Hi Nancy,

 RH> The way things are looking, we probably won't have any more snow the
 RH> rest of this winter. BUT.....................I've not seen a 30 day
 RH> forecast so don't bet the farm on it.

 NB> At the moment, the only snow around here is in the leftover piles...
 NB> and temps are to be in the 60s the next few days...  But then they
 NB> drop
 NB> again for the weekend, and there's snow predicted.... Probably March
 NB> will be back to winter...  ;)

I'm only seeing snow on tv or pictures. (G)

 NB>  RH>> I used the leftover beef from making chili, should have gotten
 NB>  RH>> a cut with more fat on it as this one dried out too much. But,
 NB>  RH>> it was easy do, just the beef, a small can of V8, some presliced
 NB>  RH>> portabello mushrooms and leftover diced peppers from the chili.
 NB>  NB>> I suppose you could have saved any fat you cut off for the chili
 NB>  NB>> and added it back in for your crockpot dinner...  ;)   A nice
 NB>  NB>> way to use up your leftovers from the chili makings... :)

 RH> There really wasn't a lot of fat on the piece of beef to cut off. Next
 RH> time I think I'll go with a well marbled chuck roast or similar.

 NB> Yeah, that would probably've stayed moister....  :)

Nex time........................


 NB>  RH>> When we set up for retreat, someone put small bags of assorted
 NB>  RH>> chocolates at each place--mine came home so I wouldn't be
 NB> tempted. (G)  NB>> Good thinking... easier to parcel them out
 NB> afterwards, too...  :)

 RH> And share the wealth with Steve. There were some Snickers minis
 RH> in the bag--he got them and a white "chocolate" truffle.

 NB> Yup... I recognize your "non-favorites" there....  ;)

No dark chocolate in the bag tho.

 NB>  RH>> Seems so, most every small town has a Chinese restaurant either
 NB>  RH>> in it or close to it. (G)
 NB>  NB>> Not always a good one, though...  ;)

 RH> Good enough to keep going when other restaurants around them have
 RH> folded.

 NB> Chinese takeout tends to be lowest common denominator... takes a lot
 NB> less to keep going that way...  ;)

We get something from them every so often, like last Saturday when I was
still feeling pretty lousy. Food tasted good tho, and had enough for 2
meals.
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Catch you later,
Ruth
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... Mind... Mind... Let's see, I had one of those around here someplace.

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