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   Hi Ben,   
      
   RH> Sort of wish you could have talked with him some more? Every so often I'll   
   RH> read something about somebody I never knew or knew for part of my past   
   RH> life and realise I never knew that. Especially with people I knew; it   
   RH> would have added a new dimension to our friendship.   
      
    BC> Well, i wish i could still talk with him.  An odd bit of trivia: like   
    BC> my grandmother he was left handed and was punished in school if he   
    BC> wrote or drew with his left hand.   
      
   I'm also left handed, somewhat ambidexterous as for some years my   
   parents tried making me right handed. I don't recall what prompted the   
   switch but I do some things right handed still, some left handed only   
   and some I'll use either or hand. Comes in handy (no pun intended) when   
   stirring a pot that needs continuous stirring; I can change hands when   
   one gets tired.   
      
      
   RH> Sounds like she's getting her motor recharged.   
      
    BC> Yes, she is bouncing back nicely now.  She is much more mobile, though   
    BC> i see her making false starts with her jumps.  Something is going on   
    BC> with her hind legs, and i suspect it is neurological.  A friend tells   
    BC> me to make   
    BC> sure she is getting enough taurine, but i doubt that's the problem   
    BC> because she eats grocery store pet food and i've read that's not   
    BC> generally a   
    BC> problem.   
      
   I wouldn't know, never researched cat food that extensivly. At one point   
   the vet wanted us to try a lamb and rice diet with Jenny-cat. Ever see a   
   cat go on a hunger strike and push the bowl away? She did; that stuff   
   was nasty so the vet said to put her back on her usual Purina One cat   
   chow.   
      
   RH> The vet found an   
   RH> older couple, willing to take on a cat with health challenges; they fell   
   RH> in love with Jenny-cat when we brought her to meet them. Hopefully she   
   RH> lived a long, happy life.   
      
    BC> What a wonderful story!   
      
    BC> The indoor cat i mentioned here is a rescue cat, though she didn't   
    BC> have any health problems when she moved in.   
      
   I miss her at times. She had been abused as a kitten and put in a   
   (German) animal shelter, adopted, with another cat, from there and then   
   both cats given to friends of ours. When they went back to the States,   
   they only wanted to take one cat so offered us the (extremely) shyer of   
   the two. We decided "yes", one night while Steve and I were visiting   
   (before the family moved), Jenny-cat came out of hiding and parked   
   herself on my lap. The wife gasped "she's never done that before"; we   
   took it as a sign that the cat wanted us for her new family. She was   
   very shy, even when we had her, but opened up more in a quiet household.   
   She was a grey tabbly with beautiful green eyes.   
      
   RH> Sounds like what I've done different times. I've made "Monday (or whatever   
   RH> night of the week it's made) Night Surprise" as a clean out odds and ends   
   RH> from the fridge meal. Last night tho, I made rouladen, flank steak pounded   
   RH> thin or round steak cuts, spread with mustard, topped with a dill pickle   
   RH> spear and slice of bacon, then browned, and braised, chopped onion in the   
   RH> braise broth. The broth is made into gravy. Served with red cabbage and   
   RH> mische brot (German sourdough, found at Wegman's. I may cook some noodles   
   RH> to go with the left overs later this week.   
      
    BC> Wow, your leftover fridge cooking turned out to be full-fledged German   
    BC> restaurant food.  I'd invite myself to your table.   
      
   Some nights are better than others; tonight was a meal out at the Angus   
   Barn in Raleigh (Google it) for a wedding reception. Not sure what   
   tomorrow will bring.   
      
      
    BC> Recently i made cole slaw and put in too much mayo.  I could have   
    BC> added more cabbage to balance it out, but i found another remedy.  I   
    BC> used it as a   
    BC> sandwich topping along with radish and cheese slices.  The cole slaw   
    BC> also has beets and vinegar in it, and the sandwiches are vaguely   
    BC> reminiscent of reuben sandwiches.   
      
   I make my cole slaw with cabbage, carrots and pineapple; my MIL gave me   
   the recipe decades ago and it's still our all time favorite. Haven't   
   found a cole slaw that measures up to it yet. (G)   
      
   ---   
   Catch you later,   
   Ruth   
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