Wayne Boatwright wrote:
> On Thu 27 Dec 2007 04:04:02a, Ophelia told us...
>
>> Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>>> Oh pshaw, on Wed 26 Dec 2007 08:25:22a, limey meant to say...
>>>
>>>> Dave Smith" <"adavid,smith wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> I have cooked Christmas dinner for two of the last three years,
>>>>> and when my mother used to have everyone for Christmas I used to
>>>>> be in the kitchen helping her. This year we are going to my
>>>>> brother's for dinner and his son is looking after everything. I
>>>>> offered to bring something but the only thing he needs is a
>>>>> container of chicken broth. I feel like I am getting off pretty
>>>>> easy.
>>>>
>>>> I had it easy, too. I fixed and cooked the ribeye roast. Son and
>>>> wife brought parboiled potatoes to put around the roast, plus the
>>>> salad of mesclun, black grapes, crumbled gorgonzola, also spinach
>>>> which son cooked, plus they brought a homemade chocolate cake with
>>>> chocolate/mocha icing. They cleaned up. Whoopee! The easiest
>>>> Christmas dinner I've ever cooked <G>!!!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> That salad sounds delicious!
>>>
>>> This was an easy Christmas dinner for us, too. At Thanksgiving I
>>> roasted a large bone-in turkey breast and immediately wrapped and
>>> sealed half of it for the freezer. After that dinner I also froze
>>> the remaining gravy. David had the turkey and gravy, along with
>>> mashed potatoes and creamed peas. I had baked ham that I bought
>>> ready to eat from a local butcher (just to heat up), along with a
>>> baked sweet potato and brussels sprouts. Everything was easy. I
>>> baked pies on Christmas Eve day. Chrustmas Day was very relaxing.
>>
>> Well it was for me too even though I cooked dinner for eight. I
>> suppose that at last, I have stopped worrying or getting frantic
>> about it) Oh yes and I didn't have any clean up to do
>>
>>
>>
>
> You cooked dinner for 8 in a caravan?

Good heavens NO!!! LOL As you know our house is Scotland is up for sale.
Usually, the children are with me for Christmas and since I didn't know if
we would have a house now, we made arrangements to have it at my son's house
in Lincoln, which is why I did all the cooking


Or am I remembering wrong, or
> were you back in Scotland at the house? Whatever, at least you
> weren't frantic abou it. The best part of the deal is no clean up!

Oh yes)

> :-) So glad you had a good Christmas!

Thank you m'dear as I trust you did?