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Skriven 2014-09-25 11:26:00 av NANCY BACKUS (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av RUTH HAFFLY
Ärende: Re: Sunday dinners was: k
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-=> Quoting Ruth Haffly to Nancy Backus on 09-22-14  19:58 <=-

 NB>> That's pretty much our viewpoint, too... ;)  I remember when Daddy was
 NB>> doing pulpit supply in MS... some of those rural churches were easily
 NB>> an hour away...  Breakfast was slices of bread in the car... usually
 NB>> raisin but sometimes pumpernickel...  :)  Much more convenient when
 NB>> it's closer by, of course...  ;)

 RH> So how often was the vaccuum cleaner taken to the car? (G) 

I honestly don't ever remember it being taken to the car... ;)  We were
admonished to eat it carefully...  and I think that it just being bread,
there was less mess likely... perhaps a few crumbs, but I don't even
remember much of that happening... :)

 RH> Steve did a bit of pulpit supply before he went into the Army; I
 RH> remember making my own version of egg (mc) muffins to take at least
 RH> one Sunday when the girls were small. Had to make sure I had at least
 RH> one change of outfit for them in case they messed up their dresses
 RH> while eating in the car. The English muffins were home made then,
 RH> something I probably ought to do again instead of buying them.

Of course you had only the two girls...  We were up to five kids, and
then six, during those years...  ;)  No changes of outfits for us, we
just had to make sure we didn't muss things... and, as I said, just
having bread made for less mess likely...

 NB>> I suppose, that if he were to cook Sunday dinner himself, he'd still
 NB>> be keeping his promise to his mom...  ;)  Growing up, we usually had
 NB>> one-pot meals, of one sort or another, whether it was stew in the
 NB>> pressure cooker or chicken & rice in the oven... something that could
 NB>> cook itself pretty much, either while we were gone, or finished off
 NB>> quickly when we got back...

 RH> My mom would usually get a roast going, most often beef Sunday morning
 RH> before going to church. Sometimes she would do a ham and we'd be
 RH> eating off of it for what seemed like all the next week. Leftovers from
 RH> a roast beef would only be enough for one more meal tho. Either one,
 RH> the sides were mashed potatoes, gravy (only with the beef, Mom never
 RH> made ham gravy) and a vegetable. Dad was, and is not much of a rice
 RH> eater. 

Daddy could make a beef roast last for at least three supper meals... We
may have had that for Sunday dinner, once we had an oven with time-bake.
But roasts and hams were more likely done other than on a Sunday.  I
remember doing the cross-hatching of the ham, and putting in a clove at
each intersection...  then often brown sugar was patted down over the
top... I'm sure that lasted forever, too...  we didn't get large
portions... 

 NB>> Well, yes, a guest pastor probably would be likely to be fed at
 NB>> someone's house, especially when he was from out of town...  :)  When
 NB>> we were without pastor for a while, and were having a number of
 NB>> out-of-town supplies, at least one Sunday we took the guest pastor and
 NB>> his family out to one of our favorite Chinese buffets...  apparently
 NB>> their kids (now adults) still remember that one, favorably...   :)

 RH> It must have been something quite different for them to be such a
 RH> memory. 

We had a very good time together... and I think the idea of being taken
out rather than just invited to someone's house was a bit of a novelty. 
It also was very good food... the standard never since met by any other
Chinese buffet place...  :)

 RH> One place in AZ when Steve preached, the chairman of the deacons & his
 RH> wife took us to a small cafe; the specialty of the house was chicken
 RH> fried steak. It was quite good. (G) They asked if Steve would consider
 RH> pastoring the church but he couldn't, with the military committment.
 
Sounds like that one was memorable for more than one reason... :)

 RH>> It is a help in a family with young children when the man of the
 RH>> house is comfortable in the kitchen.
 NB>> Perhaps especially then, but also at any time... and it helps
 NB>> hospitality to be a family affair, not just an extra burden on the
 NB>> wife...  :)

 RH> For sure! I appreciate all the help I can get in a time like that.

It helps things go more smoothly, generally... ;)
 
 RH>> I know; I'm going to try to get together next week with one of the
 RH>> other ladies for tea (at the tea room in town) just to catch up with
 RH>> each other.
 NB>> That sounds lovely all around... :)

 RH> Saw her today but didn't make any plans as we just popped in for a few
 RH> minutes to drop a couple of things off. We'll probably do a text chat
 RH> in the next couple of days to set things up.
 
That can work.  :)   Hopefully it will come off just as hoped for... :)
 
 RH>>> I made a Moroccan chicken with couscous once for a pot luck in
 RH>>> Savannah that one guy really chowed down on. Another said it
 RH>>> sounded good--until I said "couscous".
 NB>>> Some people are too easily scared off... (G)   For them, one has
 NB>>> to call it rice, I suppose... ;)
 RH>> But it's obviously not rice, as he would have found out had he
 RH>> tried it.
 NB>> He might just have thought it was chopped rice that tasted a little
 NB>> different... maybe some exotic form thereof... ;)

 RH> Maybe, but it sounded like he knew what couscous was.

Maybe he'd only heard of it, never tried it...  ;)

ttyl      neb

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