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Default Dinner today - 3/27/16

On Sun, 27 Mar 2016 23:03:38 -0700, "Cheri" >
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>"Jeßus" wrote in message ...
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>On Sun, 27 Mar 2016 19:20:15 -0700, "Cheri" >
>wrote:
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>>"Janet B" > wrote in message
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>>> The butt portion ham is in the smoker with hickory chips. I figure
>>> it will be about 6 hours before ready. I managed to get smoked while
>>> putting the ham in. The rest of dinner today will be scalloped
>>> potatoes and oven roasted butternut squash. That's it. Nothing
>>> fancy. It's raining and dreary here but the smoker is on the covered
>>> deck. It's the first time out for the smoker this season.
>>> I suppose I could do a lemon soaked pound cake. That wouldn't be too
>>> rich to go with the rest of the meal.
>>> What are you guys doing?
>>> Janet US

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>>We had lamb, ham, asparagus, baked beans and strawberries for dessert. I had
>>laced the strawberries with Cointreau yesterday, served with a dollop of
>>sweetened sour cream. They were really good, and your meal sounds good too.

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>Those strawberries sound great. Never heard of sweetened sour cream -
>was it simply sweetened with sugar and what does it taste like?
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>Dinner tonight involves chicken thigh fillet, rice and curry... I
>haven't developed a plan beyond using those ingredients yet.
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>The sour cream was sweetened with Sweetzfree which is a liquid version of
>Splenda.


Thanks, I might try sweetening some sour cream out of sheer curiosity.

>Your dinner sounds good, can't really miss with those ingredients.


True. I don't use curry a lot but was in the mood for both it and rice
today. I ended up using garlic & onion, tomatoes, a can of coconut
cream plus the curry, of course. Also some fresh parsley and served on
a bed of basmati. It was yum, I should make this sort of thing more
often.