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Skriven 2014-03-12 16:32:10 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
  Kommentar till text 10782 av Nancy Backus (1:261/1381.0)
Ärende: chili cookoff  was: yogurt
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Hi Nancy,


 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).

 NB> Well, I was basically living at home, so meals on campus tended to be
 NB> catch as catch can for me... there were periods of time when I wasn't
 NB> eating much at all... ;)

Difference between commuter and resident student. Steve was a commuter
to Roberts for a year, decided he'd rather be a resident for seminary.
We don't live on campus, rented a house in town, but close enough to the
campus we can easily participate in activities there.

 NB>  NB>> for the
 NB>  NB>> pepper than the salt... and not bother with the veggies from a
 NB> 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.

 NB> If they were canned veggies, there was salt in them from the
 NB> canning... no-salt canned veggies were pretty much a novelty (and

I'm presuming they were canned, they tasted like it.

 NB> expensive) back
 NB> then... but when I did eat at the dining hall, I did avoid them...
 NB> didn't say I was eating all that healthy back then...  (G)

I tried to eat at least semi healthy. Tried to have a salad (almost)
every day and some other sort of fruit or vegetable (or both) at another
meal.

 NB>  RH>> A warning sign and a bottle of psuedo-Malinda's hot sauce will
 NB> cover  RH>> both bases. Also a carton of sour cream and some shredded
 NB> cheddar  RH>> cheese.
 NB>  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.

 NB> Just say no...?  ;0

The one who made it said it had some heat but I sure didn't taste any.
Guess I should have grabbed the bottle our Life Group keeps in the
fridge and used a drop or 2.

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

 NB> Is the bidding monetary...?  With the funds used for some worthy
 NB> cause...?  Maybe that played into the situation...?

The dessert auction is a fund raiser (usually) for youth camp
scholarships. Our first year in the new to us building they decided to
donate the money toward a new sign for the front of the church property
but generally it helps defray the cost of camp. The fact that it is a
good cause fund raiser is probably why the bidding war was/is fierce at
times but it's a lot of fun as well. Last year I made my lemon pound
cake; the guy that wanted it wasn't there but called in and bid by phone
(and won the cake). I've not decided what to do for this year; the
auction is April 6.


(Olives)
 NB>  NB>> Wegmans also has some of the fancy stuffed varieties jarred and
 NB> on the  NB>> shelf with the condiments... not sure that there's any
 NB> savings in  NB>> cost, although the pepperdews are a little less in
 NB> 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................

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

Especially not when there's so many other things to do that day. I think
I'd rather go down to to Whole Foods and get some from their
bar--there's more of a variety to choose from.

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Catch you later,
Ruth
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