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Skriven 2008-01-25 12:32:46 av Janis Kracht (1:261/38)
Kommentar till text 1268 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
Ärende: BlueWave [1]
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Hi Ruth!
>> > Before I get onto other stuff, I noticed you mentioned a Down To
>> Earth > natural foods store in Binghamton. That was the name of the
>> one we went > to in Hawaii; wonder if there's any connection. Out
>> I'm not sure if it's a large company, or a chain or just a
>> coincidence. The one in binghamton seems like a "big" operation of
>> sorts.. they carry their own label supplements as well as others, so
>> it could be "related".
> The one we went to was smaller (about the size of a 7-11) but I
> understand they had another store in downtown Honolulu. We just went to
> the one because it was closer & we could get what we wanted.
It sounds like this one is probably about the same size as the one you went
to.. not sure :) Maybe a little larger. Several aisles of products, and a
number of freezers, refrigerators, etc..
>> wants to > attend a family reunion in central PA (McClure). We'll try
>> to find out > when that is; last year it was July 14, then give you
>> feedback on when a > good timeframe for us would be.
>> Sounds good.. I figure to post a message shortly to start collectin
>> information as to what dates will work or not work for people.
> OK, we might know next week when the reunion is planned for. My in laws
> are on a cruise this week so can't call them; they should know.
Not a problem. I figure to post something this afternoon to get some input
from everyone, we'll go from there. We've got time :)
>> It wouldn't surprise me if it was the same place.. they looked like
>> they had been there a while, and had a lot of very loyal custumers :)
> Talked to my parents last night for Dad's 86th birthday. They said it
> was a private deal w/someone in the area for getting the machine.
My dad would have been about the same age now .. He died in 2001.. still can't
believe he's gone :( It is such a shock to lose one's parents. Mom is still
going though :)
>>> lot > of crafts. Hancocks is much better in that respect; they've got
>>> more > fabric in proportion to crafts.
>>> Yes, very true.
> I could spend a bundle there. (G)
Know what you mean :) Sometimes I buy a ton of fabric because I think, oh this
will be great for such and such <grin>.. Feeds my habit when I'm in the mood to
sew :) Right now I've got several yards of 60" heavy weight denim for jeans ..
Made one pair already and I figure to make another soon.
>> That must have been hard :( When I was in high school, there was
>> always a good fabric store "around"... I got spoiled I think, in that
>> respect :) Then later when dealing with Jo-Ann's I would get upset
>> that their fabrics were so flimsy or at the least so common.. nothing
>> "original".
> (G) About 10 years ago, when we were in AZ, our Wal-Mart got in an order
> of $1/yard fabric. They'd ordered only about 4,000 yd but 40,000 came
> in--most of it 70s retro polyesters and such. Deborah had fun getting
> stuff for me to make skirts for her; there were some "interesting"
> fabrics.
I found a really good person selling fabric on Ebay.. I've bought a number of
purchases from her, and haven't been disappointed yet :) The one thing I hate
though is the nonsense with "bidding".. <grin>. You can get good deals that
way, but if someone comes in at the last moment, they can swipe the sale. I
almost got 12 yards of the most perfect corded gold velvet upholstery fabric
from her for my swivel rockers to recover them, and someone else grabbed it
when I wasn't paying attention <g>. Still looking :)
>>> used the machine (laughing remembering this <grin>). I'd sit down to
>>> use it, and I'd have readjust the tensions all over everytime :)
>> > But the tensions were adjustable. When my mom got her first
>> machine, > they weren't meant to be adjusted by the home user.
>> I don't know when Singer introduced adjustable tensions, I just
>> thought they'd always been there <grin>
> She got her machine in 1950 when it was still not done.
Hmm.. I think my grandmother would have gotten hers well before that. I'll have
to ask Mom.. Grandma made all of her children's clothes with it, so I'd expect
that treadle machine was from a bit earlier.
> OTOH, I have made a lot of things; still lots more to go. Rachel was
> eyeing a Fat Chef's fabric a few years ago but decided against having me
> do her kitchen in it. It would have been cute.
yes, that would have been really cute :)
>> to > tweak the pattern for Rachel's wedding gown much but was able to
>> make it > custom vs off the rack.
>> That's the big plus :) I bet it was beautiful :)
> Very much so; I added a couple of custom details that weren't seen but
> added to the specialness of the occaision.
Ah.. for my wedding.. I did make my mom's Mother-of-the-Bride dress.. She
_bought_ my wedding gown (thank goodness <laugh>). For my daughter's wedding,
my daughter wore a dress that had been in my family for long time, it had been
one of my aunt's wedding dresses.. it was in incredible shape, and fit her so
well :) Really neat to see her in a dress from probably the 40's.. :)
>> > That helps. I always tell Steve that I made most of my cooking
>> mistakes > before we got married--which he appreciates.
>> hehe :) I had some good ones before I met Ron as well.. the magical
>> pie crust that rose to the TOP of the pie (how'd I do that???
>> <laugh>)...I'm sure there are others that I choose not to remember
>> from way back then <grin>
> Sounds like a friend we first met in TX; one time after dinner, he asked
> how we liked the pie. Told him it was very good so he asked specifically
> about the crust. We assured him it was fine; then he let on he'd used
> self rising flour in it by accident. He hasn't lived that one down yet.
hehe :) I don't think I ever did that though :) :)
>> > I'm not doing as much as I did in HI; our church there had a
>> ministry > that did baby quilts for long term hospitalized babies.
>> That's really neat..
> And fun; I taught the group the last couple of years--simple patterns
> using squares, rectangles and half square triangles. My sampler from
> the last year (in greens) is hanging on our living room wall.
The only quiting I really did of consequence was working with a friend who was
trying to start off a business making designer vests that were designed by her,
beautiful vests really.. kind of a cacaphony of patterns in red and black
prints, fited through the waist.. they were really pretty even though my
description isn't so good :) We worked like crazy making them and she sold
quite a good number of them so we did ok :)
======Stuffed Mushrooms with Sausage Stuffing======
1 garlic clove
2 teaspoons olive oil
2 sweet italian sausages
1 cup Italian flavored bread crumbs 1 tablespoon grated Romano cheese
1 tablespoon minced flat-leaf Italian parsely 1 egg
1 pound mushrooms
Saute garlic in olive oil until lightly browned. Remove sausage meat from
casing, and crumble in pan, stirring until browed. In a small bowl, combine
the bread crumbs, cheese, parsely and egg. Add the browned sausage. Remove
the mushroom stems and reserve half of them. You can save the other half for a
duxelle, or sauce. Mince the mushroom stems and add them. Fill the caps with
stuffing. Brush each mushroom with olive oil. Bake 325F for 25 minutes
Take care,
Janis
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