cshenk wrote:

> Then Ghiselle, grabbed my bacon grease, some of the sweet brown vinegar,
> and riffled my spices (grin). I was busy setting the table mostly but she
> taught John (age 12) how to cut cabbage up the easy way. It was a fairly
> traditional german hot slaw with a delicate mustard/cardamom touch and
> heart warming fatty in a good way.
>
> I did an impromptu tradtional southern white gravy with some of the
> sausage grease and folks used it to dip the bagette bread after cutting
> little bites of sausage and making mini-samwiches. The asian mustard went
> really nicely with the brisket cut to thin slivers and samwhiched into the
> bread with a bite of the hot slaw.
>
> We finished off with Sponge-bob square pants jello which was a hoot!
>
> Simple fun. Not so fancy as what you do.

Hey, I've never made Jell-O *that* fancy! Sounds like a great time was had
by all. I hope everybody's cozy by now!

Bob