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Skriven 2014-10-17 17:07:20 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
  Kommentar till text 18144 av NANCY BACKUS (1:123/140)
Ärende: kitchen  was: exactit
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Hi Nancy,

 NB> summer  NB>> during my college years taking care of two VERY spoiled
 NB> kids... good  NB>> thing I'd had enough experience with taking care of
 NB> other children  NB>> first, or it might well have deterred...  ;)

 RH> I never had much experience with infants until I had my own--they take
 RH> a lot of work! I'd done a lot of baby sitting but most of my clients
 RH> were able to walk, talk, potty trained, etc.

 NB> Toddlers running around take a lot of energy, too...  (G)  Of course,
 NB> having two infants close in age magnifies how much work they take, or
 NB> at least how it hits you...  ;)  That was one of the few benefits of
 NB> having just an only child, I guess... not having more than one in
 NB> diapers at a time... ;)

Better'n Steve's mom having 3 in diapers at the same time. We were
trying to be semi self sufficient. That's partly why I was baking all
the bread, etc; canning; making almost all of my clothes as well as some
for Steve and the girls and so on. Long, busy days.


 RH> (Betty Crocker kid's cook book)
 NB>  RH>>> I'll have to check the condition of mine. Mom used it almost
 NB>  RH>> At least stained from cocoa, butter, or what have you.
 NB>  NB>> Yup.  Exactly...  :)

 RH> I'll try to find it next time we go up to NY, if I remember.

 NB> As long as things aren't too hectic, you'll probably remember... :)

Have to see when we go up again. If it's a "regular" visit--check on Mom
& Dad, take care of some things around the house, etc, it'll be easier
to remember to check. OTOH, if it's a "time to say 'good-bye', funeral
services" trip, not as likely I'd remember to check for a cook book.

 NB>  RH>> Yes, I did put a chicken and a pound of ground beef in it
 NB> yesterday.  RH>> Also some boneless pork chops, only a couple of
 NB> meal's worth. Enough  RH>> meat for a week or so.
 NB>  NB>> Not enough to fill the freezer, just to make sure that the meat
 NB> stays  NB>> good until you have a chance to use it... :)

 RH> Exactly! I'll probably pull the chicken out to thaw in the next day or
 RH> so; Steve can smoke it for supper.

 NB> That sounds yummy.  :)

It's still in the freezer as Steve smoked a pastrami and rack of ribs.
Maybe next week I'll get it out.

 NB>  NB>> No wondering about how people discover your talents and
 NB> abilities...  NB>> ;)

 RH> Had a tea party with some of the ladies (one semi shut in, at her
 RH> house) today. She told me to bring whatever I wanted, other ladies were
 RH> bringing sweets. I decided to make cucumber sandwiches using a loaf of
 RH> party (small, very thin sliced) sourdough bread. I toasted it on one
 RH> side, flipped it and put butter blend on the untoasted side. Then I
 RH> put on a dab of the dip (sort of a ranch type), a round of cucumber and
 RH> topped it with a quarter (cut the long way) grape tomato. Very
 RH> appropriate, and very well received by all.

 NB> Not quite your typical cucumber sandwiches, but a nice variant..  :)
 NB> I picture it as open-faced...  more like a hors d'oeuvre..?

They were open faced, yes. I don't recall ever having a cucumber
sandwich but had seen a recipe for one--it had some ingredients I didn't
have on hand. I thought my variant would be a good one, and it was. On
Monday I went with my friend to the tea room in town; she ordered the
afternoon tea. It came with some cookies, a scone and a couple of
sandwich quarters. One looked to have some sort of cucumber and cream
cheese filling. Maybe more traditional, maybe not but mine fit our party
quite well.

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Catch you later,
Ruth
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