I don't eat it that often, and usually not a full serving if I do.

I wonder whose clever idea it was to begin
with, one of those benighted Kelloggses or
Posts or someone like that.

Don't know but they've sure made a lot of money from it. The breakfast
cereal industry didn't exist at one time but it is going big time now.
Seems like there's a new one (sometimes just a remake or rebranding of
an old one) out just about every week.

And it appears to be along with snack foods one
of the most advertising-driven.

We put milk and sugar on it; it was inedible in any way, shape, form

or > fashion.
Make rice crispy treats out of them.

Can't with the puffed stuff, can with Ricke Krispies. The puffed stuff
is more of a packing material.

Grind them up and make frying coating.

I admit lead-containing solder might be an
issue then.

Probably not the healthiest choice for you. (G)

At our age unless we ingest massive quantities,
heavy metal toxicity isn't a major concern.

old disused part of the Common and saw rats
the size of cats running around, which
offended my sensibilities, so I threw a
brick at one and just winged it, and I swear
the thing stopped and laughed at me.

And your response to that was............?

What does one say to a rat?

Whatever crosses your mind, from "get out of here!" to "good day, but
good bye" to "nice seeing you, but don't let me see you again" or
similar. (G)

It was Boston. Geddaddaheah, most likely.

Here's a recipe that contains an appropriate misprint.

As in?

As you could see, there were a bunch of misprints in that
recipe. One of them, in a word immediately before a period,
was a propos to our discussion.

OK, I didn't look at it too closely. We were visiting my in laws so I
didn't take too much time with Fido. Home now.

The recipe itself didn't merit close scrutiny.

Some small ones are dust mops on legs; others are nervous breakdowns

on > 4 paws. Big ones are good for the "quick look, scare off the intruder"
Not quite what I was referring to, which was
more the dog as an extension of one's ego.

That, too in some instances.

Problem of course is the bigger the dog
the shorter the life expectancy.

In my experience that's so, but I've met some
vicious ones.

breeds tho. Both of our dogs (cocker spaniel and bichon frise) were

good > sized (had the bichon when the girls were small) for the family when we > had them. Both had good temperaments, a bit crazy tho. (G) Just so they didn't raise a ruckus too often.

No, not ususally. But, we knew Sam was aging/beginning to lose his
hearing when he didn't bark at the garbage truck as often as he did when
we first got him.

We encountered one subminiature poodle yesterday
who had this crazy fondness for collard greens and
black-eyed peas.

water. Had > to teach her the way to ask for tap, if that's what she really wanted, > but told her the bottled was better over there.
A lesson not too expensively learned. Couple
Euro, maybe.

At that time it was DM.

Probably a couple marks, then.

All one really has to do is have some
illness-causing bacterium or virus in
it, and some trouble could be caused.

Could be quite debilitating.

Not what I would want, especially while away from home.

Rather nasty stuff.

Salt? Who did that? Anyway, a company may try giving away water

bottles,
Lufthansa. Publicizing the Salzburg service,
something like that.

Another bottle I'll never get then.

Who knows. If I didn't throw it away, maybe I'll
bring it to a picnic.

after > consumption. The idea of having to schlep around a refillable water

bottle is not something most American travellers wouldn't go for,

IMO.
It should be, though. The amount of plastic waste
we are dumping into the ocean is frightening.

True, it's scary. We recycle as much as we can; our recycle can is often fuller than the regular trash can.

Well, if you compost, that cuts down on the
garbage/trash, and if you're conscientious
about recycling, which I am sure you are,
the amount of landfill waste could be kept
to a minimum.

We can only keep/store/use so many. Keeping the most useable,

passing on > the ones we find less than ideal. Got some Contigo travel mugs a few

months ago that have been quite good; passed on some others that

weren't > quite as good.
I've not heard of that brand.

It seems to be a good one for water bottles, travel mugs, etc.

If I needed that info, I'd probably consult Consumer
Reports; as it is, I just use what's around for free.

+

I detest garment bags - more than wrinkles.
Plus a garment bag itself would use up the
carry-on allowance, so that would be pointless.

True, so you live with the somewhat rumpled look.

I can't see it, so who cares.

