Text 7914, 188 rader
Skriven 2008-05-28 13:08:12 av Janis Kracht (1:261/38)
Kommentar till text 7616 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
Ärende: picnic cookware [1]
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Hi Ruth!
Hope you and Steve and everyone had a great Memorial Day Weekend - we spent
ours with Ron's family on Sunday and then with our daughter and SIL and the
kids on Monday so we we we were pretty beat by the time it was over :) Getting
too old I guess haha :)
We made a stop on the way to Ron's family's in Grahamsville at a Wendy's out of
desperation because we were starving.. we hadn't eaten before we left, and it
was getting late in the morning.. just before noon.. we knew they'd have food,
but we didn't want to arrive "starving" so we figured a quick burger wouldn't
hurt (we hadn't had time for breakfast when we'd left because we knew the drive
would be a _long_ one). We ordered two "cheeseburgers" .. omigod.. now we
haven't eaten fast food in YEARS.. and we haven't bought supermarket beef in
months.. but this was absolutely unbelievable!!! It was like eating glue.
Literally, I couldn't make myself finish it. It didn't taste like beef.. it had
NO taste! All I could think of was the flavor of the grass-fed hamburger that
we'd been eating now and how incredibly good it was compared to that garbage.
What a lesson that was :) :)
> He's doing OK, as far as we can tell. We'll be visiting them for a few
> days before the picnic & can get a better picture of his health. Mom
> doesn't fry too much stuff--hasn't for the past some odd years but their
> diets could still use a major revamp. Too much white stuff & sweets.
It's not easy changing diets at that age... I know my Dad had a rough time with
that.. he was fighting it until the end, sadly enough :( Now my Mom on the
other hand, when she found out she had diabetes at around age 50, changed her
diet and was able to control the diabetes by watching what she ate.. and to
this day she still controls it with medication and doesn't need injections. She
was a nurse, but I still find that amazing. I know not everyone can do that
though. She's also now at the mercy of the place where she's living sadly
enough.. the 'assisted living' retirement home.. but she lets them know when
she's not happy with their menu (g).
>> did, > before Dad did. It's not a fun thing but having the laproscopic
>> > proceedure is so much easier than the "big cut".
>> It does make the recovery period much shorter, but for the elderly it
>> is still major surgery no matter how you "cut" it .. :( But I am glad
>> that Mom didn't have to have normal surgery.
> (G) The laproscopic is the "normal" surgery for the gall bladder these
> days. I know what you mean. The recovery time for the laproscopic is
> shorter but the patient still has to be careful not to overdo. I got
> "chewed out" for coming to Sunday School and church 5 days after my
> surgery.
Sure, you feel great but you could do some harm to yourself if you push too
soon :) I did the same thing when I had my appendix out.. I was playing Alice
Adams in a play, had this stupid appendix attack the night after opening night
and 5 days later I was trying to convince the director that I was ok, I could
do the show (grin)
>> Yes, heard that somewhat as well, and it makes sense. Dad never talked
>> about the food too much.. I guess it was that bad haha.. not worth
> My dad's least favorite time was in mid December 1944 to early January,
> 1945. They had 3 weeks of meals alternating between spam and canned
> corned beef. Even Christmas dinner was one or the other.
Well Dad did mention that great spam, how could not talk about how they creamed
it so well haha :) and served it on toast (grin) but they didn't call it toast
IIRC (bg).
>> talking about so much perhaps? He sang some funny songs about it
>> though ;) He talked about the war alot though.. My Mom has a CD he
>> recorded before he died, of his experiences on the Quincy when it
>> sank.. She's going to send it to me and I can't wait to get it. What a
>> nightmare that must have been.
> Very much so! My dad wrote up his memoirs 5 years ago, at Rachel's
> prodding. He also edited a booklet written by one of his commanders;
> we've got copies of both.
That is so neat :) I really can't wait to hear that CD.. it's been so long
since I've heard dad's voice..
>> Sure, a river will always do that somewhat.. it did that quite a bit
>> in Lousiville (the Ohio made Louiville so humid as well).. but here,
> As does the ocean. I miss the trade winds of HI that kept the humidity
> at a reasonable level.
