Hi Ruth    9/19/2016

>  BF> I never was able to follow the vagaries of BBS propagation.  

rhf> I'm getting your posts and your replies to my responses. So, that's
rhf> working on both of our sides. Don't know about others; they will
rhf> probably respond if they see you.

Ok, sounds good.  Thanks for the report.

>  BF> Does "Source" in a posted recipe mean the:
>  BF> Author, Poster, or the internet Site the recipe came from?   

rhf> AFAIK, it can mean any or all of the above. 

Seems to be general opinion.


>  BF> Ruth The Haff:  I can't remember what or who "Dog-Cat" is.
>  BF> Derivation/Story please?

RHF> Dog-Cat was the last born of a litter one of my childhood cats had. My
rhf> dad was in the Navy during WWII; used Able, Baker, Charlie and Dog
rhf> (A,B,C&D, ******** Warning!  Lines omitted here *******

How cool!  Great story, Ruth.  Thanks for explaining it.

>  BF> When you are warming up pizza from the night before, do it in the
>  BF> frying pan
>  BF> like Butch does.  Even if you overdo and burn the bottom a little 
>  BF> it's still
>  BF> delicious. Frequently it somehow improves on the original pizza. It
>  BF> beats microwaving or cold pizza all to H___and gone.
 

rhf> Sounds good--we usually nuke ours or eat it cold.

Trust Shirley... try it.

>  BF> I like mixing water and Pop, stirring it to reduce or remove the fizz,
>  BF> and adding a slow drizzle of Coffee creamer.  Careful... adding 
rhf>> Why add water?

Well, I have discovered that adding water to diet pop has a minor effect on
the taste.  I think because the artificial sweeteners are so strong.  Also,
Consumer Reports reported on some ingredient that was x% to high.  So I
started diluting the pop enough to bring the ingredient level down. 
Discovered it made only a small changein the tastre... not enough to bother
me. 

>  BF> creamer to the water/pop mix can erupt [sort of a small copy of those
>  BF> Mentos/soda pop viral videos] if there is too much fizz left.
>  BF> I use either Vanilla or chocolate creamer, or both. You need some fizz
>  BF> to thicken the drink with that foam that forms, but not a lot.
>  BF> At the end of your trials, a part dollop of whipped topping stirred 

rhf> Sort of an ice cream-less ice cream soda?

Well, sort of.  A lot more like those fancy coffee drinks at fast food
places.  Really, just as good, to my taste. 


 Burt