Hi Dave,

My kitchen is a *ONE* peson (at a time) affair. I have to turn
slightly sideways to pass between the ice bo and the upright freezer.

Now that is small! I don't think I've ever had a kitchen that small
except in the campers.

When I call it a "Pullman" kitchen people think I'm joking. It's not a joke. In many ways it resembles the dining car galley on a
ctoss-country rail-car.

When we did our last Alaska cruise (the one with the rail trip to
Denali, then a couple of days in Fairbanks), we had lunch on the train.
We were seated right near the entrance/exit to the kitchen; our seats
were so that we could see in when people went in/out. I could see
basically one counter where it looked like they were assembling the
sandwiches. Menu choices were quite limited, mostly soups and
sandwiches, but the train was a limited run. I understand the old time
dining cars on cross country rail trips were quite impressive with what
they turned out.

If one of
us is in the kitchen doing something and the other needs/wants/desires some item or action either the person in the kitchen has to get it and hand it over - or leave the kitchen so the other can do what needs
done.

You didn't realise when you bought the house that a small kitchen was going to be a problem?

Truthfully, I didn't even think about it. It didn't look obviously as inconvenient with everything except the appliances out and the swing
down long counter on the inside wall in the raised position. I made a
very "lowball" bid on the asking price ... mostly because it's on a
high traffic artery and I was concerned about getiing out onto the
road from the drive. In practice that has been a non-existent concern.
But the kitchen more than makes up for it. Bv)=

We looked at several other houses, was less than impressed with the
kitchens. This one has more counter space and drawers than the rental
house; we'd bought a "butler" for extra counter space and storage so we
took that with us. It takes up a bit of floor space but does give that
extra bit of storage. It's also stationed right below our pot rack so we
don't bump our head--too often. (G)

Shawn and I had a discussion about tiny kitchens so we swappped DD>

pixture via text messages. He say that I "won". Heck the kitchen DD> in
my old tin can (mobil home) was larder AND better laid out/more DD>
functional than what I now have.

I've had good sized kitchens and small ones with the various places we lived. The one in Berlin was nice, quite roomy, but it lacked a
dishwasher (important to me, more so as I get older). The one in
Savannah was in brand mew housing but not designed for a serious cook. Best part of that one (other than all new appliances) was a counter
with cabinet space below and above that ran the length of one of the
short walls, maybe about 6 feet. Other counter space was severely
limited.

My first house had a kitchen about the same size as this one in square feet. But muich better laid out, Plus it had a pantry about half the
size of the kitchen with plenty of shelving to stash extra pots
and/or counter top appliances.

Layout is important. In Savannah there was a small room right off the
kitchen, going to the garage, for the washer and dryer. It had some
shelving so we were able to stow extra kitchen stuff there.

some. But he never ditched (don't know if it wasn't allowed where we stayed) the family camp sites.

Well the Boy Sprouts is where I learned that trick. I think "Boy's
Life" (the Boy Scout magazine) had a feature on it. I could be wrong
as that was about 70 years ago.

I stopped reading "Boy's Life" when I left home, probably for college.

I stopped when I quit the scouts. We had a scoutmaster who really set
off my "gay-dar". I didn't know that's what it was called at that
stage of my life. But he really made me nervous. Read about him a few years
later in the local newspaper after he was attacked and severely
thrashed by a scout's father. That set off an investigation and he was "outed".
I showed the article to my folks and told them "You always wondered
why I quit the scouts? There it is."

AKAIK, none of the scoutmasters my brothers had leaned that way. They
were all dads of boys in the troop, and most were WWII vets.

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Dennis has severe asthma. His twice daily inhaler helps with everyting
but pollen season. I bought him an air "purifier" as a holiday gift
two Decembers ago. But he wouldn't even unpack it from its box. His
son and new D-I-L currently have it. This year I gave him a travel mug
so he can take his instant coffee with. That he uses. Bv)=

I have both albuterol and Trelegy--doctor started me on that last
summer after about 23 years of Advair. Latter was my miracle drug; that and a good pulmonology doctor in Hawaii really got my asthma under control. Last few years tho, I've been having more and more
problems--bad lungs from years of bronchitis and pneumonia so the
Trelegy adds a 3rd medication to the 2 that the Advair has and it
seems to be starting to help.

