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Skriven 2008-12-01 14:08:16 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
  Kommentar till text 16896 av hap newsom (1:124/311)
Ärende: thanksgiving
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Hi Hap,

->  hn> Here it is Wednesday, the day before,
->  hn> and I have not decided what to make
->  hn> for tomorrow! Aside from my relish tray
->  hn> that is!

-> Well, whatever you decide, hope it's a nice one for you.  Maybe a turkey
-> breast since it's just the 2 of you? Thighs if you want the dark meat,
-> or, do what we did one year--a chicken.  It was more affordable on our
-> budget at the time and tasted just as good.

 hn> We decided to go vegetarian, we got pork!

Sounds good to me.  I had a bit of ham at dinner, bacon (the real thing,
not turkey) at my in laws a couple of times for breakfast.  My MIL got
some turkey bacon for Steve; we brought the rest home.

->  hn> All this poking and prodding at me
->  hn> is already making me blue!

-> I know the feeling.  Hey, at least I didn't turn (black and) blue where
-> the blood was drawn last week. (G) Sometimes I bruise really bad but
-> this time there was no trace after after a day or so.

 hn> A good phlebotomist is worth her weight in
 hn> gold!

This one was good; I didn't even hav a bleed out like I did the last
time.

->  hn> She and some of her friends will do a
->  hn> potluck sort of Thanksgiving...happily
->  hn> the Graduate Dorm she's in is almost
->  hn> empty except for Amanda and the
->  hn> kitchen is huge with a very good stove
->  hn> and two fridges so plenty of room to
->  hn> do a lot. They'll have a grand old time!

-> Sounds like fun.  We've adopted other families or single soldiers, gone
-> to the DFAC, gone to Steve's folk's, gotten together with church
-> friends, etc over the years.  As long as you're with friends or family,
-> and it sounds like she's in the former group.

 hn> They had it today as that was the time
 hn> that the most folks could get together and
 hn> enjoy. Amanda cooked two ducks (she's
 hn> getting good at cooking ducks) and made
 hn> a wonderful potato gratin, with yukon gold
 hn> and yams layered, it was given a rousing
 hn> endorsement by all! Sounds like they had
 hn> a fun day!

It does sound like she's taking after her dad in the cooking arena.

 hn> Hope yours is a wonderful day as well!

It was, as I hope yours was.  We'd said that on the way home, we were
not going to try I-75 as we'd run into major traffic slow downs the 2
previous years. Got away from Steve's folks about an hour earlier than
we had before so he decided to try the interstate.  Hit a slow down in
the same spot so we bailed out as soon as we could.  Got home about 8:30
with various stops, slow downs and rain.

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Catch you later,
Ruth
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