I posted this to another group last weekend.

"Eat your heart out:

I've made approximately 15 two-egg batches of egg noodles * two widths,
two thicknesses for the narrow width. (I've been making them for a
couple weeks, not all today.) A large box containing 3 tins of noodles
has been sent to and received by the recipient.

Two batches of peanut brittle have been made. The first was finished
off last week. It is gossamer thin because it's pulled while
cooling. Having asbestos fingers (I do) is a real plus here. I don't
do Microwave Peanut Brittle, kids.

Two batches of caramels, one done and gone, the other on the stove as we
speak. (And now off the stove and in its pan, ready for cutting
tomorrow when I get home from church.)
(Update: The third perfect batch was made last night and cut and
wrapped tonight.)

Fudge, poured into small foil 'pot pie' type tins, has been made and is
in the fridge.

Two batches of Fromage al Boursini have been made and packed into cute
little crocks bought on sale for a song at Kitchen Window (or Cook's of
Crocus Hill ‹ I don't remember) in Edina in August or September.

Twelve bags of Mom's Nicer-Roni have been packaged and sealed. Those
will be for my two young(er) guys.

Update: Some of those have wound up in my gift assortments; I'll make
more this weekend for Chris and Jamie.

Two batches of seasoned pretzel snack mix have been made. The first has
been distributed and some has gone the way of the House Mouse.

Update: A third batch, using mostly Chex cereal instead of pretzels,
has been made. Note to self: Stick with the recipe, you fool.

Ten (small) loaves of white bread are in the freezer, wrapped and ready
for inclusion in the gift bag/box/basket.

C'monna my house! LOL!

Purchased soup and cheeseball mixes are at the ready; crackers to
accompany both have been purchased.

Glycerin soap from Basin at TMOA were purchased for half price last
February; they are pine scented and vewwy cute.

Oh, and the jams and jellies are ready, too. Saints preserve us!

Half peck size baskets have been delivered to my niece and a good
friend; tray/box has been delivered to the pastor where I go to church.
Most of the rest will be distributed tomorrow to a few others, and I'll
bring the Grand Collezzione (I made that up) to Beloved Niece Sandra
when we meet for our annual Christmas lunch on Thursday. Her haul will
contain more than the others'. In return I getta get some of her
divinity and some krumkake. And spiced nuts for Rob.

Gotta stay on her good side ‹ she's who will most likely visit me when
I'm in The Home and she's the second person authorized to determine my
fate when I can't make the decision for myself.

Update: Two dozen rosettes have been fried and stored; I'll do another
batch tomorrow for Sandra. Her gift assortment will contain olive oil
from my trip to Italy, TJ tapenade, herb cheese spread and crackers, a
pot roast seasoning mix, a tin of McCann's steel cut oats (she's never
had steel cut oats), rosettes, caramels, Orange Muscat Champagne vinegar
from TJ, apple butter, and a small container of Mother Superior's Mocha
Mix (remember that powdered almond extract I was looking for a month
ago? It was for the mocha mix. The secret is no longer.)

Three bags and trays were delivered today to the Other Pastor and to the
music director for the church and to my friend Anita. The 'social
director' at church, of whom I've become quite fond by virtue of some
do-gooder work I've been doing, will receive a nice spread tomorrow
night when we gather for caroling at the homes of some shut-ins.

You were dying to know all that, weren't you? It's okay ‹ I was dying
to tell somebody. "

I posted pictures of the rosettes and the caramels and a treatise on
making up the gift 'baskets' to alt.binaries.food a couple days ago.
Maybe they're still on the servers.

I've posted most of these recipes in other times but if anyone is
interested, I'm willing to post them again.


(How's that, Bubba? '-)
--
-Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
Notes about our meals in Tuscany have been posted to
http://www.jamlady.eboard.com; 10-16-2007