Subj : Pie Crust
To   : Ben Collver
From : Ruth Haffly
Date : Sat Jan 10 2026 05:50 pm

Hi Ben,

RH> Hopefully we'll see more people in here this year. Did Sean ever find out
RH> anything about Dave Drum?

 BC> I tried to encourage two people to post recipes here.  So far as i can
 BC> tell neither one of them "made it" here.

They may, given time to think about it. We had quite a few people in
here when I first joined, usually on the upside of 100 messages per day.

 BC> After you wrote, Sean posted about Dave Drum.  The newspaper announced
 BC> that he died on December 24th.

I saw Sean's post, we'll miss him. We met in person in the late 90s when
we met in IL on our way up to NY to pass along some Commodore 64 stuff
we were no longer using. Met at a Cracker Barrel, first time we'd been
to one of them. Then we met again at several of the picnics in the early
2000's.

RH> My serger is a Baby Lock (brand).

 BC> I wondered how they sewed those.  I didn't know it required a special
 BC> kind of sewing machine.

They stitch about twice as fast as a regular sewing machine so you could
crank out a lot more shirts (or whatever) than the same time in a
regular sewing machine. They were originally developed for factory use
but hit the home market in the 1980s. I got my first one in 1995,
replaced it in 2012.


RH> As for regular sewing machines, I had 6 but after Hurricane Helene hit
RH> western NC, I sent my Janome machine out there, with a box of sewing
RH> supplies. I currently own a Pfaff which is my main (work horse) machine, a
RH> Featherweight on the topmost layer. I'd love a treadle machine but we've
RH> no room for it in this house.

 BC> Wow, you're seriously into that stuff!  Cool that you sent a
 BC> hand-me-down for disaster relief.

I figured some lady who lost her machine would appreciate getting a
replacement. If I were in her shoes, I knoe I would.


 BC> I've seen a working treadle machine before.  I think in a museum i saw
 BC> one that was a combination treadle & electric powered machine, but it
 BC> was
 BC> clearly from the early days of electricity with fabric insulated wire,
 BC> etc.

My Featherweight had a fabric cord; we replaced it for saftey's sake. A
few years ago, I could have gotten a treadle in cabinet at a ReStore for
only $45.00. Because of lack of space in the house I had to pass on it.


RH> days later to get (the only one left) of a machine. While the sale was
RH> being rung up, the owner got a phone call---"Do you have any model XXX
RH> machines left?". "We're ringing up the sale of the last one now, sorry"
RH> was the reply. We've enjoyed it. (G)

 BC> Fun story.  :)  Talk about getting there just in the nick of time.

Very much so! We had another embroidery machine but this one was not
only newer but it had a lot of features that made it worth the upgrade.


RH> shrimp gravy over biscuits does sound yummy, a varient on the southern
RH> favorite, shrimp and grits.

 BC> I was served shrimp and grits for the first time early last year, and
 BC> it was absolutely delicious.  It tasted like i probably wouldn't want
 BC> to
 BC> know the nutrition facts.

I had it for the first (but not the last) time in Savannah. We've a
favorite seafood restaurant in Wake Forest; the shrimp and grits is one
of my favorite orders. We took our daughter, her husband, and daughters
there in September when they came out for our anniversary celebration;
he ordered the shrimp and grits on my reccommendation. He liked it just
as much as I do. (G)

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Catch you later,
Ruth
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