On Tue, 18 Dec 2007 21:34:09 -0600, Melba's Jammin'
> wrote:

>I posted this to another group last weekend.
>
>"Eat your heart out:
>
>I've made approximately 15 two-egg batches of egg noodles * two widths,
>two thicknesses for the narrow width. (I've been making them for a
>couple weeks, not all today.) A large box containing 3 tins of noodles
>has been sent to and received by the recipient.
>
>Two batches of peanut brittle have been made. The first was finished
>off last week. It is gossamer thin because it's pulled while
>cooling. Having asbestos fingers (I do) is a real plus here. I don't
>do Microwave Peanut Brittle, kids.
>
>Two batches of caramels, one done and gone, the other on the stove as we
>speak. (And now off the stove and in its pan, ready for cutting
>tomorrow when I get home from church.)
>(Update: The third perfect batch was made last night and cut and
>wrapped tonight.)
>
>Fudge, poured into small foil 'pot pie' type tins, has been made and is
>in the fridge.
>
>Two batches of Fromage al Boursini have been made and packed into cute
>little crocks bought on sale for a song at Kitchen Window (or Cook's of
>Crocus Hill ‹ I don't remember) in Edina in August or September.
>
>Twelve bags of Mom's Nicer-Roni have been packaged and sealed. Those
>will be for my two young(er) guys.
>
>Update: Some of those have wound up in my gift assortments; I'll make
>more this weekend for Chris and Jamie.
>
>Two batches of seasoned pretzel snack mix have been made. The first has
>been distributed and some has gone the way of the House Mouse.
>
>Update: A third batch, using mostly Chex cereal instead of pretzels,
>has been made. Note to self: Stick with the recipe, you fool.
>
>Ten (small) loaves of white bread are in the freezer, wrapped and ready
>for inclusion in the gift bag/box/basket.
>
>C'monna my house! LOL!
>
>Purchased soup and cheeseball mixes are at the ready; crackers to
>accompany both have been purchased.
>
>Glycerin soap from Basin at TMOA were purchased for half price last
>February; they are pine scented and vewwy cute.
>
>Oh, and the jams and jellies are ready, too. Saints preserve us!
>
>Half peck size baskets have been delivered to my niece and a good
>friend; tray/box has been delivered to the pastor where I go to church.
>Most of the rest will be distributed tomorrow to a few others, and I'll
>bring the Grand Collezzione (I made that up) to Beloved Niece Sandra
>when we meet for our annual Christmas lunch on Thursday. Her haul will
>contain more than the others'. In return I getta get some of her
>divinity and some krumkake. And spiced nuts for Rob.
>
>Gotta stay on her good side ‹ she's who will most likely visit me when
>I'm in The Home and she's the second person authorized to determine my
>fate when I can't make the decision for myself.
>
>Update: Two dozen rosettes have been fried and stored; I'll do another
>batch tomorrow for Sandra. Her gift assortment will contain olive oil
>from my trip to Italy, TJ tapenade, herb cheese spread and crackers, a
>pot roast seasoning mix, a tin of McCann's steel cut oats (she's never
>had steel cut oats), rosettes, caramels, Orange Muscat Champagne vinegar
>from TJ, apple butter, and a small container of Mother Superior's Mocha
>Mix (remember that powdered almond extract I was looking for a month
>ago? It was for the mocha mix. The secret is no longer.)
>
>Three bags and trays were delivered today to the Other Pastor and to the
>music director for the church and to my friend Anita. The 'social
>director' at church, of whom I've become quite fond by virtue of some
>do-gooder work I've been doing, will receive a nice spread tomorrow
>night when we gather for caroling at the homes of some shut-ins.
>
>You were dying to know all that, weren't you? It's okay ‹ I was dying
>to tell somebody. "
>
>I posted pictures of the rosettes and the caramels and a treatise on
>making up the gift 'baskets' to alt.binaries.food a couple days ago.
>Maybe they're still on the servers.
>
>I've posted most of these recipes in other times but if anyone is
>interested, I'm willing to post them again.
>
>
>(How's that, Bubba? '-)

I admire the work and thought that you put into your gifts. But it
makes me tired to read about it.

--
Susan N.

"Moral indignation is in most cases two percent moral,
48 percent indignation, and 50 percent envy."
Vittorio De Sica, Italian movie director (1901-1974)