As long as you're not on stage for a major presentation, you're OK to
have a few wrinkles. (G)

You should see the holes in my tuxedo.

vegetables (nothing said about regular

vegetables) > ML> > ML> > The latter (other than french fries) were never served at our > ML> house.

Your loss!

I know, but Dad didn't like them and Mom didn't know how to cook

them. > Have to take that into consideration. (G)

But, I turned out OK, in the long run. (G)

Kids are pretty resilient, and small
deprivations generally don't make any
difference at all in the longer haul.

Title: Raisin Fudge

Different, don't think I've ever seen fudge with raisins. Have seen

a > lot of it with nuts but I prefer mine plain.
How about this one?
Title: Oatmeal Fudge

I think I'll pass on that--give me plain (or mint flavored) chocolate
fudge with no nuts or other additives but for maybe more chocolate. (G)

I'm okay with mint chocolate but for some
reason the mere idea of mint fudge makes me
queasy.

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Title: Carrot-Walnut Bread
Categories: Breads, Vegetables, Nuts
Servings: 4

1 1/2 c Unbleached flour; sifted 1 ts Baking soda
1/2 ts Cinnamon; ground 1/4 ts Nutmeg; ground
1/4 ts Salt 1 c Sugar
3/4 c Cooking oil 2 Eggs; lg
1 1/2 c Carrots; pared, shredded 1/2 c Walnuts; chopped

Sift the flour, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt together in a
small
bowl and set aside. Combine the sugar, oil and eggs in a mixing bowl.
Beat, with an electric mixer set on medium speed, for 2 minutes.
Add the dry ingredients, stirring just until moistened. Stir in the
carrots and walnuts. Pour the batter into a greased 9 X 5 X 3-inch loaf
pan and bake, in a preheated 350 degree F. oven for 1 hour or until a
cake
tester or wooden pick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool in the
pan on a wire rack for 10 minutes, remove from the pan and finish cooling
on the wire rack.
Source: a file called BREADS.MMF

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Hi Michael,

with, one of those benighted Kelloggses or
Posts or someone like that.

Don't know but they've sure made a lot of money from it. The

breakfast > cereal industry didn't exist at one time but it is going
big time now. > Seems like there's a new one (sometimes just a remake
or rebranding of > an old one) out just about every week.

And it appears to be along with snack foods one
of the most advertising-driven.

Some are--the sugar bombs on Saturday morning cartoons. Others, you
don't see advertised at all.

We put milk and sugar on it; it was inedible in any way,

shape, form > ML> or > fashion.

Make rice crispy treats out of them.

Can't with the puffed stuff, can with Ricke Krispies. The puffed

stuff > is more of a packing material.

Grind them up and make frying coating.

That's a possibility, but probably nothing I'd try. I've never bought
that cereal as I had enough of it (while growing up) to last a life
time.

I admit lead-containing solder might be an
issue then.

Probably not the healthiest choice for you. (G)

At our age unless we ingest massive quantities,
heavy metal toxicity isn't a major concern.

True, but if I can avoid ingesting any of that stuff, I won't.

old disused part of the Common and saw rats
the size of cats running around, which
offended my sensibilities, so I threw a
brick at one and just winged it, and I swear
the thing stopped and laughed at me.

And your response to that was............?

What does one say to a rat?

Whatever crosses your mind, from "get out of here!" to "good day,

but > good bye" to "nice seeing you, but don't let me see you again"
or

similar. (G)

It was Boston. Geddaddaheah, most likely.

OK, I forgot that New England, especially BAH-ston accent. Talking with
my physical therapist yesterday--he was surprised I'd grown up in the northeast. He guess it was Georgia or some other southern state.

Here's a recipe that contains an appropriate misprint.

As in?

As you could see, there were a bunch of misprints in that
recipe. One of them, in a word immediately before a period,
was a propos to our discussion.

OK, I didn't look at it too closely. We were visiting my in laws so

I > didn't take too much time with Fido. Home now.

The recipe itself didn't merit close scrutiny.

Works for me.

scare off the > ML> intruder"

Not quite what I was referring to, which was
more the dog as an extension of one's ego.

That, too in some instances.

Problem of course is the bigger the dog
the shorter the life expectancy.

Also the more to take care of--the big ones can go thru a lot of dog
chow. Grooming them can be a bit of a challenge too.

