Subj : Re: Bits & Bobs
To : Ruth Haffly
From : Dave Drum
Date : Sun Jan 12 2025 11:15:00
-=> Ruth Haffly wrote to Dave Drum <=-
DD> I've got a mini-fridge in the confuser room that holds (mostly) drinks
RH> Our house is small enough that it's not that much of a walk from the
RH> computer room to the kitchen. The fridge is on the left as you enter,
RH> easy to open and grab something from it.
DD> My kitchen is a *ONE* peson (at a time) affair. I have to turn
DD> slightly sideways to pass between the ice bo and the upright freezer.
RH> Now that is small! I don't think I've ever had a kitchen that small
RH> except in the campers.
When I call it a "Pullman" kitchen people think I'm joking. It's not a
joke. In many ways it resembles the dining car galley on a ctoss-country
rail-car.
DD> If one of
DD> us is in the kitchen doing something and the other needs/wants/desires
DD> some item or action either the person in the kitchen has to get it and
DD> hand it over - or leave the kitchen so the other can do what needs
DD> done.
RH> You didn't realise when you bought the house that a small kitchen was
RH> going to be a problem?
Truthfully, I didn't even think about it. It didn't look obviously as
inconvenient with everything except the appliances out and the swing
down long counter on the inside wall in the raised position. I made a
very "lowball" bid on the asking price ... mostly because it's on a
high traffic artery and I was concerned about getiing out onto the road
from the drive. In practice that has been a non-existent concern. But
the kitchen more than makes up for it. Bv)=
DD> Shawn and I had a discussion about tiny kitchens so we swappped
DD> pixture via text messages. He say that I "won". Heck the kitchen
DD> in my old tin can (mobil home) was larder AND better laid out/more
DD> functional than what I now have.
RH> I've had good sized kitchens and small ones with the various places we
RH> lived. The one in Berlin was nice, quite roomy, but it lacked a
RH> dishwasher (important to me, more so as I get older). The one in
RH> Savannah was in brand mew housing but not designed for a serious cook.
RH> Best part of that one (other than all new appliances) was a counter
RH> with cabinet space below and above that ran the length of one of the
RH> short walls, maybe about 6 feet. Other counter space was severely
RH> limited.
My first house had a kitchen about the same size as this one in square
feet. But muich better laid out, Plus it had a pantry about half the
size of the kitchen with plenty of shelving to stash extra pots and/or
counter top appliances.
DD> 8<----- HACK ----->8
RH> Dad was big in Boy Scouts--was one as a kid, troop leader & troop
RH> committe for many years as an adult. I think he went on almost every
RH> camp out the local troop had as long as my brothers were in, and then
RH> some. But he never ditched (don't know if it wasn't allowed where we
RH> stayed) the family camp sites.
DD> Well the Boy Sprouts is where I learned that trick. I think "Boy's
DD> Life" (the Boy Scout magazine) had a feature on it. I could be wrong
DD> as that was about 70 years ago.
RH> I stopped reading "Boy's Life" when I left home, probably for college.
I stopped when I quit the scouts. We had a scoutmaster who really set
off my "gay-dar". I didn't know that's what it was called at that stage
of my life. But he really made me nervous. Read about him a few years
later in the local newspaper after he was attacked and severely thrashed
by a scout's father. That set off an investigation and he was "outed".
I showed the article to my folks and told them "You always wondered
why I quit the scouts? There it is."
8<----- SHIFT ----->8
DD> A cat purring in your ear helps you to sleep. And you don't have to
DD> get up to let them out to do their "business" in the middle of te
DD> night.
RH> I know, I miss having one--but I appreciate being able to breath.
DD> Dennis has severe asthma. His twice daily inhaler helps with everyting
DD> but pollen season. I bought him an air "purifier" as a holiday gift
DD> two Decembers ago. But he wouldn't even unpack it from its box. His
DD> son and new D-I-L currently have it. This year I gave him a travel mug
DD> so he can take his instant coffee with. That he uses. Bv)=
RH> I have both albuterol and Trelegy--doctor started me on that last
RH> summer after about 23 years of Advair. Latter was my miracle drug; that
RH> and a good pulmonology doctor in Hawaii really got my asthma under
RH> control. Last few years tho, I've been having more and more
RH> problems--bad lungs from years of bronchitis and pneumonia so the
RH> Trelegy adds a 3rd medication to the 2 that the Advair has and it
RH> seems to be starting to help.
I'm doing two puff twice a day of the advair and the albuterol is an
"if, as and when" rescue inhaler. All down to 45 years of smoking 2
packs a day unfiltered Camel cigarettes.
Would that I had never picked up the first one.
Dennis has a round, fat inhaler he hits twice a day then gargles. I
can always tell when he's dne his inhaler. Him gargling sounds like
an Opera singer warming up to warble. Bv)=
MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06
Title: Tobacco Onions
Categories: Vegetables, Herbs, Chilies
Yield: 4 Servings
5 c Peanut or other light oil
2 lg Sweet onions; peeled, sliced
- 1/8" thick
1 c All-purpose flour
1 ts Paprika
1 ts Salt
1 ts Black pepper
1/2 ts Cayenne
Heat oil to 350øF/175øC on a food thermometer in a deep
saucepan over medium heat. Combine remaining ingredients
in a medium bowl and carefully toss to coat onions.
Remove onion slices from flour mixture, shaking to
remove excess.
Fry a few slices at a time for approximately 10 minutes
or until crisp and golden brown. Repeat until all onions
are fried. Drain on paper towel.
Recipe by Kathleen Morrison
From:
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