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Skriven 2015-03-20 12:00:00 av NANCY BACKUS (1:123/140)
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-=> Quoting Ruth Haffly to Nancy Backus on 03-17-15  20:20 <=-

 RH> It looks like this spring and summer will be a series of trips and
 RH> home for short times between. It'll start next month, and hopefully
 RH> finish by late summer. But, we're going to semi plan that we'll need
 RH> another trip north at some unspecified time yet this year.
 
Now that your dad is in the facility, y'all are going to start in on the
house...?  Plus, there is your mom's burial still to plan...

 RH>> We're thinking this year will not be one for gardening tho.
 NB>> There's probably still enough unsettled that one wouldn't want to have
 NB>> a garden to worry about leaving on short notice.... I suppose you
 NB>> could still do some soil prep work, if finances and time allow...  :)

 RH> First off, we have to get a soil test done. Steve also bought on
 RH> markdown and clearance (or was it the other way around) a compost
 RH> barrel today so I'll have to start saving scraps for it. That'll help
 RH> the ground and our water bill (less use of the garbage disposal).
 
True, the soil test would give you a better sense for what is needed...
Composting almost always helps enrich the soil, though... :)  It's a
good ecological practice, too...  :)

 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.
 NB>> Well... there are different sorts of salt that can be used... and some
 NB>> places use sand, for traction as well as to encourage the sun's action
 NB>> in melting...

 RH> I think some sand is used here but not to the degree it would be used
 RH> in storms up north. NCDOT seems to rely more on salt than sand, and a
 RH> lot of brining.

I think sand is more used up in the North Country, ie the Adirondacks... 
it seems to all be salt here... 

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

 RH> We hit the low 80s today but tomorrow is supposed to be in the 60s,
 RH> and 50s on Friday. But, no snow is predicted, even tho some night
 RH> temps are supposed to drop to the (upper) 30s. 

That's way too warm for this time of year...!  This weekend, temps are
supposedly going to be hovering around freezing and a bit below for
highs... and we had some snow in the air a little while ago, seems to
have stopped now... :)

 RH> I decided to wait and cook my
 RH> corned beef & cabbage tomorrow; it'll be cooler then so the house
 RH> won't heat up with the stove going all afternoon.

Makes sense.  Our house was cool enough Tuesday that having the stove
going all afternoon didn't make any problems at all..  :)  We finshed
the rest of the boiled dinner last night for supper... 

 NB>>> But, true, a half pound of shrimp wouldn't stretch that far
 NB>>> gracefully.... ;)  Unless it were casserole style and had lots
 NB>>> of 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)
 NB>> I knew it wasn't intended to be casserole style... but one could
 NB>> conceivably adapt it that direction to serve more people with less
 NB>> shrimp...  :)

 RH> It might work, but I think I'd rather serve it with the rice they
 RH> suggest or pasta. It's most authentic with rice.

Of course.  :)  The other would be Shrimp Creole Casserole... not really
the same thing...  :)   And not necessary for a meal for just two
people...  :)

ttyl         neb

... You have to ask children and birds how cherries and strawberries taste

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