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Skriven 2014-05-17 20:54:53 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
  Kommentar till text 13382 av Nancy Backus (1:261/1381.0)
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Hi Nancy,

 RH> From what I've seen of the paper over the last 20 years or so, even
 RH> the staff is less competent than back when my dad was there. They rely
 RH> on too many "columnists" and other filler.

 NB> That's pretty much the case all over...  supposedly, the online
 NB> versions of newspapers are more content-filled, but the "hard-copy"

I didn't particularly notice it with the Raleigh paper. We had to read
it on line several times this past winter when the carrier couldn't get
thru.


 NB> versions have less and less to commend them.  By the time I gave up on
 NB> the Democrat & Chronicle here, their world and national news was
 NB> cribbed directly from USA Today... which, admittedly is owned by the
 NB> same overall outfit...

I've still got enough printer's ink in my blood that I like to see the
hard copy. We get our foods section on Wednesdays; that seems to be
quite typical, based on the various other papers we've gotten over the
years.


 RH> Most of the major articles are of interest only to a small number
 RH> of the area readership; they also have a very "tree hugger" bent.

 NB> Apparently their perceptions of the target audience and yours are at
 NB> odds... ;)  Again, very typical...

Probably part of it is due to having grown up in the area, with Dad
working for the paper.

 NB> likely to be  NB>> up at night, too, whether a later meal will have
 NB> time to digest...  :)

 RH> We try to eat around 6 (sometimes earlier, occaisionally later). I
 RH> usually do the big meal at the end of the day as during the morning
 RH> I'm busy with other things that would divert my attention from fixing
 RH> a big meal.

 NB> We aim for around 6, also... scheduling can throw that off, sometimes
 NB> substantially... Sundays, the big meal is always in the middle of the
 NB> day, though... and if for some reason we both have a big meal midday
 NB> on a week day, that would take the place of a main meal at night...  I
 NB> don't fix big meals other than at night, generally, though...  :)

We had farmer's market this morning (Steve stayed to help close up & was
given a bucket of strawberries for his help.) and had sandwiches for
lunch. Then we went grocery shopping--Lowe's had a meat special so we
got a rib eye steak for tonight, other meats for the freezer. Had the
steak with empanadas from the market & strawberry short cake for
dessert. After supper Steve repackaged the meat for the freezer & I
prepped the berries for the freezer (and did dishes).

 NB>  RH>> The other night we ate around 8:00 but it was, overall, a
 NB> relatively  RH>> light meal but a splurge one--schnitzel.
 NB>  NB>> That is on the late side...  sounds good, though...  :)

 RH> We were traveling--got to Margaretville about 7:30 & checked into the
 RH> B&B before having supper. Thursday night is schnitzel special night at
 RH> that restaurant so we try to hit it up whenever we're in towm.

 NB> Ah, that makes sense...  schnitzel was ringing faint bells for me, and
 NB> that fills it in...  ;)

As usual, it was good. The owner of the place is in his 80s & trying to
sell the place but nobody can make schntzel the way he does. Hopefully
he'll sell his recipes with the place.

 NB>  NB>> (snicker)  Sounds like life to me...  (G)   Some days there's
 NB> time  NB>> to do substantial cooking, other days it's right nice to
 NB> have some  NB>> quick-fix options on hand...  :)

 RH> I've been doing a mix of both since we got back to NC. Tonight will be
 RH> reheated turkey from the one we roasted in December, fresh cooked cous
 RH> cous and probably a greens & tomato salad.

 NB> Reasonably quick and easy...  :)

I steamed the spinach that needed using instead, hand the salad last
night. Got more greens (spinach & lettuce) today, as well as tomatoes &
a cucumber.

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Catch you later,
Ruth
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... Get shopping while the gettin' is good!!!

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