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Skriven 2014-11-14 17:26:55 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
  Kommentar till text 19303 av Janis Kracht (1:261/38)
Ärende: travel
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Hi Janis,

 JK> > We usually take 17/86 if going the southern route across NY, other
 JK> roads > if we want to go thru the central part of the state. Some
 JK> trips we hit > the Thruway, others we use main roads but not
 JK> interstate type.

 JK> Heh.. it seems like any travel around this part of NY means getting on
 JK> an interstate (g).

Seems so, I think they add by redesignating some of the exsisting roads
as interstates. They haven't done routes 28 & 30 yet, but may, one of
these years.


>> > No fun--slurp that chicken soup!

>> Yep, I made a big pot for Ron tonight :)  For this one, I used the
>> whole chicken.

 JK> > Steve smoked a chicken for supper tonight; it turned out quite well.
 JK> We > had it with rice and a spinach salad (new recipe, would be better
 JK> as wilted spinach).

 JK> Sounds yummy :)  Do you put onion slices in your spinach salad?

Not generally but I use several recipies, depending on what's on hand,
what's in season.


 JK> This is the recipe I usually use for Spinach salad:

 JK> ===Spinach Salad===

 JK> Salad:
 JK> 1 pound fresh spinach
 JK> 4 ounces fresh mushrooms, sliced
 JK> 2 hard boiled eggs, chopped
 JK> 1 red onion, sliced
 JK> bacon bits

I'll use a similar one but add mung bean sprouts and/or sliced water
chestnuts.


 JK> Dressing
 JK> 1/2 cup olive oil
 JK> 2 Tablespoons balsamic vinegar
 JK> salt
 JK> red pepper

My dressing is somewhat different, I use black pepper and (IIRC),
ketchup. A friend in Frankfurt gave us the recipe years ago.


>> at > Whole Foods a few years ago but only grabbed 2--cash flow
>> dictated we > not stock the freezer. (G) I suspect they were
>> antibiotic free.

>> That's good.  I usually have a chicken in the freezer and some parts
>> ... I think after this week, we will take a break on chicken :)

 JK> > Starting to grow feathers and clucking? (G)

 JK> hehe.. almost :) :)  Though I think Ron did appreciate the hot chicken
 JK> soup this week while he has been recovering from that pneumonia!

I've got leftover bits of one in the baby crock pot with some carrots,
celery, minced onion, rice, bay leaf and s&p. Sort of soup, sort of stew
but supper.

>> I should see what the farmer's market has if it's still going with
>> winter produce.. I don't remember when they close up shop, but I think
>> it goes for a while yet.

 JK> > Ours goes year round but reduced hours in winter. We got some
 JK> broccoli, > raw peanuts, a chocolate/cinnamon cake and a couple of
 JK> whole wheat
 JK> > cinnamon rolls today.  The spinach came from last week's market,
 JK> kept > fresh in a green bag.

 JK> I checked to see what kind of hours our farmers market has now...
 JK> there are 3 locations where they hold them here in Ithaca, and only
 JK> one of the 3 will be open from 11/1-12/20.  The other two locations
 JK> closed up around Halloween. I guess they don't get the business or
 JK> maybe it related to the weather, which can get nasty ..

A couple of years ago the Wednesday market seemed to have a thunderstorm
and/or high winds just about every week. It was a late afternoon market,
just about the time storms fired up. There was not Wed. market this
summer, and the weather was, overall, good.

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