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Posted: Monday, November 15, 2010 5:59 pm
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Updated: 6:42 pm, Mon Nov 15, 2010.
Monday Musings: Holiday dinner disasters
Posted on
November 15, 2010
Happy Monday! I'm starting a new feature today called Monday
Musings. It will be a random topic for people to discuss, and I'll
usually avoid city politics. Most of the time it will be something
silly — like zombie attack strategies or favorite office games.
Hopefully, I will be able to keep this up every Monday, and it
will be a enjoyable, light read to start your week.
We will start with a trip down memory lane. Every year, people
hustle into grocery stores, pick up absurd amounts of food and
hurry home to spend days, if not weeks, crafting the perfect
meal.
The plan is mapped out on 10 pages of notebook paper. Each
individual ingredient is separated into individual bowls. The table
is set with your finest linens.
And then you look into the freezer and realize you never bought
a turkey. Or your oven mitts suck, and you drop the mashed potatoes
on the floor. Or you trip over the perfectly laid out runner and
spill wine on your great Aunt Sally.
Holidays never turn out like fairy tales, and we want to hear
about all of your holiday dining disasters. What went wrong
in your kitchen or at the dining room table?
Most of our meals have gone fairly smoothly, but I do remember
when I was about 9 or 10, we went over to my aunt's house to eat
dinner and open a few presents on Chistmas Eve. Being true
Americans, my family with the exception of me gorged on the most
patriotic food around: Kentucky Fried Chicken.
Luckily I skipped the meal because I was going through a picky
eater phase, because everyone suffered from a two-day streak of
food poisoning that made Christmas less than cheery.
So it's your turn. Send in your stories. Feel
free to leave a comment here, but also contact me at
maggiec@lodinews.com or 389-7035, so we can use your story in the
paper.
Hope everyone has a wonderful, food poisoning free, week.
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Monday, November 15, 2010 5:59 pm.
Updated: 6:42 pm.
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posted at 10:34 am on Wed, Nov 17, 2010.
My husband and I were busy putting the finishing touches on our Thanksgiving feast and had our backs to the table. Our (at the time) 3-year old son, Christian, was standing by the table. "Hot, Mommy, hot", he says. Never turning around I responded, "Yes, yes Honey, its hot stand back". Again..."Hot Mommy, hot" and again, "Yes I know Honey". Next time he was more insistent. "HOT! MOMMY HOT!" he yelled, as Jim and I turned around to see that the candles had tipped over and set the table on fire with Christian's little fingers clinging to the edge of the table. "CHRISTIAN! THE WORD IS FIRE!!!" We put out the flames, placed the mashed potatoes over the burned area and carried on with our dinner.