Subj : Books
To   : Dave Drum
From : Ruth Haffly
Date : Wed Jul 31 2024 14:57:29

Hi Dave,

 DD> to a reasonable size. He's badly infected with packrat-itis.

 RH> I keep some plastic around for a while, then toss extras into recycle.
 RH> Same with glass. Since Steve retired from the Army, I've bought more
 RH> glass for storage than plastic but still use plastic for some things.

 DD> A lot of what Dennis save is useful only for saving leftovers. Last
 DD> time I went through are re-arranged things in the icebox I found
 DD> several of
 DD> his "science experiments" which I put in front of his computer
 DD> monitor.

I usually put left overs in glass now. Plastic is for the freezer, for
the most part. Still have plastic marinader, salad spinner, a few boxes
for cookie storage, etc.


 DD> Doesn't seem to have worked, though. I found another of his con
 DD> tainers w/blue & green fur growing on the contents.

Ask him when he's having a science fair? (G)


 DD> Then I'd have a spot for the toaster oven.

 RH> Our toaster oven is also a convection oven. We bought a larger one some
 RH> years ago (able to hold a 13"x9" pan) but it hung over the fridge side
 RH> of the counter. Still miss it from time to time as we had to rehome it
 RH> after buying a new (larger) fridge.  The larger fridge is nice tho. (G)
 RH> Donated our old one to our church kitchen; it still worked well and the
 RH> kitchen needed a larger fridge than what it had.

 DD> I'm shopping for a self-defrosting upright freezer. And checking my
 DD> budget.  Bv)=  Best Buy has a nice 13 cu ft for about $450. Time to
 DD> get out the tape measure and do some measuring.  Bv)=

Sounds good. We got ours on sale; it had a (small) dent in it and Lowe's
marked it down, also gave us the military discount.


 DD> Here's another pickle recipe. This one shows the mustard seed rather
 DD> than hiding it in the spice mix.


 DD>       Title: Senfgurken - Ripe Cucumber Pickles
 DD>  Categories: Squash, Herbs, Preserving
 DD>       Yield: 3 Quarts


 DD>   Wash cucumbers; peel, cut in halves lengthwise and
 DD>   scoop out seeds.

 DD>   Let stand overnight in a brine made of the salt & water.

That's the kind of pickle recipe I prefer, just a couple of days to
make, not a couple of weeks.

 DD>   From the Pennsylvania Dutch chapter of the United States
 DD>   Regional Cookbook, Culinary Arts Institute of Chicago,
 DD>   1947. By Molly Paul

That would be an interesting book to get hold of now.


.... OH NO!  Not ANOTHER learning experience!

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