On 2012-10-22, Ophelia > wrote:

> Nor do we, but I used to make it when I had friends over for dinner

I make 'em cuz I want 'em! I get a hankerin fer something sweet and
need a fix. In fact, I see a pecan pie in my immediate future.

nb

--
Definition of objectivism:
"Eff you! I got mine."
http://www.nongmoproject.org/

On Mon, 22 Oct 2012 14:07:51 +0100, "Ophelia" >
wrote:

-snip-
>Yes, it is called Baked Alaska here in UK. Dunno what they call it in
>Europe

What? I thought everyone on that side of the pond took holidays in
a different country every weekend.<G>

>
>ps Europe to us is the mass of countries across the channel
>

Is that just over the euro or has the UK always seen itself as not a
part of Europe?

Jim

"Jim Elbrecht" > wrote in message
...
> On Mon, 22 Oct 2012 14:07:51 +0100, "Ophelia" >
> wrote:
>
> -snip-
>>Yes, it is called Baked Alaska here in UK. Dunno what they call it in
>>Europe
>
> What? I thought everyone on that side of the pond took holidays in
> a different country every weekend.<G>

Huh!

>>ps Europe to us is the mass of countries across the channel
>>
>
> Is that just over the euro or has the UK always seen itself as not a
> part of Europe?

We are not part of Europe but our damned politicians have put us under the
yoke of EU, but not as far as the Euro is concerned thank goodness!!! Most
people here want a referendum to come out but the politicos won't allow it!
It will happen though ... mark my words!! We are a sovereign nation and
object being ruled by unelected bureaucrats. The third Reich failed in two
world wars and now are using the EU to control us.

--
--

http://www.shop.helpforheroes.org.uk/

On Oct 21, 3:32*pm, Ema Nymton > wrote:
> On 10/20/2012 11:16 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>
> > This will be nice for the people who live in that area. *There are a lot of
> > apartments around in that area and not a lot of grocery stores.
>
> We shopped at one in Houston and one in Puerto Rico. They are small and
> not very crowded, but they don't have a huge selection to choose from.
>
> Becca

the only people I see there are fat slobs who buy nothing but crap
food and use the welfare card.

On Mon, 22 Oct 2012 12:17:46 -0700 (PDT), Chemo
> wrote:

>On Oct 21, 3:32*pm, Ema Nymton > wrote:
>> On 10/20/2012 11:16 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>
>> > This will be nice for the people who live in that area. *There are a lot of
>> > apartments around in that area and not a lot of grocery stores.
>>
>> We shopped at one in Houston and one in Puerto Rico. They are small and
>> not very crowded, but they don't have a huge selection to choose from.
>>
>> Becca
>
>the only people I see there are fat slobs who buy nothing but crap
>food and use the welfare card.

Voting for Romney, are you?

On Oct 22, 12:19*pm, Boron Elgar > wrote:
> On Mon, 22 Oct 2012 12:17:46 -0700 (PDT), Chemo
>
> > wrote:
> >On Oct 21, 3:32 pm, Ema Nymton > wrote:
> >> On 10/20/2012 11:16 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>
> >> > This will be nice for the people who live in that area. There are a lot of
> >> > apartments around in that area and not a lot of grocery stores.
>
> >> We shopped at one in Houston and one in Puerto Rico. They are small and
> >> not very crowded, but they don't have a huge selection to choose from.
>
> >> Becca
>
> >the only people I see there are fat slobs who buy nothing but crap
> >food and use the welfare card.
>
> Voting for Romney, are you?

Not on your life.

On Oct 22, 12:19*pm, Boron Elgar > wrote:
> On Mon, 22 Oct 2012 12:17:46 -0700 (PDT), Chemo
>
> > wrote:
> >On Oct 21, 3:32 pm, Ema Nymton > wrote:
> >> On 10/20/2012 11:16 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>
> >> > This will be nice for the people who live in that area. There are a lot of
> >> > apartments around in that area and not a lot of grocery stores.
>
> >> We shopped at one in Houston and one in Puerto Rico. They are small and
> >> not very crowded, but they don't have a huge selection to choose from.
>
> >> Becca
>
> >the only people I see there are fat slobs who buy nothing but crap
> >food and use the welfare card.
>
> Voting for Romney, are you?

Not likely.
http://i47.tinypic.com/rlfekm.jpg

Chemo wrote:

> the only people I see there are fat slobs who buy nothing but crap
> food and use the welfare card.

I'll bet they buy more than two kinds of cheese, though.

On Oct 22, 12:31*pm, George M. Middius > wrote:
> Chemo wrote:
> > the only people I see there are fat slobs who buy nothing but crap
> > food and use the welfare card.
>
> I'll bet they buy more than two kinds of cheese, though.

