On Tue 22 Mar 2005 12:21:51p, Dave Smith wrote in rec.food.cooking:

> Dimitri wrote:
>
>> Well next Sunday is Easter.
>>
>> The hordes are descending on the on homestead for dinner.
>>
>> At this point in time my head just isn't into cooking but what the
>> hell.
>>
>> Stopped by Albertson's (a very pretty new store) and picked up an 18
>> pound Krause Ham $0.99 per pound - what a deal!
>>
>> I have no idea what else to prepare - dinner around 3 and I'll probably
>> fall back on the "tradition" beans, red cabbage, and the green beans to
>> be devoured by # 4 and her husband. I've got 2 cans of Comstock Apples
>> and 2 peaches maybe I'll make a dump cake.
>>
>> How about you?
>>
>
> Lamb.
> My wife and I love lamb. We used to invite my mother and my wife's aunt
> and uncle, all lamb lovers. None of them can get around any more, live
> in opposite directions so we can't even run around to pick then up. The
> aunt and uncle are only an hour away but will not drive on the highway.
> It is only a half mile from their condo and taking that highway would
> mean getting to our place 60 miles away with a total of only three
> turns, not including our driveway. But they always take secondary roads
> and get lost so it takes them 3-4 hours.
>
> I suppose I could ask my older brother and his wife and they could pick
> up my mother on the way, but they would insist on bringing the 31 year
> old son that lives in his basement who likes only 3 or 4 different foods
> and pouts if he is exposed to anything on the extensive list of things
> he does not like. We could invite another brother who adores lamb, but
> his wife cannot stand the smell of it cooking.
>
> Maybe it will be lamb chops on the BBQ.

Sometimes it's just better to eat exactly what you like, and to eat it
alone.

I get really sick of peoples' pickiness.

--
Wayne Boatwright
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Give me a smart idiot over a stupid genius any day.
Sam Goldwyn, 1882-1974