> ->
->  RH> That's no fair.  Local foods are one of the main reasons for
->  RH> traveling, IMNSHO.
-> 
-> I know; I think we'll have some lunches on our own.
-> 
Ask the cab drivers where they go to eat. 
 
->  RH> Instant mashed potatoes make great gravy thickener, but aren't much
->  RH> use as potatoes.
-> 
-> 
-> Not even good for tractor tire patches.  One time when my mom had made
-> some, my dad said that they were like rubber.  He then threw a spoon
-> full onto the kitchen floor to see if they would bounce.  They didn't,
-> so he ruled them out as tire patches.

They weren't rubbery, just mush.  They would make great wallpaper paste.
 
->  RH> Gotta love those. Can you use regular coupons too?
-> 
-> Yep!  And overseas, up to 6 months past expiration date, at least when
-> we were in Germany.

That was true in Japan as of a few years ago too.  I used to ship flat rate
envelopes of them out once in a while.  I haven't done it in a while; I'd
put a paid return postcard in with the package with a request that someone
drop it in a mailbox to let me know the stuff had gotten there.  I never
got one back.  After a while I gave up, because I had no way of knowing if
the stuff had gotten there.
 
-> -> That's the impression I got.  I don't think the store we went to was
any
-> -> much bigger than our house.
-> 
->  RH> On the other hand, I'm told their chocolate is amazing.(G)
-> 
-> Haven't tried it so I don't know.
-> 
Me neither, but I'm a willing guinea pig!
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