Subj : Re: Minced Garlic To : Barry Martin From : Nancy Backus Date : Wed Jan 29 2020 22:41:54 -=> Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 22-Jan-2020 10:10 <=- BM>> I wonder if that was part of the original design intent?! Probably BM>> more as a holder of the AAA items to keep them from sliding out of BM>> reach of the driver. NB>> At one point (probably decades ago now), AAA was suggesting that the NB>> bags could be reused as car trash bags... I've been using them as such NB>> for a long time now... when the bag gets full, it goes into the trash NB>> bin, and I set up another one... :) I always have plenty of them... ;) BM> From my apartment days I have a pair of metal holders: clip over the BM> side of a trash can and the other holds a plastic grocery sac by its BM> handles: sac lines the trash can and stays in position. (The trash BM> container is tall, much taller than the smaller version where the BM> trash bag folds over the top.) In CT and NYS, there are recently gone into effect bans on those plastic grocery sacks... none in the stores any more.... Applies also to the retail stores, too... BM>>>> Deep fried Brussel Sprouts on a stick! ...Sort of looks like a BM>>>> Tootsie Roll! NB>>>> Or a Tootsie Roll Pop... but with no candy..... :) BM>>> Unless one is really-really into Brussel Sprouts! I've popped one BM>>> into my mouth and eaten - not bad but wouldn't want a bowlful of cold BM>>> raw ones -- gently steamed please! NB>>> I like cooked Brussels sprouts just fine... we do have them every NB>>> so often... ;) Gently steamed sounds about right... one doesn't NB>>> want them overcooked, either... :) BM>> And for me a touch of butter to the serving. And yes, please do _not_ BM>> overcook! NB>> Butter is also nice on them... :) BM> Right: to me adds nice complimentary flavour. Yup. :) ttyl neb .... "Self-explanatory" is technospeak for"Incomprehensible & undocumented" --- EzyBlueWave V3.00 01FB001F * Origin: Tiny's BBS - http://www.tinysbbs.com (454:1/452) .