Omelet wrote:
> In article >,
> Kathleen > wrote:
>
>
>>Dear daughter and her boyfriend know Sunday dinner is generally worth
>>showing up for and they weren't disappointed today. I'd had a craving
>>for baked ham. Not one of these boneless, presliced things, either. I
>>wanted the real deal, served up in thick slices.
>>
>>Went to Dierbergs and they didn't have a single bone-in ham. Not a butt
>>or a shank to be found. On to Schnucks, where we scored a butt-end
>>Cook's bone-in ham, one of only two left in the case.
>>
>>Baked it up, adding a glaze of pineapple juice, brown sugar, a pinch of
>>cloves and a liberal sprinkle of white pepper. The menu was rounded out
>>with a green salad, chilled pineapple chunks, sourdough bread and
>>butter, and storeboughten potato salad, which the kids complained about
>>as being inferior to homemade but which got eaten nevertheless.
>>
>>After supper we watched "Smokey and the Bandit", which none of the kids
>>had ever seen before. Which brought up the fact, somehow never
>>mentioned before, that their dad owned a black and gold Firebird nearly
>>identical to the TransAm featured in the film back when we were dating.
>> They were boggled.
>>
>>And while we watched, and reminisced about muscle cars, mullets and mini
>>skirts, we ate chocolate pie, made by my daughter, who is evolving into
>>a first-rate cook. This stuff was incredibly decadent, especially made
>>in a chocolate cookie crust. She used Ree Drummond's recipe, found he
>>http://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/2..._iv_de-licious
>>_chocolate_pie/
>
>
> Sounds like a very pleasant evening. :-) I can generally get Smithfield
> hams locally for anywhere from $.99 to $1.49 per lb. I agree about
> baking a whole one and serving it in thick slices... There is no
> substitute.
Yeah, and now I've got a great big meaty ham bone wrapped up in the
freezer for flavoring a pot of bean soup. I froze it because there
won't be time to mess with it this week.
What got us started on the whole "Smokey and the Bandit" thing was my
husband razzing the boyfriend about a pair of cheap aviator-style
sunglasses he'd acquired to take down to the Chuckwagon Races, not
wanting to risk his expensive shades. Daughter, the boyfriend and the
crew from her barn are heading down Wednesday afternoon with the horse
trailer caravan. Me, my husband, our son and all four dogs are heading
out on Friday. They are anticipating a crowd of around 20,000 people,
and close to that many horses.
http://www.chuckwagonraces.com/index.html
Dear daughter will probably be outriding again this year for Outlaw
Women, as she has the past two years.
Albert (age 70-something), the guy who boards my daughter's horse, will
be racing again this year in the Snowy River Run. This is a shot of him
and Shiloh in '07. Can't you just feel that water?
http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/...or18P/340x.jpg
I don't really know what I want to do about meals. Due to the ongoing
drought there's a strict no-burn rule in effect. Plus, cooler space is
going to be limited... There are tons of vendors on site, though. Eh.
I'll figure it out.