Damsel in dis Dress wrote:
>
> Kidzilla and crew are coming over tomorrow for a belated Christmas.
> We've trashed all the candymaking with the exception of some Fantasy
> Fudge. There will also be a sour cream apple pie and possibly some
> Seven Layer Bars.
>
> We got little tiny buns at the grocery store. We're slicing what's
> left of the rotisseried ham to go on them. Also slicing some cheddar
> cheese (boy, I hope that meat slicer works!) Found a killer deal on a
> huge ring of shrimp with cocktail sauce in the middle.
>
> Side dishes will be my dilled potato salad, Bush's baked beans (we
> usually get the frozen Captain Ken's beans, but we went to the wrong
> store), and I think that's it.
>
> I'll stick with plain ham and lots of shrimp. There *will* be a
> forkful of the pie, and there *will* be a forkful of the potato salad.
>
> Oh! I almost forgot. I got a 20 piece set of stoneware Christmas
> dishes at the thrift shop this afternoon. US$9.99 with 75% off
> because it's a Christmas item. I walked out of there with this huge
> box of dishes for $2.66, including tax. 'Course, it's not a complete
> set or anything, but it'll add a little pizzaz to tomorrow's buffet.
>
> We haven't wrapped gift yet. This is going to be a long, long night.
>
> Happy New Year, everyone!
> Carol

Carol, what kind of meat slicer do you have? We had a rival, chrome
or stainless steel, I think sort of a commercial model. It's just the
two of us so we gave it to our church kitchen for when they cater
banquets. I only used it once and it was a "bear" to clean....Sharon