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

 RH> up to the front door. Steve had to add an extra rail before he could
 RH> get the VA loan but it's a help as we've gotten older. (G)

 DD> I know the words to that song. I was going to buy breakfast at Temple
 DD> B'rith Sholom on Christmas morning as I have done in past. But there
 DD> si a longish flight of stairs down to the meeting/dining hall where
 DD> they do the Interfaith breakfast. And I do not do stairs well. Up or

 RH> They don't have an elevator, ramp or other handicap entrance?

 DD> The have "spaz spot" parking and a ramp up tp the entrance doors.
 DD> There is an elevator downa hallway off the lobby. But it's not well
 DD> marked - and IIRC there are soe obstacles to wheelchair access. Not
 DD> that I'm in a chair or using a scooter.  Bv)=

 RH> So you could have gotten there if you'ld wanted to put up with the
 RH> inconveniences. I understand; there are times I wonder if something set
 RH> up to be a convenience turns out to be more of an inconvenience. You
 RH> would think elevators would be in or just off a main entrance but those
 RH> in the assisted living place my in laws lived in Florida had them at
 RH> the ends of long hallways. One of those "what were they thinking?"
 RH> places.

In their defence, the building and its' "features" have been in place
for a long time. So they had to "fit the elevator in" (and its associated
machiney) to a spot where it could be accessed and hopefully not upset
the ambience of the building too awfully much. If I were a member of the
Temple I'd, no doubt, be a regular user of the elevator since the lobby/
entrance is actually a "landing" and there are stairs down to the common
room that serves as a dining room, public meeting space, etc. And stairs
up to the religious space (not sure what that's called in the Jewish 
religon .... maybe synagogue. OTOH, Temple Israel is all on one floor and
more easily accessible. But B'rith Sholom has the better kitchen - which
would do a fine dining establishment proud. I've cooked in both facilities
and attended Seder meals in both. And B'rith Sholom is better laid out and
appointed than the other. If not convenient for us old, infirm pharts.

 DD> down. So I took my brother and my friend to the Star 66 (truck
 RH>  stop) DD> Cafe for the Star 66 Special - 2 eggs, potatoes, a breaded
 RH>  boneless DD> pork chop, and a biscuit. The chop and the biscuit topped
 RH>  with a DD> very good sauaage gravy. I didn't eat anything the rest of
 RH>  the day.

 RH> That'll work. We did a braised leg of lamb with kasha and a side
 RH> vegetable. Just the 2 of us so nothing fancy. Did get to talk with our
 RH> girls on Christmas day which was nice.

 DD> And it was close to the same "out of pocket". But the profits went
 DD> into John and Ozzie's pockets rather than to Habitat for Humanity.

 RH> I'm sure HFH will be getting a lot more donations in the next few days.
 RH> BTW, the side vegetable for our Christmas dinner was beets, from the
 RH> local farmer's market.

Red or golden? Or sugar?   Bv)=

 DD>       Title: Slow Cooker Chicken Tagine w/Butternut Squash
 DD>  Categories: Poultry, Squash, Fruits, Chilies, Vegetables
 DD>       Yield: 5 servings

 RH> This does look good, slow cooker is a good sub for a tagine, given the
 RH> amount of ingredients. Maybe add some kalamata olives too?

 DD> Don't see why not. Ripe olives are usually always good.

 RH> The kalamata olives have a different taste than black olives. I found
 RH> out about them in the late 90s, here on the echo. Bought a jar to see
 RH> if we liked them, they were a keeper. Steve isn't fond of black olives
 RH> so we usually just have kalamatas and green olives on hand.

 DD> I can detect subtle differences between the Kalamata and the black
 DD> olives but, I like both - so, no harm, no foul.  Bv)=

 DD> I also like the briny green olives, either pitted or whole but without
 DD> the pimento stuffing that many seem to think "de rigeur" in ther
 DD> pitted greenies.

 RH> They all work well for various things but we found we don't care for
 RH> kalamatas on pizza. Steve ordered it that way once; it was enough of a
 RH> taste difference that we decided "never again".

 DD> Your $$$ - your choice. All I ever see around here are the sliced
 DD> black olives on pizza. And thse not very often. Went Saturday to

 RH> Black olives are the olives of choice for 99.98% of the time olives are
 RH> called for. The gyro place we usually go to has both kalamata and green
 RH> olives in their pasta salad, no black olives in sight.

 DD> Antonio's (a local pizza mini-chain) and order two of their large
 DD> "Belly Buster" pies (everything but anchovies) to be delivered today
 DD> at lunch hour to the shop that takes care of my Beemer. They comp me
 DD> often enough trhat I figured they deserve a nice lunch.

 RH> Fair enough; I'm sure they appreciated it.

I got an effusive text shortly after their lunch hour. That wiil "pay 
off" in the future. I like to do things like that for places/people who
do nice (and unexpected) things for me but are not in a business were a 
tip is expected. I did a similar deal for the body & fender shop I use
shortly after they had repaired my car after a lady blasted me in the
rear. 

The whole staff came into a restaurant where my boss and I were having 
lunch and I called their waitress over and told her to bring me their 
tab except for any alcoholic beverages. That also paid off well.

Happy New Year

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

      Title: Tequila Sunrise Mocktail
 Categories: Five, Beverages, Citrus, Fruits
      Yield: 2 drinks

  1 1/2 c  Simply Orange Juice or your
           - choice of pulp-free orange
           - juice
      1 c  Simply Peach or your choice
           - of peach juice
      6 tb Lemon soda (7up/Sprite, etc)
      6 tb Grenadine syrup
           Ice 

  In this order, fill two highball glasses with ice, the
  orange juice, peach juice lemon soda then the add the
  grenadine syrup. The grenadine will go to the bottom of
  the glass then rise to the top as you drink it. Garnish
  mocktail with cherries and oranges if you like. 

  By: April Boller Wright

  RECIPE FROM: https://whiskitrealgud.com

  Uncle Dirty Dave's Kitchen

MMMMM

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