Text 10782, 70 rader
Skriven 2014-03-11 14:16:21 av Nancy Backus (1:261/1381.0)
  Kommentar till text 10713 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
Ärende: Re: chili cookoff  was: yogurt
======================================
-=> Quoting Ruth Haffly to Nancy Backus on 08 Mar 14  21:15:39 <=-

 NB>> I didn't eat that much in the college dining hall, but I don't
 NB>> remember it being that bad... In any case, I'd be more likely to go

 RH> I had basically no choice--not that many places to go to off campus in
 RH> Houghton, no wheels and not too much extra money. Parents paid for the
 RH> meals so might just as well go with them (except breakfast, which I
 RH> generally skipped).

Well, I was basically living at home, so meals on campus tended to be
catch as catch can for me... there were periods of time when I wasn't
eating much at all... ;)  
 
 NB>> for the
 NB>> pepper than the salt... and not bother with the veggies from a can...

 RH> Veggies from a can was what was served--except one day one of my
 RH> friends sat down across from me and commented "I see they mowed the
 RH> grass today" when he saw the dish of spinach I had. (G) Everything was
 RH> cooked no or low salt so it usually needed some for flavoring, plus a
 RH> bit of pepper for some.

If they were canned veggies, there was salt in them from the canning...
no-salt canned veggies were pretty much a novelty (and expensive) back
then... but when I did eat at the dining hall, I did avoid them...
didn't say I was eating all that healthy back then...  (G)

 RH>> A warning sign and a bottle of psuedo-Malinda's hot sauce will cover
 RH>> both bases. Also a carton of sour cream and some shredded cheddar
 RH>> cheese.
 NB>> There you go.. ;)  A properly appointed chili... ;)

 RH> A lot better than the no heat white chili I had at a baby shower
 RH> today. 

Just say no...?  ;0

 RH>> One mom did tell me her sons go more for veggies than sweets. They
 RH>> don't eat many sweets because of health issues so the boys haven't
 RH>> developed much of a taste for them. Tho a few years ago, the dad and
 RH>> our preaching pastor got into quite the bidding war for one item at
 RH>> the dessert auction. (G)
 NB>> Perhaps the dad wasn't quite so weaned off the sweets...?  ;)

 RH> He's diabetic so don't know what the story was behind his bidding.
 
Is the bidding monetary...?  With the funds used for some worthy
cause...?  Maybe that played into the situation...?  

 NB>>> Yes, this one likewise has various kinds of stuffings in various
 NB>>> kinds of olives, to add to the assortment of plain olives...
 NB>>> nuts, feta, blue cheese, garlic, to name a few...  ;)
 RH>> IIRC, Lowe's has some, I might check them out when I go over on
 RH>> Friday.
 NB>> Wegmans also has some of the fancy stuffed varieties jarred and on the
 NB>> shelf with the condiments... not sure that there's any savings in
 NB>> cost, although the pepperdews are a little less in the jar...

 RH> I didn't take the time to look as I had to get home, get stuff put
 RH> away and get to the baby shower. Maybe next time................

Always a next time... ;)  Some things just aren't all that urgent,
really...  ;)

ttyl       neb

... A superstition is a premature explanation that overstays its time.
--- Blue Wave/DOS v2.20
 * Origin: The Holodeck BBS  telnet://holo.homeip.net:2323 (1:261/1381)