Subj : Travelling [1] To : Dave Drum From : Ruth Haffly Date : Wed Jun 07 2023 14:01:54 Hi Dave, DD> portable, OTOH weighs about 10 pounds and is about the size of a small DD> ladies purse .... 11 inches by 3 inches by 7 inches. At 2 litres per DD> minute the battery is good (they claim in the instructions) for 8 DD> hours. RH> I understand that's only good for bursts, not continuous use. I need RH> the continuous use, only when sleeping, so have to go with the bigger RH> unit. I didn't try to use it in flight, tho it was theoretically RH> possible. DD> 8 hours @ 2 litres per minute is a loooooooooooong nap. Bv)= Longer than any of our flights on this last trip. We flew from Raleigh to Toronto, Toronto to Vancouver, BC on the way out. On the way home we went from Fairbanks to Seattle to DFW to Raleigh. Had my first Wendy's burger in years in Seattle, about the best I can say for it is that it gave me some nutrition. We didn't have a lot of time between flights so grabbed a meal there and took it to the gate to eat. DD> Apparently that was not an Amtrak train. Their "dining" DD> facilities/food is an obscene joke .... IMO. Like airline snacks on a DD> short flight. Air Canada gave us cookies, Alaska Air gave us cookies and pretzels. Don't recall what American (last leg) gave us but in flight food service is almost non exsistent any more. RH> No, not Amtrak but Alaska Railroads. Don't know how profitable it is RH> but it works with cruise lines. We were seated in a domed observation RH> car but Steve wandered over to the more open car for pictures. DD> They're making money or they wouldn't be doing it. They're probably making most of their money working with the cruise ships. Even on land, the cruise companies have major facilities--we stayed in cruise line name accomodations in both Denali and Fairbanks. DD> I looked up the recipe - and did not see rice mentioned anywhere. Must DD> have had to watch the actual TVFN show for that. Bv)= RH> It was included in the packaging with the duck, don't remember if it RH> was a part of the original recipe or not. We had cable (including Food RH> Network) tv while in HI; that was when I tried the recipe. DD> OK. Fair enuf. It's been a few years but I still have the recipe floating around, may give it another try at some point. DD> Chard and kale are not high on my list of preferred greenery to cook DD> with. Like Popeye, I likes me spinach. Even the canned stuff. RH> I like most greens in various degrees, chard better than kale but not RH> as good as spinach. Collards are good too, if cooked long enough. I RH> prefer fresh greens, will go with frozen if needs be but canned ones RH> are way too mushy for me. As a side, I'll usually sprinkle some pepper RH> vinegar on them (typical southern) tho balsamic works good with some of RH> them also. DD> How about dandelion greena. I like them pretty well so long as they're DD> not too "mature" (tough and bitter). I've only had them once, thought they were ok. Big thing is, trying to get them before the flower comes out. It's early in the year here so I'm not always thinking about catching it--until too late. DD> Title: Tomato Florentine Soup DD> Categories: Soups, Herbs, Greens, Cheese DD> Yield: 4 Servings RH> That looks good. Steve and I both had a cup of tomato bisque as part of RH> our last meal in Fairbanks. He went on to have a chicken cordon bleu RH> sandwich with fries, no roll. I took a few of his fries and a small bit RH> of the chicken & roll but the soup hit the spot! DD> If you have an ARBY'S near you I can reccomend, most heartily, their DD> (probably limited time) pecan chicken salad sandwich. I got one the DD> other night on the way home from work - did not need fries or anything DD> else other than a drink for a hearty meal. You would probably make two DD> meals from it. Or split it with Steve. Arby's put a plastic knife in DD> my to-go bag for just that purpose. I fooled them and didn't use it. I think we're going to subsist on easy pickin's from the freezer and fridge for a few more days. Probably by the end of this week/beginning of next, I'll be back to proper cooking. --- Catch you later, Ruth rchaffly{at}earthlink{dot}net FIDO 1:396/45.28 .... Generic, non-offensive, non-funny tagline... boring, eh? --- PPoint 3.01 * Origin: Sew! That's My Point (1:396/45.28) .