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Posted by Shillelagh on January 20, 2008, 6:35 pm
Well it's been another cool day on the Canadian prairies.
Today felt quite a bit warmer than yesterday. At least the
hubbo and I were able to get outside to cut and split some
firewood today.
Yesterday and today I spent an enjoyable afternoon watching
the Canadian Figure Skating Championships on CBC. I'm
wishing now I'd scraped the money together to go. Oh well,
there is a silver lining. I'll be going to Skate America in
Everett Washington at the end of October with the same
friend who met me in Atlantic City in 2005.
In addition to working on the Hanami Shawl which we all
discussed in another thread, I've started some sock weight
liner mittens for a friend to put inside her snowmobile
mitts. She's also asked for a pair of heavy woollen
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socks. A great way to help get rid of some of my stash. ;>)
Hope you all had a good day. I'm off to warm up the turkey
I made for dinner yesterday. Yes - turkey. My husband's
company gives them out free for Christmas, so I always
save it for January
Shelagh
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Posted by Karlisa on January 20, 2008, 8:32 pm
Sounds like you had a pleasant day, Shelagh. We did, too. Right now I'm
holding my my Mickster and trying to type. We've had a good day, too.
I took my knitting with me in the car and knitted between shopping stops
today. We drove to a toy store on the other side of town to buy Noah a gift
for his 3rd birthday, which will be this Thursday. I'm working on a vest
for myself to wear to a meeting this Friday. I'm meeting with the head
honcho in a department that I work with, as well as the head sports coach at
my job, this Friday, and I want to knit myself something new to wear. I
hope to get it done in time! Big needles and 3 strands of yarn held
together--hope I can get it done by Wednesday night.
oh, and I love turkey!
lisa
--
The things that come to those who wait will be the scraggly junk left by
those who got there first.
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> Well it's been another cool day on the Canadian prairies.
> Today felt quite a bit warmer than yesterday. At least the
> hubbo and I were able to get outside to cut and split some
> firewood today.
> Yesterday and today I spent an enjoyable afternoon watching
> the Canadian Figure Skating Championships on CBC. I'm
> wishing now I'd scraped the money together to go. Oh well,
> there is a silver lining. I'll be going to Skate America in
> Everett Washington at the end of October with the same
> friend who met me in Atlantic City in 2005.
> In addition to working on the Hanami Shawl which we all
> discussed in another thread, I've started some sock weight
> liner mittens for a friend to put inside her snowmobile
> mitts. She's also asked for a pair of heavy woollen
> socks. A great way to help get rid of some of my stash. ;>)
> Hope you all had a good day. I'm off to warm up the turkey
> I made for dinner yesterday. Yes - turkey. My husband's
> company gives them out free for Christmas, so I always
> save it for January
> Shelagh
>
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Posted by Mary Fisher on January 21, 2008, 10:23 am
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> Well it's been another cool day on the Canadian prairies.
> Today felt quite a bit warmer than yesterday. At least the
> hubbo and I were able to get outside to cut and split some
> firewood today.
It was milder here too, yesterday. On Saturday we had blue skies and we
decided that if the dry held until Sunday we'd go out and move some soft
fruit bushes and begin building a fruit cage. But it rained again, and how!
There are flood warnings all over UK although we're safe because we live on
a hill - but the ground is still waterlogged :-( Through the night and this
morning the rain was so hard that even our paths were under 2" of water.
...
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> Hope you all had a good day. I'm off to warm up the turkey
> I made for dinner yesterday. Yes - turkey. My husband's
> company gives them out free for Christmas, so I always
> save it for January
We did have a good day, we bought a microwave/grill/convection/conventional
oven. I've never had a microwave before and never wanted one but the other
functions could save fuel by not using our much larger cooker. Nevertheless
I tried cooking rye grains in it yesterday, it might be interesting to
experiment ... :-) I know our family will be more than a little surprised!
Mary
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Posted by Shillelagh on January 21, 2008, 11:48 am
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> We did have a good day, we bought a
microwave/grill/convection/conventional
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> oven. I've never had a microwave before and never wanted one but the other
> functions could save fuel by not using our much larger cooker.
Nevertheless
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> I tried cooking rye grains in it yesterday, it might be interesting to
> experiment ... :-) I know our family will be more than a little
surprised!
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> Mary
I didn't have a microwave for years and resisted buying one (long time ago).
I ended up buying one similar to yours.
I love the microwave for defrosting, and especially for cooking vegetables.
The veggies retain their bright colours and I cook them til they're just
barely
fork tender, maybe even slightly still crisp. Beats boiling them to death
in a
pot. I've "baked" many a lovely main dish as well as cookies and cakes in
that thing, and I agree with you, I think it does save on power.
Shelagh
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Posted by Mary Fisher on January 21, 2008, 2:30 pm
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>> We did have a good day, we bought a
> microwave/grill/convection/conventional
>> oven. I've never had a microwave before and never wanted one but the
>> other
>> functions could save fuel by not using our much larger cooker.
> Nevertheless
>> I tried cooking rye grains in it yesterday, it might be interesting to
>> experiment ... :-) I know our family will be more than a little
> surprised!
>> Mary
> I didn't have a microwave for years and resisted buying one (long time
> ago).
> I ended up buying one similar to yours.
> I love the microwave for defrosting,
Over time I've got into the habit of simply taking things out of the freezer
well before I want them. No power needed :-)
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> and especially for cooking vegetables.
> The veggies retain their bright colours and I cook them til they're just
> barely
> fork tender, maybe even slightly still crisp. Beats boiling them to death
> in a
> pot.
My vegetables are cooked as you describe - but in a pan with a small amount
of water over a high heat for a short time. I doubt they could be improved
on.
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> I've "baked" many a lovely main dish as well as cookies and cakes in
> that thing, and I agree with you, I think it does save on power.
I rarely bake cookies or cakes and when I do make biscuits (cookies) I make
lots, in the fan assisted oven. I think it would be more time-consuming to
use the microwave.
But tonight I tried making dumplings in the pot roasted beef in a casserole
in the microwave.
I obviously need to acquire a good instruction book. The dumplings were OK,
cooked but rather 'sad'. Everyone ate them with relish but I was
disappointed, I just played around with controls, not knowing what I was
doing :-( Being too ambitious I suppose.
The instructions which came with the cooker were just about interpreting the
very many buttons and combination of buttons. there was nothing about
cooking real food.
I don't understand it ... :-(
Does Life have to be so complicated?
Of course it does, if we use complicated machinery :-(((((((((((((
But thanks for your encouragement!
Mary
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