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Skriven 2010-09-02 13:53:50 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
    Kommentar till text 850 av RUTH HANSCHKA (1:123/140)
Ärende: teas/upstate
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Hi Ruth,

->  RH> Awww, I like that disgusting garish orange; it's a link to my
->  RH> childhood.

-> Not my chldhood; my mom made the real thing. Of course she used white
-> macaroni, white flour, not always a good grade cheddar but better than
-> the orange plastic stuff..................................Mine is so
-> much better.

 RH> My mom usually made the real thing, but we got junk food every so
 RH> often as a "treat".

We got aan occaisional tv dinner if my parents were going to be gone out
for supper but I don't think I even had a hand full of those.  Usually
they would feed us before they left so Mom could do the clean up then.
They didn't go out a lot after I was about 11 years old; Mom had gone to
work outside the home and their social circle sort of disbanded about
the same time.  The other "junk" food we got was the Apian Way box
pizza; Mom would use them from time to time for a Sunday night supper.
Usually the cheese ones, the only extra added would be some extra
cheddar.

-> I'm not fond of peas anyway.

 RH> I like the fresh ones and snow peas.  A friend used to use peas as an
 RH> ice pack.  When he used his wife's frozen blueberries...now that was
 RH> trouble.

I can imagine the scene. (G)  Fresh peas are good; we got some at the
farmer's market earlier this year.  But, most any other kind, either
canned or frozen, just don't a-pea-l to me.

->  RH> Whoops.  I can get local honey in a small local supermarket, but

-> I like getting it up at the market--I can put a face with the name on
-> the label.  Gave her my bread recipe last year that I use the honey in.

 RH> I wouldn't mind, but my town's so-called farmer's market often
 RH> consists of one truck.

Now that's pitiful!


-> As well as canned pasta, the boxed mac & cheese, etc.

 RH> Boxed pasta, rice mixes, etc.  Most will also take toiletries and
 RH> paper goods although they don't advertise it.  If nothing else they
 RH> can use them in the pantry and save some operating budget for
 RH> something else.

True; they can probably throw a roll of paper towels, some tooth paste
and a roll or 2 of tp into a bag of stuff for hand out too.  Those
things are neccessary to keep life going too.  TP can also be used to
blow the nose, paper towels can be used for napkins as well.

-> We've had work parties instead of prayer meetings in August and will
-> continue to do so for the first few Wed. nights of September.  Also

 RH> Sounds good.  This weekend half of my church is headed up to a camp
 RH> the conference owns.

Which half are you in, the going or staying?

->  RH> be one up on currywurst.

-> All currywurst usually is, is a bratwurst with curry ketchup.  Easy way
-> to make curry ketchup is a bottle of ketchup and a bottle of curry
-> powder. (G)  But yes, my chili has that beat, hands down.

 RH> I'm told some folks add sugar to it too.  I think it's the German
 RH> equivalent of Kraft Mac'n'Cheese.

Some folks add sugar to spaghetti sauce too; I don't.  As for the mac &
cheese equal, I don't think so.  At least not when we lived there.

-> Which is something he had to learn after we got married.  Took moving to
-> a place with a dishwasher that really made the idea stick.

 RH> Especially once the dishwasher broke?

Never had one break on us.  We treat them with more TLC than most folks
do.

-> No surprise.  We've not found any pizza places other than chain ones or
-> Italian restaurants where it's just part of the menu.

 RH> Oddly the chain ones don't survive here in my town.  The local joints
 RH> go gangbusters and the national chains can't even get in the door.

Good for them. (G)


->  RH> My cat got it, if I remember properly.  Or something similar.

-> Passenger Airbag Disabled light kept coming on with a passenger.  Seven
-> trips to the dealership for that, still not resolved when we decided
-> "enough already" and traded it.  The name lettering on the back of the
-> car was a bit crooked when we bought the car; we always said that it was
-> "out of focus".  Car ended up being that way in more ways than those 2
-> issues.

 RH> The old joke is that Ford stands for Fix or Repair Daily.  The Focus

I've heard other but won't pass them along.


 RH> lived down to it. There could just have been a faulty sensor, which

The sensor was the first thing replaced.  Everything but the air bag
itself was replaced, some parts, more than once, and it still came on.
We knew we were leaving the area & didn't want to hassle with the issue
with another dealer.  Also, we were going to do some travel and didn't
want: 1) the air bag to deploy, unexpectedly and unneccessarily or 2)
the air bag not to deploy when neccessary, should the occaision arise.

BTW, looks like we won't get hit by Earl; he will give the Outer Banks
some wind & rain but nothing this far inland.

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Catch you later,
Ruth
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