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-=> Quoting Ruth Haffly to Nancy Backus on 03-12-15  20:22 <=-

 RH>>> Have to figure out where and when the picnic will be this year.
 RH>>> Then look at our schedule and see if it's do-able, and go from
 RH>>> there.
 NB>>> Still far enough in the future....
 RH>> Yes, but we've already made a committment for part of August already.
 NB>> True, as I have for part of July.. :)

 RH> So hopefully the picnic will work out for both of us to attend.

Indeed... that is the hope.. :)
 
 NB>> Sounds like you
 NB>> are about a month or so ahead of us, at least normally... :)

 RH> Dad used to till the ground in mid to late April but not do any
 RH> serious planting until the latter part of May so yes, a month behind
 RH> is about right. We can plant as early as late March/early April
 RH> around here but have to be wary of late frosts. We're thinking this
 RH> year will not be one for gardening tho.

There's probably still enough unsettled that one wouldn't want to have
a garden to worry about leaving on short notice.... I suppose you could
still do some soil prep work, if finances and time allow...  :)

 RH>> you do, and you can't plow that. Some people think they can drive on
 RH>> it, but those are the ones you see on TV sliding all over the road.
 NB>> Ice gets salted around here... sometimes it helps... ;)  The snow
 NB>> plows have salt speaders on the back...

 RH> Around here they say the salt doesn't work if it gets below a certain
 RH> temperature (about 20, IIRC) so most of it is left to melt on its own.

Well... there are different sorts of salt that can be used... and some
places use sand, for traction as well as to encourage the sun's action
in melting... 
 
 NB>>> Ours just didn't let up all month... it was snowier than it's
 NB>>> been, too...
 RH>> Hopefully ours is done for the season but I'm not holding my breath.
 NB>> I wish ours was, but I know better... ;/

 RH> At least one more cold snap before Easter.

We're getting another cold snap starting tomorrow... I doubt it will be
the last one...  At least the trend is warming, which is a relief in and
of itself...  :)

 NB>>> We were living in Jackson when we were there...  :)
 RH>> OK, near the Alabama border. We've got some friends in Alabama that
 RH>> aren't too far from Jackson.
 NB>> Not that near the Alabama border, closer to Louisiana actually.. but
 NB>> easily near the middle of the state N-S... But the state isn't as wide
 NB>> as some we are used to...  ;)

 RH> No, not that wide but our friends live right near the AL/MS border.

OK, that would put them closer to Jackson... :)
 
 RH>>> SHRIMP CREOLE
 RH>>> Serves 6.
 NB>>> And did you get 3 meals from it....?  (G)  We find that things
 NB>>> that say 4 servings are often just enough for the two of us for
 NB>>> one meal.. ;)
 RH>> I only had about half a pound of shrimp so got supper for both of us,
 RH>> and a light lunch for me out of it. Lots of sauce because I didn't cut
 RH>> down the recipe.
 NB>> So if sauce made the meal, it might have served closer to 6... ;)

 RH> I'd say in reality, probably 4.

OK... :)
 
 NB>> Especially if one used extra bread or such to soak it up well.. ;)
 NB>> But, true, a half pound of shrimp wouldn't stretch that far
 NB>> gracefully.... ;)  Unless it were casserole style and had lots of
 NB>> starch and veggies...

 RH> It's not a casserole kind of thing. Pasta or rice to serve underneath
 RH> to soak up the sauce, veggies on the side. Possibly a piece of bread
 RH> for extra sauce, depending on how dry the rice or pasta is. It is
 RH> definately good tho. (G)

I knew it wasn't intended to be casserole style... but one could
conceivably adapt it that direction to serve more people with less
shrimp...  :)

ttyl          neb

... The first consideration is that our meals be fun as well as fuel.

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