Text 7566, 100 rader
Skriven 2013-12-05 21:18:38 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
   Kommentar till text 7517 av Dave Drum (71646.cooking)
Ärende: Budget
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Hi Dave,

 DD> Furthest away family member (of those I keep track of) is Georgia (<50
 DD> miles away) in Beardstown - the pork processing capitol of Illinois.

 RH> Any update on how she's doing? Back still giving her trouble or did she
 RH> get it taken care of?

 DD> Her back will *always* give her trouble since by the time it was
 DD> diagnosed for what it was the window for surgical intervention to to

Too bad, had it been caught earlier, she might have gotten some relief.
Steve didn't putz around when his back really started giving him
trouble--he went with Tricare and a civilian doctor instead of waiting 6
months, just to see a neurosurgeon at the VA. He was recovering from his
surgery long before he would have gotten in at the VA, and doing quite
well, overall.

 DD> any good has long passed. Her daughter, Erin, on the other hand has
 DD> had some successful disc replacement procedures. And it doesn't look
 DD> as if Erin will mother any children to pass the gene for the
 DD> degenerative disc problem to.

Did she have the spinal fusion like Steve did?


 DD> Nobody promised that any of us would get rich in money. And I could
 DD> have made much, much more money in my life if that was what I was all
 DD> about. As it is I've pretty much done what I wanted for work and
 DD> enjoyed doing it. Which counts for a lot.

 RH> I know, we've no intention of hitting the big lottery pay off and
 RH> retiring to wherever, with a house full of servants. But, we've had
 RH> fun on the ride so far, bouncing around the world with the Army, being
 RH> in on a a part of history, etc. Learned about lots of new to us foods
 RH> from the latter, probably never would have gotten to try kim chee had
 RH> we stayed in Swansboro forever.

 DD> If I hit the lottery for a goodly sum (north of a couple million) I
 DD> might get a new (to me) house with a much improved kitchen. And share
 DD> with family and friends. No servants, though. Oh, and the first move
 DD> would be a new phone number.  Bv)=

An unlisted number, I presume? since I don't play the tax on the stupid,
I've no chance of winning. The kitchen we have here will do, for now,
but it isn't a forever one. It has the important appliances--stove,
fridge, dishwasher and enough room to also hold laundry machines, a
freezer and dining table.

 RH>  DD>   The Raisin Sour Cream Pie was always my favorite pie to
 RH>  DD>   order at Marie Callender's. Here's a recipe I have had
 RH>  DD>   around for years, I've never tried making it since I'm the
 RH>  DD>   only one in the family that likes Raisin Sour Cream Pie.

 RH> Looks like it's a PA Dutch thing.

 DD> Which is odd. Marie Callender's is a SunnySoCal originated firm. From
 DD> the web site: "It all started with dessert. The legacy of Marie
 DD> Callender began in the early 1940s in Orange County, California, when
 DD> Marie, an accomplished baker, first launched her legendary pie
 DD> business, delivering freshly baked pies to area restaurants."

 RH> Makes you sort of wonder what her family heritage was. Did she have
 RH> ancestors with PA Dutch backgrounds and that pie passed down as a
 RH> family favorite? Did she see the recipe in a cook book and give it a
 RH> try on a whim? Sometimes the back story can be interesting on how a
 RH> product comes on to the market.

 DD> I have no idea. And she is long in the ground. There is a web site
 DD> which may give more information. www.mariecallenders.com

For me to peruse in all my spare time.


 DD>       Title: Marie Callender's Cornbread
 DD>  Categories: Breads, Dairy
 DD>       Yield: 6 servings

 DD>       1 c  Flour
 DD>       1 c  Cornmeal
 DD>     2/3 c  Sugar
 DD>       1 ts Salt
 DD>       3 ts Baking powder
 DD>       1 lg Egg
 DD>       1 c  Milk
 DD>     1/3 c  Oil

She wasn't a deep south cook, that's for sure! Enough sugar in there to
get my teeth itching; it's a corn cake, not corn bread recipe.

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Catch you later,
Ruth
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