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Skriven 2015-01-17 18:11:11 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
  Kommentar till text 22973 av NANCY BACKUS (1:123/140)
Ärende: move  was: back
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Hi Nancy,

 NB>  NB>> And there was all the stuff to pack... Now it's just the
 NB> plodding  NB>> through of unpacking all the boxes and getting them all
 NB> stowed away  NB>> properly... ;)

 RH> It's coming along, but I took a day out for my QoV group. Back to the
 RH> unpacking tomorrow.

 NB> Good... things are getting back in the normal patterns... :)

As we find things and get them into their proper places, yes we are. I'm
doing some cooking, but not very fancy stuff at the moment.

 NB>  RH>> recipies but it's also fun making your own versions of them.
 NB>  NB>> Something like that.  :)   Some things are easier imitated than
 NB>  NB>> others... some are better when someone else makes them... (G)

 RH> That's why I make some, leave others to experts.

 NB> Most I leave to experts, or don't worry about the inaccuracies... :)

I try some new things, some I keep trying until I perfect, others I give
up and let the pros do them.

 NB>  NB>> And besides, you had an unplanned (even if somewhat expected
 NB> sometime)  NB>> trip in the middle of things..  :)  Now you can settle
 NB> in and make  NB>> some nice winter comfort food.. ;)

 RH> Yes, now that winter is settling in. We're expecing freezing rain in
 RH> the area tonight into tomorrow, probably snow in the western part of
 RH> the state. Typical January weather.

 NB> I prefer snow to freezing rain...  We're getting pretty typical
 NB> January weather too... snow and cold temps... also windier than usual,
 NB> so lower wind chills, but that's not that uncommon really...  :)

We're going to have some rain tomorrow, then turn decent until Friday.
I'm going to make the sauerbraten this coming week tho, nothing big
coming up so I'll have the time to do it.

 NB> out of  RH>> venison and several of my siblings didn't like her
 NB> version. It was ok,  RH>> not great, but not on the level I've had it
 NB> since, both in Germany and  RH>> in German restaurants here in the

 NB>  NB>> From what you've said, she wasn't a particularly confident
 NB> cook..  NB>> easily discouraged when others didn't like things..  :)
 NB> So not as  NB>> likely to keep trying until she got it to be good...
 NB> :)

 RH> Dad was/is a picky eater so that she cooked to his tastes. She might
 RH> have been a bit more willing to try cooking new things if he were
 RH> more willing to eat them.

 NB> I suppose that she might have been more willing even if he was at
 NB> least somewhat encouraging of her so that she might get it to
 NB> something he'd
 NB> be happier with...

Possibly, but we'll never know now.

 RH> I gave her my MIL's lasagne/meatballs recipe but a couple of years
 RH> later, she asked me how to make it. She'd tried putting the
 RH> meatballs in with the lasagne, and, it didn't come out as she thought
 RH> it should. I made it properly, meatballs on the side, but I doubt she
 RH> ever tried it again.

 NB> As I said, not that confident a cook...

Especially if it was out of her comfort zone, as Italian was.

 NB>  RH>> I found a good recipe some years ago and have stuck with it; the
 NB>  RH>> red cabbage I do as a side comes from a Bavarian cook book Steve
 NB>  RH>> was given when he did a 3 month temporary duty in Augsburg.
 NB>  NB>> And you've done them both enough probably to have made them your
 NB>  NB>> own, as well....  :)

 RH> Probably a pretty fair presumption at this point.

 NB> I figured as much....  ;)

And I'll be making some next week, got a nice little cabbage today at
Lowe's.


 NB>  NB>> Which reminds me... I've found a nice little German restaurant
 NB> here  NB>> in town... It's actually a German butcher shop that
 NB> branched out to  NB>> serve lunch...   (snip)    I believe they are
 NB> only open for lunch,  NB>> though, so a visit there would have to take
 NB> that into account... :)

 RH> Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm, have to give it a try next time we're in the area.

 NB> I thought that might perk you up a bit... ;)

 RH> Was it a really sweet red cabbage or a sweet/sour sort?

 NB> Somewhat sweet/sour...  very tasty and went well with the sauerbraten
 NB> and German potato salad...  the potato salad was mushier than I've
 NB> ever had, not so much defined potato slices, but very nice all the
 NB> same.

OK, sounds like the red cabbage is a winner, potato salad, jury is still
out on it.

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Catch you later,
Ruth
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