Text 34521, 82 rader
Skriven 2013-03-07 13:29:00 av Nancy Backus (64703.cooking)
  Kommentar till text 34409 av MICHAEL LOO (1:123/140)
Ärende: Re: times change 204
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-=> Quoting Michael Loo to Nancy Backus on 03-04-13  14:37 <=-

 NB>> I used to have canned corn in the house, but switched to frozen...

 ML> Some canned corn is respectable enough, and of course there's
 ML> no substitute for cream-style.

Quite true... when I did more cooking/baking, I had more of the canned
corn, especially cream-style, in the house..

 NB>> agree about beets and beans, but don't usually have them around, except
 NB>> as the canned salads for the latter...  I do have cans of baked beans
 NB>> that might be considered desperation foods...  ;)

 ML> I suppose. Baked beans have their place in this world, and
 ML> in fact the canned product is pretty much as good as homemade.

Agreed, having done homemade in the past.  We used to eat more baked
beans than we do now... so now they are more of a 'just in case' than a
regular item...  I have bought the big cans to open for a dish-to-pass
occasion or three...  ;)

 NB>> That is a relief... Of course, one would more expect the high
 NB>> standards to be found at the newer places, than at (sad to say) places
 NB>> such as Williamsport... or Ithaca...  although it does still surprise
 NB>> me some that those have slipped so much...  

 ML> Distressing but an all-too-common product of corporate
 ML> expansion. The company puts its best and brightest in charge
 ML> of the promising young stores, and the mature ones that
 ML> produce less return sort of go by the wayside.

Which in turn produces yet less return as people get disillusioned..
 
 -=> Nancy Backus said to Dave Drum <=-
 DD> Californica freeways aren't as scary as they are painted to be. The
 DD> Washington DC beltway and anywhere in the Boston area are the real anus
 DD> clenchers for me. Even going around Atlanta at rush hour with six lanes
 DD> of lemmings in each direction and not a hint of "southern gentility"
 DD> isn't that bad. 
 NB> I'm with you on the DC beltway and the Boston area... Atlanta wasn't
 NB> that bad, NYC isn't that bad either, in comparison... I've done them
 NB> both...  Hap was noting that he particularly dislikes that section in
 NB> CA because the drivers routinely are speeding way past any degree of
 NB> sensible... he would be going 85 in a 55, and be the slowest one on
 NB> the road...  That would be as bad as DC or Boston in my book anyway... 

 ML> The worst part of the DC Beltway is when the traffic is so
 ML> bad you go 15 in a 55. 

I've been on Route 50 returning to Baltimore on an evening... 15 was
fast!  ;(   And it was "normal" traffic for the hour...  I learned my
lesson... ;)

 ML> I was once in a Washington Flyer cab
 ML> going from Dulles to BWI (United had cancelled a flight), and
 ML> we were stuck in traffic at a crawl, and the driver spied a
 ML> Baltimore Flyer taxi returning from Dulles after dropping off
 ML> someone who had had the same problem in reverse. The issue is
 ML> that the drivers are required by law to return empty, lest
 ML> they take away business from the locals. My driver rolled
 ML> down his window and said to the other, I'll give you $20 to
 ML> get this guy to BWI, which was agreed upon, and the drivers
 ML> got out, unlocked their respective trunks, transferred my
 ML> bags, and I got out into traffic and made my way from the
 ML> one to the other. A lot of irate motorists honked at us, but
 ML> I doubt our maneuvers delayed them so much as a second.

That worked out well, for you and the drivers anyway... And I agree that
it couldn't have delayed the other motorists enough to say so.  :)

The Baltimore Beltway isn't much fun either, so I'm glad I found a way
through center city to where I'm headed that only has me on the fringe
of the beltway (I83 uses the outer lane for one exit's worth...)

ttyl         neb

... Success comes in cans.  Failure comes in can'ts.

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