Subj : Re: Bits & Bobs To : Ruth Haffly From : Dave Drum Date : Sun Jan 12 2025 11:15:00 -=> Ruth Haffly wrote to Dave Drum <=- DD> I've got a mini-fridge in the confuser room that holds (mostly) drinks RH> Our house is small enough that it's not that much of a walk from the RH> computer room to the kitchen. The fridge is on the left as you enter, RH> easy to open and grab something from it. DD> My kitchen is a *ONE* peson (at a time) affair. I have to turn DD> slightly sideways to pass between the ice bo and the upright freezer. RH> Now that is small! I don't think I've ever had a kitchen that small RH> except in the campers. When I call it a "Pullman" kitchen people think I'm joking. It's not a joke. In many ways it resembles the dining car galley on a ctoss-country rail-car. DD> If one of DD> us is in the kitchen doing something and the other needs/wants/desires DD> some item or action either the person in the kitchen has to get it and DD> hand it over - or leave the kitchen so the other can do what needs DD> done. RH> You didn't realise when you bought the house that a small kitchen was RH> going to be a problem? Truthfully, I didn't even think about it. It didn't look obviously as inconvenient with everything except the appliances out and the swing down long counter on the inside wall in the raised position. I made a very "lowball" bid on the asking price ... mostly because it's on a high traffic artery and I was concerned about getiing out onto the road from the drive. In practice that has been a non-existent concern. But the kitchen more than makes up for it. Bv)= DD> Shawn and I had a discussion about tiny kitchens so we swappped DD> pixture via text messages. He say that I "won". Heck the kitchen DD> in my old tin can (mobil home) was larder AND better laid out/more DD> functional than what I now have. RH> I've had good sized kitchens and small ones with the various places we RH> lived. The one in Berlin was nice, quite roomy, but it lacked a RH> dishwasher (important to me, more so as I get older). The one in RH> Savannah was in brand mew housing but not designed for a serious cook. RH> Best part of that one (other than all new appliances) was a counter RH> with cabinet space below and above that ran the length of one of the RH> short walls, maybe about 6 feet. Other counter space was severely RH> limited. My first house had a kitchen about the same size as this one in square feet. But muich better laid out, Plus it had a pantry about half the size of the kitchen with plenty of shelving to stash extra pots and/or counter top appliances. DD> 8<----- HACK ----->8 RH> Dad was big in Boy Scouts--was one as a kid, troop leader & troop RH> committe for many years as an adult. I think he went on almost every RH> camp out the local troop had as long as my brothers were in, and then RH> some. But he never ditched (don't know if it wasn't allowed where we RH> stayed) the family camp sites. DD> Well the Boy Sprouts is where I learned that trick. I think "Boy's DD> Life" (the Boy Scout magazine) had a feature on it. I could be wrong DD> as that was about 70 years ago. RH> I stopped reading "Boy's Life" when I left home, probably for college. I stopped when I quit the scouts. We had a scoutmaster who really set off my "gay-dar". I didn't know that's what it was called at that stage of my life. But he really made me nervous. Read about him a few years later in the local newspaper after he was attacked and severely thrashed by a scout's father. That set off an investigation and he was "outed". I showed the article to my folks and told them "You always wondered why I quit the scouts? There it is." 8<----- SHIFT ----->8 DD> A cat purring in your ear helps you to sleep. And you don't have to DD> get up to let them out to do their "business" in the middle of te DD> night. RH> I know, I miss having one--but I appreciate being able to breath. DD> Dennis has severe asthma. His twice daily inhaler helps with everyting DD> but pollen season. I bought him an air "purifier" as a holiday gift DD> two Decembers ago. But he wouldn't even unpack it from its box. His DD> son and new D-I-L currently have it. This year I gave him a travel mug DD> so he can take his instant coffee with. That he uses. Bv)= RH> I have both albuterol and Trelegy--doctor started me on that last RH> summer after about 23 years of Advair. Latter was my miracle drug; that RH> and a good pulmonology doctor in Hawaii really got my asthma under RH> control. Last few years tho, I've been having more and more RH> problems--bad lungs from years of bronchitis and pneumonia so the RH> Trelegy adds a 3rd medication to the 2 that the Advair has and it RH> seems to be starting to help. I'm doing two puff twice a day of the advair and the albuterol is an "if, as and when" rescue inhaler. All down to 45 years of smoking 2 packs a day unfiltered Camel cigarettes. Would that I had never picked up the first one. Dennis has a round, fat inhaler he hits twice a day then gargles. I can always tell when he's dne his inhaler. Him gargling sounds like an Opera singer warming up to warble. Bv)= MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06 Title: Tobacco Onions Categories: Vegetables, Herbs, Chilies Yield: 4 Servings 5 c Peanut or other light oil 2 lg Sweet onions; peeled, sliced - 1/8" thick 1 c All-purpose flour 1 ts Paprika 1 ts Salt 1 ts Black pepper 1/2 ts Cayenne Heat oil to 350øF/175øC on a food thermometer in a deep saucepan over medium heat. Combine remaining ingredients in a medium bowl and carefully toss to coat onions. Remove onion slices from flour mixture, shaking to remove excess. Fry a few slices at a time for approximately 10 minutes or until crisp and golden brown. Repeat until all onions are fried. Drain on paper towel. Recipe by Kathleen Morrison From: http://www.foodgeeks.com Uncle Dirty Dave's Archives MMMMM .... We've secretly replaced their dilithium with new Folger's crystals... --- MultiMail/Win v0.52 * Origin: Outpost BBS * Johnson City, TN (1:18/200) .