Text 13485, 70 rader
Skriven 2014-05-19 15:09:32 av Nancy Backus (1:261/1381.0)
  Kommentar till text 13444 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
Ärende: Re: Italian etc 10
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-=> Quoting Ruth Haffly to Nancy Backus on 17 May 14  20:54:53 <=-

 NB>> versions have less and less to commend them.  By the time I gave up on
 NB>> the Democrat & Chronicle here, their world and national news was
 NB>> cribbed directly from USA Today... which, admittedly is owned by the
 NB>> same overall outfit...

 RH> I've still got enough printer's ink in my blood that I like to see the
 RH> hard copy. We get our foods section on Wednesdays; that seems to be
 RH> quite typical, based on the various other papers we've gotten over the
 RH> years.
 
IF I was still getting the paper, it would be in hardcopy... I gave up
on our local rag entirely when they started biasing it to online, and
were raising the price accordingly whether or not you'd get any value
out of all their online/phone options... Not even the foods section or
the coupons were enough to tip the balance any more... 
 
 RH>> We try to eat around 6 (sometimes earlier, occaisionally later). I
 RH>> usually do the big meal at the end of the day as during the morning
 RH>> I'm busy with other things that would divert my attention from fixing
 RH>> a big meal.
 NB>> We aim for around 6, also... scheduling can throw that off, sometimes
 NB>> substantially... Sundays, the big meal is always in the middle of the
 NB>> day, though... and if for some reason we both have a big meal midday
 NB>> on a week day, that would take the place of a main meal at night... 
 NB>> I don't fix big meals other than at night, generally, though...  :)

 RH> We had farmer's market this morning (Steve stayed to help close up &
 RH> was given a bucket of strawberries for his help.) and had sandwiches
 RH> for lunch. Then we went grocery shopping--Lowe's had a meat special so
 RH> we got a rib eye steak for tonight, other meats for the freezer. Had
 RH> the steak with empanadas from the market & strawberry short cake for

Veggie empanadas...?  Fresh strawberry shortcake sounds wonderful... :)

 RH> dessert. After supper Steve repackaged the meat for the freezer & I
 RH> prepped the berries for the freezer (and did dishes).

A productive day and evening...  :)

 RH>> We were traveling--got to Margaretville about 7:30 & checked into the
 RH>> B&B before having supper. Thursday night is schnitzel special night at
 RH>> that restaurant so we try to hit it up whenever we're in towm.
 NB>> Ah, that makes sense...  schnitzel was ringing faint bells for me, and
 NB>> that fills it in...  ;)

 RH> As usual, it was good. The owner of the place is in his 80s & trying
 RH> to sell the place but nobody can make schntzel the way he does.
 RH> Hopefully he'll sell his recipes with the place.

Hasn't been able to take someone in to train to take over the place,
eh...?  That knowledge would be a shame to lose... 

 RH>> I've been doing a mix of both since we got back to NC. Tonight will be
 RH>> reheated turkey from the one we roasted in December, fresh cooked cous
 RH>> cous and probably a greens & tomato salad.
 NB>> Reasonably quick and easy...  :)

 RH> I steamed the spinach that needed using instead, had the salad last
 RH> night. Got more greens (spinach & lettuce) today, as well as tomatoes
 RH> & a cucumber.

Exigencies of life...  ;)

ttyl         neb

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