Hi Ruth,
On <Thu, 05 Mar 25>, you wrote me:

For the most part, my dad was a plain foods eater. Most of our supper
(big meal of the day) meals were a meat, mashed potatoes (with or
without gravy, depending on the meat), another vegetable and dessert.

Sounds like what they like. But no dessert.

Mom was a plain cook also, probably because of Dad.

Bob will try things, but when he doesn't finish we know it will rot in
the fridge until I throw it away.

made it; my dad's reaction was "where's the rest of the meal?". In
all their trips

Laugh.

to AZ, not once did they try Mexican food. For a while, there was a
German restaurant in town; that's where they would take us for a
night out.

At least they try it here, but chances are they won't like it.

Shawn

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Hi Shawn,

For the most part, my dad was a plain foods eater. Most of our supper
(big meal of the day) meals were a meat, mashed potatoes (with or
without gravy, depending on the meat), another vegetable and dessert.

Sounds like what they like. But no dessert.

Dad had to have his dessert--at luch, a cookie and piece of candy would suffice. At supper, it had to be cake, pie or whatever, but more
substantual. We are doing a light dessert more now; when we first got
married, they were few and far between. Now they're more often but on
the light side for the most part.

Mom was a plain cook also, probably because of Dad.

Bob will try things, but when he doesn't finish we know it will rot in
the fridge until I throw it away.

He doesn't go back and finish it off, I presume?

made it; my dad's reaction was "where's the rest of the meal?". In
all their trips

Laugh.

to AZ, not once did they try Mexican food. For a while, there was a
German restaurant in town; that's where they would take us for a
night out.

At least they try it here, but chances are they won't like it.

There's all kinds. One of my favorites is something one of the local
Mexican restaurants introduced me to--it has chicken, rice, zuchinni,
yellow squash and shrimp in it, with a cheese sauce. Not usually
something I'd have thought of as Mexican but it is good. (IMO)

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Ruth
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Hi Ruth,
On <Sat, 07 Mar 25>, you wrote me:

Dad had to have his dessert--at luch, a cookie and piece of candy
would suffice. At supper, it had to be cake, pie or whatever, but

Reminds me of my Uncle who came here from Texas. He was dirt poor
growing up and when he came to Canada for a better life and started
working he promised he'd never eat bread without jam again.

Ham sammich? Jam. Left over spaghetti sammich? Jam on the bread.

Ham and Jam is pretty good, the rest of them....

Bob will try things, but when he doesn't finish we know it will
rot in the fridge until I throw it away.

He doesn't go back and finish it off, I presume?

Nope. Pasta in the fridge 2 weeks old he didn't like. I just keep
moving it around, I'm no longer in charge of the kitchen so it's quite
easy for me.

Mexican restaurants introduced me to--it has chicken, rice, zuchinni, yellow squash and shrimp in it, with a cheese sauce. Not usually
something I'd have thought of as Mexican but it is good. (IMO)

Sounds good!

Shawn

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--- Grumble
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Hi Shawn,

Dad had to have his dessert--at luch, a cookie and piece of candy
would suffice. At supper, it had to be cake, pie or whatever, but

Reminds me of my Uncle who came here from Texas. He was dirt poor
growing up and when he came to Canada for a better life and started working he promised he'd never eat bread without jam again.

Ham sammich? Jam. Left over spaghetti sammich? Jam on the bread.

Ham and Jam is pretty good, the rest of them....

Good for him! When Steve and I got married, I started making his lunch
for work, usually 2 some sort of meat sandwiches and dessert. One day he
asked why I didn't make any peanut butter sandwiches. I basically said
"I didn't know you liked it" so he let me know that yes, he liked it
very much. From then on, one sandwich was meat, one peanut butter. I
still don't like/eat peanut butter (haven't eaten it by choice since I
got out of high school) but I do buy it for Steve--and our girls when
they were home.

Bob will try things, but when he doesn't finish we know it will
rot in the fridge until I throw it away.

He doesn't go back and finish it off, I presume?

Nope. Pasta in the fridge 2 weeks old he didn't like. I just keep
moving it around, I'm no longer in charge of the kitchen so it's quite easy for me.

Does he like it at 2 or 3 days old? If so, that's the time to serve it
so it doesn't get thrown out.

