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Skriven 2013-06-08 21:18:00 av NANCY BACKUS (1:261/1381)
     Kommentar till en text av JANIS KRACHT
Ärende: Re: Hard Boiled Eggs
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-=> Quoting Janis Kracht to Nancy Backus on 06-03-13  11:30 <=-

 >> Funny thing is I hate living in the sticks.. but darn it I keep
 >> finding myself in that environment. Ha :)  I mean I thought living in
 >> Windsor was the pits ... until we moved here .. Oh well..
 > I'm somewhat torn... I'd not mind living in a more rural setting, but
 > I'm not really into the sort of driving that my sister (who did take
 > that route, and lives 40 minutes away from here) has to do...  There's
 > good and bad in both, to my mind.  :)

 JK> Very true :)  The convenience of living in a city also comes with
 JK> its drawbacks.  When I was younger, my dream was to live in Manhatten
 JK> around Greenwich Village ... back then, that's where all the "good
 JK> stuff" was going on (smile).
 
True... but I never quite wanted to go that far... to visit maybe, but
not to live...  

 >> use "the city" loosely here given what I grew up with.. :) Anyway,
 >> enjoy the fact that the city is there for you. :)
 > I hear you.  :)  Actually Rochester is a nice compromise, for being in
 > city life... most of the advantages of The City (NYC), but much more
 > compact, and not nearly so populous...

 JK> I think the only time I've been to Rochester was for a computer
 JK> conference that Ron and I attended many years ago.. work related,
 JK> so we weren't quite free to ramble much.. I think we got out for
 JK> a pizza though Lol.. that was good :)
 
Natives here badmouth it, but it's really a pretty decent place... 
Maybe not my first choice of anywhere in the world to live, but I don't
mind living here.  :)  We bought into a pretty nice part of this
neighborhood... 

 JK> Where is your "pond" in relation to Rochester?  It sounds like a
 JK> great place as well :)

Oh, it's a wonderful place... too bad you weren't able to come to the
Pond Picnic... ;)   It's about 4 hours or so northeast of Rochester...
above Watertown and Fort Drum, not too far from Canton and Potsdam...
St Lawrence County... 
 
 >> You can always find a farm with eggs, I'd bet.
 > Or a Wegmans...  (G)   Actually, there /are/ farms not that far out from
 > where I am, so I could, if I wanted to put out the effort get fresh eggs
 > not that far from home...  :)

 JK> We're looking forward to the farmer's markets starting up in the area
 JK> shortly. If I'm not mistaken, this coming weekend will be the first of

I've gotten out of the habit of going to the ones around here... the
Public Market actually goes year-round, just indoors during the winter
months... the outside stalls are probably back in use now, though...

 JK> them.  We're hoping the fellow who previously sold duck eggs will bring
 JK> a bunch of those :) I know the cholesterol count on those guys is
 JK> pretty high, but they're so huge and SO good :)  Nice for a once in a
 JK> while treat :) 

The egg white contains the nutrients to balance out the cholesterol in
the yolks... you probably don't have to worry all that much about
them...  :)

 > They grow up SO fast...!
 JK> Yeah I know!  Not fair at all!!!!  I can still remember when my
 JK> daughter had him when we were living in Louisville.  He cracked me up
 JK> the other day.. he was over here helping Ron with some things and he
 JK> said, "I keep telling my friends 'really I'm a Kentuckian, not a NYer'"
 JK> hahaha.. well he was born there and lived there for about 7 years :) 
 JK> It just sounded so funny to me... but he's right :)
 
After a manner of speaking...  :)

 >> and #2 looks like he's 13, but he's only just 10 (height)...and well,
 >> then there's the baby.. he's just little guy just 7. I think I was
 >> right in giving up on the idea :)
 > Oh, probably...  :)  But those two are about the right age to think it a
 > fun thing to learn... ;)

 JK> eek :)  Can only imagine what it would be like if they decided to
 JK> demonstrate the technique at a school 'show and tell' hehehe  :)

Now that could be a sight to see... (G)

 > You'd think that Weggies might
 > at least have some non-gluten non-corn stuff... but I guess that could
 > get into having too much for the shelf space...  My mom tries to avoid
 > most corn stuff, although she isn't totally consistent there, but at
 > least she doesn't have the gluten issues...

 JK> They do.. One of the other options for pasta (there are a few options
 JK> for non-gluten ronies) is to get macaroni made with all brown rice.  My

Oh, ok... Not that I'm paying all that much attention in that
department...  :)

 JK> cousin who has Crohn's disease (severe gluten allery) tried those and
 JK> thought they were horrid.  Well, they are if they're not prepared
 JK> correctly.. or if you let them sit even for a while hehe.. I use them
 JK> here when I know my daughter is coming for a macaroni or spaghetti
 JK> dinner.  The sauce you use with them can be as important as the
 JK> preparation sometimes :) 

Just a bit more fussy than your "normal" fare...  and benefitting from
some cooking knowledge, besides, I'd guess...

 JK> For Ron and I, I use Bionaturae's gluten-free pasta and always have a
 JK> ton of it on hand here.  It's made with potato starch, tapioca starch
 JK> and rice flour. The potato starch they use in that is a no-no for my
 JK> daughter, but at least I can use it when just her boys eat over.  It's
 JK> the closest thing to gluten macaroni that I've tried (and I've tried a
 JK> LOT of them (G)). 

I'm sure you have... :)   Trial and error to find the best stuff...  ;)

 >  We've been given feedback from our friends
 > at church that Glutino is a good company, good products...  :)  But of
 > course, one still has to pay attention to the ingredients, especially
 > when there are multiple allergies, like she has...  :)

 JK> Yep, and constantly as well.. I've seen ingredients change in all of
 JK> them from time to time.. :)
 
That's pretty common with just about everything... gotta keep at least
spot-checking... at least when the packaging changes ever so slightly or
more...  ;)

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