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 NB> Daddy was either teaching at some college/university, or doing
 NB> research at a Navy lab...  like your father, doing what he liked, and
 NB> not being paid a lot.

Worked out well enough, looks like. My father lucked out in a
big way and became wealthy or at least financially stable
largely because John F. Kennedy was assassinated. Johnson
became president and did a brain drain thing, moving lots of
federally funded scientists to Texas, where they ended up
being remunerated in Texas-size fashion. UT's rival the Aggies
were the first to hire a professor at a mil for a year, I
believe it was Sheldon Glashow. My father didn't do so
spectacularly, but his department was well paid with superb
side benefits.

 NB> His brother, however, went the business route, and ended up rather
 NB> well-to-do

His brother, however, went the army and then politics route
and ended up dying in a concentration camp. Those Red Chinese
were implacable, and I will not visit that country.

 , having retired a couple of times at the top of the
 NB> company...  All three of the brothers were physicists, the younger
 NB> brother stayed as a professor at the Naval Academy... also less
 NB> remunerative... 

But good prestige at least.

 NB> Daddy was a pretty good home economist, and I guess Mommy was too...

If we had had to rely on the savvy of my father, we would
first have gotten very fat and then died of some deficiency,
beriberi or something. He was very good at what he did and
pretty terrible at most other things. Lucky he liked what he
was good at. Heaven help us had he decided to be a cook.

 NB> I had wondered about that... when I came across the Hidden Valley
 NB> Ranch brand... whether that had been the beginnings of the item... :)  

It was.

 NB> It turned into the proverbial kleenex or xerox...  ;)

It did.

 
 ML>> The freezer too is full. I was encouraged to use up a pot roast,

So I pulled out what I thought was labelled pot roast, and
turns out Bob's handwriting is indecipherable - it was pork
roast. So I sliced off the fat and did it three ways, see next
post, then made cutlet out of half and stir-fry out of the
rest. These last two are sitting waiting for their opportunity.

 ML> Carbonara tonight.
 NB> A good use for it.  :)

Turned out becoming the meat for a shall we call it hambalaya.

 ML> I haven't made the dulce de leche yet.
 NB> So you haven't found out yet how badly skim works... ;)

Never bothered to make it. I just let the milk spoil.
My credo of waste not want not doesn't extend to milk, as
I don't want it anyway.

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v7.07

      Title: Spicy Topped Coffee Cake
 Categories: Coffee cake, Topping, Favorite
   Servings:  1

    1/4 c  Salad oil
      1 ea Egg; beaten
    1/2 c  Milk OR
           Non-dairy creamer*
  1 1/2 c  Flour
    3/4 c  Sugar
      2 ts Baking powder
    1/2 ts Vanilla
    1/2 ts Salt

MMMMM--------------------------SPICY TOPPING-------------------------------
    1/4 c  Brown sugar
      1 tb Flour
      1 ts Cinnamon
      1 tb Margarine; melted
    1/2 c  Nuts; chopped

  * The non-dairy liquid creamer (I use Mocha Mix brand) makes a richer
  cake. Note: I also use Lactose-Free margarine (Nucoa brand) for the
  topping.

  COFFEE CAKE: Combine salad oil, egg, sugar and milk.  Sift together dry
  ingredients; add to milk mixture, mix well.  Pour into greased and floured
  9x9x2 pan.

  SPICY TOPPING: Combine brown sugar, flour, cinnamon, melted butter and
  chopped nuts. Spread over cake mixture. Bake at 375 degrees 40 min or
  until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.

  Notes: Family favorite
  Posted by Dorothy Flatman

  Source: Adapted from: Better Homes & Gardens New Cookbook

MMMMM


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