Mexican restaurants introduced me to--it has chicken, rice, zuchinni, yellow squash and shrimp in it, with a cheese sauce. Not usually
something I'd have thought of as Mexican but it is good. (IMO)

Sounds good!

It is; it may have other things in it (maybe bell peppers) but right now
I'm not remembering. I don't order it all the time as there are other, traditional Mexican dishes on the menu, but do enjoy it when I do. The
serving is good sized and with a decreased appetite, I generally bring
home enough for at least one, maybe 2 more meals.

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Ruth
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Hi Ruth,
On <Mon, 09 Mar 25>, you wrote me:

liked it very much. From then on, one sandwich was meat, one peanut butter. I still don't like/eat peanut butter (haven't eaten it by

I enjoy the odd PB as well. Not often maybe about once every 3 months,
but when I want one nothing else will kill the craving! ;)

Does he like it at 2 or 3 days old? If so, that's the time to serve
it so it doesn't get thrown out.

It's 2 weeks old now. I'm sure it will get thrown out soon, but I'm
not going to do it.

Shawn

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--- Grumble
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Hi Shawn,

liked it very much. From then on, one sandwich was meat, one peanut butter. I still don't like/eat peanut butter (haven't eaten it by

I enjoy the odd PB as well. Not often maybe about once every 3
months, but when I want one nothing else will kill the craving! ;)

Do you ever eat a spoonful of it right out of the jar? I understand die
hard peanut butter lovers do that.

Does he like it at 2 or 3 days old? If so, that's the time to serve
it so it doesn't get thrown out.

It's 2 weeks old now. I'm sure it will get thrown out soon, but I'm
not going to do it.

Somebody will, when it gets mouldy or starts to smell bad.


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Ruth
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Ruth Haffly wrote in a message to Shawn Highfield:

Do you ever eat a spoonful of it right out of the jar? I understand
die hard peanut butter lovers do that.

I can't say I don't do that. :) If I'm really hungry but I know we're eating soon I'll sometimes do that to tide me over. :)

It's 2 weeks old now. I'm sure it will get thrown out soon, but I'm

Somebody will, when it gets mouldy or starts to smell bad.

I served it to him last night. Needless to say it was thrown out. "Sorry about that, I meant to throw that bowl out not serve it to you again. Been in there so long I got confused."

Shawn

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Hi Shawn,

Do you ever eat a spoonful of it right out of the jar? I understand
die hard peanut butter lovers do that.

I can't say I don't do that. :) If I'm really hungry but I know we're eating soon I'll sometimes do that to tide me over. :)

I'll grab something else or just wait until meal time. Right now I've
got the veggies cooking for a pot of chili (meat will be added later,
smoked and ground chuck roast) for the American Legion. Steve
volunteered to cook for this month's meeting and is making more of a competition (no beans, just meat, peppers, onions and I think, tomato)
style chili. Since it'll be on the hotter side, I'm making a crock pot
full of a milder, family style with meat, beans, tomato, peppers, onion
and corn.

It's 2 weeks old now. I'm sure it will get thrown out soon, but I'm

Somebody will, when it gets mouldy or starts to smell bad.

I served it to him last night. Needless to say it was thrown out.
"Sorry about that, I meant to throw that bowl out not serve it to you again. Been in there so long I got confused."

And now it's history. Serve it to him at about one week after putting it
in the fridge, see what the reaction is.


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Ruth
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Hello Ruth!

13 Mar 25 12:03, you wrote to me:

style chili. Since it'll be on the hotter side, I'm making a crock pot full of a milder, family style with meat, beans, tomato, peppers,
onion and corn.

Sounds good. We were going to do that tonight as well, but I don't feel like it and neither does Andrea. I think it'll be a frozen pizza or just a sammach today.

And now it's history. Serve it to him at about one week after putting
it in the fridge, see what the reaction is.

No point. He falls back on "I'm 80.. I can't remember that"

Shawn

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Hi Shawn,

style chili. Since it'll be on the hotter side, I'm making a crock pot full of a milder, family style with meat, beans, tomato, peppers,
onion and corn.

Sounds good. We were going to do that tonight as well, but I don't
feel like it and neither does Andrea. I think it'll be a frozen pizza
or just a sammach today.

