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Skriven 2012-08-03 18:36:35 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
  Kommentar till text 27845 av NANCY BACKUS (1:261/1381)
Ärende: I like that
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Hi Nancy,

 NB>  RH>> That was the other RH, not me.
 NB>  NB>> Actually it was me, talking to the other RH...  :)

 RH> OK, I wasn't involved at all.

 NB> Exactly.

Thought so, but wanted to verify, and help straighten out Burt. Sorry we
missed him & Shirley at the picnic.


 RH> I never learned any cooking from my mom's mother--the only one around
 RH> when I was old enough to start cooking. She always made a casserole
 RH> for supper for the night we'd arrive, called it "glop", that had
 RH> macaroni, ground beef, cheese, and (IIRC) onion & tomato in it. I never
 RH> did get the recipe before she had her first stroke

 NB> Did you ever try to just reconstruct it, from what you remembered of
 NB> the taste and ingredients..?

It's been 40 years or more since I had it; I can give an approximation
but only in very general terms. Besides, we cook with better ingredients
(eg. real cheese vs cheezoid slicecs) so it wouldn't taste the same even
if I had all the right ingredients.


 RH> but I did (some years later) get the one for her green beans.

 NB> I remember you talking about that...

They're good, believe me. (G) Just took a few minutes out to skype with
Dad; Mom is in the Margaretville hospital for her rehab. He said she's
"out of it" quite a bit from pain meds (and from what I saw when we
were up, she wasn't "all there"  anyway). Her knees need replacing but
Dad (and I) doubt she will get them done. She is not aging gracefully.
Dad looked quite tired. He said the local bear(s) got into his garden
and ate or ruined most of his corn and some critter also wiped out the
lettuce. He wasn't too happy about the corn; his dog didn't smell or
hear the bear.

 RH> When we were at my parents, we found out that they were using a lot of
 RH> canned vegetables. The local Dollar General store started selling
 RH> them, bread, and a few other non perishables after the grocery store
 RH> was wiped out last year. The rebuilt store has been open a while but my
 RH> parents are still buying canned peas, beans, etc.  Hopefully they will

 NB> Convenience rather than taste...

Admittedly; Mom just had to open a can, dump them in a bowl and nuke
them until hot.

 RH> be eating out of the garden soon--and will get someone to put up the
 RH> excess produce for the winter. It'll taste a lot better than
 RH> commercially canned vegetables. (G)

 NB> For sure... and if canned, will be just as convenient as the
 NB> commercial sort...  :)

She used to can, then got a freezer about 40 years ago and switched to
freezing most of the vegetavles. Tomatoes were/are the main thing she
still canned (cans). A bit more work to heat frozen vegetables but not
that much and the taste is better than even home canned.


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Ruth
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