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Skriven 2014-05-14 16:11:25 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
  Kommentar till text 13305 av Nancy Backus (1:261/1381.0)
Ärende: Mother's day dinner  was: Easter dinner
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Hi Nancy,

 NB>  RH>> reading about it.
 NB>  NB>> Should be.  :)  We've got some pretty good cooks among our
 NB> menfolk...  NB>> Early rumors are saying something with chicken...  ;)

 RH> Chicken is always good. We were debating between it and beef last
 RH> night, ended up going with the beef as stew, with tossed salad.

 NB> Beef stew's nice too..  :)

All enjoyed it and we put a bit into the freezer for Dad to have another
time.

 NB> As to the Mother's Day meal at church...  :)   There were two large
 NB> heaps of baked marinated chicken breast meat, and a smaller single
 NB> heap of chicken thighs, made with the same marinade.  As I prefer dark
 NB> meat, all I tried was thigh meat, which was quite good.  Also on the

I'd have gone for the breast meat. What was it marinaded in?

 NB> table
 NB> were mashed potatoes, white rice, corn, peas, and a nice broccoli
 NB> dish. There was also a tray of little hors d'oeuvres, totally homemade
 NB> by one of our young single men... a little shell with pesto filling
 NB> topped with a sprig of something, a slice of cherry tomato and a
 NB> sliver of maybe red pepper... very nice.  :)  For salads, there were a

Quite ambitious. Lots of veggies--I would have probably taken a bit of
corn and some broccoli, as well as a little hors d'oevre.

 NB> couple of different
 NB> large tossed salads, a bowl of applesauce, and a fruity tuna pasta
 NB> salad (which turned out to have apple pieces in it, along with

I like to combine apple with tuna--but not if I know you're going to be
eating it.

 NB> pineapple... I handed off the apple to Richard, the rest was pretty
 NB> good).  And then
 NB> there were an assortment of breads and rolls, including a loaf of
 NB> Glutino gluten-free bread, with butter packets available.

Feast time!  If you went hungry, it was your own fault.

 NB> For dessert, there was also a variety... one was a napoleon-structured
 NB> dessert, with layers of saltines and banana pudding, with a chocolate
 NB> layer on top, which Richard had a couple helpings of.  Another was a
 NB> mint chocolate cheesecake with chocolate curls atop, made by a 17-y-o
 NB> young man, which was VERY good (I had some of that one)...  :)  Our
 NB> pastor made some very yummy pecan bars, a slightly drier version of a
 NB> pecan pie, which was also very good.  Also some cupcakes, possibly
 NB> store bought, didn't pay much attention to them...  Also a shark cake,
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What's a shark cake? Otherwise, time for me to OD on sugar carbs! (G)

 NB> made by members of the family that has severe gluten-intolerence
 NB> issues, so
 NB> probably gluten-free...  It was on display earlier on, but I forgot to
 NB> pay attention when the rest of the desserts came out...  :)

 NB> There were leftovers of the chicken breasts, the corn, and the breads,
 NB> which were being pressed on people to take home with them...  Richard
 NB> had brought the gluten-free bread, and we sent it home with the family
 NB> that could use it.  If there had been any leftovers of the thigh meat,

Good to sned the gluten free bread home with the family that needs it.
We try to do similar when we cook for Life Group. No gluten intolerances
that we know of tho.

 NB> I might have sprung for that, but they were all eaten...  :)  Whoever
 NB> brought the corn (maybe it was more than one person), it was really
 NB> overestimated... two large serving bowls full, not surprised we
 NB> couldn't eat it all..  :)

 NB> I think we were fed better than if we'd gone out to eat for Mother's
 NB> Day...  :)

I don't think so, I know so! (G)

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Catch you later,
Ruth
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