Subj : Apples was: Touristy [1] To : Dave Drum From : Ruth Haffly Date : Fri Oct 18 2024 22:04:47 Hi Dave, DD> (Typhoon) which translates as "supreme wind". Bv)= RH> I know; I picked that up from the James Clavell books. (G) DD> One of the many reasons that I'd rather read a good book than zone out DD> in front of the one-eyed monster. RH> Usually what I do also, especially at night. Daylight hours may be RH> spent at the sewing machine. DD> I'm more likely to be staring at my own "glass teat" - the confuser as DD> I bang in recipes or chase down topics of interest. Bv)= I'll do my mail run in the morning, then work on Fido, Raleigh newspaper, etc off and on thruout the day. DD> I take the e-edition of the daily. And they mail out a collection of DD> grocery adverts, coupon flyers, etc. I get the grocery ad delivered to DD> my in-box for all of the stores in town. The only flyer I get any use DD> from is the Dollar Gererous. They often have really good deals on DD> stuff I can (and do) use. Wish we got a packet of coupons, etc. They used to distribute one but Covid put an end to that. RH> We've been getting greeting cards from them the past few years. DD> From the dollar store? Never had anything from them in the mail. DD> Except the advertising flyers that are a part of the newspaper's DD> mailing. But, certainly, nothing "personalized". No, we're buying the cards. (G) DD> Or use a pot that's wide/deep enough to submerge the sticks in one go. DD> I still do the "pan length" as it's easier to wind it onto my fork at DD> table. But, That's me. RH> At least you don't cut it into 1" or less pieces. (G) DD> Only pasta I do in that size range is elbow macaroni, rosemarina, cous DD> cous, etc. RH> My MIL treated us (3 kids, 3 spouses) to dinner last night at an RH> Italian place, only one person didn't leave with a "leftovers" box. I RH> had veal and eggplant parm with a side of penne pasta & marinara sauce. RH> The size of the piece of veal was almost the whole dinner plate, with 2 RH> roughly 6" rounds of eggplant on top of it. Penne pasta was good, maybe RH> about a cup and a half (cooked) with a good amount of marinara. Starter RH> was a salad so I only ate about 1/3 of my entree. Steve had Italian RH> jambalya over liguini and a salad; I think he took about half of his RH> entree home. DD> Sound like they are philosophically on board with my recently closed DD> Sweet Basil cafe. I always told people "If you're going there - go DD> HUNGRY". One of the few places I ever had to get a "go box" to bring DD> home my leftovers. Even if I showed up ravenous. I get a "to go" most every time I eat out now, and usually plan on eating only half (or less) of my entree, especially if I start with a salad. DD> Title: Casablanca Chicken Couscous DD> Categories: Poutry, Pasta, Fruits, Dairy, Vegetables DD> Yield: 6 Servings DD> I was hesitant to serve a dish using cous cous to my brother since DD> he's had this "thing" abou rice ever since his tour in Vietnam. But, DD> he knows the difference and enjoyed it. I keep hoping he'll mellow out DD> of it like Steve did with pork. But that hope is dwindling. Bv)= RH> Don't hold your breath waiting. (G) DD> I present this recipe as written - but with the question "How can a DD> bird be both free range AND corn fed"? RH> Free range during the warm parts of the year, corn fed in the colder RH> parts. (G) More likely was supposed to be "free range OR corn fed". DD> My personal opinion is that free range means just that. They'd have DD> been better off using "cage free". When I kept chickens the girls were DD> cage DD> free and had a trough for "chicken feed" as well as scratching in the DD> pen for bugs and seeds, etc. And the fence was more to keep the DD> predators out than to keep the chooks in. We never kept any, just raised cats & dogs. (G) --- Catch you later, Ruth rchaffly{at}earthlink{dot}net FIDO 1:396/45.28 --- PPoint 3.01 * Origin: Sew! That's My Point (1:396/45.28) .