Yeah...Cheese Nips and Cheetos.

On 22/10/2012 10:27 AM, jmcquown wrote:

>
> Yes, it is called Baked Alaska here in UK. Dunno what they call it in
> Europe
>
> ps Europe to us is the mass of countries across the channel
>
> --
>
> LOL! It's amusing to me that some people think the UK *is* Europe.



They do? The people I know are under the impression that it is part of
Europe, though it is offshore and somewhat different.


> Having said that, I've never made Baked Alaska. I'm not one for
> desserts. I was talking with my 90 year old aunt yesterday. She has
> her children and grandchildren over for Sunday dinner every week, bless
> her! She loves to cook but she doesn't make dessert. She didn't grow
> up that way. Neither did I. Desserts, pies, cakes, were reserved for
> special occasions. Birthdays, anniversaries, things like that. Not with
> every meal.


My mother was a darned good baker, and a prolific one. Dessert was
often the highlight of the meal and almost always freshly home made. I
would come home from school to the aroma of freshly baked cookies, cakes
or pies. It just wasn't a lunch or supper unless it included a dessert,
and it wasn't dessert unless there was at least a cookie.

I have only had baked Alaska a couple times, one of them being a
wedding. Since it involves ice cream and broiling it is not an everyday
dessert, because the left overs just aren't the same. It does not keep.

On 22/10/2012 2:17 PM, Jim Elbrecht wrote:
>
>>
>> ps Europe to us is the mass of countries across the channel
>>
>
> Is that just over the euro or has the UK always seen itself as not a
> part of Europe?
>


They are just accepting the way the rest of the Europeans feel about them.

;-)

Ophelia wrote:
>
> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
> ...
> I was
> > talking with my 90 year old aunt yesterday. She has her children and
> > grandchildren over for Sunday dinner every week, bless her! She loves to
> > cook but she doesn't make dessert. She didn't grow up that way. Neither
> > did I. Desserts, pies, cakes, were reserved for special occasions.
> > Birthdays, anniversaries, things like that. Not with every meal.
>
> Nor do we, but I used to make it when I had friends over for dinner

I also rarely make desserts. IMO, a good meal doesn't need a dessert.

G.

PS - another reason I don't make desserts is because I'm tempted to skip the
regular meal and just eat the dessert food.

On Oct 22, 2:47*pm, Sqwertz > wrote:
> On Sun, 21 Oct 2012 17:31:29 -0500, Ema Nymton wrote:
> > On 10/20/2012 11:16 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>
> >> This will be nice for the people who live in that area. *There are a lot of
> >> apartments around in that area and not a lot of grocery stores.
>
> > We shopped at one in Houston and one in Puerto Rico. They are small and
> > not very crowded, but they don't have a huge selection to choose from.
>
> I can't imagine them having even less of a selection than Walmart.
> Walmart only stocks the most mass-produced national brands of pretty
> much everything. *Which is why I spend less than .5% of my grocery
> dollars there. *Haven't bought anything there for 6-7 months.
>
> -sw

My GF bought me a package of 6 Fruit of the Loom t-shirts there once.
they must have been seconds. They didn't fit worth a damn and were
really thin material.

On Oct 22, 4:54*pm, Chemo > wrote:
> On Oct 22, 2:47*pm, Sqwertz > wrote:
>
> > On Sun, 21 Oct 2012 17:31:29 -0500, Ema Nymton wrote:
> > > On 10/20/2012 11:16 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>
> > >> This will be nice for the people who live in that area. *There are a lot of
> > >> apartments around in that area and not a lot of grocery stores.
>
> > > We shopped at one in Houston and one in Puerto Rico. They are small and
> > > not very crowded, but they don't have a huge selection to choose from..
>
> > I can't imagine them having even less of a selection than Walmart.
> > Walmart only stocks the most mass-produced national brands of pretty
> > much everything. *Which is why I spend less than .5% of my grocery
> > dollars there. *Haven't bought anything there for 6-7 months.
>
> > -sw
>
> My GF bought me a package of 6 Fruit of the Loom t-shirts there once.
> they must have been seconds. They didn't fit worth a damn and were
> really thin material.

Both WalMart and some outlet stores carry name brand products that are
cheapened down versions of the higher quality name brands. Not all of
their merchandise is such, and maybe not a majority, but some is.

