In article >,
maxine in ri > wrote:

> On Fri, 27 Jan 2006 20:25:22 -0600, Melba's Jammin'
> > connected the dots and wrote:
>
> ~I think I'm gonna try to be a Jew when I die so I can have a Dead
> Spread ~at least as good as today's.

> You'd be welcomed to the Tribe. Before you die, you could have your
> bat mitzva. Now _there's_ an occasion for a fancy meal!

Heh! Margaret doesn't give me a chance for conversion. I know it's not
easily done. Re the bat mitzvah spread -- I'm remembering my friend
Harriet's party. My recollection is that the word was that Minnie's
(her mom) word to the caterers was that the tables had better look as
full at the end of the meal as at the beginning.

(snip)
> napkins artfully folded and tucked in ~each glass. I think there was
> a dessert table but I didn't see it.

> That sounds like a Minnie-soda thang. Here, even with the rich
> relatives, it's been deli, with friends bringing or cooking up kugels
> and deli. And yeah, there are usually sweets.
>
> Just make sure you wash your hands from the pitcher outside the door
> before you walk back in. Tradition.

Got it. BTW, I checked with Mimi - she said the potato thing was
probably a kugel but she was fairly oblivious to it all. No doubt.

> ~Enough already. Rest in peace, Barbie.
>
> I suggest telling the rest of your friends to put off their deaths for
> a while. A woman can only lose so many folks before she goes bonkers,
> and you sound like you're at your limit.

I've been burying people since my dad died when I was 6 years old.
It's the hazard of a large family, I suppose. There's usually been some
-- more -- time between, though. This run has been just plain unnatural!

> Condolences to you and her family.

Yeah - thanks, Maxine. Like I said, she wasn't my friend - her sister
is. Hard to lose a sib you're close to and especially one so untimely
8-( The three were each a year apart in school. <sigh>

OB Comfort food.: { Exported from MasterCook Mac }

Marshmallow Krispie Treats

Recipe By: Posted to rec.food.cooking by Barb Schaller 1-29-2006
Serving Size: 1
Preparation Time: 0:00
Categories: Bars

Amount Measure Ingredient Preparation Method
1/4 cup butter
7 oz. marshmallows (40 large or 3 cups (7 to 10)
miniature)
5 cups Rice Krispies cereal (5 to 6)

Melt butter in 3-quart saucepan. Add marshmallows and cook over low
heat, stirring until marshmallows are melted and mix is well blended.
Remove from heat. Add Rice Krispies and stir until well-=coated. Press
warm mixture firmly into buttered 9x13" pan. Cut into squares when
cool. Yield: 24 2" squares.

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Notes: Source: Kellogg's Rice Krispies cereal box, May, 1966.
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