Ben Collver wrote to Ruth Haffly <=-
Recently i was in a bike accident and i'm only comfortable when i am horizontal. I've been binge watching a friend's sci-fi collection and
am happy to report that i am on the mend.
That would explain why I haven't seen you in Scrabble. Since you hadn't called, the game made it my turn, but I gave you a courtesy pass and it is now your turn. I can always stop the game and restart it when you can
move around. I hope you feel better soon. I understand only too well about getting hit by a vehicle...
Ben Collver wrote to Sean Dennis <=-
Thanks for the sympathy. Fortunately, no other vehicle was involved.
I was making a turn in a construction zone, slipped on loose material
on the road, my bike spun out, and i took a tumble. It was still bad enough that i am considering ending my career as a cyclist.
Do you access it from Linux? Which client and terminal emulator do you use?
I use Qodem (https://qodem.sourceforge.io/) or occasionally Syncterm (https://syncterm.bbsdev.net/). All of the doors I offer require the use of ANSI--especially Scrabble--so you'd be best to connect with one of
those comm programs.
You need to set the emulation to ANSI whether you connect via telnet or ssh.
Sounds interesting. Did the videos give any indication of how long it will take to bear fruit?
Yes, and she told me, but i forgot the actual number. An Internet
search says 3 to 5 years. I remember reading that the pomegranate was
a sacred tree to the Phoenecians and part of their religion included spreading it. Kind of a mediterranean "Johnny Appleseed" effect.
Nice that you got figs in 3 years. Fig trees grow fast! I guess you could say they grow figorously. ;)
Recently i was in a bike accident and i'm only comfortable when iam BC> horizontal. I've been binge watching a friend's sci-fi
Title: Strawberry Banana Yogurt Parfait
Categories: Breakfast
Yield: 8 Servings
OUCH! Just bumps and bruises or more major damage? Did the bike survive? I've given up on bike riding, don't trust my balance on it any more.
Yesterday Steve smoked 2 racks of ribs
so we had part of one plus a spinach salad for supper. The salad was based on one we'd had in our hotel in Fairbanks, AK several years ago; it had candied pecans, craisins, feta cheese, bacon crumbles, strawberries and spinach with a balsamic vinegar/olive oil dressing. I didn't measure anything, just "That looks about right" into a a couple of bowls. It went well with the ribs and now we have several packages of ribs in the freezer for future enjoyment.
OUCH! Just bumps and bruises or more major damage? Did the bike survive? I've given up on bike riding, don't trust my balance on it any more.
More major damage. The bike is fine and by now i have healed enough
to go on walks and mow the lawn. Since then i came down with a bad
cold. Keeping my immune system on its toes!
I too have quit riding my bike. If i lived in a more bike-friendlyhigh BC> speeds. I think i got off easy, just taking a tumble by the
town that had more separate paths, like Eugene and Portland do, i'd
keep riding. As it is, there are bike paths but most people ride on
the sidewalk because there are big vehicles driving recklessly at
Yesterday Steve smoked 2 racks of ribs
so we had part of one plus a spinach salad for supper. The salad was based on one we'd had in our hotel in Fairbanks, AK several years ago; it had candied pecans, craisins, feta cheese, bacon crumbles, strawberries and spinach with a balsamic vinegar/olive oil dressing. I didn't measure anything, just "That looks about right" into a a couple of bowls. It went well with the ribs and now we have several packages of ribs in the freezer for future enjoyment.
That sounds downright decadent. Nice going!
I bought a shaker of Hairy Potter Butterbeer Topping in the discount section of the grocery store. It's basically butterscotch flavored
sugar.
Last Friday i planned to make your mother-in-law's layere dessert
recipe, with butterscotch sugar mixed into the whipping cream, topped
with
butterscotch chips. Alas, i came down with a bad cold and postponed
those plans.
Push the thyme tea; that's a big help for bronchial issues. Just take a bunch of thyme, put it in a 2 or 3 quart pot, add water and bring it just to a boil. Turn off, let it steep about 20 minutes, strain, sweeten (if desired, taste it first) and down the hatch! One of the vendors at the
Wake Forest farmer's market when we first started going to it in 2009 gave Stephen the recipe when she didn't see me at the market one week. It's a big help, believe me!
Push the thyme tea; that's a big help for bronchial issues. Just take a bunch of thyme, put it in a 2 or 3 quart pot, add water and bring it just to a boil. Turn off, let it steep about 20 minutes, strain, sweeten (if desired, taste it first) and down the hatch! One of the vendors at the
Wake Forest farmer's market when we first started going to it in 2009 gave Stephen the recipe when she didn't see me at the market one week. It's a big help, believe me!
Thanks for this tip. I was unaware that having a cold meant it was
thyme for tea. I found this recipe in my collection:
Thyme Tea
breaking up the chest congestion. I looked it up in a booklet we have on Colonial use of herbs & spices after I got over that case of crud and yes, thyme was among those reccommended for bronchial issues.
breaking up the chest congestion. I looked it up in a booklet we have on Colonial use of herbs & spices after I got over that case of crud and yes, thyme was among those reccommended for bronchial issues.
Back in the 1990's my favorite herbal resource was PFAF
(Plants For A Future), which says this of thyme:
In particular, thyme is valued for its antiseptic and antioxidant properties, it is an excellent tonic and is used in treating
respiratory diseases and a variety of other ailments. The flowering
tops are strongly... expectorant.
The plant is used internally in the treatment of dry coughs, whooping cough, bronchitis, bronchial catarrh, asthma, laryngitis...
