May all who celebrate this Christmas holiday have a joyous day(s) with good
friends, good family (not too many arguments) and good food. If you don't
celebrate Christmas then may you have the same good friends, family and
food.

:-)

Let the eating begin........

Dimitri

"Dimiri" > wrote in message
m...
> May all who celebrate this Christmas holiday have a joyous day(s) with
good
> friends, good family (not too many arguments) and good food. If you don't
> celebrate Christmas then may you have the same good friends, family and
> food.
>
> :-)
>
> Let the eating begin........

Same to you, and everyone, a wonderful and bountiful Christmas meal.

;-)

"Dimiri" > wrote in message
m...
> May all who celebrate this Christmas holiday have a joyous day(s) with
good
> friends, good family (not too many arguments) and good food. If you don't
> celebrate Christmas then may you have the same good friends, family and
> food.
>
> :-)
>
> Let the eating begin........
>
> Dimitri
>
>

Merry Christmas to all the great people here in RFC !!

peace,
Barbara

"Dimiri" > wrote in
m:

> May all who celebrate this Christmas holiday have a joyous day(s) with
> good friends, good family (not too many arguments) and good food. If
> you don't celebrate Christmas then may you have the same good friends,
> family and food.
>
>:-)
>
> Let the eating begin........
>
> Dimitri
>
>

And to you and yours, Dimitri!

Wayne

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from Phoenix as well.

Anne (who is not cooking this year)

AAC/AAF/AFBV62.0844.AZ
http://www.tckworld.com/opfoot

On Wed, 24 Dec 2003 11:56:11 GMT, "Dimiri" >
wrote:

>May all who celebrate this Christmas holiday have a joyous day(s) with good
>friends, good family (not too many arguments) and good food. If you don't
>celebrate Christmas then may you have the same good friends, family and
>food.

I was picking up a few last minute items in the grocery store
yesterday. There was a nice gentleman standing next to me at the deli
counter who was just as talkative as me. He explained what he was
making for Christmas. A few minutes later I passed him in an aisle
and he was all excited about something else he's found to dress up the
serving platter. I laughed and asked what time we were eating. He
reached for the pen in his pocket and said "you wanna come?" I smiled
and said I had plans not thinking he was going to take me seriously.
His smile faded as he said "oh, well it's just going to be me there.
I have brothers and sisters but I don't know where they are"

I'm still sad over this. I'm lucky to have family. This will be the
first time all of my brothers have been together in about 10 years. In
the next 24 hours I'll be with over 30 people eating like a king.

Happy Festivus everyone.

Gar

"Dimiri" > wrote in message
m...
> May all who celebrate this Christmas holiday have a joyous day(s) with
good
> friends, good family (not too many arguments) and good food. If you don't
> celebrate Christmas then may you have the same good friends, family and
> food.
>
> :-)
>
> Let the eating begin........
>
> Dimitri
>
>

I'll raise my glass to that - Happy holidays to all! Eat, drink, & be
merry. Let's all be thankful that we are so lucky as to have family,
friends and bountiful food and drink

Dimiri wrote:
>
> May all who celebrate this Christmas holiday have a joyous day(s) with good
> friends, good family (not too many arguments) and good food. If you don't
> celebrate Christmas then may you have the same good friends, family and
> food.
>
> :-)
>
> Let the eating begin........
>
> Dimitri

Merry Christmas to all who partake of that joyous holiday, Happy 6th
night of Hanukkah to all who partake of that joyous holiday.
Bright Yule and a belated Merry Solsitice to to all who partake of
those joyous holidays.

And a nice long weekend for the rest of us
maxine in ri

Gar <fagboy> writes:
>
>I was picking up a few last minute items in the grocery store including a five
gallon tub of Crisco for lubing Ken Davey's and my faggot asses.

Woo.... woooooooo!




