Our middle grandson, his wife and two kids are coming to visit us Sunday
for the first time since the latest was born. Mason Blaze Robertson will
be one year old in April and, while he has met his great grandparents,
this will be his first visit to our home. He has teeth now and can eat
some solid food so we are having pot roast with vegetables, freshly made
multigrain bread, and a lemon meringue pie, Miz Anne's specialty dessert.

I'm preparing a box of preserved things for them to take back to
Magnolia, TX when they go home Sunday evening. Pickles, jams, jellies,
carrots, green beans, etc. In addition I will put in a loaf of home-made
bread for them and a couple of packages of beef cutlets I was gifted
with recently.

Mason's big brother Brandon is our step greatgrandson but is well loved
by all, he likes Granpa's fig jam above all else so a couple of jars are
earmarked for him.

Mason is our very first great grandson and is a counterpoint to three
great granddaughter's. Of course we love all of them equally but Mason
and at least one of the girls will be my fishing buddies. The middle
great granddaughter loves to fish with the old man so I suspect Mason
will too as his Dad was my fishing buddy when he was little. Hard to
believe my eldest grandson is thirty now with the middle boy hitting 28
in April and the eldest granddaughter at 25 in November. How quickly
they grow up!

The best part about great grands, they go home before you can get tired
of playing with them. (BFG)

"George Shirley" > wrote in message
om...
> Our middle grandson, his wife and two kids are coming to visit us Sunday
> for the first time since the latest was born. Mason Blaze Robertson will
> be one year old in April and, while he has met his great grandparents,
> this will be his first visit to our home. He has teeth now and can eat
> some solid food so we are having pot roast with vegetables, freshly made
> multigrain bread, and a lemon meringue pie, Miz Anne's specialty dessert.
>
> I'm preparing a box of preserved things for them to take back to Magnolia,
> TX when they go home Sunday evening. Pickles, jams, jellies, carrots,
> green beans, etc. In addition I will put in a loaf of home-made bread for
> them and a couple of packages of beef cutlets I was gifted with recently.
>
> Mason's big brother Brandon is our step greatgrandson but is well loved by
> all, he likes Granpa's fig jam above all else so a couple of jars are
> earmarked for him.
>
> Mason is our very first great grandson and is a counterpoint to three
> great granddaughter's. Of course we love all of them equally but Mason and
> at least one of the girls will be my fishing buddies. The middle great
> granddaughter loves to fish with the old man so I suspect Mason will too
> as his Dad was my fishing buddy when he was little. Hard to believe my
> eldest grandson is thirty now with the middle boy hitting 28 in April and
> the eldest granddaughter at 25 in November. How quickly they grow up!
>
> The best part about great grands, they go home before you can get tired of
> playing with them. (BFG)

Oh please will you be my grandpappy????

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On 2/18/2011 10:25 AM, Ophelia wrote:
>
>
> "George Shirley" > wrote in message
> om...
>> Our middle grandson, his wife and two kids are coming to visit us
>> Sunday for the first time since the latest was born. Mason Blaze
>> Robertson will be one year old in April and, while he has met his
>> great grandparents, this will be his first visit to our home. He has
>> teeth now and can eat some solid food so we are having pot roast with
>> vegetables, freshly made multigrain bread, and a lemon meringue pie,
>> Miz Anne's specialty dessert.
>>
>> I'm preparing a box of preserved things for them to take back to
>> Magnolia, TX when they go home Sunday evening. Pickles, jams, jellies,
>> carrots, green beans, etc. In addition I will put in a loaf of
>> home-made bread for them and a couple of packages of beef cutlets I
>> was gifted with recently.
>>
>> Mason's big brother Brandon is our step greatgrandson but is well
>> loved by all, he likes Granpa's fig jam above all else so a couple of
>> jars are earmarked for him.
>>
>> Mason is our very first great grandson and is a counterpoint to three
>> great granddaughter's. Of course we love all of them equally but Mason
>> and at least one of the girls will be my fishing buddies. The middle
>> great granddaughter loves to fish with the old man so I suspect Mason
>> will too as his Dad was my fishing buddy when he was little. Hard to
>> believe my eldest grandson is thirty now with the middle boy hitting
>> 28 in April and the eldest granddaughter at 25 in November. How
>> quickly they grow up!
>>
>> The best part about great grands, they go home before you can get
>> tired of playing with them. (BFG)
>
> Oh please will you be my grandpappy????
>
Only if you visit on a regular basis. <G>

