Subj : Chicken Salad To : Ruth Haffly From : Dave Drum Date : Wed Jun 28 2023 06:44:24 -=> Ruth Haffly wrote to Dave Drum <=- DD> varieties seen growing in medians and roadsides. I tilled it all up DD> and planted bluegrass and white clover. Currently I'm considering DD> going to zoysia grass mixed with mint. RH> Whoever established our front yard dumped a lot of cheap fill dirt on RH> it. Steve has found a good number of pieces of broken glass, don't know RH> how many golf balls and other assorted junk in it, especially in the RH> first few years we lived here. Be interesting to learn where those load of "fill" came from. Sounds like from the bottom of a golf course water hazard. 8<----- CUT ----->8 DD> I'd have to find a shopping centre or a Cracker Barrel - where "paying DD> the lot rent would be a lot more enjoyable. Bv)= RH> We've stayed at Cracker Barrel, also Flying J and Pilot truck stops. RH> Down side to the truck stops is that the trucks are in and out all RH> night plus they play music outside all night. Not condusive to a good RH> night's sleep. Cracker Barrel usually has an RV lot out back, "fun" RH> part there is the POV's that think it's also parking for them. The RH> R-Pod and truck took up just 2 spaces front to back; the ew set up will RH> take a bit more. Never had a truck stop where I overnighted play music outdoors. And the comings and goings of other trucks didn't bother me as my truck was usually running to power the AC or heater (depending on the calendar) and the radio was on to provide "white noise". And I would roll a dollar bill up in the driver's window to keep the "lot lizards" from banging on the door soliciting trade. RH> I'm not sure what the population of WF is but Wegman's draws in RH> customers from a wide area. More are being built in the area but none RH> close enough to draw customers from our store; others are west, south, RH> east of Raleigh. When the Raleigh store opened, they had the largest RH> number of customers to ever go thru a store on opening day. They also RH> had to have Raleigh police at the exits off the Beltline to control the RH> traffic flow. DD> Nice to be popular, innit? RH> Yes, we're about the same size as the Raleigh store but they were the RH> first one in NC. We were about the 3rd, been open for 2 years now. It's RH> open from 6 am to 12 pm, always a good bit of traffic in the parking RH> lot, no matter what time of day/night. It's very convenient to us so we RH> can run over if I've forgotten an ingredient or we can stop on the way RH> home and pick up some ice cream for a bedtime snack (G) after a night RH> trip to Raleigh. DD> I scream is good even when it's not bedtime for Bonzo. RH> It's good most any time of the day or night. DD> This is the first I scream I made in my new *motorised* ice cream DD> maker. Actually an attachment for my Kitchen Aid. My fingers live a life of their own. My KA attachment is *not* new. I've had (and used) it for a while. It's a $100 (at Amazon) attachment. I paid a lot less - but I've had mine for several (20+) years. Cuisinart has a stand-alone for U$80. https://tinyurl.com/KA-I-SCREAM (Amazon) RH> We have a separate ice cream maker, haven't used it in a while. RH> Probably ought to look into the KA attachment as we've got the machine. If I was buying today I'd probably get the stand-alone Cuisinart. It makes a half-gallon at a time and you can add fruit, nuts, chocolate chips etc. through the top rather than having to mix it all together at once. https://tinyurl.com/CUISIN-ART DD> Title: Peach Ice Cream DD> Categories: I scream, Dairy, Fruits DD> Yield: 7 servings RH> Just the right time of year for it but I understand that the GA crop RH> will be much smaller this year due to weather conditions in the spring. I've always used fruit from the family orchard (when we had one). Peaches are a common roadside item from orchards in nearby Calhoun County. Also apricots. MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06 Title: Apricot Chicken Thighs Categories: Poultry, Fruits, Wine, Citrus Yield: 6 Servings 1/2 c Apricot nectar 1/4 c Dry sherry * 2 tb Soy sauce 1 tb Lemon juice 1 tb Prepared mustard 1/2 ts Ground ginger 6 (2 lbs) Chicken thighs; - skinned 12 Dried apricot halves * I used apple cider vinegar cut 50/50 with water since I do not stco wine at my house. Worked out well. Combine all but chicken & apricots. Mix well, set aside. Trim excess fat from chicken. Rinse chicken with cold water, pat dry. Place chicken in a 12" x 8" x 2" baking dish. Pour reserved nectar mixture over chicken. Cover & bake at 350+|F/175+|C, for 45 minutes. Uncover, & place apricot halves in nectar mixture. Continue baking, uncovered, 15 minutes or until chicken is tender. Remove chicken to a warmed serving platter, discarding nectar mixture. Garnish each thigh with 2 apricot halves. Serve immediately. From: Ronda Eikenberry Uncle Dirty Dave's Kitchen MMMMM .... An oyster is a fish built like a nut. --- BBBS/Li6 v4.10 Toy-6 * Origin: Prism bbs (1:261/38) .