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Gar wrote:
>
> On Wed, 24 Dec 2003 11:56:11 GMT, "Dimiri" >
> wrote:
>
> >May all who celebrate this Christmas holiday have a joyous day(s) with good
> >friends, good family (not too many arguments) and good food. If you don't
> >celebrate Christmas then may you have the same good friends, family and
> >food.
>
> I was picking up a few last minute items in the grocery store
> yesterday. There was a nice gentleman standing next to me at the deli
> counter who was just as talkative as me. He explained what he was
> making for Christmas. A few minutes later I passed him in an aisle
> and he was all excited about something else he's found to dress up the
> serving platter. I laughed and asked what time we were eating. He
> reached for the pen in his pocket and said "you wanna come?" I smiled
> and said I had plans not thinking he was going to take me seriously.
> His smile faded as he said "oh, well it's just going to be me there.
> I have brothers and sisters but I don't know where they are"
>
> I'm still sad over this. I'm lucky to have family. This will be the
> first time all of my brothers have been together in about 10 years. In
> the next 24 hours I'll be with over 30 people eating like a king.
>
> Happy Festivus everyone.
>
> Gar

Too bad you didn't think if it then, but if he seemed harmless, you
might have invited him to join you and yours.
In a crowd of 30, what's one more mouth?

maxine

"Dimiri" > wrote in
m:

> May all who celebrate this Christmas holiday have a joyous day(s) with
> good friends, good family (not too many arguments) and good food. If
> you don't celebrate Christmas then may you have the same good friends,
> family and food.
>
>:-)
>
> Let the eating begin........
>
> Dimitri
>
>
>

Like what he said...Have a nice time this season. Do something that makes
you feel good and something that pleases others. (What this thing would be
I know not.)

--
And the beet goes on! (or under)
-me just a while ago

Dimiri wrote:

> May all who celebrate this Christmas holiday have a joyous day(s) with
> good
> friends, good family (not too many arguments) and good food. If you don't
> celebrate Christmas then may you have the same good friends, family and
> food.
>
> :-)
>
> Let the eating begin........
>
> Dimitri

Thanks, Dimitri. Merry Christmas to you and your family, and best wishes to
all here on RFC.

---jkb

--
"We're having lasagna. There is a recipe in the back
of a Rice Krispies box."
-- Jamie Buchman

Hark! I heard "Dimiri" > say:

> May all who celebrate this Christmas holiday have a joyous day(s) with good
> friends, good family (not too many arguments) and good food. If you don't
> celebrate Christmas then may you have the same good friends, family and
> food.

Lovely post, Dimitri. :-)

We're spending tonight at sister's house, tomorrow afternoon at aunt's
house. Going to be lots of food, family, and friends -- we are truly
blessed. Happy Holidays all!


--
j.j. ~ mom, gamer, novice cook ~
...fish heads, fish heads, eat them up, yum!

On Wed, 24 Dec 2003 11:56:11 GMT, "Dimiri" >
wrote:

>May all who celebrate this Christmas holiday have a joyous day(s) with good
>friends, good family (not too many arguments) and good food. If you don't
>celebrate Christmas then may you have the same good friends, family and
>food.
>
>:-)
>
>Let the eating begin........
>
>Dimitri
>
In my house we celebrate Hanukkah & Christmas. Been thinking about
adding Kwanza to make over two full weeks of eating.

Happy Holidays.
Pan Ohco

A very Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all.

And for those in the Latin community that celebrate X-mas eve dinner
with a lechon; Feliz Noche Buena.

Richard

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Dimiri wrote:
>
> May all who celebrate this Christmas holiday have a joyous day(s) with good
> friends, good family (not too many arguments) and good food. If you don't
> celebrate Christmas then may you have the same good friends, family and
> food.
>
> :-)
>
> Let the eating begin........
>
> Dimitri


To Dimitri and all our RFC friends:

A wish for Christmas and the New Year--
May your joys be many and your troubles very few.

gloria p

On Wed, 24 Dec 2003 12:11:56 -0500, maxine in ri >
wrote:


>> I was picking up a few last minute items in the grocery store
>> yesterday. There was a nice gentleman standing next to me at the deli
>> counter who was just as talkative as me. He explained what he was
>> making for Christmas. A few minutes later I passed him in an aisle
>> and he was all excited about something else he's found to dress up the
>> serving platter. I laughed and asked what time we were eating. He
>> reached for the pen in his pocket and said "you wanna come?" I smiled
>> and said I had plans not thinking he was going to take me seriously.
>> His smile faded as he said "oh, well it's just going to be me there.
>> I have brothers and sisters but I don't know where they are"
>>
>> I'm still sad over this. I'm lucky to have family. This will be the
>> first time all of my brothers have been together in about 10 years. In
>> the next 24 hours I'll be with over 30 people eating like a king.
>>
>> Happy Festivus everyone.
>>
>> Gar
>
>Too bad you didn't think if it then, but if he seemed harmless, you
>might have invited him to join you and yours.
>In a crowd of 30, what's one more mouth?

