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Skriven 2010-02-06 00:32:26 av RUTH HANSCHKA (1:123/140)
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-> -> It's your house--talk to your mom about maybe puttng in a stairwell
-> -> lift.  We've mentioned it to my parents but they don't want to, for
-> 
->  RH> I don't need one ... yet, but I'd be willing to put heavier kitchen
->  RH> equipment downstairs if we had one.
-> 
-> And the hold up is?........................Getting the power assist to
-> help you get the heavier stuff off the shelf and on to the lift, then
-> onto a counter or table top in the kitchen?
-> 
Right on the nose.  I have all that scar tissue and surgical mesh where my
gut muscles are supposed to be.  Lifting anything like a stand mixer isn't
a good idea; if it weighs over 10 pounds I seriously have to think before i
touch, and then be prepared to pay the price.  Get me a fork lift and a
freight elevator and I'd be in business. 
 

-> My dad is a fair (but pedestrian) cook.  His mom was bedridden a number
-> of years so he did some of the family meals when he was home.  He
-> graduated from high school 10 years before she died but he wasn't home
-> all of the time--things like WWII, college, reserve duty, etc took up
-> some of that time.

That would do it.  My dad did some KP in the military, he actually liked
it, but it was all prep work. 
 
-> -> MREs and such like.
-> 
->  RH> I've heard some aren't that bad.  On the other hand, some ARE that
->  RH> bad.
-> 
-> Yes but they've imroved dramatically from what they were origninally.
-> The 1991 Gulf War did a major depletion of the stockpile; new ones were
-> introduced based on the feed back of those who had to eat the first
-> ones.  When we were in Frankfurt in the late 80s, Steve had a hard time
-> finding kosher ones for one of his soldiers.  That was one improvement;
-> the little bottle of hot sauce was another one.

Hot sauce covers all sorts of sins.  I'd imagine enough tabasco would make
even a pouch of eggs swallowable. 

->  RH> while.  Parts of it were nuts, and a few times the chaplain was the
->  RH> only officer left alive.
-> 
-> And the main job of the chaplain's assistant was/is to protect the
-> chaplain.

Somebody had to do it.  
 
-> -> True on both accounts.  You can control the shrinkage to some extent
but
-> -> it's not a smart idea to work with wool if you're allergic to it.
-> 
->  RH> I do it sometimes anyway, but it's not fun.
-> 
-> I do occaisionally with sewing stuff but most of the time I work with
-> cottons and such like.

Same here.  I've made quilts and throws out of old sweaters.  They're nice
and warm, but can give me problems.  I've been know to resort to latex
gloves.
 
->  RH> Too bad.  Then again a schmoozer like that will probably find
another
->  RH> susceptible human.
-> 
-> Probably so.  A black cat was trying to get attention tonight when we
-> left out for school.  It got some petting/head scratching from me. (G)

You really do need your own place; cats see you as an easy mark, and sooner
or later one is going to move in.
 
->  RH> Ko-Jel is useful for vegetarians too.  Not for cheesecake of
course;
->  RH> gelatin cheesecakes aren't something most real kosher cooks will go
->  RH> for.
-> 
-> Nothing like the real thing--except not after a meat meal. (G)
-> 
Not for four hours anyway.  My brother in-law had a recipe for a vegan
cheesecake that he had me make once.  Never.  Again.  
 
->  RH> People who keep Kosher here run into the same thing. If they shop
the
->  RH> local A&P (Waldbaum's) affiliate, they can buy the store brands and
->  RH> not have to worry about it.  For those avoiding the other stuff,
->  RH> national brands and store brands can be dicey.
-> 
-> We don't have those so we're reading labels all the time.
-> 
Some things will be marked "contains no MSG" or "no high fructose corn
syrup", but you still have to read for everything else.
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