Re: kitchen disasters was: Andrea/Fine Gardening/Salvia

Well, Bonnie, I wouldn't say dedicated, but if you only knew how
vital gravy is to my crew, esp. my DH, you'd know there wasn't any
other choice if I wanted peace at the table:-)

Last year, the 'kids' did Thanksgiving and I sure hope they volunteer
again this year.  I don't mind creating the Xmas feast,
really......but I can live without doing 2 of them within a month.

Your table setting does sound most elegant.  Security couldn't deal
with candles..sheesh!

You've got me beat...I don't even know what  Spaetzels are, much less
how to make them:-)

Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
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> From: Bonnie & Bill Morgan <wmorgan972@ameritech.net>
> 
> Thou art indeed dedicated, Marge!  Four Thanksgivings after
recovering from
> surgeries seems to have cured me of "doing it all."  Now it's up to
the
> girls to do their part and bring it all in.  I don't even kill
myself
> setting a smart table anymore.  There are paper plates and plastic
> tablecloths (especially when the grandchildren come over.)  Of
course, I
> never was a "good" cook, but I really used to enjoy creating a
holiday
> presentation rather than just setting the table.  
> 
> We held a wedding shower at work and I was designated to decorate
the table.
> I got all sorts of comments from the guests saying they felt they
had
> actually attended the wedding just from the table setting.  Mind
you, I only
> decorated one table.  I think the silver serving pieces and the
warming
> stands (with tea lights to keep the food warm) may have had
something to do
> with that as well as the candles (frowned upon by security, of
course) and
> flower arrangements.  What dish did the bride request?  Sauerkraut
and
> Spaetzels...one thing I really know how to make!  Had I dropped the
batch,
> I'm not so sure I'd have started from scratch!
> 
> Blessings,
> Bonnie (SW OH - zone 5)
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net]
On Behalf
> Of Kitty
> Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 2004 9:49 AM
> To: gardenchat@hort.net
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Andrea/Fine Gardening/Salvia
> 
> Good Gravy, Marge!!
> I'm well past the stage where I'd remake the gravy after that.  My
peak
> moment was my first wedding for which I cooked for 125 people.  One
sister
> did make the turkey and the other the ham, but I cut and washed the
salad
> and fixins the day before and that morning made the mostachioli - I
had an
> apron that matched my dress.  I don't think anything was left beind
in the
> fridge and we didn't have a microwave.
> 
> Kitty
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Marge Talt" <mtalt@hort.net>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 2004 12:01 AM
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Andrea/Fine Gardening/Salvia
> 
> 
> > > From: Kitty <kmrsy@comcast.net>
> > > Classic!
> > > Timing everything to be ready at once has never been my strong
> > suit.  I even
> > > have trouble timing some of the guests.
> > ----------
> >
> > Ha, Kitty:-)  I just let guests fall where they may:-)  I think
> > timing is the hardest part of getting a feast on the table,
> > myself...even after over 40 years of doing it.  And, if you get
> > fumble fingered, like I do, under stress, it can get real
> > interesting....there was the year that Xmas dinner for 14 was
going
> > on the table and I managed to dump the gravy pan on the kitchen
> > floor....talk about one melluva hess...and I had to start from
> > scratch making gravy - melting turkey fat, etc., etc.  I was not
> > exactly the relaxed hostess that year.  And, yes, gravy is a
must; I
> > cannot, no matter what I do, make enough of it to satisfy my
> > group...and since I've never used it out of a can, there was
nothing
> > for it but to start over with it....
> >
> > Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
> > mtalt@hort.net
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