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Skriven 2015-11-06 16:29:00 av NANCY BACKUS (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av RUTH HAFFLY
Ärende: Re: pies and pork
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-=> Quoting Ruth Haffly to Nancy Backus on 11-03-15  16:33 <=-

 RH>> I don't think we have any more big pieces of furniture to bring back
 RH>> from NY but had a call last night from our friends in PA. When we
 RH>> were there in August, we went down to the National Night Out gathering
 RH>> in McClure. One booth had raffle tickets ... call last night was to
 RH>> let us know we'd won the pie safe, also to tell us tha one of Steve's
 RH>> aunts had passed away. We'll probably pick it up next spring when we
 RH>> go north again.
 NB>> Condolences on Steve's aunt... had she been sick, or was that a
 NB>> surprise...?   How large is the pie safe...?  Too bad you didn't win
 NB>> the prize you were going after... ;)

 RH> We're not sure how big the pie safe is, most we've seen are about 3'
 RH> wide by same tall, and about 18" deep, on legs that make it stand
 RH> about 4 1/2' tall. 

So a good sized piece of furniture...

 RH> We had seens Steve's aunt in August--she looked
 RH> frail but has so for years. She lived in an apartment off her
 RH> daughter's house but had gone blind so was unable to do any sort of
 RH> cooking/housekeeping for herself. Still, it was a bit of a surprise.

I can imagine... when they hang in for years looking frail, you get
lulled into thinking they might be around for almost forever...

 NB>> Maybe it was the only thing available when he was shopping that day...
 NB>> or looked intriguing enough to get it...  or maybe he had some plan
 NB>> for its use that never quite happened..  ;)  In any case, now that I
 NB>> inherited it, I don't have to worry about seasoning it...  (G)

 RH> I bought a plain one the other day, will probably use some of the
 RH> peach/pepper jelly to season it with (brush some on before, during and
 RH> after cooking).

That sounds good..  :)
 
 NB>>> Ask around for suggestions for a good mechanic... :)
 RH>> We'll see when the time comes, hopefully not for a good long while.
 NB>> You might want to check with neighbors or friends from church sooner
 NB>> than later... it's nice to know ahead of time instead of scrambling
 NB>> when the emergency hits...  ;)

 RH> True, we know there's good ones at the dealership but don't know the
 RH> out of warranty prices.

Guess you'll find that out when you might need them... If they are good
at the dealership, that's not a bad place to take them... We've not had
good luck with dealership service departments, though, by and large...
 
 RH>> We've gone to the same Italian place several times now--small,
 RH>> busy--does most of its business in pizza but has other things on the
 RH>> menu. We both like the chicken caccitori but decided to try the
 RH>> seafood cannoli and lobster ravioli specials on our recent visit. The
 RH>> first was better than the second; the sauce drowned out the delicate
 RH>> lobster taste.
 NB>> Now you know...  :)  Was the seafood cannoli a "get again"...?

 RH> Yes, definately.

Another choice now, when you go there... :)
 
 NB>>> for whatever reason, it's easier to catch up sitting at a table
 NB>>> in a restaurant than at home...  ;)
 RH>> The mind is going several ways at once, at home, thinking about what
 RH>> has to be done, now that you're home. A restaurant is a neutral area
 RH>> where you can just relax, catch up with each other, have a good meal,
 RH>> get fortified for the jobs to do at home, etc, etc. (G)
 NB>> Yeah... something like that...  :)   Plus, at a restaurant, we are
 NB>> more likely to linger over a meal... sit there for an hour or so,
 NB>> instead of just eat and off to whatever next as happens at home more
 NB>> often than not...  :)

 RH> Washer or dryer beeps, pop up to change out loads, that sort of thing.
 RH> I understand.

Or just the need to unpack, grab the mega-packets of Fido....... (G)

ttyl         neb

... Do I even WANT ancestors? Some of those I found I wish I could lose.

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