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Skriven 2014-11-02 20:03:40 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
  Kommentar till text 18790 av NANCY BACKUS (1:123/140)
Ärende: Sunday dinners
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Hi Nancy,

 NB>  NB>> Indiana and Mississippi were a bit far from New York (maternal)
 NB> or  NB>> even Maryland (paternal).  :)

 RH> Like us, most years we've not been home for holidays, especially after
 RH> Steve joined the Army. Until we moved to GA, we probably were home for
 RH> less than 10, total in 30+ years.

 NB> Living in the same vicinity of our parents, we were spending holidays
 NB> with family, either mine or Richard's (or both)... still do with my
 NB> family, not any more with his, now that his mom's gone....

We've been more sporadic since moving to NC--Christmas is the one we've
spent most often elsewhere. First year we were here because we left 2
days later for Israel, 2010 we were in Margaretville, 2011 & 13 in
Florida and 2012 in Las Vegas. We've been here for all Thanksgivings
(except Steve was in Guyana 2 years ago).

 NB>  NB>> weather months of the year.  When we were living in Mississippi,
 NB>  NB>> we spent summers in the DC area, and were fairly close then to
 NB> my  NB>> father's brother and his parents...

 RH> So you got to know family then. Even tho our girls were raised with
 RH> limited contact with cousins, anunts, uncles and grandparents, they
 RH> now have a close relationship with just about all of them.

 NB> We did get to know most of the family, aunts/uncles/grands/etc... just
 NB> not usually at holidays.  Even then, there were a lot to get to know..
 NB> ;)

Big families mean lots of relatives. It took us a good while after we
got married for us to meet a lot of each other's relatives.

 NB>  NB>> Not every one has progressed to kalamatas...  ;)

 RH> I suspect we're the only ones in my family. (G)

 NB> Depends on if/when people get exposed to them... and how wide they let
 NB> their taste range go..  :)  I think there are some besides us in my
 NB> family that like the kalamatas... and probably the full range of
 NB> olives...  ;)

Steve gave me all the black olive slices from his salad last night when
we went over to a local Italian place. (G)

 NB> it themselves,  NB>> and certainly the fruit cake wasn't homemade, at
 NB> least by us... ;)  NB>> Daddy would sometimes buy the ribbon candy,
 NB> though... :)

 RH> One year we had ribbon candy; I must have been somewhere between 6 and
 RH> 8 years old then. I remember having it but there was nothing to tie it
 RH> to a specific year. Mom made the fruitcake up until, IIRC, either the
 RH> first year we were in HI or some time while we were in AZ. After us
 RH> kids left home, she made smaller loaves to send to those of us who
 RH> wouldn't be home for Christmas. Steve's mom made more of a fruit and
 RH> nut, with very little cake, fruitcake; my mom's was more cake than
 RH> fruit and nuts.

 NB> I think I'd like Steve's mom's cake better than your mom's...  ;)  I
 NB> like it with just enough cake to hold the fruits and nuts together.
 NB> :)

I'll have to dig out the recipe and post it (or have Steve do it, in
MM). I like both versions. (G)

 NB>  NB>> I bet those tasted pretty yummy...  :)   Pizzelles she might not
 NB> have  NB>> thought looked like a cookie... and maybe she just wasn't
 NB> wanting  NB>> molasses cookies... ;)  And, again, probably didn't look
 NB> as festive as  NB>> the pumpkin/mincemeat bar...  :)

 RH> She was familiar with pizzelles from my having married into Steve's
 RH> family. His mom brought an assortment of cookies, including them, for
 RH> our wedding reception and my mom had them other times as well. Dad
 RH> does't like mincemeat so she rarely had a mincemeat pie (only a couple
 RH> of times to my memory). The mincemeat in the cookies was a rare treat.

 NB> That's probably most of the reason, then... :)  A rare treat is
 NB> awfully hard to pass up.. :)

Plus, they were good sized, probably about 2"x2" and close to an inch
thick. She got lots of sugar carbs with them.


 RH> The molasses cookies were small, thin & crisp cut outs, not her usual
 RH> thicker chewier cut outs.

 NB> So, probably not as appealing to her, either..  :)

No, not nearly the amount of sugar of the other cookies.

 NB> having  NB>> it be moveable, you'd not have to leave it behind like
 NB> Janis did her  NB>> custom-made island..   :)

 RH> We're trying to figure out if we can hang the pot rack or not too. I
 RH> may end up hanging my pots on the wall, just to free up cabinet space.

 NB> As long as you have the wall space, that can be a good option...  Are
 NB> the ceilings higher in the house?  Or is it just a question of whether
 NB> or not the ceiling can take the weight of the pot rack...?

It's a bit of a cathedral ceiling, tho I don't remember if it's over all
the kitchen or there is a lower section.

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Catch you later,
Ruth
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