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Skriven 2013-11-03 16:38:00 av DAVE DRUM (1:261/1381)
     Kommentar till en text av NANCY BACKUS
Ärende: Possibilities
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-=> NANCY BACKUS wrote to DAVE DRUM <=-

 DD> The front yard is tiny - the home is set back from the street only
 DD> about twenty feet (maybe less) And it's fenced. A former owner
 DD> converted the attached garage to a "family" room with a full bath, a
 DD> fireplace, separate heating from the rest of the house, etc. It's well
 DD> done - but the driveway leaves just enough room to not have the back
 DD> bumper of a standard mid-sized car (Taurus/Sebring/Malibu) not sticking
 DD> into the street .... if the front bumper is almost touching the siding.
 DD> To get more parking I'd have to tear out the fence and brick the front
 DD> yard - and then invest heavily in Round-up to fight the inevitable
 DD> grass growing up between the bricks.

 NB> So, not impossible, but more doing than you are wishing to do... I'm
 NB> picturing the house essentially filling the lot from side to side,
 NB> then... no way to get a vehicle to the backyard...?

That's about the picture. And no alley behind the house - that would make
things too easy. Instead there is a trailer park -- and I just don't see them
letting me cut a gate into their fence to get to my back yard. 
 
 DD>> Leftover sauce (yeah, right) freezes well.

 NB>> I suppose if one made a big enough batch, and served it to few enough
 NB>> people, just maybe one might have a little left over...  ;)   Like
 NB>> maybe Ruth Haffly making sauce at her dad's...  :)

 DD> Well, as there is just me ...... but, yepper, it turned out right
 DD> nicely. And I had some freezer space available. I took the meatball pie
 DD> to my brother's as he has fed me often enough. Time for payback. Then I
 DD> had to come back home and e-mail Ms. Vicky the recipes.   Bv)=
 DD> Apparently it's a keeper there, too.

 NB> Win-win...  ;)

 DD> 2 ts Quatre epices *
 DD> * 1 part nutmeg, 1 part ginger and 7 parts white pepper

 NB> One shouldn't ask why three ingredients become "four spices"...?

That was the recipe as given. Which leaves out the cloves (normally found in
Quatre epices). Not to mention that the proportions are skewed with
waaaaaaaaaay too much white pepper. This is what I stock:

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

      Title: Quatre Épices
 Categories: Five, Spices
      Yield: 5 tablespoons

      2 tb Ground white pepper
      1 tb Ground ginger
      1 tb Ground nutmeg
      1 tb Ground cloves

  Stir the spices together and store in an airtight
  container in a cool, dark place.

  This quatre épices recipe makes 5 tablespoons or slightly
  less than 1/3 cup of spice mixture.

  From: http://www.recipelink.com

  Uncle Dirty Dave's Archives

MMMMM

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