--Bryan

On Oct 21, 11:06*pm, "Julie Bove" > wrote:
> merryb wrote:
> > On Oct 21, 2:31 pm, "Julie Bove" > wrote:
> >> "Sqwertz" > wrote in message
>
> ...
>
> >>> On Sat, 20 Oct 2012 21:16:41 -0700, Julie Bove wrote:
>
> >>>> My mom and daughter and I were headed out to Dollar Tree today to
> >>>> get things
> >>>> for the annual Christmas surprise ball that I make every year.
>
> >>> Is it made out of sardines in mustard sauce, Vienna sausages, green
> >>> chiles, black olives, and generic cheesy poofs?
>
> >> A surprise ball is not edible. But you can put edible things inside
> >> of it and I sometimes do. Wrapped candied and single serve items.
> >> You make a ball out of crepe paper and put little things in it.
> >> Could be toys, food, money, gift cards, lottery tickets, kitchen
> >> gadgets, cosmetics, little decorative items, etc. Obviously the
> >> things that work best are small, not too thick and somewhat flexible.
>
> > Sounds like fun- just curious what you use as a base to wrap the crepe
> > paper around...Also, is it aimed to a girl, boy, adult ???
>
> I put a grand prize in the middle. *One year it was a round as in spherical
> Yo Yo. *But you can put anything you want in there. *Some years it is money.
> The ball will take on a variety of weird, lumpy, different shapes as I roll
> it and I do make it very large. *Bigger than a basketball and difficult to
> handle in the end stagess. *The end is sealed with a Christmas sticker.
>
> What I do is put something in there for everyone. *I buy food items from
> minimus.biz. *There is a particular salad dressing that comes in single
> serve packs that my SIL likes. *I put some in there for her. *She is the
> only one who eats it. *Of course she usually doesn't wind up with it. *What
> we do is sit at the table and one person will start. *They will unwrap until
> the get a gift. *Then they pass it on. *We pass it around the table again
> and again and again. *I put enough in there that when we are done, each
> person has enough stuff to fill or almost fill a gallon sized zippered bag.
> So... *Once we have each gotten a few things, we can begin trading. *If we
> get something we don't want, we can see if someone else will trade it for
> something they have but don't want.
>
> Last year I put a ton of gift cards in there, mostly for restaurants but a
> few for stores. *I tried to work it out so that each person would get at
> least one. *But that is next to impossible to do. *Because the ball can get
> slippery, some things will slide out when you don't expect them to.
>
> Most years I do put in a few toy type items. *People seem to like them. *I
> do put a few pieces of jewelry and I always put a lot of gag gifts. *Last
> year there were squirrel underpants, emergency underpants, bacon flavored
> mints, stuff like that. *I try to find new things each year but there are
> always the same things such as nail clippers and a little sewing kit. *We
> can always seem to use those things in this house.
>
> Of course if you want to make one for a specific person you can buy things
> that you think they would like. *And you don't have to make it as large..
> They do sell little ones (the size of a baseball or smaller) on the Internet
> but it is easy enough to make it yourself. *Often these little ones will
> contain miniatures and maybe a fortune. *To to a little one, you would need
> crepe paper that is half the width of the standard stuff. *I'm sure somebody
> must sell this but I don't know where. *To do the big one, you will go
> through a ton of crepe paper. *I buy it throughout the year when I can find
> it for a good price. *I use a variety of colors, only sticking with red or
> green at the very center or the outside. *For years we used a lot of orange
> because I had a lot from the year that I made the Jack Horner for Angela's
> Cinderella birthday party.
>
> A Jack Horner was something that was popular in the 20's. *It was similar to
> a pinata except that it often held more pricy treasures inside. *Each thing
> was attached to a long ribbon. *You make it much like you would make a paper
> mache pinata but... *You have to carefully construct it so that the ribbons
> will hang out. *The easiest design for this is the flower garden. *You start
> with a large foil lasagna type pan or a flatish open topped box. *You put
> the prizes inside with the ribbons attached. *You have to coil the ribbons
> up and enclose them in some plastic to keep them clean at this point. *I
> used the standard party treat bags when she was younger but I have made them
> for adults too. *You just need to make sure whatever you put in there is not
> too breakable or too heavy lest they accidentally hit themselves in the head
> with it.
>
> From there you would cover the top with a piece of brown paper. *You can
> tape it down with masking tape, leaving openings where the ribbons will hang
> out. You would then apply a light coating of paper mache over the whole
> thing and let it dry well. *From there you would use a fringe of crepe paper
> or tissue paper. *I used green around the sides and across the top. *It is
> easy to fashion flowers out of crepe paper and also leaves to put across the
> top. *When I do this design I will also put things like chenille bees,
> feather butterflies and sometimes even a little nest with a mushroom bird in
> it. *You glue these things on with Elmer's glue.
>
> To display the Jack Horner for the party, put it on a little table. *You
> then release the ribbons and let them hang over the sides. *When you are
> ready to do it, everyone pulls a ribbon all at the same time. *It is much
> neater to do than a pinata. *And you can put in more valuabe things.
>
> When I did the Cinderealla one, it was a Royal PITA. *I made a huge pumpking
> using a balloon. *I can't even begin to tell you how I got the ribbons to
> stick out of that one. *I do remember having to cut a hole in the side to
> put the prizes in and then patching it back up. *I wound up making it too
> thick and it wouldn't burst like it was supposed to. *My husband wound up
> having to damage it with a baseball bat. *But the kids still thought it was
> fun.
>
> The flower garden one is the one I have made most often and in fact they
> tend to stay intact. *I have had people ask for them after the party and
> they took them home because they thought they were so pretty.
>
> I just like doing stuff like that, that is different. *The original surprise
> ball came about when I was super bored and had a lot of little things that I
> didn't want. *At the time I was going to a lot of those Tupperware parties
> and stuff like that. *I always seem to win the little prizes because I am
> good at the types of games they play there. *But I didn't want the stuff.
> So I put it in the ball along with some dollar store stuff. *But my mom has
> requested the ball each year after that. *So I try to make it better and
> better. *And now it is to the point where I just give each family member
> some small little gift that I think they will like and spend the rest of my
> money on stuff for the ball. *Nobody in our family really needs anything
> anyway. *Except perhaps for my adult nephew who specifically prefers cash
> and gift cards so this works very well for him.

