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     Kommentar till en text av RUTH HAFFLY
Ärende: Re: sticky situations 889
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-=> Quoting Ruth Haffly to Nancy Backus on 09-19-15  20:10 <=-

 NB>> We're discussing that, a Mexican place called Serena's, or possibly
 NB>> Fu's (Linda says she'd never turn down a bento box... [g])... Neither
 NB>> of us has been to Serena's, apparently she's been to the Burger Bar
 NB>> more than once already...  I think I might still vote for that one,
 NB>> just to satisfy my curiosity... ;)

 RH> So go to Serena's this time, the Burger Bar nest time. And Fu's in
 RH> between. (G)

She narrowed the choice down to the Burger Bar or Fu's... and I decided
to go with the unknown (to me)...  :)  So, Burger Bar it is, this
Thursday...  ;) 
 
 RH>> I've checked out the place we want to go to for our anniversary; it
 RH>> is open on Sundays so we'll go on the day itself.
 NB>> That sounds good... :)

 RH> They are one of the top notch places in the area; we've been there
 RH> once as guests of someone.

A special place for a special anniversary...  :)  How was it...?
 
 RH>> Pretty much so, knowing what the problems are and how to work around
 RH>> them is half the battle. Being "into" other than the standard American
 RH>> diet helps as well; we're comfortable working with alternatives.
 NB>> Yeah... that helps, too... :)

 RH> All the years of living in so many different places changed the way we
 RH> cook and eat--for the better.
 
And you've learned alternatives to the standard fare...  :)
 
 RH>>> Yes, it was a good one for the first cool day since some time in
 RH>>> May. I used almond meal instead of flour in the apple mix so it
 RH>>> didn't thicken like it usually does, but it was gluten free.
 NB>>> I guess you'd need some other sort of thickener, then... I guess
 NB>>> cornstarch is out because of Steve, but would rice starch work
 NB>>> instead...?  Or maybe tapioca "flour"...?
 RH>> I'll have to check what alternatives we have on hand. Cornstarch
 RH>> doesn't seem to bother Steve in the amounts I use it but maybe if I
 RH>> use half it, half something else, it'll cut the risk even more.
 NB>> Something more to experiment with... :)

 RH> Always.....................

But of course...   (G)
 
 RH>> It's probably a combination of those 2 factors--those that have
 RH>> problems are more attuned to other people's problems and those that
 RH>> don't have the problems aren't as aware of the need for accomodating
 RH>> the problems others may have.
 NB>> And sometimes people are so wrapped up with their own limitations that
 NB>> they don't notice other ones, especially non-standard ones...

 RH> Seems that way, or if they have no limitations, they don't understand
 RH> why others do.
 
Unless/until their consciousness is raised, perhaps with enough other
people that do have the issues...  I know that it only became a major
concern at our church with gluten-intolerance when the number with the
problem went from 1 adult to suddenly 3 or 4 adults and a couple
children along with another 2 or 3 adults that thought they might have
some cause to "play it safe"... now there's even gluten-free bread
available during communion... 
 
 RH>> Yes, and you were smart to play it safe with the cider vinegar at the
 RH>> picnic. I had the bottle because we used some in VT, and I knew I was
 RH>> going to do the chicken marinade at BP. I didn't think that I should
 RH>> have had Steve buy a bottle of wine vinegar or something like that to
 RH>> use instead, when he and Michael went into Canton. Then too, we don't
 RH>> know what kind of vinegar Brooks uses but I've always used cider for
 RH>> the knock off, partly because that's what my mom always used. I suspect
 RH>> Brooks does as well; it's not that expensive. Hmmm, wonder how it
 RH>> would taste done with wine vinegar.......................
 NB>> Now there's a thought...  ;)   Room for more experiments....  :)

 RH> Yes, but I wanted to make it "straight up" for the side by side taste
 RH> test. Now that we're home, I can experiment.

And we could have another side by side that I could actually taste both
sides of, potentially... ;)   I think that if Brooks had cider vinegar
in the bottled version of their marinade it should have said so,
though...   :)

ttyl        neb

... Galileo and Copernicus were wrong.  The world revolves around ME!

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