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Skriven 2010-05-10 17:35:30 av hap newsom (1:124/311)
     Kommentar till en text av Ruth Haffly
Ärende: RE: menus
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Hey Ruth!
-> 
->  hn> Happy Cinco de mayo Ruth!
-> 
-> Happy Siete de Mayo Hap! (G)
-> 
Happy Ten-0 De Mayo!

-> -> Those are nice.  We gave away a good amount of the sloppy joe mix 
and
-> -> still brought home a quart for the freezer & 3 servings (lunch for both
-> -> of us yesterday & me today).  The quart we froze will provide a couple
-> -> of easy meals worth.
-> 
->  hn> Sloppy Joes are a comfort food with me, on
->  hn> cheap buns or white bread! YUM!
-> 
-> We bought both a better grade of white and some wheat for our church
-> group.  None came back with us.  The left over we had at home as on rice
-> or regular bread, will probably use the latter when I pull the one box
-> out of the freezer.
->
It's certainly good on better bread, but
it's true comfortness seems to come out 
when it's like it was when I was a kid! (grin)
 
-> -> -> That'll work.  Ever think about getting a small freezer?
-> 
-> ->  hn> Thought about it...and would have no place to
-> ->  hn> put one! (sigh) Used to have a 26 cu foot one
-> ->  hn> but that was before we got a dining room table!
-> 
-> -> So get one you can tuck under one end of the table. (G)
-> 
->  hn> No can do, it's to two sets of three footed
->  hn> pedestal feet so not much room under there!
-> 
-> You probably have some bit of room somewhere for a small freezer.  We
-> had our first one (18 cu ft) out on a back porch that Steve built onto
-> the first place we lived when we bought it.  Second place we had it
-> inside, then sold it to my brother.  In HI, we had the 10 cu ft one on
-> the lanai, left it with a co worker of Steve's.  The 7.5 cu ft one we
-> got in GA was originally in the garage, now it's in our kitchen.  All
-> have been chest models.
-> 
I could put one out on the patio, but it'd be 
"uncovered" and exposed to the weather...and
we get lots of "weather" in the winter!
-> 
-> ->  hn> Today when I went to the store they had a
-> ->  hn> sale on chicken thighs...88cents a pound, so
-> ->  hn> I grabbed a good sized pack and made
-> ->  hn> chicken stew for dinner...came out GREAT!
-> ->  hn> and enough for three more meals!
-> 
-> -> Not bad.  We went to The Cheesecake Factory last night for supper.
-> -> Split an appetiser order of calamari; probably the best we've had since
-> -> we were in Monterey.  Then we each had a pizzetta; basically a flat
-> -> bread with toppings.  Steve had cheese, garlic, mushroom & shallott; I
-> -> had cheese, shitaki mushroom, bacon and asparagus.  He took home a
->  hn> piece
-> -> of chocolate/coconut cheesecake; I did likewise with a Godiva 
chocolate
-> -> chocolate one.  RICH!  A bit on the pricy side but huge sized portions
-> -> (from what I saw of the entrees) and just about melt in your mouth
-> -> calamari.
-> 
->  hn> There's a Cheesecake Factory in Seattle that we
->  hn> visit maybe once or twice a year...big portions seem
->  hn> to be the rule there! Everyone leaves with a box
->  hn> for home! Come to think of it, I don't think we ever
->  hn> made it there in 2009! Lots of carbs on that menu!
-> 
-> This was our first, but not last visit.  Yes, there looked to be lots of
-> carbs, especially in the cheesecake listings.  But that calamari was
-> worth every bite!
->
I like calamari! even better if it's not
breaded !
 
-> -> A lot of times I'll do just the mixed greens and tomatoes, every so
-> -> often I'll go all out and add bunches more.  Depends on what's in the
-> -> fridge, my ambition level, what we're having besides the salad at that
-> -> meal, etc, etc.
-> 
->  hn> We get bags of bacon bits from Costco, they are
->  hn> really great in a lot of dishes, so I try to keep several
->  hn> bags on hand. Grated Parmesan, cherry tomatoes, cukes
->  hn> are all good additions to a salad as well! When we have
->  hn> it on hand blue cheese crumbles, feta cheese, black olives,
->  hn> and even capers will find their way into the salad bowl!
-> 
->  hn> Salad's don't have to be boring!
-> 
-> No, they don't.  Steve still isn't too heavy into pork so we don't keep
-> too much bacon on hand.  He did enjoy the bacon I got last time I went
-> to Whole Foods Market; maybe I should pick up several packages next
-> time.  Then, too, he's got to watch the cholesterol so maybe one package
-> is enough.  He's not a black olive fan so they only go into mine if we
-> have any.  Cukes, tomatoes, carrots, sometimes celery and lots of greens
-> are the usual basics here.
-> 
with my lunch today I had just romaine
and butter lettuce in my salad...with 
blue cheese bits on top! Simple Italian
dressing and YUM!
chat with you soon!
hap 
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