tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post7831154959075356510..comments2024-03-25T09:03:39.020-07:00Comments on The Uncrushable Jersey Dress: The Magic of Living - RepriseBetty Debbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16446092401692468002noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-14072104302380438212012-12-10T19:30:26.235-08:002012-12-10T19:30:26.235-08:00It's funny, but while you mention one Lucy Mau...It's funny, but while you mention one Lucy Maud Montgomery heroine, the book made me think of another. It's the way the Aunt treated Arabella -- it sounded exactly like the big bossy Aunt giving Valancy advice in "The Blue Castle" -- about how she should always wear her hair in a pcmpadour and never colors, compounded with a little of Mrs. Norris' attitude towards Fanny Price. Et j'adore this book's RDD (He gave her a helpless look. "You wouldn't want me to get wet?").Janet Lingel Aldrichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05633969913976791146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-23022096253793485442012-12-10T19:25:45.576-08:002012-12-10T19:25:45.576-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Janet Lingel Aldrichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05633969913976791146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-42109451003010693582012-11-28T12:40:05.635-08:002012-11-28T12:40:05.635-08:00Thanks for the offer. I have just made my wishes k...Thanks for the offer. I have just made my wishes known (I want a formerly happily free-roaming goose). My mom wants a smallish turkey. My mom, "I don't want any work." Moi, "I'm the one who does all the cooking." Mom, "Afterwards, everything has to be cleaned up again." Moi, "I usually do most of that, too, don't I." I will measure the geese so I'll be sure to find one that fits in the oven. And then we'll see. Ha!Betty Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15517346001348814015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-9771912817996244902012-11-28T10:55:05.896-08:002012-11-28T10:55:05.896-08:00The Facts of Life...lives on in reruns on one of t...The Facts of Life...lives on in reruns on one of the kid-friendly channels. Yes, they had an actress with CP for a year, quite a pretty girl. My third grader is regrettably addicted to that show. On the bright side, it's way less annoying than Hannah Montana.Army Bettyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07304515646286184989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-78668655487642495482012-11-28T10:52:15.902-08:002012-11-28T10:52:15.902-08:00Mmmmm...love central European food! I got to spen...Mmmmm...love central European food! I got to spend several months in Hungary, such a lovely country. The Hungarians seemed to be willing to roast anything they could fit in their ovens, but I never got past goulash or any meat paprikas -- so yummy! Would it help with the turkey/goose question if some of us send you recipes for leftovers? Leftovers...the classic American dish. :)Army Bettyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07304515646286184989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-59368649885516048852012-11-27T13:32:41.982-08:002012-11-27T13:32:41.982-08:00Dear Founding Bettys,
Не работает виджет...Dear Founding Bettys,<br />Не работает виджет...Betty Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15517346001348814015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-69560946722353154782012-11-27T13:28:33.592-08:002012-11-27T13:28:33.592-08:00Remember, back in the 80s, the Different Strokes ...Remember, back in the 80s, the <i>Different Strokes</i> spin-off (girls boarding school, I think)? At one point, an actress with cerebral palsy joined the cast and became one of the regulars.Betty Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15517346001348814015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-73254639117917356032012-11-27T13:17:36.703-08:002012-11-27T13:17:36.703-08:00Turkey in Neels
When I was little we (three kids,...<a href="http://www.google.com/search?hl=de&tbo=p&tbm=bks&q=turkey+inauthor:neels+inauthor:betty&num=100" rel="nofollow"><b>Turkey in Neels</b></a><br /><br />When I was little we (three kids, two adults - Central Europeans!) mostly had either goose or turkey for our Christmas dinner. Whole(!) birds cooked in the oven. My favourite stuffing/dressing back then consisted of dried fruit: apple rings, apricots, pears and prunes. The birds were basted frequently, the skin was and still is my favourite part. My mother stopped buying turkeys at some point because of all the leftovers. This was before she had a recipe for curry...<br />The oven they have these days is smaller than the one they had before but even that one was nowhere near as large as those in North America.<br />I have not met a European vegan either, but I know of a vegetarian who tends in that direction.