Subj : Packrats To : Ruth Haffly From : Dave Drum Date : Sun Jan 07 2024 06:41:00 -=> Ruth Haffly wrote to Dave Drum <=- DD> I'm going to do it the evening before trash day so it doesn't have DD> time to take over the wheelie bin. Or attract raccooons, tree rats and DD> opossums. RH> Sounds good; our trash day is Friday but because of the holiday, pushed RH> to Saturday again this week. I've done the "clean out the fridge" thing RH> the night before also. DD> Ours did the same - except our usual day is Wednesday. I use Waste DD> Management (because they're union) who e-mails me a "heads up" before DD> every holidays which changes their usual schedule. RH> I'm pretty sure we use those folks too. Town of WF contracts with them RH> and their fee is included in our water/sewer bill. The WF town web site RH> and local newspaper publish their holiday schedule but we can usually RH> figure on a week with a federal holiday, trash pick up will be a day RH> later. Green waste is usually picked up sometime during the week, after RH> the Monday holiday. If you mean "recyclables" by "green waste" a separate company does that on contract to the city. They also do regular trash/garbage pickup but in regular 'garbage' trucks. The recycling trucks have compartments and there are different coloured totes for the resident to use. One for old plastic bottles, bags, etc. Another for old newsprint and cardboard and a third for metals. The company also maintains a recycling center where they accept sorted recyclables and buy aluminum cans for ca$h. DD> 8<----- EDIT -----.8 DD> season". At that time (early 1950s) most wives were "house" wives. DD> And they knew when they heard the iron wheels on the sidewalk that DD> I had just picked vegetables on offer at good prices. RH> Dad also planted cucumbers, only way Mom used them was in a mild pickle RH> (about half and half water and vinegar with a bit of sugar and celery RH> seed). Between his fussy eating an her non creative cooking, we were RH> fed but it wasn't until I went to college, then got married, that I RH> found out about a wider range of foods. Joining the echo here expanded RH> my cooking/eating horizons even more. Sounds like "bread & butter" pickles. DD> Railroad dining car galleys are, DD> Here's another bread recipe. I'll be making this again tonight for DD> a potluck at my work tomorrow ...... well, one loaf. The other is DD> going to get turned into Reuben sandwiches at home. DD> Title: Rustic Rye Bread DD> Categories: Breads DD> Yield: 24 slices RH> OK, my "standard" rye bread is the Pillsbury one, thanks to you digging RH> up the recipe for me. I know I had it for years, but probably in one of RH> our military moves it got thrown out or shredded with other papers. RH> Next day--correction, we use Republic for trash pick up. Used to use RH> Waste Management, have in other places but saw the Republic truck RH> today, across the street. We have a choice of three companies. Waste Management, Republic and the one which does the recycling programme, plus regular trash pick-up and is locally owned, Lake Area Disposal. Lake Area uses white trucks, Waste Management uses green trucks and Republic's trucks are blue. MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06 Title: Bread & Butter Pickles Categories: Squash, Vegetables, Preserving Yield: 2 Quarts 8 md Cucumbers; in 1/6" slices 1 md Yellow onion; thin sliced 1 Clove garlic; thin sliced 1/2 Red bell pepper; stemmed, Seeded, thin sliced 1/2 Bell pepper; stemmed, seeded Thin sliced 2 tb Kosher salt 1 2/3 c Sugar 1 c Cider vinegar 1 1/2 ts Brown mustard seeds 1/2 ts Celery seed 1/2 ts Ground turmeric Combine cucumbers, onion, garlic, and peppers in a large bowl and sprinkle with salt; add 2 cups cracked ice, and toss together. Let sit for 3 hours. Transfer vegetables to a colander, and rinse lightly with cold water. Divide vegetables between two 1-qt. glass jars with resealable lids and set aside. Bring sugar, vinegar, mustard and celery seeds, and turmeric to a boil in a 1-qt. saucepan; pour mixture evenly between jars and seal jars with lids. Let cool to room temperature and then store in refrigerator for up to 2 weeks. Yield: makes 2 QUARTS RECIPE FROM: https://www.saveur.com Uncle Dirty Dave's Archives MMMMM .... "A cheapskate won't tip a server. I'm just careful with my money" Dave Drum --- MultiMail/Win v0.52 * Origin: capitolcityonline.net * Telnet/SSH:2022/HTTP (1:2320/105) .