Subj : Punkerpans
To : Dave Drum
From : Ruth Haffly
Date : Mon Dec 30 2024 13:57:05
Hi Dave,
RH> up to the front door. Steve had to add an extra rail before he could
RH> get the VA loan but it's a help as we've gotten older. (G)
DD> I know the words to that song. I was going to buy breakfast at Temple
DD> B'rith Sholom on Christmas morning as I have done in past. But there
DD> si a longish flight of stairs down to the meeting/dining hall where
DD> they do the Interfaith breakfast. And I do not do stairs well. Up or
RH> They don't have an elevator, ramp or other handicap entrance?
DD> The have "spaz spot" parking and a ramp up tp the entrance doors.
DD> There is an elevator downa hallway off the lobby. But it's not well
DD> marked -
DD> and IIRC there are soe obstacles to wheelchair access. Not that I'm in
DD> a chair or using a scooter. Bv)=
So you could have gotten there if you'ld wanted to put up with the
inconveniences. I understand; there are times I wonder if something set
up to be a convenience turns out to be more of an inconvenience. You
would think elevators would be in or just off a main entrance but those
in the assisted living place my in laws lived in Florida had them at the
ends of long hallways. One of those "what were they thinking?" places.
DD> down. So I took my brother and my friend to the Star 66 (truck
stop) DD> Cafe for the Star 66 Special - 2 eggs, potatoes, a breaded
boneless DD> pork chop, and a biscuit. The chop and the biscuit topped
with a DD> very good sauaage gravy. I didn't eat anything the rest of
the day.
RH> That'll work. We did a braised leg of lamb with kasha and a side
RH> vegetable. Just the 2 of us so nothing fancy. Did get to talk with our
RH> girls on Christmas day which was nice.
DD> And it was close to the same "out of pocket". But the profits went
DD> into John and Ozzie's pockets rather than to Habitat for Humanity.
I'm sure HFH will be getting a lot more donations in the next few days.
BTW, the side vegetable for our Christmas dinner was beets, from the
local farmer's market.
RH> This does look good, slow cooker is a good sub for a tagine, given the
RH> amount of ingredients. Maybe add some kalamata olives too?
DD> Don't see why not. Ripe olives are usually always good.
RH> The kalamata olives have a different taste than black olives. I found
RH> out about them in the late 90s, here on the echo. Bought a jar to see
RH> if we liked them, they were a keeper. Steve isn't fond of black olives
RH> so we usually just have kalamatas and green olives on hand.
DD> I can detect subtle differences between the Kalamata and the black
DD> olives but, I like both - so, no harm, no foul. Bv)=
DD> I also like the briny green olives, either pitted or whole but without
DD> the pimento stuffing that many seem to think "de rigeur" in ther
DD> pitted greenies.
RH> They all work well for various things but we found we don't care for
RH> kalamatas on pizza. Steve ordered it that way once; it was enough of a
RH> taste difference that we decided "never again".
DD> Your $$$ - your choice. All I ever see around here are the sliced
DD> black olives on pizza. And thse not very often. Went Saturday to
Black olives are the olives of choice for 99.98% of the time olives are
called for. The gyro place we usually go to has both kalamata and green
olives in their pasta salad, no black olives in sight.
DD> Antonio's (a local pizza mini-chain) and order two of their large
DD> "Belly Buster" pies (everything but anchovies) to be delivered today
DD> at lunch hour to the shop that takes care of my Beemer. They comp me
DD> often enough trhat I figured they deserve a nice lunch.
Fair enough; I'm sure they appreciated it.
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Catch you later,
Ruth
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