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  What's your culinary specialty?

  by pmouse in

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  reading hortensia's topic "menu" made my mouth water.

  i remember in the 70's (when we used to be able to have lots of jw social get-togethers like picnics and parties) some of the friends would bring pot-luck specialties that were to die for!.

  everyone has a dish they consider their "specialty" which gets high praise and generally requests for the recipe.

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  pmouse

  Go for it Hortensia!

  Hey, by the way, a really simple and quick potato side dish - get the fingerling potatoes, boil with salt for 20 minutes until tender, then drain in a colander - dump back in pan or in colander and sprinkle with McCormick's Grill Mates Montreal Steak Seasoning.

  The trick is not to cover them or the seasoning turns to mush and falls off the potatoes. The skins tighten back up, and you get a slight snap when you bite one. Combined with the buttery flavor of the fingerling and the kick of the seasoning, these make a great potato side dish.

  Keep 'em coming! I'm going to try some of these. Frannie.....Yuuuuuuuuuuuuuummmmm!!!!
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  What's your culinary specialty?

  by pmouse in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  reading hortensia's topic "menu" made my mouth water.

  i remember in the 70's (when we used to be able to have lots of jw social get-togethers like picnics and parties) some of the friends would bring pot-luck specialties that were to die for!.

  everyone has a dish they consider their "specialty" which gets high praise and generally requests for the recipe.

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  pmouse

  That really sounds good! Have you ever heard of the Coca Cola cake? Where you just add a can of coke to a prepared cake mix (no eggs, oil, etc). I hear it is supposed to be very moist and good. Diet coke tends to make it low cal.
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  What's your culinary specialty?

  by pmouse in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  reading hortensia's topic "menu" made my mouth water.

  i remember in the 70's (when we used to be able to have lots of jw social get-togethers like picnics and parties) some of the friends would bring pot-luck specialties that were to die for!.

  everyone has a dish they consider their "specialty" which gets high praise and generally requests for the recipe.

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  pmouse

  abr:

  What about outdoor grilling? Any special little antics on the barbee?
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  Menu

  by Hortensia in

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  2. friends

  i used to entertain a lot but haven't in a few years.

  now my husband and i have moved to a new house and i have invited some friends for sunday dinner, to see the new house.

  i am at a loss to come up with something interesting to serve.

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  pmouse

  YUM!!! It's only mid morning here and already my mouth is watering!!!!!! Such great ideas. A great menu Hortensia!
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  What's your culinary specialty?

  by pmouse in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  reading hortensia's topic "menu" made my mouth water.

  i remember in the 70's (when we used to be able to have lots of jw social get-togethers like picnics and parties) some of the friends would bring pot-luck specialties that were to die for!.

  everyone has a dish they consider their "specialty" which gets high praise and generally requests for the recipe.

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  pmouse

  Reading Hortensia's topic "Menu" made my mouth water. I remember in the 70's (when we used to be able to have lots of JW social get-togethers like picnics and parties) some of the friends would bring pot-luck specialties that were to die for!

  Everyone has a dish they consider their "specialty" which gets high praise and generally requests for the recipe. What's yours? And would you be willing to post it for the rest of us on this forum?

  I'll start:

  Sweet Potato Casserole:

  • 3 cups fresh, cooked mashed sweet potatoes (not canned)
  • 1 egg, beaten
  • 1/2 stick butter or margarine
  • 1/2 cup milk
  • 1/2 t. cinnamon
  • 1.2 t. nutmeg
  • 1 t. vanilla flavoring
  • 1/2 cup sugar

  Combine and beat until smooth. Pour into 1 1/2 quart casserole dish or oblong dish if you prefer. Top with the following:

  Sweet Potato Casserole Topping

  • 1 c. brown sugar
  • 1 cup pecans or walnuts - finely chopped
  • 1/3 cup butter

  Combine sugar, flour and softened butter. Sprinkle over potatoes; top with pecans. Bake at 350 degrees F for 40 minutes.

  It never fails to disappear and I always get requests for the recipe. So what's yours?
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  Need help, What is viewed as appropriate, I can't remember

  by YoungAmerican in

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  my grandmother just passed away this weekend and is a witness as is alot of my family.

  i have been out for so long and haven't had to deal with death in my immediate family.

  i need to know what is the jw view of sending flowers or arrangement to the memorial service they will be having at the kh.

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  Interesting, at my 90 year old grandma's JW funeral 3 years ago, we broke all the rules. One of my cousins (a non-jw) give an eulogy for my grandmother, even associating the year of her birth with the proclamation of Mother's Day, before the Witless dunderhead half crazed elderly elder gave his recruitment speech.

  Most of us wrote a small note of a special remembrance to Grandma which was tucked in her casket for burial and each one of her remaining 4 children and 26 grandchildren threw a red rose onto her coffin before leaving the cemetary. One of her remaining children is an elder and at least three of her grandchildren's husband's are elders. No one said a word before, during or after. Oh yes, there were tons of flowers.
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  Help! I'm hooked!

  by pmouse in

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  woe is me.

  i reside in the deep south (atlanta ga area) and i have discovered the most wonderful, perfect, rich tasting cup of coffee ever.

  during a business meeting raffle, i won a tin of tim horton's coffee (brought back as a result of a business trip by those higher up on the food chain).

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  Yes Dams, you're an enabler and my husband is attempting an intervention to get me in the living room to watch a DVD...I'm going to think about contacting my sister in law in Indiana and asking her to make a run across the border for me. We're due up at her place in March..I could get it then and eliminate shipping....good grief. I'm mapping plans for a coffee raid.
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  Help! I'm hooked!

  by pmouse in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  woe is me.

  i reside in the deep south (atlanta ga area) and i have discovered the most wonderful, perfect, rich tasting cup of coffee ever.

  during a business meeting raffle, i won a tin of tim horton's coffee (brought back as a result of a business trip by those higher up on the food chain).

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  pmouse

  Okay, 3 tins, not so bad. I might just go for it! Thanks Dams! I should read more carefully.
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  Help! I'm hooked!

  by pmouse in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  woe is me.

  i reside in the deep south (atlanta ga area) and i have discovered the most wonderful, perfect, rich tasting cup of coffee ever.

  during a business meeting raffle, i won a tin of tim horton's coffee (brought back as a result of a business trip by those higher up on the food chain).

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  pmouse

  Wow! Pricey stuff. I could manage the $22 for the tin, however, the shipping is atrocious....I'll see about badgering him a bit. But hubby doesn't sound too enthused despite the excellent taste.
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  Help! I'm hooked!

  by pmouse in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  woe is me.

  i reside in the deep south (atlanta ga area) and i have discovered the most wonderful, perfect, rich tasting cup of coffee ever.

  during a business meeting raffle, i won a tin of tim horton's coffee (brought back as a result of a business trip by those higher up on the food chain).

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  pmouse

  Thanks for the ideas, I'll check into Ebay!