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Skriven 2015-02-12 19:49:04 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
  Kommentar till text 23924 av NANCY BACKUS (1:123/140)
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Hi Nancy,

 NB>  NB>> Some, of course, were more adventurous than others...

 RH> About normal for a family with several children. We did the same, in
 RH> varying degrees, between the 5 of us.

 NB> Quite.   :)

Do you have any siblings that rely on just pre done, heat and serve type
meals? I don't think my brother Bill cooked a meal from scratch his
entire life.

 NB>  NB>> just like even though we all got
 NB>  NB>> piano lessons from Mommy, only two of us really went very far
 NB>  NB>> with it, although most retained at least a little..  ;)

 RH> I can read music and pick out a line but playing 2 hands is beyond me.
 RH> Never had formal lessons and can only stretch 7 notes half comfortably
 RH> anyway. OTOH, sister below me had lessons as an adult (when her older
 RH> son took lessons) but plays very mechanically.

 NB> Part of that could have been her teacher...  Learning piano is more
 NB> than just the notes on the page... but some teachers don't really get
 NB> that...

And, I've noticed some people with very scientific minds play the piano
very mechanically. One lady in our church in HI was like that until the
music director got her to loosen up somewhat. She also got into quilting
and had to learn how to "shake things up a bit" with colors & fabrics.

 NB>  NB>> At one point we were almost fanatical about it... but have
 NB> relaxed  NB>> the standards more over the years.. :)  Not a lot more,
 NB> though.. ;)

 RH> Same here. Other things we've gotten stricter about, like looking for
 RH> specific ingredients and not buying if the food in question has them.

 NB> Other than apple, we've not gone quite that far... We do tend to not
 NB> buy things that have too many things in it that we aren't comfortable
 NB> with, though...

If it has a list of chemicals for flavoring and preserving a mile long,
it goes back on the shelf.

 NB> cabbage  RH>> and mayo. Not the best, but a starting point.
 NB>  NB>> A beginning to further experimentations in cooking... ;)

 RH> Also getting a good recipe helps. Thanks to my MIL, I got a good cole
 RH> slaw one. She pointed me to another one that's popular in their
 RH> community in FL; we tried it but went back to the original.

 NB> You found one you liked..  :)

Very much so. Just cabbage, carrots, pineapple and dressing of mayo,
s&p, sugar (or stevia) and a bit of pineapple juice.

 NB>  RH>> But little time, unfortunatly.
 NB>  NB>> So true..  :)

 RH> And looking at a late July, early August time frame this year.

 NB> We'll have to see how things play out as we get closer...  :)

Yes, maybe we can combine it with a trip to Olindo's when we go into
Rochester.

 RH> ... It's as easy as 3.1415926535897932384626433832795028841!

 NB> Yup, quite...  (G)

Blueberry, pecan or chocolate?

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Ruth
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