Subj : Life was: Liver                                          [1]
To   : Dave Drum
From : Ruth Haffly
Date : Tue Aug 27 2024 14:17:03

Hi Dave,


 RH> It's a road show version. We saw the main garden/glass center back in
 RH> 2017 when we were in Seattle. Flew in a day early for our cruise so
 RH> spent the afternoon/evening wandering around the Space Needle/Chilhuly
 RH> Garden area. Got on board the ship the next day, off a week later
 RH> directly to the airport so no, we missed the Pike Place Market.

 DD> Okay. He's an amazing guy - especially as a one-eyed, one-armed
 DD> artist. And he's still with us AFAIK.

I don't know if he's still with us or not but he has done some amazing
workwith glass. A couple of years ago I saw a newspaper story about a
family that had to evacuate their home because of wild fires. Packed up
one vehicle, including a couple of his glass works. Ended up not being
able to take that vehicle; when they were able to return to the ruins of
their home, the vehicle was sitting in the driveway, burned out and the
glass works were melted down to puddles.


 DD> We're due to see 99F tomorrow. Thank Mr. Carrier for air conditioning.
 DD> Then next week temps are *predicted* to be in the low-mid 70s.  PHEW!

I know, we're in the mid 90s today, upper 90s tomorrow and Thursday.
Back to the low 80s on Friday.



 RH> Decided to use something older instead. Will probably make fig scones
 RH> tomorrow so they'll be fresh for Sunday breakfast.

 RH> Scones didn't turn out well, more like cookies. I'll try them again but
 RH> add more flour and/or oatmeal.

 DD> Well, you still got cookies so it's not a total loss. Turns out I have
 DD> had scones without knowing that they were scones. I tought they were
 DD> cookies. Which may be why the Brits call their cookies (and similar)
 DD> "biscuits".  Bv)=

Could be. We've made oat scones (with raisins) before, might adapt the
recipe to using dry figs.

 DD>      8<----- SHORTEN ----->8


 DD> Fortunately my home-town family owned market (Humphrey's) survives and
 DD> thrives. In fact they have expanded (a bit) and remodelled. Just got
 DD> done with installing autoatic opening doors at the entrance/exit.

 RH> All the newest and most modern technology. Do they have the bar code
 RH> scanners or does the cashier have to enter everything by hand?

 DD> They do bar codes. But with a hand held scanner. And the deli labels
 DD> are not bar-coded so the amounts have to ber hand entered.

Moved out of the dark ages but still not to the 21st century. Actually,
bar codes came out about 74/75. I remember flying back from Germany in
July, 75, plane stopped in London and a refresh crew came aboard. One of
the young men handed me a magazine and I said something about the bar
code on the cover. He asked what I meant so I showed it to him and
explained what it was. Made his day. (G)

 DD>       Title: Caramelized Onion, Bacon, & Blue Cheese Smothered Ribeye
 DD>  Categories: Beef, Vegetables, Cheese, Pork, Citrus
 DD>       Yield: 2 servings

 RH> I'll take mine without the blue cheese, thank you.

 DD> And as I noted - I'll take mine with a substitute for the Rib Eye. But
 DD> I do likes me stinky cheeses.

I like it in (very) small amounts, usually with a cracker. Tried it once
in a salad dressing because it's one of Steve's favorites, once was
enough.


 DD>       Title: Rhubarb Scones
 DD>  Categories: Breads, Fruits, Dairy
 DD>       Yield: 16 servings

 DD>   1 1/4 c  Whole wheat pastry flour
 DD>   1 1/4 c  A-P flour
 DD>     1/2 c  Sugar
 DD>       1 tb Baking powder
 DD>       1 ts Ground cardamom

Looks good but I'll use all whole wheat pastry flour.






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