On Sun, 22 Dec 2019 16:46:51 -0500, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:

>On 12/22/2019 4:33 PM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>> On Sunday, December 22, 2019 at 3:54:04 PM UTC-5, Sheldon wrote:
>>> On Sun, 22 Dec 2019 12:20:23 GMT, Pamela >
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 21:55 21 Dec 2019, Bruce > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Sat, 21 Dec 2019 14:47:12 -0700, jay > wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 12/20/19 3:43 AM, Bruce wrote:
>>>>>>> On Fri, 20 Dec 2019 10:37:58 GMT, Pamela >
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On 06:45 20 Dec 2019, Bruce > wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Fri, 20 Dec 2019 00:25:08 GMT, Pamela >
>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On 19:25 19 Dec 2019, Dave Smith >
>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> It has all the characteristics of a soap opera. There is a cast of
>>>>>>>>>>> characters coming in and out of the series, some of them evil,
>>>>>>>>>>> some somewhat admirable, parallel sub plots, love stories, romance
>>>>>>>>>>> and sex, betrayals, disappearances and deaths. Some of the
>>>>>>>>>>> characters are down right evil while others are shown to be
>>>>>>>>>>> capable of doing bad.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I suppose even Breaking Bad could be called a soap although that
>>>>>>>>>> may not the best description.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Of course not. Not that I'm a huge fan, but BB has nothing to do
>>>>>>>>> with a soap.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> You wouldn't call the subplot of Walter's domestic life and its
>>>>>>>> marital crises pure soap?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> That's not enough to call the whole show a soap. Not by a long shot.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> If they advertise soap it can be called a soap opera. duh
>>>>>
>>>>> "A soap opera is a radio or television serial dealing especially with
>>>>> domestic situations and frequently characterized by melodrama and
>>>>> sentimentality." (Wiki)
>>>>>
>>>>> It's not a soap opera.
>>>>
>>>> On that basis it is a soap opera. Have you actually seen the series?
>>>
>>> I still haven't seen a "Huge beef roast", of even a tiny beef
>>> roast.... and I'm thinking this is aout a soup opera.
>>
>> If you'll read Julie's original post, her gauge for a huge beef roast
>> is "bigger than a football".
>>
>> Not huge in my opinion.
>>
>> Cindy Hamilton
>>
>
>Huge is like what they had at the Beef'N'Beer we went to years ago. A
>big steamship round where they cut off as needed for your sandwich.
>Good stuff.
>
>I have an 8 1/2 lb. rib eye I'm going to make on the rotisserie on
>Christmas day. Big, not huge.

8 1/2 lbs is plenty for ten peaple.
For Christmas I'm going to roast a 7lb butt half smaked ham. It won't
all be eaten, most will be frozen for another meal, or two....
probably one other meal and the rest for pea soup. We like ham and
eggs but not bacon... we both detest bacon.