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Skriven 2015-11-07 22:22:59 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
  Kommentar till text 32826 av Dave Drum (1:261/38.0)
Ärende: Funky
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Hi Dave,

 RH> chili similar to my family friendly style, just a bit hotter. I beat
 RH> him the year I did the elk, goat and beef competition style chili.

 DD> I've judged cook-offs where there were only three or four "real"
 DD> chillies. And a lot of tomato soups with some hamburg and paprika
 DD> tossed in.

 RH> You might enjoy what Steve and I do, then. I do the basics, he does the
 RH> tinkering with the spicing to get it "just right".

 DD> As good a cook as Vicky is on most things - her chilli is of the
 DD> tomato soup variety. She doesn't like garlic much, not cumin, not
 DD> spice heat. Her chilli would sell well in a Pennsylvania diner -- but,
 DD> I'd not buy it.

But you eat it graciously when she serves it--or when it's on the menu,
you volunteer to make it. I don't order chili anywhere, don't want to be
disappointed.


 DD> I've been approached by several organisations - but, the ones that I
 DD> might have considered joining required (Odd Fellows - Masons) too much
 DD> ritual and the AFAM, to which my Father and both Grandfathers
 DD> belonged, a far more serious commitment of time than I was prepared to
 DD> give. So,I just putter along doing random acts of kindness and charity
 DD> when/where I can and as the mood strikes.

 RH> Our main organisation is the church; we're quite involved with that.
 RH> Steve is also a member of the American Legion, VFW and DAV; I belong to
 RH> the Legion Auxillary and the Quilts of Valor quilting group. We're both

 DD> I'm not eligible for the American Legion - my service falls into the
 DD> chasm between the end of the Korean police action and Vietnam - and
 DD> that period is specifically excluded - Cold War notwithstanding. I

Yes, you do fall into the crack on that one. But, by the same token, you
missed going to either of those two exciting places. (G)

 DD> could join The Sons of The Legion - off my dad's WWII service and
 DD> Phil's Vietnam adventures (plus he has been nearly everything in the
 DD> 40 & 8 as well as Post Commander of Post 32) but, I have a problem
 DD> with joining auxiliaries in my head.

Depends, some of them are real go getters in their own right. Our
Auxillary sponsors a 5K fun run, a holiday craft fair and other events.


 RH> members of the short term (Christmas concert is Dec. 2) Kingdom choir,
 RH> composed of Southeastern students and several local church choir
 RH> members. Tonight Steve brought chicken from the VFW supper home to
 RH> cook--the oven in the building where they meet had gone flaky and we
 RH> live the closest to it so................................

 DD> Cook for you? Or to take back to the post?

To take back to the post. I had Zaxby's chicken for supper; he said I
ate better. We stopped at Tropical Pickin' Chickin last night--the meats
(chicken for Steve, pork for me) were good but the salad was laced with
cilantro and they were too heavy on the rice portion for me. Steve never
commented on his other side so I don't know how it was. Lesson learned
is to go there for meat (watch out for cilantro in sauces, etc) but
avoid sides.

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Catch you later,
Ruth
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