The Chit Chat Chit Chat Thread

[Figgy1]

Cheapest we can get locally is around $5.50 a gallon

Sympathy like. Does Jarvis get good mileage?

 

[Figgy1]

Cranberries are done and I'm working on the pasta

 

[Cesar R M]

The other side of the road.

but.. did the chicken cross the road?

 

[Cesar R M]

That is how our fresh mozzarella pizza is here, about twice the cost but totally different pie than traditional thin crust pizza here, so yummy. I've never had seafood pizza, the thought kinda makes me cringe, odd cause I love seafood.

Well, you wont know until you try it.
seriously, the garlic shrimp pizza = superb!

but then, it costs 40USD approximately where I live D:

 

[Cesar R M]

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1 day until Thanksgiving.

In advance for the poor turkeys demise....

RIP turkeys..

 

[Cesar R M]

That's how some people compare, but I don't think Goofy's food selection is anywhere near Chef Mickey's.

Goofy's has smaller selection? or bigger?

 

[Cesar R M]

It's finally cooling down out here. In fact, it's raining right now - double score!

might rain here as well, a hurricane is coming our way.
so.. hopefully we will get at least rain.

 

[Cesar R M]

Amazon is weird. They sent my package to the shipment centre an hour away from my house and then sent it to Long Island to be delivered to Rhode Island. Wouldn't it be easier to go from Mass to here?

Its cheaper for them to have them shipped to their concentrated warehouse stations.

 

[Cesar R M]

Did you say "No....are you?"

mac and cheese and lasagna... what?

 

[betty rose]

I'm with you. It's all about the sides for me. Never had noodles on the side before. How are they served?

Served with salt and pepper and plenty of real butter. So good.

 

[betty rose]

The supermarkets around here also sell the whole precooked Thanksgiving meal. It's a lot better than you might think. A few years ago, I bought one of those entire meals (serves 4) at Christmas, because I was having 4 people for Christmas dinner. There was plenty of food, and lots left over as well. It was really easy to heat up everything (they give you directions on how long to heat up the various items). I thought the supermarket did a great job, and I think the whole meal for 4 was about $45 (and they even included an apple pie for dessert).

My sister has used a grocery precooked meal for years, and she loves it. Saves all the work and stress. She is 70 and at that age it gets to be too much for one person.

 

[betty rose]

Bets, you'll love this. When I was a kid, I thought stuffing was a vegetable!

Some people put onions in stuffing, that makes it a vegetable.

 

[betty rose]

Then, they can read you bedtime stories! (What goes around, comes around! )

Great idea! The youngest would love to do that!

 

[betty rose]

The other side of the road.

 

[betty rose]

I laughed over this, because it just took me back to my childhood, when my grandmother would have similar types of vague answers. She'd drive us around in her big old car, and she had no sense of direction (I inherited that trait by the way . . . ). Even as kids, we knew she had no idea where we were, and we'd ask her, "Grammie, where are we?" She'd say, "Oh, we're here." Our response would be, "But Grammie, where are we going?" Grammie: "There . . ."

I love your Grammie, so funny.

 

[betty rose]

Good morning everyone. We went to a bakery and got lots of special breads, and pastries, and delivered to DD house, as a surprise. She doesn't have to cook breakfast the next few days. The GS were very excited. Do any of you have a Kneader's bakery. They make the best orange, cranberry sweet bread .

 

[betty rose]

Hey, I have an idea for next year, so that you won't have to work so hard for days and days. What about a pot luck Thanksgiving, where everyone would bring one item to the feast?

My family always did this growing up, we had lots of aunts and extended family that brought in things. Everyone brought their best dishes. It was fun trying all the different dishes.

 

[betty rose]

And, needless to say, you didn't disappoint me with your answers!! (P.S.: I think we'd all enjoy seeing a picture of the tacky Thanksgiving plates, if you can discreetly take a pic tomorrow!! )

Also, I know how difficult it is to clear out a home of your grandparents, when they move out. We had to do that years ago; it was a lot of work getting it all done. (One good thing about my own situation of moving around quite a few times during the years, is that it forced me to keep the essentials only, as hauling around "stuff" was too much of an effort.)

We are doing that right now, so the kids won't have too. We are downsizing to keep only essentials, it makes life less cluttered and complicated. We haven't moved for years, so things are overtaking me. Hubby likes "things", me not so much, I don't like to have so much to dust!

 

[betty rose]

My dh is glad we're broke because otherwise my baby would light up the county all from my front yard

We bought one of those lights that lights the whole house, looks like snow flakes. One light and done!

 

[betty rose]

Sympathy like....stay safe and warm! Just try to think of all the yummy food and time with family.

Stuffing, yea!