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To : Dave Drum
From : Ruth Haffly
Date : Sun Dec 22 2024 17:22:19
Hi Dave,
RH> Later than usual getting around to doing my Fido. We wee down in Cary
RH> for a radio gathering/lunch and visits to a quilt shop & Bass Pro Shop.
RH> Came home, did laundry, had supper, etc.
DD> Sometimes life intrudes upon our plans.
Yes, but it's fun to do something different. I'd been able to get one
load of wash in the washer, then dryer before we left, 2nd load into the
washer. Came home to just one load to dry, 2 loads to fold. Had thought
we'd be leaving while first load was in washer but timed it so I could
change out loads before we left.
Radio gathering was at a pizza place down in Cary. Steve and I had
slices from one (of 2, second was Hawaiian style) table pizza with bell
peppers, onions and pepperoni--both had the same descritor word
afterward--bland. Sauce didn't seem to have any spicing in it, no red
pepper or grated cheese on the table either. Wasn't our choice of places
and hopefully the group won't chose it again.
DD> That's just one of my "pet peeves" about recipes. Words mean things.
DD> It costs nothing to be accurate. If I get an otherwise nice recipe
DD> labelled "Shepherd's Pie" and made w/beef or any non-sheep meat I'll
DD> asterisk the title and explain in the text portion.
RH> May as well, at least you know with the * that it's not likely to be
RH> authentic.
DD> More in the (probably forlorn) hope that people reading it will begin
DD> to pay 'tention to the realities of life.
Don't hold your breath. (G)
DD> I'm the same way with calls for "Swiss cheese". Usually it's obvious
DD> that the call is for the pale yellow cheese w/large holes - Ementhal.
DD> So I correct the ingredients. There are several varieties of cheese
DD> which call Switzerland home - Gouda, Raclette, Scharfe Maxx, Le
DD> Marechal, Tilsiter, and Vacherin. There are more, but you get the
DD> idea. (I hope)
RH> I know; I generally use the proper names, tho don't always capitalise
RH> them, for cheeses. One of my favorites, a cave aged Gruyere, I've only
RH> found at Whole Foods. Stopped into the Raleigh one a few weeks ago,
RH> couldn't find what I wanted (looked like it may have been discontinued)
RH> but walked out with a block of the C-A-G and various small pieces of
RH> cheese from their small samples box.
DD> If a cheese is named for a place or a person it *should* be
DD> capitalised. Cheddar is an actual village in Somerset, UK. But blue
DD> cheese is OK in lower case as it's not a place or person name. Unlike
DD> its close cousins Roquefort or Stilton. Bv)=
I know, I usually capitalise but have been known not to if writing off
the top of my head and not proofreading.
DD> I was at Hy-Vee (recently named the #1 grocery chain in USA by USA
DD> Today/ Gannett) to pick up some thick pork loin chops for stuffing and
DD> I wandered past the cheese tasting station that was set up. Sort of
DD> reminded me of the one at the Wegman's in Columbia, MD.
We were in our Wegman's yesterday--produce section had a tasting station
featuring a piece of Christmas pear and a piece of Scottish Ceddar. Nice
combo. Sam's Club had a tasting station of Cabot Seriously Sharp (one of
our favorites) and another Cheddar; we got a taster of the Seriously
Sharp.
DD> I had to pull a gun on myself to keep from loading up on new tastes. I
DD> did nore a couple that would wrk well in cheeseburgers or make some
DD> specatcular toasted cheese sammiches. Later, maybe. I left with just
DD> what I had come for and was feeling pretty chuffed with myself. Then
DD> it dawned on my Ihad forgotten to pick up som fresh basil for the
DD> stuffing.
Pre Covid, the Cabot outlet in Waterbury, VT (where we went on mission
trips) had a big table set up with about 16 different kinds of cheese
cut into taster bits, in cups with toothpicks. You could go around the
table picking all or just what tickled your fancy of the samples. Now,
since Covid, they have a stand set up with a person passing out samples
of just a couple of their cheeses.
DD> Fortunately my local Sav-A-Lot maintains a pretty decent produce
DD> section and was on my way home. Bv)=
Handy; we have both Wegman's and Lidl "around the corner" from us, plus
fresh basil in the raised bed outside. (G)
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Catch you later,
Ruth
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