Cathy, I suspect the problem is with sbcglocal. Might you want to set up a free hotmail or yahoo email addy, to see if my emails will then get to you? Maybe you could use it then just for your GW emails....hint, hint. I just got your email saying that you had not gotten the other ones. Anyway...have not mailed yet, but will plan to either Sat or Mon. Anyway...recapping again here Seeds-Aster Jim Dai Seeds-HL Maroon Red cockscomb with huge blooms up to 10+" across. Dormant Mayapples Plants-small by nature-pussytoes Jacks-a few-later when they emerge....late April or thereabouts-pot luck on what size they will be once dug In one email I asked if you might like some Dentaria Laciniata...aka toothwort. I forget where you are planting the mayapples, but think it is a woodland as opposed to a 'shade' bed...right? Anyway. the toothwort will drop seed and naturalize everywhere. I also asked if you might like a shooting star (white). Feel free to reply here and watch for any other updates. I had hoped to mail earlier this week, but it did not happen...was gone Mon pm and then to town and a bunch of errands on Tues. Sorry to be so long with this...and am really wanting/trying to keep you updated. I know wonder about so many posts where members say the other member (trader) quits responding to emails...I wonder if at least some of them are going off into cyberspace somewhere and never being received....sigh. I just checked and see you replied to this thread already...I thought you might after just getting the email from me. I hope I have not forgotten anything. I need to make a folder fro just my emails from this one trade...there are a bunch of them, since they could not be sent and kept in one long string. Did I forget anything that we had talked about earlier? LMK if I did...thanks! Sue

The meatloaf is pretty good, but I used 1/3 each of ground beef, veal and pork and it wasn't very firm; I think I'll use 1/2 ground beef and 1/4 each veal and pork. Also, I didn't grate the carrot very fine and I think I should have. I'll certainly try this recipe again. WORLD'S BEST MEATLOAF 1 1/2 cups soft bread crumbs - (tear up soft sliced bread - don't use fine crumbs as for breading) 1 1/2 lb ground meat (beef or pork & beef) (about 700 grams) 1 beaten egg 1 onion chopped fine 1/4 teasp dry Colman's (or similar) mustard 1/8 teasp ground sage 1/2 teasp ground thyme 1 1/2 teasp salt 1/4 teas pepper 1/8 teasp nutmeg 1 chopped green pepper 1 tin condensed tomato soup (eg Campbells's) 3/4 cup grated celery 3/4 cup grated carrot 1) Mix meat with egg, add onion and seasonings and bread crumbs, greens and carrots 2) Add half the tin of soup and mix everything well. Turn into greased loaf pan or glass casserole dish 8.5 x 11 inches and pour remaining soup over the top, smoothing it evenly over all. 3) Bake 350 F (177 C) for 1 1/4 hours. 4) Serve with buttered vegetables. Mustard pickles also goes well and this makes wonderful cold sandwiches next day ! Source: American Pro Footbal Player's Wife in 1963 My Notes: 1) I use 'tomate frito' instead of the condensed soup. It's a rich fried Spanish tomato purée but otherwise condensed soup is good. Never use ketchup ! 2) I usually double the amount of the ground spices with the exception of salt. SharonCb Beverly that tomato sauce would probably be very much like the Spanish fried tomato (smooth) sauce I use. It comes out nice and tangy. For that reason I should have also mentioned that *cream of* tomato soup doesn't do the job - it should be plain condensed tomato soup or a smooth and tangy rich tomato sauce. SharonCb  Posted by: woodie2 (My Page) on Wed, Sep 21, 05 at 10:20 I love this meatloaf and have made it several times, thanks again, Sharon! Here are my own little notes, just FYI - I put the meat into a large bowl, then the egg on top and beat it with a fork, then sprinkle all the dried seasonings on top. Then I do 4-5 slices of bread in the food processor and then empty the container on top of the meat. Then I chop the onion and pepper in the processor and dump on top of the meat. Then I put 3 celery stalks and 1 large carrot in the processor and process fine and dump it on top of the meat. Then I add the soup and mix it all up with my hands. I don't use my knife for this meatloaf! I also double the seasonings as Sharon suggests (no salt for me) and I prefer red pepper over green pepper, once I even used canned roasted red pepper when I didn't have a pepper, it was great!

Ditto, ditto, and double ditto! And, of course, my carefully scheduled shipment of mail order plants arrived in "mid-April" (seemed safe, right?). . .at least we are not alone in our weather perils: I've just returned from four days on the North Carolina coast (to see their annual Azalea Festival) - the temp the day before opening was 74-degrees, and that night, they had a frost! Lost about half their azalea blossoms, most of the dogwoods and too many magnolias. . . Maybe it's time for us all to build our own little backyard BioSpheres, so that we can control our personal 1/2 acre of climate. . . :) Carl

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