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Bad Holiday Dinners (WAS: Not a one trick pony)
jmcquown wrote:
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> "JeanineAlyse" > wrote in message
> ...
>> On Nov 24, 5:26 pm, wrote:
>>> I was looking for something to put my mashed potatoes in that would
>>> keep them warm for the Thanksgiving Day potluck. I didn't make enough
>>> to warrant using the crock pot so I decided to use the tagine.
>>> Yippieee Skippieee.
>>> It made a very pretty serving dish too.
>>>
>> Oh, what a great share, Koko. I have no tagine, but have decided for
>> the Thanksgiving dinner I will make for bad-cook friends next year I
>> will use all my Corningware and other nice oven-safe dishes to keep
>> everything inside a low-temp oven or stove-top
> (snip)
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>> Wish me luck, I am determined to have these bad-cook people over next
>> year for a goosd, simple, old fashioned Thanksgiving dinner.
>> Theit kitchen is just as tiny as mine, they have two grown kids who
>> each work in restaurants, and thereby each of the four adults
>> contributed to the dinner I was invited to. I brought only my then
>> too sour cranberry sauce to share; they provided a very dry spiral
>> sliced ham, a moisture-less turkey, watery and unsalted mashed spuds,
>> tasteless gravy, canned and unseasoned-undrained green beans
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> (snipped before I barf LOL)
>> ...PickyHavingNoLeftoversButForAsliceOfCheesecake, ThankYou!
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> Sorry to piggy back, Picky  I'm sure we've all had our share of bad
> or mediocre holiday dinners.
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> When I was married (a million years ago) I had to go to four different
> houses for Thanksgiving. I'm an equal opportunity critic  My
> mother made a pretty standard meal: turkey with dressing (made from
> Pepperidge Farm seasoned bread cubes - not bad). Mashed potatoes
> (made from a box of those mashed potato flakes). Turkey gravy made
> from a packet of McCormick's or Durkee or something. Canned green
> beans (but at least she drained them!). Dinner rolls (she always
> forgot to set the timer and burned the rolls), a chilled can of
> "cranberry sauce" that came out shaped like the can.
>
> Then we had to go to the (former) MIL's house for another meal. She
> made cornbread "dressing" that was so runny it looked like vomit. You
> could literally run a spoon through it and it would close back up, the
> opposite of parting the Red Sea. I thought perhaps she'd made a
> mistake so I didn't say anything. But it became apparent from
> comments she always made it like that. "Isn't it great?!" Being a
> polite guest I took a spoonful of dressing (which quickly spread out
> on my plate), and no, it wasn't great. LOL
>
> Then it was off to visit one of his aunt's who lived in an apartment
> with her two daughters, both of whom were probably in their 20's. I
> don't remember much about that visit except the turkey had been cooked
> to death several times over. It became apparent why when I walked in
> the door spotted all the beer cans in the trash. Heh.
>
> Over the river and through the woods to [his] grandmother's house we
> went! His grandparents were lovely people. Very gracious. They lived
> in the country, had a vegetable garden and the food was delicious.
> But by this time I was getting tired, although I politely nibbled.
>
> (Best Billy Mays voice) But wait! There's more! LOL We still had to
> go to his uncle's house! His wife didn't cook dinner. She served
> "holiday platters" she'd bought at the deli counter. There's a nice
> homey touch for ya! Frankly, I didn't mind. It was more like a
> cocktail party than a holiday dinner. Hors d'oeuvres, different types
> of breads and sliced turkey and ham with accompaniments, a relish
> tray. And wine and liquor. Lots and lots of liquid refreshments. By
> that time I needed it We'd been going from house to house all day
> and I just wanted to go home.
>
> Jill
You really bitch a lot.
-HB (Snacks!)
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