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Skriven 2015-11-11 08:01:53 av Dave Drum (1:18/200)
     Kommentar till en text av NANCY BACKUS
Ärende: Re: Discounts
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-=> NANCY BACKUS wrote to DAVE DRUM <=-

 -=> Quoting Dave Drum to Nancy Backus on 11-07-15  08:42 <=-

 NB>>> I suspect our styles aren't that dissimilar...  ;)

 DD>> I have, in my younger days, done Spring-A-Leak to L.A. in one sitting.
 DD>> Just a few years ago I was regularly doing here to the East Coast
 DD>> (N.J., eastern Pa., etc) in one bite.

 NB>> I've done Rochester to Raleigh in one sitting... although I think I did
 NB>> have to make a stop for gas midway... AAA had said it would be 12
 NB>> hours, it was more like 10, IIRC...  I regularly do one-tank trips
 NB>> straight thru with no stops...  :)

 DD> By "one sitting" I am not counting potty breaks, gas stops, getting
 DD> something to eat from a snatch & grabbit, etc. Just, basically, no
 DD> naps, big meals, overnight motels, etc. Plenty of time to collapse or
 DD> pig out one one arrives.

 NB> Well... I've not usually had occasion for a more than a day's trip,
 NB> unless it was a trip where things were scheduled along the way, such as
 NB> a genealogy trip...  That trip to Raleigh was day 1 of such a trip..

     8< -------- CUT -------->B

When I was a stripling of a lad the long trips thing was sort of a rite of 
passage. That devolved into a sense of urgency and a Larry the Cable Guy "Get 
'er Done" attitude. Then when I started trucking .....
	 
 DD> I note that we're barely into November and Vicky's TV is Christmas
 DD> stuff already - nearly everywhere.  FEH!

 DD> As Stan Freberg said - "I'm Dreaming Of A Green Chri$tma$"

 NB> Yeah... I know...  what I like least about the season...

Nearly every culture has a celebration of the Winter Solstice. America, 
however, has marketroids who can sniff a penny at 300 miles.

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06

      Title: Farthing Biscuits
 Categories: Breads
      Yield: 18 biscuits

    225 g  (8 oz) plain flour; + extra
            - for dusting
    225 g  (8 oz) self-raising flour
      1 ts Table salt
      1 ts Caster sugar
     85 g  (3 oz) lightly salted butter
           - + extra to serve
     85 g  (3 oz) lard

  For the biscuits, preheat the oven to 18oC/35oF/Gas 4.

  In a bowl, mix the dry ingredients together. Rub in butter
  and lard so that mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs.

  Add just enough cold water to bring the mixture together
  to form a stiff dough (about 5-6 tablespoons). Refrigerate
  for 15-20 minutes.

  On a lightly floured work surface, roll out the dough to a
  thickness just less than a £1 coin.

  Using a 9cm/3 1/2" round cutter cut out biscuits from the
  dough. Prick the top of the biscuits all over to decorate,
  leaving a plain 5mm/1/4" border around the edge.

  Transfer to wire racks or baking mesh. Place the racks /
  mesh on baking trays and bake for 14-16 minutes, or until
  the biscuits are dry but not browned. Set aside to cool
  completely.

  Serve the biscuits with chilled butter.

  Makes 18 biscuits

  Recipe from: http://www.bbc.co.uk

  Uncle Dirty Dave's Archives

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