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At Plimoth Plantation

At Plimoth Plantation

Wednesday, February 29, 2012

"Going Green" Printer Tip

We have an HP Color LaserJet CP1215 Printer that gets used frequently for Church bulletins, auctions, and other stuff. It was frustrating to have the printer stop and need to change the toner every time one color was low. Recently we learned that we could change the setting to override and it has saved us a good deal of ink. I opened HP Toolbox, clicked on System Setup (under Device Settings), and changed the override to ON. This tip has helped us greatly and hopefully can help someone else save some dollars as well!

Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Eating Grenadian Roti--Without Even Leaving Our Home


We took a trip down memory lane on Valentine's Day, enjoying one of my favorite, mouth-watering delicacies from Grenada. This wouldn't have been possible without a visit and a special gift from my friend and former roomate, Joelle. She had visited Grenada recently and brought some roti skins back to the States, and eventually to our house. These are the best roti skins on the Island (in my opinion), made in the home of some Indo-Grenadians, just a short walk down the road from where we lived. Roti skins are like large, thick tortillas, and though I don't know the recipe, I'm guessing that they are made out some sort of mixture of flour, cornmeal, dried beans and red pepper, and then fried in oil. All I had to do was season and cook chicken, and add potatoes, water and curry powder. I put this filling in the roti skin and folded it up. The children thought it was a little too spicy for them, so they ended up eating just the filling. I thoroughly enjoyed not one, but three meals of roti that week. What a treat! Now, anyone care to share some oildown? That's something I've been craving for about eight years. :)