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  • Richard in Smithville
    Veteran Member
    • Oct 2006
    • 3014
    • On the TARDIS
    • BT 3100
    #1

    Cooking Easter Dinner

    Mum came over tonight for Easter dinner. After years of her cooking for the family, even as it grew with spouses and children, it's time to give back. LOML had to work so I was elected to prepare dinner. Actually, LOML alway said that the kids wouldn't starve if she wasn't around.

    Around 10 am this morning I put the ham in the oven for a few hours and let it cook while I cleaned the house. I put my daughter to work sweeping and vacuuming. I also cooked scalloped potato's and green beans.

    The best part about dinner was someone else did the washing up
    From the "deep south" part of Canada

    Richard in Smithville

    http://richardspensandthings.blogspot.com/
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    • Red88chevy
      Established Member
      • Sep 2004
      • 236
      • Midland, Texas.
      #2
      It sounds like a great meal! Fortunately for us we'll be going over to some friends house so we didn't have to make the whole meal, just dessert. Have a Happy Easter!

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        • Uncle Cracker
          The Full Monte
          • May 2007
          • 7091
          • Sunshine State
          • BT3000
          #3
          Yesterday, I made a huge pot of fresh collards, cooked with smoked ham hocks for 6 hours. It was so good that I have a real dilemma figuring out how to top it with today's dinner... Still thinking...

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            • Pappy
              The Full Monte
              • Dec 2002
              • 10490
              • San Marcos, TX, USA.
              • BT3000 (x2)
              #4
              Originally posted by Uncle Cracker
              Yesterday, I made a huge pot of fresh collards, cooked with smoked ham hocks for 6 hours. It was so good that I have a real dilemma figuring out how to top it with today's dinner... Still thinking...
              Always wondered where the 'Cracker' handle came from....

              No chittlin's in the freezer?????
              Don, aka Pappy,

              Wise men talk because they have something to say,
              Fools because they have to say something.
              Plato

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                • smorris
                  Senior Member
                  • Apr 2003
                  • 695
                  • Tampa, Florida, USA.
                  #5
                  LOML is being a stern nurse and won't let me help cook, but she also headed me off at the pass. She went to the Honey Baked ham store and bought the whole dinner prepared and we will be having that in a few hours.

                  Happy Easter to all.
                  --
                  Any sufficiently advanced incompetence is indistinguishable from malice

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                    • Ed62
                      The Full Monte
                      • Oct 2006
                      • 6021
                      • NW Indiana
                      • BT3K
                      #6
                      Take care of Mum. LOML always had the chore of hosting the get togethers too. The last couple of years, the kids have been taking the responsibility. But she still takes a couple of dishes she prepares at home. I'm sure Mum will appreciate your helping her out.

                      Ed
                      Do you know about kickback? Ray has a good writeup here... https://www.sawdustzone.org/articles...mare-explained

                      For a kickback demonstration video http://www.metacafe.com/watch/910584...demonstration/

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                        • cgallery
                          Veteran Member
                          • Sep 2004
                          • 4503
                          • Milwaukee, WI
                          • BT3K
                          #7
                          My youngest daughter (13) and I are the only ones in the family that like lamb. So we're making lamb chops and I honestly have no idea what the rest of the family is having.

                          But for lunch... Egg salad sandwiches. Oh yeah.

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                            • Uncle Cracker
                              The Full Monte
                              • May 2007
                              • 7091
                              • Sunshine State
                              • BT3000
                              #8
                              Originally posted by Pappy
                              Always wondered where the 'Cracker' handle came from....

                              No chittlin's in the freezer?????
                              I'm 100% grade "A" cracker, and not the slightest bit ashamed of it... No chittlins around here, though, as I prefer my chow a little less "intestinal". But I can eat my weight in cracklins (pork rinds).

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                                • steve-norrell
                                  Veteran Member
                                  • Apr 2006
                                  • 1001
                                  • The Great Land - Alaska
                                  • BT3100-1
                                  #9
                                  Originally posted by cgallery
                                  My youngest daughter (13) and I are the only ones in the family that like lamb. So we're making lamb chops and I honestly have no idea what the rest of the family is having.

                                  But for lunch... Egg salad sandwiches. Oh yeah.
                                  How can anyone NOT like lamb?

                                  IMHO, Leg of lamb is right up there with prime rib. Lamb chops are a very close second to L of L. Enjoy.

                                  Steve

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                                    • L. D. Jeffries
                                      Senior Member
                                      • Dec 2005
                                      • 747
                                      • Russell, NY, USA.
                                      • Ryobi BT3000
                                      #10
                                      My LOML being a Brit expat and me having lived there for several years, this Easter we had a roast leg of lamb! UM-UM-UM!! However most of our neighbors just go "Yuk" when we tell them what we are having. Also roast potatoes and brussell sprouts. Double "YUM"! Sweet was apple tart with Birds Custard. Can't get better than that!
                                      RuffSawn
                                      Nothin' smells better than fresh sawdust!

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                                        • cgallery
                                          Veteran Member
                                          • Sep 2004
                                          • 4503
                                          • Milwaukee, WI
                                          • BT3K
                                          #11
                                          Originally posted by steve-norrell
                                          How can anyone NOT like lamb?
                                          Donno.

                                          When we were in San Diego this time a couple of years ago, we were on one of those levels of the hotel where they had hors d'oeuvres at night. One night they have two HUGE trays of lamb chops. When my youngest and I walked into the lounge room 1/2 hour after the lamb was put out, not a single chop had been touched (and the floor was full).

                                          My daughter and I got right on that.

                                          The attendant said people just don't like lamb.

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                                            • steve-norrell
                                              Veteran Member
                                              • Apr 2006
                                              • 1001
                                              • The Great Land - Alaska
                                              • BT3100-1
                                              #12
                                              Our DIL lives in a part of Oregon that raises lots of sheep. The farmers grow mostly grass for seed and put the sheep (and lambs) out to feed on the grass between harvests. Hundreds and hundreds of sheep - - so much so that eagles are learning where to find a tasty meal. (There is some controversy as to whether or not the eagles kill the lambs or just feast on ones that die from other causes.)

                                              Anyway, in spite of its abundance, lamb is not a very popular meat down there. Could never figure out why.

                                              By the way, we had leg of lamb for Easter dinner.

                                              Regards, Steve

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                                                • Uncle Cracker
                                                  The Full Monte
                                                  • May 2007
                                                  • 7091
                                                  • Sunshine State
                                                  • BT3000
                                                  #13
                                                  I love lamb shanks fricasseed Cuban-style... Drool...

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