Re: OT: new truck
"George Shirley" <gshirl@bellsouth,net > wrote in message
news:QFNmj.63153$_m.55788@bignews4.bellsouth,net ...
> KW wrote:
>> "George Shirley" <gshirl@bellsouth,net > wrote in message
>> news:ncMmj.7502$1f.1526@bignews9.bellsouth,net ...
>>> Puester wrote:
>>>> George Shirley wrote:
>>>>> Bought a new pick-em-up truck today, now I can start hitting the
>>>>> spring garage and church sales next month scouting for jars and jar
>>>>> lifters.
>>>>>
>>>>> Got a good deal on a new, 2007 Dodge Dakota Club Cab truck with auto
>>>>> and V6 engine so we went for the deal.
>>>>>
>>>>> OB: preserving, pureed about two quarts of kumquats yesterday and
>>>>> froze it in containers for later use. So far we've put up 16 pints of
>>>>> kumquat marmalade and only have about a half bushel left to do. Still
>>>>> juicing out lemons every other day or so and freezing the juice in ice
>>>>> cube trays and bagging for later use in lemonade, iced tea, and just
>>>>> very good in plain water.
>>>>>
>>>>> George
>>>>
>>>> Woohoo! Congratulations on both the truck and the kumquats.
>>>>
>>>> I have seen the latter in the supermarket this week for $6.99/lb.
>>>> Picking them off your own trees sure beats that!
>>>>
>>>> gloria p
>>> And down here you can't hardly give them away, everyone in town has a
>>> tree of their own. Citrus grows really well in our area, we have friends
>>> who give us oranges, satsumas, grapefruit, etc. all the time as they are
>>> overloaded with fruit. I take meds that grapefruit in any form
>>> interferes with so can't eat that citrus and it has always been a
>> favorite.
>>> I've been scouting for apples that will grow well here, and there are
>>> several available. I just don't have the space for a pair of trees.
>>>
>>> One of these days I will move one zone farther north and be able to grow
>>> apples.
>>>
>>> George
>>
>> Atmore. AL is ~ halfway between your house and mine, we could meet up
>> there
>> twice a year (since the seasons don't coincide well) to swap lies and
>> trade
>> apples for citrus :-)
>>
>>
> Not a bad idea. Either that or we get a crowd up to come this far south in
> the bad days of freeze and snow and we all do some swapping of lies and
> trading of whatever we have.
>
> I'm a fair cook on Cajun and Mexican food as Barb can attest if she's not
> still burping from last year. <VBG>
>
> George
Barb burp? I had heard that she just 'flutters' and that your cooking gave
her the 'vapors'......(not to mean your cooking was bad, but it was that
good........as some foreign cultures are offended if they fail to 'let their
hosts know by way of expelling gas -either direction- that they appreciated
the effort')
-ginny