"George Shirley" > wrote in message
om...
> On 2/18/2011 10:25 AM, Ophelia wrote:
>>
>>
>> "George Shirley" > wrote in message
>> om...
>>> Our middle grandson, his wife and two kids are coming to visit us
>>> Sunday for the first time since the latest was born. Mason Blaze
>>> Robertson will be one year old in April and, while he has met his
>>> great grandparents, this will be his first visit to our home. He has
>>> teeth now and can eat some solid food so we are having pot roast with
>>> vegetables, freshly made multigrain bread, and a lemon meringue pie,
>>> Miz Anne's specialty dessert.
>>>
>>> I'm preparing a box of preserved things for them to take back to
>>> Magnolia, TX when they go home Sunday evening. Pickles, jams, jellies,
>>> carrots, green beans, etc. In addition I will put in a loaf of
>>> home-made bread for them and a couple of packages of beef cutlets I
>>> was gifted with recently.
>>>
>>> Mason's big brother Brandon is our step greatgrandson but is well
>>> loved by all, he likes Granpa's fig jam above all else so a couple of
>>> jars are earmarked for him.
>>>
>>> Mason is our very first great grandson and is a counterpoint to three
>>> great granddaughter's. Of course we love all of them equally but Mason
>>> and at least one of the girls will be my fishing buddies. The middle
>>> great granddaughter loves to fish with the old man so I suspect Mason
>>> will too as his Dad was my fishing buddy when he was little. Hard to
>>> believe my eldest grandson is thirty now with the middle boy hitting
>>> 28 in April and the eldest granddaughter at 25 in November. How
>>> quickly they grow up!
>>>
>>> The best part about great grands, they go home before you can get
>>> tired of playing with them. (BFG)
>>
>> Oh please will you be my grandpappy????
>>
> Only if you visit on a regular basis. <G>

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Update: Middle grandson and family showed up about 1100 on Sunday. It
was a beautiful day with sunshine and a light breeze blowing. Miz Anne
pulled the baby up and down the slope in our back yard in our little
garden cart, he actually went to sleep he liked it so much. The older
boy, approaching age seven, had a wonderful time painting and helping
Grannie Annie make clothes for his GI Joe character, one we had found at
a garage sale.

The pot roast with mixed vegetables was mostly eaten and the remains
taken home by the grandson and his crew as it would have taken us a week
to eat it all up. Also carried off three-fourths of a lemon meringue
pie, Miz Anne's specialty, made with the juice of lemons from our
deceased lemon tree. I had baked a nice loaf of multi-grain bread and we
sent the remains of the small loaf home with them. The final gift was a
pint jar case full of pickles, jams, and jellies, sweet pickles,
luncheon dill spears, pickled mixed vegetables and a jar of our pickled
sunchokes with peppers. Fig jam, peach jam, pear sauce with allspice,
kumquat marmalade, and several boxes of microwave popcorn. I buy Paul
Newman's "Pop's Corn," fat free and no salt added by the case so sent
them some to use up. Have to keep the stock rotating. Used to buy it in
local stores but no one stocks it anymore so I order it online nowadays.

Did we have a wonderful time? You betcha Red Ryder, we got all the great
grand baby loving we could handle for a few weeks and Tilly Dawg
actually played with both boys for awhile. Still, it was good to have
the peace and quiet of just the three of us again. I guess we're getting
set in our ways.

Picked, blanched, and froze the last of the cauliflower this morning.
This afternoon I will harvest a bucket of Swiss chard and do the same
with it. It is almost time to plant the spring garden so we will be
digging in the dirt this coming weekend. I hope all are staying warm and
dry while we enjoy our spring weather with temps in the middle seventies
Farenheit and mild winds.

George, Miz Anne, and Tilly Dawg.

