Diary part 6

OR, you can act as an agent - collect the money and send me one check which will save postage and bookkeeping headaches. Add your own message to the bottom of the page and post it on bulletin boards at work, the grocery store, church, by apartment mailboxes - wherever. I realize one person needs only so many copies so if you decide to really push it, say as a fund-raiser (for yourself or a group), let me know and we'll talk wholesale/cash reimbursement.

If that offer or Mel (ok guys, pick the woman of your dreams!) isn't enough motivation, think of all the goodies hidden away in recipe boxes all over the land. And here's a scary thought - a crazy Welshman John who lives in Scotland (a.k.a. Haggis land) has this site listed as his link to all things culinary - omigod no telling what'll happen next.

The time for revolution is ripe. The renege on salt, one of the few warnings I ever paid attention to from the cooking related propaganda department (CR*PD), was the corker. No doubt some fool will try to top it - in the meantime ... feel no guilt, enjoy your can cuisine.

Found the following in the Sunday coupon section a few weeks ago. Mind you, I'm still coupon impaired but I do try. It would be nice if coupons were worth enough to justify remembering to use them - but that's another revolution.

Creamed Chicken and Veggies

Mix and heat canned chicken, a little milk, cream of whatever soup spiked with Dijon mustard and whatever vegetables. Serve over rice, noodles, potatoes, toast or baked puff pastry shells. Due to a miscommunication on my grocery order, I got individual pastry crusts instead of the shells. I was quite impressed actually, very tasty/flaky and made the cutest little pot pies you ever did see. This is the kind of recipe you can vary according to taste to get some serious mileage. Try tuna or diced ham, different soups and veggies.

I didn't have nearly the time I usually have to cruise the 'net this week so the only new recipe I found was a lovely chicken less-than-fiver at Digital Women - a community of resources for women in business.

The time I had was about useless due to aol's* "improvement" campaign which evidently includes mail stoppage - so no reader contributions either. One more time, if you wrote and I didn't answer, please try again.

C-ya next week ...

*I consider aol to be a virus so can't resist this little dig: Politically Correct Virus - Never calls itself a virus, but instead refers to itself as an "electronic micro-organism."