Subj : Books                                                    [1]
To   : Dave Drum
From : Ruth Haffly
Date : Sun Aug 04 2024 20:10:10

Hi Dave,


 RH> I've got some take out stuff that gets recycled into home use--for a
 RH> bit as it's a convenient size. Had to take a meal to a couple in need
 RH> of a few months ago; one of them worked well for a small meat loaf with
 RH> carrots and potatoes on the side. The couple was able to toss it, not
 RH> be concerned with getting a dish back to us.

 DD> I do use some of his containers to parcel out chilli for others to
 DD> take with. Or to take something with me to work. Where the container
 DD> bravely jumps into the bin when it's empty.  Bv)=

 RH> We use them for give away also.

 DD> Great minds think alike.  Bv)=

 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> Just checked with B.B. yesterday and they had an "open box" going for
 DD> U$360 delivered. It will be here Tuesday.

Sounds like a winner to me. Just make sure there's nothing holding the
door even slightly open. A melt down is no fun to deal with. (G)


 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>      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.

 DD> Check the Internet Archives. They may have something you can download.
 DD> I'm a contributing ($$$) member.

 RH> Something like that I'd rather have hard copy so I can curl up with it
 RH> in my chair.

 DD> I'll bet you'd like this one: "THE UNITED STATES REGIONAL COOK BOOK
 DD> (10 Cook Books in 1: New England, Southern, Pennsylvania Dutch,
 DD> Creole,
 DD> Michigan Dutch, Mississippi Valley, Wisconsin Dutch, Minnesota
 DD> Scandinavian, Southwestern, Western, plus Cosmopolitan America)
 DD> Hardcover – January 1, 1947"

 DD> https://www.amazon.com/UNITED-STATES-REGIONAL-COOK-Books/dp/B000BRPEOO

That sounds good but Steve would probably make me get rid of some other
cook books if I went out and bought the set. I do need to sort thru
them, once I can easily access them.


 DD> My grandmother made a lot of these -  my job was to horse the
 DD> stoneware crock over to the floor drain and discard the previous day's
 DD> brine. Then wrestle to crock back into it's home.

 RH> Grandmother was smart to take advantage of youn muscles. (G)

 DD> We all had our "chores". If you don't work then you don't eat. Or so
 DD> they threatened. I never tested that, though.

Not worth testing.

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Catch you later,
Ruth
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