The meeting turned out to have very low attendance so Steve brought home
a lot of left overs. I'd made about 5 quarts of my chili; he brought
home maybe 2--with lots of compliments. His chili, about 8 or 9 quarts,
came home with about 5 quarts, again with lots of compliments. He also
brought home about 4 cups of rice, one pan plus of corn bread, a lot of
cole slaw, shredded cheese and sour cream. I put all but one meal's
worth of my chili in the freezer, in individual portions, will do the
same with his, later. Will also finish redistributing the other left
overs to the fridge and freezers later but we are now well stocked on
chili. (G)

And now it's history. Serve it to him at about one week after putting
it in the fridge, see what the reaction is.

No point. He falls back on "I'm 80.. I can't remember that"

Sigh! Sounds more like he doesn't want to remember. (G)



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Hi Ruth,
On <Sat, 14 Mar 25>, you wrote me:

The meeting turned out to have very low attendance so Steve brought
home a lot of left overs. I'd made about 5 quarts of my chili; he
brought home maybe 2--with lots of compliments. His chili, about 8 or
9 quarts,

Glad they were both a hit. I made some today, I added beans. ;)
Veggie ground, Beans, Mushroom, green pepper, onion, tomato, beef stock.
Made it for Andrea and Bob so 1/4 teaspoon chili powder, 1/2 teaspoon
cuman, bit of garlic powder.

My bowl got garlic, onion, twisted pepper grinder until my hand fell off,
and 10 splash of Frank's.

also brought home about 4 cups of rice, one pan plus of corn bread, a
cole slaw, shredded cheese and sour cream. I put all but one meal's

Good haul!

Shawn
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Hi Shawn,

The meeting turned out to have very low attendance so Steve brought
home a lot of left overs. I'd made about 5 quarts of my chili; he
brought home maybe 2--with lots of compliments. His chili, about 8 or
9 quarts,

Glad they were both a hit. I made some today, I added beans. ;)
Veggie ground, Beans, Mushroom, green pepper, onion, tomato, beef
stock. Made it for Andrea and Bob so 1/4 teaspoon chili powder, 1/2 teaspoon cuman, bit of garlic powder.

Looks good to me. I've heard of mushrooms in chili but if you like them,
then go for it.

My bowl got garlic, onion, twisted pepper grinder until my hand fell
off, and 10 splash of Frank's.

Do you have the "standard" pepper grinder with the knob on the top? When
we were in HI, we found, at a kitchenware store, some grinders that we
still use. They're lucite (clear), tall (about 4") squares with a crank
on the top. Got 2 originally (salt and pepper), then went back for
another one for our Hawaiian seasoned salt. They're basic but sturdy as
we use them almost daily.

also brought home about 4 cups of rice, one pan plus of corn bread,

a RH> cole slaw, shredded cheese and sour cream. I put all but one
meal's

Good haul!

Yes, the birds will get some of the corn bread, the chilis went
(repackaged into smaller portions) into the freezer. Did hold out some
of my chili for lunch the other day and some of Steve's for another
lunch.

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Ruth
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Hi Ruth,
On <Mon, 16 Mar 25>, you wrote me:

Looks good to me. I've heard of mushrooms in chili but if you like
them, then go for it.

We like them yes. :)

Do you have the "standard" pepper grinder with the knob on the top?

Yes the standard one from the $ store. :)

When we were in HI, we found, at a kitchenware store, some grinders
still use. They're lucite (clear), tall (about 4") squares with a
crank on the top. Got 2 originally (salt and pepper), then went back
for another one for our Hawaiian seasoned salt. They're basic but
sturdy as we use them almost daily.

Nice! I do need a better one, but it's one of those things I don't think
about when we're at a kitchen store. One of these days I will find a
better one. :)

Yes, the birds will get some of the corn bread, the chilis went (repackaged into smaller portions) into the freezer. Did hold out
some of my chili for lunch the other day and some of Steve's for
another lunch.

We finished our batch off last night. As you know it get's better after sitting for a day or two in the fridge. :)

Shawn

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--- Grumble
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Hi Shawn,

Looks good to me. I've heard of mushrooms in chili but if you like
them, then go for it.

We like them yes. :)

So keep putting them in chili and I'll use them in other things.

Do you have the "standard" pepper grinder with the knob on the top?

Yes the standard one from the $ store. :)

When we were in HI, we found, at a kitchenware store, some grinders
still use. They're lucite (clear), tall (about 4") squares with a
crank on the top. Got 2 originally (salt and pepper), then went back
for another one for our Hawaiian seasoned salt. They're basic but
sturdy as we use them almost daily.

