[Sca-cooks] convenience food, was Things to BUY at Pennsic

[Irmgart H]

because its more expensive that way? whole milk tastes better than the
powdered skim? you have more control of calories/fat (not everyone is
counting calories/fat/carbs, and some of those who do are trying to *gain*
weight)?

just a couple of thoughts!

-irmgart

> -----Original Message-----
> From: sca-cooks-bounces+laura=wisterian.net at ansteorra.org
> [mailto:sca-cooks-bounces+laura=wisterian.net at ansteorra.org]On Behalf Of
> Jadwiga Zajaczkowa / Jenne Heise
> Sent: Friday, June 11, 2004 1:25 PM
> To: Cooks within the SCA
> Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] Things to BUY at Pennsic
>
>
> > My protege was not particularly interested in sewing, until it was
> > pointed out that a sewing machine wasn't some girly thing, it was a
> > POWER TOOL. <insert official Tim The Toolman Grunt here>  A
> power fabric
> > joining tool to be more precise.  Since then, he has gone great
> guns and
> > makes his own garb.  When you make your own, you get whatever YOU want!
>
> *snort* one of my former household sisters is a whiz with power
> tools, but
> she will NOT deal with sewing machines-- any straight long seams have to
> be sewn by her boyfriend. Needless to say she does really fine
> handsewing.
>
> I, on the other hand, am perfectly happy USING sewing machines (well,
> except for the fact that since my mom's old Kenmore died I just can't get
> the speed I want out of them...) it's the fiddling around inside them and
> fighting with the thread, and anything involving FITTING or anything more
> than the most basic of patterns that I can't stand.
>
> To bring this back to SCA cooking, I don't do modern recipes well either,
> too many finicking steps that seem not to make sense, even in packaged
> foods (for instance, when I make packaged foods that call for milk, I use
> dried milk reconsitituted. Why can't they just put the dried milk in the
> sauce packet and have you add water?)
>
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> the glamour
> girl who'd love to sell her soul." - Rush, Nobody's Hero
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