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Skriven 2013-12-11 18:37:58 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
   Kommentar till text 7724 av Dave Drum (71825.cooking)
Ärende: Budget
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Hi Dave,

 RH> OK, Steve didn't have a disk replacement. The disk was taken out and a
 RH> "bridge" built between the two vertabrae, with a cage of filler bone.
 RH> It's a lot more than I'd want to go thru but he only needed it done in
 RH> one area. Disk replacment doesn't sound like a picnic either.

 DD> To be clear - Georgia has had 4 separate fusions on her spine - which
 DD> limits her mobility somewhat. Erin has had three disc replacements.
 DD> Which have (in the long run) reduced her pain and enhanced her
 DD> mobility.

Not a fun time for either of them but if it needed doing.............

 DD> I disagree that it's a tax on the stupid. Many who play the lottery
 DD> realise, as I do, that the odds of substantial pay-off are
 DD> astronomical. But, if it hits - yippee! And I never play more than I

 RH> Sorry, that was a term we've used but shouldn't. I just can't see
 RH> spending money we don't have on a very slim chance I might win more.

 DD> can afford. What I spend on lottery tickets is about the amount I'd be

 RH> Trouble is, most people don't know when to stop buying tickets and
 RH> spend money they can ill afford to spend on them. Sounds like you
 RH> respect your stopping point.

 DD> To be honest I sometimes refer to the lottery as a tax on those who
 DD> are bad at math. And I do argue with their methods of figuring the
 DD> odds against .... the lottery people coming up with WAAAAAAY shorter
 DD> odds than I and my Texas Instruments calculator get. In a 40 number
 DD> pool in which one must match six numbers the odds, as I see it, should
 DD> be 1 in 40 X 39 X 38 X 37 X 36 X 35 (2,763,633,600) 2.76+ billion to
 DD> 1.

IOW, a real long shot.


 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

 RH> For me to peruse in all my spare time.

 DD> Of which you, no doubt, have copious amounts, being an empty nester
 DD> and stay at home wife.  Bv)=

 DD> And yes, I know. But that was said facetiously.

 RH> I know, yesterday was one of those days I hit the ground running and
 RH> didn't stop until bed time. Went to the farmer's market (got spinach
 RH> and a couple of small cabbages), Sharing Shop, a couple of
 RH> craftfair/bake sales (made sure my pumpkin bars were out at one) and
 RH> Lowe's (foods) before lunch. After lunch was sewing, choir practice,
 RH> putting together a broccoli salad and helping Steve with a cake icing,
 RH> then supper. After supper was back in the sewing room for a bit, Fido,
 RH> and Skype with Rachel & kids. The broccoli salad was for Life Group
 RH> today; I pretty much filled a 5 1/2 quart bowl and didn't bring any
 RH> home. Steve made some Italian garlic bread (a bit came home) and a
 RH> pumpkin cake with cream cheese icing (none came home) for the meal. A
 RH> friend made Chicken Alfredo Rigatoni as the entree.

 DD> I'm not quite that busy - but, I have my moments.

Some days it's running from one thing to another. That's why Fido has
been a bit more sporadic for me the past few weeks.


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

 DD> In my experience southern cooks use a lot more sugar in things like
 DD> that than normal people.

 RH> Down here, tea gets more sugar than corn bread.

 DD>       Title: Skillet Cornbread
 DD>  Categories: Pork, Breads, Dairy
 DD>       Yield: 7 servings

 DD>       2 tb Bacon drippings
 DD>   1 1/2 c  Stone-ground white cornmeal
 DD>     1/4 c  All-purpose flour
 DD>       2 tb Sugar
 DD>       1 ts Baking powder
 DD>       1 ts Baking soda
 DD>     3/4 ts Table salt
 DD>       2 c  Buttermilk
 DD>       1 lg Egg

 RH> That's leaning toward more authentic. (G) I'd probably leave out or cut
 RH> back on the sugar & salt and use yellow cornmeal.

 DD> Here is *MY* (stolen from Emeril) Cornbread - no sugar at all

 DD> MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06

 DD>       Title: Skillet Cornbread -- 01
 DD>  Categories: Emeril, Breads, Pork, Chilies
 DD>       Yield: 5 Servings

 DD>     1/2 lb Bacon; chopped
 DD>       2 tb Minced garlic
 DD>       4    Jalapenos; seeded, diced
 DD>       3 c  Cornmeal
 DD>       1 ts Baking powder
 DD>       1 ts Baking soda
 DD>       2 ts Salt
 DD>     1/2 ts Fresh ground black pepper
 DD>       3 c  Buttermilk
 DD>       2 lg Eggs; lightly beaten
 DD>      10 tb Melted, unsalted butter

I could live with this but would cut down the salt to half the amount,
or less.

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Catch you later,
Ruth
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