Hi Dave,

This one will take years, maybe decades to get back to a semblence of
what it was. We were in NOLA in 2012, 7 years after Kartina hit and
there was still a lot of work to be done. Western NC/TN/north GA really got hit hard; Steve donated a number of power tools toward the clean up and rebuild effort.

My local municipally owned utility sent two crews of volunteers to a
town in Georgia. The local news rag had a nice story about it. And the spokseman said they may be called back to the area after Milton.

Probably so; it came ashore as a Cat 3, nothing to be messed with.
Steve's sister and BIL live in Zephyrhills, in a manufactured home.
Didn't evacutate this time, and appears they got off with little to no
damage.

"It's pretty devastating," Huff said. "You're there to help serve

the DD> public get the lights on, but then at the same time, you've got
this DD> gut-wrenching feeling for all of these customers that lost
their DD> house, their roof, their everything."

I'm reading stories like that every day in the Raleigh paper.

I wonder how many people realise that the Thousand Islands archipelago
is actually a place. And straddles the border between Canada and USA.
I discovered it when returning from covering a motor race in Quebec
for
Hoosier racing tire. Up to that point I had 'assumed' that the home of
the famous dressing had something to do with Trader Vic's and the
Pacific Ocean.

No, I grew up knowing better.

Some people have more money then brains.

Agreed there. I presume parking, souvenier programs, meal
before/after are all extra.

Don't forget the "merch". Bv)=

Lumped in with the souvenier programs.

Apparen tly Corny's heirs have enough brains to shear the sheeple.
Bv)=

More so than some rich folk's offspring.

My granddad had a saying about the "nouveau riche". Shirtsleeves to shirtsleeves in three generations. It was accurate inmany cases. Bv)=

Seems to have worked out that way with the newspaper my dad worked for,
for decades. I understand the paper no longer exists.

Here's an other Biltmore goody that is on my "round-tuit" list.

When I make it I'll use thighs and cider since I don't stock wine. And substitute penne pasta for the gargantuan rigatoni. Bv)= Might have
to change the title to reflect the switch in pasta.

Just change it to "pasta" and use whatever strikes your fancy when
making it. Or, whatever's on the shelf. (G)

Good thinking. Although I usually stock penne. My local Hy-Vee does whole-wheat pasta - and for the most part that's what I buy. They also have "pan length" noodles for the long pastas - which saves breaking
it by hand and getting "shards". Very handy.

We've done nothing but whole wheat pasta since the late 70s. Had to do
some creative searching pre internet/pre popularity to find it, but we
did. I don't break my longer pasta's for the pan either, just gently
ease them into the hot water and as the lower ends absorb water, I can
get the upper parts in and submerged.

Title: Biltmore Estate Chicken Breasts Over Rigatoni
Categories: Poultry, Mushrooms, Pasta, Herbs, Cheese
Yield: 2 servings

A good fresh apple cider would add a nice flavor to it. We picked up
some all natural, from honeycrisp apples, cider the other day at
Wegman's.

I've a local place called the Apple Barn just south of town. They
press their own cider and sell it at reasonable prices. One of my favourite
things to do with cider ......

Both of us had that growing up but all the apple orchards are in western
NC, and probably have most all of the fruits blown off of them this
year.

I have never added the optional rum noted in the directions, as I

am DD> sure you wouldn't. But I do like this and it's a hit whenever I
do DD> a batch ... mostly around turkey day.

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06

Title: Hot Apple Cider
Categories: Five, Beverages, Fruits
Yield: 8 Servings

NOTES: I first experienced this at Lincoln's New Salem
Historical Site during the annual "Christmas at New
Salem" put on by the Illinois Historic Preservation
Agency. It was served by ladies from the Springfield
Junior League in period dress - at the Rutledge Tavern

It was like drinking a slice of apple pie. I was so
hooked on it that I hung about and cadged the recipe.
This is a reduction in quantity version. But otherwise
true to the bone.

I've done things like that before. We had a neighborhood picnic a few
years ago and made some; it went like hot cakes. (G)


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