Thanksgiving(s) report(s).
Local
Well, did you have an enjoyable thanksgiving? We did.
A lovely meal with friends and the star of the show
And the usual supporting cast of: potatoes, squash, dressing/gravy,
rolls, MFO’s Famous 7Up salad (which remained in the fridge – shhhh), a scratch
green bean casserole, various relishes including a really good Cranberry Chutney made by our friends
All served on the “groaning board” nicely decorated by MFO
And that’s what we were after partaking… groaning!
FOJ Report
FOJTY (Kansas City)– decided to work (augmented wages!) and
so had a turkey breast,
FOJTE (Missouri) on the other hand, was all in. He decided to follow the fad of “Spatchcocking”
his bird
(somehow, these border on obscene)
Applying a dry rub
And then, despite the weather, the Big Green Egg was pressed
into service,
Which contributed to a lovely plate
Which, by the way, was served on my mother’s “friendly
village” china. I’m sure she looked down
with a proud smile on her grandson
Christmas Preview
Well, with the “late” thanksgiving (Thank you President
Roosevelt!) Christmas is only three
weeks from this writing, and thoughts turn from turkeys to trees. Segueing nicely, we’ve changed our tree this year. Our first years in the current digs, we had a
beautiful 10-foot tree.
Which, while lovely required a ladder to decorate it, and
with our advancing age, MFO declined to face that again. So, we “invested” in another, only 7 feet
tall.
And, this being the tech age, it is now (pre-wired) with LED
lights. And, this being the tech age,
they can be either white or colored, and, this being the tech age, you can
switch from solid on, to fade in and out, or, or fade from white to colored,
blinking either, alternating blinking. Well, we
are sticking to solid on, white in the day, color at night. Another aggravation is that the little LED
buggers are VERY bright.
Anyway, with “shorty” on the scene, our previous edition
needed a home, and fortunately the guy who keeps our IT stuff humming along
volunteered to give it a new home. SO……
this morning he showed up with another pair of hands contemplating the
situation
Then executing the plan
And finally off to a good home (with kids) to make them
happy.
And off goes a former member of the family, and another
piece of our life. Time marches
on. Adapt.
Scenes from Christmas Past, and Christmas Present:
Comings and Goings
Mostly goings, unfortunately.
This is for St. Louis crowd.
When we were living there, one of the landmarks on the corner of Clayton
Road and Lindbergh was Schneitorst’s a beautiful German restaurant, serving
traditional food, and a downstairs rathskeller with a wonderful collection of
beer steins. Well, they are
closing. What a shame..
And closer to this home, I saw in the paper that what’s left
of the wonderful St. James Pub (closed, but high on the feeder’s “just right”
list) will be razed to make way for an expanded deli. I remember several lunches in the old pub,
gray haired lady’s calling you “dear” or “honey”, which is perfectly fine. A pool room, country music channel on hung TV’s,
a bar complete with imbibers in the late morning.
The only “coming” I can think of is SweetBay in Leonardtown,
which continues to evolve with everyone’s high hopes for a “fine dining”
destination. Pictures on facebook
indicate lovely interiors and floors.
Snarky Feeder says: “I don’t care what’s under my feet, what’s on the
plate?
Rants
Well, I did a have a few, but after such a pleasant literary
journey, we’ll leave them for next time.
A teaser would be “Macy’s Parade”
Enjoy your leftovers, maybe the best part.
And maybe you have some leftover duds, and you could
DFD
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