whats cooking for the week end??

Barbara101 wrote:I was hoping for nothing

I was hoping for not any ppl at my house.

I was hoping for a major headache coming on.

Hopefully I can work on this list..

I always end up doing all the shopping. then doing all the work of cooking it.

I am for sure making a strawberry trifle.tasteless wonders from Ca..the only time I ever buy cool whip & boxed cake.By boxed I mean already made pound cake. sara lee.
I won't be eating it anyway ..Looks great tho lol.
maybe grill some corn for the others.?
I want a big honking steak..

Barbara..I didn't see this week end thread, and I posted a Memorial day / weekend one. You could just move my post here and delete the Memorial weekend Topic. I'm so Sorry!!

Looks like you are like me...only I don't do the shopping. I do all the cooking though and or the prep work. I am a stickler for everything on time to eat, and without confusion and bumping @$$es in the kitchen with everyone scrambling around like a bunch of chickens with their heads cut off.

I hate when everyone congregates in the kitchen when I am in total orchestration cooking and getting ready to serve the food. Grrrrrrr!!

My Mom had a sign made that said..."Everybody OUT OF THE KITCHEN when Mom Is Cooking"... LOL. Now I know what she meant!

Barbara101 wrote:oh I am sorry lol
I forgot about that thread I should have posted there.

its all good we can have 2 threads going

Boy that crowd in the kitchen gets old.I am so set in my ways now I can't stand it.

well I got out of having company but I do have to go to 2 places instead.
still I have to make stuff.
My KILLER mac salad.
Reg yellow tator salad
coleslaw
dessert (s)
taking beer
I am making peach daiquiris from frozen bag ones. No fresh yet.

I bought the most expensive watermelon ..$6.It is heavy. better taste good for that $$

Food is creeping up $1 here $2 there.

stuff from Ca & Fla is tasteless & hard.I only buy it it I am adding booze or something else to make flavor.

I will most likely make other stuff depends on my mood..

Barbara101 wrote:maybe I should not say this but I need to vent.
PPl just don't do family get togethers the way it used to be. Nor do they have any or much interest in what the day really is.

To most ,,it is all about the sales.

I end up making the plans. I end up buying the food. I end up fixing it.I end up grilling. I end up cleaning up.
everyone sits & plays with their phone ..eats then has somewhere else to go. DD has to nap before work,she works all night. 2 of the older boys have GFs.

so that is my holiday cooking & having a get together..

I get so tired of it all.........

I get oh that was great. Thanks.

UNCLE JIMMY wrote:

Barbara101 wrote:maybe I should not say this but I need to vent.
PPl just don't do family get togethers the way it used to be. Nor do they have any or much interest in what the day really is.

To most ,,it is all about the sales.

I end up making the plans. I end up buying the food. I end up fixing it.I end up grilling. I end up cleaning up.
everyone sits & plays with their phone ..eats then has somewhere else to go. DD has to nap before work,she works all night. 2 of the older boys have GFs.

so that is my holiday cooking & having a get together..

I get so tired of it all.........

I get oh that was great. Thanks.

I agree with you 100% Barbara.
I don't mind the cooking and prep and the mess, but Geeze! At least offer to (speaking about the kids) Take the garbage out, or jump up and load the dishwasher.

The kids are great. Don't get me wrong. But they have a different way of doing things, and that is "L A S T Minute!"

Now! ... (venting too) Here is a prime example!
The oven has the roast or turkey baking, and DD will come over with the Asparagus she was supposed to bring over, and she will take over the kitchen counter's with the asparagus or and the Broccoli ...and Raw!! Start trimming them, and then asking,"When's the oven gonna be ready for this...I I I have to cook these!! Where Where Where is the steamer basket....then in the back room shoving and throwing and moving and dropping all the pots and pans whilst looking for the steamer basket.
Leaves the other stuff on the floor because she is too late and last minute to get the veggies cooked.

Uhhh! I said,"Is thre a way that you can make all this **it at home and we can just re-heat it to a higher temperature??"" ... NO NO NO dad....That's stupid!
Grrrrrrrr!!!!!!!!!

And then they use every available knife or spoons and mixing utensils without just rinsing and re-using.

She does mean well, and she does clean up (her own way) but when all is done, I will have a i.e. a cup of peas in a quart container, or the leftovers divied up between the upstairs and downstairs refrigerator. And then...if they cannot find the right top (which is there if they spend time to look ) they just put foil or saran wrap to cover it. Grrrrrrr!!

They use NOoooo Planning what so ever!

that's why I don't want anybody else in my kitchen, either for prepping the meals or cleaning up, because I know every inch of my kitchen, I don't want they disturb me with questions like.. where is your steamer, where is your casserole pan and else, or they just open all my cabinet doors to find my slotted spoon or take over my cutting board and kitchen counter, my kitchen is very small, only I can fit in it and I don't want them to wash my dishes or clean up either, I want to do it my way