On Sat 05 Mar 2005 11:59:43p, Katra wrote in rec.food.cooking:

> In article >,
> Wayne Boatwright > wrote:
>
>> On Sat 05 Mar 2005 11:32:41p, Katra wrote in rec.food.cooking:
>>
>> > In article >,
>> > Wayne Boatwright > wrote:
>> >
>> >> On Sat 05 Mar 2005 10:56:50p, Katra wrote in rec.food.cooking:
>> >>
>> >> > <grins> Well, you have to get rid of that peel at some point in
>> >> > the recipe... I just have a tendency to put my spoon thru the
>> >> > thin, hot peel and end up with bitty pieces of peel I then have to
>> >> > remove by hand. Guess I'm just a klutz! ;-)
>> >>
>> >> That would be my problem, too.
>> >>
>> >> > Cutting it is no problem if you quarter it, but I have a BIG
>> >> > chef's knife with an 11 1/2 inch blade. I've NO idea where that
>> >> > thing came from! It just appeared in my truck one day when I was
>> >> > cleaning out from behind the seat.
>> >>
>> >> Who knows, it might have been a murder weapon! :-)
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Wayne Boatwright
>> >
>> > <snicker> Actually, I suspect my mom had it as a camping tool, and it
>> > probably came from my Aunt after she passed away. All kinds of
>> > oddball camping stuff gets stashed behing the seat in the truck!
>> >
>> > It was like a treasure hunt when I cleaned it out. I even found my
>> > favorite purple broomstick skirt!
>>
>> Purple broomstick skirt???
>>
>> --
>> Wayne Boatwright
>> __________________
>
> Yep! :-)
>
> They were quite popular for awhile but have gone out of style at the
> moment! I had a female freind that loved purple and kept trying to steal
> that skirt from me!!!
>
> I used to wear it camping with a sport top to stay cool.
>
> http://bizrate.lycos.com/buy/product...roomstick.html
>
> A simple, wrinkly cotton skirt with an elastic waistband. Slip on.

Gotcha. Kinda neat. Never heard the term before, but then, there are
probably a lot of things about skirts I've never heard of. :-)

--
Wayne Boatwright
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