A Gardeners Forum Forums General Discussion The Banter Hall coffeehouse 2145 Are you Still eating Leftovers??

I am,........

no leftovers here to eat---we ate at my DD's. well there is pumpkin pie--I made it so we would at least have pie to eat when we came home--and DH said yea go ahead & make 2-- I am thinking he will not want pumpkin pie for a good long while---

You can also make hot buttered rum from scratch, afgrey. You don't need a mix.

As I said Carol Jean in the last CH our leftovers were better than our firstovers. I think it is hard to celebrate elsewhere and if I do, I still at least make a turkey at home just because. Or even a 1/2 turkey or turkey breast. Here the stores will cut a turkey in half for you and wrap it that way, too.

It is getting colder and colder. Snow will be soon they say.

I cancelled my helper for this afternoon. I am too too wiped out from all the doings of last night and being up all day with Maxi to even think about the efforts involved with getting a shower. A different helper will be here tomorrow morning before I go to dialysis, so we'll take care of it then.


Merme

Too bad I have the rum but not too much of the other things! No brown sugar here, afgrey!

I've been sitting here laughing at us all in my thread Say What?

Oh, we are silly and strange people!


Merme

No leftovers here, either. i just took a banana pecan cake out of the oven and am eating hot cake though. Mmmm good.

I'm about to clean out the fridge and freeze the leftover turkey. I'm sick, sick, sick of leftovers!
boy we are having some wind today. it is so beautiful and sunny and not extreamly cold, but that wind is dreadful. I went outside for just 10 minutes earlier and had to come right back in. I bet were getting 40-50 mph gusts out there. I should check the weather site and see what the gusts really are.

I went back and read some of the last entries of the previous ch. funny about the enchilada reciepe being so long. I started writting my reciepe for you last night merme. I had to keep going back and adding stuff. the post was really long and I was only half way done. ha ha. then I just deleted it. glad someone else (angleblossom?) had the patients to get it all down for you.

i'm having a canned biscuit and left over ham sandwich. we ate at ellie's but she "made" us all take all the left overs home. since there were 4 households present including hers, we divided the leftovers into 3. but... i was sick last night and not all of it got put in the fridge, so a lot of it went in the garbage today

[quote=jonni13i just took a banana pecan cake out [/quote]

Ohhhhhh Man That sounds sooooooooooooooooooooo dang good!!!!!!

Well, I had these over ripe bananas......

No leftovers here.They were eaten a loooong time ago.

Our leftovers were so good for lunch, I'm going to have some for my dinner too! Maxi left a little while ago, so I don't have to think creatively; I just have to warm stuff up for me!

Jiffy ~ I hate when that happens! I despise it when I must throw food away!

I'm telling ya, I got really upset two weeks ago when I had to get rid of everything in my freezer because it had spoiled while I was away! Way too many bags of trash went out that day!


Merme

I dislike waste too. But my dog likes that I cleaned out my fridge today. And my worms are happy out there too. Although they may be a bit bummed at my banana pecan bread. They did get the banana peels.

yes merme, i can imagine. the good side of it was that most of it is stuff we wouldn't have normally eaten anyway. the only really sad parts were the gravy and the turkey drippings for soup. that i am most sad about.

the meat was already in the fridge, so what went out was the accompaniments. dressing, casseroles, etc. and not a full one of any because of the sharing that went on.

gotta find those silver linings somewhere!

Cindy Please Put this in the recipe thread ,, so I can always get to it!!

They don't have that in the stores here either,,,, alls I need to buy is more brown sugar! I have enough right now for it if I cut the reciepe in half,!

That's the recipe I use also. And yup, Diane, it is really good.

Rum is fairly versitile. I like it in hot cocoa as well.

The third movie of the Tolkien trilogy is coming on... The Return of The King. Maxi and I watched the first two over again today. We try to catch it whenever it is on TNT. Gee, that might be a very nice present from Santa!


Merme

cricket---take your left over turkey put it in a pot and make turkey carcus soup---it is wonderful. I so had to contriol myself so I would not ask my DD for the carcus so I could make soup.-----

Carol Jean ~ I don't think Cricket even has a carcas... I think she said her dog ate it off the counter!


Merme

Yepper, 'fat dog' as we like to affectionatly call her, nabbed the carcass.
the rest of the turkey was already pulled off the bone and skinned and in the fridge. that is what I'll freeze. I have enough of that to make a stew and some turkey and dumplings. yummy. but, in a couple of months. I'm kinda sick of turkey right now.
well, I'm about to shower and put on my 'oh so soft winter jammies'. and some SOCKS! he he. maybe some 7 dollar payless socks!
Merm....I didn't know you had a prothesis foot? (I'm sure I spelled that wrong)

Well we are fed and some of us are bathed. A couple of us are ready for school tomorrow. And a couple of us are ready for Dr's appointments tomorrow. I am nestled into my chair for the evening, I think. At least until I get a turn in the shower.

