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Skriven 2015-07-25 17:59:42 av RUTH HANSCHKA (1:123/140)
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>  RH> I've run into a few of those.  The Asian grocery 
nearby
>  RH> often has whatever it is though, sometimes in odd 
places
>  RH> in the store.
> 
> Keeps life interesting, doesn't it? (G) We find all 
sorts of interesting
> things in Asian and other stores. Found puffed wheat 
and puffed rice
> sticks (held together with, as I recall the wrapper, 
rice syrup) at a
> Korean store not too long ago. Not bad for a snack kind 
of thing, fairly
> low carb since there was a lot of air in them.
> 
I've found something similar in Vietnamese stores.  
Puffed flour cake thingies, but those have oil in them 
too.  They're generally flavored with taro or green tea.

>  RH> It may have related to the weight of the nickel 
rather
>  RH> than the price of the item but there's no way to 
be sure.
> 
> Not at this point.

It would make sense, since the nickel has a specific 
weight. 
 
>  RH> > craft kit components for VBS. Don't want to have 
cookie
>  RH> cutters scratch
>  RH> > up the table. Other than that, the cutting 
boards are,
> 
>  RH> It's a thought for the next one.  I have another 
smaller
>  RH> one I use for that.
> 
> This started life as a 18" by 24" mat but was shortened 
a bit when Steve
> needed some plastic of that weight. The mat was scarred 
up enough that I
> needed to let it go anyway. Right now he's cutting 
craft foam on it for
> another VBS project.

Good use for it.  And him naturally.  It's always good to 
get men involved in childrens' education.  (even if they 
are hiding behind the scenes)
 
>  RH> > Handy when you're out of eggs and don't want to 
run to
>  RH> the store at
>  RH> > midnight. (G)
> 
>  RH> And when eggs are as sky high as they are now.
> 
> I've not bought any in a few weeks but have heard that 
prices were to go
> high because of farmers having to put birds down.

Avian influenza. Some of the big factory farms in the 
midwest have had to wholesale slaughter birds.  OTOH it 
does give the local guys here a boost.
 
>  RH> And gripe about it naturally.  What good is a 
disability
>  RH> if you can't gripe about it?
> 
> Only in certain circles tho.

True.  
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