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Skriven 2011-07-28 07:41:00 av MICHAEL LOO (1:123/140)
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 ML> I pretty much like pie, just so the crust is made with lard.
 DS> Agreed. Though I do make an occasional pie crust with shortening when
 DS> one of Lynn's vegetarian friends comes to visit.

Do you have a preferred shortening? I was wondering about
one of the Kosher chickenfat substitutes, such as Nyafat.

 DS> One of the things I've noticed about lard is the wide price variance
 DS> in local stores. If I go to a supermarket like Stop & Shop or
 DS> Shop-Rite, a one-pound block is fairly expensive (about $2.50 - $3.50.)
 DS> If I go to a supermarket that caters to the local Hispanic population I
 DS> can get it for as little as $1.49 a pound.

And when you get it at the Anglomarket, it's likely
to be rancid. Whereas in the Hispanic neighborhoods,
it won't be.

 ML> But recently I discover that my taste for things sour and bitter
 ML> has declined precipitously (perhaps as my blood sugar has
 ML> increased - I think I can now count myself in the Dirty Dave
 ML> extra-sweet category). I no longer enjoy heavily-hopped beers,
 ML> such as IPAs . . .
 DS> That's quite a change for you. I wonder if it really does have
 DS> something to do with your blood sugar?

Partially the riotous abundance of cheap light beer at Annie and
Billy's and Connie and Bill's and places like that that I have
been finding myself, but I am semiserious in making the suggestion.

 DS> Speaking of beers and sweet and bitter, I recently tried some Hooker
 DS> Watermelon Ale. I'm really not one for fruit flavors in beer, but it
 DS> was recommended to me by Lynn, my altdaughter Stephanie, and a local
 DS> journalist of my acquaintance (also a young lady.) It tastes, not
 DS> surprisingly, like watermelon juice and beer - imagine Miller High
 DS> Life with somewhat more hops and watermelon sweetness instead of too
 DS> much malt - and is still not really my thing.  

Indeed. The Salem Beer Works offers a watermelon beer, which
they serve with a wedge of the fruit. I took a sip of it once.

 ML> Pineapple pie? Even in the best of circumstances I don't
 ML> think I'd go for that, though I admit I've not tried it.
 DS> It's too sweet for me now, alas, for my tastes have changed and 
 DS> I don't put so much sugar in pies as I used to, but I have fond
 DS> memories of pineapple pie made by Table Talk when I was a kid.
 DS> My dad used to bring them home now and again. Heh. That also
 DS> seems to be one of the few good memories I have of my father.

Sad ... likewise, the few good memories I have of my mother
involve food, mostly stuff she cooked.

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 DS> I upload raw photos to Flickr, where I keep 
 DS> all my digital pix.

I thought Google's photo repository was Picasa - something
that I originally discovered looking for Lilli's photos
of our trip. Speaking of which, she has a highlights of
the year album that is public: it has 5 pictures of me
and 1 of her husband ... some of our mutual friends have
been giving me some grief about this. Let's see if she
takes down the album or sends it private or equalizes
the ratio!

 DS> Hugely convenient - I can edit photos anywhere I am without regard
 DS> to whether there's a photo editing suite on the computer where I am.

Can you keep drafts? I could see potential for disaster
here, but of course I have a continuously interruptible
Internet connection.

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.01

      Title: Aunt Lillie's Lake Shore Dinner
 Categories: Casseroles, Nets
      Yield: 8 servings

    1/2 lb Pork, cubed
    1/2 lb Beef, cubed
    1/2 lb Sharp Cheddar, grated
    1/2 lb Noodles, cooked & drained
      1 cn Cream of mushroom soup
      1 cn Cream of chicken soup
    1/2 c  Water
    1/2    Green pepper, chopped
    1/2 cn Pimento (small can) drained
      1 tb Oleo

  Brown meat using oleo.  Remove meat from skillet and scrape skillet
  with 1/2 cup water, add water to other ingredient and mix.  Add
  mixture to a pyrex dish and bake at 400 degrees for 10 minutes.
  Reduce heat heat to 325 degrees and bake for an additional 1 hour.
  Top with crushed potato chips. Source unknown

MMMMM


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