Cricket, I have a prosthetic LEG from right below the knee on the right leg, otherwise known as BKA "below knee amputation". So, the leg includes the foot. The problem with buying boots is that the prosthetic ankle has no flex so you can't point your toes to slide into a boot. You have to be able to put the foot into the boot with that 90 degree angle happening. You also can't wear shoes that require you to flex your toes to keep them on, such as Dr. Scholl's and some ballet type flats. I've walked right out of those ballet flats a time or two depending on the style.


Merme

I forgot I have school tomorrow.I better go wash some clothes!

they're fed, and i'm not going to be. jumped on here to read until 9 pm when i can declare lights out. dr and work for me tomorrow, work for scott, and job hunting for matthew. chicago didn't work out but i'm glad to have him home. he's been a help!

I am glad he is a help, Jiffy. And I hope vistas of opportunities open for him tomorrow.

thank you tina. me too!

Hi all,
Yes just ate rest of turkey as enchiladas- do have 3 plates for the freezer...just have to seal them tomorrow- Joe will take them to work for lunches... I do have the carcus and drippings so they will make soup tomorrow- have mashed taters and veggies left too so am going to make up a meatloaf tomorrow...that will be dinner and make more freezer plates up with those leftovers....
We ended up with about 6 inches of very wet snow today-- Joe came home and shoveled it-- he is off tomorrow so will do the kids school runs- Carrie's car needs new tires and she doesn't like to drive them in the snow if she can help it- hopefully Jon's bonus will pay for a new set of tires for her car..
Jiffy hope Matthew has good luck finding a job... glad his being home is good anyway--- sometimes things are just right no matter how they look at first.
Well off to take a hot bath- then finish up the folding of laundry... may go to bed early tonight.
Nana

jobs are getting scarce all over, aren't they!
hubby's in construction and well.....when banks won't loan anyone money....no one can build.
oh, merme. Your such a trooper! thanks for 'splainin about the leg.
well, I'm showered up and warm. I guess I'll sign off and do some couch time before bed.

Good night cricket.

Hi Jiffy, sad to hear that matthews job didn't work out--but glad he is there to help you---as someone else has just said, perhaps it all works out for the best.

I will be hoping that he finds a job soon.

carol, i'm thinking that he needed the time away.

I am sure it did everyone some good----but I am sure it is nice to have him back as well.

yes. i agree. he has been helpful and caring, and yesterday was our best thanksgiving in years now, if he would just quit smoking.

LOL yep it is always something it seems.---Emily has told her DH and Val's DH they must quit-----and JJ (Val's) has simply refused---Chris (Em's) just does it sneekily---but at least there is not so much smoke around her lungs this way.

Good morning. I am trying to get back into school mode after a nice week off. Not as much lazing around enjoying my coffee. I will get there.

Good morning, Tina---I too am enjoying my coffee.

I remember when the girls were still home, I so hated to "get back" to the regular way of things. I always enjoyed having everyone home with me as well.

I guess I should begin to get busy here........

I wish everyone a great day today.

Good morning, everybody!

The snow we were supposed to get last night stayed rain. The snow line stopped a couple of miles north of me and I was glad for that! They say my area may not get any til Thursday.

My temporary girl came very early today and was out of here by 9:30 so now I have some time on my hands to finish waking up, have my coffee and maybe load the dishwasher if I'm motivated!

Merme

wow. it's been a quiet day in the ch today. is everyone frozen?
the temps in the morning here are expected to be in the low 30's. brr. i'm glad i'm off work tomorrow. I can just send the kidos off to school and come back in and get under a blanket. I have to go out at some point tomorrow and get a new tire for the car, but that is all I have planned so far. YEAH!

well cricket I guess everyone is cold----as far as your "just about" clear day tomorrow and only the buying of a tire tomorrow---I say "way to go"!!!

I got home an hour late tonight. It is still raining and on the windy side. I had a bite to eat -- a fast dinner -- and now I am just sitting here, too tired to make the coffee I've been wanting all day. I may have to nap first.

Merme

I just woke from a nap. It was a busy but productive day. I tried posting this morning in here but my computer was doing odd things so I just shut it down and started my day. So I am here for now until I haave to begin some dinner. I'm thinking stir fry tonight.