In my experience that's so, but I've met some
vicious ones.

breeds tho. Both of our dogs (cocker spaniel and bichon

frise) were > ML> good > sized (had the bichon when the girls were
small) for the family > ML> when we > had them. Both had good temperaments, a bit crazy tho. (G) > ML> Just so they didn't raise a ruckus too often.

No, not ususally. But, we knew Sam was aging/beginning to lose his hearing when he didn't bark at the garbage truck as often as he did

when > we first got him.

We encountered one subminiature poodle yesterday
who had this crazy fondness for collard greens and
black-eyed peas.

Makes you wonder what else it eats. Probably not dog food.

water. Had > to teach her the way to ask for tap, if that's

what she > ML> really wanted, > but told her the bottled was better
over there. > ML> A lesson not too expensively learned. Couple

Euro, maybe.

At that time it was DM.

Probably a couple marks, then.

About right, as I recall.

Salt? Who did that? Anyway, a company may try giving away

water > ML> bottles,

Lufthansa. Publicizing the Salzburg service,
something like that.

Another bottle I'll never get then.

Who knows. If I didn't throw it away, maybe I'll
bring it to a picnic.

Don't know what our picnic status for this year will be--depends on the
knee. Now that I have a late March date for surgery, VT may be out also.

after > consumption. The idea of having to schlep around a

refillable > ML> water

bottle is not something most American travellers wouldn't go

for, > ML> IMO.

It should be, though. The amount of plastic waste
we are dumping into the ocean is frightening.

True, it's scary. We recycle as much as we can; our recycle can is

often > fuller than the regular trash can.

Well, if you compost, that cuts down on the
garbage/trash, and if you're conscientious
about recycling, which I am sure you are,
the amount of landfill waste could be kept
to a minimum.

It usually is, unless Steve has a major project going with stuff that
can't go into the recycle bin. Some things he can take to the landfill
where it is sorted, then what can be recycled is. Other stuff is just
dumped in the appropriate spot.

We can only keep/store/use so many. Keeping the most useable,

passing on > the ones we find less than ideal. Got some Contigo

travel > ML> mugs a few

months ago that have been quite good; passed on some others

that > ML> weren't > quite as good.

I've not heard of that brand.

It seems to be a good one for water bottles, travel mugs, etc.

If I needed that info, I'd probably consult Consumer
Reports; as it is, I just use what's around for free.

Steve recognised the name--we got them on close out at either Sam's or
Costco; I've forgotten which. They do hold a drink hot, but not scalding
hot, for a while. We've had some mugs that don't hold heat for more than
half an hour or so, so these have been nice.

I detest garment bags - more than wrinkles.
Plus a garment bag itself would use up the
carry-on allowance, so that would be pointless.

True, so you live with the somewhat rumpled look.

I can't see it, so who cares.

As long as you're not on stage for a major presentation, you're OK

to > have a few wrinkles. (G)

You should see the holes in my tuxedo.

Don't see the need for a new one?

vegetables (nothing said about regular

vegetables) > ML> > ML> > The latter (other than french

fries) were > ML> never served at our > ML> house.

Your loss!

I know, but Dad didn't like them and Mom didn't know how to

cook

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Hi Michael,

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them. > Have to take that into consideration. (G)

But, I turned out OK, in the long run. (G)

Kids are pretty resilient, and small
deprivations generally don't make any
difference at all in the longer haul.

No, and once we grow up/move away from home, we can eat whatever we went
(or not eat what we chose not to).

Title: Raisin Fudge

Different, don't think I've ever seen fudge with raisins.

Have seen > ML> a > lot of it with nuts but I prefer mine plain.

How about this one?
Title: Oatmeal Fudge

I think I'll pass on that--give me plain (or mint flavored)

chocolate > fudge with no nuts or other additives but for maybe more chocolate. (G)

I'm okay with mint chocolate but for some
reason the mere idea of mint fudge makes me
queasy.

I use just a bit--if the recipe calls for a teaspoon of vanilla extract,
I'll sub an equal amount of mint. More than that and I'll use some
vanilla, some mint. Peppermint, not spearmint or mixed mint; the latter
2 don't taste right mixed with chocolate.


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