I'm doing two puff twice a day of the advair and the albuterol is an
"if, as and when" rescue inhaler. All down to 45 years of smoking 2
packs a day unfiltered Camel cigarettes.

Would that I had never picked up the first one.

I never even lit up a cigarette to try, the smell of the burning tobacco
(and chemicals) was enough to turn me off. For a time I was on both an
inhaled steroid and another, inhaled anti-inflammitory, with the
albuterol as needed, then the doctor in HI put me on the Advair. It
helped me big time, until the last couple of years. Nice thing about the Trelegy is that it's a once a day but it tastes nasty--good incentive to remember to rinse my mouth. (G)

Dennis has a round, fat inhaler he hits twice a day then gargles. I
can always tell when he's dne his inhaler. Him gargling sounds like
an Opera singer warming up to warble. Bv)=

Ever ask him when his debut at the Met is scheduled for?

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Hi Dave,

When I call it a "Pullman" kitchen people think I'm joking. It's not a joke. In many ways it resembles the dining car galley on a
ctoss-country rail-car.

When we did our last Alaska cruise (the one with the rail trip to
Denali, then a couple of days in Fairbanks), we had lunch on the train.
We were seated right near the entrance/exit to the kitchen; our seats
were so that we could see in when people went in/out. I could see basically one counter where it looked like they were assembling the sandwiches. Menu choices were quite limited, mostly soups and
sandwiches, but the train was a limited run. I understand the old time dining cars on cross country rail trips were quite impressive with what they turned out.

My first long rail trip - Here to St. Louis thern switch to the Twin Cities Rocket bound for Faribault, MN on the CB&Q/Rock Island. The
dining car was all linen tablecloths and napkins and stemware. Quite upmarket. And, for my supper I chose Roast Duckling a l'Orange. My mom
and the waiter both tried to steer me to something else. And I should haver listened. With the rocking of the train and the slipperyness of
the orange sauce on the duck I would up with almost as much on me as
in me. Bv)= But it was good. Comiing home on the reverse route I had
a nice, easy to maneuver Roast Beef Manhattan.

Chalk it up to a learning experience. Got to have those to help you grow
up. (G)

You didn't realise when you bought the house that a small kitchen was going to be a problem?

Truthfully, I didn't even think about it. It didn't look obviously as inconvenient with everything except the appliances out and the swing
down long counter on the inside wall in the raised position. I made a
But the kitchen more than makes up for it. Bv)=

We looked at several other houses, was less than impressed with the kitchens. This one has more counter space and drawers than the rental house; we'd bought a "butler" for extra counter space and storage so we took that with us. It takes up a bit of floor space but does give that extra bit of storage. It's also stationed right below our pot rack so
we don't bump our head--too often. (G)

My pot hangers (for the wok and paella pan) is over the sink. Nowhere
else to hang them and the paella pan is to big to fit in any of the cabinets. Bv)=

We've got 3 free standing cabinets with stuff in them too. One is
basically for appliances that don't get a lot of use, one is zip bags
and wraps on the top, vitamins, etc in the middle and Tupperware on the
bottom. The final cabinet is part pantry, part disposable stuff, and a
good part of what doesn't fit elsewhere or needs to be kept in a central location stuff. Some pots/pans (with no way to hang) are in a cabinet
but the majority of the cookware is hanging.

Savannah was in brand mew housing but not designed for a serious cook. Best part of that one (other than all new appliances) was a counter
with cabinet space below and above that ran the length of one of the
short walls, maybe about 6 feet. Other counter space was severely
limited.

I've never had a home with a dishwasher other than the two at the ends
of my arms. If I get my dream place that will change.

First one I had was in the rental in Copperas Cove (bedroom community to
Fort Hood). Then we moved on post, had one there. Moves to Frankfurt,
then Berlin, then Fort Devens, MA were all with no dishwasher. Finally,
moved to Fort Huachuca and have had a dishwasher ever since. When we
moved up to WF, that was one of the criteria on our list in our search
for housing. Only one area of seminary housing had dishwashers but we
decided early on, to live in the community.

square DD> feet. But muich better laid out, Plus it had a pantry about
half the DD> size of the kitchen with plenty of shelving to stash
extra pots DD> and/or counter top appliances.

Layout is important. In Savannah there was a small room right off the kitchen, going to the garage, for the washer and dryer. It had some shelving so we were able to stow extra kitchen stuff there.

