"Rick & Cyndi" > wrote in news:UtYtb.172345
$ao4.565834@attbi_s51:

> Thank you. Yep, feeling much better; however, DH now has the
> nasty bug. Arrgghh! He's on the road to recovery but now has a
> definite understanding about how nasty I had felt.

'Hope that's where the circle ends!

> After our initial talk of this and then once I finally got off my
> duff and posted it - well, I too, will be making it for friends
> and family. My thoughts are to make it the weekend after
> Thanksgiving and give out as early food gifts. In our
> neighborhood, several of the neighbors like to deliver goodies on
> Christmas eve... Well, knowing how many goodies are passed
> around - my thoughts were to do this early before everyone gets
> hit with more food than they can eat. I dunno. It sounded like
> a good idea in my head... ? Some of the voices can be very
> persuasive. LOL

Gotta watch those voices! <G> That's a super idea...

> I'll be making some mini loaves of bread to go with them.

Also a great idea, but considerably more effort unless you bake-and-
freeze, bake-and-freeze.

> If I had fewer friends/family and a bigger budget... I got the
> coolest idea while at Bed, Bath & Beyond the other night... for $
> 2.99 and $ 3.99 a piece, they had the cutest mini porcelain and
> steel containers with a tini ladle attached. Anyway, the idea
> would have been to pack the Potted Beef in those and place them
> in a basket with the loaves of bread nestled around one of the

Great presentation! You might check at Pier 1 Imports for less expensive
containers. BB&B can sometimes be overpriced.

> containers. Of course, if I really wanted to stretch myself thin
> (effort-wise, as happens every so often) I'd also make a couple
> of batches of different flavored crackers and toss in a small
> block or two of cheese... Hmmm, maybe I'll use that idea for
> next year's goodies... Crackers and Cheese. Cool.

Now you're over the top with homemade crackers and cheese along with the
beef, but what a super gift!

> Wayne, please let me know how the Potted Beef goes over with your
> crew. Ummm, just a note, I remember when I was keeping the bowl
> submerged in the pot of water I used a couple of cast iron
> trivets to keep the bowl from floating up. HTH.
>
>
> Cyndi

I will let you know, and thanks for the tip...I was wondering if the
container would be prone to floating.

Thanks again...
Wayne