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Skriven 2015-03-17 20:57:40 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
  Kommentar till text 24978 av NANCY BACKUS (1:123/140)
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Hi Nancy,

 NB>  NB>> didn't add the marshmallows atop... ;)  Not sure a cracker
 NB>  NB>> (especially a saltine) would hold up to too much loading... :)

 RH> Probably not, but have you ever done microwave s'mores? Watching a
 RH> marshmallow in the microwave is quite interesting--it puffs up to
 RH> about double the original size, then collapses onto itself.

 NB> Nope, never done...  But I can imagine... similar to how steam blows
 NB> up the microwaving bags while cooking, and then collapses down when
 NB> done
 NB> and you open the door...  :)

Same sort of thing but more fun to watch a marshmallow do it. Try it
with your grand nieces and nephews some time.


 NB> Festival, we got the turkey legs that were being  NB>> offered...  one
 NB> apiece wasn't too much meat... it was more the getting  NB>> into the
 NB> spirit of the thing...  :)

 RH> We didn't get them at the Renn. fairs we went to. One was just a small
 RH> gathering, on Fort Hood. The other was a big, commercial one in MA but
 RH> we'd stopped to eat before going in. Had a huge pastrami on rye
 RH> sandwich; it was good!

 NB> We only got to one.... there's one fairly near here that we've never
 NB> been to... the one we did go to was out in Phoenix when we visited the
 NB> kids... ;)  I think we'd planned on getting the turkey legs and
 NB> playing medieval beforehand... I'd probably try something else to eat
 NB> for
 NB> another time...  :)

We didn't go to specifically play medieval but went just for the fun of
it. My brother had come up and taken the girls on a whale watching trip
so we took advantage of a gorgeous fall day to get out and do something
ourselves.


 NB>  NB>> They'd be fine for making turkey soup out of,
 NB>  NB>> but not so much for a main course...  Turkey thighs have a lot
 NB>  NB>> more meat (and more easily accessible) than the legs do... :)

 RH> Had to go with what the store had, they had legs only.

 NB> That's why I suggested the turkey soup...  (G)

The tradition was that Mom made the soup out of the carcass from the
Thanksgiving or Christmas bird, never any other time. The times we got
the legs, it was mid summer and not the time of year when we would have
wanted turkey soup. But yes, they would have been better in soup, had I
been more of a cook at that time. Don't know if Dad would have liked it
for supper instead of his meat and potatoes but he might have liked it
for lunch. OTOH, he would have fussed about having bought the legs for a
supper meal, not lunch--cant' win for losing sometimes.

 NB>  RH>> flavors work well together. Mom put the cloves on ham; I think
 NB> she  RH>> also did a brown sugar and mustard glaze sometimes.
 NB>  NB>> Mustard goes well, too... :)  I don't think we did it that way,
 NB>  NB>> though...

 RH> Try it some time.

 NB> Oh, I've cooked ham with mustard, just that we (probably) didn't do it
 NB> that way when I was growing up..   :)

funny, how some things you cook the same way your family did, others get
changed in some small, some large, ways.


 NB> together, or  NB>> if something isn't quite right after all... :)  And
 NB> generally one  NB>> has to lay them all out together to "see"...  :)

 RH> And those that don't sew or quilt just don't understand why it takes
 RH> so long to buy fabric. Steve understands to a certain extent, but he
 RH> tries to "get lost" when I go fabric shopping.

 NB> Shopping in general isn't my cup of tea, either... but the few times
 NB> I've done fabric shopping, it's generally enjoyable...  ;)  But then,
 NB> it's less the shopping aspect and more the creativity aspect of it
 NB> that I enjoy.  :)  And reveling in the colors and fabrics...  ;)

I have fun playing with color; I think that's why I like to fabric shop.
Grocery shopping is a "got to" but even that can be fun at times,
especially if the store has some new to you items. Or, shop in a store
you don't regularly shop in, and see what new things you can come up
with. Try them and figure out if they're keepers or just worth the one
time try only. We've discovered a number of new foods by my buying a
"let's see if Steve will like this" item now and again.

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Catch you later,
Ruth
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... OH NO!  Not ANOTHER learning experience!

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