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Skriven 2014-12-10 14:36:00 av Dave Drum (1:18/200.0)
     Kommentar till en text av Jim Weller
Ärende: Rt 66 redux
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-=> JIM WELLER wrote to DAVE DRUM <=-

 JW> I have given my grandgirls permission to swear at telemarketers even
 JW> though they are generally not allowed to. You should hear the filth
 JW> that those precious little princesses have picked up in elementary
 JW> school yards; they put the boys on South Park to shame!

Even cable TeeVee has more controls than your average school yard.  Bv)=

 JW>   Subj: Rt 66 was:mag pwned

 JW> Betty's Country Inn was / in tiny little Miller, Missouri
 JW> which sits on old Route 66. (Google is a wonderful thing!)

 DD> That sent me to Bing to do some research

 JW> So I double checked. It's actually on a side road a mile or two off
 JW> route 66.

 DD> Old 66 used to run straight west from Halltown (west of
 DD> Springfield, MO to Carthage

 JW> Your memory is intact. According to both Google Maps and Wikipedia that
 JW> part of old Route 66 is now labelled Route 96 and it is still
 JW> straight.

Everyone, it seems, wants to get in on those loverly tourist $$$$. Much of
"historic" route 66 in my part of Illinois is Illinois Route 4 (or country
roads with those slooooow, square corners).
 
 JW> More country stuff:

 JW> ---------- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06

 JW>       Title: Copper Country Pasties
 JW>  Categories: Pies, Beef, Steak, Pork, Potatoes
 JW>       Yield: 10 Servings


 JW>     1/2 c  Rutabaga; chopped (can
 JW>            Substitute turnip)

What can you sub for the turnip (and thus for the rooty-beggars)?

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06

      Title: Funk's Grove Route 66 Sugar Cookies
 Categories: Cookies, Snacks, Desserts
      Yield: 7 dozen

      1 c  Butter; softened
      1 c  Granulated sugar
    1/2 c  Powdered sugar
    3/4 c  Corn oil
    1/2 c  Maple syrup
      2 lg Eggs
      4 c  Flour
      1 ts Baking soda
      1 ts Cream of tartar
    1/2 ts Salt

  Cream butter and sugars together, add corn oil, maple
  syrup and eggs and cream well; set aside.

  Sift together the flour, baking soda, cream of tartar, and
  salt.

  Knead dry ingredients into creamed mixture to form dough.
  Chill dough for 1 hour.

  WHEN READY TO BAKE: Preheat oven to 350oF/175oC.

  Drop dough by teaspoonful on cookie sheet and press with
  glass dipped in sugar to flatten.

  Bake in 350oF/175oC oven for 12 minutes or until browned.

  Makes 7 dozen cookies

  Source: The Route 66 Cookbook: Comfort Food from the
  Mother Road by Marian Clark

  "Funk's Grove is a historic center for the production of
  maple syrup along Route 66 in Illinois."

  From: http://www.recipelink.com

  Uncle Dirty Dave's Archives

MMMMM

... Don't eat anything your great-grandmother wouldn't recognize as food.
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