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Default One Thing I Forgot About Fancy Thanksgivings

On 11/24/2017 10:26 AM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> On 11/23/2017 9:33 PM, Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>> On Thu 23 Nov 2017 04:41:29p, jmcquown told us...
>>
>>> On 11/23/2017 6:03 PM, Nancy2 wrote:
>>>> My mom served tomato juice as an appetizer at a faculty dinner at
>>>> our house (my dad was faculty) and my little brother blurted out,
>>>> "Why do we have juice for supper??"Â* Dead silence, and then some
>>>> mild laughter from the guests and my parents.Â* This would have
>>>> been mid-fifties or so.
>>>>
>>>> N.
>>>>
>>> Nancy2, I wish I knew what this signifies.Â* Was it that they were
>>> living in a poor economic situation which no one was supposed to
>>> acknowledge? Out of the mouths of babes?
>>>
>>> Jill
>>>

>>
>> During the tomato season my parents used to make can quarts of a
>> wonderful tomato juice cocktail for which there was no recipe.Â* It
>> was served as an appetizer at special meals and I absolutely loved
>> it.
>>

>
> I eat tomatoes in every form available.Â* Fresh, canned, sauce, sun
> dried.Â* I dislike tomato juice though.Â* Won't have a Bloody Mary but
> will make one for my wife.


I'm not a big fan of tomato juice. No Bloody Mary's for me.

Jill