Hi Dave,


 RH> How old was your brother at the time? My parents both passed away when
 RH> all of their children were grown/gone so there was no need for any
 RH> guardianship issues.

 DD> He was 14. So I raised/supervised/advised him for four years before he

 RH> An age where the right kind of supervision will turn the kid into a
 RH> good young man.

 DD> So long as he thought I was advising him on "how "to get away with"
 DD> stuff he paid attention.

Like how to get apples for apple pie? (G)


 DD> joined the Navy where he learned two widely divergent trades. Cooking
 DD> and underwater welding. He was running the kitchen at the Pensacola
 DD> Naval Air Station's officer's club when he fund that underwater

 RH> Sounds like he turned out well. Interesting that the Navy let him
 RH> pursue 2 such widely divergent career paths.

 DD> Whilst doing the Navy's version of KP he was a cook's helper and he
 DD> paid attention. Then his "A" school for training as a hull mantainence
 DD> tech took him into a new class and taught him the underwater welding
 DD> thing. And after graduation from that it was back to cook's helper
 DD> until his orders came through assigning him to a ship.

Unlike the Army where Steve went thru basic, language school and two
other schools, then assigned to Fort Hood and put right to work. He
spent the first 16 months of his enlistment in basic and schools.
Original plan was 4 years and out but the opportunity to go to Germany
for just short of 6 years made him decide to do 20. Then, at about
18.5 years in, came the chance to go to Hawaii where he got promoted and
wanted to do 3 years at that rank for a better retirement check. Four
years turned into 26.


 RH> Thanks for the head's up. I've not done a lot of cooking with
 RH> cider/apple juice in any form tho I did get a recipe for apple cake
 RH> from a friend that starts by reducing a quart of cider down to about a
 RH> cup.

 DD> Sounds like an apple syrup. Now, that's a syrup I'd eat on my waffles.

 RH> Most anything fruity works well for waffles. (G)

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

 DD>       Title: Picnic Potatoes
 DD>  Categories: Potatoes, Soups, Casseroles
 DD>       Yield: 10 Servings

I've seen similar that have had a topping of crushed corn flakes so have
never tried it. Maybe try something like this, but in a smaller
quantity.


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Catch you later,
Ruth
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