h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Hi friends,

I have been lazy, cold, goodness knows what, but I did not come to my computer for a few days.

It is going to take me yoincks to catch up, but I know I am going to enjo7y every minute of it.

I wish I could remember how to make sauerkraut which was one of the requests. The only thing is it is so smelly that it is really better wo buy it in a glass jar for a tin. !!

It ia good to be back - alive !!

Christiane
AR80
Monday 19th october, 2009 9.40 BST

Hi !

I was just about to write to you and send you some , it seems ages since I've had the pleasure of reading one of your posts.

I'm glad to hear you're OK

Affectionately

Very dear NSBE,

Thank you so much for noticing. !!

Always good to hear from you and to know that you love sending red roses.

With much affection

Christiane.
AR80
19/10/09

Oh, I don't envy you the backlog! And no-one *quite* manages to be up-to-date with hootoo, so don't ever feel guilty for missing something, just enjoy what you can keep up with!

,rose>

Galaxy Babe in disguise for

Monday 10.15am 19 Oct 2009

*giggles*

Dear Christiane,

We will allow you to catch up in your own good time

Oh, and lilitis still prevails





love,

lil xxx

Tired and cold describes me at present, too.

Very dear Galaxie Bambino

Well, congratulations on the new name and the lovely roses. thank you so much.

good to hear that tyou survived the week alone.

With very much affection

Christiane.
AR80
19/10/09 17.05 BST

My dear lovely friend, with the new name as well. !!

I love your posts. You are always so comforting and "safe" Thank you so much.

With much affectionate love
Christiane
AR80
19/10/09 17.10BST

Very dear Paul H.

so sorry about the car. so much damage can be done in so little time. I hope that they repair it well.

It is amazing how much damage can be caused so quickly. I have been fortunate, but I had my eyes next to me always - K. is a marvellous observer, and was a marvellous driver before he fell ill, and I must admit that it was when he told me that I should no longer be driving - at the beginning of last year= that I finally stopped.

I had got my licence in South Africa when I was sixteen, and I stopped driving when I was 79!! Fortunately without any problem, but I really have Keith to thank for that.

Go well, and next time you would like to observe something, stop the car and get out of it. !!!

Unless of course it is someone holding you up. !! Then put your foot on the gas and "Go man, Go!"

With affection

Christiane
AR80
19/10/09

Hello Christiane,

I have only tried to make sauerkraut once and it ended up as a disaster as the cabbage and juniper berries ended up covered in maggots. This happened even though the dish was covered and it was checked every day, and it did not take long before the maggots appeared, I think it was on the third day.

It's real treat reading your very informative and very interersting journals as they make a very good read.

It's good to hear that you are keeping well.

Katrine

Maggots are good for cleaning up gangrenous wounds, but they do nothing for sauerkraut. Buy sauerkraut in a store, don't try to make it yourself.

There's a couple of German-American guys around here that run a sausage stand called Frank's Franks. They make really good sauerkraut - beats any that came from a jar.

Not that I've ever been brave enough to try making sauerkraut at home. I've had mixed success at getting micro-organisms to bend to my will. Yeast is quite cooperative; bread, beer, and mead all turn out well. Yogurt was okay but runny. Sourdough turned a nasty shade of pink.

with home biology experiments.

Happy Nerd,
thinly disguised for Halloween

Hi, Happy Nerd. Many years ago I bought a book about baking bread, and I happily set about trying all the recipes. I let the dough rise on the radiator all Saturday morning, and was fairly happy with the loaves after I baked them. I went through a sourdough phase for a few weeks. I don't remember what color the sourdough starter was, but I doubt it was pink.

*giggles*

Good morning, Christiane

My new name was given to me by Mar, when some decided to use another language instead of anagrams for Hallowe'en

I will soon be back to plain ol' lil, promise


lil xx

Christiane, if you manage to completely catch up with the backlog, please tell me how. I've never quite managed it. It's always great to hear from you.

Sauerkraut is something I've never attempted to make at home. My mother used to make it. Disgusting stuff it was, too. I much prefer the Bavarian style with the caraway seeds that comes in a can from the grocery store.

I rarely eat sauerkraut because of its high salt content. A little once in a while doesn't hurt, though.