Well, it's not really humid here like in Houston that's for sure :) it's up in
the mountains 'almost' though these aren't really mountains, and we aren't
quite "in" them anyway (g). We're "around there", and they were called disected
plateaus for a while, who know WHAT they are calling them now (g).. I haven't
kept up to be honest :) Going over to Grahamsville on Sunday (about an hour and
3/4 away to Ron's Aunt's house) the elevation was incredible.. beautiful to
see.. but we've seen higher actually in places in Binghamton at a Christmas
tree farm :) Just neat views really :)
>> Susquehanna is not as large :) Neither is the Chenango.. at least
>> where they are near us.. :) But Windsor is in this little valley.. The
>> Susquehanna runs right past us, down the hill from our house. We
> Thought so.
It floods the area a bit now and then.. I feel bad for those people in the low
lying areas.. we're above all those areas. One or two parts of our property
get a little soupy though :)
>> escape most of the really
>> 'bad' snow storms in the region but rarely escape the cold fronts the
>> region experiences.. well, I don't think this year anyone in the
>> eastern part of the US has escaped them :( But for all my complaining,
> We had some colder than usual weather both this past April and last year
> in April. Global warming?
Think so.. sadly enough.
>> I went outside yesterday and took a look at my garden beds to see how
>> they made it through last night's "frost" we were warned about (I
>> decided not to cover anything up..). The lettuce is doing great, the
>> Peas are abundant and growing all over, the broccolli is also doing
>> great and so is the cabbage :) so that's ok :) All I need is warm day
>> which should be in a few days to get the tomatoes in and I'm set..
> Sounds good. I'm not sure how much my dad has put in. I think he was
> holding back a bit on the lettuce so that he could get the tomato and
> bacon in so all would come ripe at the same time. (G)
I brought about 3 heads of lettuce up to the aunt's and they were thrilled :)
>> then throw in a few more seeds when I feel like it :) No sign of the
>> beets sprouting yet, but that's ok.. they'll make it eventually ...
> Yes, then you'll have all the fun of putting stuff up.
Oh that will go fast.. that's if I have any left :) I usually have to fight to
keep stuff around haha ;) Actually I love giving stuff away. (g) And I love
eating it just as much .. 'specially fresh for lunch :)
>> I've never bought one that was pre-seasoned.. all of mine had to
>> seasoned. I don't think I've even seen one that was preseasoned :)
>> Then again, it could be when I bought the cast iron set I have.. it
>> was maybe 12 years ago..
> They say the item is pre seasoned but in reality, it's not. It has just
> a thin coating of oil and, since you're supposed to wash it up in soapy
> water before using the first time, that's gone. The only way to get cast
> iron seasoned is over time.
I see.. None of the ones I bought said anything about being 'preseasoned'. They
came with specific instructions to 'Season before using' :).
>> > fridge/freezer space. Generally she has her fridge so full of odds
>> Sounds like my Mom's fridge in the old days :) Must be the eternal
>> "mom's fridge" :) :) I gave up keeping leftovers long ago.. unless I
>> know I'm going to use them in something, that is. I've gotten quite
> Planned overs vs recycles?
Sure, why not.."if I make this, then I can make that" haha :)
>> good at figuring out how much to cook for the two of us in general.
>> And then if I do keep something, it gets used right away, and only
> I'll keep stuff for a bit but generally have a plan use it. Sometimes I
> will cook extra, with plans for using it in another way in a day or two.
Yeah - That's what I mean :)
>> once, so to speak. I hate the idea of using leftovers "twice" but that
>> rarely happens if at all. This weekend I made Pasta e Piseed (Pasta
>> and Peas) for my daughter and her family, and kept the two cups of
>> sauce leftover.. Ron and I had Italian Sausage and Onions last night
>> and I kept the one sausage leftover as well ... today for lunch, we
>> had Tortellini with that lonely sausage sliced up in the Pasta e
>> Piseed sauce, over the tortelini.. was great :)
> Good way to use up odds and ends.
>> ===Pasta e Piseed (Pasta and Peas)===
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Take care,
Janis
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