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Skriven 2015-06-17 20:57:26 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
  Kommentar till text 28276 av MICHAEL LOO (1:123/140)
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Hi Michael,

 ML> I can hardly imagine the former, and if I were you I'd give
 ML> Steve the credit!
 RH> They do enjoy chewing on him--he can just step outside and they all
 RH> say "supper time"!

 ML> "I feel your pain."

I have no pain if they don't bite me. (G)


 ML> I actually had them once, many years ago. They were just
 ML> sour bratwurst.
 RH> IOW, nothing special?

 ML> Somewhat below nothing special.

Really bad then, very forgettable, in the wurst way.


 ML> As time goes on I like tart things less and less. So I used
 ML> to make a nice authentic German potato salad; now beware, as
 ML> if I get coerced into making it at all it becomes this sort
 ML> of sweet-sour thing.
 RH> I make an authentic German potato salad, a Penn Dutch potato salad and
 RH> my own hybrid potato salad. The last is one I developed over the last
 RH> few years, with mustard in the dressing and Steve likes it.

 ML> Mustard? Egg too?

Potatoes, egg, Italian dressing and mustard/mayo dressing. I make my own
Italian dressing, btw.


 ML> For me, handmade mustard has more punch and tastes bsater.
 ML> Wow, did I actually type that?
 RH> Blame it on the new glasses.

 ML> I'm blaming a lot on the glasses. It's almost impossible for me
 ML> to read these days, and I have to make sense of things the way
 ML> a dyslexic would. I think everyone has a touch of dyslexia anyhow,
 ML> but this new equipment is certainly accentuating mine.

No fun at all. I should have another eye exam; its been over a year
since my last one. My regular doctor was checking up on routine things
like that today, in addition to a 6 month A1C. That was a 5.1; he's
beginng to wonder if the diabetes was a misdiagnosis of the pancreas
temporarily shutting down when it was inflammed and reviving once it
healed. I'd originally been told it shut down for good but........that's
why they call it practicing medicine I guess. (G)


 ML> I was curious about this Lovecraft character Cthulu and went to
 ML> the Wiki article, which reads in part

 ML>  Considered a Great Old One within the pantheon of Lovecraftian
 ML>  cosmic entities, the creature has since been featured in numerous
 ML>  popular culture references.

 ML> This is what I saw, more or less, and I had to get very close to
 ML> my screen and go very slowly to make sense of anything.

 ML>  Considered a cheat old pea within the pantheon of Lovecraftian
 ML>  comic entitles, the literature has since been featured in
 ML>  humorous popular cultured residences.

Whoops, time to get your eyes (or glasses re-examined.


 ML>       Title: Maraschino Cherries
 ML> I find them amusing. Not very nutritive, of course.
 RH> Not good for anything, including our compost barrels.
 ML> Pretty amazing things they are, as well as amusing.
 RH> Amazing in that they continue to be popular in some circles, amusing

 ML> I am a sucker for almond flavoring (which most red
 ML> maraschino cherries have) and will eat these with
 ML> no displeasure, even though as a child I thought they
 ML> were disgusting (glace cherries, too).

I don't mind small amounts of almond flavoring but it seems to be a
"must" with cherries, for some arcane reasoning. I'd rather have
cherries without it, just the cherry flavor but it's almost impossible
to get unless I do a cherry whatever myself.

 RH> in that some people like to try to tie a knot in the stem with their
 RH> tongue.

 ML> Various people on the echo were able to do so - I
 ML> succeeded on the rare occasion, though in order to
 ML> fold the stem in properly I had to use my teeth.
 ML> I had to find specially long-stemmed cherries to
 ML> accomplish the trick.

I've never tried the trick, doubt I ever will.

 ML>       Title: Picnic Potatoe Salad
 ML>  Categories: Cajun, Salads
 ML>       Yield: 24 servings

 ML>      10 lb Potatoes                            1 c  Celery, finely
 ML> chopped       8 ea Eggs, hard-boiled                   1 c  Fresh
 ML> parsley,finely chopped       2 c  Dill relish                     1
 ML> 1/2 pt Mayonnaise
 ML>       1 c  Sweet relish                      1/2 c  Yellow mustard
 ML>       2 c  Salad olives, chopped               1 x  Salt, to taste
 ML>       2 c  Onions, finely chopped              1 x  Louisiana hot
 ML> sauce

Looks good, I might give it (or my own varient) a try sometime. For the
Penn. Dutch potato salad, I use onion and celery so adding olives isn't
that far a reach. That one uses a cooked sweet/sour dressing but trying
one with pickle relish, mayo, mustard and hot sauce sounds interesting.

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Catch you later,
Ruth
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