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Skriven 2011-02-10 11:21:02 av Janis Kracht (1:261/38)
   Kommentar till text 6169 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
Ärende: rosemary 944                                             [1]
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Hi Ruth!

>> Yes, I understand the southern states are getting very chilly if not
>> horrific weather :(  Well, it would be horrific to me if I was
>> expecting more moderate temps.

> So much for global warming! Yesterday, Swansboro (on the coast where we
> used to live) got 7" of snow; we didn't get a flake! Steve checked
> Weather Underground about an hour ago; my folks were just below 0; his
> siblings in western NY were just above.

Actually, I've read that this back and forth stuff is normal (?) for global
warming.. But mostly I feel really bad for the Polor bears in all this.. I
guess some of them are adapting though .. trying to live on land rather than
the ice.

>> Humid air is warmer, at least here.  We can't stand it without 3
>> humidifiers going in our bedroom (of course, that's the room with no
>> heat (g) ).

> We've just started with adding extra humidity above what goes into the
> air from showers, cooking etc. We're doing a lot of cooking of rib
> sticking foods;

That does help and we're doing about the same.

>Steve is on part 2 of a cold that I've been avoiding (so
> far). He's really pushing the tea and I should drink more than I am.
> I've got a cup cooling while I write this.

Hope you did avoid it.. I did get the one that Ron had, but it didn't hit me as
hard (go figure :) ).  Still uncomfortable while it was around though .. We're
supposed to finally hit the mid-thirties next week.. THAT will be a relief :)

> I've had one since late 1998; this is my second one. When it dies, it
> will be replaced with one that has a retractable cord.

That's a handy feature.. I hate it when cords get in the way when something
isn't in use, etc.

>> > That would be a big help! I won't be tied to the stove if I can stir
>> it > frequwntly as opposed to constantly.

>> Same here... I'd die if I could take break and go sit and check my
>> mail, etc. (g)


> Or read for school sew, etc. Got to take my serger in for a tune up,
> etc; I think the timing is off too.

A check up will come in handy then.. Back in "the old days", when my sewing
machine was of the old mechanical type, I used to do all of that tuning up
myself.. now I wouldn't dare touch it :)

>> > Good; it's a much better option than I was thinking. Michael made
>> some > in 07 at Dale's but I wasn't especially paying attention to how

>> Just make sure you keep the heat low enough so it doesn't evaporate
>> really fast.  That should help.. expect the first time to be a failure
>> (g).

> Thanks for the "heads up" warning. I'll try about a "10 o'clock" setting
> on the stove.

Should work well.  I still have to get Ron to adjust the simmer-burner on my
gas stove.. trouble is, everytime I think about it, it's in use and too hot to
handle.  so I just keep using my cast-iron 10" frying pan as a
'buffer'.  Works ok :)


>> That's neat :)  I love turkey, and so does Ron.  We've been known to
> This one was good but not great. We'll go back to looking for the all
> natural, no added brine/broth ones tho. They're a better value.

Agreed :)

>> > That's what I figured; the short grain should be close enough to
>> real > arborio rice to cook the same way.
>> Yes, it does.. as far as I can tell :)

> Time to start experimenting then.

I see a number of comments on the web about that idea, some agree with me that
it's "close" enough to make a creamy rice.  Then there are some who say, 'use
what you have' (g).


>> > I looked all over the Wegman's in Brockport; it's a good sized store
>> looked > into the Whole Foods Market in Raleigh and the Fresh Market
>> in Chapel > Hill without success.
> So I'll just use the short grain brown rice and call it close enough to
> the real thing. Even the Italian store in Rochester (Olindo's) didn't
> have it.

I've noticed that at wegmans, you can find it in two different sections:  One
or two companies' are with all the different rices they sell, the other is in
the specific Italian section. The one in the Italian section is smaller for
price..

>> Yes, I can understand that one :(  You must get some wicked
>> arthritis..

> At times it's a major pain. There are spells when nothing but time helps
> the pain to go away. Days I have class I try not to do a lot of other
> hand work so the wrist won't get overworked before note taking time.

Does heat help? like from a heating pad?  I did a number on my shoulder this
month and a heating pad seems to be the only thing that helps.. been avoiding
the doc since he's probably going to want to inject cortisone into my
shoulder.. and I refuse to ever have that done again (bg). ONCE was enough haha

>> stores > but just not had the time or chance to stop in before. Now
>> we've made it > to one, one more to check out.

>> I can undersand how that would be fun with every move.. makes the move
>> certainly interesting :)

> It also lets us know what's in the area to know if we can or can't get
> some of our food favorites. Living in so many different places, we've
> picked up favorite dishes or foods from each of them. It's fun to make
> them in a new location and remember where we first tried them.

Very true :)

Take care,
Janis

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