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Skriven 2008-01-07 17:40:34 av hap newsom (1:124/311)
     Kommentar till en text av Ruth Haffly
Ärende: RE: Soupy weather
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Hola Ruth!
-> 
-> ->  hn> I think I got this one on specail at Borders for $2.99 so it was
-> ->  hn> a great bargain and had LOTS of easy recipes so that grad
-> ->  hn> students sharing a big kitchen would have little problem
-> ->  hn> putting together a good meal.
-> 
->  And developing skills for life after grad school.
-> 
She's finally started to take an interest in cooking
so I am hopeful she'll keep exploring it with a sense 
of joy.
->  hn> So you see through my nefarious sceme eh! (grin)
-> 
-> Yep! I was a decent (not great but decent) cook when I left home. OTOH,
-> my sisters could hardly boil water.
-> 

I knew very little myself, but figured I'd have to 
take care of myself since it became obvious
that no one was going to volunteer to take 
care of me at the time! (grin)

-> ->  hn> Ours is mainly used for reheating leftovers rather
-> ->  hn> than preparing a dish.
-> 
-> -> She does a lot of Lean Cuisine and other meals in a box when pressed 
for
-> -> time.  Beats MREs.
-> 
->  hn> I can't remember the last time we did a "frozen dinner"
->  hn> or any dish like that! A LONG time ago we used to get
->  hn> some frozen lasagna that we'd cook in the oven but
->  hn> other than that we usually make from scratch...
->  hn> er well *I* usually make from scratch, Anne does
->  hn> her part and doesn't complain about it much !
-> 
-> I'll be using it to reheat some of the stuff I put in the freezer over
-> the last couple of months.  Most of the time it gets used for frozen
-> veggies, water for tea or canned soups.
-> 

Same here, although I have several Microwave
cookbooks, I don't really see it as a "cooking" 
tool, more for reheating.

-> ->  hn> That's part of it's charm for her I think. She likes the
-> ->  hn> process as much as the result.
-> 
-> -> I used to, until I broke my wrists.  Now the ABM does it for me.
-> 
->  hn> I think Amanda is at the point where the process
->  hn> of making the bread is more theraputic and relaxing
->  hn> than even the enjoying of the finished product!
-> 
-> I suspect so. It gives her a break from the research and reading.  Also
-> a chance to take out some of the aggrivation from the r&r. (G)
-> 

I think that may be a big part of it!

-> ->  hn> Can she catch "hops" on military flights? I
-> 
-> -> Not for travel like this. She had to get to a school at Fort Gordon,
-> -> then after it was over, back to AZ for her job.  She signed up for a hop
-> 
->  hn> Times sure have changed...Budgetary matters
->  hn> I'd suspect. Back in my day
-> 
-> That, and fewer bases.
-> 
-> 
->  hn> you could hop a flight just about anytime
->  hn> to anywhere. Hawaii was a
->  hn> bit of a bother ( I only caught one hop
->  hn> to Hawaii) if you were on a time
->  hn> schedule but anywhere else was pretty
->  hn>  easy! I used to fly in and out of Shaw
->  hn> AFB and Charleston back and forth to the
->  hn> west coast or up and down the east coast
->  hn>  with relative ease! When I was stationed in
->  hn> Dam Neck (Virginia Beach) I could go up to
->  hn> Langley AFB and catch a hop every saturday
->  hn> am down to Shaw (where my folks live) and
->  hn> back on Sunday afternoon. If a plane was going
->  hn> somewhere and there was room, you could ride.
-> 
-> We've not yet tried it but may after Steve retires.  Time constraints
-> and the possibility of not getting to where you need to (and having to
-> buy a last minute ticket because you HAVE to be there) have precluded
-> our experimenting with them.
-> 
-> 
Well, that's the thing that makes it so workable for retiree's...your 
schedule is a lot more flexible when you don't have a job to report
back to in 10 days!
chat with you soon
hap 
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