Very cool- that sounds like it could be a lot of fun!

merryb wrote:
> On Oct 21, 11:06 pm, "Julie Bove" > wrote:
>> merryb wrote:
>>> On Oct 21, 2:31 pm, "Julie Bove" > wrote:
>>>> "Sqwertz" > wrote in message
>>
>>>> ...
>>
>>>>> On Sat, 20 Oct 2012 21:16:41 -0700, Julie Bove wrote:
>>
>>>>>> My mom and daughter and I were headed out to Dollar Tree today to
>>>>>> get things
>>>>>> for the annual Christmas surprise ball that I make every year.
>>
>>>>> Is it made out of sardines in mustard sauce, Vienna sausages,
>>>>> green chiles, black olives, and generic cheesy poofs?
>>
>>>> A surprise ball is not edible. But you can put edible things inside
>>>> of it and I sometimes do. Wrapped candied and single serve items.
>>>> You make a ball out of crepe paper and put little things in it.
>>>> Could be toys, food, money, gift cards, lottery tickets, kitchen
>>>> gadgets, cosmetics, little decorative items, etc. Obviously the
>>>> things that work best are small, not too thick and somewhat
>>>> flexible.
>>
>>> Sounds like fun- just curious what you use as a base to wrap the
>>> crepe paper around...Also, is it aimed to a girl, boy, adult ???
>>
>> I put a grand prize in the middle. One year it was a round as in
>> spherical Yo Yo. But you can put anything you want in there. Some
>> years it is money. The ball will take on a variety of weird, lumpy,
>> different shapes as I roll it and I do make it very large. Bigger
>> than a basketball and difficult to handle in the end stagess. The
>> end is sealed with a Christmas sticker.
>>
>> What I do is put something in there for everyone. I buy food items
>> from minimus.biz. There is a particular salad dressing that comes in
>> single serve packs that my SIL likes. I put some in there for her.
>> She is the
>> only one who eats it. Of course she usually doesn't wind up with it.
>> What we do is sit at the table and one person will start. They will
>> unwrap until the get a gift. Then they pass it on. We pass it around
>> the table again
>> and again and again. I put enough in there that when we are done,
>> each person has enough stuff to fill or almost fill a gallon sized
>> zippered bag. So... Once we have each gotten a few things, we can
>> begin trading. If we get something we don't want, we can see if
>> someone else will trade it for something they have but don't want.
>>
>> Last year I put a ton of gift cards in there, mostly for restaurants
>> but a few for stores. I tried to work it out so that each person
>> would get at least one. But that is next to impossible to do.
>> Because the ball can get slippery, some things will slide out when
>> you don't expect them to.
>>
>> Most years I do put in a few toy type items. People seem to like
>> them. I
>> do put a few pieces of jewelry and I always put a lot of gag gifts.
>> Last year there were squirrel underpants, emergency underpants,
>> bacon flavored mints, stuff like that. I try to find new things each
>> year but there are always the same things such as nail clippers and
>> a little sewing kit. We can always seem to use those things in this
>> house.
>>
>> Of course if you want to make one for a specific person you can buy
>> things that you think they would like. And you don't have to make it
>> as large. They do sell little ones (the size of a baseball or
>> smaller) on the Internet but it is easy enough to make it yourself.
>> Often these little ones will contain miniatures and maybe a fortune.
>> To to a little one, you would need crepe paper that is half the
>> width of the standard stuff. I'm sure somebody must sell this but I
>> don't know where. To do the big one, you will go through a ton of
>> crepe paper. I buy it throughout the year when I can find it for a
>> good price. I use a variety of colors, only sticking with red or
>> green at the very center or the outside. For years we used a lot of
>> orange because I had a lot from the year that I made the Jack Horner
>> for Angela's Cinderella birthday party.
>>
>> A Jack Horner was something that was popular in the 20's. It was
>> similar to a pinata except that it often held more pricy treasures
