"maxine in ri" > wrote in message
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> On May 16, 7:07 pm, Christine Dabney > wrote:
>> Heya folks,
>
>>(snip to ma doodle)
> If I needed anything other than the basics, I would write and ask if
> you had it available. If not, I can see the baggage checkers
> wondering about that conical chinousioir (sp) in my carry-on<G>. I'd
> just keep the waffle iron in the carry-on and pull it out before the
> bags went through the x-rays.
>
> In 2002 we went to Seattle, where I bought a long narrow pewter tray,
> which fit diagonally in my carryon. We were pulled aside, and when
> she asked what it was, I told her (in more detail than she would ever
> have wished) how my sister was looking for a tray to serve jelly rolls
> on, and she always made rolled them the short way so they were 20"
> long, and she'd mentioned it and was impossible to shop for, so since
> I had this one clue-- at which point she told me to zipper my bags
> back up and get on the plane!
>
> That white powder coming out of my bag? That's flour for the belgian
> waffles I'm making at the gathering of on-line people who I've never
> met before....
>
> maxine in ri who only wishes she could be there.
>
Funny story. I'll bring some candied ginger and you'll be there in spirit...
Most of my stuff has to be made in advance so I'll just sit around and eat
and wash dishes.
Edrena