On Wed, 18 Jun 2003 12:14:17 -0600 "Kestrel"
 writes:
> 
> > Kathy wrote, eyeing Barb's dog....
> 
> well if it's *dogs* we're talking... oh yeah, Barb's is (will be 
> anyway)
> bigger than mine :)

She's likely 35 lbs now, at 14 weeks.
Taller than the BIG (umpety-ump quart) Colman Ice Chest....

> but they're alike in furry loveliness :)

It's not the size of the dog with the spirit, but the spirit in the
dog....


> > with crystals to make every rainy day brighter.  Better to have 
> two
> > subscriptions, n'est-ce pas?
> 
> From my recollections, I believe Russ would be looking for something 
> to
> festoon the interior of his galoshes, being somewhat hard on 
> footwear 

oooh, what YOU pay attention to, woman!

> Still... imagine the fashion statement! What say you, Russ? A 
> smattering of
> rose quartz across the toe, cute little beryl tassles on the 
> RedWings?

=splurt!!!=

> > emily, it's a Good Thing, insouciant grunion (who is trading her 
> MSL in
> for
> > Real Simple next renewal time)
> 
> I've read a few issues of Real Simple, and what struck me was that 
> they were
> *insanely* fond of advertising, and that getting Simple meant 
> spending a
> bleeding fortune at high-end merchandisers... but it's a nice mag to 
> look at
> :) I can't recall ever looking at a single issue of MSL. I just have 
> a  problem with baking a pie in 37 easy steps. I like her cable bits 

tsk!
sure, some of the recipes are complicated -- some dishes are complicated;
but even you could cook many.
Be careful, I might slip you a Martha Recipe when you're not looking.
[There's a WONDERFUL chicken dish ... though that was a TAD on the
complicated side, results were worth it.]

> tho - she
> did an amazing turkey last Tgiving which I intend to attempt later 
> this
> year... which some modifications of vegetables (she had a heap of 
> turnips
> and parsnips). She's really no different than any other show/mag 
> tho, by
> which I mean -- I take what's useful to me, or can be modified, and 
> leave  the rest.

'sactly.

If you want THE BEST cooking 'zine out there -- get Sunset. [And then
admire the purty gardens and floorplans.]
Their cookbooks (the yearly annuals of recipes) are the first I reach
for.
If still in print, get a copy of their Best Of.... seriously.

My company dish, that folks from the Progressive Supper are still
drooling at memory of (you wouldn't like it, Kathy, gamehens with
mustard-rosemary crust) came from the pages of Sunset....

cookin' with gas, tygress....


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