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Skriven 2010-09-07 16:53:31 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
   Kommentar till text 1170 av RUTH HANSCHKA (1:123/140)
Ärende: teas/upstate
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Hi Ruth,

->  RH> salty mashed potatoes.

-> I never thought the potatoes were salty, but it could be because of the
-> amount of salt my mom cooks hers in.  They were the rubbery instant
-> potatoes, as I recall. Can't really remember much specifically about
-> them but it's just as well; they weren't worth remembering. (G)

 RH> We never cooked with much salt, so the prefab ones taste salty to me.
 RH> Not bad, just salty.

OTOH, my parents can't cook without it & think things don't taste right
when I cook for them with little or no salt.

-> realise how horrible those box ones are.

 RH> I've never even seen the stuff. Creamettes turned up in the store last
 RH> week though.

You never had an Apian Way pizza?  Are they still around or have they
been bought out by someone else?


-> -> things are neccessary to keep life going too.  TP can also be used to
-> -> blow the nose, paper towels can be used for napkins as well.

->  RH> And you can't buy them with food assistance money.

-> No, and some things you just can't live without. Can live without paper
-> towels, nopkins or kleenex but gotta have TP.

 RH> I have to have have the Kleenex too.  The local homeless shelter loves
 RH> getting maxis.  If I get a brand I don't like cheap/free, they get a
 RH> package.

It's off my radar now.

 RH> long
->  RH> distance walking and the great outdoors are my enemies.

-> I don't mind the outdoors if prepared for it. OTOH, long distance
-> walking can do me in pretty fast.  Then, too, just being on my feet for
-> a long time can do that.

 RH> Same here, doubly so if it involves standing still.

Agreed on that one.

->  RH> Comfort food that no one raised outside of the area thinks is
 RH> edible?

-> Wurst & brotchen is good most any time, even about 10:30pm, just before
-> hitting the Berlin Corridor at Helmstedt, as our girls can vouch for.
-> We made a week end trip down to Frankfurt once and made that stop on the
-> way back to Berlin.

 RH> That's different from sweetened ketchup with curry powder in it.

It's comfort food, no matter what the hour.

->  RH> Sometimes TLC doesn't help.  We had an LG that was defective as
->  RH> designed; the only way to keep it from breaking was to use it as
 RH> dish
->  RH> storage.

-> We've not had any go bad on us.  Fridges, yes but not dishwashers.

 RH> I'd call it a lemon, but it was a major design flaw or series of them.

Like some of our GI fridges.

->  RH> Enough was enough.

-> Given the circumstances, yes.  One time we'd not gotten even a block
-> away from the dealership when it happened.

 RH> Definitely high time.

That was about time number 4 or 5; we had turned the car in a day or so
before and were planning to go up to WF to look for housing.  We made
the trip, in a rental car.  We made 3 trips to WF last year before we
moved, in 3 different rental cars because ours was in the shop each
time.

->  RH> All I got was a few drops of rain.

-> That's about what we got too.

 RH> We've had more rain from thundershowers.

Or trade wind storms.


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Ruth
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