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> > On the one hand you say you found us 'long ago' but on the other
> hand
> > your delicacy suggest a lack of experience with the unmoderated news
>
> > group phenom??
>
> Well, my memory is pretty pitiful, but I'm guessing maybe more than a
> year ago I ran across this group. I somehow saved or kept it in a
> favorites area. I kept saying, "When I have more time I'll come back
> to it". As everyone knows, we don't get more tiime - we just adjust
> it
> differently

So, although I may not be here often, I plan on
> popping
> in regardless of consistency. Also, I used to be very involved in
> three related unmoderated news groups for roughly 8 years.
> Surprisingly, my experience there is what prompted me to step my foot
> lightly in these waters before barreling through and getting my leg
> bitten off by an anaconda! LOL! Upon looking into the newsgroups, I
> found AOL no longer has my comfort zone set up...it's now a google
> thing, which obviously everyone here already knows. But, for me, it's
>
> a little odd at first.
>
> >After a while, once you understand what a 'burtchen schvitzer' he is
> you learn to ignore >him,
>
> I will need to learn how to killfile...everyone talks about it, but
> I've no experience with it.
>
> I must say that this group seems lively and offers more than a few
> chuckles

Seems to me you all have a really neat thing going here.
> I'll admit my food knowledge is not up to most of your standards, but
> my waist doesn't seem to notice

Quite frankly, my Great Grandma
> and
> Nanny (Gma) were my teachers and I try to do them proud. They were
> absolutely amazing cooks! I miss them - especially at this time of
> year - and find cooking and baking to be very comforting and probably
> my single most favorite hobby. My children (they are 4 1/2yo's)
> looove
> cooking. They each are allowed to choose one TV show a day to enjoy.
> You can bet that a food show always is chosen by one over all the
> kid-friendly shows out there. Barefoot Contessa is our favorite, but
> we love them all.

The Sophia Loren movie?

>
>
> It would be too hard to name a favorite food, but I'm enjoying a few
> recent recipes listed here. Actually, I hadn't made split pea soup
> since last year until seeing a post the other day. I pulled stools up
>
> to the counter and the girls helped me make a yummy split pea soup and
>
> homemade sundried tomato bread (oh, that's not quite right - it was
> from a bread machine - we just added herbs and sundried tomatoes).
> It's great with young ones around. I think a lot of children wouldn't
>
> have tried it...but when you make it yourself, it's extra enticing.

SOmetimes the cooking or preparation of the "total mass retain" concept
of cooking as an ultimate magick, an alchemy of flavours that play upon
the mind and being of man is even more interesting than taking part in
the ceremony. Fasting can be fun.

I do like a nice split pea soup, especially with ham, but i find it to
react poorly with my physiology. Pity, cause i know how tasty it can
be.

>
>
> Anyway, thanks to everyone for the very warm welcome. I'll pull up a
> seat and join you more often. Seems very cozy in here

> Missy in Indiana

---J (San Francisco) L