Text 3800, 147 rader
Skriven 2008-03-10 15:35:11 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
   Kommentar till text 3508 av Carol Shenkenberger (9509.cooks)
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Hi Carol,


 > Sounds like we both need a trip to the commissary.  That's on our agenda
 > for Saturday--when I can stock up on high anti oxidant foods and

 CS> Good!  Oh and i got some brown rice.  Brown basmati.  I was on a fast
 CS> swing home just before the expected rain deluge so stopped there.
 CS> Horrible prices but some things if careful are 'ok' and they do have

We did a semi stock up on Saturday.  Then ran out to Fresh Market and
Kroger for some things not at the commissary.  Bobby Flay did a
"Throwdown" last week on eggplant parmesan which got me hungering for
one. The commissary had one poor looking eggplant so we got one at
Kroger.

CS> fancy stuff you cant find anywhere else.  There's also normally at
 CS> least one good mea on a
 CS> loss-leader sale.  This time it was about 20 count shrimp for 2.99$.
 CS> Got a lb.  Probably should have gotten more and froze'em.  Maybe I'll
 CS> go back tomorrow <g>.

Sounds good to me; didn't see it here. I'd go back and get some for the
freezer.


 CS> I also got some Jasmine rice, some bread flour (white), and a few
 CS> small items we needed.

We got more than a few things, plus a few splurges, like the Cadbury
easter eggs. (G)
 > I'll send along the one that I use in our current bread machine. It
 > makes a 2 pound loaf; if that's too much, let me know & I'll send the
 > one I used all the time (with a bit of modification) for both of our old

 CS> The 2lb will be fine!  My machine can handle 1.5 or 2.  Default is 1.5
 CS> so when talking Charlotte though it on the phone stuck with that, but
 CS> otherwise I normally make the 2 lb loaves.

OK, so this should work out for you.

 CS> I need to freeze the white for a bit so the wheat could be made
 CS> tonight.

And, how did the wheat turn out?

 > She might surprise you and like it. (G) The run of the mill white rice
 > just doesn't have any flavor--I know, the better to compliment the food
 > but the brown rice adds a nice dimension of flavor to the other foods.

 CS> It's a matter of what one is used to.  Also, can't recall if you have
 CS> had asian sticky rice that much?  You must have seen it in Hawaii.
 CS> Has more flavor than regular USA long separatist grain <g>.

We had it in HI but still liked the brown rice better.  Most of the
little hole in the wall places had the sticker stuff; I'd usually add
some shoyu or something on that line to give it more flavor.


 CS> I'm eyeballing the rice maker though.  Might make up some brown
 CS> tonight for a later nosh.

Sounds good to me. (G)

 > That was nice--shore duty in Spain.  A Marine Corps family we used to
 > know went there about 30 years ago.

 CS> Yeah, I really wish I could have had a shore stint in Japan.  Oh well.

But, you had 6 years there--that's more time outside of the country than
a lot of people ever do.


 >  CS> Nope, moving mid-year.  For rent sign is back up and they are gone
 CS>  >
 > I can see both sides of it, having done the same with our girls.

 CS> Yes, they decided to skittle fast right between grading sections so
 CS> the kids could get settled where they plan to stay.  Also, their house
 CS> was vacant and eating morgage money on them so renting here with an
 CS> empty back home wasnt good.

I can see that as well.  Did the house rent yet? There are lots of "for
sale" or "for rent" signs around here; if we wanted t ostay in the area,
we could probably find something without much of a problem.

 > Ouch all over!  I've just got 2 more treatments but finally (!) see a
 > medical oncologist next Wednesday to determine what, if anything, needs
 > to be done next. Probably mammograms, more frequently than the normal
 > yearly, but what else?

 CS> Good!  they will step that back after 5 years I think it is.

I think so but have to get all the details. I know they want another MRI
in December, as well as a mammogram in May.

 > relatively new but we've decided we like the potatoes in one; the other
 > is the bread machine book.

 CS> I have just Hari to keep me company now.  I wanna get working o the
 CS> back room so I can use it as a library again.

I want to work on our storage (junk) room but do't have the energy to do
so.  It would make a good library.

 >  CS> Truely it would!  Either way, I mixed miso with milk and some honey

 > OK, I've read of mixing miso with stock or water but not milk and honey.

 CS> I got the idea from folks doing buttermilk soaked chicken dishes
 CS> (often fried later witha buttermilk batter?).  Seemed an interesting
 CS> trial and it came out well.

Something to keep in mind then.


 >  >  CS> This is one of the ones i actually like a little better with chicken
 >  >  CS> stock but we are out so dashi will be used.  I'll also use a few fre
 >  >  CS> kelp bow ties just because they are so pretty <g>.
 CS>  >
 >  > Looks good, and I may adapt it to my cooking with whole wheat pasta. (G)
 CS>  >
 >  CS> I forgot the rest of that one to MM I think.  I can do it in my sleep
 >  CS> though.  I make many variations on this.
 CS>  >
 > Funny, the way we do things without thinking, then when we have to think
 > about how/what we did, it's hard.  I'm that way with the diaper bag I do
 > for a baby shower gift--I know what to do but writing it down or
 > describing the sewing steps to others is hard, especially if they don't
 > sew.

 CS> Yeah, I have many things like that.  Try to describe how to make a
 CS> yarn angel! Can't be done, but gosh you can show it so fast!

I know, I can do the basic boy & girl yarn dolls but never made them
into angels.

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Catch you later,
Ruth
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