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Skriven 2015-04-28 16:31:57 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
  Kommentar till text 26431 av NANCY BACKUS (1:123/140)
Ärende: Peppers
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Hi Nancy,

 NB> bar selection... oh, and steamed rice and fried rice...  :)

 RH> Decisions, decisions. I'd go for high protein, low carb. Trouble is,
 RH> with the sauces, I don't know ingredients--if sugar is used,
 RH> thickening agents, etc--all potential carb bombs.

 NB> At least with the buffet, you can pick and choose exactly what you
 NB> take from each tray... and control pretty much how much sauce you get
 NB> as
 NB> well...

Yes, that's always a good plan. The problem is, trying to decide what to
try. (G) At a place like Golden Corral, first plate is salads, second is
meat and some hot vegetable, 3rd is dessert(s). Each successive plate
gets smaller in serving size/number of items so usually the dessert
plate has maybe 2 things on it, and small quantities of each.


 NB>  NB>> They bring out your choice of wonton, hot&sour or eggdrop soup
 NB> with  NB>> either the buffet or the lunch specials...  :)

 RH> Again, a tough choice to make. (G)

 NB> Or none at all... ;)  The wonton broth would be fairly low carb, and
 NB> you could always leave behind the noodle while eating the meat
 NB> filling,

That's my favorite part tho, the meat with the noodle.


 NB> too...  They're all good...  I like the eggdrop soup there, since he
 NB> puts some veggies in it for a little crunch, some shreds of water
 NB> chestnut, a few carrot shreds, a few peas.... :)

That's the more practical one, all things considered.


 NB>  NB>> It would let you try a selection
 NB>  NB>> of the more popular items on the menu... :)

 RH> A bit of this, more of that and none of that, thank you. (G)

 NB> You always have that option...  :)

Helps to know what's good for me, what isn't in addition to what I like
and what I don't like. (G)


 NB>  RH>> Yes, and Steve hadn't been over there in a while. It was his
 NB> choice  RH>> of places to go to but I had no arguement. (G)
 NB>  NB>> I can see that.  ;)

 RH> Especially since he had chicken caccitori, even tho it wasn't on the
 RH> menu. That, and cannoli for dessert................need I say more?

 NB> Quite tasty...  :)

Very much so, actually.

 NB>  RH>> I've had some that's been too hot for me to appreciate the taste
 NB> of  RH>> the dish. I'll top out at a medium level.
 NB>  NB>> I top out higher than you, then...  But I've always been able to
 NB> taste  NB>> the food...

 RH> Did your dad like hot and spicy foods? Mine doesn't so we had very
 RH> bland food when I was growing up. His heat level would rate in the
 RH> negative range.

 NB> Daddy liked a fair bit of spice... I got my recipe for spiced tongue
 NB> from him... peppercorns, allspice, cloves, bayleaf, onions...  And his
 NB> (and most of the family's as well) favorite cake was spice cake with
 NB> penuche icing... Ginger snaps were a staple in the cupboard, too...  I
 NB> don't remember doing things with peppers, though... Dunno how high his
 NB> heat level would have rated, but I'd figure probably in the range of
 NB> as high as yours is now...

So you grew up eating things spicier than I did. That makes a
difference, where you start from.


 NB>  RH>> Once I get other things done...............Got caught up on the
 NB> back  RH>> newspapers today, work around the house the last few days,
 NB> catching up  RH>> on Fido, 2 trips to Raleigh for QofV related events,
 NB> Sunday School &  RH>> church, the dessert auction, farmer's market,
 NB> etc, etc during the day.  NB>> Yup, I can relate...  ;)  Plodding
 NB> through the Fido catch-up, while  NB>> coming home to a full
 NB> schedule... ;)

 RH> And then it starts all over again. We're taking off for a few days
 RH> next week again.

 NB> May's going to be a travel month for me, too...  May 2 is a day trip
 NB> to Penn Yan for a meeting... then my niece is getting married on the
 NB> 16th
 NB> near Pittsburgh, and the following weekend is my Spring board meeting
 NB> for the pond association...  never stops, really...  ;)

We'll have a good amount of time (not quite 3 months) at home after this
trip before any more travel. The next trip tho, will be a long
one--visit family in western NY, VT mission and the picnic.

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Catch you later,
Ruth
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