Text 8487, 186 rader
Skriven 2008-06-07 14:47:12 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
   Kommentar till text 8434 av Janis Kracht (1:261/38)
Ärende: food, fast & poor                                        [1]
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Hi Janis,

 JK> > We had a high humidity day (with thunderstorms) yesterday.  It was
 JK> also > around 90--not the weather I like.

 JK> Really, I can understand that.  Well, today was about 88F.. when we
 JK> got up at 8:30 it was about 73.. we knew it was going to be a hot one.
 JK> It's 8PM and it's 85F now. What weather. First no spring, then REALLY
 JK> no spring (g) ah well, what can you do. My tomato plants will be more
 JK> than happy as long as they get some rain, which they are supposed to
 JK> tomorrow or tonight :)

We've ben in the mid to upper 90s with heat indexes in the triple
digits.  Far cry from the frost my parents had about 10 days ago. I'd be
happy with a good mid point between the extreme hot and cold. (G)

 JK> Tomorrow is supposed to be worse heatwise.. so we went to the local
 JK> mart and picked up all the important things (read:  icecream !!) (g)

We did our major commissary run yesterday.  Among the things we picked
up, was ingredients to make some ice cream or frozen yogurt. Figured we
could make several batches for a reasonable cost and have some variety
in our freezer. (G)


>> This was especially nice since Ron's aunt pulled out all the photo
>> albums she had of old photos of his family that she wanted to make

 JK> > Fun! We visited one of my dad's cousins in Florida last year. She
 JK> had an > old scrap book of family, including some pictures of when she
 JK> visited > our family.  I was a baby or toddler in some, pre schooler

 JK> That's neat.  Were you able to show them to your children?  My kids
 JK> always liked seeing pictures of the two of us when we were kids.

No, our girls weren't with us and we didn't think to try & take picutes
of the pictures for them. They have seen lots of old pictures of me; my
dad used to do a lot of professional photography work.


 JK> was so-so; > the other, was really good.  We watched them make
 JK> everything; they even > did vegetarian fried rice and an egg roll for
 JK> Steve as the standard for > meal combos was made with pork, no extra

 JK> That's great when you can see the food being prepared, and know it's
 JK> not just being 'uncanned' or defrosted or whatever it is some
 JK> establishments do to food these days (g).

True. We've noticed that a lot of the smaller Asian places do seem to
have the kitchen more out in the open.  Whether it's by accident or
design, it is nice to see what's going on. Carrabba's is like that too.

>> sushi, and also other japanese cusine.  There's a thai restaurant that
>> we haven't been able to get into yet.. everytime we go there, they are
>> packed.. just to busy to even think about parking..   Our favorite

 JK> > Popular place.  Have you tried off hours?

 JK> Yeah, can't get in though :(

Do they take reservations? That may be your best bet to get in.


>> though is the korean restaurant though.

 JK> > We enjoyed the one here but miss the hole in the wall on every other
 JK> > corner ones we went to in HI.  Got enough on a mini plate there for
 JK> a > couple of meals.

 JK> _That_ sounds really neat :)

It was-and they were reasonable.  Even with a drink, two were under
$15.00, total.

>> don't. This is the Atria Assisted-living Retirement company or

 JK> > I'd start beefing about it to higher up than just the facility.

 JK> The state of Florida no doubt has an State Commisioner in charge of
 JK> these facilities, and that is who we are planning on contacting.  If
 JK> not, we can look federally.

Good; it needs looking, seriously.

>> You'll have to describe it for me :)  I will admit to being a little
>> "afraid"  (bg)

 JK> > I really don't recall what he did except a sausage gravy (in thick
 JK> white > sauce)--ask him for specifics--over a biscuit and a taste that
 JK> was
 JK> > definately not chow hall style.

 JK> I _may_ skip that recipe (laugh).. then again, my curiosity may get
 JK> the better of me :) :)  It certainly doesn't sound "spamish". (g)

It wasn't made with spam; I'm not sure if he made one with chipped beef
or not.  You'd need to ask him.

 JK> > At the time, yes. I still like to have them within my sight.  Right
 JK> now, > we're living on the coastal "pancake" as Steve calls it--not a
 JK> mountain > in sight--sigh.

 JK> Wow. That must be very strange for you...

I had to deal with it when we lived in NC and to some extent, in
Germany.  We lived in Frankfurt and Berlin--a couple of good sized
cities.  Lots of green areas but no mountains.

>> belonged to played up there quite often (parades, etc.). Ron and I
>> knew so many of the same people when we first met, it was uncanny.

 JK> > After I met Steve, I met one of his high school class mates and one
 JK> who > had been a year ahead of him in high school.  Other than that,
 JK> we didn't > know any of hte same group except the Bible study and our

 JK> For us it was one of those, oh, you were in Monticello that year? Then
 JK> you must have met... that kind of thing ... And I had known them and
 JK> been good friends with them .. and so had he.. but Ron's and my paths
 JK> never crossed because he was 3 or 4 years ahead of me.. It was just

Well, Steve and I were born in the same year.  We were the same year in
school, tho opposite ends of the state, so we took a lot of the same
classes, the same year.  We were talking a few years ago, with my
brother in law who was also born that year. So, we got to taling about
what we were doing in school when we got the news of JFK's assasination.
Interesting perspectives from 2 public schools, opposite ends of the
state, and a Catholic boy's school in Pennsylvania.

 JK> one of those things... same thing with the books we'd read, it was
 JK> just one of those things every time we turned around it seemed (g).

We didn't; Steve was (and is) into more sci-fi and fantasy than I am.
OTOH, I like historic fiction.

 JK> Well, when you're playing an instrument (I played drums, was a drum
 JK> sgt) in a parade in the summer sun in a uniform with those ridiculous
 JK> hats and boots, you boil, no matter _where_ you are - Mountains didn't
 JK> help :) but after the parade, when it was time to goof off, yep, it
 JK> was cooler then :)

For sure; I think more band members fainted at the Memorial Day
ceremonies than any other group.  Their uniforms were wool--pre
polyester days. The American Legion  (The parade always ended at the
Legion hall.) always had soda and ice cream sandwiches for the parade
participants.  It was always appreciated, even at the end of May.


>> I do love the view driving up to Binghamton.. even moreso the view
>> driving to Delaware County... incredible views of the catskills..

 JK> > For sure on the latter! Especially in mid September thru mid
 JK> October. > (G)

 JK> Yeah, those are the most spectacular months, that's the truth!  The
 JK> Delaware River really looks so neat as well :)

Reminds me of the song "Lazy River" at that stage.  It's definately a
faster, narrower river up where my parents live.  Then it hits the
Pepacton and............


>>> died. The farm was in Eureka before they flooded it for the resevoir
>>> (that story always amazed me. Whole towns, just gone)

>> > I know; Arena & Shavertown are underneath the Pepacton. That was
>> > finished in 1955 so in the droughts of the early 60s, we could still
>> see > parts of the towns as the reservoir wasn't very full yet.


>> That must have been very very weird to see :)

 JK> > Very much so; at the time, I was too young to really appreciate the


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