One time on Usenet, said:
> Little Malice wrote:
> > One time on Usenet, Lou Decruss > said:
> >> On Fri, 18 Jan 2008 21:11:21 GMT, (Little
> >> Malice) wrote:
> >>
> >>> My family is coming tonight to celebrate my birthday. My stepmom
> >>> is bringing a cake and we're having cheesesteaks from the local
> >>> shop, but I also made some deviled eggs (or as BIL calls them,
> >>> "evil eggs"):
> >>>
> >>> http://home.avvanta.com/~dragon/deveggs.gif
> >> Cool plate.
> >
> > Thanks - it belonged to my grandmother, and I believe she got it
> > back in the 50's. I've seen newer ones, but they aren't usually
> > as heavy...
> >
>
>
> Happy Birthday.

Thank you, Gloria.

> Boohoo! I had an identical plate that was an antique shop find. One day
> when cooking for a party, I balanced the full plate on top of something else
> in the fridge. Next time I opened the refrigerator door the plate slid out
> onto the floor and broke into a millions shards, complete with deviled eggs.
> It was such a mess to clean up!

Oh no! It's bad enough to have that kind of thing happen, but even
worse when it's a dish you really like...

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Jani in WA