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Skriven 2011-01-28 22:04:17 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
   Kommentar till text 6261 av MICHAEL LOO (1:123/140)
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Hi Michael,

 RH> band when she was in high school. She taught herself how to play the
 RH> piano but took lessons as an adult.

 ML> The best thing I can say for the piano is that it's relatively
 ML> hard to play out of tune - though it can be just as frustrating
 ML> as any other instrument in the beginning.

But hitting wrong notes seems to stand out more on a piano than most
instruments. Seems that way to me. My mom's dad, even tho he couldn't
play any instrument, could tell when his daughters would hit a wrong
note when practicing the piano. He could also tell them what one to hit,
and usually from another room. He was an investment banker on Wall
Street, died when I was 4. Wish I could have gotten to know him better.


 RH> Problem there is my hands are too small.

 ML> There are workarounds. It is said that Vladimir Ashkenazy had to
 ML> really stretch to get an octave, and he won the Tschaikovsky
 ML> competition, which requires you to learn the Tschaikovsky concerto,
 ML> which normally calls for pretty big hands.

I have trouble reaching 7 notes with any degree of comfort. To get a
full octave I can stretch my hand in front of the keys but that makes
playing sort of difficult. (G)


 RH> Beginning cooks/chefs can be discouraged as well. If Steve were as
 RH> critical of my cooking as my family was, I'd have never gotten into
 RH> the echo here. Instead, he supports and appreciates my cooking.

 ML> He is a bit of a prize, isn't he.

Quite a bit. (G) We celebrated 39 years since we met this past Sunday.
Bit of a quirk tho, since he's home so much now. He's doing a lot more
in the kitchen (including the clean up afterward) than he's ever had
time for previously. I've a set of tools (2 tine fork, slotted spoon,
non slotted spoon, etc, 7 in all) that we hung just to the right of the
stove. For years, being the primary cook, I've hung them in a certain
order. Now he's hanging them in a way that's "more convenient to reach
from the stove"; that is, pretty much opposite the way I've done it.
He's going for the (in his mind) rational way; I want the (in my mind)
in order of use, the way I've always done it way. I'm having to hunt,
rather than grab by position, the tool I want.

 ML>       Title: Kathy Pitts' Fajitas
 ML>   1 1/2 lb Beef skirt steak*
 ML>       1 c  Beer
 RH> Looks good except for the 2nd ingredient. Sigh!

 ML> Oh, right. You're so laid back about that that I've gotten lax
 ML> about choosing recipes. In this case you probably could substitute,
 ML> say, stock cut with a bit of vinegar.

It's worth a try anyway. I usually just use the dry fajita seasoning
blend to make them.


 ML>       Title: Recipes - Hazelnut Butter
 ML>  Categories: Nuts
 ML>       Yield: 1 Recipe

We were in a World Market store today; they've got food, wine, cooking,
furniture, stuff from all over the world. The Nutella they had was made
in Canada. Didn't buy any but got some "stock socks"--netting bags to
hold stock meat, veggies, etc that you lift out instead of straining out
of the stock pot. Made me think of xxCarol's sock. (G)

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Catch you later,
Ruth
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