"George Shirley" > wrote in message
om...
> Update: Middle grandson and family showed up about 1100 on Sunday. It was
> a beautiful day with sunshine and a light breeze blowing. Miz Anne pulled
> the baby up and down the slope in our back yard in our little garden cart,
> he actually went to sleep he liked it so much. The older boy, approaching
> age seven, had a wonderful time painting and helping Grannie Annie make
> clothes for his GI Joe character, one we had found at a garage sale.
>
> The pot roast with mixed vegetables was mostly eaten and the remains taken
> home by the grandson and his crew as it would have taken us a week to eat
> it all up. Also carried off three-fourths of a lemon meringue pie, Miz
> Anne's specialty, made with the juice of lemons from our deceased lemon
> tree. I had baked a nice loaf of multi-grain bread and we sent the remains
> of the small loaf home with them. The final gift was a pint jar case full
> of pickles, jams, and jellies, sweet pickles, luncheon dill spears,
> pickled mixed vegetables and a jar of our pickled sunchokes with peppers.
> Fig jam, peach jam, pear sauce with allspice, kumquat marmalade, and
> several boxes of microwave popcorn. I buy Paul Newman's "Pop's Corn," fat
> free and no salt added by the case so sent them some to use up. Have to
> keep the stock rotating. Used to buy it in local stores but no one stocks
> it anymore so I order it online nowadays.
>
> Did we have a wonderful time? You betcha Red Ryder, we got all the great
> grand baby loving we could handle for a few weeks and Tilly Dawg actually
> played with both boys for awhile. Still, it was good to have the peace and
> quiet of just the three of us again. I guess we're getting set in our
> ways.
>
> Picked, blanched, and froze the last of the cauliflower this morning. This
> afternoon I will harvest a bucket of Swiss chard and do the same with it.
> It is almost time to plant the spring garden so we will be digging in the
> dirt this coming weekend. I hope all are staying warm and dry while we
> enjoy our spring weather with temps in the middle seventies Farenheit and
> mild winds.
>
> George, Miz Anne, and Tilly Dawg.

I do enjoy it when you recount your doings)

Us? Well we had family for a couple of days and it was good

Having received my new book: 'Putting food by' by Janet Greene, Ruth
Hertzeberg and Beatrice Vaugan, I am going to spend to some quiet time
reading!

Ophelia, David and Blue dawg


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On 2/21/2011 10:55 AM, Ophelia wrote:
>
>
> "George Shirley" > wrote in message
> om...
>> Update: Middle grandson and family showed up about 1100 on Sunday. It
>> was a beautiful day with sunshine and a light breeze blowing. Miz Anne
>> pulled the baby up and down the slope in our back yard in our little
>> garden cart, he actually went to sleep he liked it so much. The older
>> boy, approaching age seven, had a wonderful time painting and helping
>> Grannie Annie make clothes for his GI Joe character, one we had found
>> at a garage sale.
>>
>> The pot roast with mixed vegetables was mostly eaten and the remains
>> taken home by the grandson and his crew as it would have taken us a
>> week to eat it all up. Also carried off three-fourths of a lemon
>> meringue pie, Miz Anne's specialty, made with the juice of lemons from
>> our deceased lemon tree. I had baked a nice loaf of multi-grain bread
>> and we sent the remains of the small loaf home with them. The final
>> gift was a pint jar case full of pickles, jams, and jellies, sweet
>> pickles, luncheon dill spears, pickled mixed vegetables and a jar of
>> our pickled sunchokes with peppers. Fig jam, peach jam, pear sauce
>> with allspice, kumquat marmalade, and several boxes of microwave
>> popcorn. I buy Paul Newman's "Pop's Corn," fat free and no salt added
>> by the case so sent them some to use up. Have to keep the stock
>> rotating. Used to buy it in local stores but no one stocks it anymore
>> so I order it online nowadays.
>>
>> Did we have a wonderful time? You betcha Red Ryder, we got all the
>> great grand baby loving we could handle for a few weeks and Tilly Dawg
>> actually played with both boys for awhile. Still, it was good to have
>> the peace and quiet of just the three of us again. I guess we're
>> getting set in our ways.
>>
>> Picked, blanched, and froze the last of the cauliflower this morning.
>> This afternoon I will harvest a bucket of Swiss chard and do the same
>> with it. It is almost time to plant the spring garden so we will be
>> digging in the dirt this coming weekend. I hope all are staying warm
>> and dry while we enjoy our spring weather with temps in the middle
>> seventies Farenheit and mild winds.
>>
>> George, Miz Anne, and Tilly Dawg.
>
> I do enjoy it when you recount your doings)
>
> Us? Well we had family for a couple of days and it was good
>
> Having received my new book: 'Putting food by' by Janet Greene, Ruth
> Hertzeberg and Beatrice Vaugan, I am going to spend to some quiet time
> reading!
>
> Ophelia, David and Blue dawg
>
>
Is this the latest version O?