Others listed on another site are:
* Licorice (Glycyrrhiza glabra)
* Marshmallow (Althaea officinalis)
* Plantain (Plantago spp.)
* Ginger (Zingiber officinale)
* Thyme (Thymus vulgaris)
* Slippery elm (Ulmus rubra)
I had a friend who made tea with licorice, marshmallow, and slippery
elm, among other things. It tasted terrible to me, but it worked.
Many of the Yogi Tea blends contain these kinds of herbs.
I think i'll stick to ginger and thyme.
Cold Hollow Cider Mill--a cider dounghnut split, smeared with some apple pomace (left over from squeezing apples for cider), then maple creemee layered on and topped with the other half of of the doughnut before freezing. Decadant but yummy! We're moving on tomorrow, now that we've restocked our maple goodies.
Cold Hollow Cider Mill--a cider dounghnut split, smeared with some apple pomace (left over from squeezing apples for cider), then maple creemee layered on and topped with the other half of of the doughnut before freezing. Decadant but yummy! We're moving on tomorrow, now that we've restocked our maple goodies.
Now that sounds delicious! I was gifted a bottle of maple syrup that
was blended with apple cider molasses, and that really turned my
pancakes
into a treat. I'd gladly try one of those cider doughnuts.
I made your layered dessert recipe and shared it with my sister. We
both enjoyed it. The butterscotch sugar in the whipping cream really
tied the chocolate and vanilla pudding flavors together. It worked!
We experimented with chocolate bits on top, and with chocolate ice
cream shell on top, but we liked it best "plain" without anything on
top.
MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06
Title: Layered Dessert
Categories: Dessert, Trifle
Yield: 1 Batch
4 oz Box vanilla instant pudding
4 oz Box Chocolate instant
- pudding
1 Box graham crackers
1 qt Milk
8 oz Whipped topping
In an 11x7" pan (give or take, I've used other sizes), lay down
graham crackers to cover the bottom. Mix up one of the puddings according to package directions, fold in half the container of
whipped topping.
Hint: if you buy the larger size box of pudding mix, use 1/3rd of
it. Pour over crackers, let sit a few minutes in the refrigerator
until
firm. Repeat with 2nd pudding; after pouring it over the crackers,
layer graham crackers over that. "Frost" with last 1/3rd of whipped
topping, sprinkle with either chopped nuts or chocolate chips. Keep
in the fridge until ready to serve. If you use a smaller pan, to
have enough room for both puddings, don't pour in full amount--put excess
in cups.
Recipe by Ruth Haffly's mother-in-law
You can use any
two compatable pudding flavors--banana vanilla with a the middle layer of graham crcoers replaced by vanilla wafers would be good. Slice a banana on top of the last layer of graham crackers before adding the last layer of whipped cream for banana pudding with a twist.
My MIL is Ann Haffly--we helped her celebrate her 93rd birthday a couple
of weeks ago.
You can use any
two compatable pudding flavors--banana vanilla with a the middle layer of graham crcoers replaced by vanilla wafers would be good. Slice a banana on top of the last layer of graham crackers before adding the last layer of whipped cream for banana pudding with a twist.
I remember liking a dessert as a kid that used vanilla wafers,
vanilla pudding, and sliced bananas. That sounds a lot like what you described.
My MIL is Ann Haffly--we helped her celebrate her 93rd birthday a couple
of weeks ago.
I'll update my recipe to include her name. Awesome that you got to celebrate her 93rd birthday! That's a respectable age.
I won't include a recipe in this message, exactly, but i'll digress on
my lunch today...
One of my normal lunches is a rice and bean bowl. My typical rice
and bean bowl consists of hot rice, hot beans, vegetables, and salad dressing.
On a tangent, i read an article about rice and bean consumption in
Mexico. Indigenous children happened to dish themselves up the
optimal ratio of rice and beans to the nearest approximation of a
complete protein. How did they do this? Perhaps it was instinct.
Anyhow, the optimal ratio is a little heavier on the beans than on
the rice. Over time as the commodity market fluctuates, sometimes
beans are cheaper than rice, and sometimes rice is cheaper. When the price differs enough, families change the ratio for economy. When
rice is cheaper, this makes their diet less healthy. Thanks to this article, i try to go a little heavier on the beans than on the rice.
Because of my bike accident and my bad cold, i was sedentary forand BC> the weed situation is beyond ridiculous.
almost 2 months. The time that i should have been pulling weeds, i
was couch-bound, reading, and watching TV. Now i am catching up,
While clearing the walkway, i collected some field mustard leaves and
some young Concord grape leaves. I washed them, chopped them, and
put them in the steamer basket of the rice cooker while cooking the
rice. The chopped grape leaves smelled a lot like Concord grapes!
Since both of the greens had a bold aroma, i made a bold salad
dressing. I used oil, vinegar, a garlicky hamburger seasoning, nutritional yeast, and some soy sauce. I included shredded carrots
in the rice and bean bowl. The bold salad dressing happened to
"work" with the bold greens.
Very much so; my mom passed away 2 weeks short of her 86th birthday, dad passed away just a couple of months short of his 96th. Stephen's dad made it to 92 and a few months. I'm hoping that I make it at least as old as my dad.
Interesting. I've read about complimentary proteins and try to do that
with our meatless meals. Rice is either brown, jasmine or a blend of wild, brown and a couple of others, put out by Lundberg. They had a better blend at one time but discontinued it so we went with the next best thing.
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