Subj : Yams was: Books
To : Dave Drum
From : Ruth Haffly
Date : Sun Aug 04 2024 19:50:01
Hi Dave,
RH> Nook tells you in its store that it is abridges, saves me money. I need
RH> to transfer some of my other paperback to the Nook, clear off a shelf
RH> or 2. (G)
DD> It's nice that they warn you. I've aleady cleared (years ago) hard
DD> copies of books I feel were a "read once". Kindle has been on a tear
DD> recently trying to hustle audio books. AS if ........ I prefer jazz
DD> music for my listening. Although an audio book droning on and on will
DD> serve as a sleeping pill. Bv)=
I prefer non audio books also. Steve and I usually don't have the same
reading preferences so I'd not want him to have to listen to what I
like. It would also interfere with his radio-ing. I know, ear plugs but
I also don't want to just sit, listening to a book. If I were doing
other things, then I wouldn't be able to concentrate on the book.
DD> 8<----- SHORTEN ----->8
RH> Easier just to buy a bag of sweet potato fries. That's what we do as
RH> I'm not especially fond of sweet potatoes. My mom's mom used to do the
RH> candied, with marshmallows every year for Thanksgiving and every year
RH> my parents made us take some. It was always the consistancy of baby
RH> food and overly sweet; to this day I don't know if any of my siblings
RH> can look at a sweet potato civilly. I can look at it, bake it, serve
RH> it, but not eat it.
DD> I like sweet potatoes and I like Tater Tots. But I buy my Tots frozen,
DD> never made my own. And have yet to see sweet potato tots at the store.
DD> I do see, and buy on occasion, sweet potato chips. Plain or flavoured.
I'll eat the Terro veggie chips that have sweet potato as one of several
veggies but not regular sweet potato chips, fries, potatoes or what have
you.
DD> If Yo' granny's candied sweet potatoes were the consistency of pap
DD> (baby food) she was over-cooking the dish. I've had it many DD>
Thanksgivings and it always was (to borrow a pasta term) al dente. And
DD> tooth achingly sweet. The marshmallows had much to do with that.
But DD> the sorghum/moasses did a lot to compound the felony. Bv)=
Not one DD> of my favourites - but do-able if there were nuts added.
I don't know if she started with raw or canned potatoes, just knew I
didn't like them. Us kids used to call them "baby food" as they were
about the conistancy of, maybe strained, baby food.
DD> If I ever make this I'll likely add some chile to offset the sweet.
DD> But it does look good for a holiday gathering.
