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     Kommentar till en text av RUTH HAFFLY
Ärende: Re: ethnic  was: move
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-=> Quoting Ruth Haffly to Nancy Backus on 02-20-15  20:09 <=-

 NB>>> No, I don't think so...  my brothers cook for themselves when
 NB>>> need be, even when they've had wives to cook for them...  and
 NB>>> all my sisters cook at least basic stuff, some of them pretty
 NB>>> fancy stuff...  :)
 RH>> Both my brothers are unmarried so pretty much had to cook for
 RH>> themselves. One taught himself to do so decently, the other never did.
 NB>> Some see the need (or benefit), others never do...  :)  The older
 NB>> of my brothers at least got into making things like the family
 NB>> recipe of peanutbutter candy even before leaving home,

 RH> If he liked it, he wanted to know how to make it to continue his
 RH> supply. 

There is that... ;)   Plus, Daddy was always willing to pass on his
knowledge to the kids...  :)

 NB>> the younger of the two was somewhat artistic (was going for a pottery
 NB>> degree at RIT) so enjoyed mixing "messes"...

 RH> Lots of that going on in a kitchen too. But then too, artists don't
 RH> always take the time to eat, or eat properly (speaking from
 RH> experience). 

Maybe not always eating properly, but he usually did take time to eat. 
Besides, he discovered that he had an allergy to the pottery dust, so
had to stop that....

 RH>> With quilting, an eye for what has to be done or can be done to
 RH>> liven up a boring quilt is useful. Sometimes just getting a second
 RH>> opinion will provide the impetus to do more or less or re-arrainge
 RH>> blocks in a better setting.
 NB>> A good eye for color and form is what's needed there... :)

 RH> Our group is good for all adding an opinion. (G) Some of the ladies
 RH> admit they've questioned some of my color choices initially, but when
 RH> they see the finished top, they see how well the various choices have
 RH> come together.

Some things are a bit surprisingly copasetic... ;)
 
 RH>>> If it has a list of chemicals for flavoring and preserving a
 RH>>> mile long, it goes back on the shelf.
 NB>>> Most of those don't even come off the shelf in the first
 NB>>> place... ;)
 RH>> Some of them look interesting so I'll pull them off for a closer look.
 RH>> Then I start reading and find out it's not what we want to eat.
 NB>> Yup, sigh...  ;)  After a while, one starts to have a sense, though,
 NB>> which are likely to not come up to standards, no matter how
 NB>> interesting they appear...  ;)

 RH> I know, I was looking at a cake mix earlier today that fit the
 RH> description.

And then there are some products that actually surprisingly aren't
loaded with the bad things... but they don't seem to stick around too
long...  ;0
 
 RH>>> Yes, maybe we can combine it with a trip to Olindo's when we go
 RH>>> into Rochester.
 NB>>> Possibly you could stay a night with us, and combine with
 NB>>> visiting our church, as well...  :)
 RH>> That would be fun. Think Richard could take it?
 NB>> He should be ok with it... a more likely problem would be whether or
 NB>> not you'd be able to take our cats.... or the dust...

 RH> As long as you dust a couple of days or so before we visit and the
 RH> cats haven't been rolling in dust, I should be OK. If they like
 RH> combing, comb them out before you dust and that'll catch a lot of
 RH> loose hairs. 

One of them seems to, the other one doesn't... at the moment they aren't
shedding quite as badly as they might be, but then it's not the warmest
of times... ;)  I do have to admit that housekeeping is not one of my
better skills... ;)

 RH>>>> ... It's as easy as 3.1415926535897932384626433832795028841!
 NB>>>> Yup, quite...  (G)
 RH>>> Blueberry, pecan or chocolate?
 NB>>> Probably pecan... or something even more labor-intensive... ;)
 RH>> Chocolate silk from scratch?
 NB>> Never tried that one... :)

 RH> I've had it at the Village Inn but not tried making it before, tho
 RH> have seen it and it looks easy enough to try.

Then it's probably easier than pi...  ;)  Did you notice that next month
will be PI day... when the first 10 digits will show up twice that
day...?   3/14/15 at 9:26:53 am and pm...  ;)  Happens once every
hundred years...  :)

ttyl        neb

... Butterflies are self-propelled flowers.

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