"George Shirley" > wrote in message
om...
> On 2/21/2011 10:55 AM, Ophelia wrote:
>>
>>
>> "George Shirley" > wrote in message
>> om...
>>> Update: Middle grandson and family showed up about 1100 on Sunday. It
>>> was a beautiful day with sunshine and a light breeze blowing. Miz Anne
>>> pulled the baby up and down the slope in our back yard in our little
>>> garden cart, he actually went to sleep he liked it so much. The older
>>> boy, approaching age seven, had a wonderful time painting and helping
>>> Grannie Annie make clothes for his GI Joe character, one we had found
>>> at a garage sale.
>>>
>>> The pot roast with mixed vegetables was mostly eaten and the remains
>>> taken home by the grandson and his crew as it would have taken us a
>>> week to eat it all up. Also carried off three-fourths of a lemon
>>> meringue pie, Miz Anne's specialty, made with the juice of lemons from
>>> our deceased lemon tree. I had baked a nice loaf of multi-grain bread
>>> and we sent the remains of the small loaf home with them. The final
>>> gift was a pint jar case full of pickles, jams, and jellies, sweet
>>> pickles, luncheon dill spears, pickled mixed vegetables and a jar of
>>> our pickled sunchokes with peppers. Fig jam, peach jam, pear sauce
>>> with allspice, kumquat marmalade, and several boxes of microwave
>>> popcorn. I buy Paul Newman's "Pop's Corn," fat free and no salt added
>>> by the case so sent them some to use up. Have to keep the stock
>>> rotating. Used to buy it in local stores but no one stocks it anymore
>>> so I order it online nowadays.
>>>
>>> Did we have a wonderful time? You betcha Red Ryder, we got all the
>>> great grand baby loving we could handle for a few weeks and Tilly Dawg
>>> actually played with both boys for awhile. Still, it was good to have
>>> the peace and quiet of just the three of us again. I guess we're
>>> getting set in our ways.
>>>
>>> Picked, blanched, and froze the last of the cauliflower this morning.
>>> This afternoon I will harvest a bucket of Swiss chard and do the same
>>> with it. It is almost time to plant the spring garden so we will be
>>> digging in the dirt this coming weekend. I hope all are staying warm
>>> and dry while we enjoy our spring weather with temps in the middle
>>> seventies Farenheit and mild winds.
>>>
>>> George, Miz Anne, and Tilly Dawg.
>>
>> I do enjoy it when you recount your doings)
>>
>> Us? Well we had family for a couple of days and it was good
>>
>> Having received my new book: 'Putting food by' by Janet Greene, Ruth
>> Hertzeberg and Beatrice Vaugan, I am going to spend to some quiet time
>> reading!
>>
>> Ophelia, David and Blue dawg
>>
>>
> Is this the latest version O?

It is the Fifth edition 2010 and I had to wait for a few months for it.

You will need to tell me if it is the latest.
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On 2/21/2011 11:53 AM, Ophelia wrote:
>
>
> "George Shirley" > wrote in message
> om...
>> On 2/21/2011 10:55 AM, Ophelia wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> "George Shirley" > wrote in message
>>> om...
>>>> Update: Middle grandson and family showed up about 1100 on Sunday. It
>>>> was a beautiful day with sunshine and a light breeze blowing. Miz Anne
>>>> pulled the baby up and down the slope in our back yard in our little
>>>> garden cart, he actually went to sleep he liked it so much. The older
>>>> boy, approaching age seven, had a wonderful time painting and helping
>>>> Grannie Annie make clothes for his GI Joe character, one we had found
>>>> at a garage sale.
>>>>
>>>> The pot roast with mixed vegetables was mostly eaten and the remains
>>>> taken home by the grandson and his crew as it would have taken us a
>>>> week to eat it all up. Also carried off three-fourths of a lemon
>>>> meringue pie, Miz Anne's specialty, made with the juice of lemons from
>>>> our deceased lemon tree. I had baked a nice loaf of multi-grain bread
>>>> and we sent the remains of the small loaf home with them. The final
>>>> gift was a pint jar case full of pickles, jams, and jellies, sweet
>>>> pickles, luncheon dill spears, pickled mixed vegetables and a jar of
>>>> our pickled sunchokes with peppers. Fig jam, peach jam, pear sauce
>>>> with allspice, kumquat marmalade, and several boxes of microwave
>>>> popcorn. I buy Paul Newman's "Pop's Corn," fat free and no salt added
>>>> by the case so sent them some to use up. Have to keep the stock
>>>> rotating. Used to buy it in local stores but no one stocks it anymore
>>>> so I order it online nowadays.
>>>>
>>>> Did we have a wonderful time? You betcha Red Ryder, we got all the
>>>> great grand baby loving we could handle for a few weeks and Tilly Dawg
>>>> actually played with both boys for awhile. Still, it was good to have
>>>> the peace and quiet of just the three of us again. I guess we're
>>>> getting set in our ways.
>>>>
>>>> Picked, blanched, and froze the last of the cauliflower this morning.
>>>> This afternoon I will harvest a bucket of Swiss chard and do the same
>>>> with it. It is almost time to plant the spring garden so we will be
>>>> digging in the dirt this coming weekend. I hope all are staying warm
>>>> and dry while we enjoy our spring weather with temps in the middle
>>>> seventies Farenheit and mild winds.
>>>>
>>>> George, Miz Anne, and Tilly Dawg.
>>>
>>> I do enjoy it when you recount your doings)
>>>
>>> Us? Well we had family for a couple of days and it was good
>>>
>>> Having received my new book: 'Putting food by' by Janet Greene, Ruth
>>> Hertzeberg and Beatrice Vaugan, I am going to spend to some quiet time
>>> reading!
>>>
>>> Ophelia, David and Blue dawg
>>>
>>>
>> Is this the latest version O?
>
> It is the Fifth edition 2010 and I had to wait for a few months for it.
>
> You will need to tell me if it is the latest.
Yup!

