Subj : Salad was:Copycat Kraft T [1]
To : Dave Drum
From : Ruth Haffly
Date : Fri Aug 08 2025 03:01 pm
Hi Dave,
DD> Your tax dollars at play.
RH> Not mine; I've not called the state "home" in decades. Tho we do pay
RH> toll on the Thruway when driving it and sales tax on most purchases
RH> (groceries are exempt), we don't pay income and other taxes
RH> (property/school taxes are MUCH higher than what we pay.
DD> But if you go there to visit frinds/relatives or even if you are just
DD> passinng thru you will be somehow taxed. Or if you replace a
DD> Cornigware cooking vessel.
Basically, what I said. (G) When Steve was in the Army, he changed his
home of record from NC (where we'd lived before he went in) to NY, where
his family lived. Active duty stationed outside the state didn't have to
pay state taxes, income or otherwise but when we were in Savannah, he
got a letter from NY saying he owed so many thousand dollars in state
taxes. He sent them proof he'd been outside of the state except for less
than 30 day periods; they dropped their claim. Here in NC military
retirement pay isn't taxed if you went in before 1985, which he did.
DD> 8<----- TRIM ----->8
RH> they'd go out for supper). Dad learned to enjoy salads so he and mom
RH> had them at home more often. Trouble is, they liked bleu cheese
RH> dressing; when I visited, I had to make my own dressing as bleu cheese
RH> is one I do not like. 1,000 Island is quick, easy and made with stuff
RH> they kept on hand. Steve grew up with home made Italian (oil, vinegar
RH> and herbs) dressing so we do that quite often.
DD> I, OTOH, really like the blue-veined cheeses.Beit bleu, Stilton,
DD> roquefort, Gorgonzola, or whatever.
I don't mind small amounts on a cracker or similar but as a salad
dressing, it's too much bleu for me.
DD> There are two versions of "Russian" dressing. One is very 1000
DD> Islands ike (mayonnaise based) and the other is closer to
DD> Catalina dressing. Neither has been near the USSR. Bv)=
DD> This is my preferred sauce w/o cheese in/on it:
RH> Looks good, maybe I'll give it a try sometime soon. It looks similar to
RH> the dressing that was set out (in individual cups with lids) at the
RH> Purple Heart banquet we went to last Saturday.
DD> Yesterday (07 August) was the actual "Purple Heart Day"
I know, George Washington issued the first Purple Hearts on that day.
Since 2009, Wake Forest has had (except for 2020) a banquet to honor
Purple Heart recipients in the area. The first one was held in November,
2009, in the seminary gymnasium. Nine recipients were honored then; I
think we had 46 this year, including a 104 year old WWII pilot. Steve's
Hebrew professor, retired Marine, was on the PH committee so he invited
us, knowing Steve was retired Army. I think we missed a couple in the
first few years because of travel but have attended most of them. The
guest speaker is always interesting; last year it was Jessica Lynch.
This year's speaker was a suvivor of the SCUD bombing of the barracks in
1991 that killed 28 (?) members of the PA National Guard. Our banquet is
the first Saturday in August; back in 2021, we had it as an outdoor
event and it rained buckets! Moved back inside in 2023. Our Legion
Auxiliary has a set up of light finger foods for the honorees in the
afternoon, something to tide them over until supper--it's always
interesting to talk to the (mostly) men, a few women, when they come
over to get their food.
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Catch you later,
Ruth
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