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Skriven 2010-02-13 00:49:00 av Dale Shipp (1:261/1466.0)
     Kommentar till en text av Ruth Hanschka
Ärende: More Snow problems
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 -=> On 02-12-10  01:26,  Ruth Hanschka <=-
 -=> spoke to Dale Shipp about Re: shopping excursions <=-

 -> 
 ->  RH> So much for a foot of snow.  Try two inches.
 ->  
 -> GRRR.  We have about four feet on the ground now.  Even higher where it
 -> has drifted or the snow blower has tossed it.  It is getting to be "not
 -> fun".

 RH> Welcome to Buffalo, MD?  Home of the Bills and the Caterpillar brand
 RH> snow blowers?  You can build some bodacious snow forts with that kind
 RH> of white stuff. 

I got pointed to the following utube video.  Makes me jealous, but
it is a bit too pricy for me.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHNLbAW6j7k

Today's insult on top of injury:  The county was working to clear the
local streets near us.  They were using a type of construction / road
work machine that has a front scoop on it.  Big yellow monster with big
tires.  It was pushing the snow off of the edges of the road, lifting it
up and then dumping it away from the street.  When I first saw it, it
had covered up the sidewalk passages that had taken me many hours to
clear, and several doses of motrin afterwards.  That ditch I had
shoveled and blown with four+ feet sides was now a mound of compressed
snow at least six feet high in places.

We have comcast cable, which has a green box that looks like R2D2 with
all the connections.   One of the piles was on top of the box location,
but thankfully they had not damaged it.

BUT, this afternoon the same sort of equipment came back to improve on
the job.   He did a push right across the cable box and we lost both
cable TV and internet.

I called Comcast and they said that it might be until Monday before
they'd be out -- we guessed more like well into next week.

Went out shopping.  As we came home there was a Comcast truck just down
the street.  He was looking for our box!  Showed him where it was, and
out came the shovels to dig it out.  He had us back on line in a little
over an hour.  Tried to give him a hot chocolate or at least some water,
but he refused.  Turns out that we were not the only ones who were out.
When the county truck took out our box, they took out the whole area.


MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.05
 
      Title: Harira (Vna) [lentil And Garbanzo Bean Soup]
 Categories: Soup, Vegetarian
      Yield: 8 Servings
 
      2 T  Olive oil
      2    Onions, liced
     28 oz Can whole tomatoes
    1/4 t  Ground ginger
    1/4 t  Ground cinnamon
    1/4 t  Turmeric
      8    Spanish saffron threads,
           Crushed
     20    Fresh cilantro sprigs
     10    Fresh flat-leaf parsley
           Prigs
           Salt to taste
           Freshly ground pepper to
           Taste
      1 c  Lentils, rinsed and picked
           Over
      8 c  Water
     15 oz Can garbanzo beans with
           Their liquid
     15 oz Can foul mudammas with their
           Liquid
    1/2 c  Broken dried thin egg
           Noodles or capellini pasta
           (~2 1/2
           Oz)
      1    Egg, lightly beaten
           Lemon wedges for garnish
 
  In a soup pot over medium-high heat, that the oil and cook the onions,
  stirring occasionally, until tender, 6-8 minutes.  In a blender or
  food processor, combine the tomatoes, ginger, cinnamon, turmeric,
  saffron, cilantro, parsley, salt, and pepper.  Puree the mixture, in
  batches if necessary, until fairly smooth.  Add to the onions and
  bring to a boil. Add the lentils and water.  Cover tightly and reduce
  heat to low. Simmer the soup until the lentils are tender, 30-35
  minutes.  Add the undrained garbanzo beans adn the foul mudammas and
  bring the soup back to a low boil.  Add the past and cook until
  tender, 6-8 minutes.  Add the egg and stir until it forms strands in
  the soup.  Ladle the soup into bowls and serve with lemon wedges.
  
  Note:  Canned fava beans, called foul mudammas, are available in
  Middle Eastern and Italian markets, and sometimes in the speciality
  section of large supermarkets.  Dried fava beans and dried garbanzo
  beans are also available.
  
  From:  North Africa The Vegetarian Table
  Chronicle Books, 1996
  
  Entered by:  Lawrence Kellie
  Mon  11-04-1996 at 07:22:11
  
  Area of Influence:  Morocco
  
  From: Lawrence Kellie                 Date: 11-21-96
  Home Cooking
 
MMMMM


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