Nice! I do need a better one, but it's one of those things I don't
think about when we're at a kitchen store. One of these days I will
find a better one. :)

And wonder why it took so long to get it. We've done that with various
things over the years, had several versions of pepper (and one or two
for salt) before we found these. We've had them probably 20+ years now
and they're still going strong.

Yes, the birds will get some of the corn bread, the chilis went (repackaged into smaller portions) into the freezer. Did hold out
some of my chili for lunch the other day and some of Steve's for
another lunch.

We finished our batch off last night. As you know it get's better
after sitting for a day or two in the fridge. :)

We had some of the bowl we put in the fridge the other day, with hot
dogs. I was less than impressed and Steve admitted that it wasn't the
best chili he's ever made. I think I'll let him finish it off; I'll
finish off the chili I made, with corn, that he can't eat.


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Ruth
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Hi Ruth,
On <Wed, 18 Mar 25>, you wrote me:

And wonder why it took so long to get it. We've done that with
various things over the years, had several versions of pepper (and
one or two for salt) before we found these. We've had them probably
20+ years now

It's on my list of things to do this weekend. One of the local stores
"Wild Fork" had a sale on yesterday. Turkey was on HUGE discount. Got a
6kg bird for $12!!!! Went back the next day and got 2 more. Freezer is
full but turkey at that price is a treat and a half! (Normally it's about
$60 for a bird that size, more around xmas)

dogs. I was less than impressed and Steve admitted that it wasn't the
best chili he's ever made. I think I'll let him finish it off; I'll
finish off the chili I made, with corn, that he can't eat.

Might as well, that way you can get your corn fix too. :) Every batch
can't be a winner, so make sure Steve doesn't give up.

Shawn

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--- Grumble
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Hi Shawn,

And wonder why it took so long to get it. We've done that with
various things over the years, had several versions of pepper (and
one or two for salt) before we found these. We've had them probably
20+ years now

It's on my list of things to do this weekend. One of the local stores "Wild Fork" had a sale on yesterday. Turkey was on HUGE discount.
Got a 6kg bird for $12!!!! Went back the next day and got 2 more.
Freezer is full but turkey at that price is a treat and a half!
(Normally it's about $60 for a bird that size, more around xmas)

That is a good deal! We've a turkey in the freezer I think we'll pull
out soon and smoke. Then we'll part it out and refreeze portions so
we're not eating turkey for a couple of weeks. Other option would be to
wait to cook it until September when (hopefully) both of our daughters
and families will be here.

dogs. I was less than impressed and Steve admitted that it wasn't the
best chili he's ever made. I think I'll let him finish it off; I'll
finish off the chili I made, with corn, that he can't eat.

Might as well, that way you can get your corn fix too. :) Every batch can't be a winner, so make sure Steve doesn't give up.

He won't, but I think we're done with chili making for a while. He was
still on a high from winning the church cook off when he signed up to
cook the Legion meal. He's done several meals for them over the past few
years so I told him after this one, they know you can cook. Suggested
that he do something simpler next time he signs up; he agreed.


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Ruth
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Hi Ruth,
On <Fri, 20 Mar 25>, you wrote me:

That is a good deal! We've a turkey in the freezer I think we'll pull

I managed to get another two at that price. One of them is in the fridge
to thaw.

out soon and smoke. Then we'll part it out and refreeze portions so
we're not eating turkey for a couple of weeks. Other option would be

We always freeze some, I love turkey and can fool my body into accepting
it when it's cold and in a sammach. Thankfully for me my favorite way to
eat it. :)

to wait to cook it until September when (hopefully) both of our
daughters and families will be here.

Always a nice idea.

years so I told him after this one, they know you can cook. Suggested
that he do something simpler next time he signs up; he agreed.

The funny thing is a simple meal will probably be the one that everyone
raves about. I've noticed that myself, I can spend all day in the kitchen
and sure it's appreciated but sometimes Biscuits and Gravy goes over better.

When I was still buying products made in your country I would get the Johnsonville ones as they are gluten free. They also (for some reason)
come in none even sizes, it was great for me cause the "extra" sausage was froze seperate for gravy. :)

Shawn

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--- Grumble
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Hi Shawn,

That is a good deal! We've a turkey in the freezer I think we'll pull

I managed to get another two at that price. One of them is in the
fridge to thaw.

