Long story short, my SIL decided to bring brussels sprouts with
bacon to Thanksgiving. That's what we were planning to take, so
we went to plan B. Ron decided to make mushrooms, going completely
off the reservation with that pick. No way will we get there and
someone else make mushrooms as a side dish. Right?

I noticed my nephew looked a little deflated when he found out.
Hmmm. Strange, but I didn't think much of it. It's not as if he
had to eat them if he didn't like them. He's 8 or 9 years old.
Bad aunt, I should know.

I wandered into the kitchen later and what do I see? Little
nephew, his chin barely clearing the frying pan, is cooking up some
crumbled sausage and pan roasting mushroom caps in another. What??
he's making stuffed mushrooms for a side dish. No recipe, I don't
know where he got the idea.

They were delicious! They fell apart a bit, as there wasn't a binder
for the stuffing, but I'd eat those any time.

Now I know what to get him for Christmas. A cookbook. I'm not
sure I want to give him a big cookbook, maybe something geared to
kids. Any thoughts on that?

nancy