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Skriven 2010-10-30 20:38:18 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
   Kommentar till text 3224 av RUTH HANSCHKA (1:123/140)
Ärende: That's Italian
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Hi Ruth,

-> Steve is disposing of my share of the coffee, cup by cup.  He usually
-> has no more than a couple of cups of home brewed a week.  Some days he
-> will get an espresso at school to keep him going. I think those are
-> usually on Wednesdays as he's in class most of Tuesday.  Next semester
-> he won't take as many classes on the same day. (G)

 RH> Good idea.  Fewer exams on the same day that way too.

That's not the problem since most exams are on line with a window of
several days in which to take them.  It's the going almost non stop from
the time he gets up until he goes to bed.  Classes are 8-8:50, 9-9:50,
chapel for an hour (10-11), then 2-3:15, 4-6 and 6:30-9:30.  He then has
to prep for his 2 classes the next day and work on long term projects.


->  RH> That drives me nuts.  Stores that are closed on Monday instead of
->  RH> Sunday are another problem.

-> Got to accomodate all those that celebrate the Sabbath on different
-> days. (G)  Some shops take Sunday and Monday off; I know the quilt shop

 RH> Some restaurants here close Mondays too.

And a lot where my parents live close Monday and Tuesday. Made it
interesting several years ago when we wanted to take them out for their
anniversary on a Tuesday.  We found one that was open--and have been
back a couple of times since; it has good food!


-> -> We got a manual pizzella maker the first Christmas we were married. I
-> -> think it may still be around here but we've used an electric one for

->  RH> I've never seen an electric one.

-> We had one that made 2 cookies at a time; this one does 3 smaller ones.
-> It saves a lot of time over the single, stove top method and the cookies
-> are a more uniform color.  Steve used to set up the camp stove on the
-> kitchen table and sit there with a book as he made the cookies. Some got
-> a bit dark as he'd not be consistant in the timing of turning them over
-> or out of the iron. (G)

 RH> Roast ducks!  Who got dibs on those?  If he did, then the slightly
 RH> overcooked ones may have been accidentally-on-purpose.

Nobody has dibs, we all had our share of them.  He did grab some of the
more well done ones so the girls and I could have the better looking
ones.  If we were giving cookies away (a common practice), the give
aways were the lightest.

-> -> We rarely do but figured this might be fun to do for some time when
 RH> we
-> -> have to do something for a pot luck or similar.
 RH> ->
->  RH> Mmmmmm.  Grease.....  Sugar...  Perfect!
 RH> ->
-> Yes, if you take them in the same day/day after they're cooked.  We
-> froze them, reheating in a toaster oven.  The reheating drained off some
-> of the grease.

 RH> That's just as well.

Yes, it saves us having to worry about it.

I baked a squash for supper tonight. Stirred in 2-3 tbsp of real maple
syrup and a touch of salt--yummy!

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


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