"George Shirley" > wrote in message
om...
> On 2/21/2011 11:53 AM, Ophelia wrote:
>>
>>
>> "George Shirley" > wrote in message
>> om...
>>> On 2/21/2011 10:55 AM, Ophelia wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "George Shirley" > wrote in message
>>>> om...
>>>>> Update: Middle grandson and family showed up about 1100 on Sunday. It
>>>>> was a beautiful day with sunshine and a light breeze blowing. Miz Anne
>>>>> pulled the baby up and down the slope in our back yard in our little
>>>>> garden cart, he actually went to sleep he liked it so much. The older
>>>>> boy, approaching age seven, had a wonderful time painting and helping
>>>>> Grannie Annie make clothes for his GI Joe character, one we had found
>>>>> at a garage sale.
>>>>>
>>>>> The pot roast with mixed vegetables was mostly eaten and the remains
>>>>> taken home by the grandson and his crew as it would have taken us a
>>>>> week to eat it all up. Also carried off three-fourths of a lemon
>>>>> meringue pie, Miz Anne's specialty, made with the juice of lemons from
>>>>> our deceased lemon tree. I had baked a nice loaf of multi-grain bread
>>>>> and we sent the remains of the small loaf home with them. The final
>>>>> gift was a pint jar case full of pickles, jams, and jellies, sweet
>>>>> pickles, luncheon dill spears, pickled mixed vegetables and a jar of
>>>>> our pickled sunchokes with peppers. Fig jam, peach jam, pear sauce
>>>>> with allspice, kumquat marmalade, and several boxes of microwave
>>>>> popcorn. I buy Paul Newman's "Pop's Corn," fat free and no salt added
>>>>> by the case so sent them some to use up. Have to keep the stock
>>>>> rotating. Used to buy it in local stores but no one stocks it anymore
>>>>> so I order it online nowadays.
>>>>>
>>>>> Did we have a wonderful time? You betcha Red Ryder, we got all the
>>>>> great grand baby loving we could handle for a few weeks and Tilly Dawg
>>>>> actually played with both boys for awhile. Still, it was good to have
>>>>> the peace and quiet of just the three of us again. I guess we're
>>>>> getting set in our ways.
>>>>>
>>>>> Picked, blanched, and froze the last of the cauliflower this morning.
>>>>> This afternoon I will harvest a bucket of Swiss chard and do the same
>>>>> with it. It is almost time to plant the spring garden so we will be
>>>>> digging in the dirt this coming weekend. I hope all are staying warm
>>>>> and dry while we enjoy our spring weather with temps in the middle
>>>>> seventies Farenheit and mild winds.
>>>>>
>>>>> George, Miz Anne, and Tilly Dawg.
>>>>
>>>> I do enjoy it when you recount your doings)
>>>>
>>>> Us? Well we had family for a couple of days and it was good
>>>>
>>>> Having received my new book: 'Putting food by' by Janet Greene, Ruth
>>>> Hertzeberg and Beatrice Vaugan, I am going to spend to some quiet time
>>>> reading!
>>>>
>>>> Ophelia, David and Blue dawg
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Is this the latest version O?
>>
>> It is the Fifth edition 2010 and I had to wait for a few months for it.
>>
>> You will need to tell me if it is the latest.
> Yup!


So, I take it this is a good thing...?

