Subj : Done Right
To : Dave Drum
From : Ruth Haffly
Date : Thu Aug 07 2025 01:00 pm
Hi Dave,
DD> The George doesn't heat the kitchen much. And I've got an indoor
DD> 'lectric grill that gets dragged out once in a while.
RH> We grill year round. (G)
DD> Since I cook for just me most of the time firing up and outside grill
DD> - even a gas grill - is more work than I want. The George and/or the
DD> plug in grill are much easier.
Makes a difference; there's 2 of us. (G)
DD> And "back in the day" beef tended to be leaner and thus chewier than
DD> is current practice. And nearly all grass-fed.
RH> German beef (at least in the time we were there, don't know if the EU
RH> has changed it) is all grass fed. Low and slow is a good way to cook
RH> it. First few months we were in Frankfurt, there was a kerfuffle about
RH> the commissary ordering too much beef so they gave it away (had to show
RH> ID) over several months. It was a combination of German and American
RH> beef; that was how I learned to cook German beef. (G)
DD> And now I'm seeing ads (Humphrey's) for America raised "Wagyu beef"
Should be "wagyu style beef"; somebody in Japan might see the ad and sue
Humphrey's.
DD> 8<----- SHORTEN ----->8
RH> An interesting twist on the usual bean salad is to use both black and
RH> white, then something like soy beans--still 3 bean salad. (G)
DD> Sometimes we haver to abandon our comfort zones.
RH> And sometimes we stay in them.
DD> As long as the A.C. works.
RH> Working well now, actually backed off over the last few days as temps
RH> have cooled down. Today has been in the low/mid 70s with occaisional
RH> rain showers, pure D-lightful!
DD> We've had a break from the triple digits this week. But my
DD> prognosticator saays back into the upper 90s by the week-end. Out
DD> state fair starts today for its 10 day run. I'll not be going within a
DD> mile of that mess.
We're not due to go into the 90s until next Thursday, then it's supposed
to be 90 that day, then back into the 80s. Don't think it even got out
of the 60s the last couple of days but today (now) it's 71. We've had
almost 3" of rain since Tuesday.
Our state fair is in October so we'll probably be hearing soon what the
new food items will be. They usually feature some kind of fried
whatever; some might be worth trying but most aren't worth spending our
money on. Our fair is held on the west side of Raleigh so we try to
avoid that paart of town during its run.
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Catch you later,
Ruth
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