I don't think 15 seconds' worth is going to
do anybody any good, but then neither will
15 minutes, hours, days, years, decades.
Most people fade into obscurity before they reach the 15 second point.
Some do, in a limited arena, but the vast majority of us, not so. Of
course the internet may change all that, being able to Google almost anything/anybody.
One thing I have to interject is that in no way
is obscurity something to be sneered at.
The sister right below me wanted to do the baking the years Mom was
in > summer school. She did ok with that but not much was required.
Her
Does she cook now or at least still baking?
She probably still cooks, as she's got a husband and son at home. She
gave up baking a long time ago--when we lived in AZ, we'd bring up the
pies and cookies for the holidays as she didn't make any. Her sons and husband would make fast work of the pumpkin pies.
That doesn't go without saying - plenty of
households rely on other sources of food
than their own kitchens. Not saying that's
good or bad, just that it's a thing.
"specialty" for cooking was spaghetti sauce--I recall one time she
had a > solid coat of white from the onion salt and garlic salt she
put on. I
Well, that will make the sauce go a long way.
Agreed; I hope she learned what to use instead of them after leaving
home.
Of course, Bertrand Russell and his siblings
were brought up with salt being the great reward,
and so they grew up loving it and not sugar, and
apparently that didn't do them any harm.
left home before she did much more. I was also gone by the time the
Thank goodness, otherwise you might have cardiac
issues along with the other health problems.
I do have some of those, not diet realted tho.
Who knows what's diet related.
youngest sister was old enough to do too much cooking.
Do you eep in touch enough to root for her culinary
(or other) progress?
Very little contact; I'm the "black sheep" of the siblings for wanting
to do things the right way. Did get a one sentence e-mail from her on
Sunday; I answered with one word.
We won't inquire. Note that one shouldn't
worry about them just so long as they're
not active criminals.
True, we may get over there yet. My parents thought they would only
make > one trip over in their lifetimes--ended up making several
because of our > military assigments there. Their "excuse" was that
they wanted to see > the granddaughters. (G)
That works. If you have people to stay with,
it's not deadly expensive.
They rented a car one time and toured the former East Germany for
several days.
That's not likely to be deadly expensive,
either, though prices are equalizing as time
goes by.
Fiddler might adapt to film, but Cats is so stylized
to begin with that it's hard to imagine in a movie
theater setting.
So I'll try to catch the stage performance.
I'd have recommended that in any case.
Have to remember to get the tickets this spring for when it comes to
DPAC.
Some things may be worth that short a span, others are worth much
more > time.
Not to me, mostly. Oh, during a lull I read
Silas Marner again the other day. It was just
as dull as I remembered it, richly deserving
the schoolroom nickname Silly Ass Marner.
We nevr gave it that nickname but IIRC, our class didn't really think
that much of it (or most any of the books we had to read).
Which makes one wonder what's in the heads of the
English teachers. The Mayor of Casterbridge, humph.
The airlines in their infinite wisdom configured
these aircraft in a 2-5-2 arrangement, so only 1
person in 9 would have to climb over two people;
the alternative was 3-3-3, in which 2 out of 9
would have to. Now, they've gone to 3-4-3, which
(you do the math) increases the potential revenue
of the coach cabin by 11%.
Always trying to figure out how they can make more money by squeezing
the passengers into smaller spaces.
Yep. And Southwest wins by doing the exact
same thing as everyone else but getting the
passengers to smile about it.
Lilli suggests I go to her eye doctor instead of
my current one.
So will you?
Almost certainly not.
Here's another potentially gaseous recipe
Guacho (or Gallo Pinto) with Pig Tail
Have to find a pig's tail, and omit the cilantro.
PETTICOAT TAILS
cat: pastry, snack
yield: 1 batch
3 c sifted flour
2/3 c butter
4 Tb milk
3 Tb sugar, heaped
2 ts caraway seeds *
* Optional, only used in some part of Scotland.
Mix caraway seeds with flour. Melt butter in milk. Make a
well in flour, pour in liquid, add sugar. 4. Mix very well,
knead briefly. Roll out on lightly floured board to 1/4".
Place dinner plate upside down on top of pastry, cut round edges.
Remove plate, cut circle from center using a wine glass, reserve.
Score remaining pastry deeply into 8 segments, not cutting through.
Place pastry circle and segment on greased paper on flat sheet.
Bake at 350F (177C) about 20 min or until crisp and golden.
Cool on wire rack, dust with sugar. Serve with round cake in
middle, 'petticoat tails' around it.
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