Text 4187, 96 rader
Skriven 2006-08-08 20:23:20 av Carol Shenkenberger (6:757/1)
   Kommentar till text 4144 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
Ärende: Re: Home againis the Sailor
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*** Quoting Ruth Haffly from a message to Carol Shenkenberger ***

 CS> Ok.  Me, still 800 messages behind.  I got home early today and am
 CS> still going through messages 'to me'.

RH> Sounds about what I'll be doing in early October.

 CS> I'm still there.  Seems i read at about the same rate as we
 CS> collectively post.

RH> Back to work and not time to read/post so much?

yes but not at sea.  Seems I post so much I get replies fast as i can reply
pretty much.  That works for me!

RH> Helps that Steve knows linguists in a multitude of languages. (G)

 CS> (On sodium labels on non-english speaking lands) well, may not be
 CS> listed though it's getting really common everywhere to see a nutrition
 CS> label.  It just may not be in english <g>.  I can tell my bottle of
 CS> 'korean hot sauce' has one, but it's in korean.


RH> Nuitrition labels aren't required in other countries like they are in
RH> the states.  Some do put then on voluntarily but you either need to kn
RH> the language or a speaker of it to decipher it.

True, getting really common though.  You can see them all over stuff here but
cant always read them.

 CS> I'm not familiar with that brand.  I'd try it though.

RH> See if your commissary carries it; DeCA keeps a pretty uniform stock o
RH> stuff across all branches of service so you might have it and not know

Sasebo commisary too small.  We have a more limited stock.  It's basically 3
7-11's crunched together.

 CS> I've been doing mostly veggies this day.  Don just reminded me i need
 CS> to make bread again.  He didnt get any at that last commisary trip but
 CS> he did remember to get me more flour and 25lbs of rice.

RH> Stocking up for another trip?  Is he good about keeping a supply of
RH> bread made?  We're using boughten bread now; it's just not the same.

Charlotte makes bread when I am away now but isnt consistant about it.  The
rice level is a 3 week supply here.

 CS> Grin, you are normal and thats why.  I'm not, or rather, I fit a more

RH> But I'm abnormal in other ways; I'm a round eye (haole) blonde/brown
RH> hair, brown eyes female that likes kim chee. (G) That's more the
RH> exception than the rule over here.

Grin, yup!  Now my hair is dark brown but used to be true auburn 'red' so I
caused some minor stirs there.  When you get older, it darkens then lifts with
grey which is where I am now.



 CS> Asian 'normal'.  Whe I get back stateside, I'll go back to more easily
 CS> obtained things there and swap cooking styles yet again in my life but
 CS> I'll always have some lingering 'Asian' dishes and treatments I am
 CS> sure.  It would be

RH> As I'll have the Asian influence from 5 1/2 years in Hawaii, 10 1/2 fr
RH> the Southwest (8 AZ, 2 1/2 TX), 6 in Germany and 8 (so far) in the
RH> Southeast.  Six months in California also had a bit of an impact on my
RH> taste buds and how I do some things now.

I've picked up bits frok almost everywhere but the Asian ones stuck best.

RH> As you saw abve, I've lived in several major regions of the world and
RH> they have all had an impact in the way I cook/eat. You're probably mor
RH> like that too than you realise.

Oh, it's kinda hard to ignore <g>.  I recall telling you 6 years ago to expect
a dietary shift to more fish based when you got orders there to Hawaii, and a
few other things.  Snicker, you kinda did that while you were not looking.

 CS> Dont worry, we didnt decimate the crops or anything.  His plot was too
 CS> big for him to eat, but too small to yield enough for selling to be
 CS> worthwhile time at a roadstand so we just pruned off the excess.  He'd
 CS> take the remainder down to a local charity place after his wife canned
 CS> up what she wanted.

RH> Smart guy!  Too much for one family, enough to share without
RH> overwhelming him getting it picked.

That was it.  Good stuff.  Helped weed a bit and helped eat it down but no
'decimation' of the crop.

                                       xxcarol

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