did your friend manage?
Most of the cats learned to accept it. One cat, ordinarilly a meek and
mild kitty, turned into a little tigress at bath time. One time when we
were visiting, our younger daughter and older daughter's boyfriend
teamed up to bath that cat. They both ended up with a number of
scratches.
Ah. Managed by getting someone else to do it!
times, would like to have a cat or dog, but don't miss the responsibilities of pet ownership.
I've always focused on that last part. I couldn't do it.
I grew up having cats and dogs as part of the household; one of my
chores was to feed the cat(s). As an adult, that was expanded when we
got our cats/dogs to other care as well. Most of the time it wasn't too
bad but at this stage of my life, I'd just as soon not to have to do it.
I can be kind of friendly with animals from cats to dogs
to ferrets to birds. Not rabbits, though, because to me
they're food, and they seem to know that.
So this guy is moving into the house that my friends own
and treat as a sort of commune. He's brought a professionally
bred 50/50 wolf/dog mix. It's a big enough house, but nobody
with any sense is going to make a wolf hybrid into a house
animal. In 2 days, this dog got into the compost 4 times;
once I caught her and moved stuff in front of the compost
to make it difficult to raid, so she bit me in the calf,
penetrating my pants but not the skin. I predict nothing
good coming of this.
IIRC, the only way to get the oil from poison ivy/oak/sumac off is
with > a scrub. Read that somewhere, not too long ago but forget just where.
Scrubbing, sure, with dish detergent and a
washcloth, which should be carefully washed
afterward.
Or discarded, which might be better in the long run.
Eh, the urushiol breaks down after a couple days,
and aa good washcloth is a good washcloth.
Nap time? (G)
No - I didn't do naps until I was an adult and then some.
More like mischief time, only I was as bad at mischief as
I was good at academics.
Can't do too much mischief if confined to your desk and the room is semi dark. If you're strategically seated in the back, the potential exsists
for more tho, probably.
Yes, we were too young to do mischief in the dark.
Yes, we've not gone out and bought a durian anything. Interesting to
try > if somebody has brought, but not anything to buy.
They're somewhat costly and a real pain to transport.
Rather than drive all the neighbors away, we'll not have one at our gathering. BTW, Steve was looking at the Fido cookbook, thought about
making copies of it but noticed Dave Sacerdote had copyrighted several
parts. Since he's not on the echo any more, we've no way to contact him
about release or use of the copyrighted parts. But, I do have the
cookbook for those that may wish to peruse it.
He sends his greetings and is planning on scanning a
copy to put on archive.org - if that happens, I'll make
an announcement on the echo.
At the point we began discussing the picnic, it was easy enough to accomodate. Considering the numbers we've had the past few years, a
loss > of even one leaves a good sized gap.
So do your best to get Sean to show up. Of course
if there's good job that he can't get out of, ah well.
I'm still trying. I e-mailed xxCarol a couple of weeks ago but haven't
heard back yet. Figured she'd see it in e-mail sooner than the echo.
Yeah, I kind of miss her.
I'd go for hiney roasted or lightly salted, then probably salted but unsalted are too bland for me.
Want bland, try "raw" cashews. Not really raw ones,
because they have the same agent that makes poison ivy
toxic! What they sell as "raw" really have been
steamed to break down the chemical. I love the flavor
of unsalted roasted.
I like the flavor a bit of salt gives. I've also tried, but not cared
for, the raw cashsews.
They're the next best thing to potatoes, as far as
I'm concerned.
Books need to be updated.
Pretty much everything needs to be updated
periodically. Life goes on very quickly.
Yes, some things that were "hot" even 5 years ago are dinosaurs now.
Not that any of those trends would come to my
attention in five years.
I tried the potassium salt sub when I was having trouble with keeping my
K levels steady. (They kept dropping, even with suppliments.) Didn't
care for it, but used it. Then a test found out why they kept dropping,
put on a potassium sparing med and haven't had the problems since. Also
was told to drop the K salt and suppliments.
If you're on potassium-sparing stuff like the sartans,
you're supposed to be careful about supplements.
Wrapping the fish in foil is dubious to begin with, and
putting mayo in there to get gross and curdled is really incomprehensible to me.
I'd use parchment paper instead of foil.
I'd use neither.
Ceviche Acapulco
categories: shellfish, main
servings: 10 to 12
5 lb scallops, thinly sliced
8 fresh limes
1 Tb oregano
2 avocados, sliced, for garnish
Salt and pepper to taste
h - Sauce
6 oz orange juice
8 oz ketchup
4 tomatoes, diced
3 onions, diced
1/4 c chopped cilantro
1/4 c green olives
1/4 c black olives
Marinate sliced scallops in oregano and lime
juice for 6 hr.
Combine the ketchup and orange juice. Add the
tomatoes, onions, cilantro and olives.
Drain the scallops and add them to the sauce.
Add salt and pepper to taste.
Garnish with avocados and serve with crackers.
CHEF FAUSTO CURIEL, OMNI ORLANDO, CENTROPLEX
Orlando Sentinel, 6/21/94
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