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Skriven 2010-09-07 15:32:58 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
   Kommentar till text 1124 av Janis Kracht (1:261/38)
Ärende: Herbs and such                                           [1]
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Hi Janis,

 JK> > Definately.  I just got a new copy of one of my old standards (Whole
 JK> > Foods For The Whole Family, put out by La Leche League. It's not my
 JK> well > thumbed, stained and falling apart (with my name listed in the
 JK> > contributers section) wire bound paper back.  It's not thumbed, no
 JK> > stains, my name isn't in it hard back spiral bound but in time
 JK> should > resemble the other one. (G)

 JK> Yes, that's a sad one - Somewhere, someone must have a copy but
 JK> finding it would hardly be worth the effort I suppose :(

No, but at least I can still get a copy of the book.  Some are harder to
find than others so I can be thankful that it's still available.

 JK> > We were in the upper 80s/low 90s and supposed to be that way the
 JK> rest of > the week--closer to normal which is upper 80s.  Still humid

 JK> We're suddenly down in the 70's (g).. feels like brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

We had a couple of days in the 80s (nice!) but are back into the 90s.
The temps are going to swing back & forth, then settle into the 80s and
70s, hopefully soon.

 JK> after all those days of 90's .. but it's supposed to get into the 80's
 JK> in a day or so.. bah..NY weather.. I guess I'll believe that forcast
 JK> when I see it :)

That's the way we feel--it's the "if you don't like the weather, wait 5
minutes" time of year. (G)


 JK> > We've enjoyed them too. When our trial subscription expired last
 JK> year > (aburptly as the dealer had activated it several weeks before
 JK> we bought > the car), we renewed.  It's up for renewal next month so
 JK> we'll do it
 JK> > again.

 JK> We haven't decided whether to renew or not just yet.. we grabbed a
 JK> pile of cd's from the house and it was great hearing a number of those
 JK> that we hadn't heard in a while ...We're investigating a number of

We just renewed the Satellite radio for another year.  We've thought
about buying a receiver so we could get it in the house but haven't yet.
It would be nice to hear more of some of the discussions without having
to stay in the car.

 JK> options though, since we're thinking of dropping Cable-TV and picking
 JK> up Sattelite TV again.. Ron said there are some deals available with
 JK> Home-TV Sattelite and sattelite car radio, so we may go that way.
 JK> We're taking our time since it seems every offer is
 JK> just too good Lol.. you know, start out cheap, hit you after a bit
 JK> with more charges (g).  For all the TV we watch, we're sick of paying
 JK> for the
 JK> million-channels options for no reason :)

We have the broadcast networks only but we're closer to a bigger city
than you are.  Cable is only for internet.  But, we don't watch a lot of
tv either, especially during the school year.

 JK> >Our usual talk station is Sat. 144, The Patriot.  One of the
 JK> > shows is hosted by Andrew Wilkow; he went to Delhi Tech (25 miles
 JK> from > my parents) and he had a job for a while on their favorite
 JK> radio station > (the one that broadcast schol closings) from Albany.

 JK> That's neat - someone you know (smile)

Don't know him personally but know that he can relate to living in
upstate NY. He's based out of NY City now.


>> I've just a few days ago been put on yet another med, because my
>> Neurologist didn't like what I call my 'power-pellet' (amantadine) was
>> doing to me.. This new one does work better than the Amantadine, and I
>> actually felt yesterday like playing piano - that was neat, since it's

 JK> > Sounds like the change was good, even if you had to fight to get the
 JK> one > a few months ago. Hopefully no nasty side effects.

 JK> Bummer is my allergies are totally 'en guarde' right now since I've
 JK> been taking so many things that I'm allergic to. Antibiotics, the
 JK> Provigil, I forget what else - there was another one.. so I had to
 JK> stop the Provigil last week because I was so sensitized from bad

No fun.  Steve takes Provigil to help him stay awake during the day.  He
also takes Niaspan for cholesterol and found out the other night that
you don't take it after eating a lot of salty stuff.  He had finished
off a bag of pretzels, eating some of the salt from the bottom and had
one of these 'crawling out of my skin" experiences.

 JK> reactions to antibiotics.  Allergies are funny that way, you can just
 JK> have "one hit" too much in the way of allergic reactions, and then
 JK> you're body just goes nuts. That's what mine did last week. I'm about
 JK> ready to toss all these pills and have tossed a number of them (g).

If you're doing well without them, toss away.  But don't toss until you
see how you're doing without them.

 JK> > Same here. I've got to make some meat balls; have enough crumbs for
 JK> that > but don't know how much more.

 JK> I've gotten pretty good at getting them together pretty quickly when
 JK> they're needed.. throw some slices of home-made bread in the toaster..
 JK> grind them up.. season while still a little warm.. That cheese grater
 JK> I showed you when you were here does make great bread crumbs but it's
 JK> a bit of overkill :)

Wouldn't be overkill for me. (G) I save crusts up until I've got
probably about 15-20 of them, cube, dry and grind them.  IOW, it would
save a bit of time for me. I save the crusts in a zip lock bag in the
freezer until it's full.  Then they get dried in the oven and run thru a
mini blend jar to grind them up.

>> > program & got a free bottle of basting oil & reusable bag (We got
>> That's a handy one to have.. I don't think I've ever tried it though.

 JK> > We haven't--yet.

 JK> It would be interesting to see the listed ingredients.. perhaps just
 JK> olive oil and seasoning?

It has grapeseed oil, canola oil, dried thyme, dried parsley & natural
garlic flavor.  It's gluten free, lactose free and vegan, as well as
kosher.


 JK> I've done dry beans that way as well, and it does seem easier to me
 JK> since you don't have to worry about 'overcooking'.. I just soak them
 JK> the night before and then cook them the next day.  I like the pressure
 JK> cooker for dry beans when I've forgotten to pre-soak them though (g).

I'll do the "quick soak" usually but even that takes over an hour.
Guess I should just buckle down and remember to soak them in advance.
(G)

>> I was in a rush to get some barbecue spare ribs done so rather than
>> plunk them in boiling water for 2-3 minutes, and then use the oven for
>> them, I used the pressure cooker.. boy I'll have to do that again
>> soon.. they were great :) maybe 11 minutes in the pressure cooker.  I
>> was using the pressure cooker rarely, but it's such a neat tool to use

 JK> > I probably should but it's used most often for a stock pot or
 JK> cooking > pumpkin.

 JK> My daughter uses it for potatoes, something I've never thought of
 JK> doing.  But it makes sense for her because she's cooking so many at
 JK> once for her 'crowd' (g).

And I imagine those boys can pack away a good bit of potatoes.  They
were one thing we rarely had left over; my mom knew pretty much how many
to cook for 5 growing kids and 2 adults.  We never went hungry but
sometimes wished we had just a couple more bites.

>> sometimes (I always use it for canning).

 JK> > Same here.

 JK> I think I've just used a hot-water bath for Tomatoes once or twice,
 JK> but when you're dealing with more than 4-8 quarts, the pressure cooker
 JK> is perfect.

>> hehe understand :)  I think Dad was such a picky eater.. he insisted
>> on having 'some type' of macaroni or italian food every night.. I
>> think the only time Mom could make fried potatoes was when Dad was


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