It's two party's, about 15 at one, and 20 at the other. But not at my
home. I'm braver about strangers in my home than most. I did feel
bad when I was driving home and realized I should have at least gotten
his number and had him over for dinner sometime. It just happened too
fast. His smile did leave a mark on me though.

Gar

Dimiri wrote:
>
> May all who celebrate this Christmas holiday have a joyous day(s) with good
> friends, good family (not too many arguments) and good food. If you don't
> celebrate Christmas then may you have the same good friends, family and
> food.
>
> :-)
>
> Let the eating begin........
>
> Dimitri

TY and same to you.
We open the pressies tonight after a dinner of: shrimp, prosciutto, ham,
salame, smoked salmon and crudites.

Later it's the walk around the neighbourhood admiring the lights and
luminarias/farolitos. Then back home for Mexican chocolate and
sweets/biscuits etc.

Dimiri wrote:

> May all who celebrate this Christmas holiday have a joyous day(s) with good
> friends, good family (not too many arguments) and good food. If you don't
> celebrate Christmas then may you have the same good friends, family and
> food.
>
> :-)
>
> Let the eating begin........
>
> Dimitri
>
>
In about an hour, the annual Finnish feast will commence. Herring(four
kinds that the SBF made), rutabegga casserole, gravd lax, brined and
baked leg of pork with mustard coating. Homemade Finnish sour rye bread
and lots of aquavitt and Finlandia.

Merry Christmas.
--
Alan

"If you reject the food, ignore the customs, fear the religion, and
avoid the people, you might better stay home."
--James Michener

In article >, Arri London > writes:

>Dimiri wrote:
>>
>> May all who celebrate this Christmas holiday have a joyous day(s) with good
>> friends, good family (not too many arguments) and good food. If you don't
>> celebrate Christmas then may you have the same good friends, family and
>> food.
>>
>> :-)
>>
>> Let the eating begin........
>>
>> Dimitri
>
>TY and same to you.
>We open the pressies tonight after a dinner of: shrimp, prosciutto, ham,
>salame, smoked salmon and crudites.
>
>Later it's the walk around the neighbourhood admiring the lights and
>luminarias/farolitos. Then back home for Mexican chocolate and
>sweets/biscuits etc.


Gonna have da baked ziti wit da neighbors... got two pounds worth pasta setting
in lots of homemade 'mato sauce from my homegrowns, two pounds ricotta mixed
with an egg, parsley, pepper, Penzeys 'talian seasoning, two pounds mozz,
topped wid fresh ground breadcrumbs, and drizzled wid EVOO... all ready to pop
inna oven, soon!

Got da good espresso at da ready (BUSTell'a), and a huge chocolate bobka picked
up yesterday from Butter Mill Bake Shop, 1356 PENinsula Blvd., Hewlett, NY onna
bagel run... Oooboy!

And got da libations too, even a fresh bottle Green Chartreuse... yoose ain't
lived.

http://www.chartreuse.fr/pa_green&yellow_uk.htm


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"PENMART01" > wrote in message
...
|
| And got da libations too, even a fresh bottle Green Chartreuse... yoose
ain't
| lived.
|
| http://www.chartreuse.fr/pa_green&yellow_uk.htm
|
|
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Isn't Chartreuse French? Did you make an exception to your boycott stance
for the holiday?

"Dimiri" wrote in message
m...
> May all who celebrate this Christmas holiday have a joyous day(s) with
good
> friends, good family (not too many arguments) and good food. If you don't
> celebrate Christmas then may you have the same good friends, family and
> food.

