Text 4167, 74 rader
Skriven 2008-03-22 20:20:12 av Janis Kracht (1:261/38)
   Kommentar till text 4063 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
Ärende: squid
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Hi Ruth!


>> At my mom's and her mom's and her mom's house (g), the tradition was
>> always fish of some type on Christmas Eve, usually squid sauce,
>> sometime bouilliabase served on Linguine.. that was incrediblly good
>> :) I usually went with squid sauce since my daughter didn't seem to be
>> bothered by her seafood allergies with that.. but with the
>> bouilliabase, the shellfish sometimes got to her..:(

> That's the Italian/Sicilian Catholic coming out.

Most definitely (grin).  Dad wouldn't have it any other way on holidays like
Christmas :)

>>> was upset with Wegman's, and Great American had frozen whole squid for
>>> a change instead of only having cleaned tubes and tentacles.. I
>>> grabbed two of those figuing my daughter could use one as well :)

>> > And if she doesn't want it, you will be just as happy. (G)

>> haha.. that's the truth :)  And darn, I saw her for a little bit this
>> weekend and forgot to bring it with me :(  (g).  Seriously though,
>> I'll mention it to her, since I'm sure they'll be coming down here
>> soon.

> IF you remember to mention it.

Who, me? Lol :)

>I sometimes have to jot down different
> things I need to remember to ask either a daughter  or a parent or an in
> law.  I finally (!) remembered to ask my MIL for her pasta fagole recipe
> the other day.  She made it when we were visiting in November; neither
> Steve nor I could remember all she put in it.  Of course I'll tinker
> with it; I know that already. (G)

hehe.. that's another one that everyone here loves.. and one that my daughter's
kids love as well..

>> Aw.. that's such a shame..  When you come, we'll make sure the house
>> is well vaccummed, and walls washed, etc. before you get here.. And
>> the dogs don't go in all of the rooms of the house ... I keep them out

> But you know they will get some attention from me.  I've got to get my
> fuzz therapy where and whenever I can.

Ah, that's neat.. they'll slobber all over ya if you let them :)

>> of some rooms with 'gates' :)  Cats get a little tricky though, though
>> there's just one downstairs and she's outside most of the time in the
>> summer.

> Funny thing about cats is that they gravitate toward my lap if I'm
> sitting.  Usually it's not a bother but we laugh over the magnetic
> attraction they seem to have to me. It's interesting how some cats who,
> according to their owner, are not lap cats, except if I'm visiting. If
> the house is clean, I don't mind it and will kick a cat off my lap if I
> feel the need to.

That's good :)  That's what I have to do sometimes (g).. Seriously, one of our
cats, drives my skin nuts.. I can't touch her.  Thankfully she doesn't come
downstairs much.. (g)

>  Over Christmas time, while out in Las Vegas, I had
> both of Rachel & David's cats on my lap at various times.

That's neat :)

Take care,
Janis

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