>> inside. Each thing was attached to a long ribbon. You make it much
>> like you would make a paper mache pinata but... You have to
>> carefully construct it so that the ribbons will hang out. The
>> easiest design for this is the flower garden. You start with a large
>> foil lasagna type pan or a flatish open topped box. You put the
>> prizes inside with the ribbons attached. You have to coil the
>> ribbons up and enclose them in some plastic to keep them clean at
>> this point. I used the standard party treat bags when she was
>> younger but I have made them for adults too. You just need to make
>> sure whatever you put in there is not too breakable or too heavy
>> lest they accidentally hit themselves in the head with it.
>>
>> From there you would cover the top with a piece of brown paper. You
>> can tape it down with masking tape, leaving openings where the
>> ribbons will hang out. You would then apply a light coating of paper
>> mache over the whole thing and let it dry well. From there you would
>> use a fringe of crepe paper or tissue paper. I used green around the
>> sides and across the top. It is easy to fashion flowers out of crepe
>> paper and also leaves to put across the top. When I do this design I
>> will also put things like chenille bees, feather butterflies and
>> sometimes even a little nest with a mushroom bird in it. You glue
>> these things on with Elmer's glue.
>>
>> To display the Jack Horner for the party, put it on a little table.
>> You then release the ribbons and let them hang over the sides. When
>> you are ready to do it, everyone pulls a ribbon all at the same
>> time. It is much neater to do than a pinata. And you can put in more
>> valuabe things.
>>
>> When I did the Cinderealla one, it was a Royal PITA. I made a huge
>> pumpking using a balloon. I can't even begin to tell you how I got
>> the ribbons to stick out of that one. I do remember having to cut a
>> hole in the side to put the prizes in and then patching it back up.
>> I wound up making it too thick and it wouldn't burst like it was
>> supposed to. My husband wound up having to damage it with a baseball
>> bat. But the kids still thought it was fun.
>>
>> The flower garden one is the one I have made most often and in fact
>> they tend to stay intact. I have had people ask for them after the
>> party and they took them home because they thought they were so
>> pretty.
>>
>> I just like doing stuff like that, that is different. The original
>> surprise ball came about when I was super bored and had a lot of
>> little things that I didn't want. At the time I was going to a lot
>> of those Tupperware parties and stuff like that. I always seem to
>> win the little prizes because I am good at the types of games they
>> play there. But I didn't want the stuff.
>> So I put it in the ball along with some dollar store stuff. But my
>> mom has requested the ball each year after that. So I try to make it
>> better and better. And now it is to the point where I just give each
>> family member some small little gift that I think they will like and
>> spend the rest of my money on stuff for the ball. Nobody in our
>> family really needs anything anyway. Except perhaps for my adult
>> nephew who specifically prefers cash and gift cards so this works
>> very well for him.
>
> Very cool- that sounds like it could be a lot of fun!

Yes, it is.

On 10/21/2012 11:03 AM, Gary wrote:
> Your choice of beef, chicken or fish. Probably even pork? I've never tried
> fish tacos though....sounds nasty to me. I could be wrong though.

I thought that, too, but the other night I made some fish tacos with
breaded fish filets. With lettuce and cheese it was really good.

If
> the opportunity ever arises, I'll try them. I'll try any food/recipe once,
> then either change it or skip it.

On 10/22/2012 8:04 AM, Nancy Young wrote:

> (laugh) I know! The first time I went to a 'mexican' restaurant
> with friends and one said Let's order a fried ice cream, I laughed.
> Funny, Liz. No, really, fried ice cream. This I gotta see.

The first time I had it was at a Renaissance festival. I'd heard of it
way before then but never tried it.

