Subj : Air Quality To : Ruth Haffly From : Dave Drum Date : Fri Jul 28 2023 06:00:00 -=> Ruth Haffly wrote to Dave Drum <=- RH> It did, very much. Our air has pretty much cleard up again, until the RH> winds shift to bring down more smoke. Had a nice thunderstorm in the RH> wee small hours this morning. SD> Just checked the air quality for today. It's green. It's green SD> for fire and smoke also. It's dark and cloudy...probably getting SD> ready to burst. DD> I don't have to check a web site/phone app/T.V. talking head for air DD> quality. I walk out the front door and check the haze. If it hasn't DD> "burned off" by 9 ayem then it's not "ground fog" but smoke from other DD> climes. RH> I'll get an idea of the full day's weather by checking W.U.; a peek RH> outside will just give me immediate conditions. Steve pulled a Boston RH> butt out of the freezer this morning; looking at his calendar and RH> weather for the next week, we will probably be smoking it next Monday. As I tend to live "in the moment" that's fine for me. Any major weather events or warnings I will get in whichever browser I am using (if I'm banging away on the keyboard) or by the "CODE RED Mobile Alert" app on my smarty-pants phone. Today's weather forecast has been all over the map - rain - no rain, temps forecat in a range between 98F and 106F. It stands that today's guesstiated high is 99F .... more than hot enough for me - by about 15 degrees. Bv)= RH> The weatherman on the station we watch said that by the week end things RH> will be clear here. Meanwhile, I'm staying inside as much as possible. DD> I don't watch the boob tube - except for races ... and that very DD> seldom. RH> Ours is on for news, "Jeopardy" and in the summer, "America's Got RH> Talent". I'm not a fan of the "Talking Heads" and never have been since the days of Walter Cronkite and the Huntley-Brinkley Report. Today's news outlets seem to be either far right (Faux News) or far left (MSNBC). And, as I'm a "Hey diddle diddle straight up the middle" guy (or try to be)I digest the internet's print news feeds to get a fairly realistic picture of the state of the non-sensationalised news. RH> (salmon) RH> We're happy with the canned from time to time but do like the fresh as RH> well. Had a lot of the latter up in Alaska this past trip so we're RH> taking a fish break for a bit. DD> I get along much better with non-oily fish. But, even that is easy to DD> "tire" of. Then it's back to burger and pork chops and leg-o-lamb (if DD> I find a good sale). DD> I've only made this once ... it makes a *LOT*. Fortunately the DD> leftovers re-heat well and/or you can slice it to make really good DD> sandwiches. RH> We do a lot of chicken--Steve grilled some thighs last night with lemon RH> pepper seasoning. We'll use them up tonight, with salad and probably RH> applesauce--low fuss cooking. I'm currently experimenting with doing bacon wrapped franks in the over- the-stove nuker. I had to make a special trip to the store to get a box of toothpicks - since the metal skewers I'd use on the grill or in the oven cause major sparking and light shows in the microwave. Bv)= It's looking like 4 1/2 minutes is where I'll wind up. The bacon is as crispy as it needs to be without the hot dog having all the juices dried up by the trip through the experience. Someone gifted us with a plastic grocery sack of (obviously) home grown tomatoes the other day. I wish I knew who so I could thank them and/or return the favour. But no one admits to the deed. Still, I made this for lunch yesterday .... Varying from the recipe only in using wheat bread in place of the white called for. Next go I'm going to try using some Tony Chachere's (green can) Creole Seasoning in place of the specced Furikake. Should work well. RH> ... Books are better than TV; they exercise your imagination. True dat. And why only give scant attention to the groove tube. MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06 Title: Furikake Tomato Sandwich Categories: Five, Breads, Vegetables Yield: 2 sandwiches Salt & fresh ground pepper 1 lg Very ripe heirloom tomato; - thick sliced across 4 sl Soft white sandwich bread * Mayonnaise; for spreading Furikake rice seasoning; to - sprinkle ** Salt and pepper the tomato slices. Lightly toast the bread. (butter optional and not listed) Spread a generous amount of mayonnaise on each slice of bread, then sprinkle with furikake. Divide the tomato slices between 2 slices of bread, then sandwich with the remaining bread. Cut the sandwiches diagonally and eat immediately. * I used thick cut wheat bread from Hy-Vee's bakery. It worked out very nicely. ** You can find furikake, in all its flavor iterations, in most Asian supermarkets and online. In a pinch, you can also pulse in a mini food processor 1 (5-gram) packet roasted seaweed, 1 teaspoon coarse kosher salt and 1/2 ts granulated sugar until fine, then stir in 2 teaspoons sesame seeds or everything bagel seasoning, and a pinch of MSG, such as Aji-No-Moto brand seasoning. By: Eric Kim Yield: 2 sandwiches RECIPE FROM: https://cooking.nytimes.com Uncle Dirty Dave's Kitchen MMMMM .... As long as people will accept crap, it will be profitable to dispense it. --- MultiMail/Win v0.52 * Origin: capitolcityonline.net * Telnet/SSH:2022/HTTP (1:2320/105) .