Subj : Pie Crust
To   : Ruth Haffly
From : Ben Collver
Date : Sat Dec 27 2025 07:30 am

  Re: Pie Crust
  By: Ruth Haffly to Ben Collver on Fri Dec 26 2025 03:26 pm

Hi Ruth,

BC> I haven't seen anyone use one since.  Though those stove-top espresso
BC> makers kind of remind me of a percolator, minus the clear glass knob on
BC> top.

RH> My
RH> husband, Steve, will sometimes use a Moka pot which is sort of like an old
RH> fashioned percolator, on a one cup scale.

I had forgotten the term "Moka pot".  That's what i was referring to as a
stove-top espresso maker.

RH> They've been quiet.

Quiet holidays sounds ideal to me right now.  I'm getting in the mood to
do some programming projects, so i think i'll take a laptop with me.
I'm planning to "port" some old Borland Turbo-C + TASM code to
OpenWatcom.  I've done it twice before, so i am fairly confident.

RH> No fun, I hope she's doing better now.

Indeed it was not fun.  We picked her up from the operation at half past
midnight.  She is recovering well so far.

RH> She hasn't posted in some years; we had quite the thing going for some
RH> years with 2 sets of RH and 2 sets of DS on the echo. People said that
RH> they could tell which RH was posting from the writing style.

Were Dale Ship & Dave Saucerdote the two sets of DS?

At one place i worked, the old-time Unix admins had 3 letter usernames
for the first, middle, and last initials.  Later they switched the
convention to first initial plus last name, which is what i had.  On
an email list it was clear who had seniority.  :)

I made pancakes for breakfast.  Recently, if i put canned fruit in the
pancake batter, i'll drain the syrup into a saucepan and add 1 tb flour
and warm it up to thicken it.  This morning i had peach pancakes with 
peach syrup and it was mighty tasty.  I did not use the following
recipe.

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06
 
      Title: Easy Pancakes
 Categories: Pancakes
      Yield: 10 Pancakes
 
      1 c  Flour
      1 tb Baking powder
      1 ts Salt
      1 tb Sugar
      1 tb Oil
      1    Egg
      1 c  Milk or water
 
  Sift dry ingredients together, in a separate bowl blend well wet
  ingredients. Mix wet and dry together until quite smooth. Grill on a
  very lightly oiled, medium hot griddle or fry pan until sides are
  have lost there sheen; turn over and grill until golden brown.
  
  Serve with your favourite syrup or topping.
  
  Recipe by Gord Hannah
 
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