Text 4408, 79 rader
Skriven 2008-03-24 14:39:06 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
   Kommentar till text 4145 av Carol Shenkenberger (10159.cooks)
Ärende: travels
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Hi Carol,

 > Market after sampling some--dried fruit "chips" and dried veggie
 > "chips".  Good snacking stuff. (G)

 CS> The veggie ones sound particularily interesting to us!  Oh and we
 CS> located a new store.  A Japan foods one!  They even have frozen stuff
 CS> from 'home' ;-)

Good for you!  One ofthe first things we try to hunt out in a new place
is a natural foods store. That's "home" for us--and we found one here.


 CS> I found 2 of Charlotte's favorite noodle bowls there and oodles of
 CS> other stuff I want.  I didnt shop there yet but only because Don and i
 CS> saw it on the way out to his local watering hole and he 'drugged me
 CS> out lastnight' to play <g>.

We had a lazy Saturday with friends--out to breakfast and wandering
around Savannah. That was our "out to play"; we went to several yard
sales and I got, among other things, 4 sets of ramekins ranging from 2-6
oz (rough guess, need to measure) size.  Now I can do individual pot
pies and such like.


 >  CS> I'm game!  I'm putting the ricemaker in the car with me so no need to
 >  CS> trek your own up.  Janis wants to play with one too so we can show her
 >  CS> how it works.  Her rice use is less than youra and mine so she gets

 > OK, I'll bring some brown rice.  We can decide in another month or so if
 > you want me to bring basmati or "regular" brown.

 CS> Bring regular brown that you like.  I'll still be using up the basmati
 CS> in soups by then probably.

OK, no problem.

 CS> Mixing up a veggie based mostly soup right now.  It's not the season
 CS> for my normal fresh stuff so it's cans.

 CS> 1 28oz can pastene tomatoes
 CS> 1 15oz can le seur baby peas
 CS> 1 15oz can corn
 CS> 5 cups stock (need to make more chicken stock, filled in with dry
 CS> granules) Handful brown basmati (1/4 cup?  Maybe closer to 1/3).
 CS> straw mushrooms, maybe 1/2 cup
 CS> 1 precooked leftover pork loin 'steaks' (3/4 cup sliced?)
 CS>    -sans one nibble for Cash

 CS> I'll let this develop then decide how to spice it.  May toss in a few
 CS> frozen pre-cooked, pre-peeled shrimps we got at BJ's today.  Initial
 CS> taste leads to wanting a goodly spoon of paprika (the milder sweet
 CS> one) and black pepper.

Looks good to me. Maybe a breath of sage?

 >  CS> I'm gonna be catching up for a long time I can tell <g>.

 > I usually take Sunday of from reading so Monday is a catch up day.  I'm
 > usually slinging laundry between machines as my "big" chore that day
 > anyway. Today I added making a loaf of bread but all of it's pretty easy
 > do stuff--what I need for Mondays.

 CS> I've been bad lately due to work and am very behind.

Work takes priority.  And, running the dog & cat to doctor's
appointments. (G)


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Catch you later,
Ruth
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