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Skriven 2014-05-20 16:47:00 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
  Kommentar till text 13485 av Nancy Backus (1:261/1381.0)
Ärende: Italian etc 10
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Hi Nancy,

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

 NB> IF I was still getting the paper, it would be in hardcopy... I gave up
 NB> on our local rag entirely when they started biasing it to online, and
 NB> were raising the price accordingly whether or not you'd get any value
 NB> out of all their online/phone options... Not even the foods section or
 NB> the coupons were enough to tip the balance any more...

Ours upped the price and is pushing the on line/phone editions as well.
I'm just enough old school on things like newspapers that I'd rather
read the physical edition. I do go thru the coupon fliers, passing them
on to someone in church who passes them on to a neighbor (don't know if
they go any further). A physical paper is also an eye break from on
screen reading for me. The type size is easy on my eyes and I'm not
straining as I would be to read it on my phone.

 NB> of a main meal at night...  NB>> I don't fix big meals other than at
 NB> night, generally, though...  :)

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

 NB> Veggie empanadas...?  Fresh strawberry shortcake sounds wonderful...
 NB> :)

It was good, light and filled us just right. Yesterday I cut up the
cantalope I'd picked up Saturday at Lowe's--got one that was nicely
ripe. We've a box of pieces in the fridge that I'll be digging into
later.

 RH> dessert. After supper Steve repackaged the meat for the freezer & I
 RH> prepped the berries for the freezer (and did dishes).

 NB> A productive day and evening...  :)

Quite. Today was my Quilts of Valor sewing day. Didn't get too much sewn
on the new project but probably will increase the output next week. I
have to make 81 9 Patch blocks, got 5 done today. We started late, ended
a bit early and took a lazy lunch break.

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

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

 NB> Hasn't been able to take someone in to train to take over the place,
 NB> eh...?  That knowledge would be a shame to lose...

No one that we know of is taking over. It would be a shame--he has a
prime location in town and there aren't too many nicer places to eat
there. Admitttedly I've just had some of their schnitzels but they've
been consistantly good. A friendly wait staff too--we usually have one
woman who also works at the bank. She's the one who started referring to
anchovies as "guppies" so Steve told her not to skip the guppies on his
schnitzel this time. The ice cream that is part of the meal package
comes with a choice of 3 sauces and she's let me combine 2 as a choice.
(G)

 NB> fresh cooked cous  RH>> cous and probably a greens & tomato salad.
 NB>  NB>> Reasonably quick and easy...  :)

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

 NB> Exigencies of life...  ;)

Exactly!

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Catch you later,
Ruth
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