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Skriven 2015-11-29 20:00:17 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
  Kommentar till text 33706 av MICHAEL LOO (1:123/140)
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Hi Michael,

 ML> >  ML> there was going to be one fewer dietary restriction
 ML> >  ML> that you had to deal with.
 ML> > Yes, we can go back to cooking with gluten based products now.
 ML> They're > bringing g/f crackers and such like for the baby.

 ML> Ah, that was it. Yesterday we had gluten-free and glutenful
 ML> dressings and gravies, plus 5 gluten-free-dairy-free pies
 ML> and 3 glutenful-dairyful ones.

AFAIK, everything at our dinner was full gluten. (We were invited to
join the extended family dinner of one of the members of our church.)
There was a vegetarian turkey substitute available but I didn't try it.
Saw no need to bother when the real thing was available. (G)


 ML> > Yes, we noticed that the ones in charge of the general buying for
 ML> > breakfast, lunch and munchies bought quite a bit more stuff than was
 ML> > needed in some areas, not enough in others. Seemed like they had no
 ML> idea > how to buy for a group of our size.

 ML> That's not the commonest skill on the planet and takes
 ML> experience and/or training and/or the ability to work
 ML> stuff out in one's head.

I've had a good bit of experience there, in all aspects. The other
shoppers said that last year, the group that went, went for more snacks
and other munchies (including dry cereal) so they based some of their
buying on that. This year's group didn't have as many "munchers" I
guess. (G)


 ML> myself.
 ML> > I'm better about keeping my act together, for the most part.

 ML> I'm okay if I'm allowed to fly by night as is my wont.

Whenever you get the best fare, day or night.

 ML> >  ML> One of the few techniques that can palatablize a big
 ML> >  ML> chunk of white protein.
 ML> > Actually, it's still in the freezer. We had nobody take us up on the
 ML> > offer to participate in a "whosoever will" dinner so we cancelled
 ML> it.

 ML> And we went from just Rosemary and me to 15 in one
 ML> swell foop.

I think somebody said there were about 30 of us at one point, but no
lack of food.


 ML> >  ML> > a "name" for the car to do the electronic vehicle health
 ML> report. >  ML> That seems kind of weird.

 ML> Couldn't you just "name" it the VIN?

Probably could have, but that's not very original.


 ML> > It's not done in the new models, not sure when they discontinued it
 ML> > (some model year between 09 and 16). Having The GR8 was Steve's
 ML> > compromise on my suggestion we get that for the license plate.

 ML> Fancy license plates are fun but seem to me to be
 ML> a frivolous expense, especially in those states where
 ML> one has to pay a continuing annual fee.

That's why we didn't go with The GR8 for our plate (NC only has a back
plate.) on the vehicle.

 ML> >  ML> CRUNCHY CHEESERONI
 ML> > Quite different, something maybe a beginning cook might try. (G)

 ML> Thank goodness, we're not beginning cooks any more.

Amen to that one! My siblings, when I was a beginning cook, were not the
kindest recipients of my efforts. However, last year when we were in NY,
I made a beef stew for supper one night that my brothers scarfed down
like it was their last meal. I guess I've improved. (G)

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Ruth
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