Text 38641, 76 rader
Skriven 2010-06-02 00:21:43 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
  Kommentar till text 38398 av Janis Kracht (1:261/38)
Ärende: Lowe's
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Hi Janis,

 JK> > Yes, we've gone to the other Lowe's a fair amount too.  Not as much
 JK> things that > previous tenants ignored that we fixed.  Figured if
 JK> we're going to be > living here several years, let's take care of some
 JK> of the little
 JK> > problems before they become big ones.

 JK> Good idea, we often did the same.  I always figured it was a good idea
 JK> since we had to use the residence and it would help us as much as the
 JK> landlord.

Yes, we don't want the place to fall down around us. (G)

>> surprised by BigM, our local grocery.. one day, they had a huge
>> container of fresh clams.. I'm sure one of their buyers happened upon
>> a good deal from their distributers. This was last year sometime.. you
>> can't count on those kinds of things there, but it's nice when it


 JK> > Those are nice finds.  Did you get some to make clam sauce?  I think
 JK> we > would have just steamed them & eaten them that way.  We used to
 JK> do that > from time to time in Swansboro.

 JK> I bought a huge bag, I think it was a 5 lb. bag.  We steamed some and
 JK> made sauce with some.  I love clam sauce made with clams in the shell.

I don't think I've ever had a clam sauce as such.  Clams in seafood
pasta, yes but not clam sauce.  My usual sauce is the red one I made at
your house and again last week end at Carol's.

>> so.  One year I dried out my excess tomatoes from the garden in my
>> oven and that worked pretty well.

 JK> > We'll pick some and take it fresh.

 JK> And I see you are there now, and hopefully enjoying great food :)

We did!  I know Michael and Carol were thinking about making sub type
sandwiches with the left over eggplant parmisan after you mentioned it.


 JK> > We have a dehyrator but I found the
 JK> > best way to dry rosemary is to air dry it.  I made a drawstring bag
 JK> out > of an old pillow case type fabric, put the rosemary in that,
 JK> head end > down and hung it in an out of the way place for several
 JK> weeks.  The bag > caught the pieces that fell off the stalk as it
 JK> dried. After it was all > dry, I "destalked" it while they were still
 JK> in the bag.  Pulled the

 JK> Handy way to do it.. :)

Yes, and keeps the mess contained.


 JK> > stalks out and poured the dry needles into a jar.  Thi past winter
 JK> we > did the same as we had the rest of the year when we wanted
 JK> some--just > went outside & clipped it.  Fresh is so much better than
 JK> dry if you can > get it.

 JK> Agree there (smile)

Yes; I brought some up for Gail and Carol to split.  Didn't even dent
what we've got.


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