Subj : Pie Crust
To   : Ben Collver
From : Ruth Haffly
Date : Sat Dec 27 2025 01:22 pm

Hi Ben,

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.

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

I sort of figured that's what you were referring to. We have one for in
the house and another one for the camper.


RH> They've been quiet.

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

It's all Greek to me. (G) Probably I could throw out a bunch of sewing
terms and you would be just as confused.


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

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

Good; Steve has a bit of a cold that doesn't want to clear up so we took
a pass on attending a funeral today. Don't want to spread the germs or
possibly pick up something worse.


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.

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

Yes, haven't heard from the latter in years. Dale Shipp passed away last
year; he and Gail isssued us a standing invitation for whenever we drove
up north or came back down that we were welcome to stay with them. We
had a number of good visits over the years before they moved into the
assisted living place.


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

I should think the latter would be easier to figure out who's who. Ruth
H and I have different middle names but never did add the initial to our
names. OTOH, I use my middle initial quite a lot in other signatures, it
looks odd to see just my first/last name on a lot of things.


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

Sounds good but when I got my diabetes diagnosis, I gave up eating
pancakes and waffles. The temptation to drown them in maple syrup was
avoided if I didn't have a plate in front of me. Steve will sometimes
use syrup, sometimes gravy, sometimes pb&j or other toppings, depending
on what he sees in the fridge.


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Catch you later,
Ruth
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....  It works!  Now, if only I could remember what I did.

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