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Skriven 2015-06-18 17:22:43 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
  Kommentar till text 28290 av NANCY BACKUS (1:123/140)
Ärende: Sufferin' Succotash
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Hi Nancy,

 NB> hadn't  NB>> noticed, not particularly looking for something... but
 NB> you may well be  NB>> right... ;)

 RH> We were in 2 of the 3 last night but Steve found the hot dogs we
 RH> needed (for Life Group meal tomorrow). We also got all beef hamburgers,
 RH> both meats at Aldi's, as well as most of the other stuff.

 NB> Guess you should have delegated him to check on the white hots while
 NB> he was there...  ;)

It slipped my mind; we got to the store just before closing and did a
race around, trying to get everything at a reasonable time.

 RH> Maybe you will see them. We're getting the Driscoll's raspberries and
 RH> blackberries now, they're moving the strawberries up your way.

 NB> I've seen the Driscoll's raspberries and blackberries, too... along
 NB> with their strawberries...

They're ok, but not local.

 NB>  NB>> This week there were a number of things that were advertised as
 NB>  NB>> local... including the Brown's Berry Farm strawberries... I
 NB> bought a  NB>> one-pound clamshell (approx a quart, I'd guess) for
 NB> $2.99, and some  NB>> in-store made shortcakes... dessert for tomorrow
 NB> night, I'm thinking. :)

 NB> Ended up not having it until Monday night, and then it was more a part
 NB> of the meal than exactly dessert... it was a bit of a pull together
 NB> quickly, after coming home a bit late from doing laundry... :)  At
 NB> least I'd prepared the strawberries earlier...  :)

We don't always do dessert so berries would have worked for us as well.
I can do laundry at home; the new set up is in the hall. The washer and
dryer in the old place were in the kitchen; we'd very often have lunch
to the "music" of the machines.

 NB>  NB>> Tonight is my niece's flute recital, and we'll have more than
 NB> enough  NB>> goodies there at the reception following...  :)

 RH> College, high school or private lessons? Robert was part of a piano
 RH> recital a few weeks ago; his parents sent a YouTube link. That kid can
 RH> play a lot better than I can!

 NB> High school, but actually private lessons... billed as a Senior
 NB> Recital... :)

Home schooled? One of the ladies in our church gives private flute
lessons, and plays on Sunday mornings as part of the praise ensemble.


 NB>  NB>> She specially asked for my punch for the reception, so I bought
 NB> the  NB>> ingredients for it, and will be setting it up tonight... Per
 NB> some  NB>> of the mixed punch to save out for those, like my mom, that
 NB> don't like  NB>> things fizzy... that will get some of the sherbet and
 NB> berries, too... :)

 RH> Sounds good. The punch we used for Rachel & David's wedding was a
 RH> simple 50/50 white grape juice and lemon lime soda, with sherbert.
 RH> Used it at a wedding down here for a couple from church a few years
 RH> ago as well.

 NB> Mine sorta evolved over the years, for family gatherings like (mostly)
 NB> Christmas...  I got a number of raves at the reception, and a request

Nice to have a reliable, and safe for you, recipe. My MIL gave me a
punch recipe using several juices, ginger ale and sherbert years ago.
We've made it a few times but the one we used for Rachel's wedding is so
simple,................................. We needed more ingredients
during the reception for a couple at our church here so I asked another
couple to get some. I didn't need to take the time out to write out a
shopping list either.


 NB> for the recipe... :)   I did a "golden" version of it for my parents'
 NB> 50th wedding anniversary party... used juices that combined to be a
 NB> nice golden color, and frozen peaches as the fruit...  :)

Nice! I don't remember what we did for my parent's 50th but for their
60th, we had catered. We worked at the 50th celebration, keeping the
punch bowl and cookie trays full, etc. For the 60th, we were at the
house for all but the last few minutes as we were entertaining some of
the relatives who'd showed up there, before going to the Legion Hall.

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Catch you later,
Ruth
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