Hi Dave,

 DD> (Typhoon) which translates as "supreme wind".  Bv)=

 RH> I know; I picked that up from the James Clavell books. (G)

 DD> One of the many reasons that I'd rather read a good book than zone out
 DD> in front of the one-eyed monster.

 RH> Usually what I do also, especially at night. Daylight hours may be
 RH> spent at the sewing machine.

 DD> I'm more likely to be staring at my own "glass teat" - the confuser as
 DD> I bang in recipes or chase down topics of interest.  Bv)=

I'll do my mail run in the morning, then work on Fido, Raleigh
newspaper, etc off and on thruout the day.

 DD> I take the e-edition of the daily. And they mail out a collection of
 DD> grocery adverts, coupon flyers, etc. I get the grocery ad delivered to
 DD> my in-box for all of the stores in town. The only flyer I get any use
 DD> from is the Dollar Gererous. They often have really good deals on
 DD> stuff I can (and do) use.

Wish we got a packet of coupons, etc. They used to distribute one but
Covid put an end to that.

 RH> We've been getting greeting cards from them the past few years.

 DD> From the dollar store? Never had anything from them in the mail.
 DD> Except the advertising flyers that are a part of the newspaper's
 DD> mailing. But, certainly, nothing "personalized".

No, we're buying the cards. (G)


 DD> Or use a pot that's wide/deep enough to submerge the sticks in one go.
 DD> I still do the "pan length" as it's easier to wind it onto my fork at
 DD> table. But, That's me.

 RH> At least you don't cut it into 1" or less pieces. (G)

 DD> Only pasta I do in that size range is elbow macaroni, rosemarina, cous
 DD> cous, etc.

 RH> My MIL treated us (3 kids, 3 spouses) to dinner last night at an
 RH> Italian place, only one person didn't leave with a "leftovers" box. I
 RH> had veal and eggplant parm with a side of penne pasta & marinara sauce.
 RH> The size of the piece of veal was almost the whole dinner plate, with 2
 RH> roughly 6" rounds of eggplant on top of it. Penne pasta was good, maybe
 RH> about a cup and a half (cooked) with a good amount of marinara. Starter
 RH> was a salad so I only ate about 1/3 of my entree. Steve had Italian
 RH> jambalya over liguini and a salad; I think he took about half of his
 RH> entree home.

 DD> Sound like they are philosophically on board with my recently closed
 DD> Sweet Basil cafe. I always told people "If you're going there - go
 DD> HUNGRY". One of the few places I ever had to get a "go box" to bring
 DD> home my leftovers. Even if I showed up ravenous.

I get a "to go" most every time I eat out now, and usually plan on
eating only half (or less) of my entree, especially if I start with a
salad.


 DD>       Title: Casablanca Chicken Couscous
 DD>  Categories: Poutry, Pasta, Fruits, Dairy, Vegetables
 DD>       Yield: 6 Servings

 DD> I was hesitant to serve a dish using cous cous to my brother since
 DD> he's had this "thing" abou rice ever since his tour in Vietnam. But,
 DD> he knows the difference and enjoyed it. I keep hoping he'll mellow out
 DD> of it like Steve did with pork. But that hope is dwindling.  Bv)=

 RH> Don't hold your breath waiting. (G)

 DD> I present this recipe as written - but with the question "How can a
 DD> bird be both free range AND corn fed"?

 RH> Free range during the warm parts of the year, corn fed in the colder
 RH> parts. (G) More likely was supposed to be "free range OR corn fed".

 DD> My personal opinion is that free range means just that. They'd have
 DD> been better off using "cage free". When I kept chickens the girls were
 DD> cage
 DD> free and had a trough for "chicken feed" as well as scratching in the
 DD> pen for bugs and seeds, etc. And the fence was more to keep the
 DD> predators out than to keep the chooks in.

We never kept any, just raised cats & dogs. (G)

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Catch you later,
Ruth
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