cshenk wrote:

> "ChattyCathy" wrote
>
>> http://www.recfoodcooking.com
>
> MCINTL both. Apparently based on feedback, no matter how fancy they
> are, we do 'potlucks' here because everyone brings a little something.
> It may just be 3 families, but we all bring some dish with us to match
> the other offerings.

Ah, OK.
>
> Thursday we had one for Joanna's 68th birthday. Too bad she hates
> fish as we have all that fish Don caught!
>
> We brought fresh bread still warm from the breadmaker, a starter soup
> of carrots with a little nutmeg, and a bottle of wine. She made her
> signature chicken livers (even this liver hater will tolerate a few of
> those!),

Ohhh, I love chicken livers. How did she make hers?

> and Ben and his wife brought salad and a dessert. Guislane brought
> meatballs in sauce with a cabbage foundation.
>
> It was a sweet sad time. It was her first birthday without husband
> (died last winter) or sons (2 in the gulf, 1 away in Chicago). We got
> merry with the wine anyways after a bit of sad remebrance of her
> husband Johann.

That is rather sad...

But the food sounded really good (except for the cabbage part) <evil
wink>
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Cheers
Chatty Cathy