"sf" > wrote in message
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> On Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:03:11 -0800, "Pico Rico"
> > wrote:
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>> "sf" > wrote in message
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>> > On Thu, 26 Jan 2012 03:12:14 -0800, "Pico Rico"
>> > > wrote:
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>> >> Polly Esther wrote:
>> >> > Our niece is helping their neighbors by caring for 6 year-old twin
>> >> > boys, a 7 year-old and a 9 after school. Their mother is terminally
>> >> > ill and their dad picks the children up after work and a hospital
>> >> > visit. One of niece's challenges, she mentioned, was trying to get
>> >> > those bottomless pits filled and happy without wrecking her tight
>> >> > budget. It seems that there aren't many cooks here with small
>> >> > children but thought it was worth a try to see if there were any
>> >> > suggestions that
>> >> > would comfort and fill the little folks. I don't think nutrition is
>> >> > an issue for now; just survival. Polly
>> >>
>> >> have them make fresh pasta with you. Keeps them busy, and gets them
>> >> fed.
>> >>
>> > And gives them a skill for later in life.
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>> I am sure they already know how to whine about chores.
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> I still say knowing how to make pasta may serve them well later in
> life.

Maybe or maybe not. Most people I know wouldn't ever bother to make their
own pasta. I used to make it a lot but really most of the people I made it
for didn't care if I made it, bought it fresh or bought dried. So why
bother?