Janet B wrote in rec.food.cooking:

> On Sat, 5 Mar 2016 18:39:46 -0000, Janet > wrote:
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> > I love it when anybody else wants to cook in my kitchen :-)
> > especially when their food is something new to me. I've had guests
> > teach me to make sushi, pasta, Thai cooking, and all sorts of new
> > recipes. If they can't cook they can pour drinks.
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> > Janet UK
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> Sometimes when my daughter and her family are in town, they will go
> and float the river (in large inner tubes). It takes a couple of
> vehicles to get the gear and people to the dropping off and also the
> pickup place. Often that evening will be planned for dinner at my
> ex's house. Since ex and wife are off picking up tubers, she will
> give me the key to the house and just let me have at getting started
> on dinner. I do similar when everybody is coming to my house. We
> often have at least 3 women in the kitchen mingled with the guys
> to-ing and fro-ing ferrying things back and forth. There's always a
> lot of chatter, laughter, wine, beer and photos. The only thing we 'do
> not' mess with is each other's grill and grilling food. That's a big
> no-no.
> (Tubing is a big deal here in the summer. The float takes a couple of
> hours and is terrific on a hot summer day.)
> Janet US

Sounds like a wonderful time!

We have an enclosed fully screened porch with a picnic table built
inside. 44ft by 13ft. Nice party room right off the sliding glass
door to the kitchen. Back yard has a bunch of floor lamps too.

Carol

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