"LadyJane" > wrote in
ups.com:

> Mum's been bitching and moaning about her stove for some
> months. This week I was shopping (with Mum in tow) for a new
> dishwasher. She saw a stove she liked... but couldn't - at
> this point in time - afford.
> I found a new dishwasher, but the retailer had to get back to
> me about availability in s/s.
> When he rang that afternoon, by which time Mum had gone home,
> I ordered both the stove & the d/w.
>
> Arranged for an electrician (she won't have a gas stove...
> long story) to install the new stove today at around 10am.
> Rang Mum & said my dishwasher was being delivered today, but I
> had another appointment for an hour or so, could she come to
> our home on the off-chance that the d/w was delivered while I
> was away..... while all the time I was around at her place
> letting in the electrician and overseeing the installation and
> delivery of her new stove!!
>
> hehehehe - deviousness is such fun!
>
> Unbelievably - I have never been able to keep presents secret
> for some 40 odd years - I kept quiet about it all... even
> after returning home & spending a lovely 3 hours watching
> Foodie shows on pay tv. All the while Mum's talking about what
> she'll make for dinner tonight*, having gleaned some great
> recipes from the Food Network. Just drove her home - kitchen
> exactly as she left it, pots on the new stove, tea-towel
> handing on the oven handle.... still didn't notice anything
> 'new' about her kitchen. Am waiting (excitedly) for her phone
> call when she finally notices (geez, I sure hope she
> notices!!!) she's got a new stove!!!!!!
>
> Nearly 3pm here - have an hour or two to wait till she gets to
> turning on the oven in preparation for dinner.... lol

What a wonderful story. I await the rest of the story. :-)

cheers

>
> Baked pasta & vegetables
>
> 1 capsicum (bell pepper)
> 1 zucchini
> 1 red onion
> 1 carrot
> florets of cauliflower & broccoli
> 6 cloves garlic
>
> penne
> mozarella
> parmesan
>
> Oven roast the vegetables in lashings of olive oil.
> Cook penne while veg are cooking.
> Drain pasta into a large bowl, mix with oven roasted veg.
> Add torn mozarella/bocconcini (think Goats cherve would work
> too) and drizzle of olive oil
> Put back into roasting tray veg were cooked in.
> Sprinkle with parmesan & bake at 180DegC for around 30
> minutes.
>
>
> LadyJane
> --
> "Never trust a skinny cook!"
> or a sneaky & devious daughter..........
>