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|    Ruth Haffly to Ben Collver    |
|    Pie Crust    |
|    12 Jan 26 12:47:04    |
   
   MSGID: 1:396/45.28 8c87efb6   
   REPLY: 35410.fidonet_cooking@1:105/500 2dc987e3   
   Hi Ben,   
      
   RH> I saw Sean's post, we'll miss him. We met in person in the late 90s when   
   RH> we met in IL on our way up to NY to pass along some Commodore 64 stuff we   
   RH> were no longer using. Met at a Cracker Barrel, first time we'd been to one   
   RH> of them. Then we met again at several of the picnics in the early 2000's.   
      
    BC> I'll miss Dave too. I liked his sense of humor and intentional typos.   
      
   He was the echo crumudgeron--and would probably have freely admitted so.   
   Did you ever hear about how he got his nickname--Uncle Dirty Dave or   
   UDD?   
      
      
    BC> Speaking of sewing, yesterday i mended pajamas and sandals. The   
    BC> pajamas had a draw string through a.. hem? The dryer had ripped a gap   
    BC> open in   
    BC> the hem about half way in the middle, and and pulled the drawstring   
    BC> part way out through that gap. I used a safety pin to pull the string   
    BC> back through the hem, and then hand stitched the gap.   
      
   That part is properly called a casing; hems are at the bottom. Still,   
   good going. I use a safety pin most often for jobs like that, have tried   
   commercial bodkins (grabber things) but the pins work just as well, or   
   better.   
      
    BC> The sandals were Keen brand. The outside of the heel has a   
    triangular BC> shaped leather piece sewed to three thick nylon straps   
    in different BC> directions, plus a soft inside liner. It looked to me   
    like the BC> connection between the nylon strap and the leather was   
    flimsy to begin BC> with, and it simply came apart. I used the biggest   
    needle i had. I BC> cut a denim patch and put it against the inside   
    liner. I stitched BC> through BC> the leather, the nylon strap, and the   
    denim patch, and now it seems BC> thoroughly re-connected.   
      
   That's definatly a hand sewing project unless you have a heavy duty shoe   
   making machine. Our Juki sewing machine is heavy enough but the location   
   of the repair sounds like a hand repair job was what was needed. Last   
   time I sat down at the sewing machine was a couple of weeks ago to make   
   some scrappy kitty toys for my sister's cat. Scraps of denim and a bag   
   of fiberfill plus a bit of time made for an easy project.   
      
      
    BC> Here's a classic Pumpkin pie recipe. I'd probably use less sugar and   
    BC> cinnamon and more ginger if it were me. Plus a pinch of clove powder.   
      
    BC> MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06   
      
    BC> Title: Pumpkin Pie   
    BC> Categories: Pies   
    BC> Yield: 1 Pie   
      
    BC> Pastry; for one-crust pie   
    BC> - (10")   
    BC> 3 Eggs   
    BC> 1 c Sugar (237 ml)   
    BC> 2 3/4 c Canned pumpkin (650 ml)   
    BC> 2 1/4 c Evaporated milk (532 ml)   
    BC> 1 1/2 ts Ground cinnamon (7 ml)   
    BC> 3/4 ts Salt (4 ml)   
    BC> 3/4 ts Ground ginger (4 ml)   
    BC> 1/2 ts Ground cloves (2 ml)   
      
   Very often we've gotten a fresh pumpkin, drawn a face on it with a   
   marker and set it out for halloween. Afterwards I'll cut it up, cook it   
   down in the pressure cooker and freeze the results for later use. Since   
   Steve's birthday is right near halloween, I used to make him a pumpkin   
   pie. Since his mom gave us the recipe in the early 90's, tho, I make a   
   pumpkin roll instead. Not really any more effort than a pie but the   
   results are (IMO), much tastier.   
      
   ---   
   Catch you later,   
   Ruth   
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