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Skriven 2014-07-23 20:44:10 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
  Kommentar till text 14994 av RUTH HANSCHKA (1:123/140)
Ärende: Snow days
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Hi Ruth,

 RH> >  RH> And messes up the kids into the bargain.

 RH> > And their kids.

 RH> Betty Hutton? Is that the name I'm trying to think
 RH> of?

Joan Crawford? Betty Davis? I think I know who you mean (Mommy Dearest)
but not sure of the actress.


 RH> commissary but there were a
 RH> > lot of things it didn't carry so I'd hit up the
 RH> supermarket or some of
 RH> > the small stores.

 RH> Those are usually the good ones anyway.

Yes, you can find all kinds of interesting things in them. And, for
small stores, they usually pack in quite an assortment of foods.


 RH> >  RH> I think we got the good ones, oddly.  Those
 RH> strawberries were just
 RH> >  RH> plain odd.  They should have tasted great,
 RH> but they didn't.  The

 RH> > Sounds like overgrown ornamental strawberries.
 RH> (G)

 RH> Pretty much.  They cost twice as much as the
 RH> imports too.

We're working on some nice ones Steve picked up at Harris Teeter.

 RH> >  store had them marked one price on a shelf,
 RH> rang them up a dollar
 RH> >  higher, and by law here had to refund the whole
 RH> price.

 RH> > Good deal! I hit up the farmer's market
 RH> yesterday, not only for the
 RH> > week's veggies but also for stuff to make salsa
 RH> (tomorrow) and cucumber
 RH> > relish (Tuesday into Wednesday).  Stephen also
 RH> wants some tatzki; I've
 RH> > enough cucumbers to do that as well.

 RH> Sounds like dinner to me.  We did a stir-fried 5-
 RH> spice beef tonight, I found some going cheap, and
 RH> corn on the cob along with leftover veggies. It
 RH> wasn't something I'd prefer to eat again, at least
 RH> that brand of spice mix, but the technique worked.
 RH> The beef was coated in corn starch with a little
 RH> baking soda and then fried.  It came out very
 RH> tender.

We did a stir fry with a chicken breast, yellow and zuchinni squash
(farmer's market), carrots, celery and broccoli last night. Seasoned
with a bit of soy sauce, 5 spice powder and oyster sauce. Left overs got
a touch of Siracha.

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Catch you later,
Ruth
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