In article >, "Bob"
> wrote:

> Barb poked:
>
> > A guy could get lynched for not having turkey on Thanksgiving Day.
> > They don't call it Turkey Day for nuthin', y'know.
>
> I must be a rebel. SUCH a rebel. :-)

Well, at least you've got a cause.

> I wanted to make a standing rib roast for SOME holiday, and I plan to
> make a ham on Christmas, so Thanksgiving seemed like a good
> opportunity. My guests SEEM enthusiastic about the menu, but maybe
> it's just the free food they're enthusiastic about.

It's the free rib roast.

> >> Barb's Green Bean Soup: Barb has posted her recipe many times, so
> >> this shouldn't need any description.
> >
> > I'm flattered that you're serving it. Yum!
>
> I'll probably tinker with the recipe: Have you tried adding mushrooms
> and/or cheese to it?

No. Try them; I'll bet they'd be good. At Christmas, I make a sour
mushrooom sauce/gravy thang with wild mushrooms and kraut juice.
Cheese? Bleah! Don't put cheese in it.

(My local Costco has been carrying the most
> BEAUTIFUL mushrooms, which I plan to use in my stuffed mushrooms, but

> tetrazzini -- although I am looking forward to some day-after
> roast-beef hash.)

> Bob

Jesus, Mary, and Joseph!! You're going to make HASH from prime rib
leavings? What a waste of good beef. Sounds like steak and eggs for
breakfast to me.
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