In article 0>,
Wayne Boatwright > wrote:

> On Thu 18 Dec 2008 10:03:19a, Dan Abel told us...

> > Sweet stuff with ham is pretty darn common. They are often glazed with
> > honey, brown sugar or fruit jams. Sometimes pineapple or maraschino
> > cherries are attached.
> >
> > My family didn't have a lot of money when we were kids. When my parents
> > splurged on a nice dinner, they usually splurged on a babysitter also.
> > I remember eating at a nice place once with lots of relatives. I
> > ordered ham and it came with a little raisin sauce. I liked it quite
> > well. I made raisin sauce once to go with ham. I didn't use a recipe.
> > It was raisins, thickener, liquid, spices and rum. It was OK. I'll try
> > it again some time. Maybe I'll use Wayne's recipe, with a little "M"
> > powder (when my wife isn't looking) and some rum.
> >
>
> The rum addition sounds good, Dan. Pardon my stupidity, but what is "M"
> powder?

(Dan looks over his right shoulder, then the left, then down the hall
and then outside to make sure his wife isn't around. It's mustard
powder, and my wife hates mustard. I know I could sneak a little in and
she wouldn't notice, but it couldn't actually be listed in the recipe,
or she wouldn't even try it.)

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Dan Abel
Petaluma, California USA