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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?

-- 
Bruce
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