Now that I'm here, I don't know what to contribute, if anything. Seems my foodieness has

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Marg CDN

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disappeared.

I have been thanking so many of you recently and under my breath, for what you contributed to my recent menus. Pat for the Moroccan Chicken Thighs...geez I love those things (but I'm thinking of adding green onion), Judy's pear cake, Pat's cranberry salad, Cathy's Mom's pork roast. And Joe, I have been looking for someone to share a cassoulet with but .... no one.

It seems everyone I know now either doesn't eat much or has enormous allergies, or just wants to eat tiny almost raw and uncomplicated bit. Where's the fun in uncomplicated?

 
So nice th.at you're on site again! Your foodiness will return--it is merely temporariy dormant. I

agree with you wholeheartedly regarding people who want uncomplicated. A few days after Thanksgiving I was chatting on the phone with my best friend from high school who now lives in Florida. I was all charged up about the Bobby Flay Turkey Milanese recipe that orchid had posted and was sharing with Judi what was in it so she could use up some leftover turkey when she stopped my glowing report with, "Wigs,Wigs, I'm sure it's good, but that sounds like way too many ingredients for my style of cooking!" It really took the wind out of my sails because I truly get hyped up about new tastes and flavors.

At the opposite end of the scale is my DH, who inquires about the identity of every single ingredient. He's your bona fide meat & potatoes man, and I know he thinks I am trying to poison him whenever I try (usually unsuccessfully!), to get him to taste something new. Grrr.

Ergo, I am still catering because therein exists a group of people who enjoy good food and experimentation in the kitchen. So, I completely understand your frustration!

When I read the recent post about everyone's favorite Christmas cookie recipes, I immediately thought how much fun it used to be when I was a child, and my mom would get together with other ladies--friends and/or neighbors--and they would bake holiday candies, sweets & cookies together. There was a lot of camaraderie plus we learned from one another. That is where I got the basic skills for all the baking I enjoy doing yet today.

You have a good holiday season and know you will always be able to find great culinary support here at eat/at! I know that's not as good as direct feedback from someone sitting at your table enjoying your creations, but I value this place immensely and am grateful I stumbled across it way back when!

 
Hi Marg! I was just thinking about you. Actually I was thinking about your

Caviar Pie and how I would like to make it for a Christmas appetizer!

 
And you know, I think they believe they're being kind to me by telling me not to go to any trouble.

I want to go to trouble, but just need someone besides myself to make my trouble worthwhile.

I have a fellow coming for dinner tomorrow. He wants a piece of broiled fish and roasted plain veg. No dessert. Oh really. HHHOOOO HHUUUMM

He is getting Nicoise olive & Herbes de P shortbread with drinks, an organic chicken roasted in the S of France stylem green beans vinaigrette, the veg that he wants, Pat's cranberry salad, and a fig and mascarpone tart. If he doesn't like it, well, he isn't meant for my dining table. That's about as simple as I care to get for a guest.

I actually did find one exciting guy, but he's gone. They are so hard to find.

 
How 'bout some new friends? I joined a potluck group through MeetUp.com and it has been a blast!

I've met some really amazing people, and picked up a bunch of new recipes. Plus I get to cook and share, which I love. Winning all the way around. Worth checking out.

 
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