Good going! We snagged another corned beef the other day; I'll cook it
and then we'll slice it up. Should make a good bit of sandwich material
so some will probably be frozen for "road food".

out soon and smoke. Then we'll part it out and refreeze portions so
we're not eating turkey for a couple of weeks. Other option would be

We always freeze some, I love turkey and can fool my body into
accepting it when it's cold and in a sammach. Thankfully for me my favorite way to eat it. :)

Good way to get protein. I don't have those health issues so can (and
do) eat a variety of meats. Some forms of preparation I'll leave for the professionals but I've cooked meats in a lot more different ways than I
was brought up eating.

to wait to cook it until September when (hopefully) both of our
daughters and families will be here.

Always a nice idea.

We're celebrating our 50th wedding anniversary in September, didn't do
anything special for our 25th since Steve had just had jaw surgery. Our
girls wanted us to do a bit more this time around. (G)

years so I told him after this one, they know you can cook. Suggested
that he do something simpler next time he signs up; he agreed.

The funny thing is a simple meal will probably be the one that
everyone raves about. I've noticed that myself, I can spend all day
in the kitchen and sure it's appreciated but sometimes Biscuits and
Gravy goes over better.

Or a simple hamburger stew. I think we will do that next time, maybe
make biscuits to go with it.

When I was still buying products made in your country I would get the Johnsonville ones as they are gluten free. They also (for some
reason) come in none even sizes, it was great for me cause the "extra" sausage was froze seperate for gravy. :)

Can you not get gluten free sausage in Canada?

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Hi Ruth,
On <Sun, 22 Mar 25>, you wrote me:

Good going! We snagged another corned beef the other day; I'll cook

Turned out all three of them are in the freezer. LOL

it and then we'll slice it up. Should make a good bit of sandwich material so some will probably be frozen for "road food".

Sounds like a good use for it. I've started to freeze portions for the
woods when I go up alone before the weekend. Saves having to BBQ or
stop at a store every week. :)

We're celebrating our 50th wedding anniversary in September, didn't
do anything special for our 25th since Steve had just had jaw
girls wanted us to do a bit more this time around. (G)

50 years is a big one for sure! I've only been alive 2 more years then you've been married.

Or a simple hamburger stew. I think we will do that next time, maybe
make biscuits to go with it.

No one complains about a hamburger stew.

Can you not get gluten free sausage in Canada?

Of course. There are other brands, just johnsonville was cheap.

Shawn

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Hi Shawn,

Good going! We snagged another corned beef the other day; I'll cook

Turned out all three of them are in the freezer. LOL

We have pastrami and one meal of corned beef, cabbage, etc in the big
freezer, a bit of pastrami in the fridge freezer. Last of the corned
beef is on the stove right now.

it and then we'll slice it up. Should make a good bit of sandwich
material so some will probably be frozen for "road food".

Sounds like a good use for it. I've started to freeze portions for
the woods when I go up alone before the weekend. Saves having to BBQ
or stop at a store every week. :)

Makes sense to me. I'd rather cook ahead and have a meal that just needs reheating than to cook for one from scratch. Some of the nights Steve
has a meeting with supper included, I'll stop at Wegman's and pick up
something for myself. A couple of weeks it was an udon bowl with pepper
beef and a couple of egg rolls--since he had 2 nights out, I split it
over those 2 nights and had a good meal with minimal fuss both nights.

We're celebrating our 50th wedding anniversary in September, didn't
do anything special for our 25th since Steve had just had jaw RH>

girls wanted us to do a bit more this time around. (G)

50 years is a big one for sure! I've only been alive 2 more years
then you've been married.

We started young. (G)

Or a simple hamburger stew. I think we will do that next time,

maybe RH> make biscuits to go with it.

No one complains about a hamburger stew.

Especially the way we make it--have done so for our church small group
and had a lot of positive feedback.

Can you not get gluten free sausage in Canada?

Of course. There are other brands, just johnsonville was cheap.

I see; we usually don't buy it. I'll have to check out the ingredients
listing.

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Hi Ruth,
On <Tue, 24 Mar 25>, you wrote me:

Makes sense to me. I'd rather cook ahead and have a meal that just
needs reheating than to cook for one from scratch. Some of the nights

For sure.