Back at ya!

I hope you and all the other RFCers have a great holiday.

I'm taking it easy in the cooking department today and tomorrow after doing
it up on Thanksgiving. I'm just making some cookies and supplying some booze
for the festivities.

Y'all have fun.

-Mike

alzelt wrote:

> In about an hour, the annual Finnish feast will commence. Herring(four
> kinds that the SBF made), rutabegga casserole, gravd lax, brined and
> baked leg of pork with mustard coating. Homemade Finnish sour rye bread
> and lots of aquavitt and Finlandia.

You don't happen to have the recipe for the rutabaga casserole, do you?
I have one sitting in my fridge that *INSISTS* that something special
be done to it.


--
I know God will not give me anything I can't handle.
I just wish that He didn't trust me so much. - Mother Teresa

PENMART01 wrote:
> In article >, Arri London > writes:
>
>
>>Dimiri wrote:
>>
>>>May all who celebrate this Christmas holiday have a joyous day(s) with good
>>>friends, good family (not too many arguments) and good food. If you don't
>>>celebrate Christmas then may you have the same good friends, family and
>>>food.
>>>
>>>:-)
>>>
>>>Let the eating begin........
>>>
>>>Dimitri
>>
>>TY and same to you.
>>We open the pressies tonight after a dinner of: shrimp, prosciutto, ham,
>>salame, smoked salmon and crudites.
>>
>>Later it's the walk around the neighbourhood admiring the lights and
>>luminarias/farolitos. Then back home for Mexican chocolate and
>>sweets/biscuits etc.
>
>
>
> Gonna have da baked ziti wit da neighbors... got two pounds worth pasta setting
> in lots of homemade 'mato sauce from my homegrowns, two pounds ricotta mixed
> with an egg, parsley, pepper, Penzeys 'talian seasoning, two pounds mozz,
> topped wid fresh ground breadcrumbs, and drizzled wid EVOO... all ready to pop
> inna oven, soon!
>
> Got da good espresso at da ready (BUSTell'a),



Bustelo (aka cheap grade coffee and ground garbanzo beans,) blah! I
thought you had better taste.

Richard
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Dum spiro, spero. (Cicero) As long as I breathe, I hope.

On Wed, 24 Dec 2003 11:56:11 GMT, "Dimiri" >
arranged random neurons, so they looked like this:

>May all who celebrate this Christmas holiday have a joyous day(s) with good
>friends, good family (not too many arguments) and good food. If you don't
>celebrate Christmas then may you have the same good friends, family and
>food.
>
>:-)
>
>Let the eating begin........
>
And warm (if wet) holiday greetings from soggy southern California to
RFCers near and far.

My contribution to the Food Fest today: Bob Pastorio's Italian Rum
Cake, layered mocha cream torte and the espresso with my wonderful
Capresso espresso machine.

Cheers!!

Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd
AAC(F)BV66.0748.CA

"If the soup had been as hot as the claret, if the claret
had been as old as the bird, and if the bird's breasts had
been as full as the waitress', it would have been a very
good dinner." Anonymous.

To reply, remove "gotcha"

This isn't all that special, but I always loved the way my mother made
rutabagas. She took equal amounts of carrots and rutabagas (cut into
chunks, roughly equal in size). She then boiled them as one would boil
potatoes. When tender she mashed them with butter, salt and pepper. The
carrot sweetens the rutabaga and it looks pretty with the dark orange of the
carrots and the yellow flecks of the rutabaga.

> You don't happen to have the recipe for the rutabaga casserole, do you?
> I have one sitting in my fridge that *INSISTS* that something special
> be done to it.

In article >,
Terry Pulliam Burd > wrote:
>On Wed, 24 Dec 2003 11:56:11 GMT, "Dimiri" >
>arranged random neurons, so they looked like this:
>
>>May all who celebrate this Christmas holiday have a joyous day(s) with good
>>friends, good family (not too many arguments) and good food. If you don't
>>celebrate Christmas then may you have the same good friends, family and
>>food.

:-)

>>Let the eating begin........
>>
>And warm (if wet) holiday greetings from soggy southern California to
>RFCers near and far.

