Text 22316, 66 rader
Skriven 2014-12-27 23:43:00 av NANCY BACKUS (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av RUTH HAFFLY
Ärende: Re: olives  was: Beans
==============================
-=> Quoting Ruth Haffly to Nancy Backus on 12-25-14  21:26 <=-

 RH>> Most of it, anyway. Pulled a Sandra Lee (she does the Semi Homemade
 RH>> show on the cooking network) for Life Group meal this week. We bought
 NB>> I recognize the reference.  For a while, MJ did a lot of watching the
 NB>> Cooking Shows, so I'd see those when I was over at her house...

 RH> I wasn't sure if you'd seen her or not. I saw about 2 of her
 RH> shows--enough to let me know I didn't need to waste time watching
 RH> any more.

I saw more than that, but then I didn't have much of a say as to what
was being watched...  I saw a number of the other ones as well, Mario,
Ima Garten, the woman who has her teenage sons helping her, the Two Fat
Ladies, Paula Deen, etc etc...

 NB>> Sounds like it all went very successfully... :)  From the preparation
 NB>> thereof to the presentation and devouring of the goodies... ;)

 RH> Quite smoothly; having traded weeks with the cook for week 3 made
 RH> it go better than if I'd done it our normal week. Just means a
 RH> shorter break before the next time we have to cook but we've semi
 RH> planned the meal. 

You were at a more auspicious point in the moving process... :)  And
since you knew there would be a shorter break, it makes sense to think
ahead at least some...  :)

 RH>> Had a small turn out so we've got cookies, rolls and 4 meals of meat
 RH>> balls/sauce left.
 NB>> Not a bad thing, given the hecticness of your life now anyway...  ;)

 RH> Yes, very much so. It's even hard getting to the big freezer and
 RH> clearing it off to get something out right now.

Since it's a chest freezer, the top is another "useful" surface... ;)
 
 RH>> Had we been more settled, less busy, I would have made both the
 RH>> meat balls and cookies from scratch, that's why I said I did the
 RH>> Sandra Lee thing.
 NB>> Much of my cooking ends up being Semi-Homemade...  not always quite
 NB>> the way hers is, but the same basic idea of using some prepared things
 NB>> to cut the labor and/or time of cooking...  :)

 RH> At times I do more of it than I used to, other times I do more of the
 RH> home made than I did before we moved up here. For a long time I was
 RH> making almost everything, now I've stepped back a bit to buy some
 RH> things. We're now grinding our own wheat but I usually buy tortillas,
 RH> pitas, english muffins, bagels.....................you get the
 RH> picture. 

Yup.  You still do more from scratch that I'd even think of doing any
more...  I used to do a lot more than I do now, but I am doing a bit
more now than I was for a while...  ;)  Ever since Michael was here for
a visit, I've kept fresh onions and garlic on hand, and used them more
regularly... and ever since the gout in October, I've kept fresh celery
on hand as well, and figured out ways of incorporating it into
things....  ;)   But I do use a lot of "Sandra Lee" shortcuts, too.. :)

ttyl       neb

... Windows Error 01A: Operating system overwritten.  Terribly sorry.

___ Blue Wave/QWK v2.20
--- Platinum Xpress/Win/WINServer v3.0pr5
 * Origin: Check Out Doc's QWK Mail  Via Web BBS > DocsPlace.org  (1:123/140)