Salad on the side.

I hope the grading goes well.

it's take-out fish & chips here tonight.

then lost at the back of a fridge shelf. Still seems to be edible, but the tastes had sort of melded, so that I couldn't tell when I was getting onion or pepper or whatever with taste buds.

A question or two or three for people...

I'd like to send a friend and her husband some sort of meat item for the Holidays, and am looking for something that's A) storeable at room temperature, and B) doesn't have nitrates, nitrites, etc, etc, etc. and isn't sugar-cured.

Because their fridge space is next to non-existent, electricity could be iffy, and she has all sorts of allergy issues, and I basically can never send anything with preservatives to her, and he's diabetic. Bonus points if it's something they can share safely with their dog, too.

So does anybody have any ideas where that leaves me in terms of hams or turkeys or any such item? Smoked? Salt cured? Maybe even canned, if there are any canned hams that aren't disgusting formed slabs of pink processedness? Something already cooked would be nice, too, so that they only have to heat it up, if they want to do so.

I'm hoping folks might have some suggestions and maybe even some sources.

at the moment. Maybe a restaurant certificate or a Kroger card, or something from a natural foods store. Canned smoked oysters, freeze-dried salmon?

I live in a very rural area and there are so few good food selections here. I would have to drive 50 miles one-way to get something like you describe.

Good luck. I hope you can find something they like.

I'm not even sure there are any sorts of 'chain' supermarkets within a hundred mile radius or so of them. They aren't on a postal route, so anything I send is likely to sit in a post office for a day or three, which rules out frozen things or things with short unrefrigerated shelf-lives. I've sent them albacore, herring and/or kippers before, but I was hoping to do something other than fish.

This place is highly regarded. It's not too far from where I live.

http://www.dartagnan.com

You might even phone them on their 800 line and tell them what you've written in your post.



Cher

on edit: check theirpinterest page:
http://www.pinterest.com/dartagnanfoods/

I actually had seen their name in a google search, but I was skimming, and skipped over them at the time, since I was still trying to figure out more about preservation methods at the time.

So fish / corn chowder.

And one of those Knorr alfredo pasta side thingies, and I'll add the leftover broccoli when it's cooked.

Getting ready for the ensuing seafood fest back east. Two more days...

Is haddock in season? I'll never forget the haddock I had somewhere in N.E. on the Daniel Webster Highway.

up all the leftovers in the fridge.

....pita and greens and tzatziki.

Now I'm about to make a double batch of baked caramel corn. Today when I was sewing I actually snipped a little slice off the end of my thumb with sharp little scissors! So I'm trying to do kitchen work with latex glove and it ain't easy!

machine stitch together some stuffed bulky material and ran my index finger under the presser foot, piercing my finger and nail. I had slowly back out the needle and pull my finger out. It was a bloody mess.