On 2020-11-27 8:23 p.m., Sheldon Martin wrote:
> On Fri, 27 Nov 2020 20:09:06 -0500, jmcquown >

>> Sheldon doesn't have family gatherings so I don't know why he thinks he
>> should cook a 13 pound bird for the two of them. Nor show disdain for
>> cornish hens split in half as a single serving per person. If I were
>> serving 6 people I'd buy and cook (grill or roast) 3 cornish hens. Take
>> into consideration all the side dishes that will be served along with at
>> a gathering. The hens are not the only thing on the table.
>>
>> Jill
>
> My mom cooked for the five of us, never for her four sister's familys,
> they cooked for their own family, I guess. There were never any
> family gatherings. I know that I had some cousins but I haven't heard
> from any in many years, I don't remember their names, for all I know
> they are all dead. Our family was not a Father Knows Best Family.
>


My mother usually did Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners. There were
often as many as 16, and that was before grandchildren came along. She
would invite my grandmothers, an aunt and her son, and some friends who
had nowhere else to go. She did everything, though my brothers and I
would be recruited to help with the last minute stuff.

She always had a great variety of desserts. There would be Christmas
pudding with caramel sauce, dark and light fruitcakes, mince meat tarts,
chocolate eclairs, short bread, brownies and several other types of
cookies.