Dave Smith wrote:
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> On 2017-10-29 6:15 PM, Wayne Boatwright wrote:
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> > My mother loved to bake and the holidays always meant several cakes,
> > several pies, half a dozen kinds of cookies, chocolate and maple
> > walnut fudges, candied nuts, and I've probably left some things out.
> > There were always a lot of people stopping by during the holidays.
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> My mother always went all out for Christmas. She usually had 15-20
> people for Christmas dinner. The primary dessert was carrot pudding ,
> flambeed and served with a hot caramel sauce. The there were mince
> meat tarts, butter tarts, light and dark fruitcake, Nanaimo bars,
> Chinese chews, several types of short cakes, chocolate eclairs, a few
> other types of cookies, meringues, ice cream and a fruit platter.

And here, everyone constantly bitches about carbs and overweight
people and diabetes. lol