Subj : Road Tripping - Redux To : Shawn Highfield From : Ruth Haffly Date : Wed Nov 06 2024 13:45:42 Hi Shawn, RH> I presume a gluten free pastry. I like mince pie but most often I'll SH> Yes. RH> do mince cookies. The recipe came from my MIL, a basic sugar cookie RH> round, topped with a spoonful of mincemeat and topped with another RH> cookie with the center cut out (a doughnut cutter works well for RH> that), then baked. Just enough mincemeat to be satisfying. SH> Looks like the jar will be big enough for an attempt at a few cookies SH> first and use it up in the pie. :) That sounds good to me. One of my cook books is nothing but cookie recipies, a gift from my MIL years ago. One of the recipies is for Hermits, a spice cookie with raisins and nuts. An option given is to sub out mincemeat for the raisins and nuts; I've done it several times. RH> Steve tried the space sharing a few times with his and hers desk top RH> computers. It wasn't that comfortable so I switched to a net book RH> and can sit any where I want with my set up. We gave the 2nd desk RH> top to a relative that needed a system. He also tried putting his RH> computer in my sewing room but when he backed his chair into my RH> cutting table once too often, he realised it wasn't that great an RH> idea and I got full use of my room again. (G) SH> Laugh. We're just stuck with each other for now, with the kid and her SH> dad having moved in there is just no other space. Everything is done SH> single file now, can't walk around this place. I understand. We bought this house 10 years ago, thinking that we could build a garage with a bonus room above it for my sewing studio. The town killed that idea, said we were double fronted (corner lot) with not enough set back from the street on either side to do so. Since we bought the house, Steve has gotten into ham radio. All the equipment for that, computer stuff, sewing stuff (I inherited a machine, plus we bought a non folding cutting table.), books, etc means a very full house. Nice roomy (eat in) kitchen tho, with a lot more storage space than the place we were renting had. We added a hanging pot rack, a butler (portable storage unit), other storage units and a couple of shelves to the pantry to store all our kitchen stuff. RH> Sounds like what my mom would do. Dad e-mailed from time to time but RH> not a lot. Both of them were more comfortable picking up pen and RH> paper for correspondence. SH> Dad was good at emailing until the dementia started to kick in. RH> I'll probably just roast this one as is, then serve it with either RH> butter and seasoned salt or butter and cinnamon. SH> I like butter and honey. :) Like sweet potatoes, we find it sweet enough without the honey but I guess it's a matter of personal taste. --- Catch you later, Ruth rchaffly{at}earthlink{dot}net FIDO 1:396/45.28 .... Are you sure you really want to know that? --- PPoint 3.01 * Origin: Sew! That's My Point (1:396/45.28) .