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On Fri, 27 Nov 2020 19:54:37 -0500, Sheldon Martin >
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>On Sat, 28 Nov 2020 10:22:31 +1100, Bruce > wrote:
>
>>On Fri, 27 Nov 2020 16:14:40 -0700, Graham > wrote:
>>
>>>On Fri, 27 Nov 2020 17:20:23 -0500, jmcquown wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 11/27/2020 2:42 PM, Sheldon Martin wrote:
>>>>> On Fri, 27 Nov 2020 13:17:15 -0600, "cshenk" > wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Graham wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Thu, 26 Nov 2020 07:13:08 -0800 (PST), Bryan Simmons wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> We're going to the other direction, small. One stuffed Cornish
>>>>>>>> hen, potatoes, gravy, sweet potatoes, cranberry sauce, green beans
>>>>>>>> with lots of bacon and a pumpkin pie. Just the three of us.
>>>>>>>> Extended family Zoom at 1:30.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> --Bryan
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> How sensible! No leftovers about which to complain.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> We actually had lots of leftovers but the type we like. Even some
>>>>>> Cornish Hen leftovers!
>>>>>
>>>>> A cornish hen is barely a meal for one person... that's why they are
>>>>> typically sold in pairs, and it's mostly fat and bone... I find that a
>>>>> cornish hen is a toddler's portion. A cornish hen contains about the
>>>>> same meat as a roasting chicken's wing. The two of us put a good
>>>>> dent in our 13 pounder... there's enough left for two more dinners for
>>>>> us. We don't find poultry very filling.
>>>>>
>>>> I haven't seen cornish hen sold in pairs in at least a decade. Things
>>>> may be different in your neck of the woods. One *half* of a cornish hen
>>>> with sides is plenty for one person, especially small people who already
>>>> don't have a huge appetite.
>>>>
>>>> Jill
>>>
>>>There was an article this morning on CNN with the title "You cooked for 20
>>>and fed 6 people" which summed up everything in the title!

>>
>>If I had to feed 6 Americans, I'd also cook for 20, not forgetting the
>>extra sugar.

>
>Ignoranus... you are a bigoted asshole. We haven't finished half a
>five pound bag of sugar in over 20 years... neither of us uses sugar
>in coffee or anything else. Truth is you don't cook because you can't
>cook... I'm positive that like most RFCers you live on fast food joint
>drive thru... RFCers who constantly speak of eating at fancy schmancy
>restaurants don't cook... if they knew how to cook they'd not be
>eating that dumpster diver trash that they never post pictures of.


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