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Skriven 2014-11-07 20:36:49 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
  Kommentar till text 18985 av NANCY BACKUS (1:123/140)
Ärende: Sunday dinners
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Hi Nancy,

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

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

 NB> True..  Richard's family was small enough that I'd met most of them
 NB> before we got married... my family took him a little longer to get to
 NB> know, although there was a pretty good showing of them at our
 NB> wedding.. Kids that marry into our family now have a lot more
 NB> relatives to meet, though...  ;)

The big family keeps getting bigger. Steve's dad is one of 11 children;
I think there are relatives I've yet to meet. A few, but not many of my
relatives came to our wedding, none of Steve's except one set of
grandparents.

 NB> the full range  NB>> of olives...  ;)

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

 NB> Does he like any olives...?

Green and kalamata.

 NB> wouldn't be home  RH>> for Christmas. Steve's mom made more of a fruit
 NB> and nut, with very  RH>> little cake, fruitcake; my mom's was more
 NB> cake than fruit and nuts.  NB>> I think I'd like Steve's mom's cake
 NB> better than your mom's...  ;)  NB>> I like it with just enough cake to
 NB> hold the fruits and nuts
 NB>  NB>> together. :)

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

 NB> Now that we are past Halloween, it won't be long before the fruitcakes
 NB> appear in the store...  :)   Just like the Halloween candy, I think
 NB> they only order in just so much for the season, put it out early, and
 NB> when it's gone, that's all there was...  ;)

I've seen the Claxton ones already. There's one called "Southern
Supreme" that is very much like what Steve's mom makes, made west of
here, (between here & Charlotte) that is really good. We saw it in The
Fresh Market a few years ago, after friends gave us some to try. A bit
pricy but much better than the Claxton type cakes.

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

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

 NB> True... but I'm still thinking that the sugar carbs wasn't the main
 NB> reason she was opting for them...  the mincemeat was more likely the
 NB> draw...  And, remember, her mind was already slipping then, though you
 NB> didn't know it so much yet...

She's always gone for sweets, diabetes or not so this was a big treat in
that it had both (lots of) sugar and mincemeat. She never did do much to
keep the diabetes under control--I think that contributed a lot to her
mind slipping.

 NB>  RH>> The molasses cookies were small, thin & crisp cut outs, not her
 NB>  RH>> usual thicker chewier cut outs.
 NB>  NB>> So, probably not as appealing to her, either..  :)

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

 NB> Again, it may just as likely been the chewy vs crispy, not the sugar
 NB> content that was the main issue for her.  Not that it really matters
 NB> any more...  ;)

It doesn't matter, as you say. We thought she might appreciate having
some goodies that were sweet, but a bit better for her than what she
used to make. I guess she didn't feel our cookies were "Christmas-sy
enough"--but they worked well for us.

 NB>  NB>> Are the ceilings higher in the house?  Or is it just a question
 NB> of  NB>> whether or not the ceiling can take the weight of the pot
 NB> rack...?

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

 NB> That could be a reach for the pots, for sure... ;)   Or the pot rack
 NB> might need to have long extenders to reach the ceiling...  :)

I'll have to check it out when we move in. Right now we're packing up
and most likely won't get to go into the house again until after we
sign.

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Ruth
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