What they said, but from NorCal. Which was pretty soggy up till noon on
Christmas Eve.

Here's hoping Santa left some fun foodie stuff under the trees. I gave
Mexican orange juicers, the RFC cookbook, and Microplane graters. I got a
baking stone and a silicone muffin pan. Also a chafing dish (which I
didn't ask for but will not give away/regift).

>My contribution to the Food Fest today: Bob Pastorio's Italian Rum
>Cake, layered mocha cream torte and the espresso with my wonderful
>Capresso espresso machine.

We had very simple but very good Christmas meals.

C Eve dinner (served at noon):

Appetizers (herb cheese and tapenade) with crackers

Roast turkey
Giblet gravy
Baked yams
Green beans
Cranberry sauce
Stuffing

Some very good Pinot and Shiraz

Cookies and truffles (Kahlua, raspberry, hazelnut) for dessert

Christmas Day breakfast:

Biscuits with butter and jam
Fruit (much of it home-frozen or preserved)
Mom offered bacon but dinner was scheduled for 1 pm so I passed.

A little later in the morning:

Kahlua eggnog

A little later:

Crackers with spreads again

Dinner (served at 1 pm):

Prime rib with horseradish
Baked potatoes
Sauteed mushrooms
Green beans

Ravenswood Pickberry cab. It was amazingly good.

Too full to eat my roasted onion.

Dessert was cookies and truffles again.

I made the tapenade and the truffles. Mom brought the cookies out of the
freezer. Otherwise she did all the cooking (kitchen is small and she kept
it simple).

I have half a turkey breast in the freezer now so I will be enjoying
leftovers. My parents bagged the leftover prime rib for themselves
(cook's privilege ;-).

Charlotte

"Charlotte L. Blackmer" > wrote in
:

> In article >,
> Terry Pulliam Burd > wrote:
>>On Wed, 24 Dec 2003 11:56:11 GMT, "Dimiri" >
>>arranged random neurons, so they looked like this:
>>
>>>May all who celebrate this Christmas holiday have a joyous day(s)
>>>with good friends, good family (not too many arguments) and good
>>>food. If you don't celebrate Christmas then may you have the same
>>>good friends, family and food.
>
>:-)
>
>>>Let the eating begin........
>>>
>>And warm (if wet) holiday greetings from soggy southern California to
>>RFCers near and far.
>
> What they said, but from NorCal. Which was pretty soggy up till noon
> on Christmas Eve.
>
> Here's hoping Santa left some fun foodie stuff under the trees. I
> gave Mexican orange juicers, the RFC cookbook, and Microplane graters.
> I got a baking stone and a silicone muffin pan. Also a chafing dish
> (which I didn't ask for but will not give away/regift).
>
>>My contribution to the Food Fest today: Bob Pastorio's Italian Rum
>>Cake, layered mocha cream torte and the espresso with my wonderful
>>Capresso espresso machine.
>
> We had very simple but very good Christmas meals.
>
> C Eve dinner (served at noon):
>
> Appetizers (herb cheese and tapenade) with crackers
>
> Roast turkey
> Giblet gravy
> Baked yams
> Green beans
> Cranberry sauce
> Stuffing
>
> Some very good Pinot and Shiraz
>
> Cookies and truffles (Kahlua, raspberry, hazelnut) for dessert
>
> Christmas Day breakfast:
>
> Biscuits with butter and jam
> Fruit (much of it home-frozen or preserved)
> Mom offered bacon but dinner was scheduled for 1 pm so I passed.
>
> A little later in the morning:
>
> Kahlua eggnog
>
> A little later:
>
> Crackers with spreads again
>
> Dinner (served at 1 pm):
>
> Prime rib with horseradish
> Baked potatoes
> Sauteed mushrooms
> Green beans
>
> Ravenswood Pickberry cab. It was amazingly good.
>
> Too full to eat my roasted onion.
>
> Dessert was cookies and truffles again.
>
> I made the tapenade and the truffles. Mom brought the cookies out of
> the freezer. Otherwise she did all the cooking (kitchen is small and
> she kept it simple).
>
> I have half a turkey breast in the freezer now so I will be enjoying
> leftovers. My parents bagged the leftover prime rib for themselves
> (cook's privilege ;-).
>
> Charlotte
>
>
>

Charlotte, you may have considered it simple, but your meals sound
absolutely delicious and most inviting!

