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Tonight's dinner
"Tiger Lily" > wrote in message
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> On 3/17/2011 7:24 PM, Ozgirl wrote:
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>> "RodS" > wrote in message
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>>> On 18/03/2011 12:05 AM, W. Baker wrote:
>>>> > wrote:
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>>>> : > wrote in message
>>>> : ...
>>>> :> On 17/03/2011 10:58 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
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>>>> :>> My mom always made the canned ones, mashed with marshmallows on
>>>> the
>>>> :>> top. I
>>>> :>> always thought I hated them because of the marshmallows.
>>>> :>
>>>> :> Never seen canned sweet potato, never put marshmallow on a
>>>> vegetable
>>>> :> either, WHY would anyone put marshmallow on vegetables ? I must
>>>> have
>>>> :> led a sheltered life :-) Baked with butter and pinch of cinnamon
>>>> :> sugar, nothing nicer.
>>>>
>>>> : Bought KFC for the kids tonight and they now have sweet potato
>>>> fries.
>>>> : Everyone but me was buying them.
>>>> : Might be tempted to try them one day.. I can't imagine canned
>>>> sweet
>>>> : potato. As to the marshmallows, I'll have to keep imagining it 
>>>> Did
>>>> : someone one day just say, oh what the heck, I am putting
>>>> marshmallows on
>>>> : my sweet potato?
>>>>
>>>> The marshmallow dish is a cassaarole of mashed sweet potatoes,
>>>> often
>>>> sweetened with brown sugar and/or pineapple juice, which is topped
>>>> with
>>>> teh marshmallows adn baked. This is often a holiday dish, like for
>>>> thansgiving. Very sweet, as you can see. Not oneof y favorites even
>>>> in
>>>> pre-diabetes days, but very popular as the holidays dish, like
>>>> pumpkin
>>>> pie. My moher used to not use the marshmallows, but put slices of
>>>> pineapple on top.
>>>>
>>>> Another holiday dish popular in the USA is that string bean
>>>> cassarole
>>>> made
>>>> with cream of mushroom soup and ccanned french fried onions.
>>>
>>> Something else never seen here (at least I never have) a bit like
>>> canned chicken and canned pumpkin also never seen and hard to
>>> imagine.
>>> What other novel things do you lot put in a can :-) I *have* seen
>>> fried grasshoppers, not a big seller though.
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>> I have seen the canned chicken here, only once but quite recently. I
>> had
>> no urge to buy it
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> these are good foods to have around in 'case of a disaster' and none
> of us know when that may be
>
> be the disaster
> 1. earthquake
> 2. tsunami
> 3. terrorist attack (have you looked up your city's chances of being
> a target?)
> 4. tornado/hurricane (remember Katrina?? )
> 5. etc etc etc
>
> - we have a supply of 'camping food'
> - we have an 'emergency run with this tub'
> - i keep a current storage of a month's worth of meds in a tub i can
> grab, insulin etc needs to be grabbed separately
> - we have a 'cash reserve' cause don't expect your credit cards or
> debit card to be accepted IF the gas pumps can deliver gas/diesel
> - and lots more............. check your local city's 'emergency
> evacuation plan' to ensure you comply
> - we never let our gas tank get below 1/2 full............ enough to
> get us away from the 'target area' that we live in
> - we have a check list to make sure we don't miss anything
> - we have a plan to 'meet' in the event we aren't in the same location
> in the event of an emergency
> - damn, i have to learn how to tow a 33 ft RV trailer!
lol
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