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Re: v for frequency?

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From: bow...@montana.com (rbowman)
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Subject: Re: v for frequency?
Date: 24 Apr 2023 16:33:12 GMT
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by: rbowman - Mon, 24 Apr 2023 16:33 UTC

On Mon, 24 Apr 2023 09:49:34 GMT, Cindy Hamilton wrote:

> ["Followup-To:" header set to alt.home.repair.]
> On 2023-04-24, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote:
>> On Sun, 23 Apr 2023 21:07:23 GMT, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>>
>>> Suet is not unheard of. I'd probably have to go to the butcher shop
>>> for it. And I have no use for it.
>>
>> No plum puddings for you?
>
> No. The Brits in my background are a couple of centuries back.

afaik there are no Brits in my background. I've no idea where the suet
pudding thing came from.

> My grandmother fully embraced convenience food. She did a mean butter
> brickle cake with the Betty Crocker mix. Another dessert involved
> vanilla wafer crumbs, marshmallows, canned pineapple, and Cool Whip.
>
> It was a dark time. I had to leave home before I began to really enjoy
> food. Learning that green beans don't have to be cooked to mush was a
> revelation.

Both my mother and grandmother were good cooks so I was spared the
marshmallows and Cool Whip. I forget the organization but they would have
a smorgasbord as a fund raiser. As long as you didn't stray too far from
the Swedish meatballs you could avoid the weird and wonderful. I draw the
line at Jello and sardine concoctions.

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v for frequency?	rbowman