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Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2025 00:52:17 -0600
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Bruce wrote:
> On Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:53:05 -0600, Hank Rogers <hank@nospam.invalid>
> wrote:
> 
>> ItsJoanNotJoAnn wrote:
>>> On Thu, 20 Feb 2025 3:55:11 +0000, songbird wrote:
>>>
>>>> ItsJoanNotJoAnn wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> What will be gracing your table for dinner tonight?
>>>>
>>>>    chili from the freezer.
>>>>
>>> That's always a good choice on cold winter days.
>>> Beef stew or some sort of soup.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> It's cold and we have snow, and we've reached our predicted
>>>>> high of 27°F and my wind chimes tell me it's been breezy all
>>>>> day.  Thank goodness for a well stocked upright freezer.
>>>>
>>>>    yes.  :)
>>>>
>>>>    it was a rotten time to have the furnace need replacing
>>>> but we'd never use in the summer to know.
>>>>
>>>>
>>> UGH!  Been there and done that and like you said, never
>>> know it needs replacing in the summer months as it's not
>>> used in warm weather.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>    it turned out ok in the end and we got through it and
>>>> then the other night we lost water pressure so it took us
>>>> a few days to get that dealt with - luckily it was not as
>>>> bad as it could have been and we're back to somewhat normal
>>>> now (or as normal as it gets :) )...
>>>>
>>>>
>>> I've not lost water pressure but have had water heaters go
>>> on permanent vacation necessitating a replacement.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> A baked potato
>>>>> will accompany this meal along with a bag of frozen broccoli
>>>>> cooked until tender crisp.  That will be topped with melted
>>>>> cheese.
>>>>
>>>>    tender crisp?  intesting choice of words.  not sure i
>>>> would be able to apply that to frozen broc.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>    songbird
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Yes, it's cooked but not cooked to mush as many people do
>>> when cooking broccoli.  It's not raw, but a bit of resistance
>>> when picked up with a fork.  It has a bit of chew and not
>>> the consistency of baby food.
>>
>> Also known as "al dente" by fashionable wops, dagos, and New Yorkers.
> 
> And known as "raw" by toothless rednecks?
> 

When I think of overcooked watery spaghetti I think of cafeteria fare, 
and I attribute it to poverty.

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