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Skriven 2013-06-29 23:39:41 av Nancy Backus (1:261/1381.0)
   Kommentar till text 1908 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
Ärende: Re: lasagne
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-=> Quoting Ruth Haffly to Nancy Backus on 28 Jun 13  15:49:49 <=-

 RH> married, we had to do our wash at a laundromat. We'd get ice cream at
 RH> the convenience store nearby when we were done, usually year round.
 RH> Could get two good sized scoops for 15 cents, 4 scoops for a quarter
 RH> and 6 for 35 cents. We splurged on the 6 scoops a few times. (G)

Made a meal of it, did you...?   :) 
 
 NB>> Besides, actually, summer JUST started, and we've gone

 RH> Meteorlogical summer started June 1; we're almost 1/3 of the way thru
 RH> it.

Picky picky... ;)  
 
 NB>> officially summer now...  (G)  (Relief is supposedly on the way, after
 NB>> the predicted heavy rain for the next couple of days...)

 RH> Stocked up on the basics (bread, milk, tp) in case the power goes out?

No more than usual... :)  Didn't lose power though... :)  A couple of
weeks ago, wasn't even bad weather, we came home from grocery shopping
to a house without power.  Apparently something took out a chunk of our
area... we quickly and carefully got the perishables into the fridge and
freezer, and then assessed the situation.  Supper was supposed to be
cooked, from the new groceries, that was out, so we decided to wait out
the outage by going out to El Latino (just down the street, fortunately
they were outside the outage) for supper.  Got the oxtails, mangu,
cabbage with picked onions, and an order of sweet plantains.  Had some
of the latter two left over, so brought it home.  Still no power, so we
called, and that's when it was confirmed that it was more than just us. 
Never found out what it was, but the power came back on a little more
than an hour later... it had apparently gone off just before we got home
the first time...

 RH>>> At least chicken nuggets and frozen pizzas weren't in the lunch
 RH>>> rotation. (G)
 NB>>> Those were too expensive for that crew... :)
 RH>> But how many moms of this generation do rely on them, no matter what
 RH>> the cost? They haven't learned how to make a better lunch for less.
 NB>> Maybe less than we think... ;)  But then, they may be relying on even
 NB>> less expensive but also less healthy items... letting kids fill up on
 NB>> potato chips or such...

 RH> I think a lot of it is because a lot of the parents were raised on
 RH> fast food and don't know good nutrition themselves.
 
That's probably often the case... 

 RH>> Did you use whole wheat pasta?
 NB>> That, and veggie pastas...

 RH> I didn't use too much of the veggie pasta, usually spinach or tomato
 RH> if I did.
 
When they got more commonly found in the grocery store, I'd get the
tri-color boxes... :)

 RH>> I've made some converts to whole wheat
 RH>> pasta when they taste how good my mac & cheese is. I use it all the
 RH>> time when I cook for Life Group & haven't gotten any complaints yet.
 NB>> Haven't made any of it for a long time now..  :)   But I got no
 NB>> complaints back when I was doing it. :)

 RH> Do some when the weather cools off again?
 
Always a possibility..  :)

ttyl       neb

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