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Skriven 2013-06-02 23:29:28 av RUTH HANSCHKA (1:123/140)
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->  RH> I can get close on the veggies, because with no access to local 
fresh
->  RH> produce most of the year I have to buy frozen.  Canned is for the 
food
->  RH> bank.
-> 
-> Most of the time when I buy other than fresh veggies I'll get the frozen
-> ones. The proccessing of canned fruits and veggies over cooks them way
-> too much for my tastes. Admittedly they're handy when the power goes out
-> tho. As for food bank contributions, we try to go for more "meal" type
-> products like canned soups or pastas. Usually that is what's on the
-> request list instead of items like vegetables.
-> 
I only buy the veggies when they're too cheap to pass up.  The food banks 
sometimes ask for them too. My mom has a soup recipe that calls for the 
canned ones, so I'll keep some on hand for just in case.  Other than that, 
not really.

->  RH> Golf is Socially Acceptable Crack, like scrapbooking supplies and
->  RH> quilt fabric.
-> 
-> (G) Our girls call scrapbooking/stamping "stamp crack" so I guess it's
-> an acceptable "addiction". Never heard the acquisition of quilting
-> fabrics called anything like that; it's usually refered to as "building
-> the stash" or similar terms.

They also call the drugs you're "holding" a stash, so I'm holding a lot of 
weight in fabric.  
 
->  RH> The house size isn't always a deterrent. Making weight would be.
-> 
-> Can only fit so much into the house--no basement, attic or garage here
-> to take in the overflow. That's why I need to get going cutting down my
-> cotton scraps again. Three years ago I was down to one bag to cut down,
-> now there's 4 waiting. I cut them into squares and strips to eliminate
-> odd, unusable portions; it also makes pulling pieces together for a
-> quilt easier to find.

I'd imagine.  I have a scrap pile too.  It's diminished somewhat since I 
made a few scrap quilts recently out of almost nothing but scrap. 
 
-> -> As in paisley prints used to be called "Persian Pickle".
-> 
->  RH> Still is, in some places, even though it's an Indian Pickle.
-> 
-> OK, the latter is a new one for me.
-> 
I don't think anyone calls it that.  It's where the pattern was used first.
 
-> -> Steve calls it "sour celery" if that gives you any hint.
-> 
->  RH> His loss.
-> 
-> He likes it but not raw. Guess I ought to try a pie or something with
-> stevia, see how that goes over.

Ought to work.  
 
->  RH> Cheap is good.  Free is better.  Being paid to haul it off is
better
->  RH> yet.
-> 
-> We've not been paid to haul something off yet. Steve did take some
-> electronics down to the recyling center the other day, but scavanged
-> useable parts first.

It's happened to me every so often.  Gotta love it when it happens.  
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