[Sca-cooks] Wah!

[Laura C. Minnick]

At 08:15 PM 8/26/02 -0600, you wrote:
>Oh, now, mama-lainie, there, there.....<maire makes soothing noises and
>a gives her a good, stiff drink>

Oh don't I wish... make it a double...

>Sounds like she's got really limited cooking facilities....

Yeah. There's two burners on the hot plate, but they don't get very hot-
cooking pasta took forever. And she may or may not be able to keep the
toaster oven. If she can't I may lean on her dad to get her a little
microwave.

>Maybe we could all come up with ideas for (period) foods for goody
>boxes?
>--Maire, unfortunately kid-less, but loves making care packages.... (4
>cats do NOT count in this instance)

Hmm. Interesting idea. Oddly, in teh Paston letters and other places,
there's pleas from students for packages from home, but mostly for new
stockings and money for books. (And at least one for money to pay off
gambling debts!)

She doesn't especially like gingerbrede, and Icelandic Chicken wouldn't
travel well I'd think. What about cuskys? ;-D)

Of course she managed to take a bunch of my books and tapes with her- I'd
pull something out of a box and yell HEY! This is MINE! and hear something
about possesion being 9/10 of the law...

James went home so now I'm extra pouty. Hey Maire- what have you got in
that bottle over there? Enough for another drink?

'Lainie
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