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Skriven 2010-05-21 16:55:55 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
  Kommentar till text 37968 av Janis Kracht (1:261/38)
Ärende: Name Game
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Hi Janis,

>> (2 s > vs the store with one s).  I've never been in one.
>> Yes, that's the one, sorry for the misspelling.  It is with one 's'.

 JK> > Not a problem; I'm not related to the Weis's that I know of. OTOH, I
 JK> am > related to Weiss's. (G)

 JK> It's like the Giardino's and Giordano's on the east coast.. I am
 JK> related to a number of Giardino's but not Giordano's.  The original
 JK> spelling of Giardino was actually Giardina, in Italy.  The helpful
 JK> agents at immigration changed it for Grandpa (g).

Those agents changed a lot of names for people.  I guess some of it was
in trying to figure out what the person was saying and how to best write
it in English for some of the lesser literate immigrants (and agents).
Some of it was trying to simplify a name; other times it was in an
attempt to make it sound "more American".  Even a simple one like Weiss
I've also seen as Weis and Weisse.  And, a varient, one of my professors
at Houghton had the last name of Weese--the way non German speakers
usually try to pronounce Weiss.

 JK> > freezer bags, usually a store brand.  Anyway, the rice gets cooked
 JK> in my > rice cooker & comes out good.

 JK> I just use a normal pot with a tight fitting lid.. Never had need to
 JK> try a rice cooker, but I see every chinese restaurant uses one.  I
 JK> always thought it was just due to the amount of rice they cook.

It's a lot less fuss and bother to use one.  Combine the rice and
liquid, shut the top, plug it in, press start (some are plug & play) and
it does its thing.  Some have a steamer rack or basket; my first one (a
pass along from Deborah) had the rack.  Nice so you could cook
vegetables or something while the rice was cooking.  I'll probably look
for that when this cooker (bought it in HI) dies.  Interestingly, we
taught a fair number of folks in HI how to cook brown rice in it. A lot
of them had considered it but not tried doing so until we told them how
we do it.


 JK> > If somebody actually knows the answer.  Usually Customer Relations
 JK> and > Engineering (Product Research/Development) in a company that
 JK> size don't > talk to each other very often.

 JK> I'd bet they have some canned answer, given the number of people who
 JK> won't eat HFCS.  Waiting for a response from them (g).

If it's Progresso, it will be a canned answer. (G)


 JK> > Necks and backs make a cheap soup base also. I did one once in the

 JK> Yes, you just have to remove some of the 'fat' from the backs, but it
 JK> tastes great :)

I usually made the stock with all the fat, then skimmed from the
finished product, leaving some for flavor. Tried it once with no fat and
it definately lacked the flavor fat gives it.

 JK> > before Steve went into the Army that had, IIRC, 10 or more different
 JK> > vegetables in it besides the chicken. It was summer so I had odds
 JK> and > ends of all kinds of fresh produce that needed to be used--made

 JK> Yes, I love the spring and summer because of my garden.. In the fall I
 JK> don't do as much gardening as I could if I could stand the chillier
 JK> weather.

It can cool off pretty early up there. (G)  We had a bit of a garden at
the one place where we lived in Swansboro. I had my hands full with a
baby & toddler; Steve was working 30 miles away, pastoring a church,
going to school 30 miles the other direction and on the fire departent
so the garden didn't get the attention it needed.  I was doing all our
bread making, putting up (boughten or given) produce and doing whatever
sewing I could squeeze in (mostly clothes) then.

 JK> > instead.  I used some green beans I got there to do the beans with
 JK> EVOO, > balsamic vinegar & garlic recipe you sent a couple of weeks
 JK> ago ( a half > batch).  It will be repeated; we both liked it.

 JK> That's great :)  It really is the way I love greenbeans the most. You
 JK> can serve them cold, or warm or tepid.  I think I like tepid the best.

I think so too.  I had the left overs, cold, today.  The balsamic
vinegar was a bit too sharp cold.

 JK> > No fun not having a working vehicle, especially in an area with no
 JK> > public transportation.  There's a bus down to Raleigh a couple of

 JK> There is a bus from Windsor to Binghamton that my mom used - you have
 JK> to call ahead (I think several days) but I can't see doing much
 JK> shopping that way.. I guess if the two of us went we could survive it
 JK> (bg).. But we got the estimate today.. about $800+ for a new exhaust
 JK> system - painful..  Ah well.. what can you do. Car is in great shape
 JK> otherwise, so we'll go with the repair and forgo new car payments.
 JK> Should be ready in a day or so.


Ouch!  But, as you say, it beats several years of car payments.  That's
how our van lasted for 14 years.  When the AC went out in 06 tho, we
figured it wouldn't be worth the cost (about value of the van) to fix
it.  Then too, at that age, it was a "what's going to go next?"
situation.


 JK> > Worth a try.  We didn't even get to 70 today but had about half the
 JK> rain > fall deficit for the year to date made up yesterday & into this

 JK> Ow, that's a bit of rain.  We hit 70 it seems about every 3 days (g).
 JK> It's about 57F now, supposed to have a high of 65F today - but
 JK> tomorrow the weather report is saying we'll have a high of 77F.  Think
 JK> I'll try to get the tomatoes in the ground tomorrow... but I'll have
 JK> to get out there before it heats up that much. I need time to ease
 JK> into the seasonal changes.

I know what you mean.  We've had more of a gradual transition from
winter to spring, with a bit of summer thrown in this year.  Problem is,
summer will be here all too soon and last too long.

>> fast.  All I can hope is they will continue to listen to me when
>> they're scolded.

 JK> > If you're firm enough with them now they should listen later. If
 JK> you're > teaching them basic obedience, they should have "NO CAT
 JK> CHASING!"

 JK> haha definitely...but now I'm seeing a problem with Sophie so I'm
 JK> increasing the training.  Didn't have to do so much training quite so
 JK> early with any of the labs I've had so I attribute this to the pups
 JK> being a "mix" (mutt). Sophie decided that no cats may eat from her
 JK> dish with her, and if Indy tries (this, even though Indy is about 3
 JK> times the size of Sophie), Sophie lights into him like there's no

She's sounding quite defensive there.  Has it always been that way or
just lately?


 JK> tomorrow and growls and chases away the kitties. One might think, let
 JK> them deal with it, but I do NOT want a dog that has no control over
 JK> himself/herself over his or her food. Especially with grandkids
 JK> about... Sophie has never ever growled or acted in any type of
 JK> negative way w

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Sounds like something needs to change.

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