Laptop, Bowling, Portuguese Goodies,

Don't you just love computers? My laptop is getting so hot I can hardly handle it any more. Last night I found a video on line which showed me how to clean the cooling unit. Looked fiddly but relatively simple except when it came to doing various things with the motherboard to remove it. I have emailed my repair guy to ask him how much he would charge, but I was talking to someone at the bowling alley last week who had to replace the ribbon on his laptop. He was quoted a high price and ended up sending for a new ribbon and doing it himself with the help of a similar video. My problem might be space to work on my laptop whilst watching the video too. There are an incredible number of parts which have to be removed. Some precautionary I think, one has to remove the batter, hard drive and the ram for a start and then the keyboard in order to get at the motherboard. Having written this, I found a quick fix video which recommended blowing out the dust and showed how. I have a can of compressed air so I used it. You should have seen how much dust came out, but it wasn't enough unfortunately, so back to square one. Next in this tale of woe, the repair guy I use wants $100 to do it. Now I am in a quandary, do I risk doing it myself or not?

Quite a big turnout at bowling. One or two people still on vacation, but most people made it in. Our

team didn't do too badly. Matt was bowling like a demon. Wish he always bowled that well. I had moderately good games. One of the women bowlers is Portuguese and has spent most of her summer in Portugal. Lucky her, I would love to go back. Much to my delight she brought us some Ovos Moles. What the heck is that you ask? Well it's a special pastry stuffed with a very sweet egg yolk filling. Absolutely delicious. I have written about them before. They are a specialty of Portugal. I have eaten one since we came home, think Matt has eaten all of his share. So very nice of her to bring them back for us.

I would need Catalina dressing and pineapple for this recipe. Not in my cupboards. I could make this and then freeze some of it. I think I might just do this. As suggested, I looked up a Catalina Dressing and have added a link to it.

Slow-Cooker Sweet and Sour Chicken

1 onion, sliced
1 carrot, sliced
1 stalk celery, sliced
1-1/2 lb boneless skinless chicken thighs, cut into bite-size pieces
1/3 cup packed brown sugar
1/3 cup KRAFT Classic CATALINA Dressing
1/4 cup lite soy sauce
1 tsp grated gingerroot
1 can (8 oz.) pineapple chunks in juice, undrained
1 Tbs cornstarch
1 each green and red pepper, cut into strips
3 cups hot cooked long-grain white rice

1. Place onions, carrots and celery in slow cooker; top with chicken.

2. Mix sugar, dressing, soy sauce and ginger until blended; pour over chicken. Cover with lid.

3. Cook on LOW 4 to 5 hours, increasing heat to HIGH for the last 30 min.

4. Drain pineapple, reserving juice. Mix reserved juice with cornstarch. Add to slow cooker with the pineapple and peppers; stir. Cook, covered, 30 min. or until sauce is thickened. Serve over rice.

Servings: 6

Source: Kraft

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