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Skriven 2010-04-24 17:46:08 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
  Kommentar till text 37044 av Janis Kracht (1:261/38)
Ärende: Growing potatoes
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Hi Janis,

>> haha.. I think that's called a pasta machine (bg)

 JK> > That's still more work than going out to the back 40 and picking
 JK> some > shells off one plant, elbows from another, spaghetti from the
 JK> trees,

 JK> Lol, indeed it is... though the various macaroni machines I have make
 JK> it about as easy as a bread machine does for quick bread.  I was glad

I make it if Steve is available to help.  Which means, I should do a
whole lot of pasta making after school ends at the end of May and before
it starts again in late August.  Will I? Probably some, but not as much
as we'd go thru in a school year.  We have some plans for travel over
part of the summer.


 JK> to see my ravioli maker works well with my italian Atlas crank
 JK> machine.. and it does make bigger raviolis than I thought it would.
 JK> When I opened the box of the attachment, it looked to be the same size
 JK> 'ravioli' as the one I'd previously bought, but it turned out to make

Good, I knew you had been concerned about it.  We bought the attachments
for the KA mixer but not the ravioli maker.  That might be something to
think about getting at the Italian store in Rochester this summer.


 JK> larger ones - not as big as I'd like, but at least bigger than the
 JK> 'raviolissomo' attachement I have.

My MIL used to cut hers out using a tuna fish can.  Would that make them
big enough for you? (G)  One time, one of Steve's brothers and an uncle
got into a ravioli eating contest--the winner ate something like 24, the
loser, one less.  With meat balls, braccole, salad and bread before they
started the competition in earnest; they were both well stuffed.

>> Ron loves spicy fries, and garlic mashed potatoes so we'd use them :)

 JK> > We're not doing too many fried things--as good as they taste,
 JK> they're > not good for our cholesterol.

 JK> Ah.. we're good on that count.

We tried a local seafood place last night & I had fried shrimp &
scallops with a side of fried okra.  I'll eat healthier over the next
week or so to make up for it.  It was an ok place, good for if we want
seafood but don't want to go down to the coast.  Nothing on the caliber
of Uncle Bubba's or Fiddler's Crab House in Savannah but the prices
reflected that as well.  One nice thing, we were able to get a lunch
portion (and price) at supper time.

 JK> >We do mashed every now and then, but
 JK> > probably not even once a month.  Most of the time we use them is in
 JK> > summer, as potato salad.

 JK> hehe.. Ron is not a big fan of potato salad sadly enough.. sadly
 JK> because I do love it (grin).  I still make it now and again,
 JK> especially if the kids are here.. but I don't make huge bowlfuls.

Most of the time when I make it, it's for a pot luck or something like
that.  Steve's favorite is a Penn Dutch one; it makes about 8-10
servings. I guess I could freeze half the dressing (a cooked one) and
that would make a more reasonable size salad for us. Years ago, from
time to time, my parents would buy a Read's brand German potato salad in
cans.  I saw some a couple of months ago & bought it; we tried it this
past week.  Not terribly bad but not nearly like the real thing either.
I've made my own more often than not; Mom used to from time to time but
it was a rare treat. I'm not going to buy the canned again.  Home made
is so much better; it's good, even cold.


 JK> > I can still get around fairly well forthe most part.  Not running
 JK> stairs > as much as I did in GA and HI has cut that bit of exercise.

 JK> Well, the doc sent me to physical therapy for the next 3 weeks or
 JK> something.. 2ce a week.. boy does it hurt stretching those muscles
 JK> that haven't 'moved' in a while :(  But the therapist is sure she can
 JK> get things better than they are right now..

Let's hope the end result is worth the pain & torture of the present.
Any visible results yet?

 JK> > that the weather is (hopefully) warming up for good, we can get out
 JK> and > walk some more.


 JK> I hear ya... the weather is pretty nice here right now as well.  I
 JK> have a number of beds planted now, still have more to go.  This
 JK> weekend should be really good weather for it.

This morning wasn't bad but clouds have rolled in & rain is threatening.
Steve was down to the new church building this morning doing some work
while I caught up on laundry & pre washed some fabric I bought yesterday
for diaper bags.


 JK> > I've done that from time to time.  We use it in a lot more than we
 JK> did > before we moved here. (G)  It's so much better fresh, than
 JK> dried.

 JK> It is really so much better fresh.. I also didn't realize the
 JK> difference until my daughter bought me live plant (g).

Our girls used to call it "pine needles" when I used the dry version in
beef stew.  I've used the fresh now; don't know if it's that or the
tweaks I made to the recipe but the stew is so much better now.  My in
laws enjoyed it last month when they came up; I needed a meal that was
easy do for a school night and didn't know before that morning about
when to expect them so that was my choice.  Served home made biscuits
with it.


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