Of ballroom dancing, & turkey with greens

Volume III, No. 5

Copyright © Deborah Michelle Sanders 2005

The day is Thine, & the night is Thine also,
Thou didst ordain the light of moon & sun;
Thou hast fixed all the regions of the earth;
Summer & winter, Thou didst create them both.

- from Psalm 74






HOUSEHOLD HINTS:

Men who are good ballroom dancers can take a free or low-cost ocean cruise in many instances. The cruise operators often want extra men to be available as dancing partners for the ubiquitous single women.

The best day to buy a new or used car off an auto dealer’s lot is the last Saturday of the month, when the sales force is eager to sell. Their monthly sales quotas generally run until that day.

Here’s a cheap way to correspond for a short message to a person if one of you lacks email. Buy 2 postcards. Write your address on the postage side of one & the recipient’s address on the other. On the postcard addressed to the recipient, write your message. Staple the 2 cards together so that the recipient’s name is on the outside.

Are you ready to purchase a high-ticket item? Go to the negotiation with a check already made out to the seller, for the top price that you are willing to pay. When the seller sees your check on the table, he may well be willing to accept your offer, even if he had been looking to receive a higher price.

Don’t throw away glasses that have small chips. Instead, immerse an emery board in water for about a minute, then use the side of it that is a finer grit to file the rough or chipped surface.

The best time of year to buy perennial plants, as well as trees, is in the fall – the nurseries don’t want them in stock during the wintertime. And for more September buys, see the following:







BEST BUYS FOR SEPTEMBER:

Gardening supplies
Patio equipment & furniture
Bicycles
Fishing equipment & boats
New cars
School supplies

Corn
Apples
Pears
Beets
Peas
Sweet potatoes
Figs
Plums





RECIPE:

Turkey & Greens:

2 T canola oil
2 T water
4 cloves garlic, minced
1 large onion, chopped

1 lb ground turkey
1 tsp EACH salt & ground ginger
1 lb greens (turnip OR collard OR mustard), sliced thin including any flowers – in the winter, you can use 2 c of thawed frozen chopped greens
1 jalapeno pepper, including the seeds (membranes discarded)
1 c cooked brown rice

In a Dutch oven, sauté garlic & onion in oil & water. Add all other ingredients & stir well. Cook for 25 minutes over medium heat, stirring frequently. Serves 5.