On Oct 21, 10:24*pm, "Julie Bove" > wrote:
> "merryb" > wrote in message
>
> ...
> On Oct 21, 4:59 pm, "Julie Bove" > wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> > "Ema Nymton" > wrote in message
>
> ...
>
> > > On 10/20/2012 11:16 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>
> > >> This will be nice for the people who live in that area. There are a lot
> > >> of
> > >> apartments around in that area and not a lot of grocery stores.
>
> > > We shopped at one in Houston and one in Puerto Rico. They are small and
> > > not very crowded, but they don't have a huge selection to choose from..
>
> > I think this one was crowded because of the grand opening. Also a lot of
> > people were going to Value Village for Halloween stuff. The only other
> > grocery around there is what appears to be a big Asian one. I have been
> > tempted to go in there but I never have. They don't seem to get a lot of
> > business.
>
> > You are right that the selection wasn't that big. Bigger than what they
> > have at Target and certainly bigger than what they have at the regular
> > Walmart here, particularly with produce.
>
> Is it an H-mart? If so, you really need to check it out...
>
> No, I don't think that's the name. *I think there is one of those out by the
> mall and it's always really busy.

That's a good sign if it's busy.

On 10/21/2012 7:36 PM, George wrote:
>
> One of the business publications had a story about wally future plans.
> They apparently realized they can't put a super wally on every corner so
> they plan to fill in with smaller versions in order to achieve world
> domination...

*snicker*

On 22/10/2012 15:07, Ophelia wrote:

>
>> Is it called Baked Alaska in Europe- or more likely to be, as our
>> President Jefferson would have called it - "omelette á la
>> norvégienne", or some variation. [and yes- I looked up the
>> spelling.<g>]
>
> Yes, it is called Baked Alaska here in UK. Dunno what they call it in
> Europe
>
> ps Europe to us is the mass of countries across the channel
>

Well I 'm in one of those mass countries across the channel :-) We call
it Omelette Norvégienne indeed!

"Nathalie from Belgium" > wrote in message
...
> On 22/10/2012 15:07, Ophelia wrote:
>
>>
>>> Is it called Baked Alaska in Europe- or more likely to be, as our
>>> President Jefferson would have called it - "omelette á la
>>> norvégienne", or some variation. [and yes- I looked up the
>>> spelling.<g>]
>>
>> Yes, it is called Baked Alaska here in UK. Dunno what they call it in
>> Europe
>>
>> ps Europe to us is the mass of countries across the channel
>>
>
> Well I 'm in one of those mass countries across the channel :-) We call it
> Omelette Norvégienne indeed!

