Good morning... it's going to be a busy couple of days... I love the hub bub of all this kitchen stuff.. working with Jerry to get the meal on the table... fun fun.
Izzy, Jerry loves German Chocolate cake and gets one every year for his birthday. his mom used to make them for him...sadly with my working he has baked his own these last few years...
O'Dorothy, Dr. Phil has been in your family quite a while.. is he married into your family yet? I don't recall a wedding.. we are supposed to have mid 60's weather for Christmas so if you want to thaw out come here, it will be even warmer in the kitchen.. so warm that we open the front door to let the cool come in.
Becca, all right, what is a sweet potatoe souffle... it's not fair to throw something out there and leave me hanging...lol
Vicky.. not sure how the grocery stores around here were I am too afraid to go out...lol
Judi, I am looking up that lasagna recipe is this the one???
http://www.grouprecipes.com/34972/emeri ... sagna.html
Kathy, I so thought of you this morning.. Jerry was cleaning the kitchen and found a canning jar.. what did you ever do with all of yours? I only tip at a restraunt. double the tax and round up.. our tax is 8%.. we don't tip the mail lady...or anyone else... am I a scrooge?
Cindy, we had melmac plates when we were growing up.. I didn't know they still made them..
Redtop, I loved those oatmeal drop cookies... we made them in cooking class in middle school.. gosh they were good...
Jules, I don't care much for howling winds.. they can keep a person awake can't they... last night for me it was the dead quiet.. not a noise outside.. then I was thinking, I haven't even heard coyotes howl in such a long time.. maybe it's too cold for them to be out? glad you are getting things tidied up in that sewing room... lots of fun swaps are planned for the upcoming year...
Suzette, enjoy Sun-day.. My son will be here sometime today too and spend the night.. it's a good day...
Tess... ugh, you've doubled your guestlist over night.. that means less leftovers for you...lol
Maryz.. only you would make uglies festive by adding Christmas in front of ugly...lol...xo to you too.
Sherry, we also do the charity donation thing. only people who get gifts are those in generations below mine... so basically my son and granddaughter...
Tina, I have seen lists of things you can do before Christmas to make preparing Christmas dinner less frenzied on Christmas day, but we have never done it.. how do you re-heat your mashed potatoes..?
on the news there were fights in malls over Nike shoes.. people hitting and police being called.. we aren't a very civilized bunch in Cali...sad isn't it.. there are people in the streets with no shoes and people in the mall fighting over $150 shoes...shoes!!!!do you believe it? is this everywhere or just California where people are idiots?
Jerry is making peanut butter fudge, then I will see what his plans are for the rest of his cooking adventure.. he still has pies and cranberry salad to make and he's on the fence about making fruitcake. I need to make a big green salad and some deviled eggs.. Jerry thinks the eggs will stink up the fridge...
Jerry found a recipe for sweet potatoes that doesn't taste like maple syrup..
tomorrow is turkey, ham, sweet potatoes, mashed potatoes, peas, stuffing and gravy.. what all are you having?
hope you all have a day full of fun and that Santa is good to you...
chriss