<br />In recent years, I was <b>strictly forbidden</b> to cook a large bird for Christmas. No goose, no turkey. Frustrating. But this year... I am full of hope...<br /> Betty Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15517346001348814015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-66789814643969716242012-11-27T00:02:07.918-08:002012-11-27T00:02:07.918-08:00Actually, they do! Turkey is less expensive than ...Actually, they do! Turkey is less expensive than goose in the UK, for reasons I do not understand, and commonly substituted at the holidays. I ate turkey in England and Ireland. You can even buy a turkey in Holland, Germany or Switzerland -- NOT just in the commissary, but on the local economy -- but European turkeys are small (14 lbs at the top end) and have a higher dark-to-white meat ratio than ours (which I like a lot). Continental European ovens are much smaller than ours, they think it distinctly American/British to roast a whole big bird like we do, they generally roast parts. My German neighbors often asked me how on earth anyone could ever roast a 24-pound bird, which of course required me to acquire on at the commissary and demonstrate it could be done.<br /><br />I never met a European vegan in my various wanderings. Never saw tofurkey or any other tofimitation items in the stores, either. I wonder if that's just because of segment of the population I was exposed to?<br /><br />Cooking my turkey today for my third grader's 9th birthday -- she was born on Thanksgiving and thinks the only acceptable birthday dinner is turkey. So much for being invited elsewhere WRT being relieved of turkey duty...Army Bettyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07304515646286184989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-729609234889469802012-11-26T13:42:19.519-08:002012-11-26T13:42:19.519-08:00*My* brother-in-law is in a committed relationship...*My* brother-in-law is in a committed relationship with a vegan, who introduced me to the most yummiest spinach dish ever last Thanksgiving (also Tofurkey, which I liked rather less well). Vegans are a wonderful excuse to get Indian take-away, or, heaven forfend, learn how to make ghobi paratha and baingan bhartha yourself.<br /><br />I did get stuffing, cranberry sauce and lots o' root vegetables onto the table, as well as turkey sausage with cranberries, which our non-traditionalist ate. I am dumbfounded by picky eaters, but I'll figure them out someday.<br /><br />People in Betty-land never eat turkey at all, do they?Betty van den Betsyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05462647734423787992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-49302393352471198402012-11-26T12:45:07.827-08:002012-11-26T12:45:07.827-08:00So glad you had a great time, Betty van den Betsy!...So glad you had a great time, Betty van den Betsy! I went to Betty Debbie's and enjoyed the traditional fixings enormously. ("No, Mijnheer van Voorhees, there is no such thing as making too many mashed potatoes...")<br />My brother-in-law is heavily dating a committed but tolerant vegan (so, she's a no meat/no dairy gal but is willing to eat with him without whispering 'murderer' under her breath and I imagine that she sometimes looks longingly at the butter dish) and I am on pins and needles to see how it will shake out (if they marry) at family gatherings. I'm willing to eat meatless chili one day a year if I can have a stealth 'meat-lovers' do a week before... <br />She'll probably thwart my heroic self-sacrifice by being perfectly reasonable and willing to bring her own food.Keirahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10802633046486840052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-9598241302011738222012-11-26T11:15:09.721-08:002012-11-26T11:15:09.721-08:00Oh, wonderful review of a lovely book. I apprecia...Oh, wonderful review of a lovely book. I appreciate that this one is much less formulaic than most (the stammer and the RDD's early interest in Our Heroine help set it apart), and that Gideon and Arabella get to spend time together really getting to know each other, and that they are both very genuinely likeable.<br /><br />Happy Thanksgivings, everyone in the US? After last year's delightful 11-person family fest, with its seething-undercurrents-of-potential-multi-family-drama, we had just two guests this year, one of whom dislikes turkey, mashed potatoes and a whole list of other traditional dinner items. So we went unconventional and enjoyed it very much.<br /><br />Incidentally, I was surprised on Saturday morning to discover that the leftover slice of pecan pie I'd earmarked for my afternoon tea had vanished from the fridge. "But wait," I thought, "that would mean the Jonkheer ate <i>three pieces</i> of pecan pie on Friday, plus the little chocolate cake." Ayup. That's right.Betty van den Betsyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05462647734423787992noreply@blogger.com