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Skriven 2014-05-17 21:23:04 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
  Kommentar till text 13387 av Nancy Backus (1:261/1381.0)
Ärende: Mother's day dinner  was: Easter dinner
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Hi Nancy,

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

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

 NB> He'll enjoy it.  :)

Even tho it's based on what Mom used to make, it has my own twists to
it. He didn't object to them the other night (more onion, some mushrooms
& tomato sauce added, also various herbs & spices Mom doesn't use). My
brothers scarfed down a good bit of it as well.


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

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

 NB> I know... you like the white meat... and I much prefer dark...  ;)
 NB> Dunno what the marinade was... there was some rumor that it was a
 NB> salad dressing, like Caesar dressing, but I don't know if it was
 NB> prepared or
 NB> if Eric made it up from scratch...  Had little flecks of red on the
 NB> outside of the chicken, anyway... ;)

Possibly Italian dressing?


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

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

 NB> The hor d'oeuvre was indeed ambitious... I think Sam hadn't realized
 NB> just how painstaking it would be.... but it was well worth the effort.
 NB> He does like to do that sort of thing...  :)

Does he work in a food services job? Sounds like he'd enjoy that.

 NB>  NB>> For salads, there were a couple of different large tossed
 NB> salads,  NB>> a bowl of applesauce, and a fruity tuna pasta salad
 NB> (which turned  NB>> out to have apple pieces in it, along with
 NB> pineapple... I handed
 NB>  NB>> off the apple to Richard, the rest was pretty good).

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

 NB> I used to like putting apple into things, too... ;)  And eating it...
 NB> ;0

Sigh! Any chance you'll "outgrow" the allergy?


 NB>  NB>> And then there were an assortment of breads and rolls, including
 NB> a  NB>> loaf of Glutino gluten-free bread, with butter packets
 NB> available.

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

 NB> Absolutely..  :)  There was some effort put into making sure that the
 NB> people with special dietary needs wouldn't go hungry, either... :)

Sweet! So many people don't think of that when cooking for a crowd.


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

 RH> What's a shark cake? Otherwise, time for me to OD on sugar carbs! (G)

 NB> A cake made in the shape of, and frosted to look like, a shark head
 NB> with the mouth open and showing all the teeth... :)

CUTE! Hopefully the one bringing it got pictures before it was cut up.

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

 NB> Our church, small as it is, seems to have a high percentage of that...
 NB> I know of 5 adults, along with two of the three children of that one
 NB> family.  And at least one of the adults is also lactose intolerant...

It's also more out in the open much more than it used to be.


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

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

 NB> And you didn't even get to taste it...  ;)

Not physically but from your description, it was a ffeast well worth the
effort.

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Ruth
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