Hi Dave,


 RH> These were not good eating, on the bitter side.

 DD> I wonder what caused that. I certainly differs from my experience.

We switched to growing habeneroes with the tomatoes after that. One fall
I didn't clear off the pepper bushs, next spring they put out more.

 DD>      88

 RH> We had an air popper for a number of years, When our cocker spaniel
 RH> heard it fire up, he knew he was in for a treat.

 DD> My big problem is that it's hard to get suficient butter on the
 DD> popcorn and salt doesn't stick to it as well as product from a
 DD> "conventional" popper. I should have remembered that from when I
 DD> was a boy and we did popcorn in a fire basket using the fire in
 DD> the fireplace (or a campfire if it was summer).

 RH> We used butter flavored or olive oil non stick spray instead of regular
 RH> butter with the air popper. A spray or two, mix it in, another shot and
 RH> add the seasonings--worked well for us.

 DD> Hadn't thought of that. How well did the salt stick to the popcorn?
 DD> That could get expensive using the spritz on your popcorn if you ate
 DD> much of it.  Bv)=  Of course with Steve's corn allergy that could now
 DD> be moot.

We had popcorn maybe once every couple of weeks so didn't end up using a
lot of spray. The spray did help the seasonings stick, not quite like
butter but close enough.

 DD>      88

 DD> I dunno what happened to my tube pan - I think I gave it to my sister
 DD> as I never make angel food cake so I saw no need to clutter my
 DD> cabints.  Bv)=

 RH> We got this one from my mom. Started as a borrow, ended up as a keep
 RH> when her mind went & Dad kicked her out of the kitchen. None of my
 RH> siblings objected to my taking it, and a few other kitchen goodies.

 DD> A lot of my missing dishes went that way. Just never "came home" after
 DD> visiting someone else's kitchen.

I try to use disposable dishes when I take something somewhere and I'm
not concerned about getting the dish back. Alpaca (Peruvian chicken,
small chain in this area) puts their take out in a nice square box, with
cover that is really good for taking a meal to a shut in. Last spring I
made a small meat loaf, roasted potatoes and carrots with it and it all
fit nicely in the box, didn't need to worry about getting it back.

 RH> Went to the farmer's market today. Came home with a bag of pork/red
 RH> sauce tamales, a couple of Argentinian pastries, a couple of
 cinnamon RH> roll, a bag of lettuce, a couple of sweet potatoes, a loaf
 of banana RH> bread, a couple of sausage rolls, a sopapilla cheesecake
 bar and a bag RH> of broccoli. Going to have some good eating this
 week.

 DD> Almost like an open-air deli. I usually just get raw materials when I
 DD> shop the farm stands/farmer's markets. Any pre-made grub is consumed
 DD> on the spot.

 RH> I've seen a good number of people eat their purchases as they wander
 RH> the market. Me, I'm shopping for the next week ahead, anything from
 RH> Sunday morning breakfast (cinnamon rolls) to a veggie to go with supper
 RH> (broccoli) to a late night snack for Steve (banana bread) and more from
 RH> this week's haul. Used to be a lot more produce vendors, now an
 RH> increased number of crafters are selling at the market.

 DD> Our farmer's market is nearly all edibles. Once a month they have do a
 DD> "Crafts Fair" along with the agricultural products.

We have a craft fair in the spring and another one in the fall along
with the market. We've also a knife sharpener who comes once a month,
does it on the spot during spring thru fall but winter hours are shorter
so he'll take them home and send them back the next week.


 DD> I'm off to my local Hy-Vee for a free Veteran's Day breakfast. I'll
 DD> skip the Golden Corral's free dinner buffet - the lines are over a
 DD> city block long. And I stood in enough chow lines in the service.

 RH> Steve went to a flag raising and breakfast at one of the local
 RH> residential care facilities this morning. Then we went to the Veteran's
 RH> Day ceremony at the WF veteran's memorial where he gave the invocation
 RH> and benediction as chaplain for the Legion post. Went to lunch at the
 RH> Carolina Ale House, special for vets was a half rack of ribs; I got it
 RH> also. Supper was at Red Robin with the Monday night Warrior Bible Study
 RH> group; the vet's special there was a burger (with trimmings) and fries.
 RH> Steve subbed out the regular fries for sweet potato fries. I had a
 RH> crispy chicken salad and an Oreo/peppermint milk shake. Both times I
 RH> brough leftovers home.

 DD> AFAIK my local Red Robin didn't offer any Vet's specials. But, I
 DD> learned that Wendy's offered a free breakfast combo to veterans. The
 DD> one I miss is Denny's - which used to do a free meal (breakfast or
 DD> lunch) for veterans on Veteran's Day. We used to have two Denny's
 DD> here. The west side one went over to being a Beef O'Brady's then to
 DD> bring "For Lease". The east side store (convenient to me) was knocked
 DD> down and a drive-thru car wash took its place. FEH!

I'm not sure what it is but there's a web site that Steve checks every
year for the Veteran's day specials. We don't have a Golden Corral in
town any more; it's now several ghost kitchens (call or text or web site
order, food is prepared and then you pick it up). Nearest Denny's is
Raleigh so we stick with what's offered locally.

 DD> I miss the Super Bird and the Moon's Ove My Hammy offerings.

Both of those are more than one meal for me. (G)

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