Hi Dave,

 RH> This one will take years, maybe decades to get back to a semblence of
 RH> what it was. We were in NOLA in 2012, 7 years after Kartina hit and
 RH> there was still a lot of work to be done. Western NC/TN/north GA really
 RH> got hit hard; Steve donated a number of power tools toward the clean up
 RH> and rebuild effort.

 DD> My local municipally owned utility sent two crews of volunteers to a
 DD> town in Georgia. The local news rag had a nice story about it. And the
 DD> spokseman said they may be called back to the area after Milton.

Probably so; it came ashore as a Cat 3, nothing to be messed with.
Steve's sister and BIL live in Zephyrhills, in a manufactured home.
Didn't evacutate this time, and appears they got off with little to no
damage.

 DD> "It's pretty devastating," Huff said. "You're there to help serve
 the DD> public get the lights on, but then at the same time, you've got
 this DD> gut-wrenching feeling for all of these customers that lost
 their DD> house, their roof, their everything."

I'm reading stories like that every day in the Raleigh paper.


 DD> I wonder how many people realise that the Thousand Islands archipelago
 DD> is actually a place. And straddles the border between Canada and USA.
 DD> I discovered it when returning from covering a motor race in Quebec
 DD> for
 DD> Hoosier racing tire. Up to that point I had 'assumed' that the home of
 DD> the famous dressing had something to do with Trader Vic's and the
 DD> Pacific Ocean.

No, I grew up knowing better.

 SH> Some people have more money then brains.

 RH> Agreed there. I presume parking, souvenier programs, meal
 RH> before/after are all extra.

 DD> Don't forget the "merch".   Bv)=

 RH> Lumped in with the souvenier programs.

 DD> Apparen tly Corny's heirs have enough brains to shear the sheeple.
 DD> Bv)=

 RH> More so than some rich folk's offspring.

 DD> My granddad had a saying about the "nouveau riche". Shirtsleeves to
 DD> shirtsleeves in three generations. It was accurate inmany cases. Bv)=

Seems to have worked out that way with the newspaper my dad worked for,
for decades. I understand the paper no longer exists.


 DD> Here's an other Biltmore goody that is on my "round-tuit" list.

 DD> When I make it I'll use thighs and cider since I don't stock wine. And
 DD> substitute penne pasta for the gargantuan rigatoni.  Bv)= Might have
 DD> to change the title to reflect the switch in pasta.

 RH> Just change it to "pasta" and use whatever strikes your fancy when
 RH> making it. Or, whatever's on the shelf. (G)

 DD> Good thinking. Although I usually stock penne. My local Hy-Vee does
 DD> whole-wheat pasta - and for the most part that's what I buy. They also
 DD> have "pan length" noodles for the long pastas - which saves breaking
 DD> it by hand and getting "shards". Very handy.

We've done nothing but whole wheat pasta since the late 70s. Had to do
some creative searching pre internet/pre popularity to find it, but we
did. I don't break my longer pasta's for the pan either, just gently
ease them into the hot water and as the lower ends absorb water, I can
get the upper parts in and submerged.

 DD>       Title: Biltmore Estate Chicken Breasts Over Rigatoni
 DD>  Categories: Poultry, Mushrooms, Pasta, Herbs, Cheese
 DD>       Yield: 2 servings

 RH> A good fresh apple cider would add a nice flavor to it. We picked up
 RH> some all natural, from honeycrisp apples, cider the other day at
 RH> Wegman's.

 DD> I've a local place called the Apple Barn just south of town. They
 DD> press their own cider and sell it at reasonable prices. One of my
 DD> favourite
 DD> things to do with cider ......

Both of us had that growing up but all the apple orchards are in western
NC, and probably have most all of the fruits blown off of them this
year.

 DD> I have never added the optional rum noted in the directions, as I
 am DD> sure you wouldn't. But I do like this and it's a hit whenever I
 do DD> a batch ... mostly around turkey day.

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

 DD>       Title: Hot Apple Cider
 DD>  Categories: Five, Beverages, Fruits
 DD>       Yield: 8 Servings


 DD>   NOTES: I first experienced this at Lincoln's New Salem
 DD>   Historical Site during the annual "Christmas at New
 DD>   Salem" put on by the Illinois Historic Preservation
 DD>   Agency. It was served by ladies from the Springfield
 DD>   Junior League in period dress - at the Rutledge Tavern

 DD>   It was like drinking a slice of apple pie. I was so
 DD>   hooked on it that I hung about and cadged the recipe.
 DD>   This is a reduction in quantity version. But otherwise
 DD>   true to the bone.

I've done things like that before. We had a neighborhood picnic a few
years ago and made some; it went like hot cakes. (G)


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