Steve has a meeting with supper included, I'll stop at Wegman's and
pick up something for myself. A couple of weeks it was an udon bowl
beef and a couple of egg rolls--since he had 2 nights out, I split it
over those 2 nights and had a good meal with minimal fuss both
nights.

That's the way to do it for sure! I will be doing this more this year
when I go to the trailer Thursday night. When it's just me I don't often
feel like BBQing or anything else.

50 years is a big one for sure! I've only been alive 2 more
years then you've been married.

We started young. (G)

LOL!

No one complains about a hamburger stew.

Especially the way we make it--have done so for our church small
group and had a lot of positive feedback.

It's one of those things that even a bad one is still good. LOL

Of course. There are other brands, just johnsonville was cheap.

I see; we usually don't buy it. I'll have to check out the
ingredients listing.

There's a store brand that is gluten free here, I've just switched to
getting it. I don't mind though as I don't really like some of the
crazy additives that are allowed down south.

Shawn


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Hi Shawn,

Makes sense to me. I'd rather cook ahead and have a meal that just
needs reheating than to cook for one from scratch. Some of the nights

For sure.

Steve has a meeting with supper included, I'll stop at Wegman's and
pick up something for myself. A couple of weeks it was an udon bowl
beef and a couple of egg rolls--since he had 2 nights out, I split it
over those 2 nights and had a good meal with minimal fuss both
nights.

That's the way to do it for sure! I will be doing this more this year when I go to the trailer Thursday night. When it's just me I don't
often feel like BBQing or anything else.

Most of the meals I've frozen to take with us will be "in camp" ones,
to be used when we're in place for a few days. Nights we're on the road
we tend to do basics like soups or sandwiches since we're usually
boondocking (no hook ups for water, electricity). If we're boondocking
at a Cracker Barrel (yes, they allow it), we usually go in for supper
that night, or, sometimes, breakfast the next morning. Depends on how
much travel we have planned for the day, usually we'll do a fast
breakfast so we can get on the road quicker.

SH>> 50 years is a big one for sure! I've only been alive 2 more

years then you've been married.

We started young. (G)

LOL!

No one complains about a hamburger stew.

Especially the way we make it--have done so for our church small
group and had a lot of positive feedback.

It's one of those things that even a bad one is still good. LOL

It's hard to make a bad one, but to do one that stands out takes a bit
more planning.

Of course. There are other brands, just johnsonville was cheap.

I see; we usually don't buy it. I'll have to check out the
ingredients listing.

There's a store brand that is gluten free here, I've just switched to getting it. I don't mind though as I don't really like some of the
crazy additives that are allowed down south.

Understandable, we don't like a lot of chemicals and unpronounceable
stuff in our food either.

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Hi Ruth,
On <Thu, 26 Mar 25>, you wrote me:

Most of the meals I've frozen to take with us will be "in camp" ones,
to be used when we're in place for a few days. Nights we're on the
road we tend to do basics like soups or sandwiches since we're
usually boondocking (no hook ups for water, electricity). If we're

Makes sense. When we had the pop up we did something pretty similar.
If we were just crashing in a parking lot it was take out or sammach. :)

Depends on how much travel we have planned for the day, usually we'll
do a fast breakfast so we can get on the road quicker.

I'm one who wants to go early and get the driving done with. I don't like sitting around all day waiting to leave.

Shawn

... Life is a hereditary disease.


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Hi Shawn,

Most of the meals I've frozen to take with us will be "in camp" ones,
to be used when we're in place for a few days. Nights we're on the
road we tend to do basics like soups or sandwiches since we're
usually boondocking (no hook ups for water, electricity). If we're

Makes sense. When we had the pop up we did something pretty similar.
If we were just crashing in a parking lot it was take out or sammach.
:)

Makes a lot more sense. Sometimes if we've stopped early enough, weather permitting and we're in a more isolated prt of a parking lot, we'll do something like burgers but it's more often something done inside the
camper. We will occaisionally haul out the generator so something can be
done in the microwave but put it away quickly.

Depends on how much travel we have planned for the day, usually we'll
do a fast breakfast so we can get on the road quicker.

I'm one who wants to go early and get the driving done with. I don't
like sitting around all day waiting to leave.

Steve is the only driver. When we're on the road, we usually get going
around 9, stop for lunch (most often a quick sandwich) and then stop
again, for the day, around suppertime. Sometimes it's a later than usual
supper but those are less the norm that they used to be.


