Text 16848, 64 rader
Skriven 2008-11-25 21:51:41 av Carol Shenkenberger (23251.cooks)
  Kommentar till text 16730 av Nancy Backus (1:3634/12.0)
Ärende: sauerkraut was: ratatouille
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 >  CS> Hehe tagged and bagged!  Catching up early October!
 > 
 > I'm doing a mild catching up myself... only about a week behind, and
 > gaining.. maybe I'll reach it today, but no promises... ;)

I'm gaining slowly on the traffic, but always behind so far.

 >  >  RH> The only thing I can think of is that it could be she just wanted so
 >  >  RH> sort of sweet vegetable dessert type thing. I've no recollection of
 >  >  RH> any thing like that in Germany; I'll look thru my German cook books
 >  >  RH> when I get back to GA in about 3 weeks.
 >  CS> Ok!  I'll be on the lookout for it!
 > 
 > I don't remember seeing anything from Ruth from her German cookbooks
 > yet... How about it, Ruth?  :)

Havent seen anything.  Might be there?

 >  > So far, most general concensus has been that it might have been a way to
 >  > fix parsnips?
 > 
 >  CS> That remains my best guess.  Mostly because i don't recall seeing
 >  CS> parsnips sold in Sasebo.  If they were there, it would have been just
 >  CS> 'now and again' and I missed when they were in, most likely.
 > 
 > They seem to be now and again here, too... I was looking for them the
 > other day, and saw something that from a distance looked something like,
 > but on closer look was clearly not...  Maybe it's more seasonal than our
 > staples like carrots and potatoes?

Seasonal they seem yes.  Probably not a big enough desire to really make them
any other way as of yet.

 >  CS> Oh, just got back from Chiro, Mammogram, and commisary trip.  This
 >  CS> time Don and Charlotte unloaded the car and put it all away while I
 >  CS> just sat and relaxed after all that.  Tortured by Chiro, then got my
 >  CS> boobs mashed by the sadistical machine, then shopping!
 > 
 > Injurious injuries adding to insults...  ;)  At least the masher is done
 > for another year...  and the other two are to good result...   :)

Grrr.  

 >  CS> I didnt really need to shop yet, but we didnt have a turkey so went to
 >  CS> snap one up.  Got a reasonably decent 9.75lb one.  Not the best of
 >  CS> prices but I wasnt really up to shopping the ads and multiple stops.
 >  CS> Cost about 14$.  I have to have a reasonable sized bird that day so
 >  CS> this is a nice juicy little hen.
 >  CS> After the season, I'll get another when the prices drop and keep that
 >  CS> in the freezer for later in the year.
 > 
 > Around here, all the stores try to have some turkeys at a very
 > reasonable cost/lb like 49-79 cents... they'll have premium ones for
 > more, of course.  But there's always the loss leader ones, both before
 > Thanksgiving and also around Christmas.  After the holidays, they go
 > back to the higher prices, so this is the time for us to stock up if we
 > care to.

For us, i know the local price will drop to almost nothing just after T-day.
I will get one then for extras.
                  xxcarol
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