On Sun 17 Aug 2008 10:12:25p, Nexis told us...

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> "Wayne Boatwright" > wrote in message
> 5.247...
>> Last night we were invited by friends to a dinner at one of their
>> cousins and their family, by virtue of having met them for the first
>> time at a birthday party a couple of weeks ago. The cousin, Bill, is
>> an excellent home cook, and there was a crowd of people (large family).
>> David and I were the only non-family members there. It was truly a
>> comfort meal, as Bill had made a 14 quart stockpot full of chicken and
>> homemade egg noodles, studded with pieces of carrot, celery, and onion.
>> I think they were best I've ever eaten. He had also baked six dozen
>> white and whole wheat dinner rolls which were both toothsome and light,
>> and still warm out of the oven. We had sides of fresh cut buttered
>> corn, mashed potatoes, and a great mix of greens and vegetable salad.
>> I think I counted six different kinds of pie, and others had brought
>> appetizers. I took my lime cake by Bill's request, along with my
>> mother's recipe for cheeseball and an assortment of crackers.
>>
>> Bill sent us home with a half dozen rolls and a large pan of chicken
>> and noodles. We carefully reheated the chicken and noodles and rolls
>> tonight and thoroughly enjoyed it again!
>>
>
> Wayne, I can't tell you how jealous I am. This would be pretty much my
> ideal comfort food dinner. Mom and I made chicken & noodles last
> Wednesday when I was up there too ;-) Here it's only August and already
> I'm out of my Aunt Maggie's corn...but I did get some at the market
> today that I'll make tomorrow. Maybe I'll have the leftover chicken &
> noodles too :-)
>
> kimberly

Kimberly, I wish you could have been there! Everything about the evening
was delightful. I haven't able to find decent corn to buy all summer.
Bill grows his own, so it was perfect.

In fact, this was a perfect ending to a perfectly horrible week (the a/c
out, issues with the cats, the heat, etc.), so you can imagine how welcome
it was to share in such an evening.

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Date: Sunday, 08(VIII)/17(XVII)/08(MMVIII)

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