Subj : Re: Books To : Ruth Haffly From : Dave Drum Date : Fri Aug 02 2024 06:39:00 -=> Ruth Haffly wrote to Dave Drum <=- 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 his "science experiments" which I put in front of his DD> computer monitor. RH> I usually put left overs in glass now. Plastic is for the freezer, for RH> the most part. Still have plastic marinader, salad spinner, a few boxes RH> for cookie storage, etc. The plastic containers I save stuff in are purpose bought - not single use take-out stuff. I only have a couple Corningware covered casserole dishes I could use for stashing leftovers in the fridge. I do use some of his containers to parcel out chilli for others to take with. Or to take something with me to work. Where the container bravely jumps into the bin when it's empty. Bv)= DD> Doesn't seem to have worked, though. I found another of his con DD> tainers w/blue & green fur growing on the contents. RH> Ask him when he's having a science fair? (G) And I'd get a blank look and possibly a "Huh?" Bv)= 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)= RH> Sounds good. We got ours on sale; it had a (small) dent in it and RH> 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 8----- ELIDED ----->8 DD> From the Pennsylvania Dutch chapter of the United States DD> Regional Cookbook, Culinary Arts Institute of Chicago, DD> 1947. By Molly Paul RH> That would be an interesting book to get hold of now. Check the Internet Archives. They may have something you can download. I'm a contributing ($$$) member. My grandmother made a lot of these - my job was to horse the stoneware crock over to the floor drain and discard the previous day's brine. Then wrestle to crock back into it's home. MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06 Title: Virginia Chunk Sweet Pickles Categories: Squash, Pickles, Preserving Yield: 16 Pints 74 Cucumbers; 4" to 5" long +=OR=+ 2 ga Small (gherkin-sized) cukes MMMMM------------------------FIRST BRINE----------------------------- 2 c Salt +=TO=+ 1 ga Water MMMMM------------------------SECOND BRINE----------------------------- 2 c Salt +=AND=+ 1 tb Powdered alum +=TO=+ 1 ga Water MMMMM---------------------------PICKLE-------------------------------- 6 c Vinegar 1/3 c Pickling spice 1 tb Celery seed 3 c Sugar; divided Make brine of 2 cups salt to 1 gallon water. Boil and pour boiling water over cucumbers. Let stand 1 week in hot weather. Skim daily. Drain and cut into chunks. The next 3 mornings make a boiling hot solution of 1 gal. water and 1 tablespoon alum and pour over pickles (fresh hot bath for 3 mornings). The 4th morning, drain from alum water and heat. Make mixture of 6 cups vinegar, 5 cups sugar, 1/3 cup pickling spice, and 1 tablespoon celery seed; pour over pickles. The 5th morning, drain this liquid off and add 2 cups sugar; heat again to boiling point and pour over pickles. The 6th morning, drain liquid off and add 1 cup sugar; heat. Pack pickles into jars; finish filling jars with liquid and seal at once. FROM: Uncle Phaedrus, Finder of Lost Recipes From: http://hungrybrowser.com Uncle Dirty Dave's Archives MMMMM .... Without good stock, nothing can be done. -Escoffier --- MultiMail/Win v0.52 * Origin: SouthEast Star Mail HUB - SESTAR (1:3634/12) .