>  ML> we headed home to find that the cleaning lady had
>  ML> recently left, thank goodness.
> Why do you guys avoid her? When Roslind gets really busy at work she
> sometimes has somebody in, perhaps two half days a month. They get
> along great, always visit a bit and often work together side by
> side.

Everyone I know down here who has cleaning people either 
holes up in a room or leaves the premises. Rosemary walks
down to town hall, where she's responsible for the 
historical society archive; Lilli tries to get as far
away as possible (Spokane, for example); Bonnie has to
move the car anyway so the helpers can use the driveway,
so when I'm around that's when the food shopping and 
assorted other errands get done. They all are profoundly 
uncomfortable around the cleaning people, and vice versa.
Myself, I'd tolerate their noise and stench and the 
occasional wreckage they cause until time came to fire
them, which I'd have done in Bonnie's and Lilli's cases,
not necessarily Rosemary's (though one of them definitely
stole some of her jewelry).

>  ML> A giant potato nuked for her ... she continues to buy huge
>  ML> potatoes despite eating less than half of one,
> The huge Russet bakers, the so called Idahos, do taste than the
> smaller ones; they are older, dryer and being larger take longer to
> cook yielding a fluffy interior and a crisp skin. They do cost more
> per pound than small and medium Russets but are still cheap food.

Doesn't matter, she can't tell a food difference, plus
dinner prep is at a time when electricity costs double,
so into the nuker they go. Though for sweet potatoes,
she boils them, an abomination.

> Roslind and I are happy to split one. But to eat just half and
> discard the rest is wrong, especially when there are so many uses for
> cooked potatoes the next day.

Neither Bonnie nor Lilli likes leftovers. Annie didn't
either. Rosemary files them away (as she's in charge of
the historical society archives!) but then never uses
them - sometimes I find months, years old stuff.

>       Title: Twice-Baked Potato Casserole
> ... Fried potatoes and gooey cheese? How can it get any better than that?

Chip and cheese wafers
categories: snacks, dairy
yield: 48

3 oz roll snappy or sharp cheese, room temp
1/4 c soft butter
1 Tb prepared mustard
1/2 c flour
1 c crushed potato chips

Blend cheese, butter, and mustard together.
Add flour and mix well, then add chips. 
Shape into balls, using 1 ts of mixture, 
and place on greased cooky sheet. Flatten 
each ball, using a teaspoon or heel of hand. 
Bake at 375F for 8 to 10 min or until edges 
are browned. Cool. Keep wafers in tightly 
covered can or jar.

Recipes That Pep-Up Meals with Wise Potato Chips