Tis the Season

*hugs Merle*

It is weird to see your name on the board at the same time and be so close, yet so far away!

Such is the nature of the internet. Have a great holiday bud.

*hugs again*

**hugs AsIs**

See me as on the site yesterday??

I miss having the instant gram capacity of SciFiSites, don't you?

I think about you often bud, and if ever in the RL we should meet, I'll make good on one of those big hugs.

Same here.

Yeah, the grams while sometimes a pain in the @$$ aslo came in handy...

Happy Holidays everyone.

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays Asis, Merle, and all of our buds.

I am getting ready to cook Christmas dinner for the whole family, my first time. I probably usually cook for that many, but now I have to make sure I have enough. Right now I should be doing major cleaning, but instead here I am on the computer.

Hugs!

Deep-fried Turkey, Bmat. Really the best way to go.
Just have someone just responsible for that do the work. You can then start the preparations for everything else, and 50 minutes before everything else is ready, hollar for the turkey crew to do their thing. 45 minutes later, the turkey is done, and ready.

Two things...have the turkey ready without any stuffing inside. Put the turkey in the deep-fryer, and then pour in the oil until the turkey is just barely covered. Then remove the turkey from the oil, and fire up the burner. These two things are very important. Too much oil, and when it's time to cook the bird it boils up big time and overflows if there's too much. The second important thing is no stuffing. Don't want to boil the oil with stuffing in the turkey. Otherwise, even though the wings aren't functional, and there aren't any feathers, that bird is gonna fly!

Now, if the stuffing-cooked-in-the-bird is essential, forget the deep-frying and cook the bird in a conventional oven for the nominal 2 hours.

Merry Christmas, everyone.

Crash, whenever I log in at Ancient Worlds, no one is on. I posted there in the HP topic, btw.

Can't wait to hear the stories of baking disasters.

Bmat, keep us posted on the preparations. Hey, you need to relieve stress, too, so posting here is a good outlet, yes?

Wizz, the Sheriffs deep fry a turkey at Thanksgiving, right outside the garage. Can't say in words how good it smells. I never tasted any, though.

Have a Merry Christmas everyone (or whatever you celebrate). Of course, I finally get my parents to come East from Christmas and DC has its coldest days in 15 years. They keep referencing the warm weather in California and something about this is why they moved.....

That aside, I have managed to reduce my mother to laughter with my baking abilities (hey new stories to share) and my Dad has determined that my couch is great for napping.

I hope everyone has a safe and enjoyable holiday.

Merle, we can get grams at Ancient Worlds if you want them.

Merry Christmas All.

Bmat, honestly, you got this far through life with a family and all and never done Christmas Dinner? Wow. We just did Thanksgiving for the first time last month, and it turned out fantastic.

Merry Christmas all from the UK, just in case I don't get back here in time...

It doesn't matter if it all gets screwed up, as long as you can all laugh at it!

Merry Christmas all! I will be having My parents as well as Karinas parents over on Xmas eve for drinks and ordourves. I have a wood stove and this place needs a serious dusting. Mega cleaning to do. As for foods, we ordered a coldcut plate , but have made hoeade meatballs, teryaki wings, chips dip and all that.

For Saturday, we are bringing Lasagne and Karina's homade Frozen Chocolate moose pie (to die for). I made a good homade cranberry sauce for Thanksgiving, but put i too much lime zest. Not sure what concoction Ill try this year.

Anyway...once again, merry xmas, happy hanaka...yada yada yada.


Hey Merle, how did you like the pics I sent of my first full home decorating for Xmas. Cant wait for the electric bill.

Is Karina making vodka jello?

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Hey, Nommy! I replied elsewhere about the pics. Loved them! There's a guy in love with his new home!

Ian, LoL...Nope. No jello shots this time round.

Thanks Merle, I once told Karina that I would do a great many trhings better now that I am a home owner. I always grumbles about doing ANYTHING while in the apartment.

HAPPY EWYEAR to all if I dont get back on till after jan1, 2005. [img]graemlins/party.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/party.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/gulp.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/gulp.gif[/img]

Mom sent me to the grocery store to get white vinegar for one of our recipes. I picked up a gallon, we needed one tablespoon. Apparently it is suppose to be commone knowledge that you use very little vinegar in recipes....

Christmas out here went off with a few hitches. The entire Agress clan enjoyed many days of cold and snow, but most importantly time together. My sister-in-law has determined that travelling to California for Christmas is a great deal, she had never hosted Thanksgiving or Christmas before and did not realize how much work went into feeding 21 people. The California kids loved the snow that arived a few days after Christmas, they went sleding for the first time and tried to make snowballs. they also took their first train rides, taxi rides, enjoyed the Empire State building, and feel in love with the Statue of Liberty (my niece was found telling her teddy bear about Lady Liberty that night at 9:30.) Overall a huge success.

2/3 of the adults got the 24 hour flu at various points in time and two of the kids got sick. Somehow or another it did not hurt the experience. I for one was happy to have my Mommy and Daddy there to take care of me as I was puking my guts out on Christmas Eve. As a single person, it had been a long time since I had anyone to take care of me when I was sick.

Any way, it was a great time. I am glad to be home and not have the entire clan around. I love them but 8 days was enough (grins).

Merle, If I knew you wer elogging in I would go on and stay on more frequently. There is a gram limit but we can also use the message boards.

Well, we had snow here opn Christmas Day for the first time I can remember [img]smile.gif[/img]

Unfortunately my uncle died that morning, and the with everything in Asia Christmas hasn't seemed so good.

Hope everyone else is doing okay [img]smile.gif[/img]

Sorry to hear about your Uncle.

*hugs Ian*

Sorry about your uncle. And yeah, with everything that happened in Asia, the holidays have paled. The best present is the one I sent today, it wasn't much, but donating to help those in need was the least I could do.

Being thru a major earthquake is harrowing enough. To have the Tidal wave on top of that is unimaginable. My heart goes out to all those people.

Bugger, the funeral is Tuesday - my first day back at work... Makes it a bit hard to phone my boss and get the day off.

Looks like I'll have to miss it.

Most places of business are pretty understanding about it Ian, might be worth calling to try. *hugs*

I am sorry for your loss bud.

I'm really sorry to hear about your uncle, Ian.

I'm so sorry to hear about your uncle, Ian. I hope that you and your family were able to comfort each other.

Hugs to you.

So sorry to hear about your uncle Ian, our prayers are with you and your family.

a round of Sammies for Ian and his family. [img]frown.gif[/img]