On 19/06/2013 12:06 PM, sf wrote:

> No idea where he got that from. My grandfather was Canadian, but had
> British mannerisms and I fondly remember eating summer lunches outside
> underneath a shade tree when visiting my grandparents. He'd bring out
> a card table and chairs and put a tablecloth on the table. We would
> eat off regular china plates, using regular silverware if necessary (I
> mainly remember finger food - sandwiches and crudités), used glasses
> (not paper cups) for our milk and drank hot tea after lunch from china
> cups. I wish the weather and my house configuration was conducive to
> eating outside more often because I loved doing that.

The weather usually cooperates with us in the summer and we eat outside
almost every night from May through to September, whether it was cooked
on the BBQ or not. There are no disposable utensils used.
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>> He also would not eat leftovers.
>
> Lots of people are that way. I'm not a big leftover person, mainly
> because I like to cook. Both my son and my son-in-law eat fewer
> leftovers than I do. Son is a great cook and can whip up something
> great from seemingly nothing.

We don't often eat leftovers here either, other than roast chicken or
beef. I love cold leftover chicken and we roast one every week or two,
hot one night and usually cold the next day. I don't usually bother
making dishes that are bound to be leftovers. I like lasagna once in a
while, but I don't want to be eating it for three or four nights.

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