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Entertaining and Hospitality / Re: Please help me think of an epic hostess gift
« on: March 08, 2022, 03:33:39 pm »
No complaints from the recipients yet. I did make sure to get the heavy Pyrex, with the handles as part of the glass, & the etching was on the outside bottom of the casseroles. So not really sure, but haven’t heard of any problems.

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Entertaining and Hospitality / Re: Please help me think of an epic hostess gift
« on: March 07, 2022, 10:55:24 am »
I gave 9”x13’ Pyrex casserole dishes to my nieces for Christmas, etched with one of their late father’s favorite recipes, in his own handwriting. They were thrilled. If you search “personalized casseroles” on Etsy, you will see that there are many types of dishes, pie plates, platters, etc. that are offered. The vendors can even remove the lines, if on a recipe card.You get to approve the proof.  If your friend likes to cook, she might appreciate receiving a favorite handwritten recipe from you. Very unique.

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Entertaining and Hospitality / Re: Another dinner party thread - when the hostess serves expired food?
« on: February 27, 2022, 06:28:42 am »
As I remember from several microbiology classes, there is a difference in how milk is pasteurized in the US vs.most of the rest of the world. In the US, milk is heated to a high temperature for a short time, thus killing bacteria & processing quickly, but yielding a shorter shelf life, which is extended by refrigeration. Elsewhere, milk is pasteurized at even higher temperatures for an even longer period of time, thus extending the shelf life, & limiting the necessity of refrigeration.

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Life in General / Re: Sympathy Meals
« on: July 18, 2021, 04:58:23 pm »
You beat me to it!

Here’s the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YFRUSTiFUs

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Life in General / Re: When medical assistants contradict the doctor
« on: June 04, 2021, 10:03:19 am »
All lab work requires a physician’s order. Ask to see that, and take it from there. If the order does not indicate “non-fasting”, or is truly for a test that is normally fasting (example: most blood chemistries), then tell the tech they need to verify the order with the doctor, which they are obligated to do in light of the discrepancy between normal protocol and the patient’s recollection of instructions.


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Food / Re: Soup Day!
« on: January 01, 2021, 06:27:55 am »

V-8 Stew
2 to 2-1/2 lbs stew beef, bite-sized
6-7 carrots, bite-sized
4-5 sliced celery stalks
1 large chopped onion
4-6 potatoes
1 large can V-8 juice (46 oz.)
2 Tbsp Minute tapioca ( not pearl tapioca)
 
Chop all into bite sizes
Pour large can of V-8 into large pot and add 2 tbsp minute tapioca
Add the (raw) beef  and all vegetables except potatoes
Cover and bake at 350 for about 2-1/2 hours. May add water if needed.
Add the potatoes the last hour.

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Food / Re: Soup Day!
« on: December 31, 2020, 02:47:49 pm »
Wedding soup- a pain to make but soooo good.
V-8 stew- easiest recipe ever! Hardest thing is waiting for it to cook in oven.

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LOLs / Re: Back to School: The 70s vs. Today
« on: October 19, 2020, 09:39:59 am »
Ritual of a bygone era:  I started kindergarten in 1960. My parents had 5 kids. For weeks before school started, they would double down on stockpiling brown paper grocery bags. The first evening after textbooks were distributed on the first day, we’d clear the dinner table & the book cover production line would start. My parents wielded the scissors, cutting rectangles out of all those grocery bags. The rest of us would fold those rectangles around the books, making sure to make deep pockets for them to slide in. Most of the time, these brown paper bag book covers lasted all year. Back then, there wasn’t such a thing as a store-bought book cover, and later on, only a few had these.

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Hobbies / Re: Thread conditioner?
« on: May 29, 2020, 06:08:05 am »
Agreed this would be disastrous on needlepoint. Have also done all sorts of needlework for decades.While I have occasionally used a smidgen of beeswax on the end of a sewing thread to stiffen it while threading a normal sewing needle, am thinking that the novice may be using cheap mono canvas, badly-sized canvas, or too many strands of whatever wool yarn/other thread. There should be no reason to use this stuff for needlepoint. In addition,I would think the finished work would attract dirt like crazy.I have made it a practice to wash my hands before stitching light-colored areas, as even a small amount of oil from the fingers discolors that area.

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Hobbies / Re: Knitting question/needle size
« on: April 07, 2020, 04:55:22 pm »
Wow, 5 blankets is a real accomplishment! Didn’t mean any discouragement for you, just somewhat of a heads-up. If stockinette works for you, that’s great. I echo other posters’ suggestions to knit swatches using different needle sizes to get the effect you want. Would love to see pics when you are done!

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Hobbies / Re: Knitting question/needle size
« on: April 06, 2020, 09:15:25 pm »
Please be aware that, even with a deep  border of garter stitch, long areas of stockinette will roll. There is little you can do about it, although a search of the internet gives some proposed mitigation methods. Despite these, you may end up with a long tube that might be unusable for a baby blanket. Have you considered using other stitches  for the body of the blanket which which don’t roll, such as basketweave? There are hundreds of stitches out there that may give better results and are combos of garter and stockinette, and therefore pretty simple and fast to do. Just a thought to consider.  :)

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Weddings / Re: To eat or not to eat? That is the question.
« on: March 24, 2019, 09:01:19 am »
Thank you all for affirming that my take on this was correct.
And Aleko.......holy guacamole!

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Weddings / Re: To eat or not to eat? That is the question.
« on: March 23, 2019, 05:09:54 pm »
Thanks for all your prompt responses. I knew we were not being rude, but wanted to make sure there was not some arcane rule of behavior I was missing. Now I can sleep untroubled once again ::).

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Weddings / To eat or not to eat? That is the question.
« on: March 23, 2019, 12:58:23 pm »
Hi all. Several years ago, I attended a wedding followed by an cocktail/hors d’oevres reception.When we arrived at the venue, the bride and groom had not yet made it, as they were doing the post-ceremony picture thing, As I recall, they arrived at the reception approximately 30 minutes after their guests. The (substantial and abundant) hors d’oevres were out, and the wait staff were standing at stations, ready to serve. I and most of the guests happily dug in, awaiting the entrance  of the happy couple. But the bride’s aunt apparently chastised several of the guests ( !) for  being rude by not waiting to nosh until the newlyweds showed up. I feel that this was in itself a rudeness, but, that aside, we’re the guests rude for not waiting ? What do you Brimstoners say?

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Hobbies / Re: Knitting question
« on: December 29, 2018, 03:21:46 pm »
So this is a baby blanket with a 4-row repeat? Of the rank & file stitch? You could use a hand-held click counter, or get a computerized app like Knit Companion ( there’s a  a free version) that might work well for you.You can download the pattern into the app, and then mark off the rows as you knit them.

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