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Skriven 2012-11-21 16:44:22 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
     Kommentar till en text av RUTH HANSCHKA (1:123/140)
Ärende: Tasting
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Hi Ruth,

->  RH> That's been true in Thai, Vietnamese and Korean places so I'd guess
->  RH> it's the
->  RH> standard.

-> The inscrutable Asian mind....................

 RH> Either that or there's an order to it if you read Chinese or know the
 RH> referents, and us Americans are too ignorant to know what those are.

Could be, but it must vary by nationality too. You never see the same
lay out in every Asian store.


->  RH> I got some goat cheese the other day that was seriously bland.  The

-> Goats must have had a pretty bland diet to make a bland cheese.

 RH> Or else they didn't age it enough.

Could be, but hopefully the goat wasn't too aged.


->  RH> fake roast beast (a turkey substitute, I forget the name) was
 RH> pretty
->  RH> good.  The texture still smacked of TVP, which it was, but the
 RH> flavor
->  RH> was pretty close to roast turkey.

-> I think I'd rather have a regular bird. (G)

 RH> Me too, but if you don't eat meat or have that meat allergy you might
 RH> not get a choice.

True, even tho we go vegitarian from time to time, we'd never go all the
way unless we had to. Just can't quite give up the meats and not
allergic to them.

-> -> rebate, we have one. Caught the sale just right so we ended up paying
-> -> less than the base model price for a higher end model.

->  RH> Gotta love it when that happens.  That's my MO in CVS sometimes.

-> We usually don't shop CVS except for the pharmacy. Sometimes if he has
-> to wait for a perscription, Steve will find something interesting to
-> pick up.

 RH> I shop the Extra Bucks deals almost every week.  This week I broke the
 RH> bank - theirs.  I'm out about two bucks for over $120 in stuff.  A lot
 RH> of it will
 RH> end up donated.

If it's stuff we don't need or really, really want, we don't buy it.

->  RH> I may have had the kefir, but I don't remember it.  I usually drink
->  RH> tea, often green.

-> Think plain, thin yogurt. Tangy, we usually add some stevia and vanilla
-> to it.

 RH> They sell the flavored kind but it has sugar in it. I've had a version
 RH> of it, nasty, with salt in it.  Also one with rose water. I liked that
 RH> one.

Home made has no sugar or salt in it. I think Steve has put orange
extract in his from time to time but most of the time makes it into a
banana & vanilla smoothie. I just add the vanilla & stevia.

->  RH> It's scary here; some here I remember being born are having babies
->  RH> now. Does that make you feel old or what?

-> I know, our nieces and nephews are having babies. BTW, one of the
-> expecting families had their baby last night so we're down to 3
-> expecting, from 5.

 RH> I hope you don't need to buy Christmas gifts for them all; postage on
 RH> the cards is bad enough these days.

No, we don't buy but for our parents, daughters and their families.
Hopefully will resume getting the letter out this year--last year it was
all written but didn't get from my computer to Steve's.


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Catch you later,
Ruth
rchaffly{at}earthlink{dot}net  FIDO 1:396/45.28


... OH NO!  Not ANOTHER learning experience!

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