Sudokuaholics Anonymous 2

ooh MizT. on the archives you were asking about 'rutabagas',
looking at Mr Google. in Australia we know them as Swedes.
I don't particularly like them, but would use them in Soup

I am assuming you have shops more like England? Where there was a green grocer for produce?

Hi Ruby, I didn't see you up there!

Growing up, our big Sunday meal was at noon. We called it dinner. Mom would usually make a roast, pan fried chicken.

Hi Ruby.

Not a fan of Parsnips either, only in the Soup.

Peter loves them roasted. a Roast is not a Roast without Parsnip !!

I have a new name for rutabagas, but better tell you in private, it is not a polite name. Yes I heard they are called swedes, they grow in colder climates.

I've been out of town and in and out. Have made several trips to the little city down the road (pop, 20,000), seen the HP movie and have the new HP book. Went to the midnight book sale with all the kids in horned-rim glasses and cloaks. Glad this is the last of the books.

Here we call someone who only sells veggies a greengrocer or grocer for short.

Gail, am I really grilling everyone for information??

nice chatting ladies. but I have to go and do Monday Stuff... !!!

see ya later ...

Hi Rola, good to 'see' you.

Bye Rola!

I thought I was being a nice hostess and encouraging stimulating conversation.

My story and i am sticking to it!

That's ok MizT. I make pan fried chicken and it doesn't taste anything like my mom's did. My sister won't make it because her hubby and 2 boys eat a lot.

Bye Rola! not too much stuff today, ya hear?? Save some for tomorrow!

Don't like parsnips, rutabagas, or turnips. (The greens are OK)

Bye Rola. Don't work too hard.

Oh MizT, that was just a bit of kitchen humour! This isn't a 'Roast'!

Becky, frying chicken took a long time to get enough for a family. It has been AGES since I fried any, but I remember.

My dad used to like dandelion greens. Everytime I see them in the yard, I think of homemade wine and him eating them.

Thanks Rola for the info on rutabagas. I had heard of them due to watching American TV shows but had no idea they were swedes! MizT, I have an excellent thing you can do with them...put them straight in the compost bin!

well, Gail, I was getting hot under the collar and about to let off some steam!

That meal was a big production. Chicken, homemade noodles, mashed potatoes, fresh green beans and a pie.

Frying anything now makes me feel guilty.

Those rutabagas are supposed to be very healthy. but I do not think the side effects are worth it.

I'm with you Ruby, not a fan of any of them! When my mum used to put them in stews, I would think they were a piece of potato then once it was in my mouth, I knew I'd made a mistake. Learnt at a very early age how to distinguish one white veg from another!

Once a week we have what hubby calls a 'Laughing in the face of death meal.'

BECKY, you are the second person from OHIO I know who wuld have noodles and potatoes in the same meal. I would think them both as a starch, and serve only one! Either Or, never both. Like in my family, we do not have both potatoes and dressing oh Holidays, both are starches. Way my mom taught me I guess.

Ruby, getting back to your HP comment. Went to the big shopping centre on Saturday with D#3 for a bit af a bonding buy-up and we saw a little boy dressed up as HP, the scar and everything. He was adorable. HP at age six!

Becky, that is the meal with high fats and such?

Becky, you have to explain that last post!

I bet everything is fried or drenched in butter.

Do you mean a meal that is fried?

My sisters doc says he gives all his patients one meal a week off thier strict diets, even his diabetics. IF they stay on the diet the other meals hehehe

I loooooooove butter! (hate marg)

Hubby's mom was 'shocked' when I told her about potatoes and noodles in one meal. They are both starches, but they taste good together. It must be the German influence. I think it was done as a cheap filler.

I have lost a lot of weight over the last couple of years using that same principle MizT. One bad meal as long as the rest is ok!

Becky, how do you laugh in the face of death?

I have lost a lot of weight over the last couple of years using that same principle MizT. One bad meal as long as the rest is ok! One naughty per week!

Becky, nutritionally, it is not a lot different from having some bread with your potatoes, rolls or biscuits, both are wheat. It just seems, well, you said it, shocking heheheh.