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Ruth
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Hi Ruth,
On <Sat, 28 Mar 25>, you wrote me:

something like burgers but it's more often something done inside the camper. We will occaisionally haul out the generator so something can
be done in the microwave but put it away quickly.

Still handy to have that generator for those times.

stop again, for the day, around suppertime. Sometimes it's a later
supper but those are less the norm that they used to be.

As we get older we want our comforts more and more. :)

Shawn

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Hi Shawn,

something like burgers but it's more often something done inside the camper. We will occaisionally haul out the generator so something can
be done in the microwave but put it away quickly.

Still handy to have that generator for those times.

Yes, and other times as well. Several years ago we camped on the Outer
Banks of NC, site had no hook ups. It was during the summer so we ran
the generator quite a bit so we could have power for the A/C. Couldn't
run it at night so it was hot and stuffy--still had the R-Pod so less
room for air to circlate. Next time we head over that way we'll reserve
a site with hook ups well in advance!

stop again, for the day, around suppertime. Sometimes it's a later
supper but those are less the norm that they used to be.

As we get older we want our comforts more and more. :)

It's also a matter of not wanting to go to bed on a somewhat full
stomach. But, sometimes we've no choice but to drive further than
desired for lack of a place to stop. We rarely make reservations, not
knowing how far we will travel in a day, especially if there's something interesting to check out along the way. (G)


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Ruth
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Hi Ruth,
On <Mon, 30 Mar 25>, you wrote me:

Couldn't run it at night so it was hot and stuffy--still had the
R-Pod so less room for air to circlate. Next time we head over that
way we'll reserve a site with hook ups well in advance!

We were "lucky" in the few years we used the pop up every time we parked
it would rain or cloud over. Never missed or needed the a/c lol It was
called the rainmaker for a reason. :)

It's also a matter of not wanting to go to bed on a somewhat full
stomach. But, sometimes we've no choice but to drive further than
desired for lack of a place to stop. We rarely make reservations, not knowing how far we will travel in a day, especially if there's
something interesting to check out along the way. (G)

That's the good thing about towing your "house" behind you, doesn't matter
how far you make it for the most part. :)

Shawn

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Hi Shawn,

Couldn't run it at night so it was hot and stuffy--still had the
R-Pod so less room for air to circlate. Next time we head over that
way we'll reserve a site with hook ups well in advance!

We were "lucky" in the few years we used the pop up every time we
parked it would rain or cloud over. Never missed or needed the a/c
lol It was called the rainmaker for a reason. :)

Sounds like the one year we camped in Interlaken, Switzerland. Went down
from Frankfurt am/Main with some friends for the European Baptist
Convention in early July. Got there, set up in the rain, rained the next
couple of days. Third day our friend rigged up an extensive plastic
covering over his tent, said that it better rain that night to test it
out. Not a drop that night (!!) but plenty more over the next couple of
days. Our last full day there there was no rain, lasted into the next
day so we were able to break a fairly dry camp.

I'd grown up tent camping, tents with no floors. We'd done pretty well
on family trips avoiding rain but the last night out one year we hit a
gulley washer of a storm, had rivers running thru the tents. Before our
trip the next year my dad bought new tents--with floors--but I don't
think there were any more trips with that much rain.

It's also a matter of not wanting to go to bed on a somewhat full
stomach. But, sometimes we've no choice but to drive further than
desired for lack of a place to stop. We rarely make reservations,

not RH> knowing how far we will travel in a day, especially if there's

something interesting to check out along the way. (G)

That's the good thing about towing your "house" behind you, doesn't
matter how far you make it for the most part. :)

True, Steve said that he likes sleeping in his own bed. Plus, we don't
have to spend as much on meals, especially if we bring a lot from home
for the first week or so. I don't think we've tried making a pizza but
one year we did do an apple crisp, using an oven that set on top of the
Coleman (propane) stove outside. Temperature regulation was tricky on
that but we got a decent cobbler. Took it over to the assisted living
place where my in laws were; we could only visit with them on the
screened porch. Mom had ordered pizza, sister in law brought a salad so
we had quite a feast. Next day we couldn't even visit on the porch
(Covid shut things down hard) so we headed back to NC. Stopped at a
Cracker Barrel overnight but had to get supper to go as they weren't
doing any sit down meals.

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Ruth
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