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Instant oatmeal. You can portion it out in baggies and add raisins to one, minced candied ginger to a second, apples or pear to a third, etc. Canned spray cheese. Crackers. Granola bars. An unbreakable jar (Nalgene?) and lid that holds about four to six ounces. She can put lentils in water in the morning to let them soak all day. Come evening, she can mash them into a patty to fry or cook them straight--they are very fast cooking when soaked all day. Nutella. Tortillas. Lots of tortillas. You can get peanut butter and almond butter in single serving packets now. Extra dried onions. Tabbouleh. Couscous, olive oil, lemon juice (I've used vinegar), dried parsley, a tiny can of sliced or minced black olives. It's better the second day, and if you have any left for a third day, you mash it into the lentil patties. I like those little disks of red-wax cheese Baby Bell, or something like that. Sardines. Bunches of condiment packets--honey, duck sauce, sweet and sour sauce, lemon juice, mustard, mayo, salsa...anything you can gather. A can of chicken, two and a half chicken-cans of water, a cup of instant rice, and a packet of condiment makes a meal. If the condiment is salsa, you can wrap it all in a tortilla to eat.

It's one step beyond a tomato ring.

Lady C, you might want to edit out the email address. Welcome home!

OOTO, did you react?

My sons are fascinated. I'll go right up to the hives to smear sprigs of lemon balm on the entrance, with these bees crawling across my bare knuckles, and all I have to do is shake them off my hands.

Has someone sprayed a broad-leaf herbicide near your garden?

Yes. The AHBs are up to I-4 now, and I'm on I-10. The law says the queen has to be either marked or replaced every six months, to make sure an AHB queen hasn't snuck in and taken over your hives--like anyone could fail to notice. The guy comes once a year or so to check whether I have either requeened recently or have a marked queen. He also tests for any American Foul Brood (which has largely disappeared along with the wild colonies, thanks to nosema) and to burn the hives if he finds it. I've talked to him. He's a beekeeper himself. My dawn-pink hives are right in the front yard, by the way.

Jeepers, would you feel better if you could run it on the back porch, or in a shed that has power?

I brought home my new bees today. Wish me luck!

Picked up a deli bundle: roast chicken, roasted brussels sprouts, marinated cherry tomatoes with balls of mozzarella. I hope some of that last loaf of bread is still available.

The herbs are doing nicely and the garlic is (knock on wood) absolutely thriving.

That's good news!

How wonderful!

A couple of times a day, lie face down on your bed and then creep your upper body over the edge, as if you're looking for the monster under your bed. Breathe in and out as deeply as you can several times in this position. Then get up, preferably without falling. A couple of times a day, have your husband cup his hand and "clop" you on the back, above the waist. To protect your kidneys, you might want to roll a towel up and wrap it around your short ribs, and tell him to clop only above the towel. If he's doing it right, you should hear a hollow sound. Have him beat on you a good ten minutes if he'll keep it up that long, but even a couple of clops a day can (possibly) make you cough up great gobs of stuff. Drink lots and lots of water. If you are not taking guaifenesin, and you do not have glaucoma, ask your doctor if you should be taking guai.

I like to sprout, then roast my almonds. I forget why, but that's how I've done it.

What a terrible awakening. Do get some strong arms to help you with the unit, preferably two pairs. You can have one person unpacking for you while you sort while someone else hauls off the crap. I've been through this recently, and if you don't have help your judgment tends to go haywire after the first couple of dozen decisions.

Americana Cookery: An Illustrated Cookbook of Regional America's Traditional Recipes, part of a series of cookbooks based on recipes gathered from home ec teachers.

You might want to find out the chemical difference, and put an alert in his file that he's not to have the ingredient that was causing the problem. Otherwise it could show up in the next prescription.

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You're welcome!

Welcome back! I was afraid you were ill.

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