Hi Dave,

That would work except that's where he puts the potzen pans that
usually arestored on the stove for lack of vupboard space.

Can't win! Do you have a grill with a side burner? We've cooked strong smelling stuff (collards) or long cooking (canning, especially in the summer) things on that.

I've never had collard greens in my house. And, having tried them down Aunt Lou's Soul Food - I'm not likely to. I did learn that "Soul food"
is just po' folks country cooking. Not a black/white thing.

As with all else, it's a matter of whatever you like. I like them with
pepper vinegar.

Classico and Bertolli's are both superior (IMO) to Prego.

Sauce was one thing my mom never bought, even tho hers was more like a sort of chili, with Italian seasoning and no beans. Told Steve when we first got married, I'd make his mom's sauce, then my mom's and we'd
decide which to go with. My mom's version is what we use for a
beef-a-roni type meal. (G)

My mother learned her sauce from ladies in the neighbourhood who
either recent immigrants or second generation. We had a lot of various ethnic cuisines represented in the families of coal miners.

We're going to do tortillini tonight with a sage/butter sauce. One of
the farmers at the market gave us the basic recipe some years
ago...melt some butter in a fry pan, add several sage leaves and let
them brown. Remove leaves and pour butter over cooked tortillini. Optional--add fresh grated parmesan cheese to taste. Easy to do as I'm fighting bronchitis again.

I'll have to try that sauce sometime. I do a garlic-butter sauce to drizzle over diced hash browns.

See below for my favourite tortellini recipe.

I did; it would feed both Steve and me for several meals. (G)

novel and short story categories. Louis Lamour won multiple SPUR
awards as well as Oscars for his writings. And James Lee Burke has
more than one EDGAR for his output.

Not my cuppa tea, tried sci-fi around junior high school but never developed an interest in it. Might try Louis Lamour one of these days.

Another good Westerns/Frontier author is Elmer Kelton - also a
multiple "Spur award" winner from the Western Writers of America.

I met him when we were stationed in San Angelo in spring of 1984.
Bought one of his books and got it autographed right away.

Lucky you. Elmer was a working newspaperman for his 9 to 5 job. He
wrote a good stick.

I know, I've read several of them. San Angelo newspaper had a nice write
up on him while we were there.

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TV for me is just a "babble box". It does keep Dennis entertained
though. He seems to have one or the other of the "Talking Head"
channels pouring out their soporific drivel droning away formuch of
the day. Or re-runs of "F Troop".

By not having cable and other Sunday committments, we avoid most of the talking head shows and channels. We can get MeTV that shows a lot of
the oldies but we choose just to keep the tv off for the most part.
Last night was the first live performance night on AGT so tonight we'll see who was voted off, who continues. One contestant is an undertaker/comedian;--good, clean, funny!!!

The boob tube in the front room gets more use as a 32" monitor for
Dennis' confuser than as a telly.

For the first couple of years we had a C=64, Steve used our one and only
tv as a monitor. Frustrated me when I wanted to catch the news and he'd
say "just a minute". News would be over and Johnny Carson going strong
before his "minute" was up.

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Catch you later,
Ruth
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