*waves* )
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On Mon, 22 Oct 2012 20:45:12 -0700, "Julie Bove"
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>merryb wrote:
>> On Oct 21, 11:06 pm, "Julie Bove" > wrote:
>>> merryb wrote:
>>>> On Oct 21, 2:31 pm, "Julie Bove" > wrote:
>>>>> "Sqwertz" > wrote in message
>>>
>>>>> ...
>>>
>>>>>> On Sat, 20 Oct 2012 21:16:41 -0700, Julie Bove wrote:
>>>
>>>>>>> My mom and daughter and I were headed out to Dollar Tree today to
>>>>>>> get things
>>>>>>> for the annual Christmas surprise ball that I make every year.
>>>
>>>>>> Is it made out of sardines in mustard sauce, Vienna sausages,
>>>>>> green chiles, black olives, and generic cheesy poofs?
>>>
>>>>> A surprise ball is not edible. But you can put edible things inside
>>>>> of it and I sometimes do. Wrapped candied and single serve items.
>>>>> You make a ball out of crepe paper and put little things in it.
>>>>> Could be toys, food, money, gift cards, lottery tickets, kitchen
>>>>> gadgets, cosmetics, little decorative items, etc. Obviously the
>>>>> things that work best are small, not too thick and somewhat
>>>>> flexible.
>>>
>>>> Sounds like fun- just curious what you use as a base to wrap the
>>>> crepe paper around...Also, is it aimed to a girl, boy, adult ???
>>>
>>> I put a grand prize in the middle. One year it was a round as in
>>> spherical Yo Yo. But you can put anything you want in there. Some
>>> years it is money. The ball will take on a variety of weird, lumpy,
>>> different shapes as I roll it and I do make it very large. Bigger
>>> than a basketball and difficult to handle in the end stagess. The
>>> end is sealed with a Christmas sticker.
>>>
>>> What I do is put something in there for everyone. I buy food items
>>> from minimus.biz. There is a particular salad dressing that comes in
>>> single serve packs that my SIL likes. I put some in there for her.
>>> She is the
>>> only one who eats it. Of course she usually doesn't wind up with it.
>>> What we do is sit at the table and one person will start. They will
>>> unwrap until the get a gift. Then they pass it on. We pass it around
>>> the table again
>>> and again and again. I put enough in there that when we are done,
>>> each person has enough stuff to fill or almost fill a gallon sized
>>> zippered bag. So... Once we have each gotten a few things, we can
>>> begin trading. If we get something we don't want, we can see if
>>> someone else will trade it for something they have but don't want.
>>>
>>> Last year I put a ton of gift cards in there, mostly for restaurants
>>> but a few for stores. I tried to work it out so that each person
>>> would get at least one. But that is next to impossible to do.
>>> Because the ball can get slippery, some things will slide out when
>>> you don't expect them to.
>>>
>>> Most years I do put in a few toy type items. People seem to like
>>> them. I
>>> do put a few pieces of jewelry and I always put a lot of gag gifts.
>>> Last year there were squirrel underpants, emergency underpants,
>>> bacon flavored mints, stuff like that. I try to find new things each
>>> year but there are always the same things such as nail clippers and
>>> a little sewing kit. We can always seem to use those things in this
>>> house.
>>>
>>> Of course if you want to make one for a specific person you can buy
>>> things that you think they would like. And you don't have to make it
>>> as large. They do sell little ones (the size of a baseball or
>>> smaller) on the Internet but it is easy enough to make it yourself.
>>> Often these little ones will contain miniatures and maybe a fortune.
>>> To to a little one, you would need crepe paper that is half the
>>> width of the standard stuff. I'm sure somebody must sell this but I
>>> don't know where. To do the big one, you will go through a ton of
>>> crepe paper. I buy it throughout the year when I can find it for a
>>> good price. I use a variety of colors, only sticking with red or
>>> green at the very center or the outside. For years we used a lot of
>>> orange because I had a lot from the year that I made the Jack Horner
>>> for Angela's Cinderella birthday party.
>>>
>>> A Jack Horner was something that was popular in the 20's. It was
>>> similar to a pinata except that it often held more pricy treasures
>>> inside. Each thing was attached to a long ribbon. You make it much
>>> like you would make a paper mache pinata but... You have to
>>> carefully construct it so that the ribbons will hang out. The
>>> easiest design for this is the flower garden. You start with a large
>>> foil lasagna type pan or a flatish open topped box. You put the
>>> prizes inside with the ribbons attached. You have to coil the
>>> ribbons up and enclose them in some plastic to keep them clean at
>>> this point. I used the standard party treat bags when she was
>>> younger but I have made them for adults too. You just need to make
>>> sure whatever you put in there is not too breakable or too heavy
>>> lest they accidentally hit themselves in the head with it.
>>>
>>> From there you would cover the top with a piece of brown paper. You
>>> can tape it down with masking tape, leaving openings where the
>>> ribbons will hang out. You would then apply a light coating of paper
>>> mache over the whole thing and let it dry well. From there you would
>>> use a fringe of crepe paper or tissue paper. I used green around the
>>> sides and across the top. It is easy to fashion flowers out of crepe
>>> paper and also leaves to put across the top. When I do this design I
>>> will also put things like chenille bees, feather butterflies and
>>> sometimes even a little nest with a mushroom bird in it. You glue
>>> these things on with Elmer's glue.
>>>
>>> To display the Jack Horner for the party, put it on a little table.
>>> You then release the ribbons and let them hang over the sides. When
>>> you are ready to do it, everyone pulls a ribbon all at the same
>>> time. It is much neater to do than a pinata. And you can put in more
>>> valuabe things.
>>>
>>> When I did the Cinderealla one, it was a Royal PITA. I made a huge
>>> pumpking using a balloon. I can't even begin to tell you how I got
>>> the ribbons to stick out of that one. I do remember having to cut a
>>> hole in the side to put the prizes in and then patching it back up.
>>> I wound up making it too thick and it wouldn't burst like it was
>>> supposed to. My husband wound up having to damage it with a baseball
>>> bat. But the kids still thought it was fun.
>>>
>>> The flower garden one is the one I have made most often and in fact
>>> they tend to stay intact. I have had people ask for them after the
>>> party and they took them home because they thought they were so
>>> pretty.
>>>
>>> I just like doing stuff like that, that is different. The original
>>> surprise ball came about when I was super bored and had a lot of
>>> little things that I didn't want. At the time I was going to a lot
>>> of those Tupperware parties and stuff like that. I always seem to
>>> win the little prizes because I am good at the types of games they
>>> play there. But I didn't want the stuff.
>>> So I put it in the ball along with some dollar store stuff. But my
>>> mom has requested the ball each year after that. So I try to make it
>>> better and better. And now it is to the point where I just give each
>>> family member some small little gift that I think they will like and
>>> spend the rest of my money on stuff for the ball. Nobody in our
>>> family really needs anything anyway. Except perhaps for my adult
>>> nephew who specifically prefers cash and gift cards so this works
>>> very well for him.
>>
>> Very cool- that sounds like it could be a lot of fun!

With your constant sentence fragments it's patently obvious that you
never graduated high school, actually you're dumber than a 2nd grader.
>
>Yes, it is.
>
You're even dumber... trim your posts, Julie ****.

