-=> Ruth Haffly wrote to Dave Drum <=-

 DD> I was under the impression that Milty was coming up the West Coast of
 DD> Florida toward Tampa Bay and the home of Hooters. (Looks at map) I see
 DD> it's projected to blow across the peninsula and miss Georgia and South
 DD> Carolina .... except with the fringes - which can be bad enough.

 RH> Rip tides, storm surges, winds, all that stuff. A hurricane can reach
 RH> out over quite a large area, and one this strong can do a lot of damage
 RH> hundreds of miles from the center of the storm.

Don't forget the tornadoes it spawned on the East Coast of Snowbird land.

 DD> Many of the systems that bred the killer winds come up through the
 DD> middle of the country and we have "major" (for our area)
 DD> thunderstorms. Looking at the track from Milty we may get missed this
 DD> time.

 RH> The weather people are talking about high surf and rip tides for the
 RH> lower coastal area of NC but that's about it. We're still a long way
 RH> from normal out in the western part of the state. Talking about
 RH> rebuilding I-40 but need to put down some soil stabilisers where the
 RH> road is washed out clear up to the median divider.

It's going to be an issue - to the point it's appearing in the presidential
election ravings. 

 DD>      88

 DD> IOW you use something like this one:

 DD>       Title: Whole Wheat Biscuit Mix
 DD>  Categories: Breads, Dairy
 DD>       Yield: 9 Biscuits

 RH> Basically, yes. I'd have to look up the one I make but getting to my
 RH> cook books right now is a challenge (piles of tools and 3D build
 RH> partial projects are in the way).

 DD> I have very few actual cookbooks any longer. I still have "The Taste
 DD> of Gloucester" cookbook I picked up at one of Michae Loo's "clam
 DD> crawl" picnics. Not done pounding recipes into the confuser yet.
 DD> Close, but not done. When I finish I'll find a deserving soul to
 DD> become the new owner of a fine collection of recipes.

 RH> I still have a good collection of them and do like to pick up regional
 RH> ones when we travel. Probably should thin my collection but not yet
 RH> give the girls an inheritance. (G)

Or let them have what *you* want them to have rather than cause acrimony
when they split things up after you're gone. When my wife's grandmother
fell off her perch we were visiting her granfather's house after the 
funeral and a bunch of the relatives were discussing who got what plunder.
And poor grandpa was sitting, stunned, in his chair. Still numb from the
passiong and funeral. I went off on those old biddies for their lack of
couth while in front of the poor guy. Made some enemies of the old trouts
but friends with their husbands.  Bv)=  And my mother-in-law since she was
in agreement with me. 

 DD> I have my Two Fat Ladies "Obsessions" cookbook already gift-wrapped
 DD> as a holiday season present for my sister-in-law.

 RH> Don't forget where you stashed it. (G)

Oh, I won't. It's in the pile (already wrapped) with the rest of the 
gifts I have grabbed over the intervl since last gifting season. It's
my usual practice to buy that sort of thing when I spot it and think
to myself "I'll bet (insert recipient) would like that". Saves thrashing
about at the last minute.  Bv)=

 RH> ... Books are better than TV; they exercise your imagination.

True dat! Especially around election time.

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06
 
      Title: Apple Pandowdy
 Categories: Fat ladies, Fruit, Desserts
      Yield: 4 Servings
 
      2 lb Cooking apples
      2 tb Golden syrup
    1/2 ts Ground cinnamon
    1/4 ts Freshly grated nutmeg
      6 oz Plain flour
        lg Pinch salt
      2 ts Baking powder
      4 oz Sugar
      4 oz Unsalted butter; melted
    1/4 pt Milk (or a bit more)
 
  Peel, quarter and core the apples, then thinly slice them
  into a bowl. Add the syrup, cinnamon and nutmeg, and toss
  gently to coat the apple slices evenly. Spoon the mixture
  into a buttered 2-pint ovenproof, deep-sided dish.
  
  Sift the flour, salt, and baking powder into a bowl and
  stir in the sugar. Make a well in the center and add the
  melted butter and the milk. Stir to make a smooth batter,
  then spread it evenly over the apple slices.
  
  Bake in a preheated oven at 350ºF/175ºC for 40 to 45
  minutes or until the sponge topping has risen and is
  browned. To serve, you can invert the pudding onto a dish
  or serve from the baking dish. It is, of course, highly
  improved with cream in generous dollops.
  
  Copyright 1999 Jennifer Patterson
  
  MM Format by Dave Drum - 20 April 2000
  
  Uncle Dirty Dave's Kitchen
 
MMMMM

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