Hi Dave,


 DD> Good to hear you made it home OK, if a bit damp. I guess Ashville got
 DD> hammered hard.

 RH> Asheville and everything west of it, also somewhat east of it. It'll be
 RH> a long time before search and rescue teams make it thru all the hills
 RH> and hollers of that area. Have a friend whose an EMT out there, working
 RH> 24/7 with just a few hours off between shifts.

 DD> I understand that an entire town was wiped from existence. As the old
 DD> TV advert once said, "It's not nice to fool with Mother Nature.

You're probably thinking of Chimney Rock, the most well known of the
touristy towns in that area. Sadly, a number of smaller towns, homes,
roads, etc have been wiped out; the known death toll is about 45, with
more to be added. I-26 and !-40 (east of Asheville) have reopened for
evacuees and help coming in but a lot of the smaller roads are still
impassible, as is I-40, especially near the Tennesee line. We made it
out with a few hours to spare. Overhead highway signs were warning that
any vehicles left on the shoulders after 4pm would be towed; these
warning continued some distance east of Asheville but had stopped before
Greensboro, where we stopped for the night.

 DD>      88

 DD> Readig the recipe below - I may have mis-spoken about not having had a
 DD> scone. If, in fact, these are scones and not panquakes, as the recipe
 DD> author suggests.


 DD>       Title: St. Swithin's Drop Scones
 DD>  Categories: Five, Breads
 DD>       Yield: 4 Servings

 DD>   4 1/2 oz Self-raising flour
 DD>       2 ts Caster sugar
 DD>       1 lg Egg; beaten
 DD>       2 tb Melted unsalted butter
 DD>     150 ml Semi-skimmed milk

 DD>      88

 RH> Actually, they do look more like pancakes. Scones are usually about the
 RH> thickness of a biscuit, traditionally wedge shaped. The ones we make
 RH> taste like an oatmeal cookie, but much denser.

 DD> That's sorta what I thought. My house-mate really likes oatmeal-raisin
 DD> cookies. Chewy or crunchy - he's not picky. I'm more a chocolate chip
 DD> guy. Or Girl Sprout Thin Mints.  Bv)=

 DD> If the Girls are out of season (or sold out - they're very popular),
 DD> Keebler's elves make a very nice substitute.

 DD> MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06

 DD>       Title: Homemade Thin Mint Cookies
 DD>  Categories: Cookies, Snacks, Desserts, Chocolate
 DD>       Yield: 36 Servings

 DD>       1 c  Butter; room temp
 DD>       1 c  Powdered sugar
 DD>       1 ts Vanilla extract
 DD>       1 c  Unsweetened cocoa powder
 DD>     3/4 ts Salt
 DD>   1 1/2 c  Cake flour

 DD> MMMMM--------------------------COATING-------------------------------
 DD>       1 lb Good quality semi-sweet
 DD>            - chocolate; chopped
 DD>       1 ts Peppermint extract; to
 DD>            - taste

I'd use half vanilla, half peppermint extract in the cookie part to ramp
up the mint taste. (G)

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Ruth
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