On 23/10/2012 14:12, Ophelia wrote:
>
>
> "Nathalie from Belgium" > wrote in message
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>>>
>>> ps Europe to us is the mass of countries across the channel
>>>
>>
>> Well I 'm in one of those mass countries across the channel :-) We
>> call it Omelette Norvégienne indeed!
>
> *waves* )

waving back :-) I love the UK and Scotland and travel there regularly...
Was in Scotland 3 weeks ago, and, apart from tasting a few delicious
drams, very much enjoyed the food!

"Nathalie from Belgium" > wrote in message
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> On 23/10/2012 14:12, Ophelia wrote:
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>>
>> "Nathalie from Belgium" > wrote in message
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>>>>
>>>> ps Europe to us is the mass of countries across the channel
>>>>
>>>
>>> Well I 'm in one of those mass countries across the channel :-) We
>>> call it Omelette Norvégienne indeed!
>>
>> *waves* )
>
> waving back :-) I love the UK and Scotland and travel there regularly...
> Was in Scotland 3 weeks ago, and, apart from tasting a few delicious
> drams, very much enjoyed the food!

Aye a few wee drams are a *good* thing <g> Slainte mhath
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"S Viemeister" > wrote in message
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> On 10/24/2012 5:39 AM, Ophelia wrote:
>> "Nathalie from Belgium" > wrote
>>> On 23/10/2012 14:12, Ophelia wrote:
>>>> "Nathalie from Belgium" > wrote
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ps Europe to us is the mass of countries across the channel
>>>>>>
>>>>> Well I 'm in one of those mass countries across the channel :-) We
>>>>> call it Omelette Norvégienne indeed!
>>>>
>>>> *waves* )
>>>
>>> waving back :-) I love the UK and Scotland and travel there regularly...
>>> Was in Scotland 3 weeks ago, and, apart from tasting a few delicious
>>> drams, very much enjoyed the food!
>>
>> Aye a few wee drams are a *good* thing <g> Slainte mhath
>
> Agus slainte mhor!

Thank you dear Was that for me or Natalie?

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On 10/24/2012 12:45 PM, Ophelia wrote:
> "S Viemeister" > wrote
>> On 10/24/2012 5:39 AM, Ophelia wrote:
>>> "Nathalie from Belgium" > wrote
>>>> On 23/10/2012 14:12, Ophelia wrote:
>>>>> "Nathalie from Belgium" > wrote
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> ps Europe to us is the mass of countries across the channel
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> Well I 'm in one of those mass countries across the channel :-) We
>>>>>> call it Omelette Norvégienne indeed!
>>>>>
>>>>> *waves* )
>>>>
>>>> waving back :-) I love the UK and Scotland and travel there regularly...
>>>> Was in Scotland 3 weeks ago, and, apart from tasting a few delicious
>>>> drams, very much enjoyed the food!
>>>
>>> Aye a few wee drams are a *good* thing <g> Slainte mhath
>>
>> Agus slainte mhor!
>
> Thank you dear Was that for me or Natalie?
>
Yes.

"S Viemeister" > wrote in message
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> On 10/24/2012 12:45 PM, Ophelia wrote:
>> "S Viemeister" > wrote
>>> On 10/24/2012 5:39 AM, Ophelia wrote:
>>>> "Nathalie from Belgium" > wrote
>>>>> On 23/10/2012 14:12, Ophelia wrote:
>>>>>> "Nathalie from Belgium" > wrote
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> ps Europe to us is the mass of countries across the channel
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Well I 'm in one of those mass countries across the channel :-) We
>>>>>>> call it Omelette Norvégienne indeed!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> *waves* )
>>>>>
>>>>> waving back :-) I love the UK and Scotland and travel there
>>>>> regularly...
>>>>> Was in Scotland 3 weeks ago, and, apart from tasting a few delicious
>>>>> drams, very much enjoyed the food!
>>>>
>>>> Aye a few wee drams are a *good* thing <g> Slainte mhath
>>>
>>> Agus slainte mhor!
>>
>> Thank you dear Was that for me or Natalie?
>>
> Yes.

lol

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Sqwertz wrote:
> On Sat, 20 Oct 2012 21:16:41 -0700, Julie Bove wrote:
>
>> My mom and daughter and I were headed out to Dollar Tree today to get things
>> for the annual Christmas surprise ball that I make every year.
>
> Is it made out of sardines in mustard sauce, Vienna sausages, green
> chiles, black olives, and generic cheesy poofs?
>
> -sw


That actually sounds pretty good, in a gross sort of way. :-) I know
what I'm makin' for the next office potluck...

Bob