Text 8726, 93 rader
Skriven 2008-06-11 18:31:40 av Carol Shenkenberger (14854.cooks)
   Kommentar till text 8653 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
Ärende: Meat Balls, Mamma Mia!                                   [1]
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 >  CS> Yes, I too shop less often now and am relying more on cans or frozen.
 >  CS> In Sasebo I was biking or walking by a market every day to get to/from
 >  CS> work.
 > 
 > And we live/Steve works on post.  He doesn't even go by way of the
 > commissary to go to/come home from work. We went shopping Friday and I
 > know I bought more fresh stuff than frozen.  Other than lemonade and
 > orange juice, I only picked up some frozen green beans and broccoli. In
 > fresh, we got some vine ripened tomatoes, a head of regular (green)
 > cabbage, one of bok choy, a bag of baby carrots a couple each of red &
 > green bell peppers, same of of zuchinni, cucumber, and anaheim peppers,
 > and an 8oz package of fresh mushrooms.  I think that was all the
 > produce.  Oh, and a package of mixed salad greens.

Decent haul there.  I made a really short trip to Harris Teeter's which I
rarely do, but needed some dogfood and a few items.  By wisely shopping just
the specials, got out with a few good things at a not too horrible price.

The reasonable one was snow crab for 7.99$ so got Don 1 lb of it.  He loves
it so!  I got me a good avocado in recompense <g>.

 >  CS> (woof woof, workers just showed up for the back room).
 > 
 > Horray; I've read some of your reports on the progress.

It's done now and i'm very happy with the results.  We still have our end of
the work to do, but that's a known part when we contracted for just the 2
walls.

Next stage is to panel the 2 remaining walls, then replace the door to the
screened porch.  We have a line on a fellow who can do that with a simple
steel one for 150$ (it's not fancy and has no window etc but comes with
frame).  Carpet after that.

 >  CS> Well Mom doesnt have a phone line or a computer, but she uses the
 >  CS> local library access with internet.  It's free and she's happy to get
 >  CS> out of the house for a bit.
 > 
 > Good for her! My mom doesn't drive and the local library (where she used
 > to work) is too far for her to walk.  Dad has a room crammed with all
 > kinds of computer equipment tho.

Mom took to computers really well.  I get email most days from her.

 >  CS> Mom just scaled down how much she made when my sister moved to
 >  CS> California to live with Dad when i was about 14.
 > 
 > And you moved out of the house a few years later. My folks still had 3
 > kids at home when I went to college & got married. Mom scaled back a bit
 > then but not much--my younger brother has always eaten like there's no
 > tomorrow.

My brother did too.  Looked like a pipe cleaner with the fuzz pulled off, at
6"1' at 135lbs.

 >  CS> Skip the pepper for our house <g>.
 > 
 > We had it in moderation. My mom also bought onion salt & garlic salt; I
 > can remember one time when my sister made the spaghetti sauce.  She had
 > the ground beef pure white with all of the salt she put on it.

Ikk!  Run for the hills!

 >  CS> This was a citrus blend and i don't recall peaches in there.  I do
 >  CS> recall the bannanas though.  Grapefruit, oranges, bannana and
 >  CS> marashino.  Not sure if there was anything else in there?  Maybe a few
 >  CS> bits of pear?
 > 
 > I was thinking of the fruit cocktail my grandmother used to use for
 > dessert at least one of the nights we would be visiting.  A couple of
 > regular cans would be split 9 ways (7 of us, my grandmother and my

Ah, this was high end stuff from the fridge case in a glass jar <g>.

(Grape jelly)
 >  CS> I was thinking to make some but that one time the work doesnt really
 >  CS> match the cost and fun has it's limits.
 > 
 > I know; I don't work and would make some probably this fall if we knew
 > for sure we wouldn't be moving next spring.  As is, I'm not making any
 > jams this year so we can use up what I made last year (or most of it
 > anyway).

Sensible.  I did make one really easy jelly.  It came from the back of a 
pectin pouch and used just apple juice, sugar, and the pouch.  It actually
was quite good!

              xxcarol


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