Subj : You say to-may-to [1] To : Dave Drum From : Ruth Haffly Date : Sat Sep 02 2023 14:39:03 Hi Dave, DD> Do you have a Winn-Dixie near you? They just (last week) got snapped DD> up by ALDI. Bv)= RH> There was a W-D in town but it folded long before we moved here. We RH> have Aldi, Lidl, Food Lion, Publix, Lowe's, Harris Teeter and Wegman's RH> in addition to grocery sections in Wal-Mart and Target. AFAIK, the only RH> place we've lived in that had a W-D was in Copperas Cove, TX back in RH> the mid 80s. Do know there was one near my in-laws when they lived in RH> Zephyerhills, FL but they moved a couple of years ago so we don't go RH> down there any more. DD> Interpreting the announcement-most of the stores left were in DD> DeSantis' fiefdom. (Florida) As I told Mike Powell the first and only DD> one I was ever in was in Hayneville, AL whilst getting chilli fixin's DD> for my first ever echo picnic at Pat Stockett's. IIRC, we'd seen ads for them when we lived on the coast of NC after we got married. Left there in spring of 1983 when Steve joined the Army and began our getting acquainted with other supermarkets/chains across the country. DD> If all goes to plan I'll have my raised bed garden in place of the DD> evergreen hedge in front of my house. ty-five feet by six feet and DD> two feet high. Planned first crops will be chilies, tomatoes, radishes DD> (red globe) and cucumbers. RH> Sounds good to me. We found we were gone too often during the growing RH> season to make a regular garden feasible. Do have an herb garden in a RH> raised bed that seems to thrive on neglect tho. (G) DD> Not to mention that I'll have someplace to dump my coffee grounds DD> rather than putting then into old plastic or metal/glass DD> cans/jars/bottles and contributing to the trashman's incipient hernia. DD> Bv)= We keep a compost bucket by our kitchen sink. It's about one gallon, lid has an inside charcoal filter, bucket gets lined with compostable bags. When it gets full or before we travel or if it gets extra smelly (rarely, with the filter) Steve takes it out and adds the contents to one of 3 compost bins he has going. Bag gets dumped in the trash can as he found out that it doesn't compost that well. Coffee grounds are just part of what gets added--when he doesn't dump them on some of the outdoor plants. DD> Title: Black Bean & Corn Salsa DD> Categories: Salsa, Chilies, Citrus, Beans, Vegetables DD> Yield: 4 Servings DD> I've won prizes at several chilli cook-offs with this DD> recipe. RH> But I can't make it at our house unless I want to be the only one RH> eating it. DD> Yeah, I know, Steve has that burden to carry. If I were allergic to DD> corn Kenvue (benadryl makers) stock would rise several points. Bv)= He gets migraine headaches from it, benadryl doesn't help. DD> Does the corn allergy extend to hominy and/or grits? I would not miss DD> those but there are some who like them. We just avoid all forms of corn for him . DD> Have they identified what in the corn causes his reaction? My friend, DD> Les, is allergic to fresh tomatoes. But he's OK with the cooked stuff. DD> Apparently heat kills/neutralises whatever is giving him a problem. We think it's a protein but without specific testing, can't be sure. Corn starch doesn't bother him (used in small quantities), not tried corn oil. He's not especially enamored of grits so not having them isn't a bother (OTOH, I do like them--G--). DD> If Steve's allergy extends to hominy you can sub chickpeas in this DD> recipe. It is in a quantity suitable to a pot luck or churck supper. Something to think about. Church has lost membership so we're not doing big get togethers as often. DD> Title: Posole Rojo DD> Categories: Pork, Vegetables, Herbs, Chilies DD> Yield: 12 Servings --- Catch you later, Ruth rchaffly{at}earthlink{dot}net FIDO 1:396/45.28 .... If you think you are confused now, wait until I explain it! --- PPoint 3.01 * Origin: Sew! That's My Point (1:396/45.28) .