It is the only one I have had

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On 2/21/2011 2:57 PM, Ophelia wrote:
>
>
> "George Shirley" > wrote in message
> om...
>> On 2/21/2011 11:53 AM, Ophelia wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> "George Shirley" > wrote in message
>>> om...
>>>> On 2/21/2011 10:55 AM, Ophelia wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> "George Shirley" > wrote in message
>>>>> om...
>>>>>> Update: Middle grandson and family showed up about 1100 on Sunday. It
>>>>>> was a beautiful day with sunshine and a light breeze blowing. Miz
>>>>>> Anne
>>>>>> pulled the baby up and down the slope in our back yard in our little
>>>>>> garden cart, he actually went to sleep he liked it so much. The older
>>>>>> boy, approaching age seven, had a wonderful time painting and helping
>>>>>> Grannie Annie make clothes for his GI Joe character, one we had found
>>>>>> at a garage sale.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The pot roast with mixed vegetables was mostly eaten and the remains
>>>>>> taken home by the grandson and his crew as it would have taken us a
>>>>>> week to eat it all up. Also carried off three-fourths of a lemon
>>>>>> meringue pie, Miz Anne's specialty, made with the juice of lemons
>>>>>> from
>>>>>> our deceased lemon tree. I had baked a nice loaf of multi-grain bread
>>>>>> and we sent the remains of the small loaf home with them. The final
>>>>>> gift was a pint jar case full of pickles, jams, and jellies, sweet
>>>>>> pickles, luncheon dill spears, pickled mixed vegetables and a jar of
>>>>>> our pickled sunchokes with peppers. Fig jam, peach jam, pear sauce
>>>>>> with allspice, kumquat marmalade, and several boxes of microwave
>>>>>> popcorn. I buy Paul Newman's "Pop's Corn," fat free and no salt added
>>>>>> by the case so sent them some to use up. Have to keep the stock
>>>>>> rotating. Used to buy it in local stores but no one stocks it anymore
>>>>>> so I order it online nowadays.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Did we have a wonderful time? You betcha Red Ryder, we got all the
>>>>>> great grand baby loving we could handle for a few weeks and Tilly
>>>>>> Dawg
>>>>>> actually played with both boys for awhile. Still, it was good to have
>>>>>> the peace and quiet of just the three of us again. I guess we're
>>>>>> getting set in our ways.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Picked, blanched, and froze the last of the cauliflower this morning.
>>>>>> This afternoon I will harvest a bucket of Swiss chard and do the same
>>>>>> with it. It is almost time to plant the spring garden so we will be
>>>>>> digging in the dirt this coming weekend. I hope all are staying warm
>>>>>> and dry while we enjoy our spring weather with temps in the middle
>>>>>> seventies Farenheit and mild winds.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> George, Miz Anne, and Tilly Dawg.
>>>>>
>>>>> I do enjoy it when you recount your doings)
>>>>>
>>>>> Us? Well we had family for a couple of days and it was good
>>>>>
>>>>> Having received my new book: 'Putting food by' by Janet Greene, Ruth
>>>>> Hertzeberg and Beatrice Vaugan, I am going to spend to some quiet time
>>>>> reading!
>>>>>
>>>>> Ophelia, David and Blue dawg
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> Is this the latest version O?
>>>
>>> It is the Fifth edition 2010 and I had to wait for a few months for it.
>>>
>>> You will need to tell me if it is the latest.
>> Yup!
>
>
> So, I take it this is a good thing...?
>
> It is the only one I have had
>
It's a matter of choice, I have the original version and seldom use it.
I like the preserving books from Ball and the one from U of Georgia much
better. Of course the Joy of Pickling is also excellent. I have about
twenty preserving books going back to 1949. On recipes in the old books
I have to update the procedures but other than that the recipes work
fine. YMMV

