Text 4949, 101 rader
Skriven 2008-04-03 16:07:34 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
   Kommentar till text 4711 av Janis Kracht (1:261/38)
Ärende: squid                                                    [1]
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Hi Janis,


 JK> > My heritage is German Lutheran/Methodist, with the goose being the
 JK> > traditional Christmas dinner.  Red cabbage and noodles (or
 JK> dumplings) > are the traditional sides but my mom did mashed potatoes
 JK> and a less
 JK> > fussy vegetable (heat & eat type).

 JK> For Christmas, well, see Italians have the Goose, or bird (turkey, or
 JK> Duck) .. it's just we also have all the OTHER STUFF Lol :) :)
 JK> Seriously, though, my mother's holiday table was always amazing.
 JK> First she'd bring out the Italian appetizers (fried calamari, trays of
 JK> roasted red peppers, anchovies, olives, etc.), then Macaroni (ravioli
 JK> or lasagne), then the Roast (beef or Turkey or Goose or Ham or Duck)..
 JK> depended on the Holiday and time of year, etc :) For Christmas Eve
 JK> though, it was pretty standard though, either Calamari and linguine
 JK> with a huge salad and antipasto first.. or Bouilliabase with Linguine
 JK> with a huge salad and antipasto first :)

I would have been full after the macaroni course! Usually I'll set out
munchies for people to work on (carrots, celery, olives, pickles, cheese
ball, etc) while I'm working on dinner.  Then I get so busy that I don't
get a chance to grab anything for me to munch on/don't eat until dinner
is served.


 JK> Desserts would always be dependant on what she could convince me to
 JK> cook up (g).. some years I did extragent things like layered genoa
 JK> cake and italian Patissiere cream with blueberries.. (have to dig up
 JK> that recipe, it's here somewhere (g)), or I'd make cannoli:

Thanks; that's our favorite dessert at any Italian restaurant. I"ve
never made it but now I can give it a try.


 JK> =====end Cannoli recipe=====


 JK> > So, did she get it or do you still have the squid?

 JK> Well, I did remember finally -  I packed it up in a bag of ice, and
 JK> brought it over to them last weekend - but now I feel bad for them
 JK> because I hear they've just got hit with a stomach virus :( :(  what
 JK> they really need is flat ginger ale :(

Hopefully they are feeling better by now.  The ginger ale is probably
the best, as well as tea, chicken soup, etc.


>> 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

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

 JK> > I never had it until I met Steve-no surprise there.

 JK> I used to make it for Ron for a hearty lunch with home-made bread,
 JK> went to work in a thermos real well back then (grin)..

Steve took other soups in his thermos, along with home made bread. I
think we finally tossed the last thermos before we moved here.


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

 JK> > I can be firm if needs be.  Steve will probably be firmer and if he
 JK> > thinks I've had enough "therapy", he'll tell me to back off, lest I
 JK> > suffer later. Right now, everything pollenating is giving us both
 JK> > trouble.

 JK> I hear ya :)  Spring is wicked time for those of us with allergies.. I
 JK> always feel like I love spring and I love the warmer weather.. can't
 JK> we do something about the darn pollen?? ... but I guess Fall is really
 JK> the worst for that here.. when things start dying and the pollen is

Plus the mold and dust. Steve got a sinus infection but I'm doing OK so
far.


 JK> falling off all over.. Reminds me of some of the Honey you see in the
 JK> store these days...I had to tell Ron to only get me Orange Blossom or
 JK> Clover honey, because everytime he'd buy honey that said it was made
 JK> with "wild flowers", I'd get these headaches.. and the only thing I
 JK> could figure was it was the honey.. probably made with "Goldenrod" or
 JK> that purple stuff you see all over NYS, boy can't remember the name :)
 JK> :) but I know for a fact I'm sure allergic to g

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Catch you later,
Ruth
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