On Sun, 24 Feb 2019 19:08:15 -0000, "Ophelia" >
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>"U.S. Janet B." wrote in message
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>On Sun, 24 Feb 2019 04:06:47 -0800 (PST), Cindy Hamilton
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>>On Saturday, February 23, 2019 at 7:10:37 PM UTC-5,
>>wrote:
>>> Margaret Holmes ‘Hoppin John’ with a can of regular black-eyed peas
>>> added,
>>> one cup of chopped onions, one can of Kroger brand mild Ro-Tel, 2
>>> packages
>>> of cubed ham, ½ cup of rice, and a cup and a half of chicken broth. It’s
>>> simmering on the stove as I write. Also, a dab of garlic paste mixed in.
>>>
>>> No salt added as I knew the black-eyed peas, Ro-Tel, and ham would have
>>> that
>>> added. I will wait to see if it needs any when I get a bowl of it. This
>>> makes enough for several meals and I still have leftover chicken pot pie
>>> so
>>> this will be all the cooking I will do for a few days.
>>>
>>> Debating on whether to make a small skillet of cornbread.
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>>Yesterday was my birthday. My official special meal was nachos (for
>>lunch).
>>Dinner was a big salad with some leftover grilled chicken on it.
>>My husband hasn't been feeling well (norovirus, I think), so he had
>>scrambled eggs and toast for dinner.
>>
>>The curse of the February birthday. About half the time we're sick or
>>just getting over something. About half the time the weather is too
>>nasty to make it worth going out.
>>
>>Cindy Hamilton
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>Happy birthday. I'm a Feb birthday too. The real curse of an early
>Feb. birthday is when you're a kid all your aunts say 'this is your
>Christmas and birthday present.'
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>Huh my birthday is in November ... guess what ...
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no . . . they lumped your birthday with Christmas? There oughta be a
law against that.