An attached garage is a n ice warehouse for all manner of excess
baggage.

We also had a useable attic and a 2,000 s/f house. Moved to rental house
up here with no garage or useable attic and only about 1,000 s/f so did
a major reduction of what we had. Bought this house, again no garage but
a useable attic and about 1,250 s/f. It also had a small shed that was
upgraded to a larger one last spring; that's Steve's exclusive space.

I stopped reading "Boy's Life" when I left home, probably for college.

I stopped when I quit the scouts. We had a scoutmaster who really set
off my "gay-dar". I didn't know that's what it was called at that
stage of my life. But he really made me nervous. Read about him a few years later in the local newspaper after he was attacked and severely thrashed by a scout's father. That set off an investigation and he was "outed". I showed the article to my folks and told them "You always wondered why I quit the scouts? There it is."

AKAIK, none of the scoutmasters my brothers had leaned that way.
They were all dads of boys in the troop, and most were WWII vets.

My friend Laszlo is a scoutmaster - despite having no chirrun of his
own. Well, now he's sort-of on emeritus status. Another runs the
monthly meetings. But Laszlo leads and counsels the boys in gardening, crafts,

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Hi Dave,

Shouldn't, but the old "guys rule" mentality is hard to break.

It's both a fact and a mystery. Women are just as smart or smarter can
be as strong and do handle pain better, But men don't get their bodies
all stretched out of shape growing babies internally and they have
taken a lot of advantage from that.

But some guys will never "get it".

best boss I ever had was a woman. I was so impressed with her that I
told her one day "If I were 40 years younger and you weren't already married .... "Besides being a joy to work for she was a genuinely nice person. And drop dead gorgeous, I've stayed in touch and tried a time
or three to entice her into coming back to AutoZone. But, she's happy catching babies in the Labor & Delivery department at a local
hospital.

She's found her niche. One of my friends down here worked in Labor and Delivery for about 10 years, was finally transferred but she missed working with new moms/babies. There is something special about seeing a new life coming into the world and the new parent's reactions.

I don't know nabout that first hand. Never raised a child of my own.
Did raise a girl. Must have done an OK job as I got invited to her
wedding and her birtg father was told, rather pointedly, to stay away.

You don't have to have been the biological parent to be a good/great
parent.

Root beer making--takes me back years. My folks did it from time to
time; I think the last time they did it was in 1967. Got harder to find the caps and root beer extract in their small town and they didn't do a

The Boy Sprout root beer is bottled in old wine bottles and corked,
noy capped. And it has to be refrigerated lest it "blow its cork".

We kept itt in the unheaed or cooled cellar, only bringing up bottles to
be used with a meal. I can recall a few blow outs, but not many. I think
part of it was that my folks usually made root beer in the winter.

8<----- SHIFT ----->8

Me too. When Illinois outlawed smoking in offices and enclosed public spaces nearly all of the saloon and restaurant owners had much
weeping, wailing and gnashing of teeth. But,it opened up new vistas
for me as there were some pretty decent places I wouls have gone to
for meals but for the excess smokiness. It all played out in the end.

Typical reaction it seems. NC didn't outlaw it until shortly after we moved up here in 2009. Nice to walk into a restaurant and not have to specifly "non smoking, as far away from smoking as possible". Over the years we walked out of a number of places that tried seating us really close to the smokers.

Dennis has a round, fat inhaler he hits twice a day then gargles. I
can always tell when he's dne his inhaler. Him gargling sounds like
an Opera singer warming up to warble. Bv)=

Ever ask him when his debut at the Met is scheduled for?

He wouldn't "get" it. Some days he can be pretty thick. Bv)=

Sigh!

Thick can be good sometimes ...

Title: Double Thick Grilled Pork Chop w/Ginger Plum Bbq Sauce
Categories: Pork, Bbq, Fruits, Oriental, Chilies
Yield: 4 Servings

That does look like a place where thick would be really good.

The BBQ sauce is especially good. And enough different from KC/Texas
or Carolinas sauces to be in a category of its own.

I really like the fruit-forward BBQ sauces. But I'm reduced to making
my own as I've never seen them offered for sale around here..

So make what you like and leave the other sauces to the folks that like
them. For the most part, I don't do any sauce on my meat but eastern NC
style pulled pork usually gets a bit more of the vinegar "mop" added to
my serving.

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Ruth
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