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Skriven 2010-06-08 18:47:24 av hap newsom (1:124/311)
     Kommentar till en text av Ruth Haffly
Ärende: RE: menus
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Hey Ruth!

-> 
-> How did the bone scan go today?
-> 
Very interesting! Went in in the am for the 
injection of radioactive goo, and some "before"
pictures in the machine. Not sure if it's a CAT s
scanner or what, I know it is NOT an MRI, as I could
wear my street clothes and have my keys and 
change still in my pockets. Then it was off until
1:30 pm when I came back for the "after" pictures.
each picture took about 10-15 minutes and they 
took three sets. Funny thing is they perched me on a
long very narrow "bed" and it had a huge "donut" that
travelled up and down it's length to where they'd
shoot the images. I had to hold very still, so they 
got me situated on the "bed" and then taped me
into place! I took advantage of that and dozed 
off for the time of the procedure.
I guess I'll know the results sometime
next week or so.

-> ->  hn> ???, Pop had nothing to do with canning
-> ->  hn> or jellymaking. Mom did all of that on her
-> 
-> -> OK, I got the impression (wrongly so) that your dad took leave every
-> -> fall and went to SC so your mom could put up her jellies.
-> 
->  hn> Oh gosh no! Most of the time Pop was on
->  hn> "flying status" and was off somewhere
->  hn> else entirely! We moved every couple of years
->  hn> so "canning time" was different everywhere
->  hn> we went. Some years it was applesauce and
->  hn> apple or pear butters, some years apple jelly,
->  hn> some years canned tomatoes. Almost always
-> 
-> OK, that clears things up.  We stayed in one place so my mom's canning
-> was basically the same old wax beans, beets, carrots & tomatoes year
-> after year. She got a freezer 2 years before I got married so was still
-> in a learning curve with it when I left home. Home made jelly went by
-> the wayside when she started summer school the year before I started
-> high school.
->
With four hungry kids to feed, canning was a
way of life at our house, as was a stocked
freezer full of fish, game and meat. 
 
->  hn> it meant pickles. Mom would either grow them
->  hn> or find a local spot where we could go to pick
->  hn> what she wanted.
-> 
-> I never was too successful with them.
->
My mom has some great recipes for pickles!
I don't think she does as many varieties as she
used to though.
Certainly not with Pop gone.
 
-> -> Typical male, unless he's really into cooking, most guys have no clue as
-> -> to if the stove is gas or electric.
-> 
->  hn> Yep, that would be Pop!
-> 
-> My dad knew because he built the house & converted Mom's kitchen from a
-> gas stove in their rental to electric in the new house.  She wasn't
-> thrilled at first with it but is happier with electric than she would be
-> with gas.  Also, I think the electric is a little bit safer for her at
-> this stage of her life.
->
My dad never even had to pour his own coffee!
Mom waited on him hand and foot. 
 
-> ->  hn> Stores? we climbed the vines and picked
-> ->  hn> the things ourselves...wild muscadines!
-> 
-> -> You lived in more of a rural area of SC than I did (and do) in NC.  When
-> -> I was a kid, I lived in a rural area with lots of black berries, rasp
-> -> berries and black caps for the picking.  Some strawberries but not as
-> -> plentiful and my dad's attempts to grow grapes were less than
-> -> impressive.
-> 
->  hn> Most of the south is rural, even the cities are not far
->  hn> from the agricultural foundation that built the South.
->  hn> I'll wager that in less than a half an hour of driving time
->  hn> you could be surrounded by nothing but fields of growing
->  hn> things...cotton, tobacco, corn, peanuts, beans etc.
-> 
-> Very much so.  Maybe 10, 15 minutes outside of Wake Forest, also the
-> same when we lived in Swansboro on the coast.  Our last place there,
-> there was a good sized soybean field beside our house. Lots of tobacco
-> fields then, not hardly any now.
->
I still saw a lot of it when I was in Tennessee
last summer for Pop's funeral. And I still saw
lots and lots of roadside stands where farmers
sold produce from their "truck gardens"
 
->  hn> Harder to find, but probably available are the farmer's
->  hn> roadside stands where melons, maters', gourds, jams
->  hn> jellies, and honey are sold.
-> 
-> Replaced mostly by farmer's markets, as they were once before.  We might
-> check out some of the others in the area over the summer.
->
Love a field ripened tomato and watermelons...ahhhhh.
Wish we could grow decent ones up here!
 

->  hn> I try to do one big cooking episode and
->  hn> plan it for the week's "leftovers" .
->  hn> Lots of salads, and fresh veggies though.
-> 
-> I'm hurting if I do too much in one or two days--as I did in March.
-> Results were good for my folks freezer but bad for my wrist, elbow,
-> feet....................
-> 
Takes planning to pick the dishes with the most
reward for the least effort!

-> -> ->  hn> Tonight I'm making tzatziki and it
-> 
-> -> -> Sounds good; we're going to reheat the left over eggplant parmisan I
-> -> -> made last night and have a green salad with it.
-> 
->  hn> oh it was delish!
-> 
-> So was ours, as well as the one I made for the picnic. (G)
-> 
-> 
-> ->  hn> Have not seen a decent price on eggplants
-> ->  hn> lately so we've not had that dish for a while!
-> ->  hn> Anne did mention it the other day though so
-> ->  hn> I'm now keeping an eye out for good prices
-> ->  hn> on eggplants!
->  hn> ->
-> -> Find any yet?  I made an executive chef's decision and switched from
-> -> stuffed shells to eggplant parmisan at the picnic.  One dish was
-> -> polished off the same night I made it, not sure how long it took for the
-> -> other to vanish.
-> 
->  hn> Gave up on a "good" price and picked up two
->  hn> at $2.58 each and made that eggplant lasagna.
->  hn> Still have about 4 servings (two meals) of it in
->  hn> the fridge for the coming week. Will cook a
->  hn> pork roast today to augment that and we're
->  hn> set for the next week as well.
-> 
-> Steve initiated his new smoker Saturday night with some baby back ribs.
-> He pulled some veal chops out of the freezer to do tomorrow night.  Only
-> a 2 pack of those but enough to see how it cooks them.
-> 
mmmMMMMmmmmm ribbbbssssssss! (grin)
chat with you soon!
hap 
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