Subj : Road Tripping                                            [1]
To   : Dave Drum
From : Ruth Haffly
Date : Fri Oct 04 2024 13:52:32

Hi Dave,


 DD> I understand that an entire town was wiped from existence. As the old
 DD> TV advert once said, "It's not nice to fool with Mother Nature.

 RH> You're probably thinking of Chimney Rock, the most well known of the
 RH> touristy towns in that area. Sadly, a number of smaller towns, homes,
 RH> roads, etc have been wiped out; the known death toll is about 45, with
 RH> more to be added. I-26 and !-40 (east of Asheville) have reopened for
 RH> evacuees and help coming in but a lot of the smaller roads are still
 RH> impassible, as is I-40, especially near the Tennesee line. We made it
 RH> out with a few hours to spare. Overhead highway signs were warning that
 RH> any vehicles left on the shoulders after 4pm would be towed; these
 RH> warning continued some distance east of Asheville but had stopped
 RH> before Greensboro, where we stopped for the night.

 DD> No, it wasn't Chimney Rock. I think that was the "Dirty Dancing" town,
 DD> IIRC. It was another whose name I have senior momented. I'd have known
 DD> Chimney Rock. Whatecer, it's a mess.

Lake Lure was the "Dirty Dancing" lake/town, stand in for the Catskills.
The dam in that area was (that) far from giving out; it didn't but there
was a lot of debris in the lake from upstream. That area is going to
take years to recover.


 DD>      8<----- SNIP ----->8

 DD> MMMMM--------------------------COATING-------------------------------
 DD>       1 lb Good quality semi-sweet
 DD>            - chocolate; chopped
 DD>       1 ts Peppermint extract; to
 DD>            - taste

 RH> I'd use half vanilla, half peppermint extract in the cookie part to
 RH> ramp up the mint taste. (G)

 DD> Good idea. Here's a sconme recipe that just fell into my clutches and
 DD> looks line biscuits. These may just jump onto my "round tuit" list.


 DD>       Title: Potato Pete's Potato Scones
 DD>  Categories: Breads, Potatoes, Vegetables, Chocolate
 DD>       Yield: 6 servings


Now those do look more like scones, tho scones usually don't have
filling. Clotted cream or jam arre the traditional British toppings.


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Catch you later,
Ruth
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