"George Shirley" > wrote in message
om...
> On 2/21/2011 2:57 PM, Ophelia wrote:
>>
>>
>> "George Shirley" > wrote in message
>> om...
>>> On 2/21/2011 11:53 AM, Ophelia wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "George Shirley" > wrote in message
>>>> om...
>>>>> On 2/21/2011 10:55 AM, Ophelia wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "George Shirley" > wrote in message
>>>>>> om...
>>>>>>> Update: Middle grandson and family showed up about 1100 on Sunday.
>>>>>>> It
>>>>>>> was a beautiful day with sunshine and a light breeze blowing. Miz
>>>>>>> Anne
>>>>>>> pulled the baby up and down the slope in our back yard in our little
>>>>>>> garden cart, he actually went to sleep he liked it so much. The
>>>>>>> older
>>>>>>> boy, approaching age seven, had a wonderful time painting and
>>>>>>> helping
>>>>>>> Grannie Annie make clothes for his GI Joe character, one we had
>>>>>>> found
>>>>>>> at a garage sale.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The pot roast with mixed vegetables was mostly eaten and the remains
>>>>>>> taken home by the grandson and his crew as it would have taken us a
>>>>>>> week to eat it all up. Also carried off three-fourths of a lemon
>>>>>>> meringue pie, Miz Anne's specialty, made with the juice of lemons
>>>>>>> from
>>>>>>> our deceased lemon tree. I had baked a nice loaf of multi-grain
>>>>>>> bread
>>>>>>> and we sent the remains of the small loaf home with them. The final
>>>>>>> gift was a pint jar case full of pickles, jams, and jellies, sweet
>>>>>>> pickles, luncheon dill spears, pickled mixed vegetables and a jar of
>>>>>>> our pickled sunchokes with peppers. Fig jam, peach jam, pear sauce
>>>>>>> with allspice, kumquat marmalade, and several boxes of microwave
>>>>>>> popcorn. I buy Paul Newman's "Pop's Corn," fat free and no salt
>>>>>>> added
>>>>>>> by the case so sent them some to use up. Have to keep the stock
>>>>>>> rotating. Used to buy it in local stores but no one stocks it
>>>>>>> anymore
>>>>>>> so I order it online nowadays.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Did we have a wonderful time? You betcha Red Ryder, we got all the
>>>>>>> great grand baby loving we could handle for a few weeks and Tilly
>>>>>>> Dawg
>>>>>>> actually played with both boys for awhile. Still, it was good to
>>>>>>> have
>>>>>>> the peace and quiet of just the three of us again. I guess we're
>>>>>>> getting set in our ways.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Picked, blanched, and froze the last of the cauliflower this
>>>>>>> morning.
>>>>>>> This afternoon I will harvest a bucket of Swiss chard and do the
>>>>>>> same
>>>>>>> with it. It is almost time to plant the spring garden so we will be
>>>>>>> digging in the dirt this coming weekend. I hope all are staying warm
>>>>>>> and dry while we enjoy our spring weather with temps in the middle
>>>>>>> seventies Farenheit and mild winds.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> George, Miz Anne, and Tilly Dawg.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I do enjoy it when you recount your doings)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Us? Well we had family for a couple of days and it was good
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Having received my new book: 'Putting food by' by Janet Greene, Ruth
>>>>>> Hertzeberg and Beatrice Vaugan, I am going to spend to some quiet
>>>>>> time
>>>>>> reading!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Ophelia, David and Blue dawg
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>> Is this the latest version O?
>>>>
>>>> It is the Fifth edition 2010 and I had to wait for a few months for it.
>>>>
>>>> You will need to tell me if it is the latest.
>>> Yup!
>>
>>
>> So, I take it this is a good thing...?
>>
>> It is the only one I have had
>>
> It's a matter of choice, I have the original version and seldom use it. I
> like the preserving books from Ball and the one from U of Georgia much
> better. Of course the Joy of Pickling is also excellent. I have about
> twenty preserving books going back to 1949. On recipes in the old books I
> have to update the procedures but other than that the recipes work fine.
> YMMV

I have only one Ball book. Barb sent it to me a few years ago. The Joy of
pickling sounds good. I think I will look for that one.

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On Tue, 22 Feb 2011 06:49:15 -0000, "Ophelia" >
wrote:


>I have only one Ball book. Barb sent it to me a few years ago. The Joy of
>pickling sounds good. I think I will look for that one.
>

Hi "O".
Sorry to butt in on your discussion.
You may want to take a look at:
The Complete Book of Small-Batch Preserving: Over 300 Delicious
Recipes, by Ellie Topp and Margaret Howard.
These two ladies first came out with "Put A Lid On It" and followed
that with "More Put A Lid On It". We bought both books when they came
out.
Then The Complete Book of Small-Batch Preserving came out and it was
much cheaper than the total cost of the first two books. We bought it
too ;-).
Ingredients are listed in both Imperial and Metric.
Some really nice recipes in the book, including some for pickles and
relishes.

I just checked and Amazon UK has it listed for £8.42.
http://tinyurl.com/4kwf7xm

Ross.

