Subj : Participation
To   : Ben Collver
From : Ruth Haffly
Date : Mon Feb 23 2026 01:52 pm

Hi Ben,

Fido is acting quirky again; this is my first mail since last Thursday.
Guess I'll just learn to live with getting mail every few days instead
of every day, like USPS. (G)

RH> I'm all caught up, just doing the daily reading of Fido, e-mail,
routine doctor's appointment this RH> afternoon, found out I've got
pneumonia---not severe but the rest (and RH> meds) will do me good. We
have enough food in the pantry, fridge and RH> freezer that is either
easy to cook or just heat and serve that I don't RH> have to fuss there.

 BC> That sounds good.  Do you like historic fiction movies as well?  The

I'm not much of a movie watcher; we've got a book shelf full of DVDs
that I think we've watched maybe half of them. Some are fantasy or
sci-fi which Steve likes, got a good collection of Veggie Tales and
classic Disney and assorted others.


 BC> other day i watched The Love Letter (1998), which wasn't bad
 BC> considering that it is a Hallmark Channel movie.  It does have
 BC> ridiculous parts, but i liked the time travel theme.

I might watch it with someone else but not apt to do it alone. More
likely I'll curl up with some reading.


RH> I had some back in 1988 when I went to England with some friends. Chips
RH> were actually French fries. (G)

 BC> A friend's mother grew up in Scotland.  She told me how the local
 BC> outdoor swimming pool sold food.  You could walk up to the counter and
 BC> order
 BC> fish & chips right there in your bathing suit.  I was imagining French
 BC> fries and not crisps.

The lake where our town's youth summer recreation program had its
swimming classes had something similar. It was right across the road
from one of the big Jewish summer hotels in the Catskills so got a lot
of tourist business for the snack bar. I've not been in the area for
some years but IIRC, the hotel burned down at the end of one summer and
the lake was drained.

 BC> Once i lived in a town that had an English pub style restaurant,
 and BC> they had malt vinegar on the tables to go with the fish and
 chips. BC> Once when they were having a rough time with the business,
 they BC> switched from BC> "French fries" to kettle style potato chips.
 I suppose those would be BC> called crisps in the UK.  I think it was
 temporary.

Probably so. We went to Arthur Treacher's in Jacksonville (NC) a few
times after we were married and would always get malt vinegar for our
fish and chips. I'll have to check my pantry but I may still have a
bottle of it. I know I've got some fish in the freezer so maybe once I
get to feeling better, I'll pull it out and we'll do fish and chips.
Right now tho, it's easy to cook/clean up meals for a few more days.

RH> He was "bustin' his buttons" proud of her.

 BC> Aww how sweet.  :-)

When she was deployed, he sent her the New Testament that he'd carried
while serving in the Navy during WWII. I don't know if she kept it when
she came back to the States or gave it back to him; he passed away in
2017.


 BC>       Title: Collard Greens & Corn Balls
 BC>  Categories: Pork, Soul food, Vegetables
 BC>       Yield: 5 Servings

Looks good but Steve can't eat corn. As far as we know, small amounts of
corn starch and even smaller amounts of corn syrup don't bother him but
any other form will give him migraine headaches. Much as we both like
corn on the cob and hush puppies, I don't make them (but I will
occaisionally indulge if we're eating out). Wegman's sells a black bean
tortilla chip that we buy for him; I'll sometimes get a small bag of
original Fritos for me.


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Catch you later,
Ruth
rchaffly{at}earthlink{dot}net  FIDO 1:396/45.28


.... OH NO!  Not ANOTHER learning experience!

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