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Skriven 2014-10-27 18:17:00 av NANCY BACKUS (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av RUTH HAFFLY
Ärende: Re: kitchen  was: exactit
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-=> Quoting Ruth Haffly to Nancy Backus on 10-25-14  19:58 <=-

 RH>> I still bake 99.95% of our bread. Steve does some of the "fancy"
 RH>> baking like the bazlama bread or the scones he made for breakfast
 RH>> today.
 NB>> At most, Richard's only helped with smaller bits of the baking... like
 NB>> grinding fennel and anise seeds for Margit's Swedish Xmas rye bread

 RH> He's still working full time, Steve isn't. Maybe when he retires he
 RH> will do more of the cooking, or prep for cooking.

Nah...  for one thing, he isn't working any more... and things haven't
changed...  :)  He just isn't cooking much at all... although he can and
will if necessary.  When I'm gone, he'll nuke stuff (used to put them in
a slow oven so that if he forgot about them they'd not burn to a crisp)
for himself to eat, and makes sandwiches and oatmeal (old-fashioned, in
the microwave) just fine, too..  And when I'm indisposed, he will fix
something for both of us...  :)

 NB>> back when I was baking that...  I'd like to get back to baking our
 NB>> bread more, but so far there've been lots of things in the way...
 NB>> someday, maybe...  ;)

 RH> I know what you mean; the past few days have been a 2.5 ring circus
 RH> around here.
 
Just can't do everything...  :)

 RH>>> not as likely I'd remember to check for a cook book.
 NB>>> Possibly not...  might depend on how long you were actually
 NB>>> there, and what else was going on.
 RH>> True. The next few weeks are going to be interesting with closing on
 RH>> the house, moving, etc. Maybe a trip, don't know yet.
 NB>> It will indeed be interesting... and hectic...  Hopefully a trip
 NB>> won't be direly necessary yet...

 RH> Agreed, but can't bank on it. Don transferred (on paper) Mom into
 RH> hospice care the other day. She's still where she has been, just
 RH> certain things have been clarified/codified about her care.
 
It could last for a while... and people can hang on even in hospice...
it's mostly an indication that the person isn't expected to get better,
and heroic measures aren't called for.  I've known people to go on and
off hospice designation... and stick around for years...  but it depends
too on how an individual is wanting to live or not...  

 RH>>>> Exactly! I'll probably pull the chicken out to thaw in the next
 RH>>>> day or so; Steve can smoke it for supper.
 NB>>>> That sounds yummy.  :)
 RH>>> It's still in the freezer as Steve smoked a pastrami and rack of
 RH>>> ribs. Maybe next week I'll get it out.
 NB>>> Being in the freezer makes for more flexibility...  ;)
 RH>> Yes but I'll probably pull it out over the week end and let Steve
 RH>> smoke it early next week.
 NB>> After all, you're in the good smoking weather timeframe...  :)

 RH> Very much so right now. Almost to the point where we can smoke cheeses
 RH> again--from what I understand, we will be there by this time next
 RH> week. Haven't gotten the chicken out yet. been too busy with other
 RH> things. 

Freezers are useful things... (G)  How long does the good smoking
weather generally go...?  Will Steve likely be able to do more smoking
at the new house, if the current timeline holds...?

 RH>> I like to do things a bit different from the expected norm from
 RH>> time to time. (G) An unexpected twist on a "normal" food helps you
 RH>> look at other possibilities for it.
 NB>> Both the norm and twists on it can be nice... :)

 RH> Yes, it allows differing perspectives on the same item in question.
 RH> Holds true for other than food too, but more fun to get creative with
 RH> food. (G)

Generally...  :)

ttyl        neb

... Chopped cabbage....it's not just a good idea... it's the SLAW!

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