"jmcquown" > wrote in message
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> "sf" > wrote in message
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>> On Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:44:02 +0000, hlt
>> > wrote:
>>
>>>I need something that either (1) Will keep well and travel well OR (2)
>>>I can take the ingredients and put it together quickly without taking
>>>up too much time and space in my mother-in-law's kitchen.
>>>
>>>HELP ME!!
>>
>> Ask your future MIL which will be best for her and her refrigerator.
>>
>
> Good advice. Sometimes the MIL doesn't want someone taking over her
> kitchen (be it the fridge, oven, stovetop). The best (and most polite)
> thing would be to call and ask her what she would prefer.
>
> Jill
Especially during a holiday dinner. She might feel pressured with timing her
own dishes to make room and time for someone else to share it with anyone.

You could always offer to bring something already finished, like a nice
apple pie or something. Let it be her choice.

Jon