Subj : Mama Mia! was: Golden Cor [1] To : Dave Drum From : Ruth Haffly Date : Fri Sep 26 2025 20:45:10 Hi Dave, RH> extremely high out there so I guess they're trying to establish a RH> secure financial foundation first. DD> If we waited for that very little would ever get done. Bv)= RH> I know, but from what Rachel said, it is much higher than you would RH> expect for the location. The state has more like LA or NYC or DC prices RH> for housing and such like. DD> Prices have gone completely bonkers over the past few years. My little DD> house on the prairie has quadrupled in value in the few short years DD> I've been here. Fortunately I have a property tax/assessment freeze as DD> well as a homestead exemption ot my taxes would have gone right up DD> with the "value" One of the (few) benefits of being and old guy. At one point this place was valued at almost triple what we paid for it but the market has shifted (again) and we're no longer valued so high. We still get a lot of junk mail/calls "we want to buy your house" so one time Steve told the caller that he'd sell--for half a million dollars. Guy was somewhat taken aback, said he couldn't offer that much, good bye. DD> And rents? HAH! They're worse than ......... When we bought this house, the payment schedule worked out that we'd pay a bit less than our (at the time) rent. We've added a good bit to the principle each month so now, after almost 11 years, we've over half paid it off. DD> I cleaned the 'fridge yesterday. Amazing how much space can be freed DD> up. And how many bowls and containers can be put back into service. RH> I know the feeling. (G) DD> I told Dennis that the clear-out was gong to be a regular thing. And DD> if he stashed something to eat it (or share it with the mutts) within DD> two weeks or - into the bin with it. We'll see how that plays out. RH> Containers labeled for contents and dated, I presume? I'm better about RH> that for the freezer than the fridge. DD> The ice box stuff is an see-thru containers and I've not dated and of DD> it. The stuff that gets sucky-bagged and frozen gets dated and DD> (usually) has a name or description on the package. Unless it's something obvious, like the pizza Steve brought home from a meeting last night. We repackaged it into 2 slices/bag vaccuum bags and froze. It'll reheat quick on the convection cycle of the toaster oven and a slice each, with a side of something else, will make an easy lunch. DD> but not compressed. Repeat, making each meatball about 1 DD> inch in diameter. RH> I picked up scoops in several sizes before a kitchenware store went out RH> of business. Small one is about 1" in diameter, largest about 2". Good RH> for portioning out meat balls, cookie dough and other stuff, saving the RH> wear & tear on the wrists. The scoops are ambidexterous, not like the RH> old right hand only ice cream scoops, making it easier for me to use. DD> I've got round scoops from a melon baller to the old flippy-bail I DD> scream scooper (which hasn't been used for I scream in several years) DD> and if I need something larger I have my round soup ladle. Those old flippy bail scoops are right hand exclusive; the ones I have can be used right or left handed, good for both Steve and me. DD> You can use any Parmesan cheese you like. The stuff from DD> the pre-grated cans works here. You can also use DD> mixtures of Parmesan with other cheeses. I use a store DD> brand Parmesan, Romano and Asiago blend to good effect. RH> I don't buy the red and green cans ny more; after using fresh grated, RH> the cheese in them tastes more like sawdust. DD> I do both. Depends on the use. I do keep a wedge of Parmesan has the DD> little crank grater handy. Like many I had grown up with the shaker DD> cans and didn't know any better until I made this recipe - what an DD> eye-opener. Bv)= Steve's mom bought the real thing from time to time at the little Italian store in Rochester that we shop at from time to time. She also used the green and red cans; I was raised on the green can. Once our finances eased a bit (and getting into the echo), I started buying the real thing and haven't looked back. DD> Title: Dave's Fish Parmesan DD> Categories: Seafood, Cheese, Sauces, Mushrooms DD> Yield: 8 Servings Sometimes it just takes something simple to open your eyes. Steve doesn't like black olives so some years (decades) ago I bought some kalamata olives. Big!!! hit, and they appear regularly in my cooking. --- Catch you later, Ruth rchaffly{at}earthlink{dot}net FIDO 1:396/45.28 .... I am positive that a definite maybe is probably in order. --- PPoint 3.01 * Origin: Sew! That's My Point (1:396/45.28) .