Text 12532, 66 rader
Skriven 2014-04-24 11:40:17 av Nancy Backus (1:261/1381.0)
  Kommentar till text 12475 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
Ärende: Re: Italian etc 10
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-=> Quoting Ruth Haffly to Nancy Backus on 22 Apr 14  16:38:55 <=-

 RH>> My mom didn't pre plan anything before her mind went. Dad has some
 RH>> final plans made & paid for but, like your mom, there are loose ends
 RH>> to tie up. They have a plot, have Dad's (don't know about Mom's) obit
 RH>> drafted, met with undertaker, etc.
 NB>> We used to joke that Daddy would write Mommy's will, and parcel out
 NB>> all her belongings to the kids... It didn't actually happen that
 NB>> way... but it made fine tales...  ;)

 RH> My dad's draft obit starts out with him being in some sort of accident
 RH> connected to his (model) trains. The ironic part now, is that most of
 RH> them have been sold.

A humorous touch... sounds like perhaps the real thing will be a little
more staid.  ;)

 RH>> That's what I usually do with my chili and things--Steve can taste the
 RH>> nuances better so I let him do more of the seasoning.
 NB>> The team approach to cooking... ;)

 RH> We've done quite a bit of that since Steve got out of the Army. Part
 RH> of it because of school/sewing deadlines, part of it just because it
 RH> works best for what's being done at the time.
 
And it doesn't hurt that both of you enjoy cooking... :)

 RH>> So far, all have gone over well. Some I need to figure out how to
 RH>> scale down for the 2 of us, unless I make a large batch and portion it
 RH>> out into freezer containers.
 NB>> As long as you have the freezer space... ;)

 RH> So far, so good. We're trying to "eat down" all the meats and veggies
 RH> we put in last fall. Veggies are going faster than the meats but I can
 RH> see some progress there. I'll get some fresh stuff at the farmer's
 RH> market to suppliment/change of taste the frozen as well.

It got you through the winter, and the unexpected grounding... 

 NB>> I'm still totally without ideas for this year's picnic...  :)

 RH> You've got a couple of months to think about it yet.

True... but they look to be rather busy months, with the cataract
surgeries and a couple of trips and all... :)  Ah, well, one can hope
for inspiration at some point...  other than plain cookin', there's not
much that I'm especially talented at...  Last year's tongue was a
surprise to me, that I did have something different to share... :)

 RH>> Heavy cream can have a fair number of carbs in it but the cheese is
 RH>> basically carb free. It's not something I'd want every week but every
 RH>> 2-3 weeks would be OK.
 NB>> I'd've thought that heavy cream was nothing but fat, no carbs at
 NB>> all... But the sauce would have some flour/starch in it, right...?

 RH> Yes, some, but milk/cream do have carbs. A cup of whole milk has
 RH> something like 12 carbs.

I'll grant you the whole milk... but that's the lactose in the milk, not
in the cream... 

ttyl         neb

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