Hi Dave,


 RH> We stopped growing tomatoes when we realised we were gone most summers
 RH> when they came ripe. Could have done it this past summer, just never
 RH> got 'round tuit. We tried, at the rental house, but deer got to them
 RH> just as they came ripe.

 DD> As I don't travel much that's not a problem for me.  Bv)=  And we
 DD> don't have much of a deer population - Buick bumpers seem to keep
 DD> their herd
 DD> size low. Main pains here are tree rats (squirrels) and raccoons. But
 DD> with the raised beds the 'coons cease to be a problem.

We've got lots of squirrels. The deer are there but we don't see them
that often. The town keeps clearing out their habitats to build more and
more housing so it sort of surprises me that we don't see more than an
occaisional one.


 DD>      88

 DD> It didn't smell funky when I punctured the plastic. So, Jasper (the
 DD> pit bull mix) enjoyed it very much. With no side effects.

 RH> Good that the dog had no reaction. We've had older stuff in the freezer
 RH> but kept frozen, it hasn't gone bad so we've eaten it with no problem.

 DD> Had that sausage been in the freezer it would have become the basis
 DD> for a nice red gravy toput over pasta. I bought it on special offer
 DD> intending to do just that but got sidetracked then forgot about it.
 DD> Senior moment.

Seems like we're all getting more and more of those. (G)


 DD>      88

 DD> As I said - regular carbon steel knives are a piece of cake. But the
 DD> stainless steel chef's knives and santoku are beyond me. Never thought
 DD> of scissors. But, then I don't sew all that much.  Bv)=

 RH> Count up how many pairs of scissors/shears you have for normal
 RH> household/shop use; you might be surprised at the total. Some years ago
 RH> my younger brother cleaned out an aunt's apartment. He was surprised to
 RH> count 35 pairs of scissors/shears (35) but she also sewed. A while
 RH> later, I took some of her things and when we got back to NC, started to
 RH> go thru them. I found another pair of scissors but didn't tell him. (G)

 DD> One big "tin snip", one set of kitchen shears (big scissors), a beard
 DD> trim scissors in the bathroom and four scissors from 6" length to 10".
 DD> Not to mention an old (and unused big pinking shears that I inherited
 DD> from my mum.

I've got my grandma Weiss's sewing scissors; Mom had them but Dad told
me to take them when Mom went into the nursing home.


 DD> One reason to raise your own tomatoes:

 DD>       Title: Green Tomato Pie DD>  Categories: Pies, Pastry,
 RH>  Fruits, Citrus DD>       Yield: 6 Servings

 RH> Looks interesting, might try it next year.

 DD> In normal years my 'mters produce right up to frost time. But the last
 DD> few years we've not had a killing frost until sometime in December.

 DD> errrrmmmm .... Ground Control to Donald Trump - That's climate change!

I think we had our killing frost a couple of weeks ago.


 DD> This year we've had one frost - just enough to tell the grass in the
 DD> yard that it's time to stop growing and take a nap. Yesterday we had
 DD> rain all day. I had a customer (for wiper blades) at the Zone who was
 DD> crying about all the rain so I asked him what month we were in. Then
 DD> said "Think what that could be." Followed by "We've got a cart right
 DD> over there with ice scrapers, snow brushes, collapsible shovels and
 DD> ice melt for your sidewalks." I didn't tell him that AFAIK we've not
 DD> made a sale other than starting fluid from that display this year.

Give them a few weeks and the cart will empty out fast, every day. (G)

 DD> This was supper last night - promoting it from "archives" to DD>
 "kitchen". It's a keeper. And Jasper (the big dog) liked helping clean
 DD> the baking DD> vessel.  Bv)=


 DD>       Title: 3-Ingredient Lemon Chicken
 DD>  Categories: Five, Poultry, Citrus, Vegetables
 DD>       Yield: 4 servings

Looks good to me. Tonight I'm going to bake some chicken thighs and an
acorn squash, have them with some garlic/parmisan scones Steve made last
night (from a mix).

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Ruth
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