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Skriven 2014-05-24 20:35:21 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
  Kommentar till text 13562 av Dave Drum (76591.cooking)
Ärende: Ruh Roh                                                  [1]
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Hi Dave,

 DD> breezes that isn't true any longer. Dale is the only DS and I am
 DD> (currently) the sole Dave. There are still two Ruths - you and the one
 DD> I don't correspond with any longer - so, that's not a problem for me.

 RH> This echo has lost quite a few folks from when I started reading it
 RH> back in 1994. But, it's still alive and kicking, which is more than I
 RH> can say about some of the others I read when I started with Fido.

 DD> Like the mostly moribund Amiga echoes - which have dwindled and gone
 DD> dormant through people falling off the twig  and because the Amiga is
 DD> now an old and classic computer - which can *still* so some things
 DD> better than a PeeCee or Macintrash.

We gave up on Commodore some years ago. Steve never did convert the
recipes I'd saved to floppies, nor am I really interested in a project
like that now. Just too many other irons in the fire, I guess.

 DD> Others have died because of a hard core of school-yard bully types
 DD> (who I refer to as the sewer sharks) and their "My way and no other
 DD> way" attitudes.

I know, I recall some infighting on some of the other echoes I read.
Helped them die a probably, premature death.

 DD> Also a couple ML designations - our currently absent moderator and
 DD> Mark Lewis who only shows up semi-occasionally.

 RH> Marc Lewis pops in from time to time but more often stays in the lurk
 RH> mode.

 DD> Mark comes in when when he feels he has something to contribute.
 DD> Nothing wrong with that. The main problem is that there is little "new
 DD> blood" being added. The last addition(s) in here have been Nancy and
 DD> Janis - and valuable additions they are. But, the pace of FIDO and
 DD> BBSes in general is far too slow for the youth of today's "Right
 DD> D@MN3D Now!" generation.

Seems like a lot of people have the "right now" attitude; I remember
reading about how the older folks thought my generation was the same
way.


 DD> You don't have TOO much egg dripping from your chin.   Bv)=

 RH> Hey, I used my napkin after breakfast! (G)

 DD> You just missed that tiny little rivulet of yellow there ....   Bv)=

That's not egg; that's yogurt. (G)

 RH> cardiologist. Found out I had a heart murmur which, combined with a bum
 RH> foot, is why they went with the nuclear stress test.

 DD> I didn't begin my problems until a couple of years before I had the
 DD> dratted thing yanked. I suggested to my croaker at the time that my
 DD> problems were gall bladder related - but, he pooh-poohed that
 DD> suggestion - preferring to
 DD> misdiagnose it as ulcers and prescribing Prilosec. Which, of course,
 DD> did no good except for making me more "regular" in my morning bathroom
 DD> habits.

An ultrasound for other issues showed my gall bladder was full of
stones. Never had given me trouble but they got it out before it could.

 DD> But, that croaker is long since gone from my life - as is the gall
 DD> bladder and my heart cath results were relieving if nothing else. I
 DD> seem to be in pretty good shape for a guy with high blood pressure, a
 DD> pacemaker, a stent and osteo-arthritis.

And I've got other problems but still ticking. Had to get a new watch
battery this evening as I noticed earlier in the day it wasn't ticking
too well. Spent 5 hours at the farmer's market this morning (QoV display
and selling raffle tickets, besides getting weekly goodies)--picked up
then that the watch was misbehaving.

 RH> Talking about hearts--did you know you can make a heart shaped cake by
 RH> baking it in a round pan and square pan of the same size (8 or 9").
 RH> After cooling, cut the round one in half and set each half on adjacent
 RH> sides of the square. Ice (frost), decorate and enjoy your heart cake
 RH> made without a heart shaped pan.

 DD> I don't do much baking - I have standard cake and loaf pans, an
 DD> angel-food cake pan and a bundt pan. But, I druther make pies. Never

I've done both, as part of raising a family and trying my hand at cake
decorating. It's not as easy as it looks!  There's a lot of wrist action
involved, which is where I run into trouble.

 DD> did much with fancy cakes after I finished off my wedding cake -
 DD> which, despite the oven being not on the level turned out better than
 DD> the marriage (which wasn't on the level either - I was married, she
 DD> wasn't).

Not a good way to make a marriage last. We're still going--have had some
of about all the categories--richer, poorer, better, worse, sickness,
health--but still making a go of it.

 DD>       Title: Triple Bypass- Bacon Cheeseburger Dog
 DD>  Categories: Five, Beef, Pork, Cheese
 DD>       Yield: 2 servings

 DD>       2   1/4 lb all-beef hot-dogs
 DD>       2 sl Cheese
 DD>       1 lb Ground beef
 DD>       8 sl Bacon
 DD>            Salt & pepper

 RH> Serve with fries and get your heart attack on a plate.

 DD> That's what they call the horseshoe sandwich (an Illinois specialty).
 DD> As well as .....

 RH> I'll share it--with 2 or 3 other people.

 DD> The bypass burger or the Horseshoe?

Both, and not at the same time. I don't eat as much as I used to so one
or the other would be more than filling, even shared out.


 DD>       Title: Ulster Fry (aka Heart Attack On A Plate)
 DD>  Categories: Pork, Breads, Vegetables, Eggs
 DD>       Yield: 1 Serving

 RH> But not a hangtown fry!

 DD> Well, no. Not an erster in sight.

 DD>       Title: Hangtown Fry
 DD>  Categories: Seafood, Pork, Eggs, Breads, Dairy
 DD>       Yield: 6 servings

I knew I'd get you to post the recipe if I mentioned it. (G)


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Catch you later,
Ruth
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