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Skriven 2011-02-19 17:20:03 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
   Kommentar till text 7359 av Janis Kracht (1:261/38)
Ärende: rosemary 944                                             [1]
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Hi Janis,

>> In trying to catch up, I see I missed a message here a while back (g)

 JK> > Not a problem; I've been busy enough myself that I didn't notice.

 JK> Yeah, life can be that way ..

And things are heating up; I've got 2 weeks to the end of the term and a
lot of writing to do.

>> Definitely same here.  While we still have to check labels constantly
>> because so many do use it, it does seem that more and more products
>> are not using HFCS.

 JK> > I know, and I appreciate it.

So do I. I looked at a can of Campbell's cream of mushroom soup
yesterday; it looked like there was none in but some other not so great
stuff. I put it back and used my own white sauce mix with some lightly
sauteed mushrooms for what I'd thought about using the soup for. I made
the sauce with some smoked turkey broth which really tasted good in the
chicken casserole. Not enough to overwhelm with smoke flavor but enough
to give it a nice taste.

 JK> Oh yes, we do also.. when we our kids were little, even with the corn
 JK> allergies they had, they weren't as intense as our grandchildren's
 JK> allergies to corn are now.. scarey...

You did what you had to do, then and now, but be thankful for
improvements in medicine and the making of certain foods.

>> > Thanks; we've got both chicken breasts and some lamb chunks in the

 JK> I really love the lamb spiedies :)

The ones Michael did were really good; the rosemary was a good
compliment. I think that was what got me interested in using the fresh
more than the dried; 9 months later we move up here to a house with a
good sized area of the flower bed devoted to it.

>> > freezer. Instead of the buns, flour tortillas might be good too.
>> Another

>> I think Binghamton is stuck on Italian roll-types :)  But I can see
>> how flour tortillas would be good for a change of pace.

 JK> > A change of pace, fewer carbs and usually easily found in whole
 JK> wheat > version.

 JK> Sure.. it's not hard to make flour tortillas.. I do it ofen enough.
 JK> Sometimes I do Naan instad.. it's a good Indian flat-bread type.. but
 JK> maybe more for sopping up. :)

It's hard finding the Italian style breads in whole wheat tho.

 JK> > I'm going to loan out my bread machine but might try it using the KA
 JK> for > the mixing/kneading. I can always plan to do it when Steve is
 JK> home to > help. (G)

 JK> Believe it or not, Ron has actually been helping me lately in the
 JK> kitchen Lol.. Probably since since I did a number on my shoulder with

Steve's been helping a lot since he's home more. He's a bit
incapacitated tho right now, with a couple of stitches in his left
thumb. He was putting a safety chain on a neighbor's door yesterday and
it "bit" him.

 JK> a fall so bad that it hurts to slice an onion with my right hand :( :(
 JK>  but his help is most welcome. Darn I guess I'm going to have to call
 JK> the doc afterall.. grrr..

Do so; you will be better for it. Have you tried heat (like the rice
bags) when you're not using it?


 JK> > We thought about the Viking and Bosch but KA was more in our price
 JK> > range. Decided not to go for a lot of the attachments tho.

 JK> I know exactly what you mean there.. we did the same thing twice
 JK> over.. it's just that now to repair this guy is going to set us back
 JK> some probably $100+ .. that's too much in my mind.  I'd keep it for a

We paid a bit under $100. to get the KA fixed but that included
shipping. So far, it's doing well since we got it baack.

 JK> spare.  So I'm hoping the Bosch lives as long as I do (laugh)

Sounds like my dad; he's always saying that something should outlast him
now. He's 89 tho.

>> need/want to use one. Then just when I think I've made up my mind
>> about "the gift", I think about more computer toys Lol

 JK> > And I think about sewing related things. Got a dressmaker form last
 JK> > year; she needs to be set up yet but I'm trying to get a spot
 JK> cleared up > for that.

 JK> I think I'm so umm "stocked up" with sewing things, and no energy or
 JK> time to accomplish things that I'd like to do, that I'd probably go
 JK> with Kitchen things.. only because I'm always there already if that
 JK> makes sense :)

Steve gets a lot of use out of the kitchen stuff too, not as much tho
with the sewing stuff. That's mostly my realm. He does do the embroidery
work tho.

 JK> > They took off in the late 70s;

 JK> Yep, reading the history I've seen that..personally, I must have been
 JK> elsewhere :)

Warwick or Louisville?

 JK> I like it a lot.. :)  but then any pasta dishes are good to me.


 JK> stock..
>> Sure sounds like it.. sadly, I can't use that when my daughter and the
>> grand-boys are here.. One of them, forget which one, has something in
>> it that's not good for them.. hence my own seasoning mix for stock
>> when they come over :) For Beef, I use this mix:

 JK> > Good thing you can do a safe substitution.

 JK> Yes, it really makes a differnce sometimes.. Ron was amazed the first
 JK> time I used it, that there wasn't a cow in sight hahaha

Now that is a really good substitution!

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