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Skriven 2013-06-13 14:30:42 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
    Kommentar till text 245 av NANCY BACKUS (1:261/1381)
Ärende: Dad's eats
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Hi Nancy,

 RH> He likes potatoes and a vegetable, Mom usually did mashed potatoes but
 RH> Dad mentioned making "home fries" several times when we talked with
 RH> him last summer. I've baked several potatoes and put them in the fridge
 RH> or freezer at times for us, baked can be cubed and fried quickly if he
 RH> wanted to go that way.

 NB> That could work.  :)

If he has some decent potatoes; he buys them in bulk and by this time of
year (before the new ones come in), what's left of the bulk purchase is
pretty pathetic.

 NB>  NB>> One can make up larger portions of potatoes, too, and save some

 RH> I know, but how well do mashed potatoes keep in the fridge or can they
 RH> be frozen? I think he likes them the best.

 NB> Considering that one can buy them in refrigerated packages (in the
 NB> dairy section), and they seem to be part of lots of frozen dinners
 NB> (Swanson,
 NB> Marie Callender, Banquet, etc), I'd say that either is a possibility.
 NB> The refrigerator ones usually have a use by of about a month out,
 NB> IIRC, but I don't know how breaking into the packaging affects that,
 NB> as when
 NB> we've used them, we've just used the whole package.

So I could cook some up, mash them and freeze them in portion sized
"dollops" for him. That would work and give him relatively fresh mashed
potatoes.

 RH> My brother will be working on closing my aunt's apartment this month,
 RH> then going to Scout camp for several weeks. Dad will have the time to
 RH> work on his trains, maybe do some removal of old magazines, etc. My
 RH> brother won't let him mow the yard or do anything like that but I
 RH> think a small garden will be put in. That'll give him something else to
 RH> putter in.

 NB> And give him some fresh air at the same time, too... :)

Yes, as long as it's not raining.

 NB>  NB>>> ... Fruit tags would be grapely apricoted.
 NB>  RH>> As long as they're properly apple-ied..................
 NB>  NB>> Pears so...  ;)

 RH> Makes everything just peachy keen.

 NB> Berry nice...  ;)

Not plum loco?

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Catch you later,
Ruth
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