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Skriven 2008-01-16 14:19:11 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
    Kommentar till text 716 av hap newsom (1:124/311)
Ärende: Soupy weather
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Hi Hap,

->  hn> And here we are, some 100 pounds later (grin)

-> Can't say the same for us; Steve hasn't fluctuated too much.  I have,
-> but not gained 100 pounds since we met.

 hn> When Amanda was little I was still quite slim
 hn> but injuries kept eliminating one activity after
 hn> another...and eventually the pounds sorta
 hn> added up! Working hard to get back to where
 hn> we were in younger days though!

I fully understand! Found out I have to watch out on the antioxidents
during radiation.  That means very easy on dark chocolate, orange juice,
pasta sauce, etc and eliminate (for the time) almost all of my OTC
vitamins.

-> Yes, but isn't it nice to be able to drool over them? (G)

 hn> Some yeah, some I have are so basic
 hn> that I wonder if I ever needed them
 hn> (although I"m sure I did at the time)

Send some more with Amanda for her housing group; keep a few for her for
when she moves out of it and on to her own.

-> Yes but so many places do make an issue of using Vidalias. (G)

 hn> Propaganda and advertising

They are nice onions, I'll admit.  Rachel was given a cook book of onion
recipes from one of her co teachers the year she taught in Warner
Robbins.


->  hn> Out here the big winner is the "Walla Walla Sweet"
->  hn> which (depending on who you ask) is reportedly
->  hn> sweeter than the vidalia.
 hn> ->
-> An onion-off?
 hn> ->
 hn> Oh, they've had em before, one time
 hn> walla walla's win, next time vidalia's
 hn> and now there's a texas one that's
 hn> come into the fray as well. They are

And the Maui onions; they're good too. (G)


 hn> all very high in sugars so it's always
 hn> gonna be a subjective judgement
 hn> anyway...the best thing you can
 hn> do if you like em is get em as
 hn> locally and as fresh as you can, before
 hn> all that sugar converts over to
 hn> starch!

Like corn.

->  hn> of heavy cream instead of the soup.

-> Or a a light weight cream sauce.


 hn> Lots' of the cream sauces have high
 hn> carb counts from added flour or
 hn> cornstarch etc. I'd go with the
 hn> heavy cream or half and half and
 hn> let it reduce.

That's right, you count the carbs so the cream sauce would be out. I
should think that heavy cream would be just as bad fat/carb wise.

->  hn> man thar recipe packs enough salt in it for 4 days I'll bet!
->  hn> Looks good though (grin)!

-> So leave out the extra salt; I probably would.

 hn> That's what I always do (grin)

I either leave it out or cut it way back, depending on what else is in
the recipe.


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Catch you later,
Ruth
rchaffly@earthlink.net  FIDO 1:396/45.28


... Always butter up the SYSOP, they taste better that way.

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