bOf Inter-Library Loans & Fresh Squash with Chicken
If a Jew breaks a leg, he thanks G-d that he did not break 2 legs. If he breaks both, he thanks G-d that he did not break his neck ….
HELFUL HINTS:
If you have a gas oven, you have a built-in food dehydrator! Just leave food such as herbs on a baking sheet overnight. The pilot light will do all the work. If not thoroughly dry in the morning, continue the drying process while you are not heating the oven. Store the dried food in tightly-sealed jars.
If you have an older dog or cat, whose teeth have worn away, add water to its regular food instead of buying special (& expensive) “senior” food.
Place one oven mitt inside another when you will be handling steaming food. An example is if you use a “Theatre” popcorn maker, in which the temperature exceeds 450 degrees.
Egg shells adhere to egg shells. So, if you’ve dropped a piece of shell into your mixing bowl, just scoop it out with a larger piece of shell.
Speaking of eggs, if you don’t want to use them & want a substitution, try 1 heaping T of soy flour with 1 T of water, for each egg that you would otherwise be using.
When buying a used car, check the label on the door on the driver’s side, to learn the date when the car was manufactured. You’ll find bargaining easier on older cars.
THE PLEASURES OF INTER-LIBRARY LOANS:
Loyal reader Terry L Jackson wrote to me this week about how much enjoyment comes from the Inter-Library Loan service that every library I know of provides. “One of the things that I discovered, many years ago, was the interlibrary loan service at my local library. If my library doesn’t have a book that I am interested in reading, I can request that they borrow it for me from another library…. This service has … helped me to reduce my book buying ‘addiction.’ … If [after reading the book that I have borrowed,] I feel that the content is something that would be good to have for future reference, I buy the book & add it to my personal library.”
I could not agree with Terry more. Each month, I order about 8 books through Inter-Library Loan. If a book is a reference book, like a cookbook, I do exactly what Terry does, & read through it to make sure that it is great before I seek it out to buy. I buy most of my books at the sales that the library holds for the public, & I keep a list of titles that I want – I bring the list with me to the sales so that I won’t buy items “sight unseen.”
The main way in which I find out which books I want to borrow through Inter-Library loan is to find authors’ names in bibliographies of the books I have already been reading. Then I check BOOKS IN PRINT (which is online for cardholders of my library in San Francisco, CA) to find out the titles of all the books that the author has written. The only books that I cannot borrow through ILL are those that were published within the prior 12 months.
Of course, if I know of an older book that I would like to read (an out-of-print one), I give the library as much information as I have been able to ferret out about the book. I have noticed that it is harder for the Library to find out-of-print books than those that are still in print.
The Library requires that, as a 1st step, you check the Library’s own catalogue to ascertain whether the book you want is already in the collection. If it is, the catalogue indicates whether there is a copy on the shelf. If there is not, you can reserve the book.
ILL’s have made both me & Terry very happy -- & we hope that you, too, will try these loans out.
RECIPE:
Fresh Summer Squash with Chicken:
1-1/2 pounds any type of summer squash (including zucchini), sliced in 1” pieces, then cut in half if pieces are wide, steamed for 18 minutes (including the time to get the water boiling).
1 jalapeno pepper (this is optional), sliced (Remember to use gloves), with seeds & ribs removed
1 tsp EACH dried thyme, dried rosemary, & dried sage – crushed (The easiest way to crush dried herbs is to put them in the mixing bowl when the bowl is still empty, & use the back of your spoon to crush them.)
1 c chicken
1-1/4 pounds tomatoes (about 3 medium)
½ tsp salt
2 T lemon juice (from 1 medium lemon)
¼ c olive oil (“extra-virgin” has the best flavor)
Mix thoroughly for 3 entrée servings. Serve immediately (does not keep well).
HELFUL HINTS:
If you have a gas oven, you have a built-in food dehydrator! Just leave food such as herbs on a baking sheet overnight. The pilot light will do all the work. If not thoroughly dry in the morning, continue the drying process while you are not heating the oven. Store the dried food in tightly-sealed jars.
If you have an older dog or cat, whose teeth have worn away, add water to its regular food instead of buying special (& expensive) “senior” food.
Place one oven mitt inside another when you will be handling steaming food. An example is if you use a “Theatre” popcorn maker, in which the temperature exceeds 450 degrees.
Egg shells adhere to egg shells. So, if you’ve dropped a piece of shell into your mixing bowl, just scoop it out with a larger piece of shell.
Speaking of eggs, if you don’t want to use them & want a substitution, try 1 heaping T of soy flour with 1 T of water, for each egg that you would otherwise be using.
When buying a used car, check the label on the door on the driver’s side, to learn the date when the car was manufactured. You’ll find bargaining easier on older cars.
THE PLEASURES OF INTER-LIBRARY LOANS:
Loyal reader Terry L Jackson wrote to me this week about how much enjoyment comes from the Inter-Library Loan service that every library I know of provides. “One of the things that I discovered, many years ago, was the interlibrary loan service at my local library. If my library doesn’t have a book that I am interested in reading, I can request that they borrow it for me from another library…. This service has … helped me to reduce my book buying ‘addiction.’ … If [after reading the book that I have borrowed,] I feel that the content is something that would be good to have for future reference, I buy the book & add it to my personal library.”
I could not agree with Terry more. Each month, I order about 8 books through Inter-Library Loan. If a book is a reference book, like a cookbook, I do exactly what Terry does, & read through it to make sure that it is great before I seek it out to buy. I buy most of my books at the sales that the library holds for the public, & I keep a list of titles that I want – I bring the list with me to the sales so that I won’t buy items “sight unseen.”
The main way in which I find out which books I want to borrow through Inter-Library loan is to find authors’ names in bibliographies of the books I have already been reading. Then I check BOOKS IN PRINT (which is online for cardholders of my library in San Francisco, CA) to find out the titles of all the books that the author has written. The only books that I cannot borrow through ILL are those that were published within the prior 12 months.
Of course, if I know of an older book that I would like to read (an out-of-print one), I give the library as much information as I have been able to ferret out about the book. I have noticed that it is harder for the Library to find out-of-print books than those that are still in print.
The Library requires that, as a 1st step, you check the Library’s own catalogue to ascertain whether the book you want is already in the collection. If it is, the catalogue indicates whether there is a copy on the shelf. If there is not, you can reserve the book.
ILL’s have made both me & Terry very happy -- & we hope that you, too, will try these loans out.
RECIPE:
Fresh Summer Squash with Chicken:
1-1/2 pounds any type of summer squash (including zucchini), sliced in 1” pieces, then cut in half if pieces are wide, steamed for 18 minutes (including the time to get the water boiling).
1 jalapeno pepper (this is optional), sliced (Remember to use gloves), with seeds & ribs removed
1 tsp EACH dried thyme, dried rosemary, & dried sage – crushed (The easiest way to crush dried herbs is to put them in the mixing bowl when the bowl is still empty, & use the back of your spoon to crush them.)
1 c chicken
1-1/4 pounds tomatoes (about 3 medium)
½ tsp salt
2 T lemon juice (from 1 medium lemon)
¼ c olive oil (“extra-virgin” has the best flavor)
Mix thoroughly for 3 entrée servings. Serve immediately (does not keep well).
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