<Ross@home> wrote in message
...
> On Tue, 22 Feb 2011 06:49:15 -0000, "Ophelia" >
> wrote:
>
>
>>I have only one Ball book. Barb sent it to me a few years ago. The Joy
>>of
>>pickling sounds good. I think I will look for that one.
>>
>
> Hi "O".
> Sorry to butt in on your discussion.

Hey, Ross You are never 'butting in'


> You may want to take a look at:
> The Complete Book of Small-Batch Preserving: Over 300 Delicious
> Recipes, by Ellie Topp and Margaret Howard.
> These two ladies first came out with "Put A Lid On It" and followed
> that with "More Put A Lid On It". We bought both books when they came
> out.
> Then The Complete Book of Small-Batch Preserving came out and it was
> much cheaper than the total cost of the first two books. We bought it
> too ;-).
> Ingredients are listed in both Imperial and Metric.
> Some really nice recipes in the book, including some for pickles and
> relishes.
>
> I just checked and Amazon UK has it listed for £8.42.
> http://tinyurl.com/4kwf7xm

Many thanks I am on to it!!

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<Ross@home> wrote in message
...

>> The Complete Book of Small-Batch Preserving: Over 300 Delicious
> Recipes, by Ellie Topp and Margaret Howard.

Ok. that one is on its way! Many thanks, Ross!

Now, George (who I know says he has this one) please can you, or Ross
indicate the one I should choose, please?:


http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/?ie=UTF8&k...97almlnfj i_e

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On 2/22/2011 2:17 PM, Ophelia wrote:
>
>
> <Ross@home> wrote in message
> ...
>
>>> The Complete Book of Small-Batch Preserving: Over 300 Delicious
>> Recipes, by Ellie Topp and Margaret Howard.
>
> Ok. that one is on its way! Many thanks, Ross!
>
> Now, George (who I know says he has this one) please can you, or Ross
> indicate the one I should choose, please?:
>
>
> http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/?ie=UTF8&k...97almlnfj i_e
>
>
I have the Number 1 on the list, if I am not mistaken it is the latest
version.

On Tue, 22 Feb 2011 20:17:19 -0000, "Ophelia" >
wrote:

>
>
><Ross@home> wrote in message
.. .
>
>>> The Complete Book of Small-Batch Preserving: Over 300 Delicious
>> Recipes, by Ellie Topp and Margaret Howard.
>
>Ok. that one is on its way! Many thanks, Ross!
>
>Now, George (who I know says he has this one) please can you, or Ross
>indicate the one I should choose, please?:
>
>
>http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/?ie=UTF8&k...97almlnfj i_e
>
>--

I'd always opt for the latest edition which is at the top of that
list.
That's for a new softcover. But, if you just simply couldn't live
without the same thing in hardcover, someone has a *used* one a few
down the list but they're asking £48.95 plus shipping.
I know which one I'd order ;-)!

Ross.

On 2/22/2011 5:51 PM, Ross@home wrote:
> On Tue, 22 Feb 2011 20:17:19 -0000, >
> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> <Ross@home> wrote in message
>> ...
>>
>>>> The Complete Book of Small-Batch Preserving: Over 300 Delicious
>>> Recipes, by Ellie Topp and Margaret Howard.
>>
>> Ok. that one is on its way! Many thanks, Ross!
>>
>> Now, George (who I know says he has this one) please can you, or Ross
>> indicate the one I should choose, please?:
>>
>>
>> http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/?ie=UTF8&k...97almlnfj i_e
>>
>> --
>
> I'd always opt for the latest edition which is at the top of that
> list.
> That's for a new softcover. But, if you just simply couldn't live
> without the same thing in hardcover, someone has a *used* one a few
> down the list but they're asking £48.95 plus shipping.
> I know which one I'd order ;-)!
>
> Ross.
Me too, all my preserving books but the 1949 one are softcover, some of
them are twenty years old. Maybe a little stained with pickle juice here
and yon but otherwise healthy.

"George Shirley" > wrote in message
om...
> On 2/22/2011 2:17 PM, Ophelia wrote:
>>
>>
>> <Ross@home> wrote in message
>> ...
>>
>>>> The Complete Book of Small-Batch Preserving: Over 300 Delicious
>>> Recipes, by Ellie Topp and Margaret Howard.
>>
>> Ok. that one is on its way! Many thanks, Ross!
>>
>> Now, George (who I know says he has this one) please can you, or Ross
>> indicate the one I should choose, please?:
>>
>>
>> http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/?ie=UTF8&k...97almlnfj i_e
>>
>>
> I have the Number 1 on the list, if I am not mistaken it is the latest
> version.

Cool, David is on the case) Thanks!

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