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> wrote:
>Hi folks. Looks like some of the same crowd is still hanging around
>this place after all these years! I first started posting on RFC back
>in '97; have logged off for some time now but was looking for my old
>"simple kitchen equipment" list and found that you all are still here.
>Hi Barb, Christine, Jill, Victor! Gosh, it's been so long, I forget if
>any of you oldtimers are "not speaking" to me for some reason. If so,
>let's just say that after five year's hiatus, we can forget old
>flamewars and enjoy each other.
>
>Jill, I must say that I no longer covet your green china, simply
>because time passes... I have enough china now and wouldn't know what
>to do with those green peacocks. But I hope they're screeching happily
>in your basement or wherever you keep them hiding. Maybe one day
>you'll sell them. You know, in the years since we discussed that
>china, the color green has become quite fashionable - it's now going
>out of style in favor of blue, my true love. So sell that stuff now or
>miss your chance!
>
>If you want to know what's up with me, look at my blog:
>http://bedouina.typepad.com
>
>I'm still cooking, no matter what else happens. I have even added a
>category to the blog titled "Frugal Food." Mark Bittman gave me a
>shout-out on his blog this winter - what a thrill. Longtime readers
>will remember what a fan I am of his.
>
>My blog is obscure but lives in its own little bubble of fame. If you
>google Middle East Peace Food Environment blog you'll get me right
>away, because how many blogs are devoted to all three?
>
>My red lentil soup recipe was #1 on Google until this month - some
>rascals at the NY Times stole the recipe (ok it's Claudia Roden's) and
>vacuumed up the hits so I've been knocked from the top. Plug "Lebanese
>green beans" into Google though and you should get my post about this
>classic recipe first. Every day I get dozens of visitors looking for
>hummus recipes; also tabbouli, red lentil soup, and figs in geranium
>syrup - no kidding. The last item was a post on RFC from March 1998
>which I cleaned up and reposted at the blog some years ago.
>
>Victor Sack, I'm going to put up your "simply chicken" recipe soon as
>a frugal food. This winter I posted chai recipes that I harvested from
>RFC long ago, again frugal food. Make your own chai for pennies, don't
>pay Starbucks prices. And to this day I still make oven-baked steak
>"fries" for my kids - they call them hot fries and think they're
>*almost* as good as McDonald's. (That's because I never take them to
>McDonald's).
>
>Hope you all are surviving and thriving. Looks like RFC will last as
>long as the internet does...
>
>Happy Independence Day to my fellow Americans, and happy summer to the
>rest of you in the Northern Hemisphere. For you Southern Hemisphere
>types, well, cheer up, spring is just around the corner!

Good to see you Leila!

Keep on keeping on.

Charlotte
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