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Skriven 2015-03-11 13:27:34 av Janis Kracht (1:261/38.0)
  Kommentar till text 24706 av NANCY BACKUS (1:123/140)
Ärende: Re: New Toy
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Hi Nancy,

>> Last weekend I had a ouchey-dammit
>> fall when I tripped over my own feet/the kitchen chair/the dog/the air/
>> (grin).  I landed on my hands somewhere in there, and since the weekend
>> my right hand has been killing me.. so when we've had pasta, he's had
>> to dump the ronies into the colander.. I was thankful... It is starting
>> to let up at least.  Probly a bad sprain.

> That's a nasty fall... good thing you weren't hurt worse... Is the hand
> any better now...?

Yep... just a bad sprain... I'm sure it didn't help that this week I was using
my right hand so much, "anyway".. :)  But it is generally better.  Not all gone
yet, but it shouldn't be around too much long I'd guess.

>> lately not at all, since it was for the Swedish Christmas rye bread I
>> was making for my husband's s-i-l for the Backus Christmas, which isn't
>> happening any more..

>> That sounds so very sad, but I understand.. Holidays are good now, but
>> certainly not the same as before when we could all gather at Mom's.

> Once Mom died, Margit decided that she'd rather go to Connecticut to
> celebrate with her sister and family... Since the family is just them
> and us now, it meant that there wasn't any Backus get together any more.
> She's the one that decided that we were just takers, not givers, so non
> gratis...  [shrug]  It's her loss...

Yes, that's the truth... sad when things like this happen but I know the type..

>> I bet they loved that when you could do it.. Reminds me of Easter.. I
>> try to make a sweet easter bread with colored eggs baked in it every
>> Easter... Now with this new mixer, it should be easy at least :)

> Easier, anyway...  :)  Sounds lovely.  :)  My family did enjoy the
> Swedish Christmas bread when I made it, as it was different from the
> norm... some enjoyed it better than others, of course... The spicing and
> rye aren't favorites of some... ;)  But it goes so well with butter
> slathered over the slice...  :)

I bet!  That sounds so good :)

>> I resisted it from the begining Lol... but to each his own. I'm kind
>> of rough on my toys so... :)

> It could be a good thing to only break one thing instead of a major
> component of a full system, for sure... ;)

Yes... cuts down on the inconvenience when one thing "goes". :)

>> My Walkman was useful for taking to camp with me...
>> choice of cassettes or radio, and all on batteries...  ;)

>> I had a cassette tape player and an AMC radio once Lol After I met Ron
>> and we were doing puppet shows all over the eastern seaboard, we had a
>> "cassette deck".. It was a monster system that could play tapes.  We
>> puppeteers filled in the dialog.. was neat.

> Bet that was a lot of fun... :)

It was, and our team was very popular.  At one point we were contacted by Sid
and Marty Kroft to do some work professionally (well, we were already getting
paid, but this would have been more "big time" (G)).. but you know, we had
little kids... and doing something like that wasn't the kind of lifestyle we
wanted.

>>> I want to see how often that transmission fails on the Bosch before I
>>> get the blender, for sure.  Won't do any good to kill the thing since
>>> that's the main power/drive/whatever for the mixer :(  I can get
>>> another separate blender cheaply enough I think (g).  IIRC I killed my
>>> last blender trying to grind dry chick peas - It didn't like that at
>>> all :)  Then I tried my grain mill... that blew the fuse on it :(
>>> Luckily I was able to find the fuses quickly for it.
>> Sounds like you should have taken a hammer to the chickpeas... (G)

>> hahahahahaha :) yes, that would have worked and saved me a LOT of $$$ :)

> Just couldn't resist...  ;)

Lol - Understand :) :)

>> Isn't your current blender a Ninja...?

>> Well, I have both.. think about it.. the ninja container is only about
>> 2 1/2 cups max.. the blender jar is over a quart.. I think (g)

> I've seen Ninja systems at BJ's that looked like they had quart+ jars as
> part of the package... but maybe I was wrong about the actual capacity.

Well, what I have is somewhat small compared to a blender jar.. It's probably
considered a "mini-ninja" kind of hehe... anyway, it's not the size of a
blender.

>> 11's pretty close, yeah...  ;)  And even some younger kids have very
>> good appetites, too... :)

>> Yeah.. I think Ron's family was like that.. mine wasn't..I mean I
>> remember spitting out veggies and other "strange" foods into napkins,
>> while my oldest sister was lining up rigatonis like army squadrons
>> hahahaha.. we didn't care so much about food :)

> We couldn't get away with that... plus, there was never quite enough
> anyway, so unless one really hated something, one would eat it so as not
> to be hungry later...  :)

Understand.  When we were yound kids, Dad always worked 3 jobs to carry us
through with the big house and 6 kids.. He really was rarely home back then :(

>> Me too... Certainly because say when people come over the house needs
>> a cleaning too (g).. but what he read was more that if you keep falling
>> asleep after you eat, that's a sign of "fatigue".. and he read that
>> when you're fatigued you're hungry.. it's like a warped brain
>> response...

> Oh, that's different... I don't fall asleep, just get too tired to lift
> the fork/spoon/chopsticks to my mouth for another mouthful... ;)  I get
> enough to stave off hunger, and then the tired takes over... :)

Yeah, know what you mean there.

> Oatmeal being one of the good sources of fiber..  :)  I get the
> old-fashioned oats at Wegmans... I'm pretty sure that Lori's has the
> groats, too... Actually, I think one can buy organic groats at Wegmans
> now, too... but they are substantially more pricey than just getting the
> regular old-fashioned...  :)

>> usually order from, http://pleasanthillgrain.com/, is now only selling
>> BULK packages, like 39lbs for $100.00 ... sad. They used to sell it in

> You'd probably need to freeze most of it to keep it from going bad
> before you used it up...  Guess they are getting out of the supplying
> individuals business...?

I don't know, I'll have to contact them eventually to see what's up (g).. For
now I still have several (I think 4) #10 tin cans of groats so it will be a
while before I run out.

>> 2lb. packages kind of envelopes.. have to go searching when I run out
>> but I think the last time I ordered, I got a case of 5 or 6 #10 cans of
>> groats so I could flake them with my grain mill.

> Hope you find a good supplier.. :)

Yeah, I'll be looking :)

Take care,
Janis

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