Wayne

In article >,
Wayne Boatwright > wrote:
>"Charlotte L. Blackmer" > wrote in
:
>
>> In article >,
>> Terry Pulliam Burd > wrote:
>>>On Wed, 24 Dec 2003 11:56:11 GMT, "Dimiri" >
>>>arranged random neurons, so they looked like this:
>>>
>>>>May all who celebrate this Christmas holiday have a joyous day(s)
>>>>with good friends, good family (not too many arguments) and good
>>>>food. If you don't celebrate Christmas then may you have the same
>>>>good friends, family and food.
>>
>>>>Let the eating begin........
>>>>
>>>And warm (if wet) holiday greetings from soggy southern California to
>>>RFCers near and far.
>>
>> What they said, but from NorCal. Which was pretty soggy up till noon
>> on Christmas Eve.

[Menu Deleted]

>Charlotte, you may have considered it simple, but your meals sound
>absolutely delicious and most inviting!

It was quite good. I should note (again) that Mom did all the cooking,
except for the truffles. She knows how to cook so even the simple is good
at her hands :-). Dad is the wine department and he knows his stuff.

After last year when A Very Dear Friend lost his father (my father's
age) at Thanksgiving, and my mother lost her own mother on Christmas Day,
it's good to just be together and I am glad that she still *wants* to
cook.

I had been contemplating attempting a roulade or buche du Noel for next
Christmas but I have been warned that it will be at my brother's in Orange
County so will be contemplating options that might survive a plane trip, or
could be made onsite (esp. if Mom and Dad transport my half-sheet pan with
them in the car ;-).

Charlotte

"Charlotte L. Blackmer" > wrote in
:

> In article >,
> Wayne Boatwright > wrote:
>>"Charlotte L. Blackmer" > wrote in
:
>>
>>> In article >,
>>> Terry Pulliam Burd > wrote:
>>>>On Wed, 24 Dec 2003 11:56:11 GMT, "Dimiri" >
>>>>arranged random neurons, so they looked like this:
>>>>
>>>>>May all who celebrate this Christmas holiday have a joyous day(s)
>>>>>with good friends, good family (not too many arguments) and good
>>>>>food. If you don't celebrate Christmas then may you have the same
>>>>>good friends, family and food.
>>>
>>>>>Let the eating begin........
>>>>>
>>>>And warm (if wet) holiday greetings from soggy southern California
>>>>to RFCers near and far.
>>>
>>> What they said, but from NorCal. Which was pretty soggy up till
>>> noon on Christmas Eve.
>
> [Menu Deleted]
>
>>Charlotte, you may have considered it simple, but your meals sound
>>absolutely delicious and most inviting!
>
> It was quite good. I should note (again) that Mom did all the
> cooking, except for the truffles. She knows how to cook so even the
> simple is good at her hands :-). Dad is the wine department and he
> knows his stuff.
>
> After last year when A Very Dear Friend lost his father (my father's
> age) at Thanksgiving, and my mother lost her own mother on Christmas
> Day, it's good to just be together and I am glad that she still
> *wants* to cook.

I certainly understand the significance of this, and incorporating your
parents in the production is really important. I always tried to do
this, especially as my parents aged. I wish they were still here to
continue it.

> I had been contemplating attempting a roulade or buche du Noel for
> next Christmas but I have been warned that it will be at my brother's
> in Orange County so will be contemplating options that might survive a
> plane trip, or could be made onsite (esp. if Mom and Dad transport my
> half-sheet pan with them in the car ;-).
>
> Charlotte

If you could hand carry the buche du Noel onto the plane and put the
container under your seat, it should survive with no problem. I once
drove with one on the floor of the trunk on a 400 mile trip. A perfect
desert was enjoyed by all. Actually, they are really not that delicate.
If in coubt, you might want to take it with all but the finished coating
